A Story Book Ending

Also, is It necessary for me to say I don't own any of these characters?
Pairings occurring in this tale-
Silver Bluelight Cloud, King and Blaze Fireburner Rose, Queen. (SilverXBlaze, Silvaze)
And
Shadow Darkestone Flame, Prince and Amy Lightbringer Rose, Princess. (ShadowXAmy, Shadamy)

DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT EITHER COUPLE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN TAILREAM AND KNUXOUGE IN LATER PARTS. IF YOU ARE A FIRM SONAMY, SONADOW, SHADUCKLES, SONILVER, SHADILVER, SHADAZE, SONAZE, SONOUGE (I don't think I have to worry about a lot of these but…still.), OR SHADOUGE FAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THIS SO NO HATING!

Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived the beautiful Rose Princess. Her beauty was known from afar, and men flocked from all over the country to try to win her hand. Many of them were strong, or quick, or skilled, but those were all insolent, stuck up men. The princess had almost everything she wanted, from dresses to jewelry to adoration from her people. But the one thing she was missing, and the one thing she truly wanted, was the pure love of someone else. All her suitors only wanted her title, beauty or riches. She was lonely in her big castle. One day, as she was sitting at her balcony window, she saw a small caravan approaching in the distance. She put on her receiving gown and hurried down the grand stairway. When she reached the bottom, her parents, the king and queen, had already gathered. The caravan master, a blue hedgehog named Sonic, was smitten with the Rose princess and always brought her something nice. He bowed low when she entered the throne room.
"Princess you are looking wonderful, as you always do."
"Why thank you Sonic." She blushed prettily. Sonic gazed at her emerald green eyes contrasting with her rose red gown and light pink hair, and thought of what a wonderful royal couple they would make.
"Ah-hem."
"Oh, yes. Sorry, my princess."
"So. What have you brought me this time?"
"Ahh this time I have brought you a beautiful crate of fabric from the eastern lands. Shadow!" he barked. "Bring out the gifts for my lady."
The slave, called Shadow by Sonic, stumbled out into the open. As he was hauling his heavy load of expensive cloth, her eyes were trapped on his ebony fur and ruby red stripes, an even more brilliant red then her own gown. But what really captivated her were his eyes. A deep, mysterious red that she could feel herself drowning in.
"Shadow…."
"What was that my lady?"
"Oh. Um…. Nothing."
As Sonic kept chattering about the cloth, The Rose Princess was captivated in the eyes of the black hedgehog.
Interrupting Sonic, she asked, "How much for the slave?"
Sonic, startled out of his speech, stuttered. "What, you mean Shadow? Oh he's worthless, can't do a thing."
Sonic was well aware of the slave's lure to women, that was one of the reasons he had bought him, but he had never imagined that the princess might fall for him.
"I don't care. How much?" The princess's parents, Queen Blaze and King Silver, looked at each other in the back. Sonic named the highest price he could think of.
King Silver stepped forward. "Then we shall pay." Queen Blaze, resplendent in her ice blue gown, called an attendant to fetch the sum from the treasury. Sonic, fuming, accepted the sum and handed over Shadow.
After he had left in a hurry, the Queen asked her daughter, "Now darling, we understand that you may like this slave a bit too much, but remember that you are the Princess and he is a slave."
"I will, Mother." She bowed to her parents and led Shadow away.
"Hello Shadow. I'm Amy, the Rose Princess."
In a deep, smooth voice, the hedgehog glanced down and asked "Why?"
Baffled, the princess sputtered, "Wh...What do you mean 'Why?'?"
"Why did you buy me?"
Startled by this direct answer, she mumbled, "Because I had to have you."
"What?"
"Oh uh nothing."
Amy led the slave, whom she now only thought of as Shadow, to the sleeping quarters adjacent to hers. In a fairly pompous voice, she announced, "You shall be my man servant, for the time being."
Shadow looked at her.
Blushing, she left him to his room and went into her own. Thinking to herself, she leaned on her vanity table and sighed heavily.
"Is something wrong, Amy?" Shadow's voice emerged from the darkened hallway entrance. Without her noticing, it had been several hours.
"Did… Did you just call me Amy?"
"Yes… Is there a problem?" He looked slightly confused.
"It's just that, no one has ever had the courage to call me by my first name. Even my parents call me princess, or Rose."
"Well you are no special princess to me yet, Rose." Amy was confused by his boldness, compared to how meek he seemed in front of Sonic.
At the look on her face, Shadow laughed. It rang around her empty chambers, and she giggled in return.
"You are probably wondering why I was so meek in front of that slave master, Sonic."
"You took the words right out of my mouth." Even after her mother's warning, she was flirting with this stranger.
"Well first, I did not want to misbehave in front of the king and queen. Second, I guess…." Here he paused, as if searching for words. "Let me say this first. I have heard rumors of your beauty far and wide, and I was doubtful that anything could amount to the beauty of the late Lady Maria, but when I walked into this place, I could feel it. You. You tamed me. That, my lady, is a feat not accomplished by many."
Amy blushed furiously. "I…I…"
"Don't worry, Amy. You don't have to explain yourself to me. Well, unless you need me…."
"Oh um. No. You can return to your quarters." She said, once again being overly haughty in her manner.
"You don't need to pretend to be something you aren't. We both know you aren't actually like this." And with that, he returned to his rooms.
The princess was left, with her mouth agape, amazed at how quickly the black hedgehog had figured her out. She called on her waiting maid and best friend Cream and changed into her nightgown.
The next morning, she woke to find a large platter of her favorite foods by her bed. "What is this?" Shadow stepped into the room and said, "I asked the cook to fix up some food for you." "Thank you." As she delicately started to peel away the rind of a fresh orange, she asked Shadow, "Have you eaten yet?" "No, Rose. I was waiting for you to wake." Amy handed the ebony creature half of her orange. "Eat." As they ate, the two hedgehogs chatted about their histories. She learned that he had worked for the legendary Lady of the Valley, Lady Maria and her grandfather. He learned that she had never had a true friend. It was late when they realized that during the time they had spent together, the two had moved closer and closer to each other. Now Shadow was sitting very close to her, on her bed in the high sunlight. She turned, and looked at him, and her breath caught in her throat. He was talking, very animatedly with his hands, his profile lit up and his eyes gleaming. He stopped, and looked down at her. Suddenly realizing where he was, he leapt back and apologized. "I'm so sorry m'lady. I was preoccupied and I forgot my place." She laughed and said "No, it was nice. Come, sit again." She watched in dismay as her hand patted the place next to her and her mouth smiled at him. *what am I doing?* she wondered. *he is just a slave. If my mother finds out that I let him stay in my personal quarters unattended…* Regardless of the warnings in her head, she was happy when he accepted her offer and sat next to her. As the two of them talked the afternoon away, the queen stood at the door listening to the princess and the slave become friends. Part of her wanted to barge in and stop them, and the other part remembered how in love she had been when she met her love, who at the time was just a commoner at the time.

In the kingdom where the Rose family lived, the queens had always been able to make their own decisions. The valley was a peaceful and happy place, and the kingdom flourished under the years of peaceful reign. Blaze wondered to herself if the next generation of royals could be equal, as she had always been more dominant than her partner, Silver. Both were content with the matching, but Blaze Fireburner Rose had always wondered if he might contain some secret power.

As she listened to the two young ones, she sighed, and recalled her own days of fresh love with Silver BlueLight Cloud, and walked on, leaving the two to their simple happiness.

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