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A silver coronation

The royal palace was growing more and more lively as time went on.

The great audience hall in where the royal coronation was to take place was bustling and quite lively.

The hall was at the bottom floor of the Sol palace where not only special events took place but it was also where the monarchs held audience with their subjects about massive crisis. The room had big ivory walls and marble floors that were so clean that you could see your own reflection in it, the architectural structure was grand and had ginormous, flame-like shapes sculpted and carved into the walls that could almost touch the ceiling. The only windows in the room were a pair of huge stain glass windows that were behind the altar, where the thrones were, at the end of the room.

It looked fairly grand.

Both the citizens of the Sol dimension and some of the heroes of Mobius sat in the hall, seated and chatting amongst themselves as they awaited the time for Silver the hedgehog and Blaze the cat to get crowned. They seemed excited and most were formally dressed (even Shadow, whom didn't seem very pleased to be present) for the occasion. Marine the raccoon (now a captain/world traveller) was also there for the occasion.

As everyone talked to each other, waiting patiently for the time to arrive, they wondered whether Silver and Blazes would be good monarchs together?

Silver's heart pounded hard in his chest.

This was it...

"R-Remember what Sonic said..." He thought to himself, "...j-j-just remember what Sonic said..."

Silver quaked in his boots as he strode anxiously down the aisle, trying his best not to let his anxiety show itself. His turquoise cape billowed perpetually in the nonexistent wind behind him as he strolled down the altar where a priest awaited him with the royal crown sat on a pedestal beside him. The crown was made from silver, but it was a few touches darker than his own fur and it glinted in the sunlight that beamed through the stain glass windows, he still couldn't believe that very soon that very crown was going to be placed upon his brow.

It felt so...surreal.

He tried his best to wear a look of confidence.

He could feel all eyes on him as he walked down the aisle and it made him feel ultimately uncomfortable as he slowly made his way down to where his wife and the priest awaited him. He felt a violent tremor tremble down his spinal chord and the fur on his legs, the back of his head, the fur on his ears and even his five hair pieces stood on end.

It felt like an eternity but he stood right next to Blaze, whom could sense he was nervous.

She proceeded to grab his hand and then squeeze it for reassurance.

That was when the royal priest, an anthropomorphic cassowary who had violet/indigo feathers with a gray curved beak. He also had a waddle drooping from his chin —kind of like a goatee. He was dressed in pure white robes and a small hat that was perched upright atop his head. He had large wrinkles surrounding his sapphire blue eyes and a gray tint colouring his feathers, signifying his old age.

This priest had been the royal coroner for generations.

He was wise and humble, but a bit judgemental.

The elder meandered over towards a small pedestal, which had a special crystallised scepter laying vertically on top of it.

It glinted and sparkled in the sunlight that shone through the large stain glass window and it reflected a rainbow of colours against the walls and floors in a dazzling array. The staff had this aura of power and authority due to the royal monarchs previously whom wielded it.

The priest smiled warmly as he sauntered over and handed over the Jeweled scepter, the same one that Blaze's royal family had guarded for centuries.

Blaze took the Jeweled scepter and she made sure to hold it tight as she felt the power of her ancestors before her flow through the cane. Her heart pounded hard in her chest as her eyes became misty and a nostalgic smile crossed her muzzle as she recalled the wisdom of her parents back when she was only a kitten.

The fiery cat felt her eyes well up and smiled as she turned to face the priest who had a proud smile worn upon his beak. He took one of the two crowns and gently lowered it so it could sit proudly on top of her head. Blaze smiled fondly up at the crown sat upon her brow and then held the Jeweled scepter up high into the air, causing everyone to erupt into cheers and break into a humongous round of applause.

The priest cassowary felt a smile spread across his beak.

"By the power vested in the Sol emeralds and myself, I now pronounce you as the new queen of the Sol dimension!" He exclaimed aloud.

Everyone cheered louder as they celebrated Blaze receiving the crown that was worn by her own mother before her. The lavender furred feline had an expression upon her face that could easily be described as the total epitome of joy as she meandered over to take a seat on the queens throne but she listened carefully as it was time for her husband to have her father's crown bequeathed unto to him.

The newly-crowned Queen was reminded of her late father every time she saw that crown and, while it did cause this sadness to tint her soul, she tried not to let it bother her too much. Her father was probably proud of her, as was her mother.

Silver was next and it was blatantly obvious that the elderly cassowary wasn't as enthused about crowning a mere commoner.

The platinum hedgie felt uneasy and he could feel the fur covering his body stand up and a small droplet of sweat started to slide down one of his double back quills, making his anxiety really obvious. His chest fluff bristled and he started to tremble a bit, but he bit his lower lip to keep control of himself and try and fight the urge to stand up and run out of the hall.

He felt as though the room itself was trying to crush him.

That was when he glanced over at Blaze who just nodded at him with a supportive glint in her amber eyes and then, after a moment or so, then she lowered herself subtly towards the ground as though gesturing for him to do the same. He followed her lead, trying to calm his heavy pants, and he blinked in an unusual mix of perplex confusion as well as felt a frown form on his tan muzzle.

Should he do that too?

"Bow your head." Said the priest, in more of a demand then an instruction. He seemed to want to add some venomous insult but decided against it due to the fact that he was receiving a very dark scowl from Blaze —if looks could kill then he was sure that she could have made him combust into flames on the spot with her fiery yet piercing gaze.

He gently grabbed the crown from the pedestal next to him and held it over Silver's head.

Silver tried his best to obey the command, however he felt as every single muscle seemed to betray him at that instant. He cursed himself inwardly for his unprofessionalism. He still made the attempt, though, and shakily forced himself to drop down on one knee whilst he bowed his head as respectfully as he could. He swallowed hard as he lifted his gaze and watched the crown, his fur standing on end as it was held above his head.

Apparently this crown originally belonged to Blaze's father, and he knew that since this crown was being bequeathed to him that he needed to take great care of it.

He tried to swallow a large marble of a lump that had formed in his throat.

This was it.

He was about to be crowned king.

The futuristic, psychokinetic hedgehog watched with anticipation as the crown was beginning to be lowered on top of his head and he felt sweat of nervousness start to slide down his face. He could feel the colour drain from his muzzle as he took a calming exhale and closed his eyes to try and prepare himself because he didn't want to show a hint of his major anxiety.

Those doubts from earlier once again started to whirl around and around inside his head.

Would he be a good king?

He could have sworn that the crown was almost touching his head when the ceremony took a dramatic turn.

But that was when a huge boom shook the castle.

Everyone stood up from their respective seats as the ground shook and rumbled beneath their feet, they tried desperately to keep themselves steady and on their feet to avoid falling over. It was hard but a majority of them (including the Mobians, especially the ones who could fly) was able to keep themselves from tumbling to the ground. Some of the other citizens, though, weren't so lucky as they toppled over and helplessly flopped about like fishes out of water, not even the priest could keep himself from falling over due to the tremors.

Silver and Blaze scrambled to their feet, the former using his own psychokinesis on both himself and the newly-crowned queen to prevent themselves from falling too.

The anthropomorphic platinum-furred hedgehog and lavender-furred cat quickly snapped their heads to face several directions to try and get a glimpse at what was causing this sudden bout of mayhem.

That was when lava started to flow into the audience room, causing the civilians to cry out in fear as the ones who fell scrambled to try and get back up and tried to scurry towards the doors to avoid the blazing hot substance.

But, neither Silver nor Blaze could help but find the feel of this lava...familiar.

It was as though they had encountered it before.

Instinctively, the couple got into their battle stances as they prepared themselves to fight.

They kept surveying their surroundings until they found not only where the lava was flowing through from but also where this strange party-crasher was making his presence known.

Both Silver and Blaze turned to face the apparent threat —Silver with his hands and body glowing a bright turquoise as he prepared a psychokinetic attack and Blaze with jets of bright orange flames jetting from the palms of her hands. They weren't expecting anything like this to happen...however their hearts dropped to the floor simultaneously when they laid their eyes upon the beast that had laid waste to the castle.

The hedgehog/cat couple's eyes widened as all the colour drained from their muzzles respectively.

There was no mistaking what they were seeing...but this just couldn't be true!

It was the "Flames of disaster".

Also known as Iblis.

A/N: Here's the second chapter of "A Silver coronation" and I hope you guys enjoy it.

I even added the jewelled scepter from Sonic Rush adventure in here!

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-Chloemcg