User blog:Some Random Skittles/What if...? - Mephiles was a protagonist?

Don't freak out now! It's just an idea of mine... or some weird fandom. No matter how you call it, it's just an idea that I'm having. So yeah, enjoy.

''Ever thought about the shadow that has evolved by taking the shape of Shadow? The mind of a god that has split into two beings? Now forget, what they've told you. And think about this. What if, in the distant past, Mephiles was actually one of the good guys?''

''Let's begin on his origin. Let us think of something entirely different...''

''Mephiles was once a normal Nerohog (black hedgehog). He existed in another dimension, far off from what you know as the universe of Sonic and his friends. This dimension already exists for an unmeasureable time lapse, long before the Sonic Universe was created. The Nerohogs existed, with all kinds of hedgehogs that you know, in the world of Xaos. This planet was the origin of unbelievable power. And it holds the ancient origin of all emeralds. The Prime Emerald. This emerald is different from anything, you ever encountered. It is supposed to be indestructible, as it is said to be a paradox. If you would destroy that emerald, the stability of the entire omniverse would be disturbed, thus leading to a recreation of everything that once existed - a whole reset. The Prime Emerald contains different kinds of Chaos energy. The Chaos of Creation, the Chaos of the Titans, the Chaos of Destruction, and the Chaos of the 4 Legends. ''

''The Titans were considered to be godlike creatures, but also columns to stabilize the omniverse. These Titans all contain a morphable kind of Titan Chaos energy. There is the Genesis Titan, the Excidio Titan, the Tempus Titan and the Spatium Titan. The Chaos of the Titans was used to create the different dimensions, such as the Sol Dimension, or the Chaos Dimension. (a.k.a. Sonic Universe)''

Together, the four Titans resemble the stability of the omniverse by protecting its attributes of creation, destruction, time and space.

''But back to Mephiles. We will cover the Chaos of the 4 Legends later. When Mephiles was born, the Prime Emerald began to shine in its full pride. This was a symbol to determine the birth of a new worthy legend to use the Chaos energy that is being provided from the Prime Emerald. But not only the Prime Emerald began to shine. Another energy emerged from another dimension that co-existed with the Prime Dimension. The Nadir Dimension, which was the counterpart of the Prime Dimension, let its Nadir Emerald shine. The power of the Nadir Emerald contains pure darkness - Anti-Chaos. It has the same effects as the Prime Emerald, when it would be destroyed.''

''This event never occured once again. The next 3 events, when ONLY the Prime Emerald began to shine, the next 3 legends were born. But this took some time, and thus we shall stay with Mephiles. Although, it is worth mentioning that the next legend after Mephiles, was one of his siblings. His younger brother, whom he had to protect for a long time. Not, because someone told him to do so, but because he cared about his brother. They share the same fate. But why did both Emeralds of the Prime and the Nadir Dimension begin to shine when Mephiles was born? Mephiles was the first legend, and the prophecy determines the first legend to be the Prime Guardian. This role will be explained later, as it is an important role. What you should keep in mind for now, is Mephiles' rank as Supreme Legend - the first of the legacy. But there's a problem. Mephiles is not the first son of his parents. The first son is called Tradilux. He became aware of his misfortune, when he became the prince of Xaos. Mephiles and his brother didn't play an important role, yet. Mephiles was still serving his father, the king of their world. He was a kind ruler and showed a huge amount of dignity towards others.''

''But one day, everything changed. When Mephiles was told by Tradilux that he was supposed to deliver a mission to Mephiles, he was sent to the Duo Link, which is a small connection separated by two portals, one being in the Prime Dimension, and the other one remaining locked in the Nadir Dimension. So Mephiles went to the Duo Link and entered the portal. The Link was dark from the inside. Mephiles was supposed to examine the artifact that kept the Duo Link intact. As he touched the artifact, he suddenly felt a small trembling around himself until a powerful pulse threw him away and pulled him to the artifact. That artifact turns out to be a Nadir relic that contains the dark powers of Anti-Chaos. The relic turned into an aura of darkness that surrounded and infiltrated Mephiles' body. He felt a huge burn, as his own body began changing. His skin became crystalline, amorphous shining crystals began surrounding his limbs, and his sclera was flooded by an aggressive glowing red, as his green pupils began glowing aswell.''

Blackout.

''Mephiles regained conciousness after a while. He felt an immense headache, and saw his crystal hand touching his skull. He began to panic, as he ran towards the reflection of a small pool of water. As he saw his new body, he began going crazy. What happened to him, you may ask? His body absorbed the Anti-Chaos of the Nadir Emerald. As this change occured, he began feeling a dark force inside him. He slowly began trying to use it. He quickly moved in a shape of a shadow aura, as if he was jumping from A to B in a quick move. Small teleports, multiple jumps and dashes mid-air. But that's not all. Mephiles could sink himself into the floor and move through the surface in the shape of a shadow. He was scared, but also impressed. He never experienced such powers before. He went through a portal... however, as he arrived on the other side, he saw a dark realm of ruin. He was in the Nadir Dimension. But even worse, the portal that allows travelling through the dimensions is open. He quickly rushed back through the portal to return back to his own dimension, only to find his planet being turned into a battlefield. How long has Mephiles been unconcious? It felt like a few hours. But it was more than a month. The menacing creatures from the other dimension have invaded the Prime dimension. But not only that. As Mephiles returned, a group of mechs made their way towards the new subject. They're called "Hedgedrones", as they serve the royal court. They identify Mephiles as a potential threat and start approaching him to arrest him. Mephiles, confused due to this event, snaps and breaks the robots, one by one. He then rushes down the mountain. He realised that he was slighty hovering above the surface, so he was skating down the mountain to make a huge jump on a cliff. He flies straight into the air, only to fall under the rules of gravity. But suddenly, he felt his body rising back up. His legs were flaming, as if he had thrust engines glued to his legs. He flew towards civilization, only to find the entire city to be barricaded and contaminated. The Nadir monsters sneaked behind Mephiles, but when they were about to attack, Mephiles sensed their presence and fought back. After a battle between him and a bunch of dark invaders, he began to look for his father, the king of Xaos. As he rushed through the kingdom, he found his father, bleeding out on his throne. Alone. He ran over to him as his lip was trembling. His voice breaks down in sadness, as he sobs. He asked what happened, but instead his father told him something else:''

"Listen, my son. You might be wondering what happened. You might be worried about me. But don't be. This is my fate. Leaving the fate of Xaos in the hands of you, Mephiles. It's not too late. You're the Supreme Legend. And also... you're the Prime Guardian. So... follow your duty. And save Xaos... please..."

''With those words, he stopped breathing. It was over. The king has fallen, in the arms of his son. The drones were rushing in, arresting the mistaken offender. Mephiles shouted after his father... but there was no chance to bring him back... he's gone... forever.''

''Remaining in a cell as a prisoner, he comes across the young princess of Xaos. Her name was Raami. She was still young, but her mother has raised her to be a powerful lady, though she still seems to show her warm behavior towards the inhabitants of Xaos. She recognized Mephiles back in his normal shape from seeing him with his older sibling Tradilux, who seemed to have disappeared. She was still a young girl and too shy to speak to him. Now, after a few years, she looked at him and asked who he was. The drones consider him to be an immense threat to the Prime Dimension, as he seems to originate from the Nadir Dimension. She looks him straight into his eyes with a strict face... as he stares into hers, her mind flashed.''

"Check after the others. I will take of him by myself."

''The drones left her alone. She asked for his name. He didn't respond. Stubborn as he is, he won't speak so easily. Maybe he doubts her to believe him. Maybe she has some bad intentions. She began asking him with his name...''

"Mephiles...? Is that... you?"

''He looked up to her face, surprised and slighty worried. He just sighed and looked away. Silence entered the room.''

"Mephiles is gone... now it's just... me... the Dark."

''He smirked sarcastically as he spoke those words. She raised her mouth with disappointment. The drones were still gone, so she still had some time to gather some information. Mephiles looked back over to her.'

"What happened to our highness? The king of Xaos?"

''She couldn't answer. All she knew was that Tradilux was telling her something about him being sick. He needed privacy, so nobody was allowed to talk with the king. If someone tried, the new hedgedrones would have taken action against any foul.''

"Hmph... you don't know either... weird, isn't it? The king suddenly becomes sick... out of nowhere. And our fellow prince who now seems to take his place doesn't tell the second fiddle anything about the conditions. No... he just takes his seat on the throne that was meant to be for him..."

She quickly responded to this harsh argument.

"What are you talking about? Your brother is worried about all the events that have been taking place while you were gone. He even asked for you."

"Yeah... what a great brother..."

''He looked away again, when he suddenly remembered something important. His eyes turned glassy. He became worried.''

"Where is my brother?!"

"I-I don't know where Tradilux-"

"No, the other one! Where is he?!"

''Raami got confused. What was Mephiles talking about? She never saw Mephiles with another brother than Tradilux... but he was right... where IS his young sibling?''

"Listen, Mephiles... or the Dark, or whatever you're calling yourself. I'm trying to get you out of here, alright? You're making me worry about Tradilux.You need to tell me more, but there's no time for talking."

''She opened the cell to get Mephiles out. What she didn't know was the fact that the drones observed the sudden access. They quickly made their way back to the cell to check after the princess. Mephiles was aware of this and roughly grabbed her and skated along the surface with his new abilities of the Nadir relic. When the drones found him, they wanted to bring her back to the kingdom. Mephiles was now a high priority target. But instead of capturing him, they now take lethal action against him. Raami, who is unaware of why they shoot at her and the Nerohog. Plasma bullets fly through the air, as one of the drones aims a missile at them. He shoots it after the couple as Mephiles takes a huge jump to dodge the explosion. Luckily, they manage to escape through a narrow cave.''

''The drones give up, as another one arrives. This hedgedrone is different. It has a vigorous endoskeleton, covered in silver shining armor. He raised his strong metallic voice. The drones kneel before him.''

"The anomaly from the Nadir Dimension managed to escape. He captured the descendant of the royal court."

The big mech lowered his eyes down to the peasant servants.

"You were given an easy opportunity to take down that monster. How could you fail so miserably?"

"He still had the princess with him. If we would have surpassed our bounds, we might have harmed her aswell."

''The big mech growled with slight anger. He approached one of the drones and raised his arm. He then grabbed the drone by its face and ripped its head out.''

"Pathetic machines. Holding back against the main target... for what? The safety of an unimportant living being?"

''He crushed the head of the decapitated robot with his bare hand. He then reports the failure to an unknown source.''

"Percussor Rex, report 71: The anomaly has escaped with the subject, codename: Raami. We lost another drone to the anomaly. Requesting to comb out the area."

The source talked back to the leader, Rex.

"Request declined. Return back to alpha. Let the anomaly take his time. I'll take care of the everything."

"Master Tradilux, this is an emergency situation. Our kingdom would be endangered."

The source replied aggressively:

"You' ve got your orders, Rex. Return back to the HQ and forget about anything else. Let this one be my concern..."

''Tradilux... what do you think he was planning? We'll get to that later.''

''First, Mephiles escapes with Raami to find shelter in the ruins of the canyons. They find an abandoned hut below the rocks. Nobody seemed to be there, so they were hiding inside. They were resting over the night, until a silver-white hedgehog woke them up.''

"Hey... wake up. Who are you?"

''The Dark and the princess rised up to look who woke them up. It was an adult runaway from the city. He couldn't believe his own eyes.''

"By the Titans... the princess... and... the son of the prince... what are you... w-why?"

Mephiles interrupted the old man with a serious expression.

"I don't think, this is any of your concern. Mind your own business."

"I apologize for my fellow friend. He recently had a bad time. Lots of terrible things happened to him..."

''The princess glanced at Mephiles with a burning madness in her eyes. As the silver hedgehog saw deeply into the eyes of the corrupted carrier of the Anti-Chaos, he sat down to talk to him directly.''

"I see. He's been cursed... the darkness is inside him..."

He looks deeper into Mephiles' eyes to get a better picture of his troubles.

"You're carrying a Nadir relic inside you... it sealed the light inside you away. You're one of them."

''Mephiles jumps back and turns into his crystalline form. He raises his fists against the old silver hedgehog.''

"You better take that back, right now... I'm not... one of those... filthy monsters that murdered my father."

"The king's dead?! No... you're... it can't be. You're lying."

''Mephiles snaps and attacks the unknown hedgehog. However, he manages to grab Mephiles' hand to control him. He slowly forces him down to his knees. He knows the darkness that flows through the Dark. How can he control it? We'll cover that later...''

"What?! Let me go...!"

''The Dark struggles, but gives in after a few seconds. Raami is shocked. How can a simple runaway be aware of the Anti-Chaos?''

"You know, the royal court isn't all bright as they say... Raami. You probably don't know, do you? No... you can't, how even? The Xaos projects were kept secret. Only the king had access to the knowledge. Let me explain..."

"Hold on... what projects? Who are you?"

''Raami was confused. What was going on?''

"Rego. Former supreme scientist of the royal court. We've been doing research on the Anti-Chaos from the other side... We've tested the effects on captured test-subjects from the Nadir Dimension."

Mephiles' eyes were rising up.

"You let the creatures into our realm?"

"Not quite... our drones invaded them. They were supposed to examine every aspect of the Nadir Dimension. The power that it keeps, the monsters that live in it... until one day... they were repurposed for no reason."

"I think I know who did that."

''Mephiles smirks again. He clenches his fist in rage. The princess interrupts the two.''

"But what do they need that knowledge for?"

"Promise me not to tell anyone... alright...? Get this. If you combine the Anti-Chaos with the Chaos energy of any Titan... then you're able to control the power of that Titan. For example... if you combine your darkness with the Chaos of Destruction... you would be able to devastate anything you'd like. This is why the Nadir creatures are invading the Prime Dimension. They want to use the Titans for their own purposes. The Prime Chaos energy corresponds to its counterpart, the Anti-Chaos. That's why they would succeed. And that's why wanted to reach. The control over the Titans. But we would never have abused it."

TO BE CONTINUED...