This is not a standered fanfiction, for Sonic and his friends do not appear. This tells my own retelling of the Metarex story, from its beginnings to the birth of the Metarex. Most of it was explained in Episode 74 of Sonic X, but this is the in-depth explanation of it. A story of betrayel, war, and tragedy in the name of love.

I simply thought the the story of Cosmo's species had lots of potential.

This is an idea I had after I reread "Descent into Darkness" by Thrippa. I thought "Since seeing a retelling of Gerald Robotnik's story sounded great, what about a retelling of the whole Metarex story?" This is the finished product.

I would like to thank Thrippa for inspiring me with his/her "Descent into Darkness" story. And kudos to you for creating such an engaging story. It was enjoyable to read it.

Anyway, on with the show! Several of the chapters will probably be a bit short comparted to my other stories.

There are some themes from my other stories, so in case you don't know, go and read them if you want. However, they will be introduced later, so you can still get the story without reading them.

All canon characters belong to Sega and Sonic Team, and all OCs belong to me.

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Fall of the Seedrians

Chapter 1: Two Worlds

The purple Seedrian chief known as Luke walked into his throne room. The planet was very quiet today; there was no major news around the capital or nearly any other city. The throne room was richly decorated with several tassels showing the Seedrian coat-of-arms; a tropical flower crossed with an electro-spear. The flower represented peace; the spear respresented the fact that the Seedrians stood for peace, but were ready for war if confronted.

Luke's life had been a promising one; he was groomed from the age of 7 to be a leader and a warrior. This was during the Ishur Crisis, a time of great instability when a large band of rebels from the Ishur Province declared open war with the government. Luke, despite being so young, was able to effectively lead Seedrians loyal to the government (which were much more numerous than the rebel troops) and crush the rebels. Recently, there had been rumours that there still was a band of rebels hiding somewhere, but those were probably just rumours.

That was approximately 30 years ago. Ever since, there was peace. Among other notable events, the Seedrians were able to establish peaceful relations with the nearby temperate world of Thyferra, which was recently colonized by anthromorphic humanoids such as hedgehogs and foxes. Ever since, cooperation and trade with the Thyferran colonists have become commonplace. However, there was one major difference between the Seedrians and Thyferrans; the Thyferrans were known to be avowed pacifists, while the Seedrians were much more warlike.

Luke was an avowed scientist, and encouraged research and scientific endavears. As such, the Seedrian Republic expanded rapidly in its technology, bettering the lives of ordinary Seedrians and improving the stability of the Republic.

Peace and prosperity reigned. Nobody saw any need for change.

But little did they know that their species would soon be changed forever.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, another Seedrian, a deep gray specimen known as Zhar, plotted in secret.

Zhar, not known to many, was the leader of the rebels during the Ishur Crisis. After he was defeated, he surrendered and slowly rose back to being a prominent and trusted member of the community.

But even then, Zhar would still have revenge for his defeat. And he still had not forgotten the humiliation.

Zhar strolled to the control room of his cavern lair. It was very cold, damp, and dark, with only the illumination of the supercomputers and some other power bulbs providing light. The back wall of the cavern was covered by a collection of large computer monitors, lists of data scrolling over the screens.

A new browser came up, this one with live camera feed. A cloaked figure against a red background appeared on the screen, his face shrouded in the thick black cloak. His cloak was emblazoned with the blood-red Satanic pentagram on the front. Zhar bowed deeply to this figure.

"Yes, what do you want now, Zhar?" The figure said.

"Holy One of the Demon Empire, you know what I seek," Zhar said. The cloaked figure raised one of his eyebrows, unkinownst to the gray Seedrian.

"Ehhh, no, actually, I don't know what you want. Odd to be called the Holy One from a non-Demon infidel, don't you think?" The figure asked with a chuckle.

"...I want revenge," Zhar said.

"Ah yes, for your losing bet against Luke. So, how exactly do you want me to get revenge?" The figure said.

"I want Luke and his family dead," Zhar said in an almost whispering voice. The figure appeared to ponder it.

"Unfortunately, that is something I cannot do," the figure replied.

"Please, I'll do anything!" Zhar begged.

"Well, I have other plans, Zhar. They involve Thyferra...and a certain young fox I have been keeping my eye on. However, if you give me something, I might cut you a little slack," the figure added.

"What do you mean?" Zhar asked.

"...Luke has something, something that I want. I will demand that he give it to me in my next tribute letter," the figure said, "If you can convince him to give it to you, it would be great doing more business with you."

Zhar grinned evilly. "...And it would be great doing business with you, too...Maledict."

In response, the figure threw back his hood, revealing his head. Maledict's head was like a black hedgehog's, with evil gray eyes. He was also wearing an elaborate twisting crown on his head, which also contained Maledict's prized gray Altus Emerald of Power.

Maledict was known to all as the Devil, or Satan, though he notoriously hated his Satan name for reasons unknown. And his Empire is so large and tyrannical that it and the Demons themselves have become synonymous with evil.

Zhar's grin faded from his face, and he backed down in fear in the face of the Devil.

"...Be aware, Zhar, that I will not tolerate insubordination. If you stray out of line, I will silence you. Permenantly. I have given you your orders," Maledict warned.

"Yes, Zir. So, what exactly do you need from Chief Luke?" Zhar asked, adressing the Devil with his title Zir (Demonish for "He who rules").

Maledict just smiled his trademark evil smile; this fellow would be too easy to take control of.