Well, this is being written all for my friend, who cosplays as Blaze. I had decided to cosplay as Silver for her and thus I ship the two as siblings only. I made a comment of how cute it would be if Silver was a baby hedgehog and Blaze had to take care of him and this was born. It was meant to only be a oneshot, but honestly my mind had to take a hold of the idea and literally run out of the room with it. I'm not sure how quick I can update this, especially since I'm mainly focusing on A Second Glance, but I will try my hardest! This here is a prologue and so is short, but it helps explain a few things. I also think I rushed it so I am fuming over how poorly it's written. But anyways, please read and review! They make me wanna write faster and I usually only update after several reviews. Enjoy!
The planet of Mobius has never had its greatest moment in history than the alleged Golden Era. Although this age had been tormented by the Eggman Empire time and time again, two great heroes rose up to defend them, two young hedgehogs by the name of Sonic and Shadow. Gifted with speeds and strengths equal to none but each other, they were a turning point in the clash between Mobians and Robots. The great City of Aer had prospered under the heroes' watchful eyes and thrived where others have failed, even though they were surrounded by the Empire's lands.
With the seven Chaos Emeralds brought together and held in check by the Master Emerald and its Guardian, it seemed as if nothing could tear the city apart. Technology was on the rise, and was spurred on by visiting humans from faraway settlements. The Roboticization had slowed and it seemed as if Eggman was stopped once and for all…
And then a figure of darkness, spilling onto the land in the early light of the sunset like withering ink. A portal opened, and what lay beyond was the birthplace of horrors. A strange being fell from the portal and disappeared into the shadows while the two heroes had shown up to investigate. While the heroes made quick work of destroying the portal before anything else could come through, it was obvious that it was a distraction, and the realization came too late.
With an otherworldly cry, a green light-wave shot through the air, emitting from the Chaos Shrine where the Master Emerald and the Chaos Emeralds lay. Everyone in the city could hear the shattering of the Emerald. With the very thing that kept their power stable, the seven Emeralds shot through the sky in different directions, too fast for even Sonic and Shadow to prevent it.
Eggman descended upon the city with his robot army, devastating the unaware citizens who fled for their lives. Sonic went to take care of the menace, but Shadow found himself immobile, something, or rather someone, had taken control of his shadow. The being from before rose from in front of the hero, taking the shape of him before it became crystallized, finding a suitable form for this new world.
It called itself Mephiles the Dark, and without a second thought, Shadow leapt in to destroy the copycat. Evenly matched, and surprising the dark hedgehog at this fact, Eggman's forces were too much for his blue counterpart. Forced back to back, with several frightened Mobians watching in hiding, it was revealed that Eggman had allied himself with this Otherworlder to bring them to their knees.
In a single moment, the two heroes were approached by the new villain. One second they were there, ready to team up to face him, and the shadows beneath them swallowed the two and formed an orb that rose to the sky. Becoming semi-translucent, the orb proudly showed the two heroes attempting to free themselves before it collapsed in on itself and vanished. The city had lost everything that day.
Treachery had a way of biting the one that fed it, or in this way, allied with it. In due time, Mephiles turned against Eggman and his petty schemes and destroyed him along with his factories, sending them burning to the grounds. The city of Aer, and even the planet of Mobius, was now his to control.
Those who found themselves pining to go back to the city would find it a ghost town, and many have founded small villages on the outskirts of the once prosperous place. The fears of Mephiles returning to the city were always prevalent, and his creatures of darkness roamed free in the land. Eggman's factories leaked toxic chemicals, and all who find themselves too close to them become mutated or develop strange abilities and no longer are accepted by other Mobians.
No one knows exactly how Eggman had come into contact with Mephiles nor Mephiles' true goal, although there are many theories discussed in secret and hushed conversations. He could have been an experiment of Eggman's or even of his grandfather Gerald, who had been the creator of Shadow. Others say he indeed was from beyond their world and that he wished to transform it into a place of nightmares and darkness. Speculation surrounds the fates of the two hedgehogs that had been the city's protectors; were they still alive, had they truly been killed? No Mobian knew their fates, and probably never would.
With its heroes lost, and Mobius shattered beneath the cruel Mephiles, it seemed all was lost. However, heroes have a way of showing up in the strangest of ways, and with the most unlikely of partner. It all began with a young cat seven months after the destruction of Aer…