Eclipse returned with Scourge and Fleetway to the house outside of town, the moment Scourge set foot into the house , he was overwhelmed by a powerful energy, Mephilies sat leaning against the wall, watching a small child, the one that he and Fleetway had been asked to come and see.

"i see you've finally arrived" mephilies uttered glancing at them 

"Eclipse wouldn't have left otherwise, i hope this is worth out meal being interrupted" Fleetway scoffed

"this is impossible..." Scourge muttered, his gaze had stayed glued to the child, and everyone had gone silent "I thought he was dead..." the boy looked up at Scourge, and Scourge's expression darkened at the mark he saw 

"you know him?..." Eclipse rose a brow

"I did a long time ago, back when the witches weren't scattered..." Scourge answered as he approached Maurice carefully

"So he's a witch?" Mephilies rose a brow

"Not exactly..." Scourge answered "Maurice? Do you remember me?" he asked, Maurice only continued to stair at the older hedgehog silently "Where's your parents?"

"Dead" Maurice answered there was a blankness in his voice that made Scourge hesitate 

"What about Silver and Sonia?"

"Sonia's dead..."

"And what of Silver?" no answer was received from that, Scourge looked at the mark on his neck "Do you know how you got that mark?"

"No"

"Did Silver do it?"

"..."

Only then did Scourge understand, he took a deep breath and crouched in front of Maurice

"Silver is here with you... isn't he? He's been following you for awhile... And he's hurt people who have hurt you... Hasn't he?" Silence rang out across the room as even the atmosphere in the house fell quiet as if nothing in the house had occurred "that mark on your neck... it's from a forbidden spell... One only known to the enchanters... Silver casted it didn't he."

"The enchanters had been dead for thousands of years, how can their spells be cast?" Mehpilies questioned

"simple... Maurice... How long have you been alive?" Scourge asked with a small smile as he knew the answer

"4763 years old" Maurice mumbled and everyone had fallen silent, he was far older than anyone had realised

"Silver traded places with you when the demon came, hadn't he? And he's been with you ever since, and he's still hear right now is he not?"

To be continued

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