Forbidden: Chapter 10

Chapter 10

"Shush! Don't speak to loudly! Shadow might here you!" Rouge tried to hush the now startled hedgehog. Though-his words were truth, in her gloved hands sat the gleaming and somewhat gorgeous sword of King Arthur. She felt somewhat bad about "stealing" it, but she needed to know something before Sonic left…just one.

Meanwhile, Shadow was still staring at his yard, inner turmoil inside his body preventing him from even moving. Why had he told Sonic, a person he had just met, everything? Well…not really 'everything', but almost everything! He silently cursed himself. Sonic could've gone his whole life without ever knowing anything about him. Shadow sighed, knowing this was all his own fault. It was like digging your own hole to die in-and now he was facing the consequences. He didn't even know for sure if Sonic was Arthur! Even though everything said it was his kings' reincarnation….Shadow couldn't allow himself to believe it…he just….couldn't…

As Shadow was deep in thought-other, probably more important, things were going on outside. Sonic, who was confused and possibly scared at the fact Rouge was holding King Arthur's sword, and right in front of him, might I add! At first, he was panicked-what was he to do?-and then that stupid headache from before returned.

Rouge knew that if Shadow discovered she had taken his Kings' sword out of-no, if Shadow found out she had even touched the sword-she was as good as dead. "Please, Sonic, I need to know…please take the sword…" Rouge had never begged for anything in her life-okay, maybe that was a lie. She had begged Shadow to buy her the occasional gem, or something else that caught her fancy, but still!

"I-If I take the sword….w-will you leave me alone?" Sonic asked, just wanting to run away from the…deranged-seems like the perfect word, no?-bat girl.

As Rouge nodded eagerly, extending her arms, trying to shove the sword into Sonics' hands-Sonic tenderly took the sword.

For about a second, nothing happened-and Sonic didn't know why Rouge was staring at him….and then….light started to come from the sword, and in shook in Sonics' grasp. It started pulling upward, tugging so hard that eventually Sonic had to let the sword go…and it just float in the air…then, something extremely strange happened-the sword spoke, "Oh, Arthur! There you are!" In exclaimed with…glee?

Even Rouge was shell-shocked-she didn't think that this would happen! She thought something….even slightly normal would happen for once! Maybe, I dunno, the sword would stay normal?! Though, all this meant now, was that Sonic was Arthur…and that this sword-could talk…

"My name isn't…A-Arthur…my name is Sonic." Sonic said nervously, somehow he found he wasn't scared or even shocked at all by the swords ability to speak. Why did it not shock him? He wasn't sure, but the sword seemed….familiar. And not just because he had seen in only yesterday-in seemed to go farther then that.

"Arthur, quit joking around!" The sword seemed to order, looking quite stern. Can swords look stern? I dunno…I guess they can-if they wanted.

Shadow had started on his way to the sword room-the place he went when he needed to bring the "Old days" back to his memory…he didn't know why, but the old swords triggered his memory…and he remembered things he had long forgotten, but there was one person whom he would never forget… ' Oh, Arthur, I wish you were here….you'd know what to do…I feel clueless…I'm lost-I need your guidance, my king….' Shadow often thought of his late King, Arthur. He wished Arthur to be there…he knew it could never be possible, but he still wished for it. Was that so wrong?

Shadow then turned sharply into the sword room, and looking from sword, to sword while silently naming whom the swords belonged to each in turn. When he came to Arthur's sword…it was gone. There was nothing where the sword had been, and was supposed to be, but emptiness. Then…his acute sense of hearing picked up noises…they were coming from outside-And without a second thought-he darted toward the front door.

"For the last time-I AM NOT ARTHUR!" Sonic snapped, losing patience with this piece of…junk!

And that was exactly the moment the front door opened-and Rouge and Sonic started praying to God for help-for standing right before them was an extremely pissed looking Shadow. And they knew they were as good as dead.

TBC...