If I owned the Sonic Characters, I wouldn't live in this cheap apartment. Sonic Characters belong to SEGA/Fleetway.
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A winged hedgehog looked into the sky, then to a plain yellow hedgehog,
((Looks like rain tonight sometime. What do you think,Mylin?))
The yellow hedgehog looks up from his knot he was tying, understanding the mind speech perfectly,
"I never can tell, Aeliran. Why?"
((Because if it rains, flying gets hard, if even impossible. I'll have to run later,)) Aeliran explains with a sigh, ((and my sandals aren't much for my speeds.))
Watching the other flip his wings in agitation, Mylin chuckles,
"Poor Aeliran. Has to have the inconvience of walking, the poor thing . . ."
((Mylin, I'm gonna bust your skull with a rock!)) Aeliran mock growled, with a fang-toothed grin, ((Either that, or I'll put you through my labyrinth.))
"Mercy, not THAT!" Mylin smirked, "The Warrior's Maze!"
((You know,)) Aeliran tapped his foot, ((it's been awhile since we've pestered uh, I mean, SEEN the rest of the Warriors.)) he grinned again, ((You up for it, or are you still afraid of Rubi?))
Hearing the tone of disgust in the Emerald Warrior's tone, Mylin shook his head,
"I still can't see why you don't like her. She's the nicest tiger someone could meet outside the Wildlands, unless you get in a fight with her."
((She was born of Ruby, like I was of Emerald,(( Aeliran snarled, ((now let's go!((
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Super Sonic awoke with a start, instinctively hissing and gathering his strength for a fight. Red swirls scanned the area, searching for something to maul for waking him. Disappointed for not finding anything, the hedgehog grumbled,
"Stupid, stupid! Trying to sleep, you know it don't help you none! Get your hide up!" Hearing a faint noise, he pricked his ears in the direction it came.
"Where are we, anyway?" a whiny voice asked, "I'm tired!"
"We can't stay in this cave, Katrina! Your parents will have a fit!" a quieter voice answered, "I was supposed to get you home last night!"
Scowling, Super stretched like a cat, fore and aft, and looked in the direction of the conversation. A little away from the cliff he was on, he saw two coyotes, neither could have been older than sixteen, one boy and one girl. Yawning, the hedgehog found himself almost wanting to leave them be and go search for that emerald he sensed nearby. Ascending off the floor of the cave, he just stared and waited.
Because even he knew that almost doesn't count.
Katrina gasped, as a scraping above them sounded.
"What's that? Sean..."
"I don't know. Now come on," Sean whispered, glancing around. Not seeing anything, he shrugs, "Stay near me. There's nothing here."
"Wrong on that count, 'friend'!" snarled a gold blur, as it flew just over their head. It whirled around, preparing for another attack and ended up slamming into a barrier.
"What in the world?" Katrina gasped as Super fell to the floor of the cave and took a step back, and Sean shook his head,
"Not a clue, but I don't wanna be around when he gets outta there! Let's go!" they began to run.
"Do you think that your tricks will stop me??" Super hisses, and fires beams from his eyes, "Yi-!!" he flipped over the twin beams that flew straight back at him after reflecting off the barrier, and landed on a rock.
Chaos is power, power-
"Oh no," Super backed up, trying to get away from the voice that, to him, resonated from everywhere, "Oh no, oh no...Get away! Away from me!! No more! I know noth-"
While running toward the mouth of the cave, Katrina stumbled as she heard a shriek from the area that they'd just left.
"Don't fall! My grandfather said that that's one of his tricks! If you fall, you die!"
"No, don't you hear? There's something else!"
"He's playing with you! Now let's go!" Sean ordered, "I'd rather face your father's anger at not getting you home than Super Sonic's playtime!!"
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"Aeliran, why are you wearing that crazy pendant?" Mylin griped, "It's bigger than your mouth!"
((That's not hard. I hardly open it,)) Aeliran grinned, displaying his fangs, which Mylin shuddered and looked away from,
"And get those teeth filed, while you're at it."
((Why? So I have to miss the beautiful reactions that I get?)) Aeliran snorted, and looked through the emerald in his hand. He then scowled, ((Recite the Emerald's Chant.))
"Again?" Mylin groaned, sitting on a rock, "Why don't YOU recite it? You're the Warrior of the Emerald!"
((And YOU are the Keeper of the Emerald! The Keeper has to know the chant as well as the Warrior! Now RECITE!)) Aeliran growled.
"For having a control emerald, you're still terribly chaotic!" Mylin snapped. Grabbing him, the gold hedgehog slowly repeated as if talking to a child,
((Recite...The...Emerald's...Chant. And get it right the first try.))
Having no choice but to stare into those twin irises of fire, Mylin weakly stammered,
"C-chaos is p-power, power enriched by the heart. T-the control-controller is the one that u-unifies the chaos-"
((WRONG, Mylin!)) Aeliran growled, and tossed the other aside. Then winced, realizing what he'd done, and helped Mylin up, ((I didn't break you? Good. Now, there is two parts to the Emerald chant. The Guardian's half, and the secret half. I can't teach you the second half until you learn the Guardian's.))
"You didn't break me, but I don't appreciate being thrown to the ground!"
((That's why I chose you to be the Keeper,))Aeliran faintly smiled, a look that chilled Mylin to the marrow in his bones, ((You always come back. ALWAYS.))
"Aeliran, recite the whole Chant for me. Just so I can hear it. I've never even heard the Guardian's..." Mylin trailed off, hoping the change of subject would work and kill that wild look in the Warrior's eyes. Apparently it did, for the chaos hedgehog nodded,
((You will never repeat this. Not until you learn it, AND not until you have a purpose.))
"Understood."
((All right. 'The servers are the seven chaos. Chaos is power, enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the chaos-'))
"THAT'S where I messed up."
((Correct. Now, I will say the half that no one, save myself, has ever heard. However, to make sense-AND hopefully grind it into your mind so you won't forget again-I will say the whole.))Aeliran closed his eyes, (('The servers are the seven chaos. Chaos is power, enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that serves to unify the chaos. However,')) the gold hedgehog's mind voice became fainter, (('the controller is no jewel, rather, a warrior. Chaos of nature and red of eye, dependant upon the Calming stone and Power jewel to keep his mind and powers in check.')) Aeliran trailed off completely, standing in silence.
And making Mylin wonder why the winged one looked so worried.