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A long time ago in the country of Romania lived two brothers. Both were to compete for the throne of ruling the country. The eldest brother, Delos, was to inherit the right to rule and the youngest brother, Yorick was immensely jealous of Delos getting handed everything to him on a silver platter when he himself must use tooth and nail to please their father. One day, Yorick was on one of his usual walks around the city's forest when an old witch blocked his path.
"Be gone you evil entity," Yorick waved the witch off.
However, the witch would not give up and glided in front of the prince. "But, young prince, don't you want the throne?"
"I do but that will never happen. My brother will be crowned in one week's time and there is nothing I can do about it. Now be gone witch!" Again the younger brother walked around the small witch but her next words stopped him in his tracks.
"What if I guaranteed you the throne?"
He turned back around and faced the mysterious witch, "How can you do that you old hag?"
A large smile formed under her darkened hood, "Keep going down this path my prince." She pointed to the path behind her, "And you will find a large purple gem. Carefully bring it to the castle and break it into two different pieces. Take the piece that glows red and say these words, 'Ruler of Hades hear the voice of your loyal servant! Hear my anger, hatred and jealousy of the person I call my elder brother and make him grovel at my feet! Take my soul in return of giving me a tool; a tool that will obey my every command!' Then, you will have the tool that you will need to take over the kingdom but you must not be seen and hide the other half somewhere safe or your dream will forever be out of reach."
Yorick's eyes narrow, "This better not be a trick you hag." Then, without another word, he followed down the path that the witch had shown him. Yorick soon came across a small pond and saw a glowing purple light. He reaches in and takes out a large purple gem; the same one that the witch had told him about. He puts the gem inside the arrow sheath on his shoulder and leaves the pond to return to the castle.
Yorick quickly makes it through the castle and to his room on the top tower. He loved his privacy and had picked this room long ago. Their mother, before she had died, had worried about him being caged off from society. Yorick didn't care what society wanted he only cared about power and that was what he would always want.
The younger brother places the purple gem on the floor and grabs a hammer. Yorick was just about to smash the gem when the voice of his older brother comes from his doorway. "Yorick! What is the matter? Please come out and talk to me!" Delos banged on the large wooden door trying to get his younger brother to open it.
"Leave this place Delos!" Yorick smashes the hammer down and a large flash of light fills the room. It momentarily blinded the younger brother and even Delos from outside sees the light from under the doorway.
"What was that Yorick? Please open the door!" Delos continued his banging. Unlike the younger brother, Delos deeply loved Yorick. When his brother was born he was so happy that he would finally have someone to play and be with. However, it seemed that Yorick had other plans in mind. Delos was saddened that Yorick had to work hard to win their father's affection when he himself seemed to get everything he ever wanted. The elder brother wanted to make Yorick happy in any way he could and how the younger was acting lately deeply worried him. When Delos hears a groan of pain from inside the bedchamber, he couldn't take it anymore and rams the door down.
"What are you doing in here Delos!?" Yorick gets up from the ground and grabs the red gem on the ground before taking off past his older brother.
"Yorick, wait!" Delos yells and runs after his brother only to lose him down another hallway. "Yorick, where are you!?" Maybe I should just wait for him in his room. The older brother walks back to the tower bedroom and notices a bright blue gem on the floor. What is this? He picks it up; I better leave it on the ground so Yorick doesn't think I'm stealing his possessions. Delos sets the gem back on the ground and walks to the window. This view is so beautiful… no wonder Yorick loves it up here. Outside the window showed the entire capitol city of Romania and the full moon combined with the shining stars made a fantastic view for a picture.
The shining moon gives Delos a white shine as he looks into its beauty. "Oh god, hear my prayer, please let Yorick be happy for the rest of his life. Give him a gift of love and fierce protection so he will forever he loved and safe." A bright blue light flashes behind Delos and he turns around and stares into the eyes of two fierce looking werehogs.
The two werehogs bow to their new master, "We live to serve you Master."
Delos is completely confused by the two creatures, "What are you?"
The emerald eyes of the larger, male werehog meets Delos blue ones, "We are the makings of magic, love and family protection. However, my lord, our powers can only be used at night; once the sun rises our powers disappear and we gain the appearance of a regular hedgehog."
Delos nods, "Can you please help me with my search of my younger brother?"
The larger, male werehog smiles showing his large, sharpened teeth, "Of course Master, we werehogs have a great sense of smell you know."
*Dark Embrace*
Yorick, after running out on his brother, was hiding in the same forest that he had found the gem in. He sits on the ground and leans against a large evergreen. A blink of red light draws Yorick to the red gem in his right hand. It's time to do what the old hag told me to do. He gets up and places the red jewel a few feet in front of the large tree and goes to stand where he was sitting before.
"Ruler of Hades hear the voice of your loyal servant! Hear my anger, hatred and jealousy of the person I call my elder brother and make him grovel at my feet! Take my soul in return of giving me a tool; a tool that will obey my every command!" Yorick's voice echoes through the forest clearing as he recites what the witch had told him to say.
A bright red light flashes in the clearing and Yorick is forced to look away so he wouldn't be blinded again. When the light finally disappears Yorick looks back to where the jewel was. It was no longer a gem though, two demon-like hedgehogs stood in its place. Their ears and body looked rugged and long arrow-like tails swished behind them.
The two demon hedgehogs bow to their new master, "We live to serve you Master."
Yorick walks in front of the two demons, "Can you help me kill my brother and take over the throne?"
The male demon smiles and shows his sharpened fangs, "Of course my lord but our powers can only be used at night; when the sun rises our powers disappear and we turn into regular hedgehogs."
"Yorick! What are those creatures?" The two demons and Yorick turn to see Delos and his two werehogs entering the forest clearing. Upon seeing the demons the werehog start to growl and the demons hiss when they too see the werehogs.
"That is none of your concern!" Then to the demons, "Kill the creatures that have sided with Delos!"
"With pleasure," they hiss out and spring forward. The werehogs seeing that the demons were on the offensive leaped into action.
"No, wait! Don't attack!" Delos uselessly shouts as the werehogs and demons crash together. A flash of light comes from his left and he just dodges the attack from his younger brother. "What?"
Yorick brings his sword back and points it at his older brother, "Take out your sword brother, this is a fight to the death. The one who makes it out alive takes the throne."
Delos reluctantly takes out his sword, "Is that what this is about Yorick?"
Yorick's face turns red in anger, "Of course it is! I have never wanted anything in my life! I never cared that you always got everything because I loved you but the one thing I do want you rip it out from under me!" He steps forward and takes another swing at his brother with his sword.
Delos effortlessly steps out of the way of the swinging blade, "I'm sorry Yorick! I didn't know! I thought you wanted the easy and carefree life so I was going to take the throne so you wouldn't have to worry about an entire country!"
Yorick takes another swing, "Did it ever cross you in that tiny mind of yours to ask me first?!" Yorick ruthlessly attacked his brother and he got even angrier with every stroke as Delos effortlessly stepped out of the way or deterred his blade with his own.
"Please put down the sword brother and let's talk this out!" Delos was forced to shouting as the battle from the demons and werehogs got intense. The ground shook with their every attack and large explosions randomly happened in the clearing.
"Never! Now attack back!" Yorick thrusts forward and nicks Delos in the left arm.
Delos hisses in pain and instinctively swings back in defense. It hits Yorick in the side and blood drips down Delos' sword. He looks at his sword as if mesmerized that he had actually hurt his beloved younger brother. "Yorick I… I didn't mean to! Are you okay!?"
"That's more like it," Yorick said as he held his slightly bleeding left side. He was suddenly tackled as the female werehog goes to protect her master.
"NO!" And Delos does the only thing he could do to protect his brother, attack his own werehog. He swings his sword and yells in agony as the werehog jumps away and Yorick is hit instead.
"AHHH!" Yorick falls to the ground in pain; a large wound running from his right shoulder all the way to his pelvis. Blood pours from the wound and Delos takes off his shirt and presses it to his younger brother's wound.
"I'm sorry Yorick! You're going to be fine just stay with me!" Delos presses his shirt even harder as more blood gushes out and tears blur his eyes.
With the last of his strength Yorick takes his sword and thrusts it into his older brother's defenseless body. Delos gasps and falls to the ground next to his younger brother. The light disappears out of Yorick's green eyes and Delos' own blue ones lock onto his brother before his too loses their light.
The werehogs and demons stop their fight and turn to the blood stained grass that housed their master's bodies. The werehogs start to howl at the moon in agony and the demons looked grief ridden.
"What is going on here!?" The demons and werehogs turn and see the forms of King Morgead, his trusted friend Chervil and the first knights of the kingdom. King Morgead sees the bodies of his two sons and the four horrible creatures in the clearing and came up with the only logical conclusion. "Knights kill those beasts; they have killed the sons of the royal blood line!"
The knights take their swords out of their sheaths and charge at the supernatural creatures. The werehogs turn tail and run into the darkened forest and the demons disappear in a whirlwind of black smoke.
*Dark Embrace*
One week later King Morgead crowns the new King Chervil and a capital wide funeral is held for his two murdered sons. An all-day funeral was made in their honor of the two princes and they were placed in one grave. This decision was made by their father so the two inseparable brothers would never be apart.
Unnoticed by the entire country of Romania, four new creatures to the world showed up for their master's funeral as well. The werehogs hid behind the trees to watch their master being lowered into his coffin and the demons clung to the castle above. When the two brother's graves were filled, the werehogs howled to the moon above and the demons fisted one of their hands and covered their hearts.
This isn't the end… and the demons and werehogs found each other's gazes. They all nodded and all four of them disappeared.
*Dark Embrace*
Thousands of years later the demons and werehogs still live. Ever since their masters died they were forced to forever fight each other. Now in modern times mortals have no clue that the night creatures exist and they only reside in their dreams and fears.
"What are you doing here Shadow? The sun is about to rise, we must get back to the clan." The ebony hedgehog's tails twitched in annoyance as his best friend, Mephiles, had found him once more. Couldn't he have some damn time alone for once?
Shadow turns away from his view of the lightening sky as the sun began to rise and turned to the dark look- alike. "You can't tell me what to do Mephiles."
Mephiles rolls his bright green eyes, "I do when your father is on a rampage on trying to find you."
"I don't get why he's so intent on making me the next leader."
"You're the first demon born in the royal blood line." Mephiles points out.
"I might be the first born but he has six other children to choose from, it doesn't have to be me."
Mephiles sighs, "I'm only trying to help since your father won't give up."
"I don't need your help Mephiles," the ebony demon snaps at his best friend before he pushed past him and started to walk back to the demon camp.
The black and grey demon jogs up next to the demon prince and they stay in silence while they walked back together. When they walk through the gates and enter the camp Mephiles speaks up, "What are you going to do for mating season? It'll be here soon and your father demands you find a mate."
Shadow glares at his partner, "I'll spend it alone, just like I do every year."
Mephiles was about to protest when the demon king himself stepped in front of them. "Lord Doom," the black and grey demon bows to his king.
The ebony demon narrows his eyes, "What do you want this time father?"
The all black hedgehog demon king smiled and his three eyes gained a twinkle of delight, "I've got a surprise, you two follow me."
Shadow growls out some unmentionable swear words under his breath and Mephiles follows his king without further protest. They walk through the camp and stop in front of a large red tent. King Black Doom flicks open the flap and gestures for the two to walk in.
What they find in the tent will change their lives forever; chained up with many silver shackles and multiple guards standing ready nearby was a large, blue werehog. His bright emerald eyes were like fire and he uselessly tried to break his bonds.
"Shadow, Mephiles let me introduce Sonic the Werehog, the next alpha of the werehogs." Upon hearing his name, Sonic looks up from his bonds and locks eyes with Shadow's own ruby ones.
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