Second chapter is here, and this is somewhat of an exposition chapter. Hope you will enjoy and please review!
Even though the ride wasn't as smooth as with Tails's machine, Eggman made it to the universe Sonic and his friends traveled to.
The doctor, however, had appeared in the middle of a stone circle.
Eggman took a few seconds to examine his surroundings. "It's beautiful! Quite ancient…"
He continued to look around as he saw one of the stones was down. It appeared to have crushed something beneath it.
The doctor got closer to it as he saw, under the stone, something that looked like a bear's paw.
"A bear?! How did a…"
But before he could finish, another voice had interrupted him.
"Da ma eyes deceive me?" said an old lady with white hair who walked by.
"Is Mor'du dead"? She asked Eggman, who clearly had no idea who she is or where she came from.
"Is the demon bear… gone fer good"?
The words "Demon Bear" raised Eggman's interest as he approached the old lady.
"What do you mean by "Demon Bear"?"
The lady signed as she told the evil genius the story of Mor'du.
"Long aga, there was a kingdom ruled be a very beloved king. When the king's days were about ta end he spited the kingdom among his 4 sons. The eldest one, wasn't happy with this turn of events and therefore, broke his connection with his brothers and started a war with them. The odds weren't in his favor, however and he was losing the war. As he looked fer a way ta change his fate, he came across a witch who gave him a spell that will grant him strength. The angered prince took the potion and has transformed inta a bear. Rather than apologizing ta his brothers and breaking the spell, he went on a rampage. He killed his brothers, their army and his own army while anyone else evacuated the kingdom. The bear was then named "The Demon Bear, Mor'du"."
Eggman looked stunned from the story he had just heard from the woman before asking.
"So, are you saying that this thing beneath the stone is a monstrous bear that causes distraction"?
"Aye, laddie"
Eggman looked at the elderly questionably. "And how am I supposed to trust you on the matter"?
"Let's just say Ah am related ta that witch". The old woman said as she walked away.
Eggman stood there, confused, before turning to the stone.
"Well, I doubt there is much of a bear under there and I doubt it will be powerful enough or alive enough to go after Sonic. But I know something that can change its mind".
Eggman laughed as he got a plan going in his mind, one that he was sure will work.
Meanwhile, somewhere else in the forest, Sonic and his friends tried to calm down the girl who had her bow aimed at them.
"Keep this thing down and no one will get hurt; we don't have an intention to get anyone hurt". The hedgehog tried his best which seemed to work.
The girl with the wild hair lowered her bow as she continued to examine the animals.
Tails then got closer to her. "Allow me to explain, we came from a different universe where animals exist alongside humans and have the ability to talk and all that…"
The princess found it hard to believe but if having her mother transformed into a bear thought her something, is that everything is possible.
"Sa, what are ye looking fer in this universe"? She asked, still trying to accept what the fox said.
"We came here looking for a friend of ours" Sonic explained. "Do you know someone we could talk to about the civilians of this universe"?
Merida thought for a few seconds. "Well, there is ma father… the king ef the land" She answered.
"Wait…" Knuckles realized. "If your father is the king, does this make you…?"
"Aye" She signed. "Ah am the princess"
"Well then… um… Your Highness… think you can let us talk to him"? Tails asked, not quite sure how to address royalty.
"Um… sure". She slung the bow behind her back before introducing herself.
"Ah am Merida, be the way"
"I'm Sonic. Sonic The Hedgehog"
"The name is Miles Prower. But, most people call me Tails"
"The name is Knuckles. And I have to ask, if you're the princess, why do you have a bow"?
Merida glared at him. "An just because ah am the princess ah am not allowed ta have a bow"?
Knuckles looked surprised, not really expecting that response.
"Sorry for stereotyping, it just seemed wired to me".
Merida looked down. "It's okay, ah am not usually acting like a princess on ma spare time. Can't blame ye fer being surprised".
"Do what makes you feel good". Sonic said giving her a thumbs up which caused the redhead to smile. These guys maybe were not humans but they seemed nice enough to her.
"Sa, we better hurry back. Ah need ta be back in the castle soon" She said while getting Angus ready.
The horse was kind of suspecting of the 3 creatures but Merida calmed him down.
"Angus is quite fast. Think ye could keep up with him"?
Sonic let out a giggle. "Watch me". And with that Sonic suddenly disappeared from where he was and appeared a bit further.
Merida blinked in surprise as Tails and Knuckles chuckled at her response.
Sonic kept doing that a few more times until he returned to where he first was.
"I think I can handle keeping up with a horse." He said with a shrug.
Merida smiled at him as she got up on Angus.
"Want ta race"?
Sonic smirked. He liked this girl already. "Just tell us the direction"
Merida pointed in the direction of the castle before kicking Angus's heels and taking off.
Sonic, Tails and Knuckles were right behind her. Sonic keeping himself with the speed of the horse, Tails was flying nearby them by spinning his 2 tails and Knuckles was slightly behind Sonic.
After a minute or 2, they have reached the castle.
Man, writing the accents can get a bit complicated, but I'm handling it.
Okay, since someone in the reviews asked me this and since there is a line here that might trigger the question again, NO! I'm not going "Sonic 06" with this story. Sonic and Merida WON'T have a thing! I'm not crazy!
One last thing, since the DVD's in my country don't include all the extra features on the DVD's in the US, I have not seen "The Legend Of Mor'du" so for that backstory I used a Wikipedia summary. If there is anyone who saw it and can tell me if I missed something, please do.
Next chapter in hopfully a week.