I have decided to put up multiple chapters at once so that way I can stay in the practice of writing.
Chapter 8
Sonic guided Cloud and Amy to the gates of Castle Acorn. It was by far the most beautiful piece of architecture in this village. The guards at the gates looked skeptically at the guests the blue hedgehog and immediately brought their weapons inward to block his path.
"You dare bring humans to the village?" one of the guards asked. "And you bring them to the castle?"
"Relax," Sonic retorted. "These guys aren't from around here. They've already proven to me that they aren't enemies off Eggman. I take full responsibility for them."
The two guards looked at each other and then separated their weapons. Sonic guided the Cloud and Tifa into the castle and the first room they found themselves in was the Royal Chamber. Waiting for them was the Royal Family, the Acorns. Sonic gave a hand sign letting Cloud and Tifa know to stay back while he handled their introductions.
"Sonic," the apparent king started. "What is the meaning of this? Bringing Overlanders into the village let alone our kingdom."
Overlanders? That must have been what they called humans on this world. Strange name but they were new to this world. They may as well just play along.
"Good afternoon your kingliness," Sonic was amazingly casual speaking with the king. "My, what wonderful weather we are having today is that a new haircut?"
"Sonic. I am surprised that you of all people would break the most sacred of rules of Knothole Village."
"Such an act is considered a crime and is punished by death. Do you not see that you put the village in danger in bringing these strangers here?" this was the queen speaking, her strong, feminine voice echoing through the chamber.
"Woah, now settle down your majesties," Sonic took a step back. "I understand that bringing strangers to the village is a major rule and all but these guys are different. I met them on a rescue mission and their skills in battle might be useful to us. Besides, you know this handsome face would never want to put the village in danger. This place is my home as much as it is yours."
The king sighed and put his face in his hand.
"Father," a young feminine voice came from behind Cloud and Tifa. The two turned around to see a young chipmunk walk by with a small calculator like device in her hand. This was Princess Sally. "Give these people a chance to explain themselves. I'm sure Sonic wouldn't bring strangers here if he didn't have a good reason. Am I right?" Princess Sally looked up at Cloud.
Sonic smiled at Princess Sally. She always had his back, especially when it came to explaining things to her parents. The king and queen were silent for a moment and then looked at each other. "Sally do you not understand the severity of this situation, especially at this time of war against the Eggman Empire. What if they are spies?"
"Your majesty, trust me," Sonic stepped up to the throne. "These guys are far from spies. Besides they aren't even from around here. They come from another world."
The king and queen were silent.
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The Chaos Stream and Lifestream. What were they and how were they connected? What is this so called balance that must be kept amongst the different worlds in the universe? Could this balance have a link to his sudden loss of control over his power? Shadow stood before a computer reading the endless research files of Dr. Gerald Robotnik and Lucrecia Crescent. The Lifestream and the Chaos Stream both serve the purpose of a serving as a blood stream to the planet, giving it life. The Lifestream is protected by the ancient beasts, the WEAPONs. The Chaos Stream is protected by Chaos WEAPON, formally known as Chaos. The Chaos Stream is the source behind the Chaos Force as well as Chaos Control. The Chaos Stream, like the LifeStream, consists of positive and negative energy. While the positive energy is returned to the planet, the negative energy is stored into the Chaos Emeralds; thus making them a source of limitless power. There a link between every world and its lifestream. This link…
"DATA CORRUPTION!" a sign appeared on the monitor. Shadow pounded his fist on the keyboard. Just as thought he was getting close to finding the answer to his many questions. He hit the keyboard again and again. When he lifted his hands he saw that the keyboard was shattered.
"Easy there, Shadow," Rouge's voice came from behind. "That temper is the source of the negative energy isn't it? Get any angrier and you end it Chaos Blasting us all into a supernova."
"Why is it that every time I think I'm close to finding out the secrets to my past they slip right through my fingers? It's like I'm being teased or something!"
Rouge approached the black hedgehog's side and placed a hand on his back. Shadow didn't look back at her. "There, there, Shadow," she said in a soothing tone. "We'll find out the secret to your past. Maybe if you talked with Vincent…"
Shadow yanked himself away from Rouge and exited the room.
"I can understand," Vincent came to Rouge's side and began typing at what was left of the keyboard. He wasn't worried about the Chaos Stream as much as he was focused on the link between Lucrecia and Shadow's creator. He opened images of research in progress and casual pictures the scientists took together. He saw one of Gerald Robotnik and little girl with blonde hair, then another with Gerald Robotnik and Lucrecia. Though the photo had her in it he did not care to continue looking at it. More pictures came and went of previous science experiments that appeared to be failure. There seemed to be an endless amount of these redundant photos, until…
A single picture caught his attention. The picture bore the image of Lucrecia standing next to the same young girl with blonde hair. This same image…he had seen before.
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Wow…that wasn't much of a chapter was it? Well don't worry. The story is going to get better in due time.