"I have come to my decision on what to do with the kingdom…"
Those words echoed throughout the large, cavernous dining hall of castle Acorn, the interest of ever Mobian in the hall was peaked towards the person who spoke them, the stoic bloodied face of the young king Elias Acorn looked out to them, as they stared at him.
Elias took another deep breath and spoke again in a more passionate, loud voice that could shake the walls,
"This kingdom is corrupt, ever since it was founded it has been the cause of problem, after problem after problem. If the people of the kingdom won't stand for us anymore, then by all rights I officially abdicate the throne and will allow the reformation of the kingdom's government into a republic."
Amadeus turned to his wife and gave an accomplished smile, ruffling Tails's hair, he walked towards her and embraced her,
"We did it Rosemary, we won…"
The vixen couldn't help but smile back at her husband, giving him a small peck on the cheek, she grinned and asked him,
"So, what happens now darling?" she asked joyfully, looking forward to a much happier and brighter future with her family.
But she wasn't answered by Amadeus, or her son. Instead an older, withered voice snarled with venom.
"Now you die traitor!"
BANG!
The sound echoed throughout the dining hall, silencing any previous noise that was occurring within the chamber before anyone could even react.
Amadeus gasped, as he felt something hit with the force equivalent to being hit with sledgehammer… He froze in shock, his sabre falling from his furry hands ,the heavily decorated blade clattering to the floor.
His body shook as he slowly looked down, he saw a gaping wound in his chest, directly in line where his heart was.
Blood began to rapidly leak from the wound within his chest, the hot, crimson liquid staining his blue coat a very dark purple…
"AMADEUS!" shrieked Rosemary in shock from seeing the gunshot wound in her husband's chest.
"DAD!"
BANG!
Another loud gunshot echoed throughout the chamber, Amadeus let out a sharp in take of breath as he felt another bullet pierce his flesh while more blood seeped from his body.
He slowly, agonisingly slowly turned to face the assailant who had shot him twice, through his blurry vision he could see the very blurred figure of an older Mobian sitting within a wheelchair in the open doorway, the light glint of the gun barrel visibly showing.
BANG!
A third shot rang out and Amadeus once again felt agonising pain in his torso, looking down to see a third bullet wound in his chest, most of the front of his coat was now a sticky dark purple.
He tried his best to step forward, but the sheer act of breathing was becoming a challenge, he only managed to bear a small stagger before falling back.
"NO!"
Through Amadeus's blurred and now blood specked vision, he saw the golden yellow shape of his son race towards him and try to stop the bleeding.
Tails didn't expect to hear the first gunshot, nor the other two, but as he saw his father's broken body fall back. He didn't hesitate any longer… he was trying everything he could! He was holding his hands over the bullet wounds in a very feeble attempt to stop the bleeding, tears streaming down his face.
"T-Tails…stop…" Amadeus croaked weakly. Raising one of his arms and slowly stroking his sons hair as he tried desperately to stop the inevitable.
"B-b-but Dad…Y-you'll die!" he cried, growing even more distressed at his father's words, but what the older fox would say next would shatter the 8 year old's heart which had been broken too many times already.
"Nothing…can stop that now…" he feebly groaned, his limbs becoming heavier and heavier while his breathing slowed by the second.
"P-please Dad! I c-c-can't lose you!" Tails wailed, even more tears streaming from his sapphire blue eyes.
"You'll see me again son…eventually…" Amadeus weakly rose his hand and cupped his son's cheek as his eye's grew heavy,
"Heh…you have your Mother's…eyes…" he whispered before closing his eyes, succumbing to the pale grasp of death.
His body went limp in Tails's arms, the last of his strength leaving his body as his life was snuffed out.
Tails at the full awareness of what was happening slowly began to hyperventilate, shaking his father's body while tears began to flood from his blue eyes.
"No,no,no,no,no Dad please…wake up, Dad wake up! WAKE UP DAD!"
He gripped his father's corpse and started to wail, shaking Amadeus's lifeless body while crying out,
"NO! DAD! NOOOOOO!"
Tails had only known his father for a matter of months and he had been looking forward to properly being raised and being able to live a normal childhood free of trouble and all of that had been stripped away from hi in a matter of moments.
His breathing was extremely quick and gasping while his tiny, broken, little heart beat furiously from the devastation of losing his own father.
He felt his Mother's arms wrap around him, her own tears soaking his silky soft fur… she shakily stroked his fur while she whispered to him, trying not to break down herself,
"I-it's ok sweetie… I-i-it's ok…"
Tails turned to his mother and wrapped his tiny arms around her, sobbing uncontrollably. All the while she tried to keep herself together while she soothingly whispered to him,
"It's ok… shhh…it's ok."
But they then heard that voice again, this time he spoke in a more smug and arrogant tone,
"That's one traitor dead, time for the other."
Tails broke away from his Mother's arms and turned to face the man whose father he killed.
And sitting there in the hallway was the hardened, cold face of the former king of Mobius, Maximillian Acorn… Tails spoke in a voice barely above a whisper…
"Y-y-you killed my father…"
Maximillian's face did not soften or harden in the slightest as he smugly answered,
"He was a traitor to this kingdom and the throne and died as such…"
Tails could feel something within him snap… his father…was dead. Gone…never to return, he wouldn't be able to comfort him, or hug him or reassure him when times got tough… he was gone.
The young Mobian began to shake… he felt something dark inside of him, violently clawing at his soul to emerge and kill the elderly Mobian in the most twisted ways possible.
Tails looked up at the former king, tears still violently pouring down the young boy's cheeks… the feeling was becoming unbearable…
"You…"
He couldn't hold IT back for much longer… it was just so…damn…tempting.
"Killed…"
He could feel his willpower sap by the millisecond as it slowly took it's hold over him while he desperately tried to keep IT suppressed.
"My…"
It was taking everything he could to stop that…thing from taking over his mind and body... he knew his father was dead…but if that thing escaped… who knew what destruction he could cause.
But he felt his strength drain and his will to fight sap away and before long…he gave in to his darkest desires.
"FATHER!"
The 8 year old's cry echoed off of the walls of the dining hall, drawing all eyes to him, the small fox was shaking from a mix of heartbreak and rage, he looked up at Maximillian, rage burning in his sapphire blue eyes. Then something began to change in the small child.
A faint, eerie purple silhouette appeared around Tails as he shook, his fists clenched in a mix of grief and pure bloodlust.
His eyes then changed… their once bright, sapphire blue hue darkening to a bloody, scarlet red.
Sonic who had previously been frozen in shock at what had only recently taken place looked at the small child and he choked, the only sounds escaping his lips were quiet, no bigger than a whisper…
"Oh no…"
And then, the final part of the young fox's transformation went underway as his silky, impossibly soft fur began to darken. It's previously golden yellow sheen being phased out for an ebony black The once snow white patches of fur also turning to iron grey.
Tails scowled at the elderly, former-king, showing off his dagger-sharp canine teeth, he stepped forward. The air around the small fox darkening from the sheer amount of malevolence in the air.
"You killed my father... I will make sure your death is agonising!" he yelled in fury.
Maximillian, not sharing the same level of fear than the other's in the room only scoffed in reply,
"Your father was a wretched traitor to this kingdom Prower. Enough of this foolishness if you do not want to share the same fate."
This…new Tails only laughed evily in response and took a step forward,
"You heard what I said…Old man."
Maximillian's brow furrowed in anger, how dare this child mock him! He would need to sort him out just like his rebellious father.
"I will not be intimidated by a child Prower." He smugly replied, his ehad held in high regard of himself.
Tails grinned, his razor sharp teeth glinting in the light, he slowly removed his fluffy white gloves, revealing his fingered hands with equally sharp claws unsheathed.
"Good…then you will die braver than most…"
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And that is where I'm gonna leave it for now, see you guys next time!
