Sonic Thunder

                fanfic by Daniel Wheeler

-Chapter 1-

        A few days after the death of Robotnik, the Freedom Fighters
began reconstruction of Mobotropolis under the leadership of King
Acorn and the support of Princess Sally and Sonic the Hedgehog.  However,
despite the joy in the city, all was not as well as it seemed.  A tiger,
by the name of Syrus Tygroliph, as he left the city, seethed with hatred
toward the king due to the death of his father Trevor.  What he does not
know is that it was not King Acorn who killed Trevor. Rather, it was
Nack the Weasel who was the cause of the tragedy.  The foul weasel
disguised himself as the king to fool any witnesses.  There was also a
greater problem in the Great Forest by the name of Thundros, a thunder
spirit who escaped from his interdimensional prison, undoubtedly as a
result of Robotnik's demise.  He waited in the Great Forest to bend any
great warrior to his will.

        Princess Sally grew concerned with the fact of Syrus leaving
Mobotropolis, because he was one of her father's greatest warriors and
aided Uncle Chuck during times of war.  She was so concerned she sent
Tails, Sonic's apprentice, to follow Syrus out of town and report back
if anything strange happens.  "Aye-aye, Sally!," he said with a salute
as he flew off in search of the misunderstood tigrine.  Tails followed 
Syrus to the edge of the forest southeast of Mobotropolis.  But, to his
suprise, he saw a creature remiscent of a raven-like creature with a
crown and an electric glow.

        "Who are you?," Syrus timidly asked, and the raven replied "I am
the spirit Thundros!"  Then the tiger warrior asked "What do you want
with me?"  Then Thundros explained "I have seen the grief caused by your
father's death in the hands of the king.  I have felt your bitterness as
you left the city.  I know your hatred toward the king, his daughter,
and all who support the royal family."  Then, with a sly grin, he
continued "Give me your loyalty, and not only will you exact your
revenge, but I will see that you are amply rewarded as well!"  Syrus,
kneeling toward the evil spirit, said humbly "I pledge my loyalty to you, 
O Great Thunder Spirit!"

        Upon hearing this, a frightened Tails flies hurriedly back to the
Mobotropolis Palace.  "Oh my gosh!"  Sally gasped, "Syrus?  With that
evil dark spirit?!  This is a catastrophe!"  "How do you know so much about 
Thundros, Aunt Sally?," asked Tails, curious to know.  Sally explained 
"According to an old legends book Julayla showed me when I was young,
Thundros was an evil demon, one of many demons called the Shadows of
Dark Mobius.  When their leader was sent back to his world, some went
into Dark World Mobius with him.  Some were caught in a limbo state
between worlds, like Thundros.  Yet others were caught in sadistic
statues, dark Chaos Emeralds, and other ominous items.  Thundros'
thunder powers could doom Mobotropolis and maybe even all of Mobius!  We
must get Sonic!"

        As Sally and Tails went to Sonic to tell about the situation at
hand, Thundros presented Syrus with the mortal version of the Thunder
Scimitar, which is the weapon all warriors loyal to the vile Thunder
Demon received.  Thundros explained to Syrus "If you succeed in
performing a great task, or if I bring you back to life should you fall,
I will give you the Immortal Thunder Scimitar"  Syrus nods in agreement
and holds the blade out over the forest ground, and out of the ground
emerged glowing armored warriors called Electroknights.  With an army of
Electroknights, Syrus planned an attack on the city... and a way to 
eliminate the king!


-Chapter 2-

        A lookout reports to Antoine about armies of "lightning knights"
storming the city.  "Sacre blue cheese," Antoine exclaimed.  "I must warn 
ze princess, school paste!"  "You mean 'post haste,' Antoine," said the
lookout as he and the disquieted guardsman tell Sally and Sonic about the
oncoming threat.  Sally gasped "Sonic!  Syrus must have summoned up his
own army to attack the city!"  "I hear ya, Sal!," said Sonic as he came
running in.  "We'll get our army together and halt the attack."  "What do 
you mean, 'we'?," questioned Antoine.  Sonic answered "You and me both,
Ant.  Let's get 'em!"

        Before Sonic and Antoine left, the Blue Blur said "We may need 
Dulcy, too--she can get them from above."  As they left to stop the
onslaught, Sally said "Goodbye," and, while looking up, said as if in
the style of a prayer, "May they be safe."

        As the hordes of Electroknights torched some of the buildings
with blowtorches and fire bombs, Dulcy extinguished the blazes with her 
ice powers and countered their fire with some flame of her own.  Antoine
and his squadron decimated four battalions of Electroknights, and while
Sonic's team took on five battalions of the glowing soldiers, the Blue Blur 
himself sent their Alpha Electron war machine (which looked like a
glowing tank with a wolf's face for a battering ram) to the scrap heap.

        But the enemy was not without retaliation, for as soon as Sonic 
demolished the electrified tank, Syrus ambushed him and Antoine with a 
lightning orb.  The resulting injury wasn't serious, but was enough to need
medical attention.  Bunnie, who was recently relieved of her robotic limbs, 
brought the injured duo back to the Palace.  The injuries caused a
major setback to the army's morale, while Syrus pressed forward to the
palace.  Once inside, he was closer to his goal:  The throne room... and
the king!

        Once Sonic and Antoine recovered from the recent ambush, Tails
tells Sonic that Syrus has found the king.  Upon hearing this, Sonic
dashes to where the king was: atop a balcony overlooking the city.  
Unfortunately, Syrus found him too.  He dashes past an unaware hedgehog with
his scimitar ready.  "Sir Tygroliph!  What is the meaning of this?!,"
King Acorn exclaimed.  Syrus replied, "Ah, your majesty.  Perhaps you
thought I'd forget what you did to my father Trevor."
        
        "I tell you, I did nothing to your father!," the king protested
nervously as he gazed at the glowing sword.  The tiger, with an ominous
growl, shouted "You lie!  Now you must either fight or die!"  King
Acorn, unsheathing his sword, said "You leave me no choice!"  Soon, the
fight began.  The dueling pair circled many times on the balcony as the
beat their swords together, but Syrus was the better swordsman, for as
the king was backed against a wall near the door Sonic was standing in,
the enraged tiger swung his sword and knocked the king's sword out of
his hand.

        Sonic, prepared to save the king, dashes to his side.  Just as
Syrus raised his scimitar in preparation to kill the king, Sonic uses a
Spin Dash to knock Syrus against the half-wall("What I call the part of
the balcony you lean on to look downward to the ground below"-Danny).  
Before Syrus could recover from the blow, Sonic used a Strike Dash to knock 
Syrus over the half-wall.  

        As he fell to his doom, Syrus cried out "Thundros, help me!"  Then 
the tiger went splat on the pavement below.  Sonic thought that this
was the end of Syrus.  He was wrong!  Dark clouds, the color of
midnight, rolled in and, to Sonic's suprise, a red-violet lightning bolt
surged downward and struck the body of Syrus.


-Chapter 3-

        The lightning bolt raises the fallen Syrus to life and places him
back upon the balcony.  The tiger then gained the Immortal Thunder
Scimitar.  Afterwards Thundros said to him "Syrus, I give you my
strength.  Finish him off NOW!"  "Yes, my lord," said Syrus with a malicious grin, "I hear... and I obey!"  After saying that, Syrus slashes the
king with a diagonal slash from his right shoulder to his left hip,
killing the kindly monarch.  Sally arrived at the battle scene, but she
was too late-- her father lay upon the balcony floor, slain.  Sally
gasped "Daddy!"  She knelt beside her father and wept "I'm sorry,
Daddy!"  Syrus soon turned to the large, holographic image of Thundros
and said "Now, for your glory, I shall change this city so that it may
be your capital.  From this day on, it shall be rechristened as... 
Thunderopolis!"

        Upon saying that, he raised his sword to the darkened sky.  Once
Thundros teleported the Freedom Fighters out of the city, the city was
changed to a city with a beautiful but ominous neon glow, since the
clouds blocked out the sun and stars.  The palace was turned into a
palace that looked like it was taken out of "Arabian Nights." 
Meanwhile, outside of the city, the Freedom Fighters watched as their
home was once again overtaken by evil.  All of the Freedom Fighters, that 
is, except Sally, who went to be alone to mourn her father, and Sonic,
who found a confession note from Nack, revealing that he was the one who
killed Trevor Tygroliph and not the king.  The part that mentioned
disguising himself revealed the reason for hating the king.

        As Sonic returned to the group, the Ancient Walkers appeared. 
The pterodactyl Ancient Walker was the first to speak.  He said:

                "A lone, dark quest ye must embark
                To free Mobius from a power dark.
                To save Mobius from Thundros' wrath,
                Thou must follow the stars and thine own path."

        An upright pentagram appeared before Sonic and his friends.  Each
of the stars points was marked with a green dot on the tip.  The next
speaker was the bird-masked Ancient Walker.  He intoned:

                "Each of these points is a magical zone
                For each of thee to travel alone.
                In each of these zones is a magical treasure
                Which will destroy Thundros' power beyond measure."

        The pentagram disappeared and, in its place, materialized the
images of five pyramid-shaped Chaos Emeralds.  The blue-masked walker
was the last speaker.  He spoke these words:

                "Seek each of these stones for thy king's sake,
                For these stones will Mobius from darkness wake.
                Each of these stones is an Emerald of Thunder,
                Which, when united, will cut Thundros' power asunder."

        Soon the walkers and their signs vanished, leaving behind near
Sonic's feet a map of the area.  He picked up the map and, once he
learned where the Thunder Emeralds are, called Tails, Antoine, Bunnie,
and Rotor to his side.  Sonic said "Okay, here's the plan.  I'll go to the 
Iceberg Island Zone to get the Blue Thunder Emerald.  Tails, you enter
the Sunset Shrine Zone and snag the Pink Thunder Emerald.  Rotor, enter the 
Electrolyte Desert Zone for the Yellow Thunder Emerald.  Bunnie, you
go get the White Thunder Emerald in the Moonlight Mountain Zone.  And
Antoine--"  Antoine clears his throat with a cough.  Sonic continued,
"Ant, you go to the Vulcan Canyon Zone and procure the Red Thunder
Emerald."  Dulcy finally catches up with the group, since she was
delayed by a few companies of Electroknights.  "Can I help?," asked the
young dragon.

        Sonic said "Well, you could take us to the entrances to these
zones, but after you drop us off, go find Sally and stay with her.  She
needs someone to comfort her."  Dulcy nodded, as if she knew what was
the problem with Sally.  So she did as she was instructed.  As the
dragon returned to comfort the princess, each Freedom Fighter entered a 
zone to find a Thunder Emerald.


-Chapter 4-

        Sonic enters the Iceberg Island Zone-- a frozen island with an
icy mountain in its center.  He dashes across the cerulean shore,
braving the biting arctic winds, and makes his way to the mountain.  His
first troubles came in the forms of Icebats (aptly named- they were frozen 
bat-like creatures), Snowcats (white tigers that appeared out of the
foothills), and Frostserpents (snakes with icy skin, frosty breath, and
a nonpoisonous but painful bite).  

        Sonic melted the monsters with a preheated Sonic Spin and continued 
to the cliffs, where he was ambushed by Ice Trolls (humanioids with
blue skin and ice magic).  But the swift hedgehog hero made a sonic boom
that caused a cave-in and sealed the Ice Trolls in their caves.  After
more Ice Troll attacks, Sonic finally makes it to the peak, where the
Blue Thunder Emerald awaited... but not without a guardian; Sonic's path
was obstructed by an Ice Dragon.

        At first it seemed hopeless to slay the Ice Dragon, but when he
saw the bulging orb in the beast's chest, the hedgehog laughed and said
"Why didn't I think of that before?"  At saying that, Sonic made another
preheated Sonic Spin and slashed the orb in the Ice Dragon's chest, thus
causing the foul creature to melt, and allowing Sonic to escape with the
Blue Thunder Emerald.

        Tails ventured into the Japanesque interior of Sunset Shrine Zone.  
As the light of the setting sun shone through the stained glass
windows, the two-tailed apprentice of Sonic searched through the
lavendar, pink, and fuschia corridors and shafts of the shrine in search
of the Pink Thunder Emerald.  He first met trouble when he was ambushed
by two marble guards.

        But Tails outsmarted the guards by ducking and letting the guards
hit each other with their own spears.  He continued on his way, being
careful around the areas where guards are most likely to appear, until
he found the sanctuary of the Pink Thunder Emerald.  But before he could
get his hands on the pyramid-shaped gem, he needed to get past the Marble
Dragon Idol.

        At first the guardian seemed invincible, but through careful
observation, the young fox notice a weak spot in the middle horn (the
dragon had three horns).  Tails found a spear against the wall of the
sanctuary.  He desperately grabs the spear and hurls it directly at the 
vulnerable spot in the middle horn.  The idol was ready to explode, but
not before Tails grabbed the Pink Thunder Emerald and escaped via a
secret passage in the sanctuary leading out of the shrine.


-Chapter 5-
  
        Rotor wanders into the Electrolyte Desert, a cold desert with a
dry thunderstorm.  He first met danger in the form of a squadron of Ant
Lion Knights.  He hits the toughest-looking one with a good punch, which
caused the rest of the knights to vanish into thin air.  He then realized
that, by defeating the leader, the rest of the Ant Lion Knights would
disappear.

        He used this strategy to fight his way to a cave in one of the
cliffs.  The walrus genius noticed, as he entered, a yellow-tinted glow
deeper inside the cavern.  "A Chaos Emerald?," he thought as he got
closer, only to be ambushed by a trio of giant blackwidow spiders.

        Rotor barely dodged the spiders' bites and smashed them by making
a loose stalactite fall on them.  In the center of the cavern lay the
Yellow Thunder Emerald, but just as he got close, a golden cobra rose up
from behind it.  Fortunately, Rotor found a sword in the hand of a deceased 
warrior's skeleton.  Since the warrior wouldn't need it anymore, Rotor
takes the sword and slashes the serpent in the chest.  After the
confrontation, Rotor takes the Yellow Thunder Emerald and exits the cavern 
before it exploded.

        By the time Rotor got clear, Bunnie just entered the Moonlight
Mountain Zone, a pale white mountain with a whitish-yellow moon and some
stars as the only illumination.  She started climbing the foothills, only
to be ambushed by ten ghostly warriors.  For guards, they were easy to
take down in one round.  "Things could get uglier as I get closer to the
Emerald," Bunnie said to herself as she continued climbing up the mountain.  If only she know how close to the truth she really was, for as soon
as she was about three quarters up the mountain, Bunnie was "greeted" by
five Silver Knights.  They were a little tougher, but each one was taken 
down by a few karate kicks.

        Bunnie then made it to the peak and entered a small cave, where
the White Thunder Emerald lay upon a moderately large pillar.  But as
she learned, the emerald was not unguarded; a white eagle with magical
powers and a nasty disposition attacked the young rabbit.  She tried to
jump kick the albino avian, but the bird shocked her with his electrical
field.  When she recovered from the shock, Bunnie noticed a katana lying
on the east wall of the cave.  Bunnie quickly snatched the katana and
slashed the vile eagle, grounding it... permanentally.  She grabbed the
White Chaos Emerald and exited the cave before it caved in.

        Antoine wanders into the volcanic Vulcan Canyon Zone in search
for the Red Thunder Emerald.  His first problems came from the fiery
serpents known only as the Pyrosnakes.  There was no water in the zone,
so Antoine improvised by using dust to extinguish the fiery snakes. 
After several assaults of Pyrosnakes, and a few fire blasts from the ground, 
Antoine finally made it to the Red Thunder Emerald.  Like the first
four emeralds, this one had a guardian:  A magma monster with fiery
powers and a bad attitude!  Antoine looked around for something to use
to extinguish the monster, and noticed a bottle filled with liquid,
bearing the label "Ice Potion."  "A great find," thought Antoine as he
threw the vial of magic fluid at the flaming beast, solidifying it. 
Antoine used the stone cold beast to get the Red Thunder Emerald and to
get out of the zone.


-Chapter 6-

        Once all of the Thunder Emeralds were gathered, the magic of the
zones transported the Freedom Fighters back to the Great Forest, where
the Ancient Walkers awaited their return.  The blue-masked Walker said
with a smile behind the mask "Very good.  Now we must prepare the
hedgehog for the final battle with the demon Thundros."  Upon saying this, 
a pentagram appeared in front of Sonic.  The pterodactyl Ancient
Walker said to Sonic "Hedgehog of speed and courage, place the Blue Emerald 
on the left arm and step into the center of the pentagram."  Sonic
did so, knowing the Ancient Walkers had a plan.  The same Ancient Walker
then said to Tails "Fox of youth and friendship, place the Pink Emerald
onto the right leg of the star," and to Rotor, "Walrus of wisdom, place
the Yellow Emerald on the pentacle's head."

        After the Pink and Yellow Emeralds have been placed, the
bird-masked Walker said to Bunnie "Rabbit of beauty and love, place the
White Emerald on the left leg of the star," and to Antoine, "Warrior of
justice and loyalty, place the Red Emerald on the star's right arm."  Soon all of the Emeralds were in place.  The blue-masked Ancient Walker
then solemnly spoke this incantation:

                "O Thunder Emeralds, hear our plea,
                Return light to land, sky, and sea.
                Spirits of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire,
                Empower this hedgehog, 'tis our desire!"

        Soon Sonic was turned into a Super Sonic-like warrior surrounded
by lightning sparks.  The blue-masked Ancient Walker said "Thou art now
'Thunder Sonic', and powerful enough to face Thundros."  Then Dulcy,
upset, flies up to Sonic and the Ancient Walkers.  "We may need the power, 
too!," cries Dulcy, "Because Syrus has captured and enslaved Sally!"


-Chapter 7-

        Thunder Sonic raced to Thunderopolis with the energies of the
Thunder Emeralds empowering him to face the enemy.  A "welcoming
committee" of four Electroknights confronted him at the gates.  But the
electrified hedgehog zapped them with his own electricity.  With the
guards out of the way, Sonic blasted through the gates and into
Thunderopolis.  Armies overwhelmed the prickly protagonist, but Thunder
Sonic blazed through them with Thunder Emerald magic and made his way to
the Arabesque palace of Syrus and Thundros.

        As soon as he entered the palace, Sonic dashed to the basement to
find any prisoners to free.  He located a hall with a sign above it that
said "Slave Cells."  He looked in one of the cells and found Sally, in a
long, pearl-gray, sleeveless slave robe.  "Sally," Sonic said to her,
"It's me-- Sonic!  I've come to get you out!"  Sally rejoicefully cried
out "Sonic! I knew you would come!"  Fortunately for Sonic, there were
no guards in the basement at the time, or he would have been caught. 
But then again, Sonic, as Thunder Sonic, could've zapped the guards
anyway.

        "Stand back, Sal!"  Sonic said with a twinkle in his eye.  The
princess did so, and the sparking hedgehog disintegrated the cell door
with a lightning bolt.  Sally hugged Sonic without worry of being
shocked, since the lightning on Thunder Sonic only affected evildoers,
and said "We must hurry, Sonic.  Syrus is about to help Thundros release
his evil master!"


-Chapter 8-

        Sonic and Sally raced to the throne room, just in time to see
Syrus go into the brownish-green door near the throne and followed him up 
the tower stairs.  In a few minutes, the two found themselves in
Thundros' sanctuary, a room that looked like a otherworldly cave with 
glowing rocks on the walls.  In the sanctuary, a portal lay open, obviously
ready to release Thundros' master.  Thundros, noticing Sonic and Sally,
called to the tiger "Syrus!  Kill the hedgehog as you killed the king!" 
Syrus prepared his Thunder Scimitar and said with a sneer "Yes, Thundros!
 To hear is to obey!"  Soon a big fight erupted.

        Sonic countered Syrus' sword with his thunder bolts.  Though
receiving a glancing blow from Syrus, Thunder Sonic eventually struck
the renegade tiger with a Spin Dash.  This blow stunned Syrus and sent the Thunder Scimitar flying straight upward.  Before Syrus could recover
so he could reclaim his weapon, Sonic used a Strike Dash to force the
evil tiger into the portal.

        Thunder Sonic caught the Thunder Scimitar as it came down.  He
needed the magical weapon, too, because Thundros appeared, ready to fight 
the Blue Hero of Mobius.  "Are you ready to rumble?," challenged the thunder 
demon.  Sonic replied "You bet I am!"  Thus the final conflict in
this story began.  Sonic absorbed most of Thundros' spells into the
blade of the Thunder Scimitar.  Though injured by the few spells that did 
not get absorbed, the Thunder Emeralds' magic reduced the injuries to
minor wounds, and, with the Thunder Scimitar fully charged, he threw it
at Thundros, sending him back to his world.

        Soon after the defeat of Thundros, the palace and city were
returned to normal, King Acorn was restored, Antoine returned with a
handcuffed Nack, and the dark clouds cleared, just in time for Sonic and
Sally to watch the sunrise.


                        The End
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