The only character I own in this story is Fangor, Green Lightning (will appear this chapter) and their dark sides (will appear in part 3). Thoughts will be in italics. The words of the sages will be in bold print. Sorry if I get the accents for Bunny and Anthonie wrong. This story is about the bonds of friendship and how it can influence even the strongest warrior to act selflessly to save that person from death. The story starts in Knothole and is done from Fangor's POV (point of view) throughout most of the story. It is probably going to be the best work I have done so far, so please review. And I must warn you: This story contains HEAVY violence. I will be listing the main characters' respective ages and birthdays at the beginning of each chapter (if any of their ages have changed) and possibly a quote by the Kintushian sages. Well, time to continue the story of: The Guardian of the Forest

Chapter 3: The 'other' two-tailed fox

The power hidden within, much like the one he has guarded, will bring him one of the happiest times of his life. With the 'light of fate' morphing spell sent to him, he will finally be happy when he has nothing to slay. Such is the way of the guardian. -The counsel of the 8 Kintushian sages

1 week later…

FEBRUARY 7

I woke up, but I was not lying on the ground. I was in a place I had never been before. And, one more thing? I felt like I had the energy drained from me and I also felt like I was different from yesterday. I opened my eyes to see where I was and why I felt so different and drained. I tried to sit up to get a better look at everything, but something was weighing it down. I tried to move my stalk-eyes to see what was weighing me down, but to my amazement, they weren't there. I also felt my wings and claws were gone. I moaned in disappointment. Then I heard a gruff familiar voice: " You okay, Bolt?" I knew who it was: Shadow. One of the three people I least expected to be there when I woke up. I tried to lift myself into a sitting position using my arms, but the rest of me was too weak. Well, at least my arms work. I thought as I reached out yawning in my usual manner. Finally, I responded: " Ugh… I feel like I just got Robotnik's base dropped on me. Since when did you care?" " Amy made me keep an eye on you. I signed up for the security force! Not a babysitting service! Well, the others will be here in a moment." I heard the door open and heard some footsteps coming in. I slightly knew who had just walked in. I thought it was just seven people. In reality, it was eight. The nurse apparently noticed I had woken up, because my eyes were half open, due to my mood of feeling so helpless. " I see you are awake Mr. Thunderbolt. You had us quite worried when we found you. You weren't yourself when we Tails came to us with your body. You were immediately taken to the hospital, and Dr. Quack determined that you had no nutrients in you body whatsoever. He knew it was you, because of the sword in it's sheath on your back. We removed it so that we could get some much needed nutrients into your body, but that did nothing for your strength. It appears that the only thing that will restore your strength will be eating. So may I ask that you please sit up?" I replied with a look of pain on my face. Shadow answered her for me: " He doesn't have enough strength in his body to sit up. Is there another way he would be able to eat?" At this one of the people that had come through the door came over to the bed and pressed a button and the head of the bed lifted until I was sitting in a relaxed sitting position. I noticed everyone around me, Amy, Sally, Tails, Sonic, Knuckles (who had enough pity to push the blasted button), Shadow, Bunny, and the nurse, all staring at me like I had changed greatly. I tried to move my head to look at myself, but I couldn't. "Sonic, see if you can go cook some food for him." That was Sally. "Sure thing Sal!" Sonic replied just before he sped off. It took less than a minute to get back, but apparently what he brought back was not edible, judging from Sally and Amy's reaction: " Sonic Hedgehog! You still haven't learned how to cook?!" and with that Sonic had run off again being chased by Sally and Amy with her hammer.

About an hour later, Sally and Amy returned, along with a familiar smell: Hot rolls and mashed potatoes and gravy! Immediately my stomach started roaring like a lion, which brought a laugh out of everyone, including Knuckles. They immediately set the bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy and the plate of hot rolls on a bed table in front of me and jerked their hands back, knowing what was going to happen. I dove into the hot rolls and mashed potatoes and gravy like I had so many of my enemies, satisfying my hunger quickly. After I was done I felt my strength return to me. Then someone moved a full-length mirror near the bed. I hopped down from the bed, which happened to be a long fall for my height ( it was a 6 foot tall bed and I was a little shorter than 2 feet now), hit the floor on my knees, stood up, gazed into the mirror and was surprised at what I saw.

I looked almost exactly like Tails. The only difference was his fur was orange with white, along with having shoes that were red and white, like Sonic's. I saw, in the mirror, a fox with green and gold fur (respective to Tails's fur), green and gold shoes (respective to Tails's shoes.), and just like Tails: two tails. I sat down in shock. Even my knowledge of such magic could not have prepared me for this. I tapped into the morphing power inside of me, and in less than a second I was my normal self again. I used the same power, expecting it not to work, and, once again, I was the same green and gold two tailed fox. I looked up at the group who seemed so much taller now that I had shrunk to Tails's size. I smiled, liking this new body, which, for some reason, didn't seem to crave combat. Everyone was still looking at me as with waiting for me to respond. I finally broke the silence. " I feel just fine now, just a little shocked that's all." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Just then Sonic decided it was safe to show up again. There was no mistaking the sound of him running down the halls. I looked up at the bed to see if I could jump up to it. I noticed there was no way I would be able to jump into the bed from down on the floor. It was at least three times as tall as I was, making it impossible to jump up there. I tried to climb up, but still no luck. Then I decided to just come around the corner to where Sonic was. He looked a little surprised to see me up and about so quickly. I just smiled. "So, how're ya feelin'?" he greeted with the same tone he used with all his friends. "Just fine, except for feeling so short now." Everyone laughed at that. Then I asked two questions: " how long have I been out?" " About a week Mr. Fangor." Replied the nurse. That meant my break would be over tomorrow. Then my second question: " Am I free to leave now?" The nurse looked at the others, they all said it was ok, and the nurse let me go. " better hang on to something guys, I'm going all out!" I warned. Immediately the all headed for the bed, right before I blew out of the room at top speed, which even light would have lost a race to. I made it out the door with no trouble at all, blowing through it like a flash of green lightning. I immediately 'morphed' into my kintushian self, made my rounds at normal speed, checking the usual locations, 'morphed back' then headed for the house.

When I got there though, I was disappointed at the fact that the bed was as tall here as it was in the hospital, and I had no intention of going back to my Kintushian body just to get into bed. I tried jumping up to it. Didn't work. I tried climbing up the mattresses. Again, it didn't work. So I decided to wait for someone to come to help. It didn't take as long as I thought it would for someone to arrive. The first person through the door was Amy Rose. She came in with the rest of the gang that had been at the hospital. She told me the good news: " The king just granted me permission to start a school in town! I would like for you to attend the classes to keep the bullies from getting out of hand. Could you do this please?" I simply replied: "It depends on what the king says. If he allows it, then yes I will keep the bullies from making a nuisance of themselves." Everyone laughed at this. Then Amy said "I already asked the king. He said you could as long as you still fulfilled your promise to Miracle and Keg." I replied: "Not a problem Amy. As long as you all don't mind me using this form whenever I am not in combat." They could tell it had not taken long for me to take a liking to it. Everyone looked at Sally, as she was the princess and would take over ruling in the absence of the king. She nodded, " On one condition: you will have to go to bed when Tails does. Understood?" I nodded my head and saluted, "Understood Sally." With that I turned around to get into bed then frowned remembering how much taller it seemed in this form. I tried to jump into it, didn't work. I backed up for a running jump, and wound up smacking my head into the mattress. I then attempted climbing up the mattresses, but that still didn't work. I then sighed in defeat, right before being hoisted into the air and thrown onto the bed. I turned around to see who had done it, and, everyone knowing that I felt I needed to know who had done it, pointed an accusing hand at Knuckles. Apparently he had grown impatient at watching me struggle in vain in my attempt to get on the bed. "I got bored watching him fail miserably at getting on the bed. So sue me." Everyone got a laugh out of that. Then everyone except for Sally left because it was time for Tails's nightly bedtime story. I pulled myself under my covers and fell asleep before she began, smiling to myself because any bullies that tried to start a fight with anyone would have to answer to me.

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