Chapter 3-Mixed Surprises

Sonic and Dusk appeared back at the Spirit Spring, and the Vessel of Light lifted off of Sonic's neck to disappear into the Spring, restoring the light of the area. Sonic saw that in the light he was restored back to normal as Dusk restored himself to Mobian form at will, still in his dark armor. A loud drip was heard and both hedgehogs saw the Spring glowing brightly, then a large sphere of light rose from it as the Spirit, which seemed like a male hedgehog warrior from ancient times, appeared and sat on the sphere.

"Oh brave warriors of wind and Twilight," he began to speak in a strong voice full of courage and kindness, "I am Verde, the Light Spirit of the Mystic Ruin. I thank you for restoring my power after the dark creatures took it away."

"You're welcome!" Sonic responded with a smile and Dusk gave a bow, though something was still bothering him.

"Great Verde, how did these creatures appear? They are not native to Mobius at all."

Verde's face became solemn. "A dark sorcerer brought them, searching for something. What it is I'm afraid I don't know but I'm sure my fellow Spirits may have a few clues."

He soon started to fade. "Good luck on your quest, for it will soon become more difficult."

At that he faded back into his Spring completely and the two of them left.

"Hey I think we did a great job there!" Sonic said to Dusk as he gave his friend a hard enough pat on the back to knock off his helmet. "Whoops! Sorry about-*Gasp!*"

Dusk turned around as he picked up his helmet to reveal his face to Sonic. When the speedster saw it was same to his except for the dark patches and eyes, a memory surfaced from when he was three, playing blocks with a dark patched hedgehog he knew was his twin brother. At that moment he soon realized the name WAS familiar though it wasn't at all at first, Dusk was his brother's name!

"Oh Chaos…" Sonic whispered as a tear formed. "Is it really you?"

Dusk gave a kind smile, "Yes it is my brother. It is me."

Sonic soon hugged Dusk, crying happy tears to see his brother again after so long, and Dusk returned the hug, crying silent tears of joy himself. They were like that for a few moments and soon let go to continue out of the jungle.

"I had no idea," Sonic started, still overwhelmed, "that you were like that! How much training did you get all these years?"

"I actually forget! I've been in training so long I forgotten when I started, but I did earn my right as an Elite Twilight Warrior just a few days ago."

"Really? Congrats Dusk! It all really paid off especially when it helped me out in the Twilight!"

"Thank-you Sonic! But I have a good feeling about my last training mission before I earned this right."

"And what's that Dusk?"

"That the Twilight Princess will finally see an old friend again."

(In Hyrule-Ordon Village)

Link sighed sadly as he looked up at the ceiling while lying in his bed. He just returned to Ordon Village from a long journey in hopes to find a way to restore the Twilight Mirror so the Twili could have another chance to walk in the light of Hyrule, not only to fail but also not know about Dusk's quest with a similar goal.

He turned around to face the now setting sun outside his window, thinking about someone else he met on his last adventure to save Hyrule. *Midna, I hope you're happy in the Twilight Realm. I miss you so much.*

His mind wandered through memories of her, how he first met her in his wolf form and her imp form as he was captured by the Shadow creatures and imprisoned at Hyrule Castle, how she helped him with her powers and he helped her in return when she was injured by the false Twilight King Zant as well as finding the Fused shadows and the Mirror Shards. He also remembered her sharp tongue, her bossy attitude, but also her kind heart ever so fondly that he held back a tear that formed in one of his proud blue eyes. He soon held onto a dark crystal that he put around his neck that she kept after Zant was so unknowingly kind to give it as sort of a curse which actually lets her help with his wolf form.

He turned onto his back again, only to almost fall out of bed when he suddenly saw a familiar black and white stone mask-wearing imp with orange hair in a ponytail held by a stone ring and eyes as well as teal markings float above him. "M-M-MIDNA? Is that you?"

"What did you expect?" She replied with the same old childish sarcasm in her voice as she laughed at his look of shock. "One of the goddesses?"

Link said nothing more as he soon hugged his old friend, surprising her in turn for a moment before returning the hug. "I missed you so much! How did you get back?"

"Well," she started as they let go, "I had a special Elite-in-Training help me out by putting all the little teeny pieces back together as a test to let him become a full Elite. He's not here though; he left just last night for his birthplace because of something sinister some of us felt just recently."

Link nodded in understanding at this. Being the chosen on of the Triforce of Courage as well as a Hylian, he is able to sense things no ordinary human can at all. One of these was a dark force that somehow crept into his dreams a couple of days ago which he took as a warning of terrible things to come.

"I can see you felt it too," she replied with a smirk of pleasure on her face. "We won't be meeting my new Elite anytime soon but when we do we better help him and whoever he brought back with him."

"Of course Midna, but who is this Elite Warrior of yours?"

"His name is Dusk…" she replied with a hopeful look on her face as she looked at him in the eyes with a giggle. "…And I think a certain other princess we know has already met him."

(In Hyrule-Hyrule Castle)

Zelda looked at the growing darkness of the night from her balcony with a dark look of worry on her face. She recently gained a warning and sent out some of her guards to scout out Hyrule and report back of anything dangerous. So far the reports have been short of useful as they returned with nothing at all.

She soon thought back to the stranger in her court from a few days ago.

*FLASHBACK*

Zelda was listening to another drawn out report from one of her advisers when her guards reacted sharply to something behind him. The adviser hid behind the throne and she drew her blade as a portal opened and out formed a stranger. He seemed short, no taller than 3 ft in height, looked like an animal-possibly a hedgehog, was wearing a dark blue and black spiked armor, and for some reason she sensed the Triforce of Power inside of him.

She looked at him in suspicion as the portal disappeared and he suddenly kneeled down at her in respect! "Who are you? What are you doing in this court?"

"My sincerest apologies Princess Zelda for the intrusion," he replied with a calm, kind voice that held the hint of an unfamiliar accent, "but I bring a warning to you in hopes to slow down a dark feeling I sensed."

She gasped in surprise and understanding since she also sense something as well. "Speak then."

"A dark force is coming to threaten Hyrule. I already restored the Mirror of Twilight and I'll bring us someone who can help us in the battles ahead from my birth world. This force takes on the form of a sorcerer but beyond that I sadly have no knowledge to help us further."

He soon rose and created another portal.

"Wait!" she said suddenly causing him to freeze in his tracks. "Just who are you?"

He looked at her and replied, "I am Dusk, the Twilit Mobian and the new chosen one to the Triforce of Power. I wish you luck from one chosen to another, Zelda, princess of Hyrule and chosen one to the Triforce of Wisdom."

With that he disappeared into the portal and it closed, leaving her to call her guards to begin their search.

*END FLASHBACK*

She sighed in defeat as she turned in for the night, silently praying to Din, Naryu and Farore that things will not turn for the worst.

Little did she know, a highly pale-skinned figure clad in a black cloak and cap was watching her with hate-filled copper eyes before disappearing with shadows and the night became still again.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Now just to let you all know, I was planning on submitting this yesterday like I did with DA but FF was being picky!

O.K I had a person on DA ask me "When will Link come in?" and I WAS planning on putting him in later on but since you all have been so nice with this series recently, I not only put in a bit for Link in this chapter but Zelda as well!

Here we finally figure out the big secret: Dusk and Sonic are twin brothers! Well at least in my world. ^_^

Here's a list of differences that you can easily tell them apart:

1. Sonic has his peach coloured arms and straight blue fur while Dusk has darker blue patches all over his body, he has one regular blue arm (left) and one dark blue arm (right) as well as a darker shade of green to his eyes.

2. Sonic has speed and Dusk doesn't but he makes up for it with his Twilight powers.

3. Sonic is upbeat and energetic while Dusk is more calm and collected.

4. Sonic doesn't wear much except for his shoes and gloves while Dust has 2 outfits with a third on the way: his armor and a dark blue tunic. (The third is a comfy modern style for when he's in Mobius.)

5. While Sonic does have some sword skill, Dusk exceeds that skill and have a wider weapon range as well. (Like bombs, arrows, clawshot, ect.)

6. Sonic loves chilidogs but Dusk never had them before! He likes Yeto's Reekfish Soup though.

And that's it for now.

For Link I decided to reunite him with Midna (no I'm not a LinkxMidna fan for the record. I'm a LinkxZelda fan really.) so there's a happy bit there.

Though for Zelda's part it really took a dark turn. Especially with that figure at the end! (Whoever can guess who they think it is gets a cookie!)

Next Chapter: Dusk is introduced to the others and they get an unexpected shock from Eggman! (And not the zapping kind!)

Enjoy and leave comments!

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