Sonic's Inheritance

by The Chuckinator

Sonic has been summoned to the world of Alagaesia, where he must help Eragon. But there's a catch: he's been transformed into a dragon! Now he must go on a quest with Eragon and Saphira to defeat Galbatorix, who has plans of his own for Sonic. Crossover with Inheritance Cycle and Sonic the Hedgehog; AU.

23. Eldunari

Chapter 23: Eldunari

Knuckles and Sonic looked at Glaedr in confusion. They had never heard of Eldunari before, and were wondering what Glaedr was going to say about them.

What are Eldunari? Sonic asked.

Glaedr gave a draconic grin. An Eldunari, also known as the heart of hearts, is the gem-like organ of a dragon. They are used by dragons as a means of storing our consciousness, allowing us to stay "alive" if we die. When dragons store their consciousness inside an Eldunari, it glows the same color as their scales.

Sonic's eyes gleamed with interest. That is very cool, he said. But why are you telling us this?

Because if one of you gets killed, you could transfer your consciousness to your Eldunari if you want, Glaedr told him. An Eldunari is very powerful, and has a profound source of magical energy. The larger an Eldunari is, the more energy it can store. Since it's essentially the dragon's consciousness the dragon inside it can still communicate to other people.

Knuckles looked at Sonic. It kind of sounds like Tikal's spirit ball form.

I can tell that this is much more complex, Knuckles, Sonic told him. He turned back to Glaedr. So, how would we get our Eldunari out of our bodies?

Glaedr glanced at him. You would spit it out, he said. Make sure that it is safe. An Eldunari can be broken, but a dragon cannot do it by himself; he'd have another person do it for him. One other reason that an Eldunari is so powerful is because the person in possession of it gains an enormous increase of their mental powers. If Galbatorix gets any Eldunari, he would become even more powerful. Also once an Eldunari is removed from the dragon's body it cannot be returned to its original position and the dragon would become the Eldunari permanently.

Sonic and Knuckles listened with rapt attention to what Glaedr said, and nodded.

This has been very interesting, Knuckles said. Thanks for the information.

The golden dragon said nothing and bowed his head. A few minutes later, Tails walked up to them and cleared his throat.

"What have you three been talking about?" he asked.

I'll tell you later, Sonic said. Did you want to say something?

Tails nodded. "I was just wondering when we're going to find the next Chaos Emerald. If Galbatorix is also searching for them, then we need to find them quickly."

We will. Knuckles has located the rest of them, anyway, and we do plan to get them. Also, the Varden have yet to contact us. If Arya comes, I can tell her then but we also need to be on the lookout for Shadow. If he attacks when we are searching for a Chaos Emerald like he did last time, we'll have to be prepared. He has grown more powerful now that he is a dragon.

Sonic stopped talking and looked at Tails. The fox was about to say something when they all heard a loud roar in the distance. Sonic looked up in the sky and saw the shape of a gigantic black dragon descend towards them and knew that it was Shadow. The dragon landed and a menacing growl came from his throat.