The third kingdom                                  by Herofox 

(In side a white palace.)

Knight: Sire! We're under attack!
King: What? Summon Merlin!
(A fox wizard appears before the king.)
King: Merlin, what strategy would you suggest for this battle?
Merlin: Summon help from the floating island.   

(At the floating islands base...)
Rotor: There its finished.
Tails: What's finished Rotor?
Rotor: My own Portable T.V.
(Everyone falls down in stupidity.)
Tails: Good on Rotor. (-_-!)
Rotor: I can pick over a hundred and eighty channels on this thing, Mobian and Earthen.
(Rotor turns on the radio and at that moment they picked up the call from Parad kingdom.)
Voice: Someone acknowledge us from the floating island freedom fighters.
Tails (Thinking): That voice sounds familiar. 
Voice: My name is Merlin. 
Knux: Don't worry. Our team is on their way.
Tails: Does that mean you to?
Knux: Of course not.
Tails: Figures... Ah well, guess I'll go down and thrash her all over again.
Rabot: Aren't you gonna wait for the other's?
Tails: There might not be time.
Antoine: Parad is French territory. Let me help you!
Tails: Sure you're up for it?
Antoine: When honour's at stake, I always rise to the challenge!  
Tails: Then it's settled. Lets do it!
(Tails and Antoine fly off.)
 
Sally (speaking into a megaphone): Now that we're here you'll all do my bidding! BWAHAHA!
(Suddenly a barrage of rockets blows up the mecha she is standing on.)
Crowd: Hooray! He did it!
(Tails and Antoine walk through the streets to the palace where the King greets them.)
King: As a token of my appreciation, feel free to rest for the day in the guest suite.
Tails: Thank you your majesty. As a representative of the people of Knothole, let me be the first to say...(Trips on a step and falls flat on his face.) DOH!  
All: HAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA!!!
Antoine: (-_-!)
Merlin: It is good to see you again Miles.
Tails: Uncle Merlin?
Merlin: Yes nephew.
(Later Tails, Merlin, and Antoine are in the guest suet.)
Tails: So you knew that I had come back to Mobius last month? Why didn't you try to contact me?
Merlin: I did not want to bother you. The tasks you faced took a lot of concentration, and I didn't want to break it.
Tails: Well it sure is good to see you again uncle.
(There is a knock on the door. A Robot coyote enters.)
Robot: Antoine!
Antoine: Papa!
(They hug.)
Tails: General D'Coolette, would you like me to de-robotisize you?
General: Please!
(Tails draws his sword and slices the screen in half. When the screen has been glued back together the General is an older version of Antoine. The two hug and say something in French.)
Tails: Guess our work here is done.
(Suddenly an alarm is sounded. A knight enters.)
Knight: Princess Jewel has been abducted! The scoundrel who kidnapped her is demanding to speak to Tails! 
Tails: Well what are we waiting for? Let's go!
(They rush out of the castle and are greeted by what is now called, a great whopping sized robot.)
Tails: What the...
Merlin: Watch your language.
General: What will we do now?
Antoine: We will do what the French did at Waterloo.
Tails: And?
Antoine: Go hide under a table.
(Antoine and the general rush off to the nearest bar and hide under the table.)
Tails: Some use they were. Well only one thing for it.
(Suddenly, before Tails could supercharge a voice came from the giant machine.)
Voice: You have foiled my plans for the last time you two-tailed freak.
Merlin: Now see here. My nephew can whoop your butt any day.
Tails: When did you start using language like that?
Merlin: Since MTV was invented.
Tails: Right. (-_-!)
Voice: Don't you know who I am?
Tails: To be honest...I don't have a clue.
Voice: Well don't be surprised.
(A hatch opens and a dark figure stands up. And Tails knows who it is straight away.)
Tails: It can't be...
Voice: Yes. It is I. Sally, Queen of the Acorn Empire.
Merlin: She does like to brag doesn't she?
Tails: Pretty much yeah.
Sally (Falling over in stupidity.): Hey, Pay attention! Now, for my demands. Surrender all of your chaos emeralds and I will spare the princess. Otherwise...
(She presses a button on her control panel and a ray gun blasts the roof off the bar that Antoine and the general went into.)
Tails: Woah...how can we beat that?
Merlin: How about we shrink it to our level.
Tails: you can do that?
Merlin: That's why they call me Merlin. Did you think I was named after a make of soccer stickers?
Tails: Good one uncle.
(Merlin fires an electrical beam that makes the robot shrink, Sally jumped out of the robot just in time. As it was about to implode, Merlin cast another spell that transported princess Jewel to safety.)
Sally (drawing her sword): I'm not liked yet! THUNDERCLOUD! Come to my aid!
(Thundercloud drops down from the sky with his own sword drawn.)
TC: Are you good enough to take on two sword masters?
Antoine: Well I sure am! (Draws his sword.)
Tails: Where did you get that sword?
Antoine: That bar is called the "Blacksmiths". 
Sally (-_-!): Why do people have to take things so literally?
(The duel begins. Tails Vs Thundercloud and Antoine Vs Sally.)
TC: ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT!!!
(Dives down at Tails.)
Tails: Handsome fox dodges angry crow!
(Dodges out of the way and Thundercloud crashes into Sally.)
Antoine: Now to cut you down to size!
(Uses a sword to brand an "A" onto Thunderclouds butt.) 
TC: YOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!
Sally: Gerroff fool! We can still win!
TC: Yes ma'am! ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT!!!
(Flies at Merlin.)
Merlin: Thank you for sharing, angry crow! 
(Shoots out a wave of energy that launches Sally and Thundercloud into the sky and towards their base.)
Crowd: HOORAY...Once again!
(That afternoon as Tails and Antoine are preparing to go home.)
Tails: So uncle, are you going to stay here now?
Merlin: Yes. For years I have served as this kings advisor. However I'll be keeping a close eye on you Miles. 
Tails: Thanks uncle.
(They hug.)
Merlin: Before you go, take this with you. (He hands Tails what looks like a white gem.) It's called the Angel stone. It possesses the power to transform any weapon into an ascended version of itself. The weapon will then have the power to energise it's user and give them great strength. 
Tails: Wow. It must be really powerful.
Merlin: There will come a day when you must harness the power of the Angel stone. As of now, you are the guardian of the stone. So take good care of it. That stone is our family's legacy.
Tails: I promise I'll take care of it.
Merlin: That's all I ask of you.
(Antoine and his dad come up to Tails and Merlin.)
Antoine: C'mon Tails. Lets go home. 
Tails: Sure.
(They fly off waving goodbye to their relatives.)
Tails: Bye uncle Merlin!
Antoine: Au'revour Papa!
Merlin: Bye Miles!
General: Take care Antoine! Next time bring that girlfriend of yours! I'd really like to meet Bunnie again! 
(Tails and Antoine fly home.)


I'll bet you'd like to see Tails use the power of the Angel stone wouldn't you?
Stay tuned to Hero Fox and I guaranty you will be amazed