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**Z64** · 07-06-2013, 12:22 AM

Update 2

Afraid I have nothing but bad news in this post, guys.

I am cancelling both Knuckles and Maxwell's Backstory. I give up. I really can't do this "long" story thing. I might make a few chapters, but I'll just eventually lose inspiration when it starts getting boring for me. I'll be sticking to one to two post stories. I think it'll just work out better, and I won't worry about having to post chapters.

The only I regret is not finishing Knuckles. There will be no way you guys can find out what happens next. There was one YouTube channel that posted the comics, but they got threatened by Archie, so they had to shut down their channel.

Because of that, here's what I'm doing to do. Sometime soon (can't say specifics because I'm bad with those), there will be a few posts containing what I think are the important parts of Maxwell's backstory. That way, you can understand why Edward and Maxwell hate each other, and how they became the fighters who you will see in action in the RP.

That's all for today, folks. Thank you for your time.

**HyrulianBlackcat** · 07-06-2013, 02:15 PM

Well, at least you're willing to admit you'll lose interest. That's more than I've ever done.

I just wasted my time until I had gone into the ground with it.lol Oh well. I look forward to what you do post.

They're always so interesting, and often thought-provoking.

**Z64** · 07-06-2013, 09:46 PM

Maxwell: The Beginning

Four years before the invasion of Clock Town....

Maxwell and Edward entered the Kal Mansion, very wet from the storm outside. They took off their coats and dried themselves as best they could, then went up the stairs.

"I know it's been nine years, but this place hasn't changed a bit." Edward said as they walked up the stairs.

"Yeah. From what Father told me, servants of the Kal family are always the best and brightest. It'll be good to see them again, even though we can only be here two days until we have to return to Master for the final part of training."

By this time, they were at the top of the stairs. They walked down the hallway on their left, and said goodnight as they entered their respective rooms.

Maxwell, too lazy to change into clothing appropriate for sleeping, simply fell on his bed barely five seconds after entering his room. He thought back to the event that changed his life, eight years ago....

The weather was similar, but the rain was heavier, and there was thunder and lightning. It was good weather to set the mood. Richard, (Max's uncle), Anna (wife of Richard), and Arthur (Max's father), were eating in the dining room. Richard and Anna sat on one side, and Arthur sat on the other. They thought Maxwell was sleeping like Edward (who had arrived a few days ago), but he was actually watching them from behind a barely opened door.

"Richard, there's a reason why I invited you for dinner tonight." Arthur said, breaking the silence. "I need you to help me fund something."

"Okay, but what is it? Richard asked, very interested that Arthur needed a favor.

"Look, I see a problem with Termina. Hyrule, Labrynna, and Holodrum all have a monarchy, with native soldiers. Termina, on the other hand, has a mayor who isn't fit to lead, and our only defense are soldiers who did something wrong over in Hyrule and sent here. We need someone who was enough wealth, power, and qualities of a leader to run this nation and make it as strong as it's neighbors."

Richard frowned. "I know what you're asking, and I say no."

This angered Arthur. "Richard, don’t you see? Termina needs a monarchy! A king! With a massive army! Not a weak mayor with a few soldiers from a neighboring country!”

“I’m sorry, Arthur, but no. Everything is fine the way it is now. Why do you want to change that?"

This argument went on for what seemed like hours, until Richard had enough and decide to leave.

"I'm going now. I will never give you a portion what I inherited from Mother just so you can become a king who'll probably do more bad than good!" Richard said, standing up and leaving the room. Luckily, he went out the door across the room from the door Maxwell was behind.

"I suppose I should leave along with my husband. Good night, Arthur." Anna said before going after her husband.

At first Arthur just sat at the table, finishing his food, then got up. Max took this as his cue to get upstairs and pretend like he was asleep.

Since his father stood between him and the main staircase, Max took the stairs near the back of the house and quickly entered his room just as his father reached the top of the main staircase.

Max lay on his bed, like he would eight years into the future, thinking about the conversation between his father and his uncle.

That king thing sounds fun....but if Dad goes through with it, he'll be king first, then I have to wait till he's too old. I'm not waiting for that! I'll get him out of the way tonight. Maxwell decided. A few hours later, trying not to fall asleep so he could carry out his plan, Maxwell entered his kitchen.

Maxwell opened the knife cabinet and started examining the knifes at his disposal. He wanted the sharpest one.

Eventually, he found it, then went up to his father's room. When he entered the room, he was glad his mother wasn't alive to witness him murder his father.

When Max was at the side of his father's bed, he shook him so he would wake up.

"Huh? Max? What's wrong?" Arthur said, struggling to sit up. Just when it seemed like he was about to get up, Maxwell covered his mouth and stabbed him in the chest. His scream was muffled by Max's hand. Maxwell took his hand off of Arthur's mouth.

"I get to be the first king of Termina, Father."

Maxwell couldn't see it, but Arthur's expression was one of fear. Not only did his son overhear his argument with Richard, but it seemed like some evil had possessed Max and made him want to kill his own father.

"P-please...kill Uncle Richard for Daddy." And with that, Arthur was dead. Max respectfully had a moment of silence for his father, then took the knife out of his chest and walked outside the mansion. He stood in the rain for a little, then threw the knife as far into the woods as he could. When he came back into his mansion, he dried himself off, then went to sleep. This was only the beginning.

**Z64** · 07-07-2013, 01:03 AM

Maxwell: The Summoning

(From now on, Maxwell's speech will be colored in the color I used for Arthur.)

A few hours after the murder of Arthur Kal.....

Maxwell woke up, tired from staying up late last night. At first, he forgot what he had done, then remembered.

"I remember. I got Daddy out of the way so I can become the first king of Termina."

Maxwell changed clothes, then exited his room right as a servant screamed.

Ed came out of his room, exchanged looks with Maxwell (who appeared to be as confused as anybody would be), then ran to Arthur's room. Max followed.

Inside the room, a maid sat on the bed, crying in front of the dead body of Max's father. When she saw Maxwell, she completely broke down. It was too much for her.

Maxwell pretended to be speechless for a few seconds, staring at the body, then sprinted out of the room and went back to his room.

Ed had no idea what to do. He felt like the maid might need help moving the body, but at the same time, he wanted to comfort his friend.

Is this my fault? Or is this a sign that I should've been less disrespectful to my own father? Edward wondered, struggling to keep his eyes off of the maid and the dead body.

Eventually, the maid stopped crying and stood up.

"M-master Edward, go tell Mister Robert that Master Arthur has passed." The maid said before breaking down again. Ed nodded, then ran downstairs to find Robert.

Later, at sunset....

Outside of the mansion, Edward, Maxwell, and all the house staff stood around the grave they had made for Arthur. Some servants said a few things, then the funeral was over. To most, it seemed lacking, but it was just fine for Maxwell. To Maxwell, his father was only a stepping stone.

Maxwell and Edward played outside for about an hour, then decided to go back in. However, someone in a black clothing stood in front of the door, and it was clear he wouldn't let them pass.

"Maxwell Kal and Edward Lomeli, correct?" The mysterious man asked them.

Max and Ed exchanged looks, then nodded.

"Good. Hello, boys. You shall know me as Master."

Maxwell got annoyed by this. "Hey, you can't just say you're my master. I'm Maxwell KAL. Yeah, KAL. That means you have to respect me, low life!"

The man didn't budge. "I know. And you know why the Kals are such great fighters? Because people of my position train them."

This surprised Max. "Wh-what?"

The man nodded. "In fact, it was my uncle who trained your father."

"Who are you, exactly? What is your 'position', and what does it have to do with Max's family?" Ed asked, deciding to step in before Max got too angry.

The man smiled. At least one of them had some sense.

"I am one of the Hidden. Now, Max, if you want to be considered a true Kal, you must follow me."

"Can I come too?" Ed asked.

The man nodded. "Yes, you may. It's been a while since we've trained a Lomeli."

In the days afterwards, none of the servants said anything about the disappearance of the boys.. They knew what had happened. Arthur had told them that this would happen some day. But how did word of Arthur's death get to the man?

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Now, originally, I was going to make that a cliffhanger, but I decided to explain it, along with a few other things.

There is an underground tunnel system next to Maxwell's mansion. Later, Maxwell would use this to connect his mansion to the fort he would use to house his private army. Before this, it was used for a different purpose.

When a new generation of Kal begins, one of the Hidden is selected to live in the tunnels and watch the new Kals grow up until they are about the age of 9 or 10. When they reach that age or their parents die, the mentor permanently leaves the tunnels and brings the new Kals to be trained by the Hidden for 8 to 9 years. A long time ago, the Lomeli family did this too, but eventually stopped doing it when Edward's great grandfather moved his family to Labrynna.

So, in the next post, Maxwell and Edward are 20, and have completed the Hidden's brutal training. However, they aren't too pleased with each other.....

**Z64** · 07-09-2013, 01:36 AM

Maxwell: Farewell

One year until the invasion of Clock Town

Edward and Maxwell ate breakfast as the sun came out. Usually, they would talk, but today, they were quiet. But for a good reason.

When Edward finished, he glared at Maxwell as he finished. Max noticed this, and stopped eating.

"Something wrong?" Maxwell asked, confused to why his best friend seemed to mad at him.

"You know, if you weren't such a soulless, arrogant *******, then maybe you would know. But since you aren't, of course you don't know." Edward said, not trying to hid his anger at all.

Maxwell frowned. "Whatever it is, just let it out. You're NEVER this mad. I'll be honest, it's kind of scaring me."

"It's about yesterday." Ed said, not flinching.

Maxwell started to get a little angry at this point. "Oh, come on! I killed off the Hidden, so what? We can train our own children! It's better that way!"

"That's how you see it?! I see it like this: Yesterday, because you were never Master's favorite, you decided to take revenge on him by killing him and his whole tribe, and simultaneously wiping out generations of traditions!"

"Well, YOUR family left to Labrynna and left behind the traditions that I destroyed, so why do you care?!"

"I don't know, maybe because I was trying to bring that tradition back to my family!"

At this point, they were both standing and taking deep breaths. A servant wanted to enter the room to take the plates, but wisely decided against it.

"Well, if you want to leave, go on. In a year, you'll regret it, especially if you stay in Termina."

Edward became totally confused. What the heck is he talking about? Maybe it relates to that private army that lives in that fort he built.

"What does that mean, huh? Is it another secret? A "I-killed-my-dad" sort of secret?"

"Sure, call it whatever you want to. I'll tell you what is is, since you want to know so bad. I'm going to do what my old man wanted to do before I got him out of the way. I'm going to be the king of Termina."

This completely shocked Edward. Maxwell had said nothing about this before. They were best friends, and Max had said nothing about. Upon realizing this, Edward got madder.

"I'm your best friend, and you didn't tell me about this? Wow, you must have some serious trust issues! You'll never pull it off anyway! You're too much of a coward!"

Max's right eye twitched. No one ever called him a coward, and now, his best friend had said it without flinching. Max didn't show it, but this really hurt him on the inside.

"I was going to tell you about it soon! Do you think I would never tell you about this until the last minute?! No! And you know I can pull this off! I have an army that is bigger and more skilled than the puny defense of Clock Town! The tactics I use on the battlefield are flawless! And last of all, I could do anything I want to, because I can kill anyone I want to! I wanted my dad out of the way, so he died! I thought my uncle and his wife should die, and they did, because I wanted them to! The Hidden thought they could beat anyone, and I made sure that they were either burned alive or chopped up! You see the pattern here, Eddie!?! The world does what I want, when I want it, and how I want it! You're the only person who is close to being as skilled as me, and we both know that I could kill you right here if I wanted to!"

After that, there was just silence. The two had a stare down for what seemed like eternity, both of them cursing each other under their breath. Eventually, Edward looked away, and left. And he would never come back.

A servant came in the room as soon as Edward left and walked over to Maxwell, who was sitting down with his head on the table.

"Anything I can do, sir?"

"No." Maxwell said. "Tell everyone that if I hear the name Edward come out of a mouth that's not mine, that person should either choke or hang themselves. Or, they can make my day and ask me if I want to kill them."

The servant, scared out of their mind, slowly nodded, then ran out of the room, making sure to inform all the staff of Maxwell's orders.

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Well, that was a pretty dramatic ending, am I right? Now you guys understand why Max and Ed hate each other. There's going to be quite a few references to this argument and the other posts about Maxwell's past, especially when Max and Ed meet again during the war. And if these two ever get into a fight, you can be sure nobody will want to be getting in the middle of that.

The people who wish to side with Maxwell should be weary as well. I mean, giving Maxwell's tendency to randomly torture/kill people. he might turn on some of the people who work for him.

Alright, that'll be all for today, folks. I think I can safely say that the next posts are probably going to be crossover fan fics, with some possible VS action thrown in here and there. See ya next time!

**Z64** · 07-25-2013, 11:16 PM

Shadow: Decision 1

Alright guys, today I'm going to start one of those stories where you guys decide the choices the main character (Shadow) makes. I'll try to give it a Walking Dead kind of feel in the sense that some choices affects the story and how different characters interact with the main character, or vice versa. Without further ado, let the dramatic fun begin!

The world was nothing now. It was no place for anything. It was just dust and sand.

A blue hedgehog lay on the ground, writhing in pain. The only thing it was focused on was dying.

Suddenly, another life form approached the hedgehog. It's appearance indicated that it was a hedgehog, but it was no hedgehog. It was the ultimate life form.

"Sh-Shadow.....help me...." The blue hedgehog said, hoping to gain some sympathy from his look a like. Shadow stepped closer, and helped Sonic to his feet. When Sonic tried to lean on Shadow for support, Shadow let him fall.

"Sh-Shadow.....please....get me out of here......" The hedgehog pleaded, crawling towards Shadow.

A)Kill him..

B)Walk away.

C)Help him.

**jborgon** · 07-26-2013, 12:01 AM

A! : D
I don't have a dark mind at all.

**Peeps** · 07-26-2013, 12:09 AM

I hate to balance it out but I gotta say B
And I like this whole idea you got goin here, Z

**HyrulianBlackcat** · 07-26-2013, 09:34 AM

I agree with Peeps. Just walk away. :P

B

**Z64** · 07-27-2013, 04:03 AM

Shadow: Decision 2

Shadow stood there, looking at the hedgehog for about a minute longer, then walked away.

"Sh-Shadow.....p-please...."

As Shadow walked away, he started hearing voices. It was quiet, then it progressively got louder.

"Shadow! Shadow! Are you there? Wake up! WAKE UP!"

Shadow then woke up in the tree he had chosen as a temporary home last night. He looked for the source of the voice, then found the walkie talkie he had taken before he left the Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N.) base.

"Hello?" Shadow said, talking to his walkie.

"Ah, Shadow! It's me, Eggman!"

"Doctor? What do you need me for?" Shadow asked. It had been a while since Eggman wanted help from him ever since what happened on the ARK (in Sonic Adventure 2).

"I have my latest trap for Sonic set up, but I need some assistance? Will you please help me?"

"I'll contact you later."

Shadow jumped down from the tree, and remembered he was in a forest. The trees weren't very tall, but it was the vegetation was very dense, and it was hard to move through. The trees also blocked most of the sunlight.

A few minutes later, Shadow heard someone speaking on his walkie again.

"Hey! Shadow? You there, 'ultimate life form'? Hello?"

It was Sonic. Not really a surprise he needed help. He was asking for a big favor if he was calling on Shadow, though. Shadow thought about his dream, and was hesitant about answering, but decided he might as well listen to see what the hedgehog wanted.

"What is it, Sonic?" Shadow asked. It seemed like today was going to be full of questions.

"Well, I went to visit ol' Knucklehead on Angel Island today, and he wasn't there. I had a suspicion that Eggman took him. I was going to go with just Tails, but if he got Knuckles, he might have a nasty surprise waiting for me. Wanna come with?"

a) Go with Sonic.

b) Help Eggman.

**jborgon** · 07-27-2013, 11:42 PM

I'm gonna say (A) just cause.

**HyrulianBlackcat** · 07-27-2013, 11:50 PM

Lol. That's what I was gonna say. :P

A

**Z64** · 07-28-2013, 02:49 AM

Shadow: Decision 3

Shadow was silent for a little before answering.

"Where do I need to be?"

Sonic chuckled. "Well, where we usually find Eggman. You think your Chaos Control can beat the Tornado?"

Shadow smiled. "You bet."

Shadow put the walkie in the backpack he had taken along with the walkie, then teleported to Eggman's base.

As Shadow arrived at the entrance of the base, Sonic and Tails landed the Tornado.

"Hey Shadow!" Tails said, more happy to see Shadow than Shadow was to see Tails.

"Let's just get this over with." Shadow said. His tone told Tails and Sonic that he wasn't in the mood for talking.

They sped through a bunch of typical Eggman traps until coming to the "Arena". This was where Eggman usually fought Sonic. The fact that Sonic had never been able to destroy this base was the only reason it saw so many battles. Soon enough, Eggman came on the intercom.

"Ah, I see how it is, Shadow! You feel more comfortable helping your fellow furries!" Eggman said, clearly upset with Shadow. Sonic and Tails exchanged looks and looked at Shadow for an explanation, but as always, he said nothing.

"It doesn't matter. I would've back stabbed you anyway!"

Suddenly, two figures teleported into the Arena. One looked strangely like Knuckles, but Shadow didn't recognize the others.

"I'll be courteous and introduce my fighters. The robot is your friend Knuckles, roboticized! I call him Mecha Knuckles! He's beaten you a couple of times as his fleshy self, so he'll fight you, Sonic! Have fun!" When Eggman finished his sentence, Mecha Knuckles practically flew towards Sonic, who ran forward to meet his newly roboticized friend.

This next one is a copy of a fighter from a different universe I brainwashed! For you, Tails, I chose a pink puffball named Kirby that Sonic met when he was called to fight a bunch of people in a different universe. I'm sure you'll love him!" Kirby started running at Tails, who, unlike Sonic, ran away from his opponent.

"Let's see how long you can run with those weird feet of yours!"

Shadow looked at the chase and sighed.

"Ah, I forgot to get one for you, Shadow! But don't worry! I can get something! Just give me a minute!"

Shadow looked back at his comrades and their fights.

While the doctor is busy, I should probably help one of them...

A) Help Tails.

B) Help Sonic.

**jborgon** · 07-28-2013, 03:12 AM

He should help Tails, because Kirby.
A.

**HyrulianBlackcat** · 07-28-2013, 08:54 AM

XD. J, you need to stop being a mind-reader. Lol

A

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