Chapter 21: Necromancy

Sonic was in his room, crying. He couldn't believe that his friends had done that to him. Could he really believe they did it out of the goodness of their hearts? Amy really did sound like she wanted to do it for him. They made it on Angel Island because they knew how much he liked the outdoors and the fresh air and everything. Though they still forgot to take him there. And because of that, he had to spend his birthday alone.

"Happy birthday to me," he cried. "I'm 1016..."

He tried to sound cheerful, but his voice sounded monotone and he sighed, laying down on his bed. His eyes drifted around the room until they came to the spell book. An idea came to him and he grabbed the book, opening it. His eyes skimmed through the different spells. He found one on necromancy and looked at what the spell was about. It said it could bring the dead back to life. Sonic's eyes widened at this. But the person would be a ghost, not really solid. Sonic sighed, wondering what to do. He looked at the requirements.

Sonic saw that the spell was dark magic and he remembered that Amy said she didn't want him to fall into its hold, but what kind of hold could dark magic have? It also said it needed a pentacle and blood of the caster inside of it to make the spell work. Sounded easy enough. He smiled and grabbed a permanent marker on the bedside table, then drew the pentagram on the floor.

He ran into the bathroom connected to his room and grabbed a razor blade. He looked at his wrist and then at the blade. He gulped and held the blade steady. His arms were shaking. He had never tried cutting himself before...even for a spell. The thought was repulsive to him. Sonic hesitated, wondering if this was the right thing to do. A few seconds later, he had cut himself and let the blood drip on the pentacle. The wound he made healed instantly. Sonic saw this and swallowed, now knowing that what Shadow what said was true. He was indeed a werewolf.

The immortal sighed and closed his eyes, concentrating on the spell. The blood lifted off the ground, circling the pentagram until only a drop remained and then it splat in the middle. Sonic opened his eyes and widened them at the symbol his blood had made. The symbol was an inverted pentacle with a ram's head. Sonic frowned; that symbol usually represented something demonic.

Sonic's eyes then widened. Did that mean...something was going happen to him if his blood changed into that? A mist formed, and soon a ghost appeared. Sonic's eyes widened as he saw that it was his father.

The being looked at Sonic and then looked at itself before looking back at Sonic. "Sonic? Why are...why am I...?"

"D...dad?" Sonic asked.

He tried to hug his father, but passed right through him. The hedgehog ghost turned to face his son with a scowl on his face. "Sonic, what did you do?"

"I...used necromancy to bring you back temporarily. Today's...my birthday, but none of my friends came to my party. I just wanted to spend some time with you."

Jules' frown deepened, and he looked around. "What time are we in?" Jules asked. This didn't looked like Camelot and he noticed a device on Sonic's wrist he didn't recognize.

"2016," Sonic said.

The ghost kept his frown on his face and flew up to his son's face, glaring at him. "Sonic..." Sonic gulped, knowing his Father was being very serious. "...why are you using dark magic?"

"I have to...find Merlina. She cursed me to be immortal."

Jules blinked, shocked at this, but then frowned again. "Do you really wan to use dark magic to find her, son? I don't think you want to go down the same path she has."

Sonic sighed. "I have to do something, dad. As long as she's alive, it'll only remind me of what I did. I touched the scepter even though you told me not to. It's my fault she's free and that you're dead. It's all my fault."

Tears came to his eyes and he began to cry. Jules looked at his son in pity and sighed. "Sonic, you have to learn to let go of the past and live on with your life. If you have people in this time you care for them don't go after Merlina...that will only hurt them."

"I...I understand. But...my friends aren't immortal. What will I do when they're gone?"

Jules sighed to himself as he rubbed his temple. With being dead, he had forgotten how stubborn Sonic could be. "That doesn't me you should just throw your life away while your friends are still alive."

Sonic nodded, and smiled. "Thanks, dad. Hey...do you know if Lancelot is in the afterlife? Because I've come across a hedgehog named Shadow, and he's been remembering some of what Lance has done."

Jules thought about what Sonic said and shook his head at that. "Now that you mention it I haven't seen Lancelot at all. He was a good friend of mine yet I haven't seen him at all."

"Odd. Do you know why Shadow's remembering what he did? Shadow told me that he saw a memory of me and Lance checking on the scepter."

Jules widened his eyes at this. "Is that so; he could be a reincarnation of Lancelot, but..." Sonic kept listening as his Father was always wise with his thoughts. "...since I never saw him in the afterlife it's easy to assume he might actually be Lancelot, but his memories have been completely wiped."

"What?" Sonic yelled. "How could Shadow be Lancelot? I've always thought that Merlina killed him."

"Maybe you saw that, but instead what was happening was the same thing that happened to you. She just wanted you to believe you were alone, possibly," Jules explained to his son.

"So you think that Shadow could be Lancelot? But we found Shadow frozen in a statis pod. He told me that he was created by a scientist and experimented on."

"As I said his old memories could have been wiped while he was experimented on and these new memories are implemented into him now."

Sonic nodded. "That makes sense. What should I do? Will he ever remember?"

"You said he's been starting to remember, so it'll take some time," Jules told him.

"Should I tell him that he's Lancelot?"

Jules shook his head at that. "No. That might shake him up too much. He's too confused with the scattered memories, so you'll confuse him more with telling him while their still scattered about in his head." Sonic nodded and saw his father's form flicker. Jules smiled; he had to go. "I'm sorry, but I have to go now, Sonic,."

The blue hedgehog watched his father fade away. But as he did, something went horribly wrong.