Welcome, to the long awaited Chapter 3 of The ReBlur: Arabian Nights! If you're wondering where this has been, there are a few of reasons. I was working on two other fanfics (because I thought I was able to handle writing three at once, which I'm not). You won't find those, they've been deleted (for now). I was also really lazy (that's a common reason). The final reason is, I don't own a copy of Sonic and the Secret Rings myself, so I write these as I watch someone else play the game. And to do that, I have to watch someone in addition to writing this, so I've been holding off. But I figured it's a new year, so I might as well get off my big fat *removed for copyright reasons* and write something to start off 2017. Anyway, that's enough of my rambling. Onto the new anime intro! (This will be a trend on all my fanfics. You don't like them, just skip them.)
(Intro Begins)
Aman-Rapi stands on a cliff overlooking a big castle that's pouring out Djinn. Shahra floats next to him. The two look at each other with determination. Aman-Rapi looks back at the castle while Shahra is sucked into the ring.
(Seven Rings In Hand by Steve Conte)
Make beliefs reborn! (Make beliefs reborn!)
Myths in mind rethought! (Myths in mind rethought!)
A flame appears on the area of Aman-Rapi's chest where his heart is.
Question all that's known! (Question all that's known!)
Legends blurred and torn! (Legends blurred and torn! Blurred and torn! Yeah!)
He puts his hand over the flame, and then gets into a running position. He takes off and leaps off the cliff, before cutting away.
No such thing as fate for those who speed!
Aman-Rapi runs at top-speeds through the desert.
A path out of time instead of just livin' it!
It zooms in on the hedgehog's face before he boosts away.
So many things erased before they begin!
Erazor Djinn stands on top of his castle with an evil smirk on his face, before he disappears into shadows.
Hopes un-dream instead of what could have been!
Shahra meditates in a black void, before looking up hopefully.
Fortune fades like words in the sand, just like that it's nothin' at all just seems.
Madonna sits in her tent, looking at a drawing of her and her brother, before the brother seems to be erased from the drawing.
Nothin' at all just seems.
Fortune shines with seven in hand, back to fact make real of all that seems.
Make real of all that seems.
The Seven World Rings float in front of Erazor, who cackles.
Seven Rings in Hand, speed through nights with feet in sand!
Aman-Rapi runs toward a horde of Djinns with dagger in hand.
Seven Rings Hand, wonders all under command!
He begins taking some out.
Seven Rings in Hand, wild with just one single hand!
He pulls out an explosion spell from his pouch and throws it down beneath him.
Seven Rings in Hand, with arrowed hearts catch fire now!
He jumps just as the explosion begins, propelling him over the Djinns and killing them.
Make beliefs reborn! (Make beliefs reborn!)
Myths in mind rethought! (Myths in mind rethought!)
Aman turns to where the horde was, only to see Erazor standing there with his arms crossed. The hedgehog scowls, and Erazor smirks.
Question all that's known! (Question all that's known!)
Legends blurred and torn!
The two rush at each other. Just before Aman's dagger and Erazor's fist collide, it cuts away to the title. "ReBlur: Arabian Nights."
(Intro Ends)
The Desert
Aman ran as fast as he could as Shahra gave him directions to King Shahryar's palace.
"Are you sure I'm going the right way?" Aman asked with concern.
I'm a genie. Of course I know where I'm going. Shahra responded.
"Well to me, it looks like a bunch of desert." he told her. "Wait, that's what it looks like everywhere."
Only a few moments later, they came upon a huge city.
"Daaaaaaamn!" Aman chuckled. "That's the biggest city I've laid eyes upon!"
Of course it is. It's the capital city of the Arabian Nights. Shahra explained.
"And the palace is just somewhere in there?" he asked.
In the middle to be precise. Shahra answered.
"Really?!" Aman asked. "Can you just teleport me in?"
Actually I can. she admitted.
"That would've been too- wait you can?" he realized. "Then why did you make me run all the way here?"
You need the exercise. she told him.
"Shahra, I don't know if you know my profession, but it involves a lot of running to places." Aman explained. "I think I get plenty of exercise. So go ahead and teleport us in."
Alright, here goes. Shahra said. At first nothing happened.
"I don't think anything ha-"
Sand Oasis, the Capital City
"-ppened." Aman proceeded to run face first into a wall. "Ow!" he shouted. He then proceeded to shout a lot of… colorful words to express how much pain he was in.
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Shahra asked.
"Yes." he simply responded. "But why didn't you warn me?!"
I did! she retorted.
"No you didn't!" Aman argued.
I went, 'Alright, here goes.' Shahra quoted.
"That was a warning?!" Aman asked. "That's not a good warning!" He got up while rubbing his head and noticed something. "Is this what palaces look like? Because this is not what I imagined."
It looked like was at some building at a pier town nearby the Capital Citty. It was pretty rundown. In fact, there was no one there.
Wait, this isn't right. Shahra told him. This isn't what the Royal Palace looks like!
"Really? I couldn't tell the difference between a palace and a rundown building." he said sarcastically.
It must be Erazor's magic that's keeping me from directly teleporting to the palace! the genie determined.
"Then I guess I'll have to take the long way." Aman also guessed.
Be careful. If Erazor is messing with my magic, then he likely has Djinns and other traps waiting for you. Shahra warned. The hedgehog nodded in understanding, before taking off out of the building.
BGM – Let the Speed Mend It by Runblebee
Head forward from your current position. Shahra told him.
Aman did as told and continued forward. As he passed by a series of small lakes, he held his hand out to scoop some water and poured on his face, using it as drinking and cooling water.
As he came upon the last one, stone pillars shot up from underneath the ground.
They're being manipulated by magic! Watch out! Shahra called out.
The speedster quickly strafed from left and right as they popped out of the ground.
He successfully avoided all the pillars and maid his way to another set of pillars, where a couple of Blue and Green Djinn awaited him.
"Alright, now it's time to show my skills off to these Djinn!" Aman quipped. His dagger popped into his hand and he stomped on a Djinn, propelling him to two Djinn on the pillars. As he flew past the two, he slashed both of them with his dagger and quills. He landed and Homing Attacked a Djinn that happened to be in front of him, before he hit the ground running.
He vaulted over a fallen pillar and kicked a Djinn down to the ground. He leaped onto it and stabbed it in the chest. He looked up two Djinn in the air. He jumped to the first one and Homing Attacked it, before using the bounce to hit the second one. He landed and ran into a Djinn. He kicked that Djinn into a pile of boxes, knocking the pile over and crushing them.
"I feel like I'm way more efficient than usual." Aman commented as he ran past some plant wildlife.
While you wear the ring, I can boost your current abilities, as well as give you new ones. Shahra explained.
"Huh, neat." Aman admitted. He came upon a pile of fallen pillars that blocked his way. However, he saw that some of the fallen pillars had fallen into a big lake and were big enough to stand on. "I guess I'm taking that route."
He hopped over the water and landed safely on the first one. He made his way onto the pillars and eventually made it back to shore. Ahead of him he noticed two Red Djinns. As soon as he saw them, they saw him.
Those ones breathe fire. I gotta watch out for that. Aman reminded himself. As soon as he noted that, they did what they were known for, breathing fire.
Slide! Shahra yelled. Aman did do that out of instinct and saw that a shield formed around him, allowing him save passage through the fire and the flames. He stabbed them as he slid past.
"What was that?!" Aman asked.
That was the Aegis Slide. If you slide along the ground, you gain a protective shield. Shahra explained.
"Neat." he admitted.
The building ahead should provide safe passage. Shahra pointed out.
He entered the building, only to find flames sprouting from the floor, walls, and ceiling.
"Bad idea!" he exclaimed. He swiftly dodged all the flames and uses his Aegis Slide when needed to escape the building.
As soon as Aman got out, a spear landed right next to him. He looked up and saw more coming at him. His eyes shrank.
"Not good!" he shouted. He dashed away just in time to avoid a spear that landed in the spot he was just in. Dozens more rained upon him, but he managed to avoid them all with his quick reflexes. The only problem was that he was being forced toward a building. Or was it?
It's a dead end! Shahra stated.
"Watch this." the hedgehog calmly replied. He increased speed toward the wall.
Aman, you're going to go splat if you continue this course! Shahra warned. Turn around!
Aman ignored this and continued toward the building. Luckily for him, the sand sloped upward, allowing him to transition from the ground to the wall.
Of course! Shahra exclaimed. I should've expected this! Once he got high enough, he landed on a ledge.
"Whew!" he exclaimed. "That was one-" A spear landed right next to his head. "Sh*t." He saw that more were aiming toward the wall, and began shimmying on the edge as fast as he could without falling. Eventually, the spears stopped flying, at him, which made things a little easier for him. But immediately after, he saw spikes repeatedly poking out from the ledge ahead. "Oh come on!" He timed his shimmy so that he was right behind the spikes in front, and just ahead of the spikes behind him.
As soon as he got past that, more spears came at him. He shimmied onto a part of the ledge he thought was stable. But it clearly wasn't, because it started crumbling as soon as he stepped on it.
"Oh sh-" he managed to get out before the ledge fell. He managed to catch himself and landed on the falling ledge as it fell down a sand waterfall. He saw that there was somewhere to land.
Jump! Shahra shouted. He did so and landed safely.
"That was too close!" Aman commented.
There! Just past the lake is the bridge to the palace! Shahra told him. Aman looked and saw fallen pillars stretching across a lake.
"You know, this is very convenient for me." Aman realized. "It's amazing how all these pillars just happened to fall in the exact places I need in order to get across."
Yeah yeah, that's great and all, but can we get a move on?! Shahra asked.
"Oh right, sorry!" he apologized. He jumped across the pillars onto the other side. He ran on, only to find a Green Djinn blocking the bridge to the palace.
Hey, try the Speed Break! You pretty much go super fast, but only for a short time! Shahra informed.
"Alright then." Aman said. He got into a running stance, and shouted, "SPEED BREAK!" Because that's what he felt like would trigger it. And he would not be wrong. He suddenly flew forward at a speed he'd never experienced before, plowing right through the Djinn and making his way across the long bridge to the palace.
BGM End
King Shahryar's Palace
"Where is he?" Aman asked, looking around the barren palace.
"Are we too late?" Shahra worried, now manifesting herself outside the ring. Behind the two, a jar began shaking violently, and it fell over, revealing a fat guy with a very peculiar mustache.
"… Who the hell is that guy?" Aman asked, very confused.
"I am Shahryar, king of the Arabian Nights!" the man flamboyantly introduced.
"That's… Shahryar?" A wide grin spread across Aman's face, and snickers came from his mouth. Eventually, they turned into laughter.
"You insolent fool!" Shahryar roared. "You dare laugh at me?! Guards! Seize the blue spiky thing!"
"First, I'm a hedgehog. Second, I'm indigo, not blue. There's like, a huge difference with those colors." the hedgehog complained. Shahra rolled her eyes at Aman, before turning back to the king.
"Where are your men, Your Highness?" Shahra questioned.
"Oh yeah. I forgot." Shahryar remembered. "When the Djinn appeared, everybody fled like it was the end of the world. And I had to hide in the jar… for reasons."
"Like what?" Shahra asked. No sooner than she asked, then a giant pterodactyl came flying by, yanking Shahryar off his feat. And you know who was on said pterodactyl? Erazor Djinn, that's who.
"NOOOOOO!" Shahryar screamed. "HELP MEEEEE!" The Djinn and the hedgehog's eyes locked. Erazor was smirking cockily at the hedgehog.
"Look who finally showed up!" Aman quipped. "And here I thought you weren't going to show!"
"Quick, after him!" Shahra yelled. She disappeared back into the ring, before Aman took off after the Djinn. Aman managed to stay relatively close behind Erazor, and seemed to be ever so slightly gaining on him.
"Damn, this rat doesn't know when to quit." Erazor mumbled. He then smiled madly. "But let's see if he can keep up when he has to do deal with this!" Erazor cast some magic into the sand, and a big whirlpool formed in front of Aman, forcing the hedgehog to stop.
"Darn! He's getting away!" Aman shouted.
Aman, look! the genie shouted. The hedgehog looked down into the whirlpool, and noticed something climbing out. Two purple tails popped out of the whirlpool, and they had eyes on them. Soon, a creature that looked to be that of a giant purple scorpion with tons of eyes emerged from the whirlpool.
"What… is that?" he asked, both confused and creeped out at the same time.
It's a monster summoned by Erazor! The Sand Scorpion! Shahra informed.
"Probably to stall us while he gets away with the king, no doubt." he guessed. "Well, can't you just-" he wiggled his fingers, imitating magic. "-to teleport this guy away?"
If I wasn't able to get through Erazor's magic force field, I doubt I'd be able to get rid of this guy. Shahra sadly answered.
"That's okay." Aman told her. "I can do this no problem. It's just a big scorpion… with lots of eyes… that are staring right at me…"
But I can say that the big eyeball on its back seems to be its weak point! Shahra pointed out.
"Is that the part currently facing me?" the hedgehog asked.
Yes. she clarified. The scorpion then started scuttling in a random direction.
BGM - Poison Spear by Runblebee
"Why is it trying to flee?" Aman wondered. "It doesn't matter. It can't outrun me." He began chasing after the Scorpion. A red light began forming on the right tail of the Sand Scorpion.
Watch out for its tail attack! Shahra warned. Aman just moved all the way to the right to avoid it, and it could not reach him. The left tail then tried to crush him, only to miss when he sidestepped.
"Hey, I wonder…" He homing attacked onto the left tail's first eyeball, then onto the second, then onto the one on its back.
Nice work! Shahra congratulated.
"Now to do it again." Aman said to himself. He waited until one of the tails slammed itself onto the ground, and then repeated what he had done earlier. In response, the scorpion turned around, its front facing Aman. "THAT'S EVEN CREEPIER!" To add to the creepiness, the mouth/front eye detached from the front of the body and started chomping its way toward him. "OH HELL NO!" Aman kicked the mouth in the eye rapidly. It retracted itself back to the head. "I hope it doe-" It detached the mouth again. "COME ON!" When it got close Aman latched himself onto one of the teeth, and began stabbing his dagger into the eye. "JUST DIE! DIE… DIE… DIE… DIE!" he shouted angrily. He jumped off once it reattached. The Sand Scorpion was weak, but not defeated. Aman's eye twitched. He pulled out an Explosion spell., and threw it as hard as he could at the Scorpion. Just before it exploded, Aman said, "Hasta la vista, baby." The monster exploded into purple fire.
BGM End
"So freaking glad that monstrosity is dead!" Shahra manifested out of the ring.
"Aman, look!" she exclaimed and pointed toward where the Scorpion exploded. Aman looked and saw that sand had been kicked up. But that wasn't what had gotten his attention. Right there, smack dab in the middle of the crater, was a World Ring.
"Is that…" Aman spoke.
"Yes it is… a World Ring." Shahra answered. The hedgehog went over and picked it up. "Legend goes that when darkness descends upon the Arabian Nights, the legendary blue hedgehog shall come."
"Legendary, puh-lease!" Aman said. "I'm just a Djinn Hunter."
"When the seven World Rings are gathered, the portals between other worlds shall open." Shahra continued.
"Hold up hold up hold up." he stopped her. "You're telling me there's other worlds out there? Ones where there are no Djinn?" She nodded.
"But the life of the collector shall be offered up in return." she added.
"… So I'm basically screwed six ways from Sunday." Aman realized.
"I can't say for sure." Shahra told him. "Someone else could gather all the rings before you do. But I know that these World Rings hold the key to a mystery."
"Say, how do you know a bunch about the rings if you've been stuck in a ring for your whole life?" he questioned. Shahra turned away, obviously not wanting to answer. He held his hands up, backing off. "Alright, I can see you don't want to talk about it right now. But I do expect an answer later."
"… We should probably rescue the king." Shahra told him.
"Oh, the fat guy. I forgot." he admitted. "Which direction was that again?" She pointed behind Aman. "Thanks." He then tried to stuff the World Ring inside his pouch. But if you know the size of the World Rings, you know that it didn't fit. "It doesn't fit!" he whined. Shahra giggled at his childishness, before placing a hand on his pouch. "Don't I have to wish you to do stuff?" he asked.
"Let's just say I'm a special genie." Shahra told him, seeming to be hiding something. He narrowed his eyes, but shrugged, deciding not to pursue it. Her hand and the pouch both glowed. "There, try it now." Aman skeptically tried again, and found that not only did it fit; he seemed to have infinite room in his pouch. "I made the space in your pouch infinite, so all you have to do is think what you want while you put your hand in there and it will come out, provided you put it in there."
"… You're so cool." Aman gratefully commented. Shahra nodded and disappeared into the ring. He turned around and dashed off toward a jungle.
And there you go! The long awaited third chapter to The ReBlur: Arabian Nights! Did you like it? If you, like, comment, and subscribe, and I'll see you in the next video… is what I would say if I were on YouTube. Instead, leave a review and follow the story if you haven't already to know when the next chapter is uploaded. Until next time, sayonara!
Shahra, Erazor Djinn, King Shahryar, the name of Aman-Rapi, the Djinn, and the Sand Scorpion belong to SEGA.
This version of Aman-Rapi belongs to TheOrangeRobo.