War Of The Monsters
By The Chuckinator And VanFullMoonHelsing
Chapter 1: The Vampire Family
Sonic the Hedgehog was walking through the forest, heading back to his house. It had been a long night. Sonic sighed and looked around the forest, scratching his head out of habit. The blue hedgehog wore black short sleeved vest with a white long-sleeved shirt with ruffles at the end of his sleeves. A green emerald was holding in place ruffle at the top of his collar. He wore black boots with a gray strap going over the top. His gloves were plain white with red outlining. Sonic began sprinting to get back quicker as to not get caught out in the sun once it rose.
When he got home, his father was waiting for him. Jules smiled when he walked inside.
"Hi Dad, sorry to keep you waiting," Sonic said. Sonic had been raised to be polite to his elders, but sometimes he had an unexpected teenage spat.
"It's fine," Jules said.
Sonic looked around the throne room. His Father was a dark blue hedgehog, like Sonic, only a few shades darker than him with a brown fringe on his forehead. His Father wore a black cape with red on the inside, a golden crown stood a top his head along with a gold metal piece holding the cape to his shoulder. His cape came down to his knees. He also wore a white shirt covered by a long jacket. Sonic smiled and him and walked past his father, sitting on the couch and yawning.
"Dawn's almost here," Jules told his son. "We should get to sleep."
Sonic nodded at his Father, standing up from the couch and heading towards the large maroon dorks that lead to the hallway. That hallway also led to a staircase that led to the second floor, Sonic's bedroom was in that floor. He climbed the staircase and went into his room. Sonic yawned and fell asleep the moment he fell on the bed. His room was a dark blue colour, like his fur. It had bookshelves, a cupboard and a four-poster bed the quilt on the bed was green, like Sonic's eyes. A mirror hung beside his bed and door that led out to the balcony beside the mirror too. Jules opened the door and saw that his son was asleep, then smiled and closed it before going to his own room.
Once it was night, Sonic awoke and stretched his arms. He got of his bed and headed toward door. He walked out of his room and went down the stairs, meeting Tails on his way down.
"Hey, Sonic! How'd you sleep?" the fox asked.
Sonic smiled at the kid and gave him a thumbs up. "I slept quite well." They continued to chat as they walked toward the throne room.
Tails was Sonic's best friend and adopted brother. He had been abandoned by his parents and nearly killed by a werewolf as a baby, but was saved by Jules.
As the two walked into the throne room, Sonic saw his Dad and his Uncle Chuck. They seemed to be having a very deep conversation. Sonic and Tails decided to stand by until they were done. Tails had been raised like a son under Jules and his origin had been kept secret from the other vampires in the castle. If they found out they kept a mortar in the castle they would kill him without a second thought and Jules knew how close his son was to Tails. After the two were done talking, Jules and Uncle Chuck looked at Sonic. Jules motioned for Sonic to come forward, who did so.
"What is it, Dad?" Sonic asked, quite confused about being called forward so early in the night.
"Your uncle and I have been discussing who should take the throne after Chuck and I stepped down, and we had come to the agreement that you shall be next in line as King," Jules said. "I'm giving it to you."
Sonic blinked in shock. The hedgehog started to get nervous as he never really thought much about getting the throne. "Dad, I've never really thought about the throne a lot and...aren't I quite young?"
Jules was about to speak when Chuck did. "Actually, Sonic, age doesn't matter when it comes to the throne. I was just a little older than you when our Father handed the throne down to me. So, age doesn't matter it's how much you know about your history and that you know how to rule," Chuck explained to Sonic.
Sonic nodded hesitantly. A smile broke across his face and he looked at his father.
"When do I take the throne?" Sonic asked, slightly curious.
"A week from now," Jules told him.
Sonic nodded at his Father, still feeling slightly nervous about the whole thing. Then it hit him. He looked back up at his Father. "Wait, that means I'll be more involved in the war."
"You will."
Sonic blinked and frowned at his Father. "I thought you never wanted me involved in the war until things had settle down a little?"
"I think you're ready to become involved," Jules said. "Besides, things have settled down a little bit."
Sonic sighed and looked down. He then, looked back up at his Father. "Why does this war keep going? I mean, why do we keep fighting? What good is a war gonna do?!"
Jules shrugged; he didn't know. Chuck spoke up.
"The werewolves attacked us because we accidentally went too close to their territory. One of our own took this as a threat and killed a werewolf that attacked him which started an uprise in the werewolves. That's what started the war," Chuck explained to his nephew.
Sonic blinked at this as Tails finally walked up beside Sonic. He looked just as shocked as Sonic did. "So, it was both sides fault? The vampires for being too close to the border and killing a werewolf by accident and the werewolves for attacking the vampires for being close to their territory." Sonic nodded at what Tails said and looked to his Dad.
"This war has been going on for years," Jules said.
"We don't know how long it been going on. The war has been going on since before we were born," Chuck explained.
Sonic nodded at his Uncle and sighed. "Yeah, but ... what would expect me to do? I don't like this war it just leads to more innocents on both sides dying and for what? Something that happened more than a hundred years ago! Can't we get over it and move on?"
Jules sighed. "It's not that simple, son. These wolves will not stop until we are dead. As for what I expect, I want you to lead the vampires so that we can continue fighting. I do not know what we can do to stop this war. Your uncle and I have already tried."
Sonic frowned at this and nodded, "Yea, I guess. I still don't like this senseless fighting. It's getting us nowhere."
Jules nodded and frowned, turning away. In truth, he hated the werewolves because they had killed his wife. He hadn't told Sonic, though; it would make the teen angry. He sighed and walked off. Sonic watched his father go, confused at his sudden absence. Thinking nothing of it, he shrugged. Sonic looked to Tails and the fox shrugged too. Sonic decided now would be a good enough time than any to go out and feed. He ran put of the castle with Tails following behind him.
When the two got to the village, they looked around. Tails looked at Sonic, smiling. Tails would sometimes come with Sonic whenever Sonic went to feed that way no one at the castle got any ideas that he was a mortal. Sonic looked around and saw a woman, Sonic hypnotized her and lured her into an alleyway. Tails standing out the front as a guard for him in case any guards came around from the castle. After Sonic was done he came out of the alley and nodded at Tails before they ran back into the forest. As they ran back to the castle, Sonic heard a growl. He stopped and strained his ears, wondering what the noise was. He looked at Tails, wondering if he heard it too.
"Did you hear that?" Sonic asked the fox.
"Yeah, I did. Foxes have better hearing than hedgehogs," Tails told him in smart-aleck way.
Sonic rolled his eyes and put a hand on his hipster that. The growl got louder and the two looked to the noise. Suddenly, a werewolf leaped out of the bushes, pouncing on Sonic. The blue hedgehog was knocked to the ground as the wolf was on top of him. It growled, showing razor-sharp fangs.
Sonic gulped and stared at the werewolves fangs. "Look, can we try and...work this out? I don't like fighting...so let's not fight." Sonic smiled nervously at the werewolf. He could see Tails starring in horror at what just happened from behind the werewolf.
The wolf growled and bit him on the chest. Sonic cried out in pain and kicked the werewolf off of him. It yelped and hit a tree trunk. As Sonic had kicked it off him it had ripped a chuck of fur off his chest.
Tails ran over to Sonic and helped him up. "Sonic! Are you okay!?"
Sonic shook his head to clear it and grabbed Tails' hand to stand back up, immediately fell onto his brother's shoulder. "Guess that took a lot out of me." Sonic smirked, but then noticed the bite. "Oh no. Dad won't be happy."
Tails looked at the bite and his eyes widened. "Sonic, you've been bitten," Tails told him. The fox's blue eyes held fear in them.
Sonic nodded at this and sighed. "Yeah. I'm kind of worried about how Dad will react."
He stood up, then doubled over, clutching his wound in pain. Tails put an arm around him. Tails helped Sonic up by putting his arm around him. Sonic looked to Tails with an appreciated smile. "Thanks, bro."
Tails nodded and helped Sonic walk back to the castle.