Sonic Dimensions (ON HIATUS)

Chapter 5

Terra. The ruler of the Babylon Kingdom, was looking right at him. He felt... intimidated by this small creature. They began to sign, Jet translating what they said just in case Sonic didn't understand.

"Do you know about the break?"
"Um... the break?" they were talking about the rift, but they put it in a way which he just didn't get. Terra huffed through their nostrils and signed again.
"The orange thing that brought you here."
"Ooooh that!" he crossed his arms, "Yeah I have no idea. All I know is that some guy got the chaos emeralds, told me that he was 'your doom' and sent me here through that rift thing."

The birds began to mutter in amongst themselves before Terra silenced them with a loud coo. They all looked back up at it.
'You hail from Mobius?' Jet realised that he was supposed to translate.
"Sorry, you hail from Mobius?"
"Mhm?" Sonic responded. Terra looked at Jet, and Jet looked at Storm, and Storm at Wave. The pigeon removed their crown, taking each emerald from their slot. It held them in its hands and looked at Sonic.

"These are our emeralds," Storm began to speak, "They are called the Camelon Emeralds. The one who wields them is able to access immense power, one only seen in myths."
"Terra is the only one in this kingdom," Wave continued, "that can access and use these emeralds. Each ruler of this kingdom are the only beings with permission to use them."
"In other hands they will be used for personal gain," Jet picked up from Wave, "in a ruler's hand they will be used for the benefit of the kingdom and all surrounding lands."

Terra handed each rogue an emerald corresponding to their colours. Wave, the purple emerald. Storm, the white emerald. Jet, the green emerald. It cooed, calling to Sonic. Sonic slowly stood and approached. Terra handed him the deeper blue emerald and smiled.
"They do this with people they trust," Jet told him, "It wants you to help us."

Sonic looked down at the emerald. This bird was supposed to be a stern ruler, yet they had just done something so... adorable! He couldn't help but smile wide and look back up at Terra.
"Help with what—"

CRASH! Lancelot broke in through a window, followed by an echidna in bronze armour and a cat in silver armour.
"UNHAND MY KING THIS INSTANT, SIR LAMORAK!" Lancelot yelled, aiming their sword towards Jet. Jet looked around in panic as Storm and Wave went to protect him. But Sonic yelled out.

"Don't hurt him!" Lancelot paused. "They need my help!" The armoured hedgehog stood in silence and looked at Sonic. They slowly lowered their sword. The cat and the echidna lowered their weapons respectfully. Jet sighed in relief as Terra began to sign again. He translated.
"If this person used the Chaos Emeralds for their power already, who knows what they'll do with other emeralds from other dimensions?" Sonic looked at Terra, then down at the emerald in his hands. Other emeralds... he nodded, already knowing what he had to do.
"I'm in."

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"I know that you're all for finding this flame," Infinite was speaking while Mephiles stared at a nearby rift, "but I'm not sure if you can keep hopping through these things in order to find it. You may just end up further away."
"You said you'd help me get what I desire." Mephiles reminded him, turning to face him, "This is what I desire."

"Yes, but, Mephy..." the jackal approached him and touched a hand to his chin, tilting his head up so that their eyes met, "who knows if this flame even exists anymore? Or if we can even reach it in this chaos." Mephiles' face became hot again, and he furrowed his eyes. He took Infinite's hand away from his chin and just held it. He held it and felt how warm it was. Warmth... he had never felt it before, not until he found Infinite. It was a strange, new sensation, on top of the already growing one in his body. The jackal looked at his hand, silent. His eye seemed to soften its gaze.

"I have a strong feeling that it does, Infinite," Mephiles responded, his voice softer in tone, "I feel... confident... in your presence."
"And I do too." Infinite spoke in the same tone, though a little quieter. He tightened his grip on the hedgehog's hand and looked at him. Mephiles looked back at him. They stood in silence, comfortable just being with each other. Then Infinite raised his free hand to his mask, and took it off. He had a large scar across where his right eye would be, the whole thing scratched out. He still had his yellow left eye, but the sclera was white. It really was the mask that made it look like that. It interested Mephiles, and made him step in closer.

"You interest me..." he muttered.
"And you entice me..." the jackal responded as quietly. He then leaned in closer to the hedgehog of darkness...
...And pressed a soft kiss against his muzzle.

Mephiles had no idea what this was. It felt nice, but made that feeling in him grow even worse than ever. He didn't know what to do, he didn't know how to react. But Infinite put the arm that held the mask around Mephiles' waist, pulling him in closer. He supposed that he was just supposed to... go with it. Go with how he felt... So he shut his eyes, and allowed his free hand to rise to Infinite's face, cupping his cheek gently.

Eventually they parted, the jackal whispering against Mephiles' muzzle.
"We can have more than one desire... you know that, right...?"
"I don't know anything..." Mephiles muttered.
"Then we can learn together..." Mephiles nodded in response to this, and pulled the other in for another kiss.

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Sonic had to spend the rest of the night at the Babylon Kingdom, staying in a spare bedroom. He sat on the bed and looked at Lancelot, who was standing by the door. The blue hedgehog smiled and gestured for them to come over, which they did, standing in front of him.
"You can sit down if you need to," he told them, "you seem tired." Lancelot nodded and sat down next to Sonic, though remaining silent for a bit. They spoke.

"You made an alliance that King Arthur would not even consider, and you did it so easily." Sonic chuckled.
"Well I'm no King Arthur." They looked at each other, then Sonic spoke again. "Why did you call me your king if I'm not Arthur? Was it a slip of the tongue?"
"No." He furrowed his eyes at the response.
"Then, why?"
"Because you're my king."
"I'm not though-" Lancelot interrupted by turning to him and speaking, somewhat desperately.
"You know what I mean."

Sonic stared at them, something in him... blooming. Lancelot turned away, ashamed, and fell silent. But Sonic's face just flushed up in wonder. If this is how he felt about Lancelot... was he in love with Shadow too? He went to hold their hand, but they moved it away.
"Still not one for contact...?" Lancelot didn't respond. Instead they hesitated before taking Sonic's hand themselves, squeezing it tight. They both sat hand in hand, waiting for the other to speak. That task eventually fell to Lancelot.

"For as long as King Arthur is gone..." they spoke quietly, "you shall be my king. I shall protect you, even if it means my own death. It is a knight's honour."
"Don't let yourself die..." Sonic muttered. The knight nodded. The blue hedgehog began to grow tired, his eyes eventually shutting and his body slowly lowering onto Lancelot's side. Their face grew red underneath their helmet, and they wanted to move. However their new master had chosen them to sleep on, so they could not move. They would be there for him. Always.