Author: Hey. It's me Moonlight Arc. I'm back again for another chapter. This is nothing special, it could just be connected from the last chapter or so. Anyways, I'd like to thank the reviews I got for supporting my story and enjoying it so far. I gotta say, I have plans for this story that it might take pretty long so I hope you guys will stay enough to find out everything the story has to offer :D With that being said, let's go on with the chapter!
Chapter 20: You Won't Be Left Behind
The day started with our heroes having their meeting at a fields. They seemed busy on their own different terms as if they are just having a picnic. Sonic was slowly chewing his food as it seems he is distracted. Spike noticed this and nudges Twilight. Twilight was busy talking to the other girls by that Spike decides to approach Sonic by himself.
"Hey, Sonic. You okay?" Spike wondered as Sonic stopped eating and looked at Spike.
Sonic chuckles before he answered, "Of course, I am. I'm always great." Sonic then gives Spike a smile.
"Is that so? It's just that you're eating your food pretty slowly which is unusual of you." Spike said with his head titled.
"Y-Yeah. I mean I just got distracted in a way." Sonic said as he tried to explain something.
"And that distraction you mean...?" Spike got closer as he wanted to know what Sonic meant.
"Uhh... about that..." Sonic then hoped for something to change this topic until Pinkie came up with something.
"Hey WaIt A minute!" Everyone looked at her from this, Sonic then sighed in relief that Pinkie came by with an idea.
"Whamrmt ism it?" Rainbow asked while she is chewing her food.
"What about we name Silver and Shadow's new forms!" Pinkie said in a cheerful smile.
"Hmm, why not?" Silver thought of as he accept that idea.
"What gave you the idea Pinkie?" Twilight wondered.
"Well, since we have nothing much to do. Why not give it a name?" Pinkie suggested.
"To be honest, it sounds fun." Applejack said as she lift her hat a little bit.
"Yes. Giving name is fun." Rarity nodded in agreement.
"Then it's settle." Sonic said as he stood up, "We're gonna give names to your new forms."
Silver smiled and Shadow just didn't care at all. Sonic, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity will try and give Silver a name for his magic form. While, Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Applejack will give a name for Shadow's.
"How about that?" Spike wondered from the suggestion of dividing his friends.
"You're not gonna help out Spike?" Rainbow Dash asks.
"I'm not good on naming, besides, all I need to have fun is sleep." Spike said as he walks away and sleep on the blanket.
"There goes our baby dragon." Twilight said as she slightly giggle from this.
"This is rather interesting." Shadow's magic form said from nowhere.
"What are you doing here?" Shadow said in his thought.
"Well, giving me a name isn't that bad, plus this is the first time that I was given a name." His reply.
"Really now? And I guess I am the only one who can see you." Shadow said again in his thought.
"Of course. I. am. your magic form. What you use of power is naturally invisible to your friends."
Shadow rolled his eyes to this statement.
"So, how are we gonna do this?" Silver wondered.
"Hmm.. how about we start by showing your form first?" Sonic suggested.
"Hm, fair enough." Silver said as he fine with it.
"You should do the same thing Shady!" Pinkie said in excitement.
Shadow was about to avoid this idea but until he slightly glance to his side and saw Applejack kinda close to his face which made Shadow feel unusually relaxed to this idea.
By that, Shadow sighed, "Fine."
"Yeepy!" Pinkie exclaimed.
Both Shadow and Silver sighed and focus their inner energies of magic. A wind is starting to form around them. Shadow's side is burning bright with a color black, while Silver's side is burning bright with a color of cyan color. The group blocked their eyes from the brightness. Silver's cyan streak in his glove bursts into a flame-like energy, his eyes glowed brighter, his dark sides on his eyes slightly reaches his cheeks, and his fur on his chest grew slightly longer behind. Shadow's red highlights on his quills became a purple flame, the rings on his wrists disappeared, Shadow's air shoes has lesser jet exhaustion but the tubes of it is larger compared to his original. His fur on his chest grew the same as Silver, and Shadow opened his eyes revealing an color black eye that surrounds his red ruby eye.
As the transformation ended, the flash of brightness slowly disappears revealing Shadow and Silver in their forms. Although, they noticed that they slightly changed.
"Wow, you look kinda different from what I remember Silvy." Rarity said as he tries and observe Silver's different type of look.
"Not just Silver, but also Shadow's. Look." Fluttershy quietly-ish said as they look at Shadow which is true.
"Hm, yeah, you guys look way different." Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"I don't reckon they don't look way different from what I see." Applejack explains.
"Well, what do you guys feel from this change?" Twilight asked in curiosity.
"Hmmm. Nothing." Silver and Shadow said as they looked into each other and back at Twilight.
"Enough about that! It's time we put some names!" Pinkie said happily.
As the girls were all cheering, Shadow looked at Sonic who is looking down. He noticed that he is clenching his fist which gave Shadow a curious to this.
"You're not curious on why you and the white one change slightly?" Shadow's magic form came again out of nowhere.
"No. And I don't have any intention on knowing... wait, did you say whi-"
"Alright. If you don't wanna know fine by me." With that being said, he disappeared again.
"Hmm."
"Hey Shady!" A voice snap his mind back to himself.
"Huh?" Shadow wondered.
"It's time to put a name to your form." Applejack said.
"Oh. Right." Shadow's only answer.
"Hm, I am thinking Purple Fire form?" Twilight suggested.
"Hey, that's my idea." Pinkie said with a pouty face, "Oh I know! How about, Burning Head form?!"
"That's ridiculous Pinkie.. blabla" Applejack was talking until Shadow lost his focus to the girls and noticed that Sonic is not participating on giving Silver about the form.
"Shady? Shady!"
"What?"
"You okay?" Applejack asked looking worried a bit.
"I'm fine. But what about something that goes into my liking?" Shadow suggested.
Twilight then puts her fingers in her chin about this one, "Well, you like being alone."
"You like black." Pinkie said as she puts her finger in her chin as well.
"You never tell a lie." Applejack said as she smiles at it.
"Lastly, you are what I call, a chaos master." Twilight said which Pinkie gasped at it.
"How about, True Chaos form?" Pinkie suggested that it made Shadow's eye brow raised up from this.
"Oh yeah, you don't use chaos powers..." Twilight said.
"You're honest..." Applejack added.
"And chaos is what you are." Pinkie finished sentence as Shadow thinks about this.
"Hmm, it's good." Shadow commented about it.
"Yehey!" The girls celebrate on choosing a name for Shadow's magic form.
"You guys done?" Silver asks them.
"Yeah we are!" Pinkie answered.
"So? What's the name?" Rainbow Dash asks them again.
"True Chaos." Shadow answered with his hands crossed.
"Ohh, how nice." Fluttershy quietly said so.
"Well, I guess that's how Shadow is supposed to be." Sonic said as he walked in.
Shadow observes Sonic again. He thinks that Sonic puts away that anger, guilt, or problem of what is occurring to him.
"What about you?" Twilight asked Silver.
"Oh, Sonic and Rarity gave me the idea. Golden Cyan." Silver said as his eyes glowed when he said the name.
"That's pretty good as well." Twilight said as a compliment.
"Thanks." Silver accepts it.
"Alright then. We gave them names... what now?" Rainbow Dash wondered.
The group is back on thinking again. It was silent until...
"Let's have a training match Silver." Shadow suggested which caught everyone by surprise except Silver and Sonic.
"Eh, I knew you would ask for that." Silver said as it seems that he agrees to this.
"You can't be serious about this aren't you Silvy?" Rarity asks for being worried.
"Relax Rarity, Silver is always up for a challenge." Sonic said assuring Silver.
"Alright Shadow let's do this." Silver said as he covered himself in a cyan aura and fly towards to a field.
"Hmph." Shadow then follows Silver with his newly shoes.
"This is a bad idea." Applejack said as she watched the two landing on a field.
"Yep." Twilight nodded at that.
"Go Shady!" Pinkie cheered for Shadow.
"Y-You can do this Silvy, darling!" Rarity cheered for Silver.
"Go guys!" Fluttershy tried to cheer on both sides but no one almost heard her.
"This is going to be great." Rainbow Dash said as she pay attention on both of them.
"I wonder how this fight will go." Sonic thought.
Silver and Shadow are standing calmly in their place. The wind is blowing hardly enough for the their fur and quills to move. Sonic is observing how this will go on but then he wondered what the difference.
"Shadow and Silver never fought seriously. What more is... why don't I feel anything?" Sonic thought as watched the two.
"Lets Go!" Silver shouted as he got in his stance.
"Yeah." Shadow replied as he got in his stance as well.
Silver's body is covered in a cyan aura and Shadow's rocket/hover shoes is charging. Shadow's eyes glowed and so did Silver before their bodies rushes. Silver casted a cyan color shield and Shadow has his flame knuckle as the two collided, a huge wave of power reached toward Sonic and the group.
"Woah! That's amazing! W-What is this?!" The girls said as this made Sonic confused.
"They feel the tension? But how?" Sonic wondered as he looked at Twilight who is totally amazed by this, "She... can feel it? Then how? Naturally, I feel the tension by looking at those two... wait a minute! I've been looking at their chaos levels... it seems I can't sense them through chaos energy. The same thing what happened with Shadow before..."
Back at the fight of the two. Shadow steps back, cancelling the clash and a purple aura appeared, covering his hands.
"Chaos Magic: Flame Missile!" Shadow shouted as the flames on his quills grew larger and shoots out several flame homing missiles.
Silver saw this and his eyes glowed along with the glove glowing brighter in cyan color, "Cyan Magic: Helios Shield!" A cyan shield formed in front of Silver which it protected him the attack. Silver smirked from this but Shadow reappeared beside him.
"What?" Silver thought as he slowly looks at Shadow.
Shadow didn't think of anything but he is in a kicking motion as a purple flame thrusts on his shoes that boosted his kick. Silver manageably raises his arm to block the impact of the kick. Silver grunts from this as he receive the hit but that didn't stop Shadow. He bursted away from Silver and prepares a hand sign.
"Chaos Magic: Flare Blitz!" Shadow shouted as he points out his hand at Silver and a circling fire aim at him.
"Woah!" Silver covers himself in a cyan aura and flews and dodges the attack.
"Not done yet! Chaos Magic: Bursting Chains!" The flame that was supposed to aim at Silver suddenly exploded and forms chains around catching Silver.
Silver was surprised this and he was dragged by Shadow as he smashes him to the ground. He repeatedly do this action several times.
"Silver!" Rarity cried out to him.
"Don't worry Rarity..." Silver whispers which Shadow caught his attention.
"Cyan Magic: Time Barrier!" Silver shouted which the field was filled in a cyan color.
"T-This move?" Shadow wondered as he couldn't move his body.
"That's right. You're finish." Silver said as he clenched his fist, "Cyan Magic: Black Hole Annihilation!" Silver said as the field around them starts to shrink out.
As Shadow was removed from the barrier his flames disappeared in his quills, "He absorbed my magic from my quills as well?"
"Of course... your flames represent your magic... that is your disadvantage of having too much magic inside of you."
"Did you just too much magic?" Shadow said in his thought.
Silver then performs a punch pose and the cyan color blow bursts at Shadow.
"T-This power... I-It's intense than our normal Chaos forms..." Sonic said in his thought as he just watches his friends with their high magic levels.
Sonic clenched his fist. Which Twilight noticed, "Sonic?"
"What now Shadow?! Is my magic too powerful to handle?!" Silver shouted from the blast, "That's right! I never won against you... yet!" Silver said in his thought as he poured in too much magic.
"You think you would win with this sort of attack?" Shadow's voice was heard from no where.
"What?!" Silver was surprised to hear this as he looked around of where Shadow would be... and how.
"What.. is that?" Sonic said in his thought as the group where surprised that Silver was trapped in a black sphere.
"Chaos Magic: Nightmare Shade Burst!" Shadow's voice said as the inside of the orb burns within dealing damage to Silver.
"ARGhhh!" Silver shouted in pain from the attack.
"Silver!" The group said as they watch Silver in horror outside of the sphere.
After the sphere disperse they could slightly see that Silver is kneeling down and looks like the battle is already settle. The group decided to approach the two to deal the situation. As the group reached the two, Rarity was about to slap Shadow but she was stopped by Sonic.
"Unhand me! I need to slap this monster for hurting my- I mean Silver!" Rarity said as she shouted to Sonic.
"I'm sorry Rarity, but Shadow didn't do anything wrong from there." Sonic said which made the girls surprised and shock.
"What? What do you mean 'didn't do anything wrong?' he clearly almost killed Silver!" Rainbow Dash said with a little bit of annoyed.
"Don't blame him girls. I was the one who went too far.." Silver said which RD and Rarity looked at him confused.
"And how is it your fault darling?" Rarity wondered.
"He went to far of using his magic. I was gonna get killed if I didn't do anything to stop his attack from burning my body slowly away." Shadow explained which Silver chuckles and laughs.
"Sorry about that Shadow! I haven't one against you not even a little bit." Silver said which made the girls more confused.
"So then, why is Shadow still standing strong unlike you Silver?" Twilight wondered.
"Oh it's simple, Shadow is naturally stronger me in terms of physical bodies." Silver easily explained so.
"But I gotta, with all of the ruckus and everything, I reckon it was a great experience to see." Applejack said as they all looked at her.
"Yup! That sounds like about it! I never seen any flashy actions so it's great to some thing like this. I mean, even Silver and Shadow are hurt they aren't that severe." Pinkie agreed with Applejack.
Rainbow Dash was about to say something until someone talk first, "I didn't do too much against Silver, not to mention, I may be stronger in skills but Silver has unique abilities he possess that I can't attain. Simply put it, his magic form heals his wounds." Shadow quickly said so.
"And how can you be so certain about that mister?" Rarity asked furiously.
"Easy with the tone Rarity, he is telling the truth actually. See? I'm getting healed, but how did you know about that Shadow?" Silver wondered.
"Um.." Shadow was thinking of something to say, "Okay, he is on to us. Tell him that you saw-" True Chaos was cutoff.
"It's a hunch." Shadow said.
"Well, I guess it can't get any more worse." True Chaos said as he crossed his arms.
"Huh, alright then." Silver said as he smiles which it became relief to Shadow that he bought
"So you know our abilities in our magic form?" Shadow said in thought while talking to True Chaos.
"I guess so. In a simple glimpse, I discovered the abilities of your magic forms." True Chaos explains.
"Strange... I never knew about that. But you simply understand our abilities? I think there is more of you than meets the eye. Me." Shadow wondered as he glared to True Chaos.
"W-Well... you see-" "Hey Shadow." A voice was heard which made Shadow looked away and True Chaos made a relief about it.
"Faker." Shadow's reply as he saw it was Sonic who called him.
"How does it feel...?" Sonic asked Shadow as his voice seems dead.
"What do you mean?" Shadow was confused by this.
"I mean how it different than using chaos energy?" Sonic tried to ask him in a different way.
"Well. It's far different feeling, and I feel weightless." Shadow said as he starts to notice something from Sonic.
"Oh, hmm, alright then." Sonic said and walks away but before he got far, Shadow stopped him.
"What is your problem faker? You jealous that you don't have your own magic form?" Shadow asked Sonic which made him annoyed.
Sonic remove Shadow's grip and looked at him furiously, "I don't know what you''re talking about Shadow. I'm not jealous really." Sonic said as Shadow didn't buy it.
"How about a battle faker?" Shadow requested Sonic for it.
"What?" Sonic was then became confused about this.
"Maybe if we fight, it might break your limits to have your own magic form." Shadow said which Sonic thought off.
"But you're injured I can't simply-" Sonic didn't finish his sentence as he received a kick from Shadow.
The girls and Silver were surprised to see what happened. Shadow then chases Sonic with his new air shoes. Sonic then has his hands glowed in a purple aura. Then Sonic clenches his fists and smacks them together. As he separates his fists, a sword starts form.
"Let's see if this work." Sonic said to himself as concentrate at the sword that is being formed in front of him and Shadow is almost close to Sonic with a prepared punch, "Call forth, Caliburn!"
Caliburn came out of nowhere and Sonic equips him, "S-Sir Sonic?! W-What happened? I remember that you put me down on a some sort of-"
"Not now Caliburn, we have a fight to settle with." Sonic said as he used Caliburn to block Shadow's attack which both them collided and ends in a clash.
"Using the legendary sword? Hmph." Shadow said as he aim his free hand to use a magic, "Chaos Magic: Flare Blitz!" A small circling flame came out of Shadow's hand and aim at Sonic's body.
Sonic was slightly surprised and so he quickly performs a spindash which he result to dodge the attack but Shadow didn't stop there. He quickly move slightly to the right to avoid being hit by the sword. Shadow kick Sonic and then smashes him to the ground cancelling the spindash and pinning him down.
"Ow.." Sonic said as he hold on to Caliburn which he used to make him balance.
"I think you can't do it Sonic." Shadow said as he slowly floats down while his arms crossed.
"No! Not yet!" Sonic said as he raise Caliburn up, "Let's go Excalibur!"
"Sir Sonic I don't think-" Caliburn didn't finish talking as he glowed in a burst of light.
Shadow blocked his eyes from the light but as the light faded, Excalibur Sonic was in front of Shadow. Although, he dodge this easily and Shadow tried to punch Sonic but he was stopped as Sonic somehow blocked Shadow's punch.
"It seems Sonic's strength increased. But...!" Shadow's thought as the flames grew bigger.
"W-What is this? Excalibur armor can't beat his magic enough? Then that case!" Sonic said in his thought as his gauntlet got covered in a purple aura.
This slowly stopped Shadow but it wasn't enough as Shadow started to push through. Sonic's eyes grew larger as he is being pushed by Shadow's punch.
"Raagh!" Shadow's battlecry made him win the clash which made Sonic punch himself and then Shadow went for another punch towards Sonic's stomach.
Sonic was stunned by this but he didn't stop there as he held Excalibur tightly and wave it against Shadow. But Shadow just fly slightly higher enough to dodge the attack. As the slash miss Shadow, the front exhaustion of Shadow's shoes emitted a burst turning him around in 360 degrees and hitting Sonic. Sonic was smashed down but before he crash landed he used his free hand to push himself away from crashing. Sonic then sensed something and jumps away as Shadow landed with a blow and charges at Sonic. Shadow is using his flame hands to clash with Sonic's Excalibur. Their battle is creating a huge gust of winds.
"W-Wow..." Twilight whisper to herself.
"I-I can't believe Sonic is still can catch up to Shadow... but I think it won't be enough..." Silver said as he crossed his arms.
"What do you mean by that darling?" Rarity asked curiously.
"G-Guys look..." Fluttershy quietly points out and they looked at it.
Twilight's eye grew wider as she notice Sonic's movement starting to get random and different.
Sonic backflips away and as he landed he charges again with his sword, "RAaaagh!" He shouted as Shadow then just kept dodging Sonic's slashes.
"This is futile. Stop this now Sonic. You won't reach anything." Shadow said as he kept dodging Sonic's attack.
"Not yet! I don't feel anything!" Sonic said as the Excalibur glowed in a purple aura.
"He infused the sword with magic?" Shadow said in his thought and True Chaos showed up again.
"You have to stop him right here, and now Shadow. If he keep this up, he might change." He said so before he vanished.
"Change?!" Shadow was surprised to hear that and since he got slightly distracted, Sonic got an opening and hits Shadow but Shadow manage to hold on to the sword which it didn't made contact with his body still enough to blow Shadow away, "Alright then!"
Shadow's hand glowed in a red aura, "Chaos Magic: Nightmare Shade!" Shadow said as a large shadow emerges below him and went towards Sonic.
Sonic jumps and held his sword like he is gonna smash the tip in the ground. He aimed at Shadow and his target just jumps out of the way. As Sonic made contact with the ground he was immediately covered in a black barrier.
"Looks like Shadow wanted to finish the fight... but why? And what more is... how can Shadow made or learn multiple magic in a short amount of time after he discover this power." Silver said in his thought as he put a finger in his chin.
"W-Wait! Shadow, you're gonna hurt Sonic by this!" Twilight shouted but Shadow didn't care for what she said.
"Burst!" Shadow's word reacted on the black barrier as it performs the same thing to Silver.
But as Shadow watches the spell do its work, Sonic, without his armor, appeared beside him in a flying kick formation, Shadow slightly move his eyes to the left and quickly raised his arm to block the attack. Sonic then used a free hand to summon Caliburn on his hand. Shadow jumps away and as he looks down Sonic jumps following him. He used his flames to clash against Sonic's sword.
"Why are you so eager unlocking your magic form?!" Shadow started to shout.
"Because I don't want to be left behind and let all of you protecting me!" Sonic was reply made Shadow disappointed and gave Sonic a sigh.
"This is just wrong." Shadow's words made Sonic confused and Shadow use his hand to break Sonic's guard. As he did that, he used his skill on bucking apple trees and hits Sonic without any reaction from it.
For a few moments, Sonic felt the punch pushing him down to the ground creating a crater. Sonic was shocked at this and couldn't move. The girls, Silver and Spike were now rushing towards them. Shadow then landed on the ground where Sonic was, and Sonic started to lose conscious. His sight very blurry but he slightly noticed Rainbow Dash rushed and talks to Shadow before everything went black.
Sonic couldn't see anything except pitch black, although he heard two voices calling for him...
"Sonic... We're coming!"
"If you didn't do something about this! We will fight for your body!"
"It's time you choose Sonic!"
"Or else THEY will surely get hurt!"
"W-Who are you two?! Show yourselves!" Sonic said as he tried to scream out for those.
Hours have passed, Sonic is starting to wake up from his rest.
"Urhgh... what happened?" Sonic said to himself which a certain rainbow-hair heard.
"Sonic! Thank goodness you're awake." Rainbow said as she hugged Sonic.
"Heh, of course Rainbow, but uh, where am I?" Sonic asked as he tried to hug her but he didn't continued on.
"Huh? O-Oh! Well, you're at Fluttershy's cottage. And hold on, I'm gonna call the others." Rainbow said as she went outside.
Sonic was left alone in the room and starts to think who are those voices, "Who could they possibly be?" As Sonic mentions that, his head starts to get hurt, "Ah.. AH! AHHH!" Sonic closed his eyes from this intense pain and everything around him turned into a void, "W-Wha-t i-is t-thisss! RAGGH!" Sonic then opens his eyes revealing a dark eye with a bloody red in the middle glowing and on the other side is a red spiral eye. He closed his eye again and opened them, and everything went back to normal.
"Wah... what was that..." Sonic said as he breathe heavily.
A door opened and the rest of the group went inside, except that Twilight isn't with them.
"Ah Sonic! You're awake now." Silver said and Sonic noticed that he has some bandages around his cheeks and body.
"Thank goodness, you have us all shock darling." Rarity said as she uses her fan.
"We were all worried." Fluttershy said quietly.
"Especially Rainbow here, she was really worried that she stayed with ya." Applejack said as she nudges Rainbow Dash causing her to blush.
"I-It's not like. I just thought he needed some company that's all." Rainbow said as she looks away from Sonic.
Sonic didn't bother this and looked at Shadow, he noticed that Shadow also have some bandages around him, Sonic was about to say something but Shadow spoke first.
"You don't have to apologize. It's naturally clear that you are afraid." Shadow said as he crossed his arms.
"O-Oh... umm..." Sonic said as he looked down.
"But don't worry Sonic." Rainbow Dash said confidently.
"Huh?" Sonic then became confused about this.
"She's right, you aren't the only ones having a hard time." Applejack said as she put her hands on her waist.
"Indeed, all of us has a long way to go." Rarity said as she nodded.
"I-I also need to be s-stronger." Fluttershy quietly said but with determination with it.
"And I have to make everyone happy as always!" Pinkie said so.
"So don't worry Sonic. You won't be left behind. We will strive together and become more powerful." Silver said as Sonic was very silent about this.
He just looked at Shadow and he only could say is a nod.
"You guys... alright then!" Sonic said as he smiled in determination.
"Yehey! Yipee! Woohoo!" The group cheered except for Shadow.
The cheer was heard outside where Twilight is sort of eavesdropping at them. She smiled at them and off she go. "That's right... I'll won't be left behind. I have prove to him that there is more than he could achieve for!" She said as she walked outside of the cottage and looked at the sky. "Yeah."
Author: Heyo! I'm alive of course. Just been busy for awhile, got a project need to be done at school. Also, I just only want to say thank you all for the support in this story. With a teaser for the new villains coming at our heroes meaning that there will be more ;D. That is all for now, I have um got nothing to say for now... Oh, yeah, I joined Shadic SparkDash's OC entrance. I hope you guys also enter their for more characters :3
Author: He didn't request me to do this, although I just want more people in his story that's all :P That is all for me, Moonlight Arc here. Signing out, Peace!