The Guardian and the Hero: Worlds collide
A/N: This is a collaboration story with Sage the Hedgehog and will feature MLP elements later on. This chapter will be how Rage and Sage first met establishing the back story. In terms of timelines this is after all of my Harmonic Chaos Chronicles so Rage knows of Equestria however this is an alternate Equestria separate from the one in the Harmonic Chaos Chronicles series. So without farther ado Chapter 1: Fateful Encounter
Angel Island has been around since before Mobius' recorded history and the power of Chaos even longer. The Echidnas were the first intellectual race to make use of the Chaos Emeralds using the power in weapons and other advancements. However a time came where most of them were wiped out. A small selection of them were chosen by at the time would have been presumed to be the Master Emeralds itself to be the guardians. They were called The Brotherhood of Guardians. Knuckles was the last member. My name is Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog and now the burden of protecting all of the planet and the Chaos Emeralds falls upon me. I had no choice destiny selected me before I was even born.
Now I live alone on Angel Island like others once did but I was not trained like the Echidnas I didn't have some fire ant to do that. No… I was trained by the creators themselves for a great evil was rising one I had to stop. But that was years ago…hundreds of years ago and yet here I am the last living member of the Chaotic Family. Whether the ability to not age is a curse or a power I still argue with myself about. More recently the unthinkable happened… Vlagh a creature of pure darkness somehow made it into The Chaos Realm and killed every last Chaos Guardian that lived on in that realm. However I stopped him… my power is so great even I fear what may happen should I lose control. I used to travel Mobius protecting it from the shadows. From what did I protect it against? Darkness… not like the absence of light but the power force known as darkness. I am one of only two Chaos users alive, the other is Shadow the Hedgehog.
Its funny because ever since I visited that crazy world of Equestria darkness has been gone…I have yet to find any trace of it. I haven't used any of my powerful Chaos powers since… but funny thing is…fate can bring people together in strange ways with very interesting results…
Rage laid at the shrine of Chaos against the Master Emerald. Life was simple for him for once. It had been several years since he returned from Equestria. Soon his silence was interrupted when an Echidna ran up to him. Locke the father of Knuckles. Angel Island was special and most Echidnas had been restored but they could not leave the land mass in the sky. Luckily for Rage this kept him company because it was rather lonely before they somehow managed to be pulled through time like they were. It was very interesting to meet The Brotherhood that once guarded the Chaos Emeralds before he did. "Locke…" Rage says opening an eye "What are you doing all the way up here?"
"Rage this is serious we picked up dark energy coming from Mobotropolis." Locke says.
"That's not possible." Rage says "I'd have felt it from here."
"It's not that kind of dark energy Rage it's Chaos based." Locke argues.
"Well that does change things…" Rage sighs standing up before an energy surge hit him "How have I not felt this energy before? It feels old…at least 15 years old…"
"You've been up here for well over 100 years without leaving Rage." Locke says "Be careful we do not know what lies bellow this island."
"Don't worry Draco and I will be fine." Rage says as a red dragon appears. It's real name was Bureijingukaosu Rage's sword's spirit.
"It has been a long time since you called me Master Rage what is it?" the dragon asks.
"Chaos." Rage says "Some dark form of it you still sharp after all these years?"
"My blade never dulls." He replies as Rage draws it he returns to it.
"I will be off then." Rage says giving Locke a salute before using Chaos Control to reach Mobotropolis.
Upon arrival on a hilltop overlooking the large city Rage saw the glow of fire and he leaps into action. Running as fast as he could he reaches the city in no time. He saw citizens running for their lives when a man stops and looks at Rage. "You should run! Some crazy hedgehog is destroying everything!"
"Don't worry about me." Rage says to the wolf "I came to handle this." Rage then looks as Shadow the Hedgehog comes hurling his way. Shadow lands feet away from Rage and struggles getting up "Where have you been for the last century?" Shadow asks
"Nice to see you too." Rage scoffs "What's going on here."
"Some hedgehog who calls himself Sage." Shadow says "He went crazy against Eggman. When he harmed his parents. The damn kid even killed them in the crossfire...he entered some kind of Dark Form like Sonic did once." Shadow says before running away
"Dark Form?" Rage asks "That means he has Chaos Powers…" he notes aloud as the hedgehog approaches him. Rage stands his ground
"Out of my way." Sage says pushing Rage to the side. Rage then grabs him and throws him into an already ruined building. Some rubble fell on top of Sage before he burst out of it heaving in rage looking at the crimson hedgehog who stood before him. "Who the hell dare attack Sage like that?!"
"Dude talking to yourself in third person like that is just wrong." Rage says taunting Sage.
"Who the hell are you?!" Sage screams in anger at Rage's smart remark.
"My name is Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog." Rage answers "I do believe I am going to be the one to beat your ass."
"Please you cannot match my power… behold the power of Chaos!" he yells firing a Chaos Spear at Rage who rolls out of the way. "Lucky chance." He says "I will not miss this time…" he says before blasting a powerful beam that engulfed Rage. "Nya ha ha ha ha!" Sage laughs walking up to the large crater where Rage stood there protected by a barrier of Chaos Energy which soon dies down. "You this is impossible! How can you have Chaos Power?!" Sage yells before Rage glows. Sage not wanting him to attack tries to dive for Rage but he was somehow trapped with energy "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Chaos Seal…" Rage says thrusting his hand forward hitting Sage which cause him to scream in pain.
"What are you doing…to me?!" he screams.
"I am locking your darkness away." Rage says before he finishes with "potentia sigillo octo tenebris vertice crinem abstulerat" this made Sage's eyes turn blue as he faints he falls and Rage catches him. "I have to get him someplace safe…" Rage says to himself.
About a day later Sage wakes up in a cot and looks around. "What happened?" he asks before he sees Rage leaning against the wall one emerald green eye looking back
"You finally woke up." Rage says as he looks directly at him "You okay? Remember much?"
"I remember…" he says as the memories flashback to him "G-going berserk…transforming into a Dark Form and then…you using a power called Chaos Seal…"
"That's right." Rage says nodding.
"But who are you really?" Sage asks "And where the hell am I?"
"I am Rage Chaotic the Hedgehog, the Chaos Guardian. You are in my home on Angel Island." Rage answers. "You have a lot of power Sage… what happened?"
"E-Eggman hurt my parents and I lost control…I killed them didn't I?" Sage asks
"Yes you did." Rage says bluntly "Listen Sage this time I was able to lock your darkness away but if you go crazy again I have no choice but to kill you."
"You kill me?" Sage asks "Yeah right!" he scoffs before he knew it Rage had a sword in his hand and pointed at his neck.
"Do you think I am joking?" Rage questions the black hedgehog.
"But…how can I control a power I don't understand?" Sage asks.
"Figure it out." Rage says as his sword vanishes and he turns to walk away.
"Rage please help me then! If you truly are that Rage Chaotic from the legends then help me learn how to use my Chaos Powers please." Sage requests. Rage stood there for a few minutes silently before turning his head to reply "Very well…I will train you on how to use the powers of Chaos."
"Thank you." Sage says happily
"You're lucky because there is no better teacher than me. Now get some rest your training starts early tomorrow." Rage warns as he leave the room.
Yeah…that was how I met Sage who is now my apprentice. He still has a lot to learn but he is young so we have some time. But that is only the beginning of many things to come. What will happen to us next? Tune in next time for Chapter 2: Blast from the past!
To be continued