Chapter 3

A Breakfast Of Hunger

Sonic and Monkey Khan arrived at the Dragon Kingdom during sunrise. But the Dragon Kingdom is halfway around Mobius a long way away from New Mobotropolis and Robotropolis. Once Sonic stepped out of the portal, he saw the suns' bright rays reach his warm fur and turned to look at it. Monkey Khan saw Sonic looking at the sunrise as he turned to tell Sonic something. As the sun rose higher and higher, while the moon sunk lower and lower. Sonic saw the colours of the sky change from a dark midnight blue to a light orange and blue. Sonic felt a sudden pain surge through his body, as he fell onto his knees he started reverting back into a hedgehog. Sonics' midnight blue shaggy fur changed to his normal blue and shrunk back into his smooth hairs. Sonics' claws shrunk back into his fingernails, as his shoes changed back to the original shoes he always wore. His hands and muzzle changed to his usual skin colour as the fur around Sonics' wrists sank into his skin and the fur along his arms changed to skin colour as well. Sonics' chest fur changed from white to skin colour also. His ears curved and twisted as they turned back into hedgehog ears. The white patch of fur changed to blue as he started groaning at the pain in his fangs. Sonics' mouth dropped open as he felt his fangs and sharp teeth slowly get smaller until they were his normal teeth. As Sonic felt the last part of the transformation end he felt his heart beating rapidly and his blood flowing fast through his veins. Sonic sat up slowly and stood up once he calmed himself down. Monkey Khan went to help Sonic up off the ground after seeing his transformation.

"Are you okay, Sonic?" Khan asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Sonic answered.

His voice had softened as his own voice came back into his vocal chords. Sonic looked around the Dragon Kingdom, then saw a familiar house. That rumbling noise returned to Sonics stomach as he remembered how good Li Moons' cooking was.

"Let's go to Li Yuens' place" Monkey Khan suggested. "He might have some information on your…problem."

"And some of Li Moons' cooking too" Sonic complained.

Monkey Khan nodded and started walking towards Li Yuen and Li Moons' house as Sonic followed. Monkey Khan knocked on the door and Li Moon opened it. Li Moon saw Monkey Khan and opened the door completely for him.

"Come in, Ken, come in" Li Moon exclaimed.

"Thank you, Li Moon" Khan said.

Monkey Khan walked inside as Li Moon moved aside. She soon saw Sonic following Khan close behind. She smiled at Sonic as she saw him.

"Sonic, it is very nice to see you again," she said.

"It's very nice to see you too, Li Moon" Sonic said.

Sonic stopped walking and stared. Monkey Khan and Li Moon saw this and turned to look at Sonic.

"Sonic, what's wrong?" Khan asked.

Sonic kept staring straight ahead of himself. Something in Sonics' mind told him to jump at the monkey and fox, but he didn't want to. Sonic shook his head to try and make the thought go away. It didn't. Sonic tried removing the thought, but that didn't work either. So Sonic just pushed it aside, until an enemy came, he would let himself do that. But Sonic didn't realise that thought was only coming up because of his hunger. Sonic stopped staring and continued walking, but saw the expressions on his friends' faces. Li Moon had an expression of fear in her eyes, while Monkey Khan had an expression of suspicion on his face. Sonic walked past Monkey Khan and walked up beside Li Moon.

"Sorry, if I scared you" Sonic said.

"It's okay, I was just wondering" Li Moon said.

"Wondering? About what?" Sonic asked.

"Wondering if you two heard that howl last night?" Li Moon asked.

Sonic heard this and froze; Monkey Khan looked at Sonic then back at Li Moon. Li Moon saw Sonics' expression and decided to speak.

"Sonic, are you okay?" Li Moon asked.

Sonic blinked and caught a familiar scent in his nose. Sonic started sniffing the air and walking towards the smell. Monkey Khan and Li Moon looked at each other then ran after Sonic.

"Sonic, wait!" Khan called.

Sonic just ignored Monkey Khan and followed his nose, which lead him into the kitchen. Li Moon and Monkey Khan walked up beside Sonic as his nose was quivering from all the different smells. The bacon, eggs and sausages were cooking well as they caught Sonics' eye. Li Moon saw Sonics' expression towards the food and smiled.

"Looks like we will be needing two more plates" Li Moon smiled.

Sonic turned to face Li Moon and smiled at her.

"Thanks, Li Moon" Sonic said.

Li Moon smiled some more then went to get breakfast ready. Sonics' ear twitched when he heard someone approaching them. Sonics' smile turned into his usual cocky smile as he turned to face Li Yuen.

"Sonic, I never thought you would come back here so soon," Li Yuen said.

"Well, we were in the neighbourhood" Sonic smiled.

Sonic felt something tell him to attack the elder lion before he could, but Sonic ignored the urge and walked to the dinner room. Sonic sat down on one of the pillows and waited for breakfast.

A few minutes passed and Li Moon, Li Yuen and Monkey Khan came into the room. Sonic saw them and started slouching on his pillow. Li Moon carried the tea and tea cups. Li Yuen carried the sausages, bacon and eggs, while Monkey Khan carried the plates. Sonic smelt the sausages and bacon as they walked closer to him. As they got to the table, Sonic sat up straight and waited for them to settle in their own seats. Once they took their seats and got their plates. Sonic did the same thing as all four of them got their food. Something at the back of Sonics' head told him to take at least two or three pieces of bacon and sausage. He took a handful of bacon and sausages; he looked at his plate and scratched his head.

Something's missing, he thought.

"Hold on a second" Sonic told the others.

Sonic rushed off somewhere, taking his plate with him. Li Moon looked at Li Yuen, then to Monkey Khan. Once Sonic came back his plate was full of chilidogs. Half weren't even chilidogs. Half was of chilidogs, while the other half was of sausage dogs. Before anyone could say anything, all the chilidogs on Sonics' plate were gone. Sonic had eaten all the chilidogs within a few seconds.

I'm guessing he must've been hungrier than I thought, Khan thought.

Sonic took his cup and poured some tea into it. He put the tea pot down and took a sip of his tea. Sonic soon saw his friends faces, Li Moon had shock on her face, Li Yuen had the same expression his granddaughter had and Monkey Khan had a wide eyed expression. As they were all staring at him, Sonic got uncomfortable with it and decided to smile. Showing his sparkly white teeth.

"What's up?" Sonic asked.

Monkey Khan and Li Moon just continued staring at Sonic. Li Yuen decided to break the silence.

"Sonic, are you alright?" Li Yuen asked.

"Of course I'm alright" Sonic said. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you have a bigger appetite than you had last time" Li Moon giggled.

Sonic stared blankly at her, and then looked at his reflection in the tea. His reflection showed Sonic was giving himself a smile, but he also saw that his emerald pupils had turned to slits. But he didn't notice that, he just kept staring at his reflection.

I am a lot hungrier than usual, Sonic thought, but...why?

Sonic shook his head and held it with one of his hands. Sonic felt something different about his hands though. He could feel his fingers go through his smooth blue fur, but couldn't feel the fabric of his gloves. Sonic took his hand away from his head and looked at his hand. Sonics' eyes widened, when he saw his gloves weren't on his hands.

Okay, I knew my hands ripped through my gloves last night, but couldn't they have at least reappeared on my hand when I transformed back, he thought.

Sonic looked up from his hand and looked at Li Yuen and Monkey Khan.

"Um...Li Yuen, Khan, can I talk to you guys?" Sonic asked.

"You may, Sonic" Li Yuen said.

Li Yuen, Monkey Khan and Sonic stood up from the table and went into the kitchen. Sonic closed the door, so Li Moon couldn't hear them.

"Sonic, what are you doing?" Li Yuen asked.

Sonic turned around and looked at Li Yuen and Monkey Khan. Sonic scratched the back of his head, trying to be careful not to scratch his bite mark by accident.

"Li Yuen, do you know anything about...werewolves?" Sonic asked.

Li Yuen stared at Sonic in surprise.

"Why?" he asked.

"Because...um..." Sonic couldn't get the word out.

"Because a werewolf bit Sonic and now he's..." Khan started explaining.

"KHAN!" Sonic yelled.

Monkey Khan just smiled at Sonic as Sonic stared at him. Li Yuen looked shocked, but then felt concerned.

"Sonic, can I see your bite" Li Yuen asked.

Sonic looked surprised, and then nodded.

"It's on the back of my neck" Sonic told them.

Sonic crossed his arms and sighed as he turned around to show them his back. Li Yuen and Monkey Khan took a look at Sonics' bite. It had dried blood all around it, as well as deep fang marks. Li Yuen gasped at the sight before him.

Oh no, It's just like the prophecy said, Li Yuen thought.

Li Yuen opened the kitchen door and ran out. Sonic stared in shock at Li Yuens' reaction. He turned to face Monkey Khan, who just shrugged his shoulders. Li Yuen came back with Li Moon by his side with a first aid kit in her hand.

"Grandfather, what is wrong?" Li Moon asked, confused.

"Sonic, sit down here, please" Li Yuen said.

Sonic looked confused, but then nodded as he sat down on a pillow on the floor.

"Li Moon will take a look at your bite and maybe even prevent the venom from spreading through" Li Yuen explained.

"Huh? What?" Sonic asked.

Li Moon nodded and sat on the pillow behind Sonic. Li Moon saw fang marks in the back of Sonics' neck. She took out a wet cloth and dabbed it on Sonics bite, to clean his wound. Sonic cringed a bit as it stung, but it soon felt soothing. As Li Moon finished cleaning his bite, she saw how deep the fang marks were. She sighed as she took out a bandaid and put it on Sonics' neck. Sonics' ear twitched, when he heard her sigh and turned his head a bit.

"Li Moon, what's wrong?" Sonic asked.

Li Moon got up off the pillow and stood beside Li Yuen once more. Sonic stood up as well and stood beside Monkey Khan.

"Sonic, I am so sorry. The bite mark is too deep, the venom has already gone through your body" she answered.

"I...I don't understand" Sonic said.

"Li Moon is saying that the werewolf bit into you rather deep, so she could not stop the venom. But I am guessing you were extra hungry, because it had drained a lot of your blood. King Max knows a lot more about werewolves than we do" Li Yuen explained.

"But will I become a monster like that werewolf?" Sonic asked.

"I do not know, Sonic, but I know one thing" Li Yuen told Sonic.

Sonics' ears pricked up, when he heard that.

"What?" Sonic asked, curious to know.

"That there are five stages of a werewolf. We only know the first stage, which is extreme hunger. I do not know whether you have already activated that stage or if it is because of the loss of blood in your body" Li Yuen explained.
"Not to mention those monsters we fought last night" Khan told Li Yuen and Li Moon.

"Monsters!" Li Moon exclaimed.

"What is it, Li Moon?" Sonic asked.

"What sort of monsters were they?" Li Moon asked.

"They looked like...um...I don't really know" Sonic answered.

Li Moon nodded and also decided to change the topic.

"So, Sonic, you were the werewolf we heard howl last night?" Li Moon asked.

"I guess so" Sonic sighed.

"Sonic, didn't one of the monsters bite your leg?" Khan asked.

Sonic nodded his head and looked down at his leg. He bit his lip at what he saw. His leg was covered in dried blood from two fang marks as well as a chunk of blue fur missing. Sonic started to groan as the bite mark started to sting.

"Gahh!" Sonic cried.

"Sonic, are you okay?" Li Moon asked.

"Yeah, I...I am. Just a little sting, nothing serious" Sonic answered.

Li Moon bent down onto her knees and took the wet cloth out again. She did the same procedure she did to Sonic before, except this time she put a bandage around hid leg. Once she was done, she stood back on her feet and stepped beside Li Yuen again.

"Khan, when is the sun up in new Mobotropolis?" Sonic asked.

"Well, I think it would be pretty soon" Khan answered.

"Then, let's get moving" Sonic exclaimed.

Monkey Khan opened up the portal to new Mobotropolis and jumped through it.

"Thanks for your hospitality" Sonic thanked.

"You do not need to thank us Sonic. You are welcome here whenever you like" Li Yuen told Sonic.

"Thank you" Sonic said. "Li Moon, how come you bandaged my leg?"

"Because some of your fur was ripped out, so I put the bandage around your leg so it could grow back" she answered.

Sonic nodded and was about to jump through the portal, when Li Moon grabbed his arm. Sonic looked at Li Moon with a confused expression on his face, while she had one of fear.

"Sonic, please, promise us you will be careful" she said.

Sonic smiled at Li Moon and Li Yuen and gave them his classic thumbs up with his free hand.

"You guys don't need to worry about me. After all I'm Sonic the hedgehog, no werewolf is gonna get the best of me" Sonic boasted.

Li Moon and Li Yuen smiled back at Sonic as Li Yuen put his hand on Li Moons' shoulder.

"That is what we like to hear" Li Yuen said.

Li Moon let go of Sonics' arm and waved goodbye to him.

But, I think I should tell Ken about the prophecy or show him, Li Yuen thought.

Sonic waved goodbye to Li Moon and Li Yuen before he jumped through the portal, because Sonic knew who would be waiting at Mobotropolis' main gate for him.

Okay, long chap. its' not at any part of the story where the villian comes in yet. So if you want to know what these archie characters look like, you will have to look them up on Google sorry. I don't really like explaing character details. Hope you enjoyed. Read and review and see ya next chap.