Chapter One: A Sign?
Hi! RCF here. This is my first fanfic, so don't flame or anything! I've plotted the entire story for a long time, so I hope you like it! Rated M for language. Sonic the Hedgehog characters do not belong to me except my OC.
?'s POV:
Darkness. Nothing but darkness in the void. It's sickening, feeling nothing, yet suffering pain while I'm aimlessly flying around. I should probably introduce myself, huh? I'm Maximum. Maximum the Hedgehog. I'm a seventeen year old female hedgehog, living in the forest that I call home. Right now, I'm stuck in a dream that I've been having for six days. Being surrounded by darkness, no person near me to comfort my fears. Suddenly, a bright light illuminates from a random spot far away from me. Then, I hear a beautiful singing voice getting closer and closer. The lyrics sound so familiar, it's chilling me to the bone. As the voice gets closer, I see a red hedgehog. He's the source of the singing, which is odd because the voice is female. The hedgehog has sapphire blue eyes and yellow scaleras. His well-built form is surrounded by a vivid, dark purple aura. I notice him staring at me while he's singing. I stop and listen:
Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam
Et lingua eius loqueter indicium,
Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem,
Quoniqmcum probates fuerit accipient coronam vitae
Kyrie, ignis divine, eleison,
O quam sancta,
Quam serena,
Quam amoena,
O castitas Lilium!
I have heard many variations of the song. Some were just as beautiful, like the one that the cyan hedgehog with green eyes and green aura sang. His voice was that of a male's. Another one was very strange. It sounded like a robot child singing. That version was sung by a cyborg hedgehog that looked just like the cyan one, but had a metallic body parts and a purple scanner over his left eye. He also had a blue aura surrounding him. In another variation, he plays the violin. It's a bit ironic if you think about it, but I don't really question it. Then, there's my favorite version: the music box. The music box that plays the tune of the song is held by a hedgehog that looks like the red one, but has red eyes. He is surrounded by a white aura, possibly a sign of purity? I still don't get what this dream means, but it seems like an omen or prophecy, or whatever you'd like to call it. Their auras are the colors of four legendary chaos emeralds. Whenever the song is about to end, each hedgehog faces my eye-to-eye and gets closer to me. Then, they disappear when the song ends. This is different, though. The hedgehog with blue eyes joins hands with the other three, and they all close their eyes. Suddenly, everything bursts into a supernova of colors.
"BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BE-click!" I push the button to stop my stupid alarm clock and get up. I stretch, and hop out of my hammock. Lazily, I walk towards my mirror on the wall. My reflection is still the same: a young female hedgehog with red fur, quills that reach mid-back and are tipped with black, bright, navy blue eyes, a pure white muzzle, and a blank facial expression. Looking around, I saw that my walls were made of wood, as was my entire tree house. There was a moderate sized opening in the wall near my bed. Obviously a window, which I fly to. Wait, I forgot to mention it, didn't I? Heheh, whoops! I forgot to tell you that I have bat wings! So, technically, I'm a hedgebat, not a hedgehog. Pfft, I'm so stupid, thinking that you could figure this all out by yourself. Oh, well. Back to the situation! Now I'm outside, breathing in the fresh air and still in my red pj's. …Ugh! I'm so fucking stupid. I fly back through the window and change. I look back into the mirror. Now, I'm in a black short sleeved shirt with gray jeans. My gloves and socks have golden rings on them, and my shoes are black with yellow crescent moons on them. Wait, I thought, aren't these the shoes of the blue-eyed hedgehog from my dreams? Dismissing the thought, I head back out. I turn around to look at my tree house once more. It's as big as a human's three floored house. Eww, humans! I really despise those eco-destroying freaks. They destroy trees just to build a town that'll probably evolve into one of those scary cities that I've heard of. I fly out of the forest to the plains. The grass is always a really pretty shade of lime green. Since it's always morning when I wake up, I get to see the dew on every blade of grass. Plants always seems to sparkle when water is still on them. Now I'm in a better mood than before! I start slowing my wing's flapping down and let myself gently drop to the ground. Smiling, I get into a running position. Thee, two, one…BAM! I burst into an extremely fast sprint. My running is faster than a cheetah, or anything faster! Although I run very fast, my speed isn't close enough to match that of the one and only, Sonic the Hedgehog. My greatest dream is to run faster than him. He's sort of like my idol. Then again, isn't it like that for everyone? I'm starting to dislike him more because he helps those wretched humans. Then again, who the hell knows what's going on in his mind? After a few miles of running, I come across the giant mountains that are behind a town of humans. Now, I go back to flying. It's really cold, but I ignore it as I glide through the clouds towards the town. Flying through some mountains isn't exactly a walk in the park. It took me a few years to master getting through the harsh gusts of wind and trying to not get buffeted by the blinding snow. Ever oh-so rarely, it snows in the mountains. It only hails during the winter, which is great because it's spring right now. Focusing on what I'm doing, I get my head out of the clouds (no pun intended) and make my way to the town's camping grounds. This place has many trees in it. Perfect for hiding in. Now all I gotta do is make sure that some humans are led astray by setting up 'camp' and I'll make my way to the food source. Most humans bring food to the camping grounds for a picnic. It's sometimes fun to ruin another's happiness. Oh! Hell yeah, I've hit the mother load this time! The human's car is loaded with food! Giggling, I stealthily slink to the big car that the humans brought and snatch up as much food as I can and go back to my perch in the trees. Now, I wait for the reaction. "Um, Mom, Dad? Why is half the food gone from our SUV?" Ha. I've got that teenage boy right where I want him! "Calvin, the food is-! Son, did you eat all the food?" "What?! Dad, you've got to be kidding me. How the hell would I eat all that food in less than two minutes?!" The woman standing next to the teen shook her head in disappointment. "Calvin Jake Fitzer, I told you to never swear in public! Now please, don't lie to us and tell us the truth!" Okay, now I'm getting pissed. Those humans are unbelievably stupid, thinking that the kid can eat such a huge amount of food in literally, less than two minutes. I get back up, holding the food as securely as possible and get ready to fly. My wings snap open and I jump and flap as quickly as possible so nobody notices me. I get as high as I can and then zoom towards the mountains. I keep flying, but I don't slow down. Some humans like mountain climbing, so I keep going. When I get to the plains, I slow down and land. My feet get ready and take me as fast as they can back home. One can never be too careful! As soon as I get home, I store the food in a compartment that humans call a pantry. This is my way of getting food. I have to steal in order to survive, because I can't find anything edible that I like in the forest. I've seen humans steal, but for something called 'money'. They say that certain types of money have great value. Frankly, I don't see how a piece of paper with people's faces plastered on them is worth shit. Pfft, humans are stupid. Things don't really have value except life and the universe itself. I finish storing my food and head back up to my room. Whoa, I just had one of those moments where I'm actually thinking in a very philosophical way! …Am I sure that this is real? I pinched myself. Hard. "HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT, OUCHH! GODDAMMIT, THAT HURTS LIKE HELL!" …I probably shouldn't have pinched myself so hard, huh? Sigh, stupidity is something that nobody can avoid. As I walk to my bed, I see a box with a small plaque that says Lilium. Naturally, curiosity gets the best of me. I pick up the box and slowly open it. I gasp. W-what?! No, this can't be! This is a music box that plays the exact same tune as the song in my dreams! I sink to my knees, mouth agape. I stand up slowly, feeling dizzy. My head spins, making me become fully delirious. I look at my hands. They look the same. The last thing I see is the music box closing by itself before everything goes black.
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