Chapter 10: New life

Many years have passed since the events that took place in the beloved Forest Kingdom. Repairs have been made to the village, and the people are recovering from the hellish nightmare that befell them all. Just outside of the kingdom, in the still beautiful Emerald Hills, the beautiful violet feline, Blaze, was sitting rather awkwardly on her little meeting place.

Sitting in front of the rock, which looked much bigger to her when she was a kitten, was an elegant sword. This sword had belonged to the king. It was King Sonic's sword. The feline shed small tears, knowing it had been five, long, years since his fall. She couldn't stand to know that her father was gone. Sally had lost the will to live ever since Sonic's death, and died some three years later. At this point, Blaze felt as though though that all she could ever know was death of her loved ones.

When she finished shedding her tears, she gently hopped off the rock, and held her stomach slightly, feeling slightly ill. Blaze looked to the sword, and then heard a familiar voice call out to her.

"Blaze!" the voice shouted.

The feline turned around, and faced the source of the voice. Not even a few yards away, the ivory hedgehog was running to her, his sword on his back, and quills flying as he ran. When he finally was with Blaze, he stopped, and panted for a little bit.

"Good afternoon, love. What's the matter?", Blaze asked as she looked curiously to Silver.

After a few more seconds for him to catch his breath, he looked her in the eyes and said, "Blaze, Knuckles told me about... well...", he could only smile as he looked at Blaze's figure for a moment.

Blaze had changed in the five years that passed. It was more than her age, beauty, and power. She had a small belly growing, an she rubbed it gently as Silver smiled. This made her smile in return.

"What did he tell you?" Blaze asked as she held back a giggle.

Silver tried his best to contain his joy, but failed to do so as he shouted, "It's going to be a girl!"

After shouting in joy, he started to fly around her, like a humming bird would have. Blaze could only laugh at this, and smiled warmly before grabbing Silver's arm, and holding him down for a loving embrace.

"What will we name her?" Blaze asked.

Silver didn't think of this, but now that he did, he said, "Well, we'll think of something when she is born, okay?"

Blaze smiled and purred happily as she nuzzled into him, her purring could be felt from he chest as he wrapped his arms around her.

"We will give her the proper blessing from the Emerald, yes?" Blaze asked.

Silver nodded, before looking to the sword in the ground, "Yes... it's what he would have wanted..."

"Silver, remember, we are King and Queen now. We can't just try to be like them." Blaze said, catching some sadness in Silver's tone.

"I know. I just wish that all that stuff back then... never happened... I swear... even if it was Mephiles, I still felt that it was me who had committed the act." Silver sighd.

Blaze looked down for a moment, then pecked his cheek and looked to the sword with him, "We know it isn't, and wasn't your fault. Please, think of the now, and future. For me, and her...", as she said this, she took his hand and placed it on her stomach.

Silver could feel the warmth from with in her belly. He could feel the new life, his and her future, develop in her. Knowing this, Silver took Blaze closer in his arms and whispered, "I promise to be a good father."

Blaze smiled and whispered back, "I know you will be a good father."

With that said, the took each other's hands, and began to walk towards the village. As the two were walking, they both stopped for a second to look back at the sword that stuck into the ground, and gasped.

There, in front of the sword, was a faint image of the cobalt hedgehog, holding his beloved Sally in his arms. The two spirits smiled warmly at the young king and queen, Sally giving a warm and gentle wave, while Sonic gave a thumbs up, before disappearing.

That moment was that the two needed for them to start going into tears. The held each other again, and just softly cried, not out of sadness, but rather, happiness, that the love of the previous king and queen was with them always.

Another familiar voice called to them from the shadows below their feet, "Good to see you two are doing fine and well."

The ebony echidna rose from the shadows below their feet, and smiled as she fully materialized before their eyes.

"Hello, Tambourine. What news do you bring?" Blaze asked.

"Well, I recently found out that the neighboring kingdom wishes to speak with you and the king. Also, another shaman is going to be joining us with Knuckles." Tambourine reported.

"Really? Another shaman? Well, who is this other shaman?" Silver asked.

"Her name is Tikal. She is a long time friend of Knuckles. Actually, that is incorrect. She is actually his wife.", Tambourine said.

This news made the feline and hedgehog blink at the same time. They never knew that Knuckles had been married, but it sure did explain why he had been secretive over the years when it came to his visits to other places, or ruins.

"Is there more?", Blaze asked.

"Actually, yes. Knuckles told me to report that she too is expecting. But the Emerald said it would be a boy. Looks like your child will have a playmate.", Tambourine said, and sunk back into the shadows.

The couple, once again alone, stood there in silence. Their thought looking towards the future of the kingdom, and it's people.

"Well, I know one thing is certain." Blaze said as she smiled to the sun.

"What's that, Blaze?", Silver asked.

"These next years are going to be some of the most chaotic ones we'll ever have." Blaze laughed and in joy as Silver joined her in the laughter.

Out of no where, Silver took Blaze in his arms, bridal style, and started to fly into the air. The wind blew in their faces, and they looked to the village that awaited them. The village that they call home, and they will always defend. No longer will Silver be over come by the darkness in his heart, and Blaze shall never have a terrible dream of them again. This was their new beginning, their second chance, their new life. Their love shall forever light up the darkness.

Well, this was relatively short. I'm glad to have finally finished the second tale of Silver and Blaze. It was a lot of fun writing it, and it was good to see some people have read my stories time and time again. I don't know if my stories will ever make a lot of views and reviews, but I do hope for one thing. That you have enjoyed my stories. It will be a while before I ever get to update my Aero's adventure story, but I am going to be spending time on my Academy XIII story. All of this is going to truly going to keep me busy. Wish me luck, and stay tuned for the third installment of this story. What is this other kingdom's meeting about? What is the future of the couple's children? Where is this leading to? Why am I asking? I need to get to work. This is sprx777 saying, the end. ^^.