Prologue

Above,the ocean was beautiful and calm,but under was a raging war between merhogs and mersharks,a violet female wearing five earrings and carrying three bracelets in one hand and a small,blue,sleeping pup in her arm swam to find a safe place to hind the pup. Once she thought she was safe,she placed the pup in some rocks where it wouldn't be found,she'd removed her five earrings and gave it to the pup along with the bracelets,although one was a necklace.

The pup opened his eyes only to see his mother leaving him,followed by mersharks,from that day on,he knew he was alone.

Chapter one

To Sea a merhog

Thirteen years later.

A merhog rested on a rock jutting out of the water,a distant look on his face as memories swirled through his mind,this merhog was large and had a scar over one of his eyes,he wore three earrings on his left ear and another other two on the right side of his tail.

Many people have fathomed of see such a creature,but this blue merhog was known by many names such as,the Guardian Of The Sea,Destroyer Of Ships,The Blue Death,and many more. Many have tried to capture and or tame him,but all have failed due to the merhog wanting to stay hidden.

Elsewhere

A black hedgehog with red streaks on his arms,legs,and in his quills,was talking to a bat,and another hedgehog who was green with fire tattoos on his arms with two scars across his chest, where speaking together at the docks,"So," the black hedgehog said looking at the bat and green hedgehog,"You're looking for Blue Death too?" he asked the other two.

"I heard it had jewels Captain Shadow,and I want them."The Bat said with a smile,"And what do you want with the Blue Death Scourge?"she turned towards the other hedgehog.

"I want to make it my pet." Scourge responded before turning towards Shadow,"And you Shadow?"

Shadow closed his eyes,his arms crossed,"I just want to see if it's real,Mephiles and I are gonna search for it,and he's been going through the myths and legends about the merhogs and why they've disappeared."Shadow finished before hearing a voice behind him and saw his friend.

Mephiles looked like Shadow,but had blue streaks in his quills and no streaks on his legs or arms,he also had green eyes,"Ready to go?" Mephiles asked Shadow who nodded and got on their separate ships where their crew were waiting.

"May the best 'pirate' win." Shadow made quotes with his fingers when he said the word pirate as him and Mephiles sailed off.

"You too!" Rouge said waving goodbye to both the sailors before she got on her ship and left as well. Scourge stayed at the docks for a few extra moments before leaving as well. The captains had no idea that a pink hedgehog had been listening to what they've said.

"I need to tell Sonic."She said under her breath before running off.

With Sonic

Sonic sighed as he looked over the vast water before feeling his stomach growl for food. I think it's time I go get something to eat.

Sonic sawm off towards the docks where there was an ally way that lead to the back of a restaurant,the water was dirty here and Sonic always cleaned it up and dumped the trash into an underwater volcano. After a few moments a pink hedgehog came out the back door,carrying food with her,"Sonic,it's nice to see you again."She said as the merhog sat on the ground,his tail still in the water.

Amy had found Sonic fighting a mershark and had lost a lot of blood and had washed up on land where Amy took him to her home,without being seen and helped him get better,Amy had saved his life,and Sonic thought of Amy as a mother he never had.

"It's nice to see you too Amy." Sonic responded with a warm smile. The two continued to talk while Sonic finished eating. He was about to go off until he felt Amy's hand on his shoulder.

"Be careful,"She said,"There are some sailors looking for you,"She said letting go of his shoulder.

"Don't worry Amy,I'll be fine." He said before leaving to clean up the water and dump it in a underwater volcano.

Later that day

Sonic laid on his back up against the same rock from before,he was hoping for a peaceful day and not have to worry about trying to be captured. From the front, Sonic looked like a normal hedgehog,but from the left,right,and behind you could clearly see the part where fur ended and where scales began.

Sonic closed his eyes to sleep,only to hear cannons a few moments later he heard another but closer, Sonic's eyes opened and saw a ship coming closer. Sonic growled as he saw a green hedgehog. He dived into the water heading towards the ship.

"Where'd it go!" Sonic heard one of them snap. Sonic stopped directly under the ship,on his left wrist was a bracelet which allowed him to call upon a sea creature to help aid or defend him,Sonic never liked putting sea creatures lives in danger,the bracelet was gold like the necklace her wore and the other bracelet which was on his right wrist,all three holding gems with power Sonic doesn't even know he has,he only understands the one on his left wrist,the gem was as blue as the sea and light up when Sonic used it.

"Are you sure it was the Blue Death?" Scourge asked one of his ship mates who said yes. Sonic started to swim again,but faster this time,using his powerful tail,he broke the bottom of the wooden ship and let a whale use its tail to guide the now sinking ship back to land.

"Thank you my friend."Sonic said placing his hands on the whale's side,the whale sang back before going back to where it was.

With Shadow and Mephiles

"Knuckles,you know you'll lose this fight!"Mephiles said as both captains fought,swords swinging as their crew cheered them on as Shadow joined the fight.

"Back down Captain Knuckles,it's two against one." Shadow said,pointing his sword at the enemy. Knuckles growled before backing down and went back to his on ship.

"This won't be the last you see of me!"He shouted as he and his crew left.

"Yeah! And it won't be the last time we kick your ass!"Shadow shouted back before giving Mephiles a high five,"We should keep looking."Shadow said with a smile as one of his crew mates handed him a telescope and pointed to the left,"Is that Scourge's ship?" Shadow asked with a slight frown,handing Mephiles the telescope.

"You're right,it is!"Mephiles said in shock,the ship was still far from shore and it was still sinking into the ocean. Shadow changed the direction of his ship,as did Mephiles as they both headed towards Scourge's ship.

"Help!" Scourge yelled as he saw Shadow's and Mephile's ship heading towards them,waving his hands.

"What happened?"Shadow asked,helping Scourge into a lifeboat.

"The merhog is stronger than I thought,made a hole in the bottom of my ship!" Scourge explained,"Then a whale came out of nowhere and used its tail to make a wave,"Scourge didn't want to explain the rest.

"Well let's get you and your crew to land."Mephiles said as all of Scourge's crew got onto both Shadow's and Mephiles's ships and sailed towards land.

"There we were,looking for the Blue Death on the vast sea,we saw something blue on a rock and we could see its tail,"Scourge said dramatically as people heard that he and his crew saw the elusive merhog,"I told my crew to fire the cannons and then that merhog got off the rocks,I thought it sawm away only to feel my ship shaking beneath my feet,and I realized just then that the Blue Death just made a hole in the bottom of the ship and a wave pushed us towards land,but we didn't get far." People listened to Scourge story,fascinated that the hedgehog had seen the merhog.

"So you're saying that this Blue Death attacked your ship?" A voice from the back of the crowd said with bitterness in their voice.

"Yep,pretty much."Scourge responded to the voice.

"Have you ever thought about what this merhog thinks when he was gonna be hit by cannons? Have you ever stopped to think about why he wears those jewels? And have you ever stopped to find out why he defends the oceans or why he wants to stay hidden?"The voice finished. Scourge was silent,not knowing what to say,"Hmph."The voice said,"I'm outta here."

That voice had been Sonic,he couldn't stay on land for long, so he had to hurry to get back to the sea.

With Sonic

Sonic stepped into the water,he never like land,nor did he want to stay on land for long. Sonic's tail replaced his legs as he went deeper into the water.

Sonic sawm towards the ruins of his home,now destroyed and in ruins. Sonic slowed down as a school of fish swam around him,as if warning him of the dangers ahead,"What is it?"He asked the school of fish,and the bracelet on his left wrist glowed.

"There seems to be divers ahead,looking at what remains of the your Kingdom."The school of fish said,still swimming around Sonic.

"Thank you,"Sonic said,"But I'm going to have to prevent them from taking things from what remains."Sonic said,using his powerful tail to propel him quickly forwards towards the ruined kingdom.

As the school of fish said, there were divers looking amongst the rubble. Sonic saw a Bat,getting close to where the throne room used to be, Sonic stopped,the necklace and bracelets shone brightly as Sonic rounded up all the divers into one big group.

"What's going on?"Rouge yelled at something sawm around them,creating a whirlpool,making them all sick.

Sonic stopped swimming around the divers and went into the middle of the whirlpool,as a merhog,he had a special ability to create small whirlpools and tsunami,but if there are many merhogs working together,they can create large ones,but the size of the merhog determines the size of the said whirlpool and tsunami. Sonic is probably the largest of merhogs lengthwise.

Sonic is this size because he was born with something called ' True Blood Of The Merhog' which made him stronger,faster,larger, and much more,than any other merhog.

"You have disturbed my ancient home,"Sonic said in a booming voice that made him sound threatening and angry,"Leave now and I'll spare your lives." Sonic then left and the whirlpool stopped,leaving Rouge and her crew dizzy and sick to the stomach.

"Let's get outta here!"One of the divers yelled seeing a pair of sharks(not mersharks) heading towards them. All of the other divers looked behind them before swimming franctly towards the surface as well.

"You cowards!"Rouge said,not noticing the sharks as they got closer,when she turned around she realized why they swam away.

Sonic watched,amused that the bat hadn't swam away yet. Sonic noticed mersharks swimming up behind the bat. Sonic groaned and swam to the bat's aid,even through he was reluctant.

Rouge saw the large merhog swimming over to her,her eyes went wide at his size,"My god!" she said in shock.

Sonic was now moving at full speed as the mersharks got closer to Rouge,the other two sharks swam to Sonic's and joined him on both sides,"Move you idiot!"Sonic snapped pushing Rouge away from the jaws of the mersharks. The mershark bit down hard on Sonic's arm while Sonic wrapped his tail around the mershark's body,the other two sharks kept the second mershark at bay while Sonic fought the first one.

"You are not even full grown."The mershark said laughing as it finally let go,"You don't know you true strength yet!."

Sonic narrowed his eyes," I know that once I'm full grown,I'll be the biggest and strongest merhog that will ever exist."Sonic growled,showing off his sharp teeth and claws befores swimming at max speed at the mershark who was shocked at the speed a merhog of his size shouldn't swim at.

Sonic hit the mershark at such a force,Rouge could hear the snap of bones,making her flinch. The other mershark had tried to flee only to find the large merhog in front of him,Sonic used his claws and killed the mershark,the smell of blood making the two friendly sharks hungry as they circled the merhog and bat.

Sonic's necklace started to glow softly,"Forget what you saw here,and forget that you ever saw me."he said,and with a flick of his tail,Rouge fell asleep and was guided to the surface of the water where her crew pulled he on the board.

Rouge started to stir an hour later,"What happened?"She asked confused.

"We don't know,we just found you unconscious."One of her crew mates said.

Rouge sat up abruptly,"The merhog!"She shouted,"We have to go back! I need it's jewellery!"She growled,about ready to dive back in when when something shining came flying out of the water and landed in the boat.

"What is it?"a crew mate asked as Rouge picked it up.

"It's the most beautiful piece of jewellery I've even seen!"Rouge said showing her crew,"Just imagine how much money we could make off of this pure silver necklace!" he crew mates cheered as they sailed back to their ship,"Remind me to keep coming back here."She said to one of her crew mates.

"You still haven't told us what happened down there."One of them said as they sailed there large ship back to land.

"That's a story for the captains to share,"Rouge said as they docked.

"Hay Rouge!" Shadow said walking over to other captain,"Is that pure silver?"Shadow asked,looking at the necklace Rouge held.

"It sure is honey,and I'm turning it into gold!" Rouge said with a large smile on her face. After Rouge traded the necklace for gold,she told them about the merhog and the fight.

She still remembers,her will is strong

Sonic thought,listening to the story with little interest before leaving once Rouge finished

Shadow was amazed that Rouge got to see the Blue Death up close,and now that he knew that the merhog existed,he'd try harder to find it,"Looks like Mephiles and I should leave."Shadow said standing up,"We'll have to try extra hard to find the merhog now."he said leaving,followed by Mephiles.

Over the next few days, Mephiles and Shadow got diving gear.

"Rouge said she saw it near some castile of some sort"Mephiles said as he and Shadow shared a ship together and took half their crew with them.

"I hope it's still around that area."Shadow said looking over the vast ocean,"Wait."He said looking at something in the water,"What's that?" He asked as he saw something tangled in a fisher's net.

"I don't know,but we should free it."Mephiles said getting onto a small boat alongside Shadow.

Sonic's pov

"Grrr!"Sonic growled,thrashing in a fisherman's net,"I never saw the damn thing!"He mumbled only to see a ship,he had to get out of this net! Sonic struggled more and more,only succeeding in making small cuts along his body.

Sonic finally looked up,only to be greeted by large ruby eyes. The amulet on Sonic's left wrist started to glow when the hedgehog reached for him,but grabbed the net. Sonic had told all nearby hostile fish to stay close,but not to attack. The hedgehog cut the net,allowing Sonic to swim free at last. Sonic didn't even thank the two hedgehogs,he just swam away along with the fish .

"That was."Shadow started,only to be at a loss for words,Mephiles was too.

"I never thought that we'd get to see it up close."Mephiles mumbled,still trying to find his voice,"Shadow."Mephiles said looking at the other,"We NEED to protect it."Shadow nodded his agreement.

"Then let's find it again."Shadow said as they turned the boat around and headed back towards Shadow's ship.

"I can't believe I got myself trapped like that!"Sonic scolded himself has he headed towards the ruins of his former home.

Hours have passed since Sonic was trapped in the net,his scratches healing nicely. He had ordered for five great white sharks to guard him while he slept,but little did he know,he was in for a wake up call when a mershark got passed his guards. The shark nearest to him woke him up just before the mershark had reached him.

"Why can't I have a day of peace and quiet?"Sonic growled,dodging the mershark's attacks. Sonic sawm towards the surface of the ocean,leading the mershark into a trap,the moment the mershark was at full speed,Sonic quickly moved to the side,making the mershark jump out of the water,when it hit the water,Sonic gave it a powerful smak with his tail,stunning the mershark,by now Sonic knew it was a trap he couldn't run away from.

"You fell straight into our trap."A mershark said,circling the merhog,the shark was soon joined by about five more.

"None of you ever learn."Sonic said,calling upon a whale shark which scared away the mersharks,saying his thanks,Sonic swam around his former home,not wanting to do anything today,when suddenly,the largest mershark Sonic had ever seen tried to bite his tail but instead got a smack to the face.

With Shadow and Mephiles

"What's going on over there?"Shadow asked,pointing to where a shark tail could be seen,pointing out of the water.

"What if it's the merhog being attacked?"Mephiles said,worried they watched the scene unfold.

Sonic struggled to keep away from the mershark's sharp teeth,and to keep his tail safe from any bite as well,but soon found himself forced onto the surface of the water,"Grr!"Sonic growled in pain after being thrown into the air,he had barely enough time to avoid being bitten by the mershark.

"That's ENOUGH!"Sonic shouted,scaring and sailors and fishermen within a mile. All of Sonic's amulets shone brightly while the mershark sneered,not knowing that it was going to die. Sonic made a whirlpool around the mershark,using this to his advantage,Sonic used his claws and tore the mershark . Sonic wasn't that surprised to see that it survived.

"Is that all you got?"The mershark painted,bleeding heavily from the wounds it received. Before the mershark or the merhog could react,they both heard a cannon,the ball hit the mershark,killing it.

"Are you okay?"Shadow asked the merhog that was bleeding. The merhog looked at Shadow before giving a growl,"We're not here to capture you,"Shadow said,leaning out of the boat,looking the merhog in its beautiful emerald eyes. Shadow sighed when it didn't respond.

"I'm fine,now leave."Sonic said with a growl,surprising Shadow and Mephiles who was coming to stand beside Shadow,nearly falling into the water,"I don't need your protection ." He said to the two hedgehogs and was about to swim off when one of them touched him,out of reflex,Sonic pulled the hedgehog who had touched him,into the water,"Don't….you….ever touch me !"Sonic snarled at Shadow.

"Sorry.."Shadow said frowning before getting back onto the boat with Mephiles help,"But your wounds seem to be bleeding badly. Shadow pointed out.

"I'll be fine!." Sonic snapped and was about to swim off,but something stopped him. Shadow and Mephiles watched the merhog couriously. Once again,Sonic couldn't get away,below him swam the same five mersharks from before,drawn in by the smell of the merhog's blood. Sonic groaned loudly,not wanting to fight while injured.

"What's wrong?"Mephiles asked the merhog.

"More enemies,and I don't want to fight while i'm injured."Sonic responded.

"Then let us help you get away."Shadow said,extending a hand to the merhog.

Sonic hesitated,not knowing if he could trust these sailors,"Tell me your names first."he growled.

"I'm Shadow."

"And I'm Mephiles." They introduced themselves.

"Nice to meet you,now get me outta here."Sonic said taking Shadow's hand and was pulled up on the boat. After they sailed away from the mersharks,Sonic got out,"Thanks for the help,but i'll be getting off here." He said leaving the boat.

"Looks like we have a better story to tell the others."Mephiles said nudging Shadow with his elbow,which the ebony didn't respond,just watch the merhog swim away.

"I wish we got its name."Shadow sighed and Mephiles had to agree.

With Sonic

Sonic had a little trouble with swimming,but managed to get to Amy's restaurant,luck was on his side today,the water was actually clean for once. Sonic waited patiently for Amy,his wounds still stung with each movement he made till Amy finally came out,

"Sonic?"Amy said,as she went over to the bleeding merhog.

"A-Amy?"Sonic said,barely conscious. Amy gasped before walking quickly inside and grabbed a first aid kit.

"Hang on Sonic."She said as she covered up the worst of Sonic's wounds. Once Amy finished,she went back inside,letting Sonic rest.

"Hay Tails,Silver,Blaze!"Amy called to her loyal friends who also knew about Sonic.

"Yes Amy?" Tails said,walking over to her.

"Yeah,what's wrong?"Blaze and Silver asked.

"It's Sonic,he's badly hurt,"Amy said,worry filled her voice.

"Stupid mersharks."Silver mumbled.

"He's going to have to stay where he is,and that means we'll have to keep him hidden."Amy said frowning.

"Alright,we'll just have to prevent people from going back there."Silver said,receiving a smack on the head from Blaze,"What?!"He said rubbing the back of his head.

"We could bring him to one of our homes,but that means no visitors."Tails said,rubbing his nose.

"That'll have to work."Amy said,"But they have to be close to the water." she frowned until she heard a familiar voice.