DISCLAIMER - I DON'T OWN SONIC, SHADOW OR THE CAMERA OBSCURA OR THE KUSABI (I'm just saying that in case, it's technically a real Japanese term so…whatever)
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Sonic walked slowly down the corridor, following the figures in front of him, they were so blurry, who were they? They carried on through the scene, Sonic didn't know where he was going or why, he just knew he should follow those people. They stopped in front of a huge pit. Sonic looked to his right to see a blood stained black and red hedgehog, the only clear image against everything else, shivering and tears falling down his muzzle. But everything else, just a haze.
'The manor of sleep, where dreams blur into reality.'
Sonic opened his eyes to a familiar darkness, one he'd grown used to surprisingly quickly over the past 24 hours, maybe it was because he was blind in his other life, Sonic reasoned with himself. He got up to his feet, when he saw a burning flame in the corner of his eye. On the wall the kusabi symbol scorched on, he must still be in the hut.
He slowly made his way in the opposite direction of the symbol, and after fumbling round the wall found the door. He carefully walked down the stairs, holding tightly onto the railings. He forgot about the last step though, and was about to tumble down when two crimson-streaked arms caught him.
"Careful Sonic." He looked round to see a kind face looking down at him. He smiled back at the caring expression on his face and felt the other hedgehog steady him and lead him away. "Just come with me." Sonic found himself being carefully led round the side of the hut and down the side, along a narrow pathway Sonic had noticed when he still had his sight. They went through a tall door and came to a small bank on the edge of a vast lake, it stretched out farther than the eye could see, unfortunately in Sonic's case, he couldn't see it at all, but he could hear the soothing lapping of the calm water.
Down the centre of the lake suspended by beams was a pathway, lined with Shinto gates, it curved off so you couldn't see where it went, but it was obvious it went very far. Shadow helped Sonic down this path, careful that he didn't fall into the misty water with the spirits that haunted it.
It took a long time of walking in silence, Sonic just following Shadow and focusing on him, the one thing he could see, and Shadow, leading the way, deep in thought, before they arrived at their destination. Sonic looked at Shadow expectantly, who had stopped abruptly, gazing round in what seemed to Sonic an endless darkness. The absence of the soft breeze told Sonic he had gone inside, though he didn't remember going through a door, but he did remember stairs, they must've have gone underground, but how did they go underwater?
After his pause, Shadow continued walking, Sonic following his bright image in his shadowy world. 'Ironic,' Sonic thought, 'Shadow is the only thing that isn't a dark shadow now.' He clung tightly to him as they ventured on down the unknown pathway, until Shadow stopped. Sonic looked at him, then across the room.
He gasped when he saw the scene played out before him, he could see it all, the dead bodies being thrown into the pit by disturbing figures completely covered in dark clothing, and, Shadow, sitting alone by a wall, shivering and sobbing quietly. The screams and shrieks of tormented souls tore through the air, but above all the noise, one voice rung clearly above it all.
"Shadow?" He turned quickly to see his former self standing and looking out at the scene, "Why didn't you let me help you? Why didn't you tell me?" Sonic looked quizzically at the hedgehog, instead of the usual startling azure blue, his fur was the purest white, with blood-red streaks running through it. And the figure wore a cloth round his eyes, Sonic's eyes widened as blood began to slowly drip down.
"Now, we can't be together like we promised…" He clenched his fists, "YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!" With that he ran off, leaving the remaining two hedgehogs in the room, as the Shadow that had been helping Sonic had disappeared. When Sonic turned back, he was surprised to see the image had blurred again, and the only clear image was the black and red hedgehog staring at him straight in the eye.
Sonic tried to back away, but found himself unable to, he turned his head and saw a reflective surface around him. He looked round, and he was encircled by mirrors, each showing him the snow white hedgehog trying to make his escape. He stopped his circling when a comforting hand took hold of him. Something was placed in his hand. He looked down to see the cloth in his hands. He looked up at Shadow, who was smirking manically.
A plan that went against all his morals…Sonic looked at the cloth.
But the final solution to the puzzle none the less.
He gave his own menacing smirk as he tried the cloth round his eyes and felt the sudden urge of power run through him, and the two hedgehogs faced the abyss. They faced each other, and as they did, a mysterious light formed above the abyss, but Sonic couldn't see it, all he could see was his beloved opposite him, and the souls that came pouring from the abyss.
The gateway to Hell was opened, Sonic had opened it with Shadow.
It was all as the prophecy foretold.
A sudden surge of light emitted from the hedgehogs, and they both sat proud on their thrones, wearing their crowns of fire and the spirits awaited their command. Sonic looked at Shadow, and Shadow looked back.
"Together forever," Sonic said quietly. Shadow took his hand.
"You knew I'd wait forever." They both turned to their newly risen army, and with triumphant grins.
The repentance.
Sonic and Shadow stood on the balcony of their dark castle, overlooking the darkness and shadows of the planet that had once been Earth, now their domain, exactly as Sonic had seen it, seeing nothing but each other and the evil spirits under their guard.
"We finally got out revenge," Sonic whispered. Shadow wrapped his arms round him.
"Did you expect any less?" Sonic snickered.
"Not really," he faced Shadow, "I knew you'd wait for me." Their lips met in a sinful caress as the planet below them became all it was before and ever will be, Hell on Earth.
And as the darkness finally consumed, a cloth hung on a wall in a manor, a manor only visited in your worst nightmares, because it was your nightmare, your own place of darkness to call your own, and a voice echoed through the halls.
"Together forever…"
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Well, it's finished, but as promised I'll write a chapter explaining just in case.
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