The Lost Identity of Sylvanus

"Are you kidding me, Amy?" Sonic asked his girlfriend in surprise, after returning from the Sandalwood Garden.

"I'm not joking with you, he had said the poem that your father wrote to your mother word for word." Amy replied. "And I didn't even bring it up."

"There is no way that Silver out of everyone could be my father." Sonic rebuked. "There is just no way, and besides my father is King Sylvanus."

"But Sylvanus, S-Y-L-V-A-N-U-S, can also be spelled S-I-L-V-A-N-U-S."

"We've seen his picture, Silver is white. Sylvanus is avocado green for crying out loud. There is no similarities." Sonic answered to her.

"Maybe, we could find something in the Black Arms information bank that Tails was able to get when we infiltrated the alien fleet." Amy said.

"Alright, we will test the theories." Sonic stated. Then, he called up the two-tailed fox. "Hey, Tails. Can you come in for a moment?"

The members of Team Sonic arrived into the computer room. Tails was at the computer looking at the files he had gathered from the Black Comet's database. He was completely healed from the broken tail and the cast was removed. Sonic, Amy, Knuckles, and Bunny were watching him work.

"So, y'all think Tails is gonna find somethin'?" Bunny asked.

"He's the smart one, I just smash things." Knuckles replied.

"While singing opera tenor." Sonic jokingly stated.

"That's a little ridiculous, even for me." The echidna snapped.

"I don't know about y'all, but I've been hearing rumors about the return of King Sylvanus." Bunny told them.

"Oh really?" Sonic eagerly. "Where did they come from?"

"They were coming out of the Big Cat Country." She replied.

"If Tails finds something, we'll find out the truth sooner instead of later." Knuckles commented.

"Oh, what's this?" Tails asked. "There's a locked folder?" He clicked on the folder and three slots came up. "This thing requires three passwords to get in? I think we think we hit the jackpot here." Tails accessed a Black Arms keyboard on the flash drive he had; he activated the hacking software into the folder. After a few minutes, the folder opened up. "Bingo, I'm in."

He opened it up and found there was only one folder inside the super-locked secret area of the hardware. The folder was entitled 'Sylvanus'.

"I found it." Tails said. "I found the information on King Sylvanus." Then, the other members of Team Sonic went to the computer.

"Great work, buddy." Sonic added, eagerly. "Let's solve this mystery once and for all." Amy, on the other hand, had a concerned look on her face.

"I don't know." Amy thought to herself. "I don't know if I want to find out." The two-tailed fox found two video files under the folder. He clicked on the first one.

There were two Black Arms aliens in the hanger. They were carrying an unconscious avocado green hedgehog on their backs.

"I knew it. I totally knew it." Sonic stated.

"We barely started the video and you're already jumping to conclusions." Amy rebuked him.

"We at least found out what my father looks like." After that little banter, Tails replayed that part.

"There. We have gotten King Sylvanus like Black Doom ordered." The first alien stated. "We can bring him as he is."

"But when he wakes up, he is going to show lots of resistance." The second alien responded. He reached over and pulled out a needle. He tossed the needle to the first one. "Inject this into him."

"What is it?"

"It's a mind toxin. It'll block all access to memories prior to injection."

"But won't he regain his memory?"

"If he does, Black Doom can repress them."

"Okay." The first replied as he injected the whole vial of toxin into him. "So, now what? Are we going to return to Mobius one day?"

"We are, because Black Doom wants that Chaos Crystal. But thinks we're not ready to take it yet." The second alien answered him.

"But if we send him back to Mobius, everyone will recognize him." The first one stated.

"We'll take him to the 'Source of All' that'll fix the problem." The second one added. "Let's move." The two aliens picked up the hedgehog and carried him off. The first video ended.

"Chaos Crystal?" Bunny asked. "What is this Chaos Crystal?"

"From what I heard from Nestor..." Knuckles added. "Is that's where the Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald were craved out from. It is also the thing that powers all magical artifacts on the entirety of Mobius."

"So, it's a battery." Sonic said.

"A battery that's 5,324 cubic miles of crystal."

"Okay, that's big."

"But we need to focus." Amy asked. "What's this 'Source of All' they were talking about?"

"Well, there is a second video. We can check it out." Tails stated. Then, he clicked on the second video and they began viewing it.

It showed the same two aliens carrying the unconscious king; they were near a pool of neon glowing purple goo. They were fatigued from carrying him around.

"Well, we made it to the Source of All." The second alien said.

"And what is this thing supposed to do?" the first alien asked.

"You are an idiot." The second added. "The Source of All is our sacred pool that allowed us to evolve from muck.

"So, what are we going to do with this King Sylvanus?" the first asked.

"Same thing that we said to Black Doom what we were going to do." The second answered facepalming. "Chuck him into the pool and fish him out after a minute." They tossed the king into the goo and he went under. Hissing and bubbling came out of the pool. "When we fish him out, no one is going to recognize him."

"Shouldn't we have put an air mask on him?" the first asked.

"No, the pool is already airy. He doesn't need one." The second said. "We use the pool to mutate ourselves. From what I heard, the effect is much greater for those not native to the Oradan System. They waited until the hissing and bubbling stopped. "Well, looks like he's done."

"I wonder what he'll look like." The second one used a hook to fish it. He got one hand out and then the other. "Okay, on the count of three, we'll pull him out." They both grabbed a hand. "One… Two… Three." They pulled out the hedgehog again until he was completely out. They looked at the end results.

"Huh. Well, at least if we return to the planet, no one will recognize him." The first alien stated.

"He'll have to do." The second agreed. "Let's take him back to Black Doom for presentation."

"WHAT!?" Bunny asked.

"That did not just happen." Knuckles stated. "Rewind the video." Tails did just that to repeat what they had just watched. They saw the two aliens throw the avocado green Sylvanus into the neon purple sludge. But as they pulled the hedgehog out; it was the white, albino form of Silver. Then, the fox stopped the video. All of Team Sonic's jaws dropped to the floor. They looked at each other and then back to the paused video.

"It actually did happen." Tails stated, breaking the silence.

"Sonic, are you going to be okay?" Amy asked in concern. She looked towards Sonic who just looked away from the video. And fainted. "SONIC!"

The blue blur stood up in an empty space with a floor of amethyst, but he was saddened from what he has witnessed.

"The truth hurts, doesn't it?" A voice said. Sonic turned towards the voice and he saw the Oracle of Delphius.

"You…" The hedgehog stated to him.

"Yes, child. I am here." He replied. "I have come knowing you would learn what happened to your father."

"Why didn't anybody tell me this!?" Sonic stated in anger. "Why didn't anybody warn me about what would happen!?"

"Amy Rose did tell you. Yet you didn't listen." The oracle said. "Why are you still deny it when the facts are as clear as clean glass?"

"I'm not in denial." Sonic rebuked the Oracle. "The Black Arms had just made a fake video to trick us. They want me to think that Silver is my father."

"The only one who is being deceived is you, Sonic." The oracle said in response. "You are been deceived by a fantasy of your own making."

"I AM NOT!" He roared in anger.

"Unless you face the truth, you will never see your father again." The oracle stated and then he disappeared.

"Wait, where are you going?" Sonic said. "Come back here. Don't leave me here." He looked around. "Now, come to think of it? Where am I?"

"You are in your own mind." The oracle's voice stated. "You fainted after seeing what the reality was, but now you must face that reality now." Then, at that moment, the Sword of Acorn had appeared in his hand. A dummy that resembled Sylvanus appeared before Sonic as well. It stood up on its own feet and mind blades came out of its hands.

"You got to be kidding me." The blue blur shouted. "There is no way I'm going to fight it." But the dummy ran towards him and prepared to swing to attack Sonic. The blue blur dodged out of the way.

"Why are you making me fight him?" Sonic shouted to the oracle. "I refuse to fight him."

"Why are you asking me that?" The oracle asked in reply. "He is of your creation." Sonic dodged the mind blades again.

"How is he my creation?" Sonic rebuked him. "I didn't create this dummy."

"You did." The oracle stated back to the hedgehog. "You tried to make the perfect father in your own head after the death of your grandfather Paulie."

"YOU LIE!" Sonic snapped at him, dodging the third attack.

"Why should I lie went the truth is laying right in front of you?" The oracle continued to float there. "As long as you cling to this fictional apparition, your real father will never appear before you again. Do you want to see your real father again?"

"Yes." Sonic stated. Then, the Sword of Acorn appeared in his hand.

"Now, go." The oracle replied. "Remove this fantasy from your mind." As the dummy attacked for a fourth time, Sonic blocked the attack with the sword granted to him.

"I'm sorry." Sonic said. "But I want to see my father again." Then, the blue blur pushed back the dummy. Sonic the Hedgehog continued to fight back against the opposing fake. Until he finally landed a final slashing blow against the dummy, cutting it into two. It was the hardest thing for him to do.

The blade began to pulse out repeatedly with energy. The rusty sword of acorn gone through a transformation into a larger blade. The sword shone with a white steel blade and handle, the hand guard was shone with brilliant gold with a shining bronze outline.

"What?" Sonic asked in awe of this form. "What is this?"

"This is the true identity of the Sword of Acorn." The oracle said. "Its real name is Caliburn."

"How come it hadn't revealed this form until now?"

"You still had attachments to something that was untrue."

"Is it possible to get it to this form in real life?" Sonic asked him.

"It is." The oracle replied. "But you will need to train with it and overcome your fears among other things." The blue blur said nothing. "But I have kept you here for long enough, it is time for you to head back." Then, a light came over Sonic.

Sonic opened his eyes and saw he was lying down on a bed. He looked around and noticed Amy Rose sitting in a chair nearby.

"Ames, what am I doing in a bed?" He asked her. The pink hedgehog turned to him and smiled.

"Thank goodness, you're awake." Amy answered as she hugged him.

"What happened exactly?" Sonic asked her.

"You fainted." She explained. "We got you to this bed. I stayed by your bedside hoping you would wake up and got more worried as you remained in coma. It's been three days."

"Three days!?" Sonic asked.

"Yeah, I was so worried about you." Amy said, about to cry.

"At least, I'm back now." Sonic answered. "There is stuff that needs to be done." Amy could only look at him in confusion and speculate what that would mean.