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L Dragon Dec 26 2012, 04:24 PM
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 Thanks guys, here be the next installment!! x3

Chapter 3: Found Lost

"Hey, hey! Look at that castle!" Sonic shouts, waving over Rabid and Pianta. The two humans casually joined Sonic, something the blue blur wasn't use to doing, slowing down and actually walking. Once the trio reached the top of the hill they marveled at a beautiful castle. Rabid recognized the symbols on the castle, tilting his head a bit as he spoke.

"I guess we're in Soleanna now..." He informs them to which the hedgehog placed his hand to his chin to think for a moment.

"Huh... Sounds familiar... Have I been here before?"

"Of course you have... We all have at one point." Pianta interjected as she crossed her arms and looked at the castle a bit more, trying to find a way to get in. Why were they trying to get in was beyond her. It just seemed like something was drawing her, drawing them, to the castle.

"The entrance is over there... Be cautious though, I'm not sure if we'll get a warm welcome here." Sonic smirked at Rabid's comment. He gave them a thumbs up and winked as he spoke.

"No worries! I'll go take a look first and see what we're up against." As Rabid went to motion against this plan, a metal-like knight dropped down in front of Sonic. The hedgehog was about to take off when he suddenly leaped back and got into his fighting stance. Suddenly more metal knights dropped down and surrounded the trio as they unsheathed their swords. Rabid swung his rifle in front of him while Sonic smirked with excitement. Pianta on the other hand paused for a moment, as if she was trying to read their thoughts... Nothing, she got nothing from these knights, which drew much concern.

"They're not human, but robots... Either that, or they're the walking dead..." With that said, Pianta charged a purple and pink sphere in her hand, which suddenly formed into a sword. The blade was thick, wide as well. It had several symbols on it, and no hilt as it floated just above her knuckles. The metal knights seemed to react when Pianta drew her weapon. They sheathed their own swords and bowed on one knee. The trio were shocked at this.

"Thats it..." A voice spoke from behind one of the robots. It was a young girl with red short hair, clad in tightly fitted red and white armor, with a bit of yellow mixed along the trimming.

"Elise!?" Sonic spoke up, taking a step towards her as to confirm what his eyes were seeing. The other two humans looked at the hedgehog, having the same thought as each, which was a question they themselves couldn't understand. How did the hedgehog know who Elise was? According to the events of the blue blur, he shouldn't know who this girl is at all.

"How... Do you know my name-"

"He can answer that later. We need to speak with the ruler of your castle." Pianta interrupted. Elise dropped her head slowly as she slightly turned away.

"You can't... They're dead... The Knights of the Round Table killed them for betraying their kingdom... They couldn't understand that they were never from that kingdom. They just wanted someone to blame, someone to kill in order to satisfy their blood lust." Her eyes were filled with rage, anger, and sadness. However, her fury overwhelmed her sorrow and pity. The other two seemed confused by her words. Even Sonic was at a lost for words.

"I'm not sure I, or rather we, understand what you're talking about. Who was the king of this castle?" Rabid asked with his eye brow raised. There was a long uncomfortable paused before Elise decided to speak.

"It was King Arthur... He was a noble and great man with a wife and two children. They were great friends of mine, family even... He married a vixen to make piece between another kingdom, merging the two kingdoms to become Soleanna. His son vanished one night, and his daughter ran away several days later."

"Please, if you can... What are the names of the two kids..." Pianta asked rather quickly. Once again she took a bit of time to reply, swallowing deeply to hold back her tears.

"His son was Taylor, and his daughter was Kamula." Rabid's eyes widen as his heart pound loudly within his chest. His body felt completely cold as he started to shiver ever so slightly. Pianta only stared upon Rabid, wide eyed and very much confused by her answer.

"But... I'm Taylor... I mean, I'm not Taylor... I'm-"

"You are you but you're not me so who are you if you're not he!" Rabid winced in pain as a voice in his ear piece screamed into his head. He quickly took the ear piece out and looked at it, trying to keep it steady in his shaky hand.

"Taylor...?" Elise called to him, to which Rabid lifted his head to her in a slight panic.

"You are Taylor... You're King Arthur's son." She tells him, causing Rabid to take a step back for a moment as he lightly shook his head no.

"I... I can't be... I know who I am, and I'm not my own character... I have to be me... But, who exactly am I?." He thought to himself, trying to convince himself that he was in fact himself. The question was, who was he?

"Rabid... Just go with it for now. We'll square this away later-"

"Are... You his wife?"

"What!?" Pianta quickly snapped, causing Elise to flinch back a bit as she stared into Pianta's rage filled eyes. She was afraid to even open her mouth to speak, but she swallowed her fear and spoke anyways.

"I-It was said that should the son of Arthur return, he would return with a wife, who wields the lost weapon of the kingdom that use to be... Soul Calibur... Your sword... That is the ancient sword of the kingdom that use to be..." She tells them, to which Pianta squinted her eyes as she finished speaking. Finally Pianta shrugged her shoulders as she closed her eyes dismissively.

"I can deal with that... But I'm not hitched with Rabid, we clear?" She states, to which the young girl slowly nods her head, still a bit frighten as she eased her tensed body a bit.

"Well! Looks like we're all reunited. Lets go for some lunch!" Sonic states, killing the mood and tension that was present. At least, that was his goal until Elise looked at him with a bit of worry.

"Is he your friend? The Knights of the Round Table are looking for him. They seek to end his life." Pianta looked towards Rabid, expecting him to ask a question or two like he would normally do. However, it seemed the guy was still battling the madness in his own mind. Rolling her eyes and sighing, she asked the obvious question.

"Who are the knights of the round table...? Actually, who is the ruler of our rivaling kingdom-"

"Kammy..." Rabid interrupt, his eyes filled with solid anger, nothing more and nothing less.

"She was patrolling the other side of the Library when I stumbled into this place... Now, it seems like this place is consuming everything since someone let it out of it's cage... Hopefully it will be contained within the walls of the Library." Pianta smirked a bit, seeing Rabid have his wits about him was a good thing, less work she needed to do.

"And for the record, I'm not King Arthur's son, and Kammy is not my sister... I am Rabid, so address me as such." He ordered as he sternly looked upon Elise. She simply nods her head to confirm as she kept her slightly frighten eyes upon Rabid. That was until an arrow dropped from the sky like a lighting-bolt, missing Sonic completely as he was too fast and dodged it just in time.

"Whoa-ho! Looks like the party just started!" He states, pointing off into the distance. Kamelot's arm was in the horizon, moving towards them at a steady pace.

"No!!" Elise shouts, taking several steps forward to get a better view.

"We can hit them hard once we get inside the walls of the castle." Rabid suggested, but he was quickly turned down as Elise shook her head frantically.

"No! They're not coming towards our kingdom! They're heading for the tower! Its between the two kingdoms, separating the two kingdoms while protecting us from each other! However, that only implies if the tower is still there!"

"What the HELL are you talking about, lady!" Pianta interrupts, trying to make her get to the point.

"Excalibur!! The tower holds the mighty power of Excalibur! Whoever holds Excalibur within their hands will give great strength to either side, forcing the tower to fall! But only those with the strength of it's sibling swords can be able to wield Excalibur's turn power!"

"Sibling swords? You mean Pianta's sword, Soul Calibur." Rabid comments, to which Elise shakes her head yes as she turns around.

"Excalibur has two siblings though. Soul Calibur and Edge Calibur, also known as Soul Edge. Kamelot must of found someone who wields Edge Calibur. We must hurry to the tower!"

"Alright! I'm on my way-"

"Hold it, Sonic... I have a better idea. I think I know where this story is going. Elise, gather your army... We're going to have ourselves a war." Rabid tells them, narrowing his eyes upon Kamelot's army. He turned to his left and spots the massive tower she had mentioned.

"Rabid... You do realize what this means, right...? We're going to be fighting against Kammy..." Pianta tells him, joining his side as she looked at the tower as well.

"I know... This whole situation is madness... But we have no other choice... We fight for our sanity... For ours, and theirs..." He tells her, formulating his plan in his head to make sure everything would go smoothly. Pianta nods her head, and with a final look at Kamelot's army, the both of them join Sonic and Elise, along with the metal knights, and head off to the castle.

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Before the march to Excalibur Tower...

"Heh! Tough guy, huh? Think you can take on the Knights of the Round Table?" A green hawk taunted, joining the black hedgehog's side that Fenroar was about the fight. Kammy just looked at everyone, smiling nervously as she didn't know if they were going to fight or not.

"Kamelot... Permission to strike down this-"

"Denied!" Kammy replied cheerfully, cutting off the black hedgehog from finishing his sentence. He looked upon Kammy when she replied, glaring through his knight-like helmet as she continued to smile warmly, carefree. Fenroar kept his focus on the black hedgehog, to which he gripped his hilt even tighter when Kammy told him not to attack.

"Its alright... I promise I wont kill him..." The black hedgehog quickly unsheathed his sword and dropped into his fighting stance.

"What did you say..." The hedgehog comments, ready to strike should the human repeat his statement. Fenroar slowly and calmly unsheathed his sword, taking his stance as he did so. His eyes fixed on his foe as he brought his sword up and pointed it towards the hedgehog. It was at this point that the hedgehog and the hawk took a step back, frightened it would seem. Fenroar was a bit shocked at their reaction. He couldn't understand what frighten them.

"Huh... You guys suuuure know how to end a fight... Some protectors you are." Kammy states, a bit disappointed that they backed down. The two of them looked at Kammy for a moment, wondering if she had forgotten about the myth.

"My lord..." Another voice interjected. A silver hedgehog walked to Kammy's side, mounted on a horse.

"That weapon he holds... It is the sibling sword of Excalibur... Edge Calibur..." He explains, to which Kammy's expression didn't change at first. And then, a twisted and evil-like smile crept from cheek to cheek.

"Ooooooh... So HE is the Soul Edge wielder... Hmmmm..." She comments, smiling a evil grin as she batted her eyes at Fenroar.

"Know what this means, Fenroar my dear?" She asked, to which the human only stared at her with a bit of fright in his eyes. He has never seen Kammy act like this before. It was creeping him out.

"Um... no-"

"It means we're gonna get married and have lots of babies!!" She shouts, leaping for joy and cheering loudly. She lands in front of Fenroar and nearly tackles him with a powerful hug, squeezing the life out of him.

"Yaaaaaay!! Aren't you happy Fenny!" She shouts, causing him to wince in more pain from her shouting in his ear. After struggling for a few moments to peel her off of him, he sighs as she smiles at him with the biggest smile she could ever display.

"I think she's infected with this madness thing you mentioned." Fenroared commented, joking of course, as he had no idea what the hedgehog was talking about before hand.

"Doubtful... The Madness is not what you think it is... Its a energy source, not a mental issue... It corrupts the soul and eats away at your very being... You don't notice it until you start to feel it crawling within you. Even then you wont lose it, not until the very last moment when your last few breaths are near. It is then that you deify all manner of sanity, and evaporate into nothingness..." The silver hedgehog explains. Fenroar only raised his eye brow a bit, still not understanding a word he just staid. It sounded like someone made it up to strike fear into others. He simply shrugged it off as he looked back at Kammy, who was still beaming her pretty smile at him and wagging her tail gently behind her.

"I don't believe my Lord has introduced us... I am Sir Galahad. The black hedgehog is Sir Lancelot, and the hawk is Sir Lamorak... And you are?"

"Fenroar... Sir, Fenroar... I guess..." He tells them, not really sure why he put the 'sir' before his name. Either way, it sounded good to him.

"My lord, what are your orders-"

"We go to war!! That blue hedgehog must be destroyed!" Kammy shouts, raising her fist to the air as she shouted a quick battler cry, to which her army did the same.

"Wait... Blue hedgehog? Do you mean Sonic?" Fenroar asked, wondering if they were talking about the same person. From the looks of it, who else could they be thinking of?

"Sonic... So that is the name of the Calamity Trigger..." Sir Galahad comments, to which Fenroar tilted his head in confusion.

"Calamity Trigger?"

"Yes, the Calamity Trigger. The one responsible for the death of our previous lord, and the one who unleashed a terrible curse upon this land... Sednams-"

"Enough talk! To war we go!" Kammy shouts with excitement. She races over to her horse and leaps on it, raising her queen's staff in the air she motioned it forward to start their march. Sir Galahad quickly rushed and got Fenroar and horse while Lancelot and Lamorak took their position. Once he got onto the horse Fenroar caught up to Kammy and voiced his thoughts on attacking a castle.

"Is it really wise to attack a castle? I know first hand that sending a small group and sneaking in is the best way to take down a castle..." He paused for a moment. Where did this idea come from? He himself has never done this. His character however, his current persona, has though. He started to think why he believed this was so real to him. He could remember every detail about this event, even though its not his own. Or perhaps it was. He was about to go down a long train of thoughts, but luckily Kammy snapped him out of it.

"We're not going to their castle. We're going to Excalibur's Tower... Only those who can posses the power of either sword, Soul Calibur or Edge Calibur, can harness the true power of Excalibur... You have the power of Edge Calibur... And you're going to help me stop this calamity from happening... Oh, and that wasn't a request." Her eyes were stern, filled with determination and power, it frightened Fenroar. What frightened him even more, was telling her that Sonic was last seen with Rabid and Pianta. And the most fearful thought of all, was that Kammy wouldn't care. He seen this look on her face before, and the result wasn't good.

"Don't worry... Rabid and Pianta wont be harmed... That is why you're here, to make sure of that." She tells him, to which he smiles at her comment, and smiles even more upon seeing her smirk and wink at him. Even so, he didn't like the thought of going against the other two. He had a feeling things were about to get worse... Much worse...
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