Chapter 11: Solitude's Wall

With the speed they ran at, they made it to the capital by the end of the day. Sonic looked around. "We need to find that wall, wherever it is." He looked at Shadow. "Have any suggestions on how we could find it?"

Shadow shook his head. "Unfortunately not."

"Well...I suppose we could check the palace."

"Someone there might know something."

Sonic smiled and they headed to the inn. He thought it would be best to ask the townspeople first. Sonic walked up to the innkeeper with a smile.

"Could I ask you a few questions?" he asked.

"Of course," the innkeeper said. "What do you want to know?"

"Have you heard anything about vampires and werewolves recently?"

The innkeeper thought about it, and shook his head. "Can't say that I have, no. Those monsters mostly keep to themselves."

Shadow winced. Sonic looked at his husband, then back at the innkeeper. "I see. I'm looking for something as well. It looks like part of a wall. Covered in some kind of old language. Do you know anything about that?"

"I have heard talk of some sort of wall deep in the dungeon."

"Really? Where did you hear it?"

"From one of the guards," the innkeeper said.

"So I should ask the guards. Thanks."

He walked out of the inn as Shadow and Shadic followed him.

"That bastard called werewolves monsters," Shadow grumbled. "I'm not a fucking monster!"

"He doesn't know you," Sonic said. "But it would be nice if people wouldn't judge an entire group based on what a minority does."

Shadow scoffed and ran ahead towards the palace.

Shadic looked at Sonic. "Do you think he got his feelings hurt, dad?"

"He did."

"How did he become a werewolf anyway?"

"I'm not sure, actually. I wasn't there at the time, and Shadow didn't really want to talk about it."

"What do you mean, you weren't there?" Shadow asked.

"It was before I met him."

"How'd you meet him anyway?"

"I was out late one night. No one else around. Kinda hoping something would attack me, but still glad for the peace and quiet. He was injured. Badly. I helped him out to the best of my abilities, and we grew close after that."

"How'd he get injured?" Shadic asked.

Sonic was silent for a moment. "Someone attacked him. They're long dead now."

"You sound annoyed. I'm not asking too many questions, am I?"

"No. It's just...I don't like talking about that." Sonic looked at his hand for a moment before looking in the direction Shadow had gone. "We should catch up to Shadow."

"Right. Sorry," Shadic said, running beside Sonic as they headed towards the palace. "Do you think it'll take us long to find the wall?"

"I don't know," Sonic said, looking at his son. "Possibly. I'd like to continue looking for Manic as soon as possible."

"We could search places werewolves are known to be seen," Shadic said.

"Shadow would know. I'll ask him later." They saw Shadow up ahead. The black hedgehog was sitting on a bench, his head down. He looked up when he saw his husband and son. "Hey. Ready to ask around again?"

"I guess," Shadow said, standing up. "Sorry I ran off like that; I'm still upset. I just hate it when people call my kind monsters."

"Can't blame you for that," Sonic said. "Should we ask the guards?"

"Lead the way."

The three of them continued through Solitude. When they got to the palace, Sonic saw a guard and walked up to him. "Excuse me, I heard that you found some sort of ancient wall in the dungeon?"

"We have, but no one has been able to figure out what it is yet."

"Can we see it?"

"What for?"

Sonic looked at his family, wondering if he should tell the guard. Shadow nodded. "I'm the Dragonborn," Sonic said. "We think that wall is draconic in origin."

"You think it has something to do with the dragons?" The guard thought it over before turning. "I suppose I can bring you to it. If you really are the Dragonborn people have been speaking of, you can make better use of it than any of us."

Sonic nodded and followed the guard. Shadow and Shadic followed him. They went down into the dungeon and Sonic looked around. He'd never liked dungeons. They walked for miles, eventually coming to the lowest level. The guard stopped and motioned for Sonic to come forward.

"It's past this door."

The guard opened it and Sonic walked in.

"Should we go in too?" Shadic asked Shadow.

"It won't be long," Shadow said. "Let's wait for Sonic here."

When Sonic walked into the room, he groaned as bat like wings burst from his back. The draconian magic in this room was strong. Sonic walked up to the wall and looked it over. His eyes changed to draconic slitted red pupils as he read the words. It taught him another word in the Draconian language. He touched the wall, running his fingers over the words when his eyes widened. He saw a vision of a statue in Solitude breaking and a dragon looking at him.

Sonic stared at the wall in confusion. That hadn't happened with the last one. He shrugged and walked out of the room..Shadow and Shadow were standing in front of the door.

"Did you find it?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah. When I touched it though, I had a vision of some kind."

"A vision of what?"

"A statue in Solitude broke, and a dragon was staring at me."

"There's a dragon statue in the center of town," Shadow said. "Maybe that was it."

"I don't think the statue was of a dragon, though... Wouldn't I have noticed that?"

"Maybe we passed it on our way here?" Shadic asked. "Anyway, we should probably check it out."

"Yeah, we probably should."

The three ran out of the dungeon and headed for town.