Random new fanfic that I wrote on the bus! Yay! NOW READ IT.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sonic or any other characters! They belong to SEGA kids! SEGA.

Kingdom of Fire, Village of Water: Chapter One: The Tiny Spark of Love

Living inside a castle everyday, Sonic had never see anyone quite like the other before. From the inside of his carriage, he spotted a young man around his age with a sleek black body and upturned quills. On his chest was a small tuft of fur and he had crimson red streaks running down his limbs and quills. He was... gorgeous. A being of perfection even. The young man turned his head and the ruby eyes widened. He lifted the little rabbit girl and ushered the little kids he was taking care of into a small house.

"Stop the carriage."

The squirrel driving the carriage grunted and pulled on the reigns, stopping the horses.

"Prince Sonic, we have arrived at The Village of Water."

Sonic nodded and stepped out of the carriage seeing how the village seemed oddly empty. He walked to the nearest building and knocked on the large door, noticing it was the front of the small house the male hedgegog had rushed into.

The front door opened revealing a pale human girl with blonde hair.

"H-hello. M-may I help you?"

"Good afternoon miss. I am Prince Sonic and I am looking for a place to stay. May I stay here?" Sonic asked her.

She stuttered and turned around to find someone to ask. A white hedgehog ran over to the girl and grabbed her hand. "Maria! Shadow said you're not allowed to talk to strangers! It's dangerous!"

"But Silver, he said he was Prince Sonic."

Silver peered past the girl's shoulder and saw the royal hedgehog standing there.

"P-prince Sonic!" The hedgehog gasped. "I am so sorry! Please let me get the head of the house!"

Silver bowed again and rushed out of the room, telling the girl to invite the prince in and prepare some tea. Maria stepped aside to let Sonic in apologizing that the room wasn't so great. The prince only laughed it off and told her to sit down and chat with him.

Loud footsteps came from the floor above them and finally, a black hedgehog with blue stripes much like the hedgehog he saw earlier came down from the stairs. In fact he looked exactly like the other one except without a mouth, snake like green eyes, a black coat lined with gold, and a more masculine body. After him came Silver and a small fox.

Maria turned towards them. "Where's Shadow?"

"Cream." The human girl nodded.

Confused, Sonic wondered how the striped hedgehog could talk without a mouth. Or anything for the sound to come out of.

The hedgehog turned to face him. "Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you Prince Sonic. My name is Mephiles." He gestured at himself. "This is Silver who I think you've met," Silver waved at him. "And the kid is Tails. He is an absolute genius for his age and is currently working on some new type of technology." The boy fox hid behind Silver, peeking out occasionally at the royal hedgehog.

"Who the fuck is here at this time of day?"

Appearing from the top of the stairs, the crimson striped hedgehog came down carrying a small toddler rabbit. His white boots seemed to have some sort of rocket on their bottoms and the gold rings wrapped around his wrists and ankles gleamed. A slightly dirty white apron tied at the waist was the only clothing he had beside his gloves and shoes.

Mephiles spun around. "This is Prince Sonic from the Kingdom of Fire. He's the new one."

Shadow scoffed. "The last fucking thing I need. Just great."

"Fuck!" Exclaimed the little rabbit.

Shadow shushed her, telling that no, she couldn't say that word and no, she wasn't allowed at all.

The striped hedgehog gently set the small rabbit girl on the ground and pushed through the tiny crowd of people in the room. "Only you can stay. All your servants and whatever aren't coming near this house." His pointer finger stabbed the air, pointing at the prince, his expression hardening. "And don't you dare come near me!"

Whipping around, Shadow motioned for the others to follow him, picking up the small rabbit again. "Silver. Stay with him." He stomped up the stairs, everyone else following him. Mephiles was the last one to make his way up.

"You better watch your back 'cause what you wish for is impossible in this town."

Sonic watched them all travel upstairs. Well that was rude. It's not like he meant to intrude. Ok, maybe he did but still. Silver brought over a cup of tea for him, blowing at it to cool it down a bit. Saying a quick 'thank you', Sonic took the small cup from him and took a few sips before setting it down.

"I'm sorry for their behavior. Shadow has a... um..." Silver paused, searching for the right word. "He has a history with the fire kingdom."

The blue prince cocked his head, interested in what the other hedgehog had to say. He never heard anything about this 'Shadow' figure so how did he have a history with the Kingdom of Fire?

"I can't tell you." Silver said, reading Sonic's mind. "Sorry. Shadow forbids it."

The prince nodded understanding the words. Such a shame. He picked up the little cup again and started sipping at it again, trying to start up some type of conversation.

"So, what is this tea made out of?"

The white hedgehog lit up and happily started explaining about how the tea was made, pulling the prince into the kitchen and pulling out the ingredients to show him how to make it. Sonic felt that this hedgehog was probably the only one that was going to get along with him. The other interesting characters in the house were a little too, ah, moody.

Laughing along with Silver when he spilled the tea leaves, Silver sent him in the direction of the washroom to clean himself up, saying that he would go get some clean clothes for him, though Silver himself usually never wore any besides pants, gloves, and shoes, not that he really needed any clothes.

Shadow placed the small brown rabbit carefully into it's cradle. She was a war orpan named Cream and Shadow had found her with many others in the small, destroyed village. The other people that were traveling with him decided that they were going to settle down in the area. As the one that seemed to care about the kids the most, he took in all of them and was soon known as 'Mom' within the village even though he was of the male gender.

"Mama."

Shadow turned around, finding a small little girl with a rose in her green hair shifting on her two feet, holding the small stuffed rabbit Shadow had sewn her.

"Yes Cosmo?"

The soft-spoken girl raised her two arms up, clutching the rabbit in her left hand.

"Hug."

Smiling, the black hedgehog scooped up the little kid, making sure to pick up the rabbit when she dropped it. Cosmo snuggled into Shadow's chest fur, making herself comfortable in the hedgehog's arms while he was cradling her. Shadow rocked his arms back and forth, gently rocking her to sleep.

Cosmo's drowsy eyes looked up into Shadow's ruby ones, silently telling him good night.

And Shadow opened his mouth to sing, his voice low and melodic, not at all like his usual rough speaking voice.

Sleep well, my little baby
Tomorrow's a better day
I wish there was a better way but, may I say this this way

You'll always be my baby
You'll always be my friend
And so whatever you do
I'll be with you to the end

Sleep well, my little baby
Tomorrow's a brighter day
Hold on tight, just awhile
I'll make sure you see the way

Play around in the flowers
Roll around in the sand
But make sure you come back
Into these protective hands

Dream well, little baby
I love you to the end
And so, may you be happy
If I'm never there again

Shadow smiled down at the girl, watching her fall asleep murmuring to herself while playing with her small fingers.

Leaning down as he place her in the crib next to Cream, Shadow bent over and planted a small kiss on her forehead.

"Good night Cosmo."

He blew out the candle.

Sonic stepped out from behind a shower curtain, pulling out a rather clean towel from all his travel supplies. Wrapping it around his waist, he stepped into the main washroom where Silver had set clothes out for hin earlier.

"Hey Prince Sonic, I'm putting your clothes here."

Silver walked into the washroom and saw the blue hedgehog pulling his pants off. Blushing as red as Shadow's streaks, he threw himself out of the room while covering his eyes.

"Sorry!" He screamed, earning a chuckle from the prince.

Sonic grinned to himself. Grabbing the white shirt, he pulled it on over his head. The shirt had a low v-line that went to his stomach and was baggy at the ends of the sleeves and then tied, resulting in a slight poof in the sleeve. The pants were tan and had a red sash at the top that was adjustable to fit most.

Sonic pulled on his black boots and tied the gold laces, tightening them as he did. The door pushed open as Silver strolled in.

"You done?"

"Yeah."

"M'kay. I'll show you you're room."

Silver led Sonic up the stairs to a closed wooden door that had a sign with the words 'get out' spelled out in red letters. Pushing the door open, Sonic's eyes saw the black hedgehog with red streaks.

"What do you want?" Shadow demanded.

"Well, Mephiles told me that since you have the biggest room, you're sharing with Sonic."

The black hedgehog muttered a curse and stood up, slamming the book he was reading shut. He walked over to the closet and pushed open the door, revealing a smaller room inside it with a couple of blankets and mattresses littered all over the ground.

"Then I'm sleeping in here with the kids. Don't you dare come in."

He slammed the door shut leaving Silver and Sonic standing there shocked. Silver suddenly started grinning like crazy, barely being able to hold his laughter.

"OH WHAT NOW MEPHILES! I JUST WON THE EFFING BET! BEAT THAT!"

Mephiles appeared randomly in front of the two hedgehogs, his snake green eyes wide.

"What do you mean by that!?"

"I told you Shadow wouldn't sleep in the same room as him! Now, go and get me that cake!"

Mephiles grumbled to himself, flipping his third finger up for a second before quickly lowering it and stomping out of the room. Sonic stared after him before directing his line of vision at the white hedgehog with an unimpressed and questioning look on his face. Silver continued to grin widely and just shrugged.

Sonic shook his head. He had thought that Mephiles was the serious and authoritative one out of the weird family. Apparently he enjoyed having fun too. Silver was an average teenager, or at least in his standards, and Shadow was a gorgeous emotionless person. 'Yep. I'm definitely surrounded by a crazy bunch.' He thought, staring at the other.

"What?"

And another start of another fanfiction! Woot! So many things at once! This one was something I kinda started on the bus and I decided why not finish it? 1896 words. Not bad. The bet thing at the end kinda just popped up. I was gonna end it with Shadow singing but why end it there? So I made a horrible joke.

Maid Cafe Chapter 5 is halfway done kids! I kinda have a short writer's block which will probably be gone by tomorrow so don't worry!