((Welcome to Cold, an old adventure now being posted on multiple media for easy reading. This fanfic is formatted specifically for Instagram's word limit, so chapters will be extremely short but many. This is an ongoing story on Instagram and is upwards of 80 sections long, heading towards 100. I will upload this to keep this account active while I work on older stories that have been on hiatus (Sonic '06 Bloopers, Manipulation, and the Undertale fanfic, Only). Those stories will return soon!

I have part of this story uploaded on my Tumblr, gems-of-chaos. I added author's notes to those chapters, and I'll write each of them at the end of each part just for fun. This will be the only introduction. :3

This is probably my most original and creative story to date, and it has lots more in store. Strap yourselves in, this is going to be a wild ride. :3

I proudly present Cold, a Sonic and the Black Knight fanfic.))

Cold - Part 1

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Winter is a troubling time.

I wandered through barren wasteland, once flourishing with life, now a dead and monochrome environment. My feet sank deep into white powder, making my revered running unavailing. I walked against the wind in the whiteout, the cold slapping me in the face with piercing blades. Not even my thick coat of fur could insulate me. I tightened my dull cloak around me, which was tattered and worn from the tempest. I searched for light in the white abyss, for any signs of life. All living things in this area wouldn't withstand an hour in the frigid weather. I had no other option. Though I was freezing, numb, and losing hope, I continued forward against the elements. I nearly forgot what I was looking for; a savior plant that was direly needed for a dying friend. Of course, in this weather, it was a wonder if any plant could survive.

As I walked, I noticed a pinprick of faint cyan light. My heart picking up, I walked faster, and the light grew larger. I barely noticed when spindly black trees gave way to stone structures. Pillars, cracked and tilted with age but shockingly in tact, stood in a hidden clearing. The light hovered near the tallest pillar in the center, then faded out like a will-o'-the-wisp. I stopped near the indicated column and saw an inscription in the rock. Ancient symbols decorated the surface of the stone. I had seen them several times before, but never like this. Through the gusts of snow, I struggled to make it out, silently thanking my omnilingualism to learn the foreign language.

"Plenty heavenly bodies concealed,

The olde now resides in ruins,

Awaiting hope of resurrection

By the one blue gale."

The words I spoke echoed around me, though there was nothing for my voice to bounce off of except the raging storm and towering columns. Then I heard a grinding. The ground beneath me suddenly opened up, the snow, stone, and earth peeling away, and with nothing to hold me down, I fell into the black abyss of another world.

((Author's Notes from Tumblr: Ahahahaha this is the best chapter out of all 80+ parts. You're gonna see a significant decrease in quality and word choice after this. This is because originally this was going to be a one-off, so I was going all-out. Now it's a whole novel practically. I don't know how that happened. Whatever. It's still a good story. If there are any inconsistencies, let me know. I'll try to correct them. I always read the reviews! I'll put my author's notes here. Onto the web it goes!))