Wild Realms

Ch. 1: Lost Rulers

Scourge's pov.

It's been four years since I heard from Sonic's brother Manic that Sonic had vanished and I also learned recently that both he and his sister Sonia have also vanished and it has many concerned with what has caused the royals to disappear like they did. I agreed to their mother that I would look for them and bring them back but not to hold her breath on it. That was three months ago and I only found Sonia and brought her back to her mother still no sign of Sonic or Manic I still wonder the causes to them being missing.

"Good evening Prince Scourge…" I looked back to see Sonia and Queen Aleena coming into the room where I was doing some research on where the other two Royals are possibly at.

"Oh…good evening…my ladies…" I responded back as I looked back to the papers and computers still looking for something to pop up and give us a place to start another search. I got what I wished for on a paper from two days ago a woman reported seeing a few things a blue one and a green one "well I guess I can start there…"

"Be careful Scourge, I here that is lycanthrope country…and if it is my sons I want to know why were they there?..." She stated and I gathered some tools for the travel then nodded to her.

"Don't go over doing it like you did on the last lead we had lil' brother…" Sonia teased and I glared at her, and yes if you are wondering I was how should I say adopted into Sonic's family a year before he vanished because I got really sick one day and Aleena just happen to be in the area and nursed me back to health then when I explained to her that my parents were dead (do to me at a young age), she had Zonic agree to file up the paper work and well…I live with them now.

"Trust me I won't…especially since ya ain't coming with" I teased and took off with Sonia really pissed off at me again. As I wandered to the destination on this paper I couldn't help but ask myself 'why would Sonic and Manic be in lycanthrope territory?'

Arriving to the only nearby town in the territory for the next fifty or so miles I walk into the town and noticed how the people reacted to a new comer in this place "sir you should leave this place before the lycanthropes come back to collect their next tribute!" one of the men told me as he came running over fear very visible in his eyes and hearing them mention tribute confused me.

"What do ya mean tributes?" I asked suddenly and the villagers looked even more nervous when we all heard a wolf-like howl in the distance that got me nervous if only for a moment. I then noticed wererats come out of the shadow along with werewolves the villagers ran for their lives as the beasts attacked the town "not here you're not!" I responded as I drew out a gun and shot one with the silver bullets I had in it killing the rat that got too close to a little girl.

Some of the beasts looked at me and I had the gun set to kill any who got too close to me and unfortunately something got me from behind and I ended up getting dazed "this hedgehog killed one of our kind…he should die for the crime" one of the beast growled before being stopped by what I could tell with bad vision two large werebears.

"I think this cub is only trying to prove he is superior to us…" the bear started to say to the werewolf whom backed down knowing how powerful this bear is "but we got just the way to set him straight and place him into submission" he finished and since my vision had recovered I could see his grin and for some unknown reason it sent chills down my spine 'what on Mobius did this bear have planned for poor little me?' I couldn't help but wonder nervously since from what I have learned 'bout lycanthropes they can curse people with a single bite.

I wasn't just gonna sit there and let them hurt me any further or do anything far worse so I yanked out a flash bomb that Espio gave me a few months ago and threw it at their feet blinding them momentarily then ran while they could not see. "Find me that rat!" I could hear one of them yell aggressively then noticed them split up, I really must have pissed them off, because after a week of traveling every town I came to people did not let me stay or even enter on some occasions.

One day I was sitting near a large city, yet another place that would not let me in, I was eating some food I had in my bag and looking at my map when I could have sworn I just saw Manic. I packed up fast and ran off to confirm if it was him only to suddenly lose track of him 'now I could have sworn I saw him…where did he go?' I asked myself I knew it was night out and I should be hiding but I wanted to find them and get the hell outta here.

Looking around while walking I found tracks of large beasts which got me nervous especially when I found a recently killed animal not too far ahead. I quickly turned to find a hiding place only to bump into something large and furry, panicking suddenly I turned away from it and tried to run unfortunately I was pinned down by it almost as fast as I could move. I could feel this lycanthrope sniffing me like some toy or fresh pray and I couldn't help but to start struggling to get free of this monster and it only escalated when another two came out of the bushes but I heard the one pinning me down start growling and the werecat ran off leaving the werehog to come closer and nuzzle the one holding me before smelling me as well.

When I managed to get a better look of the two I was kinda shocked to find these two were indeed Manic and Sonic 'great now what am I gonna do?' though I got picked up by the scruff of my freaking neck and I hate it when people do that, cause I always stop struggling, and they began to wander off to who-knows-where. I don't know how long they were walking but I ended up getting sleepy and dosing off talk 'bout a crazy day.