Chapter 21: The Temple of Ark
Team Sonic arrived back to Earthland in Hargeon and they begin to travel over out of Fiore and headed on over Bosco and locate the Temple of Ark that they located from the abandoned mansion in Marcadia City. Sonic rode his extreme gear with Kenny on his shoulder riding there cruising through their journey.
With Zack and Jim…
Zack training his black dragon slayer magic using his techniques. Zack try come up with new techniques with his black dragon slayer to get stronger and the hopes of face Sonic in a rematch someday to defeat him someday. Zack train as hard as he can in the deep woods so no one can interfere. Jim sees and watching Zack training with exercises, meditation, practicing his fighting techniques, and his magic. He was pushing himself a little hard to get stronger. Zack try to go with one of his attacks but he winced and collapsed to the ground and so Jim rushes over to Zack.
"Don't push yourself too hard Zack, you might hurt yourself." Jim reasoned.
"I have to. I have to get stronger for Sonic and challenge him in a rematch someday to beat him." Zack rejected.
"Zack I know you want to get strong but you should push yourself hard otherwise you'll end up hurting yourself during your training session."
"*Sigh* I'm suppose your right Jim, I guess I can use a break before going back to training."
Zack sighed and takes a breath to take his break.
"So are you still worried about your mentor?" Jim asked.
"Yeah. I wonder what is he doing on his journey?" Zack wondered.
"There's nothing to worry, Sonic and Kenny can take care of themselves. Sonic is the strongest one in the guild and he can get through anything. After all, he's a hero after."
"True. I wish I could join him. Without him here in the guild is like I'm alone."
"You're not alone. You got friends here in this guild."
"They still don't trust me yet, I'm working on to gain their trust and their respect."
"I know but still you got them to care about and you're not alone."
"Yeah I guess you're right Jim. *Sigh* I don't know what to do now."
"Why don't you go talk to Mirajane?"
"She's with her siblings and Cana to train for the games."
"Oh right. I can't stop thinking about her."
"You really like her don't you."
"Yeah and I don't know what to do now. What will Sonic do when you're truly in love with the girl that you met and fell head over heels for her. She really likes Sonic and I'm just… I'm just a giant and she'll never fall for someone like me."
"Don't say that Zack. You have a strong heart and keep believing in yourself and believe in your heart, you'll get a chance to talk to Mirajane and ask her out. Don't you worry, give her some time and when that time comes, talk to her and ask her out."
"Ok. I'll do it and I hope you're right."
"I know I'm right, just like what Sonic would say to you if he is here."
"Ok so why don't I get back to my training."
"Sure but don't push yourself ok."
"I got it."
With Sonic and Kenny…
Team Sonic traveled through Fiore at northeast and headed on over to Bosco to locate the temple. It took two weeks to getting their as they stop for shelter for the night and get food. Also they set up a camp site to rest while Sonic goes hunting for food to provide them both on their journey. They traveled together and reach down to Bosco and continue making their way over to the temple. The duo continue their way on forward to the temple and when they got close to their destination and miles away. Sonic and Kenny stopped and examined the place.
"Whoa…" Kenny uttered.
"You said it pal." Sonic examined with eyes widen.
"This is the Kingdom of Bosco."
Sonic and Kenny look around see the place. They see the two tall statues of warriors holding their sword downwards there was some grey clouds with a sun shining like the sunset, there was a lot of rocks and some water on the ground even the place is in ruins. It look like a wasteland and Sonic and Kenny glances over to the temple.
"The Temple of Ark, it's here located in the Kingdom of Bosco." Kenny informed.
"So this is the place then. Alright then so let's head inside the temple and learn more about Acnologia."
"Yeah you lead the way."
Sonic and Kenny go on forward and enters inside the temple being on their guard. The team walk through the temple seeing the place is in ruins. They sees some torches up ahead so Sonic then grabs one of the torches lighting some fire on it to earn some light in their path and the two proceed further in the temple. Sonic and Kenny remained quiet, both of them did not even want to speak as they ventured through the temple to learn more about Acnologia. There was a moment of silence between them during their path. Kenny decide to break the silence and start a conversation.
"I've never witness anything like this before." Kenny commented.
"Me too. I've been in a temple before back at my dimension but nothing compare to this." Sonic responded.
"You had an adventure before that made you go to a temple?"
"Yeah you can say that. Anyway, I wonder how long this will take to get to the destination to about Acnologia."
All of sudden, they hear a crack which it is coming from the ground. Sonic and Kenny begin to fall when a second after, the ground begin breaking that causes the fall. When they fall to the deep ground, Sonic sees spikes down ahead. Kenny summons his wings and catches Sonic and carries him above looking down at the spikes.
"Thanks buddy." Sonic thanked.
"No problem Sonic. That was a close one." Kenny commented.
"Looks like they're going to be deadly traps along the way. Time to go through them, I hope you're ready for this Kenny because it's going to be one heck of an adventure."
"I'm game so let's go."
*Track start to play: Tricky Maze …Lost World (Sonic Adventure)*
Sonic and Kenny found some ground and they both landed on their feet. Sonic waste no time so he takes Kenny putting him on his shoulders and speed through the temple going through some traps. Sonic speeds to the temple and all of sudden, the tunnel begin to light up as there are small pillars of fire coming out of the ground and turning the tunnel. Kenny grabs hold of Sonic as the blue speedster jumping away, dodging and evading the fire pillars along the way during the death traps.
Sonic sees the exit so he speeds through the fire temple and dashes off jumping off the tunnel and landed on platform evading the spikes from the ground. Kenny flew up to the ground and Sonic jumps up to the ground, grabbing the ledge and jumps doing a front flip. Team Sonic continue their way to their destination. They are now at the hallways and Sonic step a trap which shoots some poison darts shocking Kenny.
"Sonic!" Kenny shouted.
"I know." Sonic snarled.
Sonic dodging from the poison darts coming from the ground. Sonic uses triangle jump dodging the poison darts and speeds off from the dart trap. Team Sonic continue on ahead until they see swinging blades as they rotate side to side. Sonic take his time to make his move to go through not getting hit by the swinging blades, after a few seconds dodging the swinging blade, Sonic and Kenny proceed on. The door of the temple begin to up and the team proceed, when they resume to their destination, they see some trees and temples and the grey sky with sunlight to the right.
They two enter in the room which it was pitch dark. Suddenly they see a light, Sonic knew what to do so he turn the light over to the mirror which creating some light and the small torches on the ground light up and the gang proceed on to their path. There some more of mirrors so Sonic uses the lights to shin on the mirror to create more in their path and resume to their destination to the center of the ruins. Also Sonic jump to the next surface after seeing some spikes on the ground to whoever falls to the deathtrap.
They see some water and a dead end and when they got in the water, the water taking them away and out of the water tunnel of them temple and they fall from the waterfall and lands on the grass. Sonic swing in the water and get back inside the temple and when the two continue on to their path. They door suddenly shut and the large boulder coming rolling over to Sonic and Kenny fast.
"Sonic that big boulder is coming for us." Kenny pointed out.
"I know. Hang on to me ok." Sonic commanded.
"Oh I will."
Kenny clutching to Sonic. Sonic uses his speed running from large rock boulder coming towards Team Sonic. Sonic then uses Sonic Boost to dash away from the boulder as it was getting close to hit and kill the duo. Sonic sees a dead end up ahead so he jumps off the platform did an aerial twist and the rock boulder rolls down to the ground from the platform. Sonic and Kenny watches the rock boulder falling off to the ground into darkness.
"That was a close on." Sonic said.
"Yeah it sure was. I don't know what I'll do without you." Kenny smiled.
"*Chuckle* You'll be dead if it wasn't for me. Besides, I think we should get going before another one comes in but this time it'll be bigger than before."
"Good idea."
Sonic and Kenny continue on with their destination.
The duo had gotten through the death traps along the way and now they go through a puzzle of gravity on the wall. Sonic steps on one of the switches to place the pieces of the wall together until it got the pieces right, Sonic then steps on the pieces running on walls and get to the next platforms. The two evaded the death traps and spikes during the puzzle. This took about minutes to get through the puzzle and Sonic and Kenny finally got through the puzzle and continue on ahead to the destination.
After surviving the death traps and going through the puzzle of the room, the duo arrive to the center of the center of the temple and they begin enter inside as the door open to the center of the ruins. Sonic and Kenny look around the place seeing the paintings of dragons.
"Whoa. Check out the paintings. They're dragons." Kenny said.
"Yeah and all of them are Acnologia of course." Sonic corrected.
"Hey Sonic. Here are some readings."
"Can you read them?"
*Song start to play for the history: The Divine Wings (Sonic Riders Zero Gravity Soundtrack)*
"Yeah. *Ahem* The Black Dragon and the Dragon king known as Acnologia has was the ruthless, bloodthirsty, and violent dragon that Earthland has yet ever heard. 400 years ago, he wasn't always a dragon, he was once a human once in a lifetime 400 hundred years ago."
"Wait Acnologia was a human before?"
"Yeah that what they say in this story and it's the truth. Anyway, he was one of the first dragon slayers to come into being even entering the Dragon Civil War being the supporter. However, Acnologia and the other group of the dragon slayers, disregarded the comrades they fought for, and killed every dragon they could, bathing into their own blood. After overuse of his magic, Acnologia turned himself into a dragon and even proclaimed himself to be the dragon king. The event was forever etched into the history as the Dragon King Festival."
"The Dragon King Festival. That's how it happen during the civil war of the dragons?"
"Precisely. Over 400 years ago, the dragons were the kings of world. The humans were the dragon's food to them, they flew freely all over the lands and seas. This had been going on for the dragons but suddenly, the unknown dragon had questioned the reign of the dragons."
"Sounds like this dragon had a change of heart for the humans right?"
"I think so. Apparently, the latter wanted the dragons and the humans to coexist in the world. But eventually it began the war between the dragons who supported dragon-human coexistence, and those who were against the ideology. The jade dragon name Zicronis was against the dragons who were coexisting with the humans."
"I guess he's with Acnologia against the humans am I right?"
"Yeah. That's the answer to it. There's more to it, with the war spread in anarchy through the lands and the dragons stalemate. The human-supporting dragons had devised a plan hoping it would stop. They had provide some humans of their magic allowing them to become dragon slayers to slay dragons, giving rise to the fearful dragon slayers. The planed proved to be very successful, as the human-supporting dragons gain the upper hand in the world. However, they all did not anticipate their fellow dragon slayer's next move."
"What do they do to them?"
"Power corrupted by the immense power gifted undo them by the dragons, the dragon slayers begin slaying the dragons on their side. Amongst those dragon slayers was one who murdered many dragons, bathing in their own blood until eventually…"
"Eventually what?"
"The person became a dragon himself. However, the very first human proclaimed himself to be the dragon king and became known as the black dragon. This person is the name Acnologia."
"Oh man. That's how it happen over 400 years ago."
"Yes. This is history here."
"I see. Hey let's find out more about Acnologia."
*Track begin to change: Ghost Killer (Call of Duty: Ghosts Soundtrack)*
"Sure. *Ahem* As many years passed, the dragon Acnologia roamed around Earthland, reputed to be the most fearsome dragon has they would announce it. He was credited with the single-handed destruction of the entire country. This dragon leaves the path of destruction, chaos overwhelming to be impossible to beat and stop this dragon."
"Damn. I don't think anyone can defeat this dragon, he's impossible to beat. I believe them."
"Hold on, there is more."
"Wait there is?"
"Yeah. However, there is hope to stop this dragon and the hope of the dragons too who are hiding. This person is the symbol of hope, a protector of the world and the guardian of the humans. He will appear in Earth Land and stop Acnologia and stop his reign of destruction."
"And who will be that person be?"
Kenny look up at the mural paintings and is shocked knowing he had found his answer. Sonic cocked his eyebrow.
"What is Kenny?"
Kenny pointed his finger at the murale picture at the wall.
"Look." Kenny examined.
Sonic look over at the picture and shot his eyes open wide of absolute shock. There was a picture of Acnologia fighting against the person in yellow. It was a hedgehog, Sonic quivered in shock seeing the murale paintings of him fighting Acnologia.
"M-Me?" Sonic uttered out.
"Yeah. That person is you Sonic. You're the chosen one." Kenny pointed out.
"H-How is this possible? I've never met this dragon and I don't think I can defeat Acnologia. They must be mistaken."
"It's not, it's real. You're the chosen one to defeat Acnologia and save us. They believe that you can defeat him with your chaos energy."
"You think they believe I can defeat this dragon?"
"Yes Sonic. You're the strongest wizard in Earthland and they believe you can defeat Acnologia including Zack."
"I don't believe this."
"I know it's affecting you Sonic but it's the truth. You're the chosen one."
Sonic remained quiet for the moment after what he witnessed. Sonic was about to go berserk, lose his mind of the prophecy and being the chosen one to defeat the king of the dragons. Sonic take a deep breath and sighed calmly looking over at the murale paintings.
"If they believe I can defeat this dragon then so be it. I'll do it." Sonic accepted.
"You do?" Kenny inquired.
"Yeah. I am shock and slowly trying to believe this but I'll do it. I'll defeat Acnologia."
"Do you think you can pull it off?"
"I don't know but I'll try. I'll defeat Acnologia like what these paintings say if it takes me to risk my life."
"We all know how dangerous this dragon can be."
"Yeah this will be a challenging one. We got what we need so why don't we leave this place and go train."
"Yeah good idea. This place gives me the creeps.
Sonic nod with agreement. Team Sonic took off exiting the temple and leave Bronco. As they were leaving, Sonic had thoughts about being the chosen one and the one to defeat and stop Acnologia.
"Hey are you ok?" Kenny asked.
"I don't know. This is so surprising. I'll get over it." Sonic responded honestly.
"It's going to be ok. I know you this is so surprising for you but I think you'll pull it off. I believe in you."
"Thanks Kenny."
"No problem so now that's over, we get back to our training."
"Yeah and I don't see a problem traveling around. Also training during our journey of traveling."
"Yeah I always like to travel. So shall we have our own adventure?"
"You know it."
And so Team Sonic begin to journey around Earthland traveling around for the next three months before the Grand Magic Games begin.
Sonic the chosen one to defeat the black dragon Acnologia? Can Sonic defeat this dragon and save everyone from the path of destruction or will he fail. What will happen? Tune in next time for another chapter of Fairy of Darkness 3: Age of Darkness.
P.S: I use the Sonic Adventure reference the Lost World Stage. Plus if you all want to know about the Kingdom of Bosco. Go to Fairy Tail Fanon, that is where I found the picture and thought I would add this in this chapter.
The Grand Magic Games is on its way and the end of Act 1 is near and coming to an end for Act 2. Oh and to GojiGrimlockSaurus, if you're reading this I haven't forgotten about your OC Character. Sorry for the big delay and I am trying to finish the Act 1 scenes. I have a big surprise for you and a nice wonderful idea I had came up with in Act 2. Act 2 is going to be Sonic's Greatest Challenge awaits him. Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough and I know you're going to love it in Act 2. Be sure to be on the look out.