Forgotten Prophecies – Reality 2.0

Chapter 1

The Night of Fate

The night was alight in a sea of emerald green flames and the sounds of screams throughout the darkness, as well as the crackling laugh of a monster enjoying his hunt for the source of all the panic around him. In every direction, the young and the old ran seeking shelter while the ones strong enough to fight ran forward to confront this threat against their homes.

"Move forward men! We must stop this demon here before he gets any further like we should have done the first time he came back!" issued one of the fighters as he called forth 3 others to follow him into battle. What they met as they moved forward was simply their own death sooner than those that were rushing away, their eyes etched with the vision of the pupil-less stare of a purple echidna, in the sea of flames as another row of huts and houses were burned down to cinders.

"HA HA HA HA HA! COME ON! WHERE ARE YOU FATHER?! TOO AFRAID TO CONFRONT YOUR OWN SON?!" The demon called out laughing hysterically into the night as he saw a few more men trying to flank his left. He smiled as he spotted them, making the group freeze in fear before his claw came in stabbing the man straight through his chest and fired out a large wave of some type of bright energy, vaporizing the three others behind him.

"How… how c-could y-you… do this t-to us?" The black hedgehog said grasping onto the demon's arm before he was pushed off and left on the ground dead, his eyes as blank as the night moonlight that highlighted the demon in the center of the ruins and flames. The light could mistaken some from the outside to think the sun was just rising as the flames alit the village while the purple demon continued his trek.

With every step he could feel more and more of the villagers trying to surround him, trying to escape, the hope that this was all some horrible nightmare. He laughed again at this thought that something could not happen, anything is possible. The green jacket that the demon was wearing billowed in the wind as he stared dead ahead of him, then all around to his sides in which he was now surrounded. A silver-gray wolf called out as he stepped forward holding up a blade and pointing it at the demon.

"You shall go further Demon. You will fall here and this will be your final resting place for all that you have done. You made the mistake of attacking our Village!" the wolf called out as he looked dead on at the demonic echidna. The demon simply shrugged as he dusted off the soot from his Azure colored pants.

"The Sealer's huh?" the demon replied noticing the tag hanging from the wolf's sword who looked uneasy from the words spoken, "And all I wanted to do was talk to my good ol' dad… see my family… But obviously I can't do that cause of you elders huh?"

"You have no family demo-!" another person behind the purple echidna had started out before his entire body had erupted into flames and fell to the ground dead, the echidna's claws still points open palmed at him.

"I have a family, and I have a name. But if you won't acknowledge me by that, then you can all die as well!" The demon said as the air began to steadily become denser while he began to curl up as if in pain. The wolf could sense the amount of energy that was growing but try as he might, he couldn't get his body to move or issue a retreat, his fear taking complete control over his body.

"CHAOS FORCE: EMERALD FLAME EXPLOSION!!"

The blast came just as soon as the words were issued. The area around the demonic echidna glowed in a strange green aura before the ground blazed high into the heavens, wiping out the last of the pitiful resistance that the village had to offer. The night slowly began to quiet down as the last of the screams in the darkness were silenced one by one, cries for help were ignored, children were left to flee on their own, no one was spared as long as they met the demon's path.

At last the demon made it to the last house. This one had remained untouched, still intact though every place was now nothing but ruins. As the echidna made his way to the door he spoke out aloud to himself as he thought.

"If I can count, Mom, Dad, Bro, and Sis should all still be alive and well hidden inside... Hmm… Knowing bro he's probably not home on a mission, and if sis knew I was here I'm sure she'll be in that place… so…" the demon said as he opened the door and was quickly stabbed right through his chest by a spear and pinned to a post behind him, "That means I just have you and mom to take care of. Hi dad, miss me?"

"Like hell! You aren't my son! What have you done to him?!" the blue echidna yelled out angrily as he let go of the spear's end and grabbed the demon by his throat.

"Now now, he's here, alive and well… though you should ask yourself what you did to him. After all, wasn't it you who moved for killing your own boy just so that a demon could be killed? That's not very fatherly of you," The purple demon chuckled happily as the spear was pulled out from his body before being slammed down onto the ground by his neck. The father kept the demon pinned down with one hand while it seemed like he was trying to contemplate what he should do, however the demon spoke out again to incite the male more.

"Such hateful force on your own son? Did he really deserve this type of punishment?"

The blue echidna roared out in anger and frustration as he pulled out a tag with many different runes on it and began to chant out what sounded like a spell. As he did the tag began to steadily glow between the father's fingers.

"Even now you'd kill him just to kill me? I gave your son a second chance at life when you stupid ingrates sent him to his death! What would your own wife say to this?!" the demon said as his body began to shake angrily. At those words, the chant faltered and the blue echidna began to lower his hands as he looked at the doorway to his wife who was standing there watching with tears in her eyes. The demon stood waited as he watched the tags power vanish and then smiled as he stabbed the male directly in the heart.

"Y-you…"

"Heh… call it even for the hell you left your own son in…" the demon said as he pulled his claws out of the dead man and left him lying on the ground before turning to the red hedgehog that was still in the doorway, having fallen to the ground in sorrow and disbelief. The purple echidna slowly walked up to the lady with his hand outstretched with a small but sad smile.

"Sorry mum, guess you didn't get through enough to dad in time. But least I can do is keep you two together. Enjoy your sleep. I'll make this a painless as possible," he spoke out as a wave of gas began to pour out from his hand. The fumes began to surround the female hedgehog who then simply moved close to her husband to stay by his side, holding his hand as she closed her eyes and died silently.

"That leaves 2 more… Let's see if sis is where I think she is," the demon said leaving the home alone as he dashed out of the village and down the road to a small cave and riverbed. There alone sat a young echidhog girl that was looking at the stream as it rushed down past her. From the moonlight, she could be seen to be no older that 8, wearing a small dress with colors that couldn't be distinguished in the darkness and her hair done back in a single ponytail and quills down her sides.

"So you came… the bands… didn't work? The ones that dad gave you?" the girl said as she saw the reflection of the demon in the water next to her. The girl didn't move as she seemed to be holding something in her hands while she was bent over.

"Nope… cracked the moment I wanted them to," the demon said holding up the broken bands that he pulled out of his pocket. The cracks around the entire ring seemed to go on forever around the small figure and the luster from the golden color seemed all but gone. "Which reminds me… you were the one that came up with that idea to save my life weren't you? To send me away until a 'cure' could be found wasn't it Erika?"

"Ye- these aren't sealing bands…" Erika said as she raised her head and noticed the two bands in her demonic brother's hand. "Those… those wouldn't… do anything to stop you."

"Really? I wondered why it was so easy… so they didn't have any plan on saving me. Even sent bro to give these to me saying, 'Wear these! They will help suppress your dark side.' What load of crap!" the echidna said crushing the rings into dust. As the demon let the dust fly off to the wind, his eyes picked up a shine from the girl's hands and a dark impulse came over the demon to do something he had not planned on.

"I'm… sorry it took so long Solar… since no one thought it was possible, I had to do it alone… but I think I got these right…" she said holding out her hands as she held out two new bands that were glowing brightly with a yellow light in the darkness. She smiled lightly before her eyes widened in shock as she felt a sudden pain in her chest. The color from the demonic hedgehog quickly reverted back to a cobalt blue as his eyes widened as well quickly pulling out his hand in a panic.

"NO ERIKA! I'M SORRY!" the echidna said as he panicked trying to find some way to stop the flow of blood that was coming from the stab wound; trying to ignore the fact that the wound was completely fatal beyond saving. "PLEASE! YOU CAN'T DIE! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"It's alright bro… I'm sorry I didn't have these for you sooner…" the girl said holding the bands up while smiling softly. She slowly put the bands into her brothers trembling outstretched hand. As her hand went came back down she closed her eyes once more before whispering one last thing.

"These ones were done by me so keep them close... they should definitely work better than the last ones…and… thank… you… Solar…"

After that, she never moved again.

End of Chapter