Guys! Guys! GUYS! The owner of A rose with a dark secret just let me own Amy's mother, Crystal Lynn Rose! I'm the new owner of her now! You can expect to see her in my future fanfictions! I love her too much to let her go! Mephiles… I didn't mean love in that way! XD!

Both of Amy's parents will be in my future fanfictions! Crystal and Mephiles!

Welp, I own nothing but the plot and Crystal now! Even Zara and Larence! If the two of them last long… I won't expect them to make future appearances...

Enjoy Chapter Nine!

? (?'s POV) May 13th 2:57 AM

The banishing… The despise… The abhor...

The only things I have felt within my tomb that I was never destined to accommodate. I was never meant to belong here, I was a ruler, a god, and now… I'm a nonentity that travels the internal walls of my crypt.

I had the world in my hands, Mobius would've tumbled into obscurity, the only light they would get would be me. My vibrant titian glow would be the only source of their reliance, if they had it at all.

It was all her fault, she was the reason of my downfall. I could've prevailed, after so long of hunting her down, she had killed me. I could've done it if she didn't have her so called friends, and that one… the blue one, I want him dead.

Because of him, she was brought back into the Mortal Realm. All it took was just one kiss and it changes everything, was that love?

Tch, love is only abhorrent in my image, it was only a myth to me. Every single part of me deceived such a thing. I could rant all I want about anything, but yet nothing would change. Yet, a single kiss between two mobians changed everything.

The one thing I wished I could do would be to change the past. My ideal would've been achieved, my whole time period of immortality was wasted trying to chase down her.

Even with seven of me, I still did not prevail. One for each emerald, although, I was the eighth. Sometimes I wonder what had happened to the Chaos Emeralds, or the seven entities of myself. It was something that even, myself, could not figure out.

If I had not spent all my time searching for her, I could've somehow found a much larger power source to take over Mobius. It would have killed her and all of her friends in the process.

I would enjoy hearing every little soul cry for help. Their mortal bodies would tear themselves apart from my massive wrath. Much like every other soul that had suffered when I had attacked her home in the past.

Once I was banished, I wasn't exactly killed. Did they actually think a massive chaos powered beam could kill me? No, I didn't think so, I am immortal, I can't be killed, just banished…

Speaking of being banished, where I have been sent to wasn't a hard guess. Where I was delegated to wasn't in the mortal realm, but rather, a place for spirits. I guess I would call it the Spirit Realm, I've surely heard of it, but in legend it said it was beautiful and peace filled.

This dwelling didn't look like any of the sort, it was simply reversed or contrasted. There was no peace here, there was no life, only fire and the carnage that burnt to crisp. I called it the Anti Spirit Realm.

I believed it to have no title, but I had to give my domain one. I'm glad I was sent here, I would truly be suffering if the legends were true about the Spirit Realm being peace filled. I was a god of death and massacre, not beauty and calm.

I liked the atmosphere within my territory, but I wanted out. There is absolutely nothing to do in this wasteland, I want my revenge on her!

I certainly have devolved from my true form. I had taken the scheme of eight heads, now, I look like my usual self. A demonic creature with three fingers, I was truly terrifying, I bet I could scar her father for life. Tch, I think I've already accomplished that feat. Nonetheless, my eyes were still the same as usual, no pupils, but pure white and bloodshot. I still remember being Solaris, a total powerhouse, I could've won if the Shadow Ghost never have betrayed me. Surely they served Mephiles, but how did the control break?

Everything that surrounded me was much like the Mortal Realm, but it was all withered and carnage scattered across the expanse. Just how I like it.

The only entity that even settled here was me. I haven't seen anyone or anything for at least a year now. I honestly can't take it, if I have to do this for all eternity, I'd die within.

It's pathetic that I'm wanting company, it was… irregular of me to think of such a thing. I stood atop a wilted building from what appeared to be a home for modern civilization. Millions of bodies skewed from rooftops to the quaked streets.

It was relaxing and soothing to look into the lifeless eyes, very enjoyable. I looked over to a meadow and caught a slight black figure that stood upon a hill. I could see clear white pupils staring into my soul, if I had one. The thought of it made me scoff, how cute.

There was something strange about this figure to say the least, was it living? Is it a vision? Real to even say for sure? It couldn't have been true, I couldn't be hallucinating either.

I saw black radiance flowing throughout the inanimate body. The gaze was still fixated on me, it was truly freakishly odd and something that could startle the sturdy. Curiosity was getting to me, I wanted to see this… figure.

I slightly and gently descended from the withered skyscraper, although during the time I descended, I was watching the ground below me, paying no attention whatsoever to the figure ahead.

I tilted my head forwards and surely enough, it was still there, but I felt myself becoming slightly dizzy. I clawed the front my head and covered my eyes as I groaned heavily, I felt my vision becoming a blur.

Although I couldn't see well, I could imagine this… soul snickering at my inconvenience. The thought of it makes me roar with anger! I felt my vision coming back to me and I directly looked to the hill.

The figure wasn't there.

I twitch slightly with annoyance and turn around, but when I did, I met face to face with figure. I was right about everything, it's eyes were pure white, the black aura flown throughout, it looked like… him. No, it was him!

Before a word came out of my mouth, I felt myself becoming dizzy again. I knelt down and groaned like before, I could get a clear sight of the shoes. It had to be him… I blacked out.

Spirit Realm (Crystal's POV) May 13th 12:16 PM

Mephiles and I had searched every part of the Mortal Realm for this disturbance, it seemed to be everywhere! But where was this… source? Everything had a source, where one thing ends, there is bound to be a beginning.

I could hear a slight growl of frustration from Mephiles. Hearing him like this didn't make this problem any better, in fact, it made it worse. It was silent for some time now, but was then canceled out by the slam of a fist on a monument.

I looked over at the light ebony hedgehog and smiled gently, his gaze hadn't connected with mine unfortunately. Slowly walking over, I kept my smile to myself and put my hand on his shoulder. "Mephiles, don't give up hope."

He didn't bother to connect his gaze with mine and continued to loom down as he grumbled softly. "What do you think this essence even is? The source of it all?"

I bit my lip and kneeled down to his side, this was a question that I couldn't answer. It was true unfortunately, what could be supplying this dark aura. It seems to have been corrupting mobians, I don't want it getting to Amelia. "I can't even think of it, but that doesn't mean we mope and quit!"

My husband was silent from my remark, suddenly I felt my waist being held, I gasped with surprise and looked at Mephiles. "Wh-what are you doing?" Mephiles purred with passion and stroked my quills as he inhaled my scent, making me giggle with curiosity. "This is why I love you, never giving up hope, that's my true love…"

I playfully purred and nuzzled his quills "Oh, you!" Mephiles chuckled lightly "Your giggle is the most heavenly sound I have ever heard, I'd die without it."

I was in the mood to mess with him, typical me. "We're already dead, silly!" I laughed with humor and Mephiles couldn't help but do the same. "I'm truly am sorry for treating Amelia harshly earlier, the situation has jus-"

Before I let him finish his sentence, I laid a long and compassionate kiss on his muzzle. He didn't have a mouth to speak through, it was typically through telepathy. But that didn't prevent me from tasting him!

I let go so I could catch my breath and looked into those emerald green eyes of his. "Your pupils look just as lovely as our little rose, Amelia." Mephiles laughed lowly and stroked my cheek. "You're the one to talk, your aqua blue eyes remind me of her hero, her knight and savior, Sonic."

I blushed and continued to stare, completely lost within his eyes. "He isn't that bad of a hedgehog… I like him, No, more than that, I consider him one of us." Mephiles continued to gaze at me. "Amelia couldn't deserve better, he would die for her. Sonic is too good hearted to lose himself, or his rose for that matter."

Slowly, I leaned in for a kiss, this time to make it longer and even more compassionate. I was caught off guard by a red light that shone in our face. I jumped with surprise and gasped, luckily Mephiles caught me in his arms and my muzzle turned to the same color of the fluorescent crimson light.

Unfortunately, my husband showed no attention to me at all, he rathered seemed anxious, scared even. His face turned grim as he gently, but quickly put me down and ran to the center of the pillar.

The inscripted Rosedaree symbol glowed in a bright red. It was so bright in fact, that it temporarily blinded me from looking at it.

"Ugh, Wh-what's going on?" I covered my eyes with my hands, as if I was sobbing into them. I didn't get a reply from Mephiles and walked up to him. "Dear, what is it?"

My ebony king grabbed me by the shoulders and practically screamed at me. "The disturbance! It's blocking the mirror to the Mortal Realm!" Deliberately, I lowered my palms and looked at him with shock. "Wh-what?! Th-this is horrendous! How?!"

He growled and paced back and forth. "Before all of this went impractical, I could see a lot of reactions. It was as if everyone had this force inside of their soul. There were some souls that were simply resisting it as well, Amelia is unaffected."

Amelia was resisting the essence? I knew she had it in her! But what about her friends? Her love? "Do any of her friends have it within their soul?" Mephiles stopped pacing and looked at me "It pains me to say… but they all seem to have the infection. Few are blocking the source luckily.

I never actually knew what the force affected you with, it could help if I just simply ask. "The symptoms, what are they?" Mephiles was getting impatient, but I didn't care, I needed answers! He seemed silent and I tapped my foot. "Meph-" I was cut off by his forced saying. "Insanity."

A gasp escaped my mouth. "Everyone in the Mortal Realm is affected with this!?" He stood in silence once again, now I was losing my temper. "Indeed so, but simply to put it, some resist and some fall."

The thought of Amelia's knight came to mind "What about Amelia's love? Is he infected?" Surprisingly Mephiles was calm and had his arms crossed "His soul wouldn't show throughout the mirror, I can't say for sure, but I will say that he isn't infected, he is too strong to lose himself."

Sighing with relief, I looked up at the contrasted and beautiful sky. "I hope they're alright…" A hand was put on my shoulder, making me to look at the source, being none other than Mephiles. "I don't think we can look into the Mortal Realm anymore… the only source we have now is Amelia."

? (?'s POV) May 13th 6:13 AM

My vision was coming back to me, the only thing I could feel was the beating of my head. I couldn't tell if my eyes were closed or open, in fact, everything around me was pitch black. Groaning from the throbbing, I slowly got up and looked around this… place.

I blinked with my cold, bloodshot eyes, making sure if I had even had my eyes closed. Why was everything pure dark? How did I get here anyway? I was slowly collecting my memories and gritting my teeth.

Him, he was the one who sent me here. He was her lover, the one who had also helped banish me here. Why was he here? Has he committed a sin just as horrendous. I still didn't care what he had done, I want him dead, no matter what.

Out of pure anger, I let out a mighty roar, filled with frustration. "I KNOW YOU ARE HERE! SHOW YOUR FACE!" Nothing but silence filled the air, the only sound was weak scratching that sounded as if it were coming from the floor.

Curiosity was filling me at once, so I turned around slowly and saw a sight that was complete bloodshed. I saw a body, all wrangled up with blood oozing from every corner, the eyes looked the same as mine. There were marks all over the corpse, as if they were knives that slashed against the flesh. Someone could clearly see the insides of this once living and breathing soul, the brain was showing, the shins were torn apart, the abdomen was sliced in half.

I couldn't make out who the corpse was before, it was almost impossible to tell. Nonetheless, the sight was something terrifying… for a weakling. I see this all the time, it doesn't affect me, what exactly was all of this about anyways?

Suddenly I heard a cold and heartless voice echo throughout the small area.

"He has taken his first soul last night…"

He? Taken a soul? Last night? These were even more questions I was getting without an answer. "Where are you? I thought I told you to show yourself!" His cold laughter filled the room.

"You've never changed, Iblis."

I will admit, it has been ages since I last heard someone call my name. What was going on?! How was he here? "You! You're the one that Amelia loves! You helped banish me!"

"Indeed I am."

"Show yourself! I'm going to talk to you face to face!"

I felt a breeze of wind and my vision was filling with blurs once again. "The hell…" I shut my eyes to keep ahold of my consciousness. There was breathing ahead of me, I could feel it, my eyes opened to see if he was here, and surely enough, he was.

His cold eyes pierced into mine, and I could say that it went right back at him. I couldn't help but growl directly at him. "You… how are you here?!"

"First of all, it's Maurice, not You, get that through your head!" the midnight black hedgehog fiddled with his finger and his gloves were stained with a crimson coating. He's… changed, what was the cause of this maniacal behavior? This was a definite change in personality, he was usually cocky, at least from what I can remember of him. He was obviously angry, he never took this form unless he was filled with rage, like the time I killed her. But the name… Maurice? I thought it was Sonic?

Usually I would be mad at someone like him, but one part of me was saying to stay away. "I need your assistance." The voice wasn't pleading, it was rather… demanding, I hated it! There was no way in hell that I would help him! "Why should I? What have you ever done for me? Why do you even need my help? Don't you know that you're betraying everyone?"

He covered his mouth as he snickered evilly. "You're always so demanding and wanting answers, aren't you? Tch, you're just like Shadow!" It's embarrassing to think, but the black hedgehog was Shadow? I can't even remember anyone except for her, the one who is speaking to me now, and her parents. "I WANT ANSWERS! I DEMAND THAT YOU GIVE THEM TO ME!"

Maurice rathered laughed and clutched his stomach. "When the time is right, I'll give you them…" That was it, I lost my temper, I roared with anger and ran straight at him with my clawed fingers faced at him. "PERISH WITHIN MY TOMB!"

Maurice stood and yawned cockily as he smiled creepily. Something was wrong, I could feel it, but I'd rather rip him to shreds than think at all. "I"M GOING TO KILL YOU!" He was directly in front of me, I jumped up, hoping to body slam him.

My smile was growing wider, it's been awhile since I felt joy. Suddenly, I stopped in midair, what was going on? I looked down at him and Maurice floated up to my eyesight. He waved his bloody finger cockily and kept that creepy smile of his. "When do you ever learn? You're just as gullible as before. Maybe that's how we banished you."

I thrashed about, hoping to break free. "What are you doing?! Let me out!" Maurice laughed and lifted his hand, suddenly a strange aura started to form around his palm and a figure was beginning to form, it looked like… a gem.

No, it couldn't be, could he have a chaos emerald? Nonetheless, the eighth one? How did he get a hold of it? Wait, her necklace, it was the only trace of any chaos emerald left. The rest of the gems disappeared once I had been banished.

He betrayed her. He's been stealing power from her necklace all along, was he actually evil? Maurice suddenly released a massive chaos blast, making me jolt in extreme pain. I looked up at him and saw that he did, in fact, have her emerald. "H-How… did y-you…"

Maurice put his finger up to my mouth. "Wanting to assist me now?" At this point, did I even have a choice? He could potentially control me around with power like that. It seemed like his negative energy gave the emerald a boost in power. I couldn't do anything about it either, I've lost all my power, I was originally eight entities, but I lost the power when they betrayed me. "Wh-What do you need?"

Maurice smiled harshly and lowered me down the same way. I hit the ground with a large thud and groaned in pain. Maurice tossed the black emerald up and down playfully and I growled in anger, he was clearly playing with me. "I know how to bring you back to the Mortal Realm."

I widened my eyes and looked up at him, could he do this? "But, aren't you a dead soul too? How are you here if you are alive?" Maurice smirked and crossed his arms "I choose to not explain now, but as I've said, all will be explained soon." At a time like this, I chose to trust him, he was my only hope, surprisingly. "Just one question, wasn't your name… Sonic?"

The hedgehogs smirk turned into a devious grimace. "It is… but there are secrets that none know about me and I don't intend on giving any information of the sort. You got it?" I was puzzled with that saying, it was true that I knew nothing about him, but truly I didn't even care, I just wanted out of this place and into the real world.

A second chance. I'm getting one.

"How do you intend on transporting me out of this place?" Maurice tilted his head and raised the eighth emerald with his one hand.

"The servers are the seven chaos."

The chant… was he actually? No, he can't be. The eighth emerald was starting to glow once again.

"Chaos is enhanced by the heart."

I was starting to see multiple colors start to glow from behind. HE WAS CALLING THE SEVEN EMERALDS!

"The server exist to unify the chaos."

At this point a blast developed once again, but this didn't seem to hurt or affect me at all. I couldn't see anything but light, but at once, it started to die down. I opened my eyes and gasped in surprise. What stood before me was a sight to behold.

The once seven missing chaos emeralds were surrounding the ebony hedgehog giving off a colorful glow. "Y-You… but how?!" Maurice smirked "That's not all…" He snapped his fingers and suddenly seven figures appeared from behind.

They were the seven Shadow Ghost, one for each emerald. I immediately retaliated by growling at them. "Traitors!" Maurice laughed lowly "Don't worry, they're under my control now, they can't break from it."

Wow, I would've never believed out of all people, him, to help me out. He even has the Shadow Ghost under his control and now I can leave this place! "So, what's the plan? Maurice?"

He merely chuckled and gave a signal for the Shadow Ghost to approach me. "For the hell of it, you'll be able to control these guys again as well." The Shadow Ghost suddenly started to glow their own individual colors and I began to glow black. "What the-"

One by one, every Shadow Ghost flew into me. "You can split yourself into multiple entities once again. You're also just as powerful as you were before, you're welcome." He sounded sarcastic with the last part, but I shook it off. "Soni- Maurice!… I don't know how to thank you…"

Maurice chuckled and fiddled his fingers. "Tch, that's not all." Maurice used the eight emeralds and everything all around was starting to take the form of withered to renewed. I shut my eyes from the bright light and felt a strange wind. It suddenly stopped and I opened my eyes, dazed.

I saw the blue sky, the lush grass, and the bright sun, the Mortal Realm, I was back.

And so… an alliance has begun. Iblis is working with none other than… y'know. XD! Now the chaos emeralds are brought back, along with the Shadow Ghost! Except Sonic controls them now! But why? What is up with him anyway? Why is he helping him?! So many questions!

I also have a question for you all! Leave your review for what the shipping name for Mephiles and Crystal should be! While you're at it! Tell me what you think of the sequel so far! I love to read your reviews! PLZ!

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