Act I: The Seal
Chapter I: Silent Shout
Part I: Mordred's Arrival
The dust began to settle as the cold wind shook the grounds hard. The Chaotic Plains were the feared outskirts of Camelot and many dared to go there. The funny thing is that they used to be a beautiful place. The suns rays would shine on the chilling green hills as people would socialize, children would play, and animals would roam and flock. It was undeniable that in those days when Chaos wanted what was best for his world, for his plains, the area was a place of beauty. But after the wars, Chaos forget what being pure-hearted was, abandoning all good that was inside him. Allowing the wars to rage destroyed the plains and left them in the state they were today.
The thunderous roar of thousands of hooves from the jet black horses grew louder and louder until they eventually halted to a stop. The leader, Contrad, stepped off his horse and saw the landscape ahead of him. His right-hand Lucius came from behind. Contrad was the man who took over Mordred's army after his death at the hands of King Arthur. King Arthur was the previous king of Camelot before Chaos plagued his heart, leading him to a path of destruction, only to be defeated by Sonic.
"Sir, the kingdom's setup is ahead. If we attack now, we shall leave them defenseless." Lucius claimed. Contrad continued to scan the surroundings before concluding what he wanted to do. "We will charge them with no warning. Do we know who is there?" Contrad asked. "We can safely assume a small majority of the King's Army would be there as of now. Taking this spot of their defense out would give us a clear path to the walls of Camelot sir," Lucius responded. Contrad nodded and turned to face his army. "We will charge the base now. Mount your horses and prepare to fight whoever we approach. At the sound of the horn, we begin to storm them. Understood?" Contrad spat. The army roared in approval, and the horn sounded to cue the rush.
The sight and sounds of the black horses and demonic soldiers rushing the base was indescribable. The battle-cries and evil intent surged like a tsunami towards the outpost ahead. It was inexplainable, what was seen and heard.
The army began to reach the outpost, only to be stopped by Contrad and the roaring horn. Contrad was dumbfounded at what he saw. The base was empty. There wasn't a soldier in sight. A completely abandoned outpost, left totally abandoned. Contrad began to grow disappointed. "Alright, there appears to be no one here. We will search the outpost, and if we can find anything useful, we will take it snd continue onwards. This is a victory for us." Contrad remarked, and sent the army to search the outpost.
The warriors began to find empty chests, loot, weapons and armor around the outpost. Many soldiers began to realize that it may not be abandoned, but they were pushed out and left. As the search went on, Contrad grew impatient that the outpost was seemingly a ghost town. He was conversing with Lucius until a soldier ran up to him. Contrad noticed the feat in the soldiers eyes. He looked cold and shot with fear. "S-Sir, y-you have t-to see t-this..." the soldier stammered. Contrad began to become curious and slightly afraid, an emotion Contrad rarely felt. "Alright. Show me what you found."
What Contrad found next was unexplainable. The soldier opened up the armory door and Contrad was struck with disgust. The armory was filled with dead bodies of the soldiers at the outpost. Contrad was dumbfounded, no one had blown through this outpost, as no sign of destruction was evident. It made no sense. How could every soldier be dead and no one could've logically done this. The soldiers began to converse amongst themselves, confused and afraid. Contrad began to address his army. "Settle down. Settle down! There is nothing to be afraid of. What we see is nothing to stop us, but we shall contin-"
"Quite the discovery you lot have made." A voice called from nowhere.
Contrad and the army all snapped their heads to look at the man approaching them in a lock black cloak and a hood over his head. "Strange, yes? How a whole army could be crippled, by seemingly nothing. Hmph, I would have never guessd this was possible honestly. Took me by suprise as well," he remarked. "Reveal yourself stranger, or I will do it myself," Contrad ordered. The figure snickered, "You wouldn't benefit from knowing my identity. Besides, I know you would hate to know who I am. Especially you, Contrad."
The color drained from Contrad's face. "H-How do you k-know my name?" Contrad stuttered. The figure chuckled, "I know all about you. How couldn't I? You are the one who took everything from me. You took everything I had control over after you set up my death just to have everything I had. You wanted complete control. Everyone believed you. I was forced to retreat, and for years I've roamed, leaving destruction in my wake. However, now I have you, I suppose my plan can begin, yes?" He remarked. The soldiers became increasingly frightened. Contrad was more scared then he had ever been. "What do you want with me, who are y-"
The figure cut him off by raising his hand, and the soldiers began to fall to the ground. Contrad watched as his army fell like dominos. He became more and more frigntened. As the last soldier fell, the figure began to laugh as his cloak withered away, leaving the figure naked. Contrad's eyes grew wide as he saw who it was.
Mordred stood in front of him, his reptilian green eyes staring at him with hate.
"No.. No it can't be." Contrad stammered backing away from him. The hedgehog with powder blue quills and reptilian eyes began to approach him slowly. "It is. I give it too you, your plan to siege this outpost and claim it for yourself is mildly impressive. I can see you most definitely putting my army to their best use. I see freeing them from my control has definitely improved your combat."
Mordred approached him slowly. Contrad began to back further until drawing his sword. "I won't let you take what I built!" He yelled. He ran at Mordred before he grabbed his sword and seperated it in half. Contrad was shocked before Mordred grabbed him by the neck. He gripped his neck harder and harder as he fell to the ground. Mordred laughed evilly before staring him cold in the eyes. "It's a shame you had to fall like this." He stated. He then gripped harder and harder before his hand became ringed in darkness, and decapitated his head from his body. Mordred began to laugh before he began to dawn his armor from Contrad's body. He rose his hands to the sky as the stream of darkness fell from the sky and plunged into his hands. The army all returned to their original state and fell into his control again. The army mounted their horses once again, and Mordred led them out of the outpost.
"Hmph, suppose the world should know I have returned." Mordred smiled a cold smile and began to laugh as his army burned the outpost to the ground.