Well, after 2 months of dormancy, I'm finally back! Sorry, I had lack of inspiration. Hopefully, I have not lost my touch and I hope this will be a readable chapter.

Chapter 3: Darkness

Tails PoV

Sonic is gone… he had really abandoned me.

And I don't blame him… I was mad that time, insane, pointing a blaster at his head. Just because he insulted my grandfather wasn't any reason to kill Sonic at all, and yet, I threatened to kill him; in fact I really felt like pulling the trigger at him if I didn't have that thought in the morning, that Sonic was the most important…

I started to think about what really happened back at that scene. How did I get so angry? Who did the voices in my head belong to? All this questions filled my head, and I had no way to answer them.

I was really so mad…, I was never like that; something or someone was definitely influencing me, controlling my body and soul….

Controlling my soul… releasing my dark side… destroying the angel in me…

Knuckles said something to me at Floating Island, that I was someone meant to be pure-hearted, a Chosen One. That task was almost completed by the gods, but it was as if someone snatched me from heaven and put me on Earth before I could be properly molded… Does this have to do with all this?

I reached a conclusion. Obviously, all this had to do with East Island, and, maybe Sonic was right. Maybe Merlin was actually behind all this, trying to destroy our friendship by murdering Sonic. If that was true, once I land on the island, I don't think I could ever have a chance of going back to mainland.

I would learn my past, but I wouldn't learn my future…

The sun was setting, and Sonic was still nowhere to be seen…

I had to turn back now. There was simply too much risk involved to go there. I may have been extremely excited about this at the start… but the strange event that happened, it gave me a feeling that something bad was about to happen... And Sonic wasn't here to tell me what to do; he couldn't save me if he did not know that I was in trouble.

I closed my eyes, grabbing the joystick and preparing to turn it around…

Suddenly, the sub-conscious voices started to speak in my head again as I felt my whole body… turn numb. I could not move my body… it was as dead as a rock.

"Who are you?" I shouted at the top of my lungs, trying to sound brave.

"Turning back? You cannot run from your fate… Miles."

I started to feel my hand slowly let go of the joystick and being put on my lap.

"Ahead of you is a path of glory and riches. You will be the ruler of the world. Are you sure you want to get away from it?"

My will… he seemed to be bending it. Why didn't I feel like going back anymore?

I shook my head like a zombie.

"Then, there is no reason to do anything!" An evil laughter rang in my head, and slowly dissipated again.

I closed my eyes in fear, as I buried my head into my hands. What have I done to deserve this? He wasn't just capable of controlling my emotions; he was capable of controlling… me. I didn't even try to fight back, it happened so quickly…

"But what… is my fate?" I whispered…

No answer came.

Instead, an invisible force pushed my head up. East Island was now in view, in the shadow of the setting sun. Reluctantly, I switched on the landing gear, cringing in fear. Something bad was really going to happen…

Riscal's PoV

The church library wasn't huge. All there was in there were 5 bookshelves and a few tables and chairs. In fact, no new entries ever came for the last 200 years. The stale smell, the stuffiness and the lack of readable books served to put off many people, and it was often deserted except for times when a few readers like me would come. I knew a little of the native tongue.

I spent some time in the library today, reading the bible I knew so well. To my dismay, my father was correct once again. It said this… "The one with two tails will cause great trouble for the people of Mobius, due to the devil Uzu's final spell that surprisingly succeeded in penetrating the spirits of heaven, managing to curse a person to be named Miles. However, if destroyed before the date of its release, the first second of the year 2051, then it would present no threat."

Another passage, "Uzu was a powerful devil that kept the land in his grip for many, many years. Despite his deceitful appearance as a frail elder, he had the ability to call out the dark side in the purest of foxes and control them through that medium. As he fed on the darkeness, he grew into a fox with nine tails, a kitsune that could live for all eternity, and summon the forces of magic to do his bidding. Only when Jaques managed to clinch the 7 emeralds of purity through 5 months of temptations and allures, that he killed Uzu."

Jaques was a well-known folk hero, and stories about him would circulate form the elders to their children.

I also remembered who Tails was; I knew him when he was a baby, as my father would always bring me to his house. I didn't really know the reason, but when my father was not paying attention, I would play with him, and he would always laugh when I touched him.

But now I know what the strict priest was trying to do. To try and take him away and kill him, perhaps along with Rosemary and Amadeus for going against his orders repeatedly. Of course, a man named Robotnik took them before my father could… but that wasn't relevant.

I didn't take long to find that passage, but what kept me in the library was my own disbelief that the cute two-tailed fox was really Uzu's reincarnation. Exhausting all the holy books in the church library, I decided to turn to my forbidden book that followed the Echidna's religion and not mine, although there did not seem to be anymore echidna's left…

I found the passage which seemed to be the most relevant one. It read, "The 11th of the 12 Chosen Ones who were able to contain and use the power of the 7 chaos emeralds, was to the purest one, full of goodness, without any dark thoughts. He is to be a two-tailed fox, and will grow up to be the most powerful…" I stopped there, in fear of getting caught by someone when I heard some noises.

Was it possible that these 2 passages was both true. It was possible that these two could go hand in hand. Although the first one said that harm to Mobius could be averted through killing Tails, it said 'if' instead of 'must'…

I dug into my skirt pocket, taking out the vial of clear water. Was it really necessary to kill Tails, or was there some other way? Some other way to allow him to achieve his true destiny of being a 'Chosen One'?

I took one hard stare at the water. An air bubble floated to the top. I was going to be the one to poison Tails, I wanted to object…, but as my father said, he would hold me responsible for the death of billions if I did. And besides, I had to make it up to him… and he was firm but fair, he would kill me no matter whether I was a stranger or a daughter.

Hmm…

Suddenly, a high pitched scream from outside disrupted my train of thought, followed by the sound of a stampede. I quickly threw the vial back into my pocket and ran upstairs.

And what I saw… it was spectacular. The stone pillar at the centre of the church, it was resonating with a dark glow. That was bad news, it signaled the coming of the devil, Uzu! He was on the island right now! Everyone was panicking, screaming, a sense of chaos was in the air. I expected my father's commanding voice to restore order, but… he was not up there at the tower.

Some people started to run away from the church, maybe to get some pitchforks and torches. Some stood like statues, thinking it's the end of the world.

But wait a minute… something was not right at all. These people were reacting as if they hadn't expected this to happen.

Were they informed? My father said he knew about this. He would have gathered everyone and told them that the coming was to happen today. But he did not…

Everyone screamed again. I turned my head to face the stone pillar, and I also screamed…

That was not supposed to happen…

The pillar was shooting a ray of darkness into the sky. The sky began to grow darker and darker…

And suddenly the world was plunged into eternal darkness...

Ahh… I don't think this flows. Hope you enjoy the history lesson… Please tell me my mistakes again, as always.