Hey, strangers. I've had an idea for a rewrite of Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal for a while, but I put off doing it due to trying to motivate myself to finish my other story. You can probably guess how that's going (badly). Here's hoping I'll keep motivation to finish this story and the other one.
Just one quick note before we start, though: this story ONLY focuses on Shattered Crystal. While reading this, I ask that you forget everything and anything involving Rise of Lyric as the story has nothing to do with that game.
Okay, on with the story.
-Late Afternoon - Ancient Ruins - Third Person POV-
The sun blazed brightly in the western sky, casting long shadows across the quiet ruins. The only sound was the sound of footsteps against the mossy stepping stones that once paved a road in an ancient city. A small, pink hedgehog girl made her way through the remnants of the long abandoned metropolis. She stared in wonder at the carvings in the still-standing walls. even if this place was past it's glory days, the ruins still amazed her.
Oh, how the girl wished she could've seen this place back in the times of "The Ancients." She knew it had to have been a glorious sight. After all, if her research was correct, this was once the city The Ancients resided in.
The hedgehog did her best to contain her excitement at the thought. So little was actually known about "The Ancients," no one even knew for sure what they truly called themselves.
"Maybe I'll finally be able to find some answers!" the girl murmured to herself, taking out a gold tablet-esque device. She opened it up, pulled up her research notes, and began to study the many glyphs on the walls- though many were weathered and hard to read. Eventually the girl came upon what looked to be the remnants of an arcade, which was surprisingly well preserved compared to the rest of the ruins.
"Amazing! There's hardly a scratch on these arches!" the hedgehog exclaimed, resting her hand on one of the symbols carved into the wall. "And these ancient glyphs are still legible!"
She came to a stop, focusing on one glyph in particular. She took a quick glance at her notes before directing her eyes to the symbol again. "One keeps coming up. It seems to translate to… Lyric?"
"Am I so easily forgotten?" a low, monotone voice questioned from behind the hedgehog. The girl stifled a surprised yelp, but couldn't stop herself from shuddering slightly from the mysterious voice.
Whirling around, the hedgehog found herself face-to-face with a large, green snake. His body was encased in a red and silver robotic casing.
Feeling threatened, the hedgehog tossed aside her tablet and whipped out a pink and gold hammer. She held it above her head, ready to strike at any moment.
"W-who are you?" the hedgehog questioned, her voice taut. while she tried to look confident, she was rather shaken by the sudden appearance of the snake. "What are you?!"
At this, a look of realization flashed in the snake's eyes before his expression turned cold. He looked angry, perhaps even disappointed. "Pah! I am Lyric-" he stressed his name, asif hoping to trigger something in the hedgehog's memory. Or perhaps he merely wanted his name to be remembered. "-Timeless overlord of this world! This time you will help me in my conquest!"
The snake lashed a claw-hand at the girl, which was swiftly blocked by her hammer. He immediately drew back and whipped his tail at her. This time she jumped out of the way, causing the clawed tail to embed itself slightly into the wall.
Once she had landed, the girl whirled around, her eyes bared an angry, fiery glare, "Back off, Lyric!" she shouted, her tone carrying the same fiery tone as her eyes.
The snake chuckled darkly as he yanked his tail-claw out of the wall. "You? You're telling ME to back off? That's rich, dear, seeing as it is YOU who is trespassing on my land." He cast a sickly smile towards her, "YOU'RE the one who needs to back off."
A wave of confusion washed over the hedgehog. "Your land? You can't possibly own this place, it's been abandoned for centuries!"
"Ah, but it hasn't. I've been here all these years. These many, many years. Waiting for the time when I would awaken."
"Awaken? You've been sleeping this whole time?"
"And what if I was? It doesn't change the fact that you are an unwanted pest that needs to be ELIMINATED!" Lyric shouted, swinging his tail at the hedgehog once again- this time more violently.
The girl narrowly dodged the attack by gracefully jumping over the claw. Not even a second after she hit the ground she dashed towards Lyric. She leapt into the air and swung her hammer full force at the glass dome on Lyric's suit.
THUNK.
"GRAH!"
The force of the hammer swing knocked the snake into the ground. while she had aimed for the dome, it seemed girl had hit the surrounding casing of the suit instead. Regardless, the blow seemed to do its job as the snake laid motionless before her.
The hedgehog let out a shaky sigh of relief as she put her hammer away. She wrapped her arms around her, trying to collect herself. She glanced around her surroundings and noticed her tablet laid undisturbed from when she tossed it away earlier. Maybe she should call someone? Yes, talking to someone would surely help her calm down.
She hastily ran to the tablet and scooped it into her hands. She pressed a button on the side and a menu opened. She selected the name "Sonic" and waited for an answer. The girl didn't have to wait long, however, as a blue hedgehog appeared on the screen almost immediately after she hit the call button.
"Hey, Amy. What's up?" the hedgehog- Sonic- asked, a confident expression etched into his face.
"Fighting for my life with the fate of the world in the balance," the hedgehog- Amy- responded, trying not to sound shaken up. "You, know, the usual."
Sonic smirked at the comment, but the smirk was soon replaced by a look of confusion. "Hey, who's that?"
A silent gasp escaped Amy's lips as she turned to see Lyric towering over her. He glowered down at the girl and swatted the tablet out of her hands. Amy reached for her hammer to counterattack, but Lyric struck her head. She let out a cry of pain before collapsing to the ground unconscious. Lyric picked her up with his tail-claw, inspecting her face. He hummed in thought as he got a better look at the girl.
"Amy?!" a panicked yell interrupted the snake's train of thought.
Lyric huffed and slithered over to the tablet. The video feed was now staticy due to the abuse it had put up with, but Lyric could still make out the image of a blue hedgehog on the screen. He scowled at the sight.
"Who are you?" Sonic demanded, it was clear that he was infuriated with Lyric right now.
Lyric's scowl twisted into a sneer, he could have some fun with this. "You may call me Lyric, or 'master'. Honestly, once I rebuild my army and my empire, I don't care what you call me."
With that, Lyric left the scene with Amy in tow. Sonic yelled through the damaged tablet at the snake, demanding he let Amy. His demands went unheard, however, as the snake had long since left for his hideaway. Soon the damages to the tablet were too much and the screen faded to it's normal transparent blue.
And once again the ruins were silent.
End of chapter one. I was going to write more, but I wanted to see about getting some feedback before I continued. So please, if you want to see more, leave a review. I won't know if people like it enough to continue if you don't give me feedback.
Any questions you may have regarding Lyric and the "crystal of power" will likely be answered in the next chapter.
Until then.