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Chapter 9 – Central City Part 3
A Camelot Prodigy
"Whoa, I never knew so many instruments existed!" slowly said Bedwyr as he looked at all the instruments of the Hedgehog siblings' music store.
"What are these instruments?" asked Aquarion as he looked at the Electric section.
"They're Electric Guitars, Basses… You've never seen these before?" asked Manic surprised.
"Electricity can be used to power instruments? What blasphemy is this now?"
"Huh?"
"Aquarion is surprised that there are such things as electric instruments since they come from an old-fashioned place," explained Sonia to Manic, then turning to Bedwyr & Aquarion and saying, "Pardon my brothers for not understanding proper language…"
"Finally a civilized being that comprehends me!" shouts Aquarion.
"Uh, forgetting someone?" said Bedwyr annoyed.
"Well you took an excruciating amount of time to understand!"
"Anyways," interrupted Sonia, "do you guys know how to play any instrument?"
"Well I couldn't leave the prince of Camelot musically untalented, so I made him learn an instrument or two…"
"Wait, he's a prince of Camelot?" exclaimed Sonia.
"Camelot? Isn't that an old medieval kingdom?" added Manic.
"Well it is an old kingdom, but we've always have existed, just cut off from the rest of the world till Sonic broke that…" replied Bedwyr.
"Well that's very interesting… Anyways, we're royalty too as a matter of fact."
"Sis, why do you have to bring that up…?"
"Ignore my brothers' behavior, but we actually are."
"Well I already assumed that since you're the siblings of King Arthur, in other words Sir Sonic."
"See sis, I told you Sonic wouldn't make up a story like that."
"Grr… Well that set aside, there's another reason why we're royalty."
"Are you implying that Sir Sonic is a King to another kingdom?" asked Aquarion, "Which one?"
"Technically we should be the Council of Four that rules over the Mobians on South Island, but we cannot fully accept that role until we reunite with our mother and head of the Council Queen Aleena and stop Robotnik/Eggman once and for all. This was told by the Oracle of Delphius back before I even knew about Sonic and Manic."
"Also," added Manic, "after our adventures together with Sonic and meeting Knuckles, which Sonia has a bit of a crush on if you know what I mean-"
"Do not!"
"-We were able to bring down Robotnik's capital Robotropolis, but he got away. He took off to other parts of South Island and eventually the world while Sonic chased after him since he's faster and stronger."
"Meanwhile," took over Sonia, "we stayed behind, helping the Mobians of South Island rebuild. We wound up in Central City when it was barely being built, and we set up this shop here. Now we just wait for the day our prophecy is fulfilled… Anyways, which instrument do you play Bedwyr?"
"I actually know a few different ones, but if I were to pick a favorite…" answered Bedwyr as he walked up to a majestic, antique violin in a glass case, "it would be this one."
"You certainly have good taste in the classics," said Sonia as she unlocked it and handed the violin to Bedwyr, "This Violin is said to be an old Mobian treasure handed down from long ago."
Manic then pulled out a box containing a variety of sheet music and added, "Go ahead and show us your skills!"
Bedwyr looked into the box and flipped through randomly until he found one in particular and showed it to Aquarion. "My lord, you wish to play that?"
"You did call me a prodigy…"
"I suppose… Go on then Sir Bedwyr!" Bedwyr left the sheets on a stand as he gripped the violin and started to play the intro. Manic & Sonia widened their eyes as they looked at the sheet music, noticing the title dubbed Modern Crisis City. They both called out their Drums & Keyboard to join in as Bedwyr played the solo, then entering the frenzy of the song with the drums and effects from the keyboard joining in. The sound was loud enough to grab the attention of all people & Mobians that walked by, luring them into the shop to hear the renowned Hedgehogs and new prodigy playing. Silver & Blaze happened to have been walking by when they heard the familiar sound, causing yet another time paradox in knowing where it came from. By the end of their small performance, Bedwyr's bow & strings from the violin were slightly giving off smoke as Aquarion sighed and said, "Sir Bedwyr, how many times have I told you not to play that hard…"
"Sorry Aquarion, I couldn't help it."
"Dang, you were smoking up there with my bro & sis!" shouted Sonic humorously as he walked in with Amy right behind him and the crowd cheering. He then summoned his guitar and walked up to them, adding, "Yo Sonia, Manic, let's show him how it's done!" Sonic then started to play none other than the intro to Live & Learn to let Manic set the rhythm before the song started. By this point the store was flooded with people rocking out to the spontaneous performance, remembering the Hedgehog's heroic act in stopping Space Colony ARK from crashing alongside Shadow. Ironically, the song drew in the half-conscious Shadow at the end, leading a group of GUN robots as the crowd gasped and cleared out of the area.
"I've… got you now… Faker," he muttered half stumbling due to the headache from Amy's Piko Piko Hammer.
"Looks like sleeping beauty didn't need her capsule to wake up this time, or do I need to remind you who's the real faker?" taunted Sonic.
"Grrr, Chaos… Spear! … What?" said Shadow surprised as he failed to launch a Chaos Spear at Sonic.
"You didn't think I'd leave without taking this would you?" replied Sonic amused while holding Shadow's green Chaos Emerald with one hand and aiming his guitar with the other, "Now I suggest you leave my siblings' shop before I blast ya."
"You wouldn't dare use a gun Sonic, even one that looks like a guitar!" taunted Shadow.
Sonic fired his guitar laser at a GUN Beetle while taunting, "It's not a gun, it's a laser I used to destroy robots and other fake stuff with, but maybe I should use it for ol' memory's sake…"
"Ugh, I don't want to deal with this right now, I'm out of here. GUN robots, do whatever."
The GUN robots started to break down the front windows of the store as Sonia grabbed her keyboard and fired alongside Sonic & Bedwyr's Aqua-Cannon. Meanwhile, Manic slipped outside and caused an earthquake, crushing any robots from further entrance into the shop. After a few minutes, the disruption was over as they looked over the destruction.
"Well it's not as bad as last time," said Sonic with enthusiasm.
"Still!" shouted Sonia, "I think we should just move!"
"It wouldn't make a difference, besides; you know I can fix this up in a day."
"You better…"
"But Sonic," interrupted Amy, who had finished crushing a GUN Beetle that got too close to her, "you promised to take me to Twinkle Park today!"
"When did I say that?"
"In the middle of your chilidog frenzy…"
"Oh… About that…"
Sonic boomed away instantly, making both Amy & Sonia shout, "SONIC!"
"Great," muttered Manic, "She's part of the family already…"
"I'll pretend that was a compliment…" threatened Amy before chasing after him in her car with Sonia right behind on her motorcycle.
"Now what…?" sighed Bedwyr.
"There you are!" shouted Tails as he flew in with his Tornado-2, landing it carefully on the rooftop of the store before flying down, "Did Sonic run into GUN again?"
"Yeah, but now he left because Amy's chasing him in her car."
"Oh… He'll meet us back on Angel Island after a while of messing with her not being able to catch her."
"What about the shop?"
"Don't worry about it dude," said Manic calmly, "I got this. By the way, you can keep that Violin; consider it a gift."
"Thanks Manic, I've been looking for another Violin!"
"After you turned the last one into firewood…" added Aquarion.
"Whatever! Back to Angel Island, this day was tiring…"
Author's Note: I had this chapter half-done for a few weeks now, so I did my best to finish it. If you haven't had a chance to read my Sonic/Pokemon Crossovers, please check them out and let me know what you think. For those who aren't huge Pokemon fans, I do have a Sonic Oneshot coming up in a day or so, so stay on the lookout!
-Werehog20
