Chapter 3
King Acorn stared down at the scared figures before him. He was a kind king, but was always cautious of Overlanders, because of the Great War of long ago.
"Good morning. What business do you have in my kingdom?" he said.
"We have come here by accident, sire, while travelling on something, I think was called the "Cosmic Interstate" or something or other. We only wish to get home," Tracy said respectfully.
King Acorn smiled. They were of no threat to the kingdom, "Then I believe you need to see the freedom fighters!"
"Freedom Fighters? Who are they?" Ash asked.
"Shut up you idiot!" Misty said, punching him on the head, "We are in the presence of a king!"
"Ow" Ash said.
"That's quite alright," King Acorn said, "It is a very logical question. You see, in order to understand who the Freedom Fighters are, you must understand the history of our people. We are Mobians of the planet Mobius. For centuries our people lived in peace and harmony, plowing the land, building cities and advancing our technology. Another species, Overlanders, were also advancing, almost at a quicker rate! We lived in mutual agreement of each other, until one fateful day, when a Mobian child and an Overlander child met together in the Great Forest. The Mobian child was King Alexander's son, the Overlander, an unknown. The Overlander was playing with a gun, and accidentally shot King Alexander's son. You can imagine what things were to come. King Alex, looking over his dead son, and seeing an Overlander quickly running away. It was the biggest misunderstanding of our planet's history."
"Wow, that's horrible!" Luna said.
"Yes, it is," King Acorn said, frowning, "but there's more. You see, those events hailed the coming of the Great War, and that war would leave its mark on our planet forever."
"But why are you telling this to us?" Brock asked.
"Because at this moment in time we have no means of getting you back on the Cosmic Interstate, and back to your own reality. Which means, you are going to be here for a long time."
"But where are we going to live, Your Highness?"
"I'm not sure, to tell you the truth, but let me continue my story. During the long battles that were waged during the war, we yearned for battle tactics, since we were inexperienced in the ways of war. We won many battles, never the less, and in the midst of one of our greatest victories, we found our source of battle tactics. His name was Julian Kintobor. Being an important Overlander scientist, he knew much of their battle plans and technology. He was our most useful ally in the war. Or so we thought. Julian, unbeknownst to all, was a traitor. He betrayed many people, including our wizard, Ixis Naugus, whom he banished to the Zone of Silence, one of Naugus's creations.'
"Charles Hedgehog, a brilliant scientist, was working on a machine to cure all illnesses, but like all the others, Julian betrayed him, too. Julian made his machine into the Roboticizer, a machine to make living flesh into steel plating and bolts.
After the war had ended, Julian was celebrated and made head of the army, apprentice to Warlord Kodos. Kodos was also exiled to the Zone of Silence. Soon after, he put me into that dreaded zone, leaving Mobotropolis, my fine kingdom, without a king.'
"One sad day, Julian took over Mobotropolis, and roboticized most of the population. Very few survived, but the ones that did band together. Thus, the Freedom Fighters were born! They battled Julian, now entitled Robotnik, for several years until his demise. We didn't have too much time to celebrate, though, because a roboticized Robotnik from another reality came to crash the party, and has been here for around 4 months."
Everyone stared out in front of them, their mouths hanging open like idiots.
"I'm sorry I had to tell you that story, but you needed to know. Now, on a lighter note, how's about we find you somewhere to sleep!"
King Acorn stared down at the scared figures before him. He was a kind king, but was always cautious of Overlanders, because of the Great War of long ago.
"Good morning. What business do you have in my kingdom?" he said.
"We have come here by accident, sire, while travelling on something, I think was called the "Cosmic Interstate" or something or other. We only wish to get home," Tracy said respectfully.
King Acorn smiled. They were of no threat to the kingdom, "Then I believe you need to see the freedom fighters!"
"Freedom Fighters? Who are they?" Ash asked.
"Shut up you idiot!" Misty said, punching him on the head, "We are in the presence of a king!"
"Ow" Ash said.
"That's quite alright," King Acorn said, "It is a very logical question. You see, in order to understand who the Freedom Fighters are, you must understand the history of our people. We are Mobians of the planet Mobius. For centuries our people lived in peace and harmony, plowing the land, building cities and advancing our technology. Another species, Overlanders, were also advancing, almost at a quicker rate! We lived in mutual agreement of each other, until one fateful day, when a Mobian child and an Overlander child met together in the Great Forest. The Mobian child was King Alexander's son, the Overlander, an unknown. The Overlander was playing with a gun, and accidentally shot King Alexander's son. You can imagine what things were to come. King Alex, looking over his dead son, and seeing an Overlander quickly running away. It was the biggest misunderstanding of our planet's history."
"Wow, that's horrible!" Luna said.
"Yes, it is," King Acorn said, frowning, "but there's more. You see, those events hailed the coming of the Great War, and that war would leave its mark on our planet forever."
"But why are you telling this to us?" Brock asked.
"Because at this moment in time we have no means of getting you back on the Cosmic Interstate, and back to your own reality. Which means, you are going to be here for a long time."
"But where are we going to live, Your Highness?"
"I'm not sure, to tell you the truth, but let me continue my story. During the long battles that were waged during the war, we yearned for battle tactics, since we were inexperienced in the ways of war. We won many battles, never the less, and in the midst of one of our greatest victories, we found our source of battle tactics. His name was Julian Kintobor. Being an important Overlander scientist, he knew much of their battle plans and technology. He was our most useful ally in the war. Or so we thought. Julian, unbeknownst to all, was a traitor. He betrayed many people, including our wizard, Ixis Naugus, whom he banished to the Zone of Silence, one of Naugus's creations.'
"Charles Hedgehog, a brilliant scientist, was working on a machine to cure all illnesses, but like all the others, Julian betrayed him, too. Julian made his machine into the Roboticizer, a machine to make living flesh into steel plating and bolts.
After the war had ended, Julian was celebrated and made head of the army, apprentice to Warlord Kodos. Kodos was also exiled to the Zone of Silence. Soon after, he put me into that dreaded zone, leaving Mobotropolis, my fine kingdom, without a king.'
"One sad day, Julian took over Mobotropolis, and roboticized most of the population. Very few survived, but the ones that did band together. Thus, the Freedom Fighters were born! They battled Julian, now entitled Robotnik, for several years until his demise. We didn't have too much time to celebrate, though, because a roboticized Robotnik from another reality came to crash the party, and has been here for around 4 months."
Everyone stared out in front of them, their mouths hanging open like idiots.
"I'm sorry I had to tell you that story, but you needed to know. Now, on a lighter note, how's about we find you somewhere to sleep!"