Treaty with mermaids
March 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM
A green hedgehog merman named Illidan, as promised, brought Tails to their village, which is located between the water. The small houses had letters and were shaped something like huge apples or onions. None of these houses are located directly under the water, as if screwed to stone rocks and pillars that stick out like rocks on the surface of the water. And some of the same houses are located above the water, right on their own cliffs. It looks like these mermaids are half amphibious, just like the sea nagas. That is, they, of course, can live under water, but not for so long and sometimes they need to go to land or shore periodically so that light and oxygen are also present in the atmosphere.
So they did. First, when they show Tails their entire village, how they live, what they do and what their children play underwater, then after they emerge to the surface. Interestingly, everyone except Tails, having emerged, closed the air, as if they were already suffocating under water, and they could not wait to give up the water as soon as possible. Tails just as calmly emerged, since he could already see the light, both in the air and under water. Having climbed onto the rocks and sitting there steadily, the fox looked around and saw the same village of mermaids, both my houses with the height of the cliff down, and me, which were on the rocks. It was very beautiful and incredible. He thought that he couldnβt, that mermaids or sirens could also live like this. The main thing is that there are no ordinary people with Mobians here.
β I really like your village.
β I assume you're new? Where did you come to us from? asked Illidan.
β Me?... From Fantamile.
β From Fantamile. I seem to be a professional cartographer and I donβt remember such a village around our planet.
β She is very secretive that no one can find her. Even you. I came here for a very important purpose.
β The goal?
β Yes, because I need to kill the evil sorcerer. β the fox explained as Illidan covered his mouth.
β Quiet! What are you doing? He might be nearby and hear us. β he explained to him. Tails released his mouth.
β I'm not afraid of him. Of course, you may not believe me, but I can cope with him, even alone.
β How? Even we and our ancestors could not cope with it. The only thing that remains for us is to hunt those sea monsters and kidnap them, and then sacrifice them to him so that he does not drain our ocean. After all, even without water we cannot survive.
β I understand, but I have something that none of you have. β Miles explained and flew up on his tails a little higher, which surprised all the mermaids and mermaids. Everyone's eyes widened and their mouths agape at what they saw. After all, none of them can do that.
β It's not probable! β said Illidan. β The sorcerer can fly, but we canβt. But you can, which means you will really cope with him and save us all.
β Of course, but not just for free. β the fox explained.
β Miles, we are ready to do anything for you. Just tell us and we will do everything.
β Are you still talking? β the fox asked and, after thinking for a second, pretended that he was starting to be cunning, but in reality he already knew what he needed from them. β I can handle your sorcerer, but in return you must free all the captive nagas who have so far been caught and returned home!
β Are you crazy? The sorcerer will definitely kill us all.
β No. He wonβt even have time to do anything like that before I can deal with him. I want only one thing from you. Stop this stupid war and hunt for nagas, make peace with them and get to know them better! They are not such ugly monsters as you think they are. At least they also have a soul and feeling, just like you.
β How do you know? β Illidan asked incredulously.
β Because my best and most faithful friend, one of them. I have been friends with him for a long time and trust him, just as he trusts me. So trust me too!
Illidan, looking up at the sky and thinking about it, decided that he would still listen to his advice and nodded. The fox smiled and flew high above the clouds. He began to look around and look for that very sorcerer who was hiding from them in the air.
β Where are you hiding, you bastard? β he whispered as if he would hear him. Maybe he became invisible? Then how will he see it? Suddenly the fox remembers that Peter Pan gave him a magic flute as a parting gift, which makes everything invisible visible if you play it.
After thinking about it and taking out the flute itself, he blew lightly into it. There was a short flash and the entire sky took on a temporary acidic and orange tint. That's why the sorcerer himself appeared before his eyes. He looked like a jackal wearing an iron mask and a red robe. The effect of the magic flute wore off and the sky became normal, but the sorcerer himself remained visible.
β You were still able to detect me and get me out of here, land trickster!
β You talking to me? β the fox asked, smiling sarcastically.
β But of course! Your name is Miles Prower. Also known as Tails. Your adoptive mother Fiona. And you are not from this world, and you are also not a mermaid. I know a lot more about you and that you came here with your lover.
β Lover? β the fox was surprised. β Are you talking about Shadow? He is just a friend to me, not a lover.
β How? β the sorcerer was surprised. β Hasn't he told you yet?
Tails would like to believe him, but immediately perceiving that perhaps he is trying to fool him, he decides to ignore this fact.
β I don't believe you, liar.
β Why? Iβm not just a sorcerer, but very wise and can foresee anything in advance. Even your moves and thoughts. You shouldn't doubt it. Moreover, you shouldnβt have flown here to me and desecrated my revenge on these sea worms. When the mermaids are finished with all the nagas, I will break the promise I made to them and finish them off. I will take revenge on them because because of them all the water destroyed all my people and I was the last of the Mobians. You will perish under the water if you donβt just fly away from here in peace. Don't stop me from taking revenge and you will stay alive.
β Iβm not afraid of you, you loser telepath. You are stupidly fixated on revenge, but you should have forgotten the bad and just moved on, and value your life as you have it. There will be no more victims, sorcerer! Go back to the bottom of the sea, thatβs where you belong! Otherwise you will have to deal with me! β Tails threatened and took out his sword.
β So you've made your choice... Take a deep breath of fresh air and enjoy the rest of it while you still can!
The jackal stretches out both arms and, as if straining, is trying to lift something heavy. At that moment, the entire ocean began to fill and rise, flooding all the rocks and the village houses remaining on them. He hoped to raise the water much higher to drown the fox.
At the same time
The sea nagas accepted two nagas from another world as their own, inviting them to one of the houses and serving them their favorite delicacy. The sea nagas primarily ate seaweed, coral, and mineral salt crackers. The striped hedgehog snake was the first to try the hospitable treat. First he took one seaweed and decided to try it. Only he didnβt really like the seaweed. He is not as naked as those. He is more of a carnivore and prefers meat, although sometimes he likes to eat sweets, like candy, chocolate or cakes. Even if they are fruit or vegetable. In short, he didnβt like the seaweed and he spat it out. Then he decided to try one of the corals. He takes a bite of one of them, and it tastes like a cookie and crunches like chips. Next in line, he tries one of the mineral crackers, which is salty but also tasty. Luz Bucket sat grumpily and did not eat anything at all. β I wonβt eat this rubbish! β he stated, pushing the plate with its contents away from him. β What do you want then? β I would like to eat some mermaid in this world right now. Or your little fox friend. β No, Luz, you canβt eat it! β Shadow stated sternly. β I want to! β the scorpion insisted. β No! β Shadow slammed his fist on the table. β Are you really so stubborn and refuse to listen to us? β I do not believe you. I just know that I'm doing the right thing. You will never force me to change my opinion about people and admit my guilt. Humans and Mobians have themselves to blame. They killed my father, and for this I will punish all of them. I donβt want to listen to your lies anymore that itβs supposedly my fault. If these people with the Mobians had treated me kinder and had not attacked me, and also had not killed my father, then I would not have become like this. β You must not have carefully examined that first world where you found yourself. There I met another version of you, a good one. Unlike you, she at least realized her mistakes and accepted this reality, resigned herself, and you? You, Luz Bucket, are a dreamer, a naive and curious self-taught person. Where did that old and kind Luz go, whom I knew, loved and protected from childhood? β He is no longer in me. There is no turning back now. Not for any of us. And Iβm not going to return home with you to our wretched world, where you, with your naive dreams and trust in these little people, have already killed us all, while we are roaming around other worlds. The scorpion stood up and was about to crawl away, when suddenly the hedgehog grabbed him by the tail with his hands. β I wonβt let you, Luz. β Shadow hissed. Bucket got angry and swung his right fist. Shadow managed to jump back, letting go of the tail of his old enemy friend. β What is this a challenge? β Luz hissed back. Both naked, standing in front of each other, like cowboys in the wild west, who were preparing to suddenly take out their pistols and shoot at each other, but in fact they released sharp claws from their fingers. In addition, Luz also took out his dagger from his tail. They pounced on each other and grabbed each other's hands. Each of them pushed against the opponent, but the forces were even despite the huge difference in size. The striped naga chose to hit the scorpion of such a serpent with its head on the head in order to push it back. Luz, of course, did not expect this and fell, as the striped one swung his tail, making a circle, as if tripping him. When Shadow pounced on top of the healthy naga, they grabbed each other's hands again. With its sharp tip on its tail, the scorpion snake swung at the striped hedgehog's abdomen, leaving a wound. He screamed and grabbed his wound, falling to the floor. β Shadow, if I wanted to kill you, I would have done it much earlier. But since you always helped me, accepted me as a guest and always treated me kindly, so be it, I will leave you alive, but with a wound. Let this serve as a lesson to you so that you don't get in my way again. β standing proudly in place, the scorpion declared, and then leaned towards the hedgehog, whispering in his ear. - And remember! If you and your two-tailed friend dare to pursue me again and interfere with me. I will cut off your head and eat your little fox. After he had said this, he crawled out of the house outside, and Shadow began to lose consciousness, slowly closing his eyes and saying through a groan: β Ta-a-ai-i-ils!...***
Both the sorcerer and the fox rose even higher, while the ocean also flooded the clouds in the air. Both began to lack oxygen. β What? Not enough breathing space? β the fox asked, also feeling that he was suffocating at such a height. Even the sorcerer can barely hold on and cannot breathe. The jackal was the first to lose consciousness and fall, and the ocean stopped rising. Plunging into the water, he only woke up there and did not have time to come to his senses before the fox dived after him, without losing consciousness, and sharply thrust his sharp sword into the area of his heart. The sword broke through the chest and came out with a sharp end through the back with the remains of blood, which flowed upward through the water in a red haze. β Remember, never suppress your thirst for revenge and come to terms with it. The dying sorcerer just chuckled and smiled, answering: β And this is being told to me by someone who himself will be suppressed by revenge in the future? β What? β the fox didnβt understand. β You still donβt understand? Your naga scorpion, whom you are chasing across many worlds... He... Killed your real parents...β the sorcerer explained and coughed, spitting out the rest of the blood. Tails himself again remembered that flashback when he was a baby. That dagger on the tail of the naga who then attacked that village with his real parents. This apparently was the same Luz Bucket. He killed his real parents. β This hasnβt happened to you yet... But... Sooner or later... You will succumb to revenge, just like me, Tails... Donβt let the thirst for revenge take over you!... Letting the thirst for revenge overshadow your mind, you will become the same as... And... I-I-I... Afterwards, the jackal closes his eyes and slides down the samurai sword, after which he plunges to the very bottom of the ocean. The ocean itself at this time began to slowly decline on its own, descending from the clouds, back to the rocks, stopping at the same level. The fox himself thought about the sorcererβs words. Why did he tell him all this? And for what? Can he really still see the future and know something about it that he doesnβt know? And maybe itβs true about the fact that Shadow is in love with him? So many questions began to torment him. However, with a wave of his hand, Miles decided that he had fulfilled his goal in any case and it was time to go back.***
When Tails returned to the sea naga village, he was surprised. Mermaids and mermaids found them, but this time they did not attack them. On the contrary, they were ashamed of what they had done and repented of the nagas. Of course, the big tailed men forgave them. At that moment, two sea nagas swam up to the fox, carrying a slightly wounded Shadow. He had several green leaves wrapped around his stomach as plaster. β Shadow! β the fox became worried and swam closer to his naga, hugging him. β What happened to you? How are you β Tails!... Luz Bucket escaped... Again! I tried to stop him, but he was stronger than me. He used the ring again and moved to another world. β Shadow explained, hugging his two-tailed friend. β We also tried to stop him, but he also turned out to be stronger than all of us. We couldn't stop him. The slightly battered and wounded sea naga soldiers explained. β Did any of you see where he went? β Tails asked. β I have seen! β Illidan turned to him and swam up to the fox. β I saw him swim out of that cave with the secret village and open some kind of luminous circle, which he entered. We didnβt have time to swim after him when that thing closed. β But did you manage to see what was in that glowing thing? β Yes. There seemed to be some kind of two-story house in the middle of the village. Moreover, the house, gate and fences were huge, the size of the naga himself. It's like they live there... β Civilized nagas? Tails suggested, scratching his chin. β It must be in this world that if there are people, then they rather live there like rats in holes. β Got it. Now Iβll try to find that world. β said the striped snake hedgehog and opened his portal, starting to look for the desired house with a fence and a gate, which the mermaid Illidan saw. β Here! It is he! β the merman pointed his finger at the desired picture in the portal. β Great! That's where we'll go. β Wait! You are still too weak and wounded to crawl further. Stay with us and relax! β Knuckles suggested. β Agree. I think you deserve a rest while you travel between worlds. β said Illidan. β Fine. I think we will stay with you for now, but only for the night. Tomorrow morning we will then go there. β said Tails and decided, together with Shadow, to stay in this world for now. The fox swam up to Shadow and placed his small hand on his shoulder. β Don't blame yourself, Shadow, you did everything you could to stop him. Well, be careful next time. Let me be with you this time too. I'm sure if the two of us attack him, he won't have a chance against the two of us. β Thank you. β the striped snake-hedgehog thanked him. β Well. Let's celebrate our truce and victory over the sorcerer, thanks to these two wanderers from another world. β Sonic suggested. β Who wants seaweed and coral? β I!!! β everyone shouted in unison without any exceptions.
