My Secret

Bloodred Sunshine

After Sunky's accident, I've been on my toes the next few days, and Tails and Knuckles weren't exceptions. We were always careful with our words, and cautious of our actions. Everything was going smoothly until Saturday night: Movie night.

The majority vote was horror, and I was in charge of choosing. Blaze wasn't assigned anything to help with, so she decided to help me pick a movie. We settled on Jaws because why not? It's a shark. Cool, right? Once the snacks, blankets, and seats were set up, we started the movie. Everyone seemed to be enjoying it, while Tails took this opportunity to comfort Cream, who was starting to get scared. I felt a hand on mine, which was slightly shivering. I followed it's arm to find that the owner was Blaze. I felt myself blushing slightly when the front door bursted open, making everyone look, and Cream shriek. I paused the movie, and turned to see who opened the door, and who it was scared the shit out of me.

"You..." Tails Doll growled. His gem glowed red. Never good. He floated closer to me, signaling me to stand up to get away.

"Me? What about me?" I asked, genuinely nervous. Tails Doll has massive potential for harm, so even as the cult leader, I tend to stay cautious.

"Stop playing Xenophanes! You deserve one gallon of unpurified drinking blood for making Sunky cry!" Tails Doll snapped.

I didn't say shit. I couldn't. I couldn't move either. All I could do was look at the confused and shocked faces of my friends, as well as the worried looks on Tails and Knuckles.

"Is the great Xeno at a loss for words?" Tails Doll teased.

"No, I'm just pissed off because YOU JUST RUINED ME!!!" I yelled back, startling a few of the bystanders.

Tails Doll looked confused, then understood when he finally looked underneath him.

"I'm gonna have such a fun time with you..." I threatened, making Tails Doll float backwards.

All of a sudden, Shadow stepped in front of me, very scared and upset. "Explain yourself. Now!" Shadow grabbed me, which hurt ever so slightly. I tried not to laugh at his attempt.

"Shadow don't!" Tails tried to help.

"You explain then." Shadow turned to Tails, awaiting a response.

"He'sademonShadow! He'sbeenhidinghisidentityforalongtime!" Tails blurted. Despite speaking fast, everyone caught what he said, leaving them to face me.

"Is this true...?" Rouge questioned.

"I'm afraid so." I sighed.

"Afraid so? Oh please! You enjoy being an exe along with the rest of us!" Tails Doll commented.

"Not- helping-!" I muttered, which only made Tails Doll laugh.

"Exe?" Cream repeated.

I took a long breather, preparing for an explanation.

"Okay, so I am what's called an exe, a special type of demon. The majority of the exes are part of a cult, The Cult of X, in which I happen to be the leader of." I explained.

"Cult of X?" Silver repeated, kind of scared of his own words.

"Guess there's no better way to explain then to show you now." I said plainly. Again, just as with Tails and Knuckles, I went through my regular shifting process to turn into an exe physically.

"And there it is!" Tails Doll announced.

I purposely made the ceiling high enough for my Xenophanes phase, so I could have enough room to walk around as Xenophanes. Everyone looked petrified, including Tails and Knuckles because they only saw phase one. I personally love the crystals.

"I didn't know you have this form as well..." Knuckles spoke slowly.

"You knew about this too?" Amy asked, her voice breaking from still being scared. Knuckles nodded in acknowledgement.

Shadow was scared and pissed, and ran up to attack me. It didn't hurt me, but I was still scared of what will happen, so I stopped him, pushing him back with my hand.

"Shadow please stop hitting me." I spoke. My exe voice re-scared everyone again, except for Tails and Knuckles.

"W-why should I?" Shadow asked hesitantly.

"Because then they'll get notified." Tails Doll answered as I changed back into phase regular.

"Who's they?" Blaze asked.

"The rest of my cult."