Prologue
-The Lost Hero Revised
-Silver x Twilight
-Romance and Adventure
-Set in the alternate storyline where Sonic did not return to the past and stop Solaris from ever existing
-Disclaimer: I do not own Silver, Iblis, or the world in which the story takes place in. I lay claims to the design of Twilight and the character, not the style in which I've created her in. If you have an issue with fan characters being in fan fictions then this is not the story for you.
The world use to be an endless nightmare covered in flames and ash. The sky, a pure dark blur, was forever trapped in a haze of smoke. The air was choking to breathe but, somehow, some of us managed. Whatever Survivors that were left lived in fear of the one we called "Iblis". He was a God that could never be destroyed no matter how many times he was brought to his knees. All hope had been lost during those dark, dark years of pain, loss, and suffering and no one thought that our world could be saved… Until…
"Keep back! There's more of them coming!" called the black hedgehog girl as she lands a hard kick to one of the Biter's gaped mouths. Behind her was a group of Survivors, cowering inside a crumbling building, watching her with wide eyes and praying that their protector wouldn't be hurt during this battle. A shriek sounds from one of the smaller children as a Titan began marching its way out of the burning lake. Eyes narrowing into a sharp glare, the hedgehog jumped high to bring her foot down on top of one last Taker before darting forward to meet the Titan as he's about the hurl a giant, fiery boulder in her direction. She dodges it with ease before jumping up onto a charred tree, ripping off one of its bigger branches, and jumping off with it. As she goes down, she slams the branch into the Titans' weak point on the top of its head, making it cry out as it started to crumble at her feet "Haha, ya big'ol brute! You weren't no match for me!" the girl laughed, letting herself take pride in her little victory. But it didn't last long as a horrible shaking erupted from the ground. Stumbling, she turns to face the lake of boiling, swirling lava to see a whirlpool beginning to form in the very center. From it raised a massive sized hand, dripping waterfalls of lava as it came out of the lake and grabbed a hold of the ground in its powerful grip. Before her cracks appeared; moving towards her direction at a fast speed and filling with lava. Her eyes widened in shock and in moments she turns and flees towards the building "Get out! Quickly! Get out of there!" she cries, stumbling with every few steps as she's passed by the cracking, crumbling ground "Get out NOW! The buildings going to collapse!" she called, but the Survivors seem too stunned to move from where they stood. Growling to herself she pushes herself to her limit, passing the cracks and grabbing a hold of two of them and yelling to the rest to MOVE as she gets the two she had out. After seeing her appear and saw the cracks, they all fled the building… but only barely before it caved in and crashed into the ground. From seeing that, one of the survivors screamed, alarmed that they had only been seconds from death. Ignoring the wailing, she begins to usher them away from the area "It's too dangerous here now, we need to get away!" she screams. The survivors, obedient now, to the girl, quickly began running up the cracked, broken street to safer ground as lava began to seep up through the cracks around the spot where they had been standing. None of them stopped until they were several yards away from the area and even then, none of them looked back to see what had caused such a horrible mess of their last hiding place. Only the girl stopped, when everyone was in the safety of a new building, and turned back. At seeing what had emerged from the burning lake, her mouth became ajar. Before her eyes the fearsome God Iblis had come in all his horrible flame filled glory. He was a gargantuan being towering above even the tallest of buildings. Her heart was pounding at the sight of him and she was about to begin preparing for the worst when she noticed that his attention wasn't on her. Instead, he was staring down at a cliffs ledge, looking pretty ticked off at what he was seeing... But, what was he seeing? She had to find out. Hurrying inside, she quickly located a stairwell, half gone, but looking sturdy enough to support what little weight she had. Running up, she jumped the holes and hurried to the second story for a better view. Once reaching her destination, she peers out of the hole that had been torn into the building to see just what exactly this gigantic horror was staring down at. Squinting, she made out a figure through the smoke that formed thick in the air above the lake. He seemed to be glowing, by the looks of it, and he looked like he was about to fight Iblis by himself. She gasps then and turns away as Iblis grabs for a small building and brings it down towards the figure. After she heard the "CRASH" of the building against the cliff she dared letting herself look. Peeking one pinkish crimson eye out from behind her fingers, she saw, in amazement, that he had somehow dodged. This had pissed Iblis off greatly as she watches him begin flinging rocks at this figure. All at once, he begins to glow again, illuminating a bluish green glow as he lifts a hand and 'catches' a few of the rocks in its grip… though, they weren't directly in his hand. They hovered, covered in the same glowing blue green, in front of him. Then, almost as quickly as he had caught them, he flings them directly back at the powerful monster in front of him. With perfect aim, they each hit the center mark of Iblis's forehead, cracking the center gem that must have been his weak point. In a wail of pain, the great Flames of Disaster began to crumble into the lava that flowed around him. The girl hedgehog just shakes her head at this hedgehog's attempt, knowing that Iblis couldn't be truly defeated. Her head shaking is interrupted then by a shrill scream from below her. She looked from the window down to see her group fleeing the building and following them was a little group of Stalkers. She blinked, before growling and jumping from the window to land in front of the beasts, blocking them off from attacking any of the Survivors. She gives a little smile "If you wanna eat something, why not take a bite outta me?" she mocked before jumping at them, kicking one of them in the face and, rabbit punching another one in the throat as it jumps at her. The last one lets out a roar of anger before it turns away from her and runs in another direction. A small cheer came from the group behind her but it dies down as a blinding flash spreads across the sky. At the same time a breeze flows through her quills, causing her to shiver at the sudden chill of it, and above them the clouds of smoke began to clear out as the blinding light of the sun, forgotten to time, came piercing through to spread across the ground. The hedgehog girl allows herself to be bathed in its peaceful warmth before, in a snap, she came to and quickly ran up a nearby hill with the survivors following close behind her until she's come to a stop. Together the group peers up at the cliff; up at the figure that was still standing at the ledge looking up into the sky. At the sight of him, the sun, and at the lava where no trace of Iblis remained they all knew then that Iblis, the fearsome Flames of Disaster, would be gone from their lives forever. At that realization the group of Survivors and the girl began to cheer; filled again with hope and joy that the Age of Darkness was over. After a moment the girl looked back up at the edge, wanting to see their hero once more but was greeted by nothing. At the ledge where he had stood nothing was there. He had vanished! But where to? Had he fallen to the flames? No one could answer these questions as the hedgehog pointed out that he was no longer there. In their moments of allowing themselves to be grateful for what had happen, no one had seen what had happen to their hero. The girl felt her heart ache at that thought, wondering if maybe he HAD indeed fallen to his death. She shook her head and sent up a prayer, asking that the figure she had seen was safe. Afterword's she turned back to those she had protected, gave them all a great smile and said "Come on, let's clear the rubbish from this land and build our home here." Before she turned again towards the sun and let it set on her fur "We've got a lot of work to do if we want to take this chance to make everything right again."
Word of what had happen that fateful day spread far and wide to the ears of all those left. All across the shattered world Survivors banded together to clear the charred land and build small settlements and even begin to farm in the ash churned soil. The rains that came soon after allowed the crops that were planted to grow and food became more plentiful than it had been in years. All that had been destroyed such as Trees, grass, and rivers, once more began to recover. The few larger trees that had somehow survived began to turn green again during the spring months and snow fell during the winter as the world once more began to shift back into order. Everything that had turned to shambles was rebuilt, slowly, from families to buildings. The lake, where Iblis had taken his last fall, turned into a REAL lake with fish and clear, cool water. And the spot where the girl had witness all that had happen became the Village now known as Sankari, the name meaning Hero in memory of what took place across from it. A statue based on what the hedgehog girl had seen was created in the Hero's image and placed in the middle of the town's square where all who passed it could see and remember who had given them the life they now had.