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king Arthur's curse.
Once he had retreated to the balcony up high, Sonic's lungs burned horribly as he gasped and panted for air as he stared down at the castle town's awaking folk who were oblivious to their kings sudden appearance and stress. Sonic had no idea what had happened but he just freaked out and couldn't stand to be inside the room any longer.
The Werehog felt the cool breeze blow in his newly acquired shaggy fur and he couldn't help but stare at the orange, purple mixed skies that marked the sun rise and he noticed that beautiful, fluffy clouds were vaguely filling the skies in a beautiful array of colours.
Sonic forced a heavy breath out of his throat and relaxed his shoulders as he shut his eyes before he heard a voice that contained an old English tone behind him "It is a glorious morn isn't it?"
Sonic whipped his head around in panic since he had not expected such a voice to come out of nowhere. He relaxed, however, when he realised that the source of the voice was Caliburn who had stood by the door with a small soft smile. The Werehog sighed once more before he resumed looking at the beautiful colours that had formed in the sky above.
Caliburn was now really worried about Sonic. The usually azure furred hedgehog would normally greet him with his American slang but instead of being in such a chirpy mood, the hedgehog greeted him with nothing...What a scare this was.
Sonic tried to ignore Caliburn but the sword just leaped upon the railing beside him and looked at the beautiful skies with him as he thought that these beautiful skies had brightened but Sonic appeared to be afraid. As far as Caliburn knew, Sonic was this hedgehog who knew no fear but this was shattering that whole entire view and it was deeply concerning to see the knight of the wind so depressed and afraid.
The Sacred sword moved closer to his former student/master and asked softly while gazing at him with utmost worry "Sonic. I am worried for you and this is but opposite of your usual self and you are filled with fear. I must query about what has happened back in the great hall?"
Sonic did nothing but try and back away from Caliburn to try and continue to hide his painful truth but Caliburn just gave the Werehog a scowl that was somehow forbidding him to leave until he told what was going on. Just thinking about what had took place all those years ago hurt like a knife in the back and he closed his eyes in sorrow and tried to collect himself before he admitted with his deep growly voice broken "My parents died, alright?!"
Caliburn was shocked and stared at his master with wide eyes that just begged him to explain what had happened to him. Sonic let out another deep breath before opening his emerald eyes and looking back at the beautiful skies while propping himself up with his arms and putting them on the railing that made the balcony safe so nobody could fall.
"When I was 6 years old, I was just going out with my mom and dad. We were a happy family and my dad, Dasher, was just like me while my mom, Alena, was a kind nurturing hedgehog. I was the trouble maker of the family." Sonic laughed a little at the memory before he continued "We were walking across a bridge since my archenemy, Eggman, had started his attacks on the usual route home and my dad suddenly saw Ol' Nose-hair flying towards us in his hover machine and he told us to go before it was too late."
Sonic's voice began to go hoarse as he tried to control it and his heart began to race inside his chest. He shut his eyes tight and groaned as he tried to calm himself but he was failing this task as he was hyperventilating as the cruel images had resurfaced his mind and Caliburn moved closer to Sonic in order to calm him but this was in vain.
Sonic's eyes shrank in fear as he subconsciously continued the tale of the death of his parent's "M-my mom was trying to convince my dad to go with us and run but...My dad wouldn't listen...He attacked and he was unaware that the rope that held the bridge we were standing on was moments away from breaking..."
Caliburn knew that this subject was hurting Sonic more then anything else and he hoped that he wasn't emotionally wounding him since this was obviously wounding enough and he had hoped that he wasn't pushing his master's boundaries and being a king was tough indeed and turning into a Werehog created more stress but asking him to speak of his parents death might have been too much for Sonic to take!
Sonic gasped shakily as he felt tears stream from his eyes in a wiggly line down his muzzle and he sniffed heavily before he continued the story, feeling worse and worse as he carried on and his heart was thudding within his chest, screaming at him to tell the truth "The rope snapped and mom held me in her arm while she grabbed on to the rope. I remember being scared outta my sneakers and I had clung for my life. Mom however had this look of determination and she whispered something in my ear..."
"What did she whisper in your ear, Sonic?" Asked the sacred sword as he looked at Sonic with a confused gaze and Sonic struggled to answer that as his whole body shook with fear and he whimpered like a scared little child as he sniffed twice and frowned in depression before telling him in the softest, saddest voice possible "She told me to live my life and run."
Sonic remembered that horrifying moment when he looked into his mother's beautiful crystal blue eyes as he clung to her tightly, tears clouding his vision. He had wondered what his mother was going to do because there was this determined, sad glint in her eyes and without a second thought, she threw Sonic on to a ledge on the other side of the bridge and from the brute force of this action, the rope had snapped on the other side and the bridge fell to a dark chasm below.
"My mother died saving me but my dad got angry. So angry that he was killed too...I wouldn't let anybody take me to the orphanage so I ran as fast as I could away from all my problems..." Sonic found himself sobbing by this point and he screamed "WHY DIDN'T I SAVE THEM!?" The newly crowned Werehog collapsed to his thin, furry knees and wailed loudly.
Caliburn floated over to the distressed Sonic and tried to think of a way to calm him. The sacred sword had always thought that heroes never cried and he was pretty sure that the knight of the wind had been bottling up his emotions for a long time now and had from the looks of things, this was the first time he had cried for a long, long time.
"Um...There, there..." Comforted Caliburn as he looked down at Sonic with deep sorrow. He may not have had a heart and may even be stern at times but he could clearly see that even mentioning his past, Sonic was not going to do anything but cry his eyes out. He needed to do something about this!
"Sonic, is this why you acted strangely in the great hall?" Inquired Caliburn softly and he watched as Sonic nodded as he stared at him with red puffy eyes, his quills bouncing up and down with his head motion and then the Werehog resumed his depression.
"The thing is that I'm afraid of death.." Confessed Sonic with a voice filled with shame "Pretty lame, right?"
Caliburn floated beside the Werehog and told him with the softest voice he could muster as he stared him down softly "Sonic, my young knave. I do understand that your parents have surrendered their lives for you and this makes you afraid but you must understand that everyone has fears."
Sonic lifted his head and stared down at the ground as he continued to listen to the Sacred sword's speech. He had stopped crying and this was a step in the correct direction since Sonic was feeling a bit better.
"The difference is that heroes, or newly crowned kings, have the courage to face their fears." Caliburn said with a small smile and then Sonic turned to face him and told him "I already died once and had a traumatising kiss from a princess. Do I have to again?"
The sacred sword was shocked. First, he had not expected Sonic to heal this quick. Second, how on Möbius could have Sonic died once?! How is he alive now!?
"No, Sonic. I believe you don't." Assured Caliburn with a small smile and he smiled even wider as he watched Sonic stand up and reveal himself to the sunlight and with a sharp groan, a purple smoke glowed from his chest and within moments, the glow took over his whole body from foot to head and he changed back into his normal self.
The azure blue furred hedgehog looked at his peach skinned arms before looking down at his red sneakers and he felt the tip of his ears with a smile on his peach muzzle. He was indeed back to normal!
"Let's do this thing then!" With that said, Sonic grabbed Caliburn by the handle and dashed off to gather his other knights and as he did so, he was feeling a lot better about himself because of the comfort that everything was alright...Or were they?
A/N: Hi, guys! I hope you liked this chapter and that it was alright. Anyways there was a small quote referring to Sonic 06 and I hope you noticed and liked that! I'm going to the cinema today and I bid you all a good day! :)
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-Chloemcg
