Blackshade
Chapter 1: Prologue
For the record this chapter is gonna be pretty short xD
I mean it is the beginning...
Well here we go!
Saint Veran, France 1876
"C'mon Antoine put a muscle into it" a small blue hedgehog yelled out to his best friend as they ran through the hills and forests of Saint Veran.
"Wait Sonic *pant* I'm *pant* not *pant* as fast *pant* as you *pant*"
This caused the blue blur to stop and turn to his best friend flashing one of his dashing smiles that had all the girls in grade school fawn over him, his emerald eyes shining with life, freedom, and happiness.
Antoine finally caught up to him, holding on to his knees as he caught his breath.
"You win again Sonic" Antoine said in a gasp of air as he gave his best friend a thumbs up.
As usual Sonic and Antoine were having their afterschool races through the fields, with the permission of their parents of course.
"Remember boys be back by supper" Sonic remembered his mother tell him when he asked her if he can go off and play with Antoine.
"Woah Antoine look over there" Sonic said as he pointed towards a dark forest.
"Oh no Sonic the Hedgehog DON'T even think about it, the last time we did something daring we BOTH were left on the strict diet of bread and water and let me remind you that me without food is like the Mona Lisa without her smile, TOTAL DISASTER!"
Sonic chuckled as he remember that time where he and Antoine ditched grade school to go adventure through the village since it wasn't as packed as during weekends, they unfortunately got caught, and boy did they get their set of ruler strikes from Madame Rouault and of course their food shortage.
"Don't be such a baby Antoine let's check it out real quick, where's your sense of adventure?"
"I don't know Sonic, I have a bad feeling about this"
"Oh look at you being more of a coward than Louis the XVI, man up Antoine" Sonic rolled his eyes.
"Well it so happens Mr. Sonic Robespierre, that I am a coward" Antoine began retreating until he suddenly felt himself getting dragged towards the forest by Sonic.
"If you bail your next location will be the guillotine" Sonic said once again rolling his eyes.
"I'd rather have my head chopped off and ENOUGH WITH THE FRENCH HISTORY, we have enough of that in school!" Antoine pouted but before he knew it they were already in the forest.
"Sonic I demand for you to let me g..." Antoine was interrupted by Sonic's sudden halt.
"Why'd you... WOAHHHHH"
Sonic and Antoine stared in awe at the huge castle before them.
It looked very ancient and there was a large amount of fog and darkness surrounding it, the statues looked intimidating, they appeared to be individuals with fangs.
"Sonic we should leav.." but Antoine couldn't finish his sentence as he noticed Sonic walking inside.
Antoine, not wanting to be left alone in the dark, ran after Sonic.
The door creaked as they opened it, they stared in awe at how big the place was, there were spider webs everywhere and it seemed deserted.
"Sonic, PLEASE, I beg you, let's go home! This place gives me the creeps!"
Sonic didn't respond as he walked up the stairs, Antoine screaming out a squeak before following him.
They both walked up to the tower where they found a big red door that seemed to have scratches on it.
Sonic reached over toward the door handle but Antoine grabbed his wrist.
"Sonic, this is dangerous, we could run into serious trouble, what if there are kidnappers here!?"
"Relax Ant I'm pretty sure this place is deserted" Sonic said as he slowly opened the door.
There was nothing in the room except for a huge coffin in the middle of the room, there were 4 candles surrounding the coffin and looked very spooky.
"Sonic close that darn door NOW" Antoine scolded in fear as he tried to get Sonic, who was already in the room.
Sonic looked over the coffin and analyzed it with interest, all of a sudden he put his hands on the lid.
"SONIC DON'T YOU DARE." Antoine yelled but it was too late, Sonic had already opened the lid but immediately regretted it as he let go of the lid after seeing what was inside.
"GO" Sonic yelled at Antoine as they both bolted out of the room and tried running toward the exit.
"WHAT WAS INSIDE!" Antoine yelled as they kept running.
"YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW!"
Suddenly they heard a large screech coming from the room they were in.
"I smell a delicious meal..." a mysterious voice said that caused Sonic and Antoine to run faster.
"NOW YOU'VE DONE IT SONIC, I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME IN HERE!"
"NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR YOUR SCOLDINGS ANTOINE RUN FASTER!"
"I'M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN!" suddenly they heard a growl behind them and noticed flashing red eyes behind them.
Sonic turned and realized Antoine was falling behind.
I need to buy him time, thought Sonic.
Suddenly Sonic stopped and looked toward the flashing red eyes.
"SONIC WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"
"RELAX I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU" Sonic lied as Antoine kept running toward the door.
"Hey red eyes! Come and get me!" Sonic taunted as the red eyed thing flew towards him.
Sonic ran around the castle as he caught a glimpse of Antoine bolting out the front door.
"Now's my chance to escape!" Sonic said as he ran toward the door with the red eyed creature soon following.
The creature got closer and closer and closer soon to the point where he was one foot away from Sonic.
Meanwhile Antoine continued running and finally was back at the hills they were in before the whole charade began.
"Phew we made it Sonic, now let's go home and promise me to never go there again!"
Antoine turned around and realized that Sonic was no where to be found, this filled Antoine with fear once again.
"Sonic? SONIC!" Antoine called out as he looked everywhere until his eyes landed in the dark forest.
"Holy Croissant..." Antoine prayed to himself in French that Sonic was okay.
"I can't believe I'm doing this but Sonic would do this for me" Antoine muttered as he ran towards the castle yet again.
Once he arrived in front of the castle he perked his ears up to see if he heard any noise but there was no noise to be heard.
Antoine took a deep breath in and out as he opened the door very slowly to see if Sonic was still inside.
"A little peek couldn't hurt right" Antoine whispered but he was dead wrong as he clasped his hands to his mouth and stared in HORROR at the sight before him.
The curtains were opened and a peak of the sunset in the village was shining on the ashes of what ONCE was the creature.
It was completely disintegrated but that wasn't what horrified Antoine..
It was what was next to the creature.
There he lay... Sonic the Hedgehog... in a pool of blood.
Most of it was coming from his neck, where he had two holes plastered there, like if a snake had bitten him.
His hands were spread out beside him as well as his legs.
His eyes had LOST the adventurous color that he once had within them and were replaced with dull lime eyes.
His lips were red from the blood that was rolling down his cheek.
But what surprised Antoine the most was the black rose that lay on his right hand.
"Sonic.." Antoine choked under his breath as several tears began welling up in his eyes.
He kneeled down next to Sonic and tried shaking him to hopefully wake him.
"Sonic please.. this isn't funny *sniff*"No response.
"Hardy har har funny prank you pulled here Sonic you got me now can you wake up so that we can go to supper" Antoine choked in his tears, he knew it was useless but he couldn't help feeling hopeful.
No response.
"Sonic let's go home, please, if you wake up I promise I'll do your homework and your chores for a month, see, pinky promise" Antoine held up his pinky but received no answer.
"I'll do them for a year! Just please wake up so we can go to our comfy homes I'll let you chose the bedtime story this time, and, and, I'll even give you my favorite teddy bear, you know how much I love it, but your more important than that, and I'll even tell our parents that it was my fault we took so long to get home and I'll stay with no food but bread and water so you can be happy. Just please wake up Sonic your my bestest friend ever, your like the big brother I never had. I just, I love you Sonic please don't leave me" Antoine broke down in tears as he lay on Sonic's chest, feeling no heart beat.
The sun was beginning to go down and Antoine had finally accepted Sonic's death.
His ears drooped down and realized that he had to get home and tell his parents what had happened, but he didn't want to leave Sonic there.The sun was almost gone and Antoine realized he had to act fast.
"I'll be right back Sonic" Antoine whispered, "I promise that we'll see each other again someday.. and we'll continue being the greatest friends ever..."
And with that Antoine ran out the door for the last time.
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