The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Ten

Thorn and her friends head to Angel Island to confront Nightshade. Midnight makes a choice.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Honey the Cat
Midnight the Echidna
Nightshade the Fox
Noon the Echidna
Nails the Bat
Rose the Hedgehog
Mephiles the Dark
==Chapter Ten: Deadly Nightshade==
Honey was looking at Rose through the glass door.
"I'm sorry Rose..." she muttered.
Honey exited the hospital and met up with Thorn, Noon, Kyle, and Nails.
"Noon, you have to give me your piece of the Chaos Chronicles." Thorn said. "That's what she's after."
Noon looked reluctant, but Nails held his hand.
"Fine. But I'm coming with you." Noon said.
"No, I'm pretty sure Nightshade wants me to come alone." Thorn said.
"We can come as backup." Kyle said.
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Thorn asked.
"Positive." Kyle nodded.
"So...how exactly are we getting to Angel Island?" Honey asked.
"I know a word of power." Noon said.
"Word of Power?" Kyle asked.
"A Word of Power is what the ancients called what we call spells." Noon explained.
"That's amazing!" Kyle exclaimed.
"Everyone, grab hands." Nails instructed.
The group made a hasty circle.
"Ianuae Magicae ad nos Angelum insula!"
A black shadow surrounded the five, and the next moment they were on Angel Island.
"Be careful Thorn." Honey said.
"We're rooting for you, hon." Nails said.
"If we don't make it out of this-" Kyle began.
"We will make it out of this." Thorn promised.
Noon gave Thorn his piece of the Chaos Chronicles.
It was an ancient book, full of old runes and hieroglyphs. There were translations written in English in pen next to some of the words, no doubt written by Noon.
Thorn walked up the path to the stone altar where the Master Emerald was. Midnight and Nightshade were standing, waiting for her.
"Hello, Thorn." Nightshade said.
"I don't care about pleasantries right now." Thorn said. "Why did you do that to Rose?"
"I simply want you to feel as I do. Alone, without friends. Surrounded by darkness." Nightshade said.
"Why?"
"Because your ancestor stoIe my spellbook. I trust you have it?"
"Yeah, but it's not exactly your spellbook now, is it?" Thorn replied.
"No matter. It was in my possession before my...accident." Nightshade said.
"Accident?" Thorn asked.
"Ah, yes." Nightshade said.
"I was like you once. A young girl, alone, reclusive." Nightshade said. "I turned to my books. I was a little older than you were now when I discovered that piece of the Chaos Chronicles."
"I'm nothing like you!" Thorn yelled.
"Not yet." Nightshade said.
"Anyways, I was alone, or at least I thought I was, when the Argus Event occurred. I watched as my clanmates were torn from this Earth, into some shadow dimension. And then, the most horrific images..." Nightshade said. "The god of destruction, Chaos, destroyed most of the Knuckles Clan. Their clan leader, Pachacamac had a daughter. Tikal, I believe her name was. She sealed Chaos and herself into the Master Emerald. But she didn't know that I was there too. When the Event began, I hid behind the Master Emerald. When Tikal sealed Chaos and herself into the Master Emerald, I made the mistake of touching the Master Emerald. As I touched it, a piece of hair from the fox vermin the Nocturnus Clan were keeping prisoners touched me. The mystic energy changed me...turned me into this..."
"Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?" Thorn asked.
"No," Nightshade smirked. "I just needed to keep you busy untill Midnight could get to your 'friends'."
Thorn's eyes widened in fear.
Noon, Nails, Kyle, and Honey were at the bridge leading to the shrine. Midnight appeared behind them.
"Hello, brother." she said. "It's been a while."
"Midnight." he replied.
"Was that you who did that to Rose?" Honey asked.
"It wasn't me." Midnight said.
"Why are you serving Nightshade?" Nails asked.
"I serve no one!" Midnight yelled.
"Yes, you do." Noon said. "You serve my former master...Mephiles."
"Midnight...please...come back to us." Nails said.
"Never!" Midnight yelled. She shot a blast of dark energy at them. They all jumped out of the way.
"Mundare' intus tenebrae eam!" Noon yelled.
Midnight was bathed in a golden light.
Midnight looked at Noon, her eyes full of sorrow and regret. They had changed color from a dark violet, to their normal blue.
"I'm sorry...I'm so sorry." Midnight said, crying.
Noon hugged her.
"Mephiles...he corrupted me." Midnight explained.
"Where is Mephiles?" Kyle asked.
"I don't know...he disappeared after we brought Rose to Metropolis." Midnight said.
"Come on, we'd better help Thorn." Kyle said.
"She's in trouble!" Midnight exclaimed.
The five raced to the altar.
"I'm tired of your games, Nightshade." Thorn said.
"Very well. If a battle is what you want, that's what you'll get." Nightshade replied.
Thorn's charm glowed blue.
"Interficerent eam!" Black energy shot at Thorn.
"Mirror!" Blue energy collided with the black energy, creating flash of lights. The spells kept going through a struggle of dominance, but both were evenly matched.
"Thorn!" voices called from the steps.
"Your friends cannot help you, Thorn." Nightshade said. "After all, Midnight's no friend of yours. She's been mine and Mephiles' puppet since she was eleven."
"No..." Midnight said.
"You're going to regret ever coming back, Nightshade!" Thorn yelled. Thorn's blue magic grew stronger, and knocked Nightshade back.
"No..." Nightshade said. Her body was slowing deteriorating.
Kyle, Noon, Nails, and Honey rushed to Thorn. Midnight ran to Nightshade.
"This is for ruining my life!" Midnight yelled. "And for Rose!"
She shot a blast of purple energy at Nightshade.
"No...." Nightshade wailed.
Nightshade turned to dust in an explosion of green light.
Midnight turned to face the group.
"What?" she asked. "Someone had to do it."
"Uh...that's not it." Thorn said.
"Your eyes...they changed again." Honey said.
Midnight's eyes turned a pale lilac.
"You absorbed Nightshade's abilities." Thorn said.
"I didn't mean to...I just wanted her to pay for what she did to Rose." Midnight said.
"Midnight...thank you." Thorn said. "You saved us."
Midnight smiled.
Kyle hugged Thorn. The two kissed.
Noon and Nails held hands.
"Honey..." Midnight said. "You're probably wondering if any of our friendship was real..."
"Yeah, was it?" Honey asked.
"I...I think so. I truly believe that I was two separate personas. I was Midnight whenever I was with you and Rose and Kyle. But I was Nocte when I was with Mephiles..."
"Well...thanks." Honey said.
Thorn, Honey and Kyle returned to the hospital to check on Rose.
"She hasn't shown any sings of healing..." Thorn said.
"I wonder what Nightshade did to her..." Kyle said.
"We'll find out soon enough." Honey said.
Later, Kyle and Thorn were at his house.
"I still can't believe you took on Nightshade." Kyle said.
"And I can't believe you believed in me." Thorn said.
"About what happened...before you went into the Netherworld..." Kyle said.
"Kyle...I'm pretty sure I love you. No one else has shown this kind of belief in me, not since..." Thorn said.
"Since what?"
"Ah, nevermind." Thorn said. "Let's just enjoy right now, okay?"
"Okay." Kyle said.
Thorn and Kyle held hands together looking at the stars.
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