Chapter 3: Attack On Riften

Manic and Shadic were both in the kitchen by the time Sonic and Shadow finally dragged themselves out of bed to start the day.

"Hey," Manic said. "You two are finally up."

"I've been up for an hour," Sonic said. "Just didn't feel like getting out of bed until now."

Shadow yawned and looked at Sonic. "I would have slept well, but you kept kicking me."

"Sorry. I couldn't get comfortable."

"That seems to happen a lot."

Sonic smiled nervously. "I've been restless lately."

"Why's that?" Manic asked.

"Just have been." Sonic shrugged.

"Well, breakfast is ready. I already ate, so you three can eat by yourselves."

Sonic and Shadow sat down at the table, and Manic served the three food. Shadow saw that the shades were down, and he raised an eyebrow. "Why're your shades down, Manic? You're not letting any sun in." He asked the green hedgehog.

"I'm not in the mood for any sun right now."

"Why's that?" Sonic asked as he ate. "You love the sun."

Manic's eyes flashed yellow before returning to normal. "Just not in the mood right now. You know how sunlight can affect hangovers."

Sonic looked at Shadow, who shrugged and continued to eat.

"Do you want to do anything today?" Sonic asked his brother.

"Don't know. You have anything you want to do here in Riften?"

Sonic shrugged. "Guess we could see the sights. You wanna come with us?"

Manic shook his head. "It hasn't changed much at all since the last time you were here."

"Alright, then," Sonic said, and looked at Shadow and Shadic. "You wanna come?"

"Sure." Shadic hopped up from his seat.

"I guess I will too," Shadow said. "I have nothing better to do."

Sonic smiled and headed to the door. He looked back at Manic, then waved and left, closing the door behind them. The three of them walked around Riften for a while.

"This is a nice town," Shadic said. Sonic nodded. As they were walking, they heard a roar. The three froze. "The dragon's here now?"

"Crap," Shadow said as he looked up to the sky.

The dragon roared as it entered town, breathing fire upon Riften. Sonic's eyes widened, but then he felt something rise up within him. He looked up at the dragon and shouted, "Fus Ro Dah!" Shadow and Shadic both looked at him in surprise as the dragon moved back. "Fus Ro Dah!" Sonic shouted again.

The shout hit the dragon, which roared in pain and fell to the ground with a thud. The guards ran up and attacked the dragon as well.

"Should we go help them?" Shadow asked.

"Sure," Shadic said. He looked back at Sonic.

The three ran over to help the guards kill the dragon. Once they did, the dragon turned into a ball of light and entered Sonic's body. Sonic groaned in pain as he felt himself shifting and growing. Soon, he had become a black dragon. Sonic roared and fell unconscious before shifting back into a hedgehog.

"What was that?" Shadic asked.

The guards eyes widened and started muttering to each other. Shadow and Shadic could hear words like "Dragonborn" "Prophecy" and "Alduin".

Shadow walked over to Sonic and picked him up. "We're going back to Manic's place." He walked off, and his son followed. When they got back to Manic's, Shadow threw open the door. "Something's happened to Sonic!" he yelled.

"What?" Manic asked as he stood up from the chair he was sitting.

"A dragon attacked Riften. It's dead now, but something strange happened when it died. Something went into Sonic... for a moment, he looked like a dragon."

"He turned into a dragon?" Manic asked. "Interesting."

"I didn't say that. Don't go getting any weird ideas."

"It looked like he transformed to me," Shadic said.

"It was just a few moments... Probably just an after image of the dragon's soul when it entered him."

"Wait," Manic said. "Did you say a dragon soul entered him?"

"That's what it looked like."

"No...it can't be...Sonic's the..."

Suddenly, Sonic began to groan in pain. His body changed shape until he was an anthropomorphic dragon. He began to speak. "Akatosh...Alduin...prophecy...chosen..." Shadow ran over to Sonic, but was shocked to see his body revert back to a hedgehog. Then his eyes snapped open. "I was having such a weird... something..." Sonic looked around at everyone in confusion. "What's wrong?"

"You just transformed into a dragon anthro," Shadow said.

"What?"

"You became a dragon, Sonic."

"You must be seeing things. It's the dim lighting in here..."

Manic walked up to him. "We all saw it, Sonic. Shadow said that you even looked like a dragon after the dragon outside was killed."

Sonic looked at him in shock. He had become a dragon? "Seriously? That's... strange. Why would I turn into a dragon?"

"It's because you're the Dragonborn."

"The dragonborn? I didn't know they turned into a dragon."

"They don't," Shadow said. "Maybe you're a special case."

"Great."

"What were you dreaming about?" Shadic asked.

Sonic sighed. "It was of Akatosh. He told me that I was part of a prophecy to defeat Alduin. He wants me to come to his temple."

"Is it about you possibly being the Dragonborn?"

Sonic shrugged. "I suppose."

Shadow was silent for a moment, then looked at Shadic and Manic. He looked back at his partner. "We'll come with you," he said.

"Thanks."

"So will I," Manic said. "When do we leave?"

"In a few days?"

"Sure," the green hedgehog said. "Not during day, though..."

"Why not?"

"I'm...allergic to sunlight."

"Good one Manic," Sonic laughed. "People can't be allergic to the sun." Manic's eyes flashed gold, and he growled. Sonic's eyes widened when he saw fangs in his mouth. "What's happened to you?"

"I'm a vampire," Manic said.

"A vampire? How did that happen?"

"A year ago, I was on a mission for the Thieves Guild when a vampire bit me."

"You didn't get it treat- Right. Thieves Guild."

Manic sighed. "If you hate me now, I understand."

"Why would I hate you for something like that?"

"Because I'm a vampire! A bloodsucker! I've killed people for blood!"

"You're still Manic."

"I guess." Sonic walked up and hugged him. "Thanks bro. That means a lot."

Sonic smiled and looked at Shadow and Shadic. "What do you two think about this?"

"I'm fine as long as he never attacks me," Shadow said.

"I think it's cool that he's a vampire," Shadic said.

Manic looked at him. "You think so?" Shadic nodded, and the green hedgehog grinned a little. "I guess it is kinda cool. I can change into a wolf, bat and red mist, and I'm also immortal."

Sonic sighed. He yawned, sat down on the chair, and went to sleep.