Last chapter! WOOT! This chapter counts as an epilogue, so it won´t be as long as the others... Anyway... Thanks so much for reading this story! I really appreciate it. ENJOY MY DEAR READERS!
Darkness Shall Thrive
-Chapter 10: Bring Me To Life-
Shadow and Sonic moved through the desert slowly and softly. The moon arose and Tikal´s smiling face could be seen in it, proud of both hedgehogs. The stars brightly shining encouraged the blurs to keep moving forward to arrive home that night. The cool environment made everything quiet and lonely. There was no one there, except for our heroes that every time they took a step, they went faster. There were happy expressions in both faces. After a while, they found themselves running. They finally arrived to the outsides of Station Square, but stopped there. They looked at each other in confidence. Shadow opened his mouth as to say something, but quickly shut it. He looked closely at Sonic and noticed his eyes had a blink of satisfaction. Sonic said:
"Shadow… I… I wonder why this all had to happen."
The black hedgehog took a step back and answered:
"It just had to."
"At least this is over now. Maybe tomorrow will happen something new and we´ll have to save the day, AGAIN. But what can I say? Things happen for a reason, right?"
Shadow nodded. "Beginnings come at random, but endings always have a reason."
Sonic laughed. "True. Now you´re a poet!"
"Heh."
"So, what now?"
"We wait for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Why?"
"Because it will lead us to a better place, where darkness shall not thrive, where good alights the world, and where your friends wait for you. Anxious for your return."
Sonic maintained his eyes wide opened when Shadow said that. He didn´t say anything, just a nervous smile came out of him and a shy giggle.
Both approached to the shore and entered Emerald Coast. They sat down and felt how the ocean rushed through the beach, touching their skin.
Sonic closed his eyes and smelled the fresh air. The wind was blowing softly, making his quills move alongside it.
Shadow thought about what was next. There was a long path ahead of them, with new challenges, maybe new enemies. He cleared his mind and looked to Sonic, which was falling asleep little by little as the moon moved through the dark sky across the deep sea in front of them.
Silver ran to Shadow and scared him from behind. He got angry and punched softly the silver hedgehog in the face. Both laughed and sat down in the café´s chairs. Both had been having a great time together. Now they defended the city as a team. There were not a lot of problems, so they could just relax for a really long time. Eggman Nega had spent more time on Blaze´s dimension in the present, so there was no conflict.
The black and white hedgehogs walked through Spagonia, watching how the people were happy. This is what Silver wanted, what he fought for, what he struggled for…
And this is also what Shadow wanted, rest from GUN. They finally understood what his purpose of being there was. They even offered the hedgehog to join them, but he declined. GUN respected that. Shadow just said that they should leave him be, so that´s the way it went.
The hedgehogs stopped and talked for a while about what had been of Shadow´s present self and about how Sonic flew away with the winds after a long time. They ended up sleeping in a rooftop of the city, Shadow thinking of how their lives changed so sudden when Mephiles appeared, how all this started, and how it ended.
Sonic started to lean down until his back hit the warm, white sand. He put his arms behind his head and fell asleep. Shadow did the same minutes later, after staring one more time at the stars. He had a quick review of his life. He remembered Maria, how he met Sonic, how they became arch-rivals, and ended up being best friends. He recalled about all the problems the Eggmen and GUN had caused, how it almost killed both of the hedgehogs. And finally, he finished with the good memory of being together, not alone, as most of his life had been. He shut down his eyes and said to himself:
"I´ll never forget…"
-THE END-
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"SOOOOOOOOONIC!" Amy shouted as Sonic woke up scared. "You forgot about our date, AGAIN!"
Sonic found himself laid on a palm near the beach, Emerald Coast to be precise. He stood up stopping Amy from attacking him, looking at her confused.
"What´s the matter, Sonic?" Amy noticed how her hero was a bit overwhelmed.
"Oh, it´s nothing." Sonic said while staring at the beautiful sunset, still a bit confused. "Where´s… Tails?" He asked trying not to let Amy know he was worried about his little brother.
"Tails is at his workshop trying to build some kind of jetpack in the Mystic Ruins."
"Mm… And Knuckles?"
"That knucklehead is with Tails giving him his horrible advices about how to look out for the Master Emerald, if him isn´t guarding it right now. I mean, what´s with that echidna, right?"
Sonic hugged Amy and kissed her forehead. Amy shocked for a moment and the blue hedgehog just smiled in relief.
"Alright then, let´s go and check on them!" Sonic exclaimed as he rushed to see his friends.
"Hey, Sonic! WAIT FOR ME! Ugh, he´s such a brat sometimes…" Amy reacted and angrily chased after Sonic.
From the distance, a lone black hedgehog stared from afar. He looked at the blue hedgehog smiling. And he skated off to the mountains, when the sun was hiding, and the moon, was rising.
-THE END-
Were you expecting that ending? Or did it take you by surprise? REAAAAAAAAAAD!
"SURVIVE" SAGA
Written by: PurpleComet5
Inspiration taken by: shadow759, BalenaProductions (YouTube) and people on DeviantArt.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!
I really enjoyed writing this fanfiction, and I´m glad you liked it too!
I´ll be back sometime soon, though ;)
P.S: I´ll be writing one-shots for this SAGA. They´re probably be the next things I upload.
See ya until then!
-PurpleComet5
Please listen to "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence, as it counts as main theme song of Darkness Shall Thrive!
Some dialogues taken by official Sonic games and comics made by fans.
(I don´t own Sonic, Shadow, or any other characters that appear in this SAGA except for Commander Jason, Samantha Johnson, and Terios the Hedgehog. They belong to their rightful owners: SEGA and Sonic Team. You should already know all this, but just to be safe…)
THANK YOU :´)
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