Chapter 6-Rogue-ish Findings
"From the light is born darkness.
The lies that shook our reality
pierce my heart.
But though the night may never pass, though morn may never shine,
The shadow of my dream will always call for me to reach it.
Just believe in your sin and pain as you move on."
-Translated lyrics of D-Gray Man's 3rd Opening Doubt and Trust by Access
Sonic was sitting on the end of the runway in front of Tails' Workshop with his feet dangling the edge and his mind elsewhere as he thought of the recent discovery.
His ancestor was the first Mobian chosen one for this Triforce of Spirit, the fourth piece! But the past meeting with the third Light Spirit proved less fruitful than what both he and Dusk wanted.
*FLASHBACK*
"You got to be kidding me!" Sonic shouted in surprise at what was told to him! "You mean this fourth piece was more than a stupid rumour AND it never stayed in Hyrule at all?"
"So that's why the searches had been in vain," Dusk murmured under his breath.
Yumi waved his tail patiently as he continued before fading, "When light is restored to my sister's home, the last shroud of the Twilight shall lift to the path you must take…even if it might lead you to Hyrule, the land made by the Goddesses…"
*END FLASHBACK*
Not long after the Twins returned to the Workshop, Amy ended up tackling Dusk to the ground, thinking he was Sonic out of love which was a good enough reason for the mistake this time since they are identical. She did try to correct her mistake, only to stop at the confused look on her crush's face and he left for the runway alone where he sat now, trying to figure things out.
Growling in frustration, he laid back to see Espio standing over him. "Are you alright, Sonic?"
"Does it look it? I'm really confused about everything all of a sudden! That Vaati guy is looking for something my ancestor had once and we know zilch about it!"
"Did you ask for any help?" the chameleon ask calmly, despite Sonic's tone.
"Yeah, I had Rouge ask Tails to call up the Babylon Rogues. As much as Jet hates my guts right now, we need their help!"
At that moment, the sky grew dark for a moment as a large airship with a hawk beak ornament in the front flew overhead and landed in the patch of bare earth beside the workshop. "Speaking of which, they're here. Wish me luck Espio."
Three bird-like figures with flame-like tattoos on their limbs and head feathers stepped out of the cab as both boys and the others approach, minus Dusk who went off into the jungle by himself earlier. One was a large grey albatross, the largest of the group with large muscles and a pair of goggles on his head that goes by the name of Storm. The second was the only female of the group, with the purple feathers covered in a white riding outfit and bandana with a red pendant and large yellow sunglasses for blocking the wind, and carrying an old-looking trunk. Her name was Wave and she was Tails' rival in the ways of customizing the board-like Extreme Gear. The last, a young green hawk with a Mohawk-style crown of head feathers, red marking on his eyes that were briefly covered by his own larger, yellow-lens goggles and a patch of white feathers on his chest, was the leader Jet himself.
He lifted his goggles and sneered a smirk on his beak as he saw Sonic approach. "Well, well, well. This is a surprise if you has to stoop low enough to call us for help! What's the matter, lose your Gear?"
Shadow was the first to react as he warped behind him to backhand him in the back of the head. "This is no time for your jokes. The situation has turned dangerous enough so keep your beak shut and listen for once!"
"Thanks Shadow," Sonic said in irritation as he looked at Wave. "Is that the stuff we'll be needing?"
Grunting as she almost lost her balance to Shadow's sudden action and Storm catching her, she replied, "Yeah this is the stuff! There's a whole bunch of scrolls and journals inside that I can't translate!"
She walked over and placed it down in front of him with a *thump* as she continued. "We found it in an area to the west of here before those creepy cloud-like stuff covered it and got lucky we didn't get caught in it! The lock was junk which made it easier for me to pry it open with a crowbar."
"Twilight!" Sonic realized as he said his thought out loud and suddenly opened the trunk and saw the continents, gasping as he realized a lot of the scrolls had a seal like Dusk's Triforce mark! But there was more added to them as he noticed below the Triforce was the unmistakable symbol of the Chaos Emerald and behind them both seemed to be a bird of some sort with its wings spread out, as well as it's head and feet, as if to protect the marks. And at closer inspection at the sacred triangle, he noticed the centre wasn't a hole there but a silver triangle filling it; the Triforce of Spirit!
"What's up?" Jet asked with sudden curiosity before Sonic suddenly sprinted towards the jungle, causing the lid to close on its own "HEY! What's got him going all of a sudden?"
"Yeah," Storm added in. "And what's this Twilight he mentioned?"
Tails sighed. "It's a long story guys but all I can say is that we are in really big trouble if nothing is done."
(Meanwhile at the Jungle)
It didn't take Sonic long to find Dusk since there was the sound of what he thought was a flute in the air and he felt all the tension fading for some strange reason. Near the pyramid, Dusk was on the bottom steps playing an upbeat melody an instrument with his eyes closed that looked like a shell with a pattern that was similar to his own fur, that was now covered by an outfit that made him blend in with the modern styles of Mobius thanks to the girls. He was wearing a dark blue shirt that was covered by a black jacket as well as black khaki pants that had a few pockets and was held up by a brown belt from his tunic with a couple of pouches on it, and around his neck was a bright teal scarf.
He must've heard his brother coming and stopped playing to open his eyes at the curiosity in his brother's. "This Nightsong Ocarina was a gift of the Sheikah tribe. For some reason it has a mysterious power whenever I play a few certain songs. For example, the song you heard is known as Saria's song, named after an ancient sage from a forest tribe that no longer exists known as the Kokiri. They were a tribe that forever stayed as children and were protected by a great tree spirit, the Deku Tree, who looked after them like a father and protected the forest. Legend states the Hero of Time once lived with this tribe after his mother died protecting him from the flames of a battle that took his father's life while she fled to the forest where the Kokiri lived."
He got up and put it in one of the side pouches, "Oh there I go rambling about Hyrule's legends again. I understand that we might have some answers?"
Sonic shook his head as his mind snapped back in reality after hearing Dusk's story. "Yeah! The Babylon Rogues are here with a trunk full of old scrolls and books and when I took a peek, a lot of the scrolls has a seal on them that has the Triforce in their symbols!"
Dusk's ears perked higher at this! "Then let's make haste back to the Workshop! I have quite a bit of work to do."
"Hold up there's more! The last of the Twilight is in an area to the west, the same area where the Rogues found the trunk! I have a feeling more answers are there!"
"Indeed you're right. Remember what Yumi said; when the last shroud of Twilight lifts, the path is revealed!"
Sonic nodded as he grabbed his wrist and sprinted back to the workshop, where there was trouble as Storm and Knuckles were just about to have a brawl. He didn't stop as he dashed between them, stopping the fight, and stopping in front of the trunk where Wave was looking at a journal and holding the note from Sheik that Dusk left behind earlier.
"Oh there you are! Tails showed me this note and the symbols match the stuff inside. Who's your friend?"
"This is my brother Dusk and if anyone can read what's on these scrolls and journals, it's him."
Storm came up and gawked at the Twins, seeing how similar they were before getting backhanded by Knuckles as Dusk took another journal out of the trunk to begin skimming through it.
*By the Goddesses!* he shouted in Hylian and continued to read it more carefully, seeing that the contents of the trunk were once owned by Artemis! He mentioned to the others before gathering a good armful of scrolls, and stopped when he heard some sort of metal drop in the bottom. Sonic picked up what looked like a simple silver pendant almost as big as Knuckles' hand in the shape of an upside-down triangle, like the middle triangle in the symbols.
"Keep that," Dusk said with a look of knowing in his eyes. "I think we discovered another clue."
"If you want," Jet suddenly perked up, "my office inside the ship might give you enough room to start working since it's pretty big."
The Twins suddenly stared at him since he never was this kind, but then noticed the excitement of adventure in his eyes as Dusk thanked him and went inside the cab of the airship to get to work.
(Nighttime in Jet's Office)
Night had already fallen when Dusk was halfway through the contents of Artemis' trunk, yet he didn't notice with being absorbed in his work and all. This half told the story on how he got the Triforce from the Goddesses after his older brother, Ordonis, sacrificed himself to dark creatures in order to save Artemis and the tribe he soon ruled, by hearing the young hedgehog's cry of despair when peace never came not long after he somehow combines his pure spirit with his gift of running faster than the wind to destroy the dark creatures responsible for such a dark deed. It also later on told of the great foresight he earned with his pure spirit, thus calling the piece the Triforce of Spirit, and the simple silver pendant, that actually was made and owned by Ordonis before it was given to Artemis, would become a vessel for it in case something happened.
Wave quietly came in with a mug of tea in each hand for the both of them, though she was still dressed in a pair of light blue pyjama pants with clouds printed on them and a grey t-shirt. Her team mates had already long went to bed so they could prepare for the upcoming trip, but she couldn't sleep at all with Dusk still translating all those scrolls and journals. She figured that she would try to make a good impression to Dusk since he seemed calmer and quieter than Sonic, and way more patient than Jet to boot!
"Still at it huh?" she said and he looked up to see her in the night clothes and saw the stars out the window, suddenly realizing the time.
"Oh is it late already? I was so busy I never noticed."
"I know that feeling!" she commented as she handed him the mug. "It happens a lot to me when I'm working non-stop on some new Extreme Gear designs for the team. Oh, I guess you don't know what that is? It's a special board that makes you almost fly on air while you're racing, even though there are skate and scooter styles as well. Jet, Storm, and I come from an ancient tribe that are experts on the subject."
"I see. And I believe it was once of those races or competitions where you met my brother?"
"Yeah it was. Though Jet didn't appreciate a rival like Sonic and is always trying to beat him at every chance he gets! Anyways, how are the translations coming along?"
"*Very*-er-very good," he slipped up after taking a sip of tea. "Sorry about that, I do have those moments when my Hylian tongue slips. At least the majority of it shows the information that I've been seeking, except on what EXACTLY happened to the Triforce of Spirit."
"And it might be in the journal you're looking at," she replied seeing he was close to the last page."
"Yes I-oh for the love of the Goddesses," he muttered as he turned the page and saw that the last one is missing so he looked throughout the papers on the desk.
"Hold up," Wave said as she put down her mug and looked into the chest and pulled out a single page. "I hope this is it since a lot of my papers tend to slip out of their folders and into the back of my filing cabinet sometimes."
He took the page and his eyes lit up as he read it! "This is it! And according to this, the Triforce is in 16 fragments!"
"Oh wow talk about lucky!"
"But sadly this ends the information on the Triforce for it doesn't show where those fragments are," he added in disappointment.
"Well maybe that last area might show more promise, Dusk! At least we know what happened to it for a start!"
"You might be right Wave," he agreed when he suddenly yawned. "Oh my…I think I'll turn in for the night."
He got up, put the journals in the trunk, grabbed his own papers, and walked towards the door.
"Wait a moment," Wave called out and he turned around. "Jet said he's calling a truce considering the situation so he'll be willing to give you guys a lift to the next area, if it makes it any easier since you don't have Sonic's speed and all."
Dusk only nodded in acceptance while gratitude shone in his eyes before leaving.
(Next morning at the canyon)
The next morning Jet was really honest with the truce and in the airship it took no time at all to reach a western area of canyons only known as Blue Wind Canyon. They decided to land not too far outside the Twilight so it will be easier for the Twins to enter quickly.
Surprisingly, Sheik was waiting for them!
"Hey who's the ninja guy?" Storm asked.
"It's Sheik!" Sonic exclaimed as Dusk went over to talk to him. "He and Dusk go a long ways back. He comes from a tribe known as the Sheikah and from what I was told, they had some strong ties with the Royal Family until some sort of betrayal or something."
Dusk soon returned with a grim look of worry on his face as Sheik disappeared in a Deku Nut flash. "It seemed things have taken a turn for the worse in Hyrule. My fellow Elites are now each under a spell cast by Vaati forcing them into their monstrous forms and is causing chaos in the temples and ruins. Link tried to help Dia Baba again but there's also a barrier blocking the Forest Temple that he or Zelda can't remove."
"SAY WHAT?" Sonic shouted in shock then he regained his confidence. "It looks like we need to pick up the pace! Let's get into that Twilight and help that Light Spirit out!"
Dusk nodded and they both entered in with the flames of determination burning in their hearts.
Author's Notes:
O.K I was working on this on and off and now it's done!
I continued it from the cliffhanger in Ch.5 and I described the Babylon Rogues from the Riders series incase there's new watchers who are not familiar with that series. Plus for tradition of the SEGA games that often include a new hedgehog, I got Amy having her moment of mistaken identity which actually makes SENSE this time like with the Werehog form in Unleashed since Sonic and Dusk look more like each other than Sonic to Shadow (SA2) and Silver (Sonic '06).
I also decided that Sonic's speed would be more of an inherited skill for the sake of the story. As well as I decided to add a Chaos Emerald to the original mark from LoZ because Artemis wanted to honor the Goddesses while he was away from Hyrule.
And we find out Dusk's third outfit at last! I wanted to keep the colour scheme close to his fur with adding the scarf to represent the markings the Twili like Midna have. And also he does have an Ocarina of his own that I call the Nightsong Ocarina and it's of the same type as the Fairy Ocarina and the Ocarina of Time, aka a sweet potato ocarina.
And yes Dusk is a history and legend lover! And I know the part with the last page was pathetic but we can't always have it go missing or get stolen all the time!
Before you guys ask, yes this is a MINOR DuskxWave moment and if I'm making more will be up to me...though I probably might! XD
And the lyrics at the top came from a YT vid I was listening to and I figured it might fit this and other future chapters!
Next chapter: The path to the shards is revealed!
Enjoy and leave comments!
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Lyrics is © Access and their record company