Rose de L'Immortel

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Chapter One: The Beauty In Ragged Clothing

The sun was about to set over the dark kingdom of Mobius, letting the shadows consume the bright colored trees and flowers until everything was filled with nothing but utter darkness. Inside the giant, well-built dark palace was a black and red hedgehog who wore a silver crown, a dark red robe. He headed towards his throne, getting ready to start off the night with his late night demands of his fellow villagers. His dark crimson hues were narrowed, determined to have some innocent souls tortured, regardless if they have sinned or not. As soon as he sat down upon his royal throne, the main entrance doors, made of pure iron, swung open; letting in two guards who brought in a civilian whose face and body was covered in ragged clothing.

Something about this being intrigued the dark prince as he watched the being struggle to break out of the guards' grasp. A dark chuckle emerge his lips as he responded in the calmest tone, "Put him in the dungeon… I shall torture him later."

A low growl could be heard as the guards took the being to the dungeon, away from the dark prince's sight. The black hedgehog tapped his chin as he tried to figure out who the being is and why they were captured. He shook his head slowly as he heard his name being called from the background.

"Sir Shadow…the prisoner is in the dungeon." Yelled out on of the guards.

"Hmm…. Thank you, my royal guard… I shall meet this prisoner after my dinner." He responded as he continued to sit in his throne, waiting for any other villagers to give him their plea.

After many hours of serving the villagers, terminating a few innocent souls and satisfying his hunger, he walked his way down the spiraling stairs with a plate of food in hand. As soon as he made his destination, he stopped and looked directly at the prisoner who was sitting on the hard bed, still covered in rags. He slowly kneeled down and slid the plate over, making sure that it was reachable for the prisoner to grasp. He kept a close eye until he watch the prisoner take the plate and then sat back down on the bed. He raised an eyebrow as he tried to create a conversation between them.

"So… What did you do in order to capture my royal guards' attention? I'm sure you did something wrong, otherwise you wouldn't be where you're at now." He paused, wondering if he'll get an answer from them, "I don't get that many prisoners in here, you know. So speak."

A low growl was heard once again as the prisoner threw the plate across the room, barely hitting Shadow in the face as it met with the wall, hearing it shatter as it fell to the ground. Soon, Shadow became furious as he unlocked the dungeon doors and walked towards the prisoner. He grasped onto the ragged clothing with his left hand and pulled the prisoner off the ground and close to his face. Fire was burning in his eyes as he slowly reached to remove the ragged scarf that was covering their face, only to get an unexpected blow to the midsection; causing Shadow to immediately drop the prisoner to the ground. He gasped for air as he looked over at the prisoner, noticing that their plan to preventing him to see their true identity, failed.

"Don't even try to hide your face now… reveal yourself. State your name." Shadow demanded as he took a deep breath, recovering from the blow.

The prisoner softly sighed as they raised their head to look at him fully. A set of green emerald hues looked into his crimsons as more of the ragged clothing fell onto the floor. Standing before him, almost naked, was a pink female hedgehog with short quills that almost look like hair. Slowly she placed a hand upon her hip as she took a deep breath and spoke in a soft tone, "My name is Amy Rose, and are you happy now? Also… do you always treat your women with the worst respect?"

Shadow's eyes widened in shock, baffled by the beauty that was hidden under the dirty, foul smelling rags. He was speechless for the longest time before managing to say a few words, "I suppose I'm happy…but still doesn't explain the very first question I asked you. What did you do to get yourself into this much trouble?"

Amy shook her head as she raised her hand up at him, "You don't want to know and I rather not relive it, thank you."

Within an instant, Shadow's shocked expression changed into a rather pissed expression. He gritted his teeth before turning his back towards her and slammed the dungeon door, "Very well, since you're not going to state it." He spoke, "You're going to be my personal slave and you shall fill my every need."

"Tch. Yeah, okay. Whatever." She spoke as she went and sat back on the hard bed, crossing her arms in front of her while kicking the air.

Shadow started to walk up the stairs with his mind in deep thought, wondering about her actions, wondering if there was something more to her than meets the eye.

'Something about that Amy Rose… just can't put my finger on it.' He thought.