Emerald of Darkness

[Azier the Swordsman]

(Only the Prologue and Chapter One will be posted here. If you want to read the rest, you'll have to keep up with my updates on Fanfiction.net)



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Dawn of the Third Age – Mobian Year 2135 (Period of the Ancients)
The planet was dying. The resources of the planet had been used almost to oblivion. The wind ceased, the seas stopped, and the water became stagnant. The ozone layer was destroyed, causing the Earth to heat into an unnatural temperature. The elements were thrown completely out of balance.

In order to preserve the planet, the ancient Mobians and the human race formed an alliance to resolve the problem. The Ancients, having great scientific knowledge and technological prowess used their skills to create a solution to the problem: The Seven Chaos Emeralds. These special gems contained massive power, the kind of power to restore and hold the forces of the world in balance. They were also made indestructible. The Emeralds were created to be in balance with the natural forces of the Earth, and to preserve it for future generations. Seven Emeralds were made, One for each specific force of the Earth, along with a Master Emerald, to keep in balance the seven Emeralds along with the natural forces of the world. The power of the Master Emerald was so great that it caused the entire area of ground it rested on to ascend to the sky. This landform became known as the Floating Island. The Emeralds were kept with the Master Emerald in a shrine on the Floating Island known as the Temple of Chaos.

The solution had seemed perfect. However, the Emeralds contained two flaws: For one, their power could be harnessed by one who had the skills to do so, and not necessarily for good. Two, the Emeralds are, in theory, indestructible, but if one, just one, were to ever so much as crack open, the results would be catastrophic, and could result in annihilation of the planet. Because of the power of the Emeralds, many evil men attempted to gain control of the Emeralds for their own evil purposes. War erupted over control of the Emeralds, and the Mobian and Human councils once again allied themselves to find a solution. The solution they devised was to create a ‘guardian’, that would guard the Emeralds day and Night, one that was immortal. The result was the creation of the liquefied creature known as Chaos. Chaos, created by the Ancients, was meant as a guardian to annihilate any evil doers who dared to attempt to misuse the power of the Emeralds. (Chaos himself resided in the Master Emerald)

The Echidna race of Mobians (One of the most highly technologically advanced races of that time who also were responsible for the creation of the liquid monster Chaos) were given the task as the guardians of the shrine. The war over the Emeralds ceased to exist. But the heart of men is dark and cunning. Evil will not rest until its innate desire to conquer and destroy is fulfilled. The new evil that was soon to arise in the world was a man known as Eliazar.

Eliazar was a very evil man, who loved to see destruction, terror and death. His immense evil was so great he became an outcast from the world of Men. He desperately longed to have the emeralds in his grasp, not only for revenge on those who shunned him, but to allow his evil desires to come to fruition. Being a very sharp thinker and a cunning strategist, he knew that if he couldn’t get ahold of the emeralds, he would have to opt for the next best thing: create one. Now, back then, record keeping was very efficient. Every minor detail and change throughout history, every scientific achievement by the Mobians, minor or not, was written (detailed) and archived in a huge library known as The Library of Constanopolis. (Also considered a wonder of the world in its time). Eliazar used his great knowledge to become a scholar at the Library (he was not an outcast among the Mobians as he was the world of Men since his evil deeds were then unknown by the Mobians) and gained the trust of those around him. He waited for the perfect opportunity.... one dark night, he broke into the Sacred Archives (where the blueprints for the Emeralds were sealed away) and took the manuscripts. He used their knowledge to forge an eighth Emerald, containing the most horrible power of them all: the power of Darkness.

With his newfound power, he began to lay waste to the planet, specifically setting out to accomplish his two main goals, the destruction of the world of Men (who had shunned him) and the control of the Master Emerald. The Great War had begun, with every nation literally rising up to battle against him. The Emerald contained the power to control any being whose heart possessed great darkness, and it was through this that Eliazar created his dark army. The power of Emerald was great, it seemed no one could stand up to this immense power. The Human and Mobian councils met a third time to arrive at a conclusion for this latest threat. They decided that the power of the Eighth Emerald was too strong, the only thing that could be done was to seal it away.... into another dimension.

Thus, six more stones were created, the six Time Stones. The Time Stones gave the power to control the very fabric of Time and Space. (A very difficult achievement to accomplish even with their high level of science and advanced technology). Eliazar had set his sights on the Master Emerald, and it was on the Floating Island that the last stand was made. Eliazar was confident in his victory, but it would never happen. Using the power of the Time Stones, the Ancients sealed Eliazar and the evil Emerald into another dimension, and sealed it off forever. The councils decided it was far to dangerous to allow the Emeralds to exist in our world, so, with the Time Stones, they created two more dimensions, (One located on South Island and the second on West Island) and sealed the Emeralds in them forever. (The Master Emerald was left in our world along with its guardian, the monster Chaos, so that the Emeralds would have their continued effect on this world; it is still guarded by the descendents of the Echidna tribe today.) The Time Stones, with their extremely dangerous powers, was given to a division of the Echidna Tribe, who created a fourth dimension and sealed themselves and the Time Stones in the dimension. (Because of the manner with which the Time Stones were created, they must return to our world once a year to sow their ‘Seeds of Time’ to keep the Space/Time Continuum in balance.) They created a mass of land in this dimension known as the ‘Little Planet’, which can be seen every year at Never Lake, (The point where the dimension was created) where it arrives to sow its Seeds of Time. The world was at last at peace, civilization flourished, and the nations prospered. The Emeralds were sealed away, never again to be used for evil.

-Excerpt from an ancient Mobian manuscript. Date of time written unknown. Presumably around the Middle of the Fourth Age.

Next: Chapter One - Evil Unleashed

[Azier the Swordsman]

Emerald of Darkness

Part One: Evil Unleashed

Chapter One: Dreams and Premonitions

Author’s Notes: This story takes place directly after Sonic Adventure 2. The character Eliazar is owned by me.

Shadow ran. He had no idea where he was going, nor even where on Earth he was for that matter. Heck, he even doubted that he even WAS on Earth anymore. He breathed heavily, taking in big gasps of air as he ran. His legs felt like rubber bands that were about to snap any moment. Fatigue was rapidly overtaking him. But he wouldn’t let up, wouldn’t slow down his pace, wouldn’t keep running. He ran through valleys of darkness, thick darkness all around, to the point where it was even suffocating. Surrounding him, tall dark cliffs lined up against the open field he ran through. Not a ray of light shone through the dark clouds above, heck, this place probably DIDN’T have any natural source of light.

Shadow couldn’t remember how he had got here in the first place, he remembered falling from the space colony ARK, and after that, he’d blacked out. And woke to find himself here. He couldn’t remember much else of what had happened, he wasn’t even sure WHY he had been falling from the ARK in the first place. His own identity, save for his name, was also a mystery to him. He had no idea what to even make of this place, a place that was dark, cold and ominous. Was this hell? Shadow wouldn’t have been surprised if it was. While not having a complete memory, he could faintly recall the havoc and destruction he had caused on Earth. Just what did he expect after all the chaos he had caused on Earth? A heavenly reward, complete with angels, trumpets, streets of gold, and everlasting paradise? Yeah, right. Besides, Shadow still wasn’t sure that this really WAS hell, or if he even believed in hell. This place didn’t exactly seem to be a ‘Lake of Fire’, nor a place worthy of being called a place of Eternal Torment. This place was just bizzare.

Another oddity, Shadow noted, was that no matter how far or long he seemed to run, the path seemed to be endless, as a matter of fact, it was almost like he had made no progress at all, despite running nonstop for what in Earth time might have been days. There was, however, no day or night here. No way of telling time. Shadow doubted time even was a factor here. Shadow had no idea why he persisted running. He felt afraid, as if something were coming after him in full pursuit, something terrible, and the only way to escape it’s clutches was to keep running. He felt fear. Terrible fear. As if he was trying to escape from something so immensely evil, it’s presence could be felt everywhere. This emotion of fear was completely odd to Shadow, as he was sure he had seldom felt it before in the other life. For some reason, he wasn’t sure he had had ANY emotions in the other life. He shook his head. If only he could remember better. The only thing he could do was keep running….

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Sonic T. Hedgehog woke up at about several hours past midnight with a gasp, sitting straight up instantly. Everything in the room was in a haze to him as he struggled to catch his breath. At this point, he wasn’t sure whether he was awake or still dreaming. Probably somewhere in between both. After he began to slowly come to, he started sobbing uncontrollably. The tears flowed freely down his cheeks like a river, the previous events of his nightmare so intense, he couldn’t control himself. He heaved for breaths of air as he sobbed uncontrollably. After a couple of minutes, his breathing slowed, he regained his composure, and realized for sure where he was.

He was in his room at Tails’ workshop in the Mystic Ruins. As he began to calm down he began to remember details from this latest nightmare. It was at the Space Colony ARK, the battle versus the Biolizard. He was fighting alongside Shadow in attempt to keep the creature from completing its crash course to Earth. However, the beast proved to be too powerful, Sonic couldn’t seem to get a hit in no matter how hard he tried. “Sonic,â€

[Azier the Swordsman]

Having finally given up after running God-knows how many miles, Shadow finally collapsed onto the ground, completely physically exhausted. He couldn’t think straight anymore, couldn’t move, could barely seem to breath. The thick darkness felt as if it were actually getting thicker, it was just suffocating as it was ominous. “Given up yet?â€

[Keckhs]

You know, I've been reading your story on fanfiction.net and was surprised to find that you were the writer! You have great talant and I'll be sure to keep up with this story^^

[Azier the Swordsman]

I haven't written any more lately... I've been quite busy. I'll try to start on another chapter tommorow.