A/N- Chapter 4! This one is a bit lengthy, and sorry if it gets a bit dry. Trying to write about travel is hard.
Chapter 4: The Adventure Begins
"Well If you're going on an adventure, you'll need a few things! Go pack, but make sure you don't bring too much. Oh! And make sure you write about all the places you visit and take pictures! This is so exciting! You're going to go around the world Silver, when you come back you need to tell me everything that happened…"
The professor's words rattled on in Silver's mind as he walked away from his house with the very few belongings he had packed. The professor seemed overly excited about a World Disaster but then again, Silver always thought the professor was a little on the, how could he put it, crazy side? The professor might be weird but he made the past few years bearable for Silver without his friend Blaze.
Silver sighed heavily as he turned onto the crumbling street leading to the library. One of the few reasons Silver agreed to this "World Adventure", as the professor decided to call it, was because he hoped Blaze would somehow turn up through all of this. He didn't know exactly how that would work since she had dissipated after using the chaos emeralds to seal Iblis away. Nonetheless, Silver hoped that with Iblis returned, Blaze would too.
Silver raised his head, seeing the library in sight. He sighed a second time before raising his posture slightly and jogging over to the library's steps. As he approached them, he saw Chip and the professor exit the library doors and start heading down the steps. Silver stopped at the bottom as the two of them halted at the last step.
"Ah! Are you ready to embark on your journey around the world?" The professor asked excitedly.
"I suppose?" Silver replied, having conflicted feelings toward this situation. It was supposed to be serious, yet the professor was acting extremely excited.
"Great!" The professor exclaimed. He then reached behind him and took out a journal and held it out to Silver. "This is Pickle's Journal. Well not exactly his. I copied his notes into this journal. The rest of the pages are blank and what I hope is that you write about all the places you visit. I can't travel the world so I'm counting on you to tell me about it. Oh and one more thing; there's a world map inside the journal too. It doesn't say where the temples are but I'm sure Chip will be able to find them."
The professor handed the journal to Silver. Silver looked down at it then back to the professor before smirking slightly.
"Thanks. I'll try and write about the world but the notes probably won't be that good." Silver said as he pocketed the journal. The professor waved his hand, dismissing Silver's self criticism.
"I'm sure they'll be fine. Now, you two should get going, you have a world to save." The professor replied. Silver nodded and turned to Chip. He flew away from the professor's side and hovered by Silver.
"First stop, the West Crisis City Temple!" Chip exclaimed, holding his arm up in the air, and pointing his index finger towards the sky. Silver did a quick nod. He turned to the professor one more time and waved to him.
"Thanks again Professor." Silver said, lowering his arm.
"Be careful." The professor warned.
"We'll try." Silver replied before running off in the direction of West Crisis City. The professor turned to Chip who quickly waved before flying after Silver.
"Good Luck." The professor muttered, before turning and heading back up the steps to the library.
It didn't take the two of them that long to find the temple once they arrived in West Crisis City. Chip was able to feel the Light Gaian energy coming from the temple fairly easily, since his powers were stronger during the day. They both entered the long winding tunnel leading to the temple, and made faster progress through it than they had last night. With their pace, they reached the temple in no time at all. Once inside, Chip brought Silver up to the pedestal.
"All right Silver, bring the bracelet over the pedestal." Chip directed. Silver raised his left arm and held the bracelet steady over the pedestal. The bracelet flashed with green light and the pedestal rose up, revealing a small hole in the center.
"Ok! Now let's get one of the Chaos Emeralds." Chip said, as the pedestal halted to a stop once it was fully raised. Silver nodded and took out the teal colored emerald. He hesitated slightly, Blaze flashing in his mind as he looked at the emerald. Chip watched Silver, feeling a pang of pity hit him. He knew what it was like to lose a close friend, but they must keep moving forward.
"I know these two emeralds remind you of your friend, but for right now we need to place them in the temples. You can always come back and get them though! Once Dark Gaia is sealed away, the Chaos emeralds won't need to remain inside the temples." Chip said, trying to cheer Silver up. Silver looked up at Chip and gave him a small smile.
"All right. First things first then." Silver stated, as he placed the emerald gently in the hole. He moved his hand away once it was secure, and took a small step back. The Chaos emerald remained still for a second before lifting up off the pedestal and hovering a few feet above it. The emerald began to spin, its teal light shimmering and dancing across the walls of the temple. Suddenly a bright beam of light shot up from the Chaos Emerald, going straight through the roof of the temple, through the ruble above, and shot into the sky. Silver had stepped back again at the surprise of the sudden beam of light. Seconds later, the ground began to shake violently causing Silver to lose his balance and fall hard to the floor.
"It's working!" Chip exclaimed. "The emerald is bringing this continent back into place!"
Silver quickly used his telekinesis and lifted himself off the ground. He hovered in the air, waiting the quake out there instead of being thrown about on the ground.
The quake lasted about a minute before everything died down. Silver lowered himself, touching his boots gently to the floor before dropping his telekinesis.
"One temple down, six to go." Silver stated reaching back and taking out the journal the professor had given him. He opened it up and took out the folded up map. Chip flew over and took the journal to hold while Silver unfolded the map.
"I hope this map is current." Silver muttered.
"How could it be? No one can travel and chart the world in such a short time." Chip said, raising a brow. Silver glanced at Chip not amused.
"Thanks." Silver grumbled, turning back to the map. It certainly wasn't as current as Silver had hoped but it was familiar enough to work with.
Chip flew closer and looked over the map in confusion.
"Wow, the world changed a lot…the continents shifted a ton." Chip stated.
"Well Iblis mostly caused that to happen. Anyway, it looks like the closest continent is Angel Island." Silver said, pointing to the smallest continent. Chip looked at it and saw that it was close to a bigger continent.
"It looks like a piece of Apotos split off to create what you call Angel Island." Chip guessed, pointing to the larger landmass north of Angel Island.
"Apotos?" Silver questioned.
"Yeah, it was one of the seven continents over 200 years ago. Well, let's get a move on! It doesn't look like the journey will be too long. Crisis City doesn't look that far from the coast." Chip approximated.
"I haven't left Crisis City in a long time…I wonder if the ocean has gotten bigger…" Silver muttered to himself as he folded the map up. Chip raised his brows and looked at Silver curiously as Silver took the journal back from him.
"The ocean was destroyed?" Chip asked.
"No, but most of it evaporated while Iblis was here." Silver replied. "Come on, we don't have time to waste."
"Right…" Chip agreed, slowly. He followed as Silver walked away from the pedestal and towards the Temple's exit.
The rest of the morning was taken up by travel. The two had remained somewhat silent on the journey, having a few conversations here and there, but they mostly remained focused on getting to the coast. As the time got close to noon, they began to notice something on the horizon. It was completely dark, but from where they were, neither of them could tell what it was. However, after awhile, realization hit Chip. It was the next continent over. Since they had lowered this continent, the other continents would look like massive walls of rock. With absolutely no way to fly up the entire wall, Chip suggested they use the Chaos Emerald and induce a dimensional jump onto the next continent. Silver seemed hesitant to the idea since he hadn't induced Chaos Control in years, however he was willing to try. With a plan set, the two continued to travel, deciding that getting closer to the continent would up their chances of making the jump to Angel Island.
Chip took the lead from there, and kept an eye on the continent in front of them. He tried to estimate the best place to make the jump. There wasn't any real danger if they didn't make the jump since both of them could fly, but Chip still wanted to try and make the jump without flying. Exerting a lot of effort to fly the rest of the way might exhaust them too much, and they needed to save their energy for fighting off the nightmares at night.
It was probably a little ways after noon when Chip stopped Silver. Chip believed that they were close enough to give Chaos Control a try. Silver acknowledged Chip and took out the second Chaos Emerald. With the "ok" from Chip, Silver thought hard about the continent and tried to get the clearest image in his mind. Once he felt that he was ready, Silver chanted the words "Chaos Control" and tapped into the Chaos Emerald's energy. A burst of light came from the emerald, engulfing the two within the flash, and they traveled at extreme speeds through space.
In a matter of seconds, the two were thrown out of Chaos Control and they landed hard onto the ground, skidding and bouncing across it. Silver's back rammed into something hard, stopping him from rolling any farther while Chip eventually skidded to a stop.
Silver coughed, having the wind knocked out of him. He remained on the ground coughing for a minute or two before noticing something different. He sat up straight, still coughing and saw that instead of cracked roads and desolated buildings, there was grass, shrubs, and a few old trees with small bunches of leaves growing. Silver's eyes widened in shock and awe. He had either traveled back in time or this was really Angel Island.
Chip pushed himself up, shaking his head slightly.
"Wow…that was a doozy of a ride." He muttered, fluttering his wings and lifting himself into the air. He looked around and saw Silver gawking at, supposedly, the landscape. Chip flew over to Silver and waved his small hands in front of his face.
"Silver! We're here!" Chip exclaimed. Silver blinked and looked at Chip.
"Did we travel through time? Or is this really 2270?" Silver asked. Chip gave Silver a funny look.
"It's still the same time…why?" Chip asked.
"The land…it looks…" Silver whispered to himself. "I never thought I'd get to see such beautiful land in my time."
Silver pushed himself up into a standing position and turned to Chip.
"Sorry, we better start looking for the temple. We might want to try and find it before nighttime so the nightmares won't show up." Silver suggested as he started walking. Chip nodded quickly and flew after Silver, as the two made a course to the center of the Island.
A few hours had passed and the two were still on the move to find the temple. Chip wasn't having much luck in sensing it, and neither of them could see it despite the vast openness of the island. However, as they traversed further inland, the vegetation became denser and healthier looking, giving it a more forest type of feeling. Chip made the assumption that with all the plants that were showing up, they were either getting closer to the temple or getting close to a populated area. A few more minutes of travel and his assumption was made into fact as the both of them heard the faint bustle of a town in the distance. The two looked at each other in anticipation and started moving faster.
With a town came markets and possibly small restaurants. The thought of an actual meal made Chip's stomach growl loudly. They hadn't eaten much all day other than the small snacks Silver had packed away, but for Chip that wasn't nearly enough to keep him satisfied. With the promise of food, Chip flew faster leaving Silver to jog quickly behind him.
"Hey Chip! Will you slow down? We don't need to go this fast!" Silver shouted, bringing his jog to a slow sprint as he attempted to keep up with the food driven chihuahua.
"But a town means food! And the last time I was in Apotos, the ice-cream was the greatest product!" Chip exclaimed, reminiscing.
"This isn't Apotos anymore Chip. Things have changed." Silver reminded Chip. "But there will be food vendors there. I brought some money but I don't know if they'll accept this currency so don't go taking things until we know for sure they'll take the money."
"Sure thing!" Chip replied, however he wasn't paying much attention. All he was thinking about was how he was going to fill his black hole of a stomach. Chip quickened his pace, flying up the hill in front of them. He halted at the top and saw the town just at the base of the hill. Silver ran up the hill and stopped at the top, panting slightly, and looked at Chip.
"Jeez, are you solely motivated by filling your…appetite…" Silver trailed off as his gaze moved to the town below. It was at the base of the hill and was spread across the great area of field below. Mobians and People alike bustled about, minding their own business. Shops, houses, market tents, etc. were scattered about, as well as many construction projects sprinkled here and there. Paved, and dirt roads twisted throughout the town, looping around the buildings. Children played happily through the streets, their laughter carrying all the way to the top of the hill.
Silver stared in awe at the large town, his jaw dropped slightly. This society must have started right back up again after Iblis was sealed away, and now it looked as if the town had become extremely prosperous and successful.
"This is incredible…" Silver muttered. "How did they do this so quickly?"
"Well they're not a giant city, like Crisis City. They had land and built on it. But we can talk about history later! Don't you smell that!?" Chip asked excitedly, taking in a deep whiff of the air. Silver sniffed slightly, getting the faint smell of cooking food.
"Yes I do-"
"Well then what are we waiting for? It's way past lunch time but I'm going to have the best lunch ever!" Chip exclaimed before flying at full speed down the hill.
"Hey wait!" Silver shouted. He started running after Chip, holding up his hand and using his telekinesis to grab Chip and hold him in place. Silver sighed quickly before jogging over to Chip, who was struggling against Silver's hold.
"Silver! Let me go!" Chip shouted.
"No, not until you calm down. I only have a small amount of money and we need to figure out whether they'll take it." Silver replied sternly. Chip made an annoyed sigh before nodding.
"Ok, ok." He replied. "Now can you let me go?"
Silver dropped his telekinesis, letting go of Chip. He quickly flapped his tiny fairy wings and hovered in the air.
"So, let's head into the town and look around." Silver said, as he started walking down the rest of the hill. Chip rolled his eyes in annoyance before following Silver down the hill.
The two walked straight into the bustle of the town and Silver couldn't help but stare at everything in complete awe. Chip did some looking as well, but not the kind Silver was doing. He kept his eye out for food vendors or restaurants and didn't pay much attention to anything else. He took a whiff of the air and could smell the familiar aroma of cooking food and trailed off from Silver.
"This is amazing! Don't you think this town is great Chip?" Silver asked turning to talk to Chip but he was nowhere in sight. "Oh you have got to be kidding me."
Silver stopped and looked around, becoming a little frantic. This town wasn't as large as Crisis City, but the area was so densely populated anyone could get lost or separated in a matter of seconds.
'Ok, Chip was pretty hungry so he must have gone to look for a food vendor.' Silver thought as he sniffed the air, catching the scent of food. 'Bingo. All I have to do is follow this scent and I should find Chip.'
He started walking again, following the scent of food. He had to admit, after smelling whatever was cooking, that he was starting to feel hungry, since all he ate was some bread and cheese throughout the day. With the motivation from his stomach, and finding Chip, made him walk faster to where the scent was coming from. After weaving through the bustle in the streets, Silver caught up to where the aroma was coming from. It was a small food vendor stand that of which was cooking what smelled like various types of stir fry meat and vegetables, and sure enough Chip was hovering about the stand. He was staring at the food with great envy and hunger, and the vendor watched Chip with a strange expression on their face. Silver quickly ran over to the stand, and grabbed Chip's tail, dragging him back just a little bit.
"Is he your pet?" The vendor asked as Silver started to drag Chip back.
"No, he's a friend of mine…but he acts like a pet when he's hungry." Silver said, muttering the last part. "I'm sorry if he was bothering you. We haven't eaten much all day."
"You haven't? Well you've certainly come to the right place! I've got a bunch of food here." The vendor declared.
"I can see that." Silver replied, letting go of Chip. Silver took out some of the money he brought and showed it to the vendor.
"Will you accept this currency? We both traveled from Crisis City, so we don't know the currency here." Silver stated. The vendor looked at the money in Silver's hand.
"Hmm, this isn't our currency but it looks awfully similar to what we use. I'll accept it." The vendor decided.
"You will?" Silver asked, slightly surprised.
"Sure! I'm a traveling vendor and I'm headed down south to where Crisis City is. It'll come in handy when I go there." The vendor replied. "So! What would you like?"
Silver and Chip got a decent amount of food with, unfortunately, a great amount of the money Silver had brought with them but at the moment he didn't really care. They both thanked the vendor and ate their meals while walking through the town. When they finished, they continued their mission to find the temple.
"Hey, maybe we could ask some of the townsfolk if they know where the temple is." Silver suggested, as they walked into a square filled with vendors' tents.
"Great idea! This would be the place to ask too." Chip agreed. "Come on! Someone's got to know where the temple is."
Chip flew into the square and headed to the nearest vendor. Silver ran after him and they began asking every vendor in the square. Unfortunately whenever they asked a vendor about the temple, they always replied with the same thing. "Sorry but that place is off limits, and dangerous". It was puzzling. They knew where the temple was but they wouldn't say. Chip and Silver attempted to explain why they needed to find the temple but none of the vendors believed them enough to even give them the general direction of where the temple was located.
"What is with these guys? Why is the temple off limits?" Chip questioned out loud. "It doesn't make any sense."
"Who knows? I suppose we'll find out once we get someone to tell us where the temple is." Silver replied, shrugging his shoulders. "Maybe someone outside the square could tell us."
Chip nodded and the two of them left the square. They spent what was left of the afternoon asking around for the Gaia temple. Unfortunately everywhere they went, the received the same result. No one was willing to tell them where the temple was and some people would just wave the two of them off before walking away. Silver and Chip were getting quite annoyed, but they continued their journey and ended up on the other side of town.
It was probably around 7:30 pm when they entered a small tavern right on the edge of town. After this tavern there were a few houses and then a vast field that went on for probably even longer than the one they traveled through earlier.
The two sat down at one of the wooden tables near the entrance and rested.
"I can't believe no one is willing to tell us where the temple is." Silver grumbled, placing his head on the table in defeat.
"I know, but something at the temple must be scaring their mouths shut." Chip replied, leaning his head on one of his hands. "But I don't see why they can't let us go. They aren't in danger of letting us act on our own decisions."
Silver made a lazy sound of agreement, keeping his head on the table. While the two of them were talking with each other, the tavern owner walked up to the table.
"Excuse me sir?" He asked, crossing his arms and looking down at Silver. Silver raised his head and looked at the man.
"You two lookin' for a drink? Somethin' to eat maybe?" he asked.
"No, we just want to sit for a minute before finding a place to rest. But we are actually looking for something. Do you think you could point us in the right direction?" Silver asked. The tavern owner was silent for a moment before nodding his head slightly.
"I suppose. What are you two lookin' for?" he questioned.
"We've asked so many people in this town but none have given us any directions. We want to know where the Temple of Gaia is." Chip said, slightly in a demanding tone. The tavern owner shook his head.
"Sorry kid, but that place is off limits. Everyone knows that." The tavern owner replied. "Now if you don't want anythin' else-"
"Can you just tell us why it's off limits? We're not from around this town. I come from Crisis City, and this is my first time coming to Angel Island." Silver explained. The tavern owner sighed slightly before taking a few glances around the room.
"All right I'll tell you. There's a group of highly trained archeologists down at the temple you're talkin' about, and they have asked the town and the townspeople not to let anyone near what they're doin'." The tavern owner explained. "Besides, that temple is probably over a million years old. It could crumble at any moment."
Chip looked at Silver and then back to the tavern owner.
"Archeologists? From where?" Silver asked.
"One of them is from this town. I think her name is Kelly…or Kelsie? I dunno, but she's one of the smartest people in this town so when she tells us to do somethin' for our well bein', we do it." The tavern owner replied.
"All right, but could you at least tell us the direction the temple is in? It's imperative that we find it." Chip asked. The tavern owner raised one of his brows at Chip.
"I dunno…" The tavern owner started.
"We won't tell the archeologists who told us. We're just trying to…erm…collect data for Professor Ryan back in East Crisis City." Silver said, trying to convince the tavern owner.
"You're workin' for a professor?" The tavern owner asked.
"Yes." Chip replied. The tavern owner stayed quiet for a few minutes, thinking. He took a deep breath and sighed.
"All right. When you leave the tavern just go past the houses to the left and head into the large field. Once you see a large white rock, head to the left of it and you'll stumble across the temple. It's only a few minutes walk from there." The tavern owner answered. "You better not say a word you two."
Chip and Silver stood right up and nodded.
"Thank you sir. We won't say a word." Silver promised before walking out of the tavern with Chip in tow. The tavern owner watched them leave. He heaved another sigh before heading back to the bar counter.
Silver and Chip followed the tavern owner's instructions and headed out of town looking for the white rock he had mentioned. It took awhile of walking but they eventually saw it in the distance. Once they got to the white rock, they altered their direction and headed left of the rock. True to the tavern owner's words, the temple was merely a few minutes walk from the rock. When they found it at the base of another hill, they saw it had been slightly lodged into the side of a smaller hill just behind it. Down at the base of the temple, a ton of archeological equipment was set up and there were quite the number of people occupying the site. Chip and Silver lowered themselves to the ground at the top of the hill opposite to the temple.
"How are going to get inside the temple with all these people at it's door?" Silver asked.
"Maybe we could create some kind of diversion." Chip suggested. "Oh! Maybe we make a diversion using the Chaos Emerald!"
"The Chaos Emerald? Couldn't we just use it to get in?" Silver asked.
"Yeah but when we activate the temple they'll come running in and take the emerald and kick us out. We need to get rid of them just long enough to place the emerald in the temple." Chip answered. Silver was quiet for a few seconds before nodding.
"Well whatever we do, we need to hurry. The sun is going to start setting soon. The nightmares will start appearing." Silver said as he took out the white Chaos Emerald.
"Create an anomaly in the sky or I know! Make a big flash of light far away from the temple so they get really curious." Chip suggested. Silver nodded and aimed the emerald away from the temple.
"Chaos control!" Silver chanted, keeping his voice down so the group of archeologists wouldn't hear him shout. The emerald glowed bright for a few seconds before a small beam of light shot out from the emerald and headed of in the direction Silver was pointing. When the light got far enough, it exploded into a huge flash of light. Silver and Chip turned their attention to the group below as the light lit up the sky. The archeologists immediately stopped what they were doing as they saw the flash of light in the distance. Silver could hear them shout to each other. After a minute the archeologists grabbed some of their equipment and go to investigate what the light was. Once they were all far away enough, Chip and Silver got up from their spot on the hill and ran down to the temple doors.
There was a large gaping hole toward the bottom of the temple doors, which they decided to use as to not cause a loud sound with opening the large temple doors. Once inside the two of them made their way to the central chamber where the pedestal was.
"Can you believe it? Two temples in one day." Chip said, feeling slightly proud.
"It's only because Angel Island was so close to Crisis City." Silver quipped. Chip waved his hand and rolled his eyes.
"Still you have to feel good about getting two of them out of the way." Chip said, nudging Silver.
"Yeah, but after this we don't have any more Chaos Emeralds. We need to start searching for them as well as the temples." Silver reminded Chip.
"Hopefully after taking care of this temple, sensing the Chaos Emeralds will be easier." Chip muttered.
"Hopefully…" Silver repeated. "Anyway, let's put this on the pedestal and then we can go find a place to rest" Silver said, holding up the emerald. Chip nodded and was about to fly ahead when he bumped into something.
"Excuse me, but what do you two think you're doing?"
Chip looked up to see that he had actually run into a Mobian. He yelped slightly before backing up and flying back to Silver who had stopped as well. This Mobian was standing on the steps up to the pedestal, her arms crossed, and looking extremely un-amused.
"Who are you?" Silver asked, pointing to her.
"I'm Keela. Keela the Rabbit, and this site is off limits." She stated, her tone very serious. Silver looked at Chip and then back to Keela. This was obviously the person that the tavern owner was talking about, but they finally knew actual her name.
"Who are you two, and what are you doing here. I gave specific instructions to the town to not let anyone come here." She stated.
"My name is Silver the Hedgehog, and this is Chip. We need to get this Emerald onto the pedestal you're standing in front of." Silver answered, holding up the white Chaos Emerald. She scoffed slightly, and gave Silver an annoyed look.
"You expect me to believe that what you're holding is a Chaos Emerald? I'm sorry but those have been lost for years. And you won't be putting anything on the pedestal because I'm the head archeologist here, and this temple is off limits." Keela replied, her tone holding a lot of seniority. "Now you two need to leave."
"We're not going anywhere until we place this Chaos Emerald onto the pedestal!" Chip proclaimed loudly. He did not like her trying to have control over a temple that belonged to him.
"You're not going to do that for two reasons! 1 You're not even allowed to be in here, and 2 the pedestal isn't meant for a small jewel." Keela proclaimed back. Chip's expression darkened, as he got angrier.
"Look, if we don't put this Chaos Emerald in the pedestal soon these dark creatures called nightmares will show up and cause a lot of problems." Chip explained, his tone now showing annoyance as well.
"As far as I'm concerned you two are the only problem…how did you two even get in here? Everyone would have seen you!" Keela asked, changing the subject.
"We used the Chaos Emerald!" Chip shouted.
"That's not a Chaos Emerald!" Keela yelled. Chip was steaming at this point.
"Yes it is!"
"No it isn't!"
Silver sighed deeply before sitting down on a piece of rubble from a collapsed pillar and he massaged his brows. He listened to the two of them argue angrily with each other.
While they argued, the sun outside finally touched the horizon and slowly began to sink below it. As it sank below the horizon, the bracelet on Silver's wrist was flooded with Dark Gaia energy, injecting that energy into Silver's body. Silver gasped loudly as the familiar excruciating pain returned. His grip on the emerald loosened, and he let it drop to the floor as he grasped his wrist tightly. Chip and Keela turned to Silver as the emerald hit the floor.
"Silver?" Chip asked. "Silver are you all right?"
Silver didn't answer. Chip slowly flew over to Silver as he buckled over. Chip watched as Silver's body started to shake violently, and worry soon rose in Chip's chest.
"Silver! What's wrong?" Chip asked, becoming frantic. Keela only sighed angrily and walked down the steps.
"Of for god's sake, what's wrong now? Are you upset that I'm not letting you place that 'emerald' onto the pedestal?" Keela asked, her tone extremely mocking. Silver didn't answer, but low sounds of growling and pained gasps could be heard from him. Chip backed up a bit when he saw the bracelet on Silver's wrist had turned dark purple.
"Oh no…" Chip whispered as he backed up and hid behind Keela.
"What the hell are you doing!?" Keela exclaimed, as she tried to get Chip away from her back.
"Aaaughhh!" Silver gasped, bringing his head up as the biggest wave of pain passed through his body. He gripped his wrist tighter as his body began to shake more violently. He could feel something start to happen in his body, like the Dark Gaia energy from the bracelet was changing him.
Keela stopped trying to force Chip back when she heard Silver cry out in pain. Her angry demeanor left as worry began to rise in her chest as well.
"Hey…uh, are you all right…?" She asked, taking a step closer to Silver. Chip pulled on the back of her jacket.
"Don't!" He exclaimed.
"Why? What's happening to-" Keela was cut off as Silver let out another cry of pain. She turned to him and gasped as she saw what was happening.
Silver was hunched over, grasping his wrist tightly as he stared down at his hand. He watched in horror as his shaking hand began to increase in size. His eyes widened in terror. He quickly looked at his other hand and saw that the same thing was happening.
'What's going on!? What's happening to me!?' Silver screamed in his thoughts. He watched his hands get bigger but he could feel the change happening all over his body and not just at his hands.
Keela didn't quite understand what was going on with Silver but she knew something was wrong when she saw his fur lengthen and darken to a gray color right before her eyes.
"I should have seen that the bracelet would end up doing this to him!" Chip exclaimed, peeking out from behind Keela.
"What's it doing!?" Keela asked, in a panic.
"He's turning into a Werehog…" Chip muttered. Chip's words hit Keela like a train.
"A Werehog!?" She screeched, taking a few steps back. "But those aren't real! Right?"
Chip shook his head before hiding behind Keela once again. She whipped her head back to Silver, watching him with fear.
She watched Silver's arms bulge as the muscles within his arms grew. The growth followed down to his hands where they burst from his gloves, causing pieces of fabric to fall to the ground. The gold bands around his wrists dug into his skin, as his growing arms started to push against them. Silver cried out in pain as the bands cut into his wrists, beginning to crack before they snapped off allowing his wrists to expand fully. Chip's bracelet remained on Silver's wrist and accommodated its size as Silver changed. With the bands gone from Silver's wrists, they could all see that an excessive amount of snow-white fur had grown around them. Silver looked at his wrists in shock but his attention was pulled away from them when he felt a stinging sensation in his fingertips. He frantically brought his gaze to his fingers as sharp nails grew slowly from the tips of his fingers. Silver hissed in pain, as he watched in complete terror.
'This can't be happening-'
Silver's thoughts were cut off as the searing pain moved to his chest. It felt as if his ribs were suffocating and digging into his lungs. He gasped deeply when his chest and back suddenly pushed out, and the grinding and cracking of bones could be heard as they moved to accommodate Silver's new size. The sound made him shudder and pain from his moving bones was unbearable. As his body grew bigger, his teeth, ears and face began to ache. His brows bulged slightly, causing his eyes to narrow and look more menacing. His ears felt like they were being pulled and twisted as they arched and pointed to look more wolf like. Inside his mouth he felt as if someone was pulling on his teeth as they grew and sharpened into fangs, his four canines being the sharpest. He growled, feeling something rising within his throat as the transformation began to finish. Without really thinking he brought himself into a standing position, now being considerably taller than he had been a few minutes ago. He clenched his giant fists as the loudest cry of pain was released from his throat.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHH!"
A/N- wow ok so uh please don't kill me for how badly that transformation sequence was written. I honestly didn't know how to approach that part? Haha so yea.
AND we meet a new character! Keela the Rabbit.
Here's her bio-
Bio: Keela is a 20 year old Archeologist that lives on Angel Island, which was previously known as Apotos. (The name changed when Apotos split off from Spagonia since they were originally connected. The real Angel Island with the master emerald has been lost for a century or so). Her story is similar to the many that live in this post apocalyptic time. She was born into the chaos and was one of the lucky ones to live through the final years of Iblis's torment. However, the people on Angel Island seemed to be given the most luck, seeing as Iblis wasn't interested in islands. This allowed for the early rebuilding of the town Silver and Chip visit early in the adventure. During the time Iblis spent ravaging the rest of the planet, Keela spent most of her time learning from the books her parents were able to salvage and from a few of the elders that weren't able to help with construction. She gained a very great interest in Earth science once the small school was rebuilt after most of the important buildings were completed. However there weren't any lessons in archeology at the school; she mostly learned about that from the books her parents were able to find. The rest of her knowledge she gained from experience. Once Iblis was put to rest, she went about gaining experience from traveling to Spagonia a few times. (In the story, she neglects to mention this to Silver and Chip). On the outskirts of Spagonia City, there were many ruins from the 21st century that she explored with a few other scientists from the rebuilding university in Spagonia. Many of the scientists that she accompanied believed she was a natural at Earth science and archeology, which is what caused her to become the head archeologist of the Temple project back on Angel Island. The project had been going on for about 2 weeks before Silver and Chip arrived on Angel Island.
Personality: Keela can be very proud and a bit stubborn when it comes to things she really cares about. She can be quick to anger if her work or her intellect is insulted by anyone she deems lower than herself, meaning she has a very high self confidence and ego. Around friends she is cool, collected and can be very cheerful at times. Secretly she cares deeply for her close friends (Something we already saw from the story) and can be a very loyal friend in return. She has somewhat hardened emotions but it all depends on who she's around. Around people she finds lesser, she can be aggressively sarcastic and arrogant and it can take a very long time for her to find a different perspective of someone. She bases her interpretation of someone heavily on their intellect and knowledge as well as their first impressions around her. To strangers she's more or less indifferent.
Strengths: She is very smart and she knows it; her self confidence is very high and she likes to make sure people know that. In the field of science she is greatly educated, especially in Geology and Archeology giving her an advantage when it comes to maneuvering about the planet's 21st century ruins with Silver and Chip. She is also the voice of scientific reason for Silver and Chip who would have not made it so well if she didn't decide to tag along on their journey.
Weaknesses: She can be extremely arrogant and egotistical, especially around Silver making her first interactions with him a challenge. She also won't back down from a verbal argument when it comes to intellect and the things she cares about. Despite her knowledge and intellect, she isn't very physically equipped. She is in shape, but doesn't have any outstanding physical qualities, which can cause issues when fighting Nightmares.