Author's notes: I know, I know, Sonic Underground is far from popular now a days, and a fair few probably have never watched the cartoon. (if you wanna, it's on Netflix.) And probably very few actually read Fanfiction for the old cartoon. I'm not putting this up for reviews, though a few would be pretty awesome, I'm putting this up for fun. This story is just for fun. If there was a way to keep it fluffy, I would. Unfortunately, anyone who's watched Sonic Underground knows that things take a turn for the worst.
So yes, there is plot. And yes, I am aware the chapters are dreadfully short.
With that out of the way, you may want some background. WHAT IS THIS STORY ABOUT? This is the first story of my 'Green Moon' Series and takes place before Sonic Underground. This story follows Rain, half sister to the infamous Sleet, and lady-in-waiting and friend to Queen Aleena. Rain has horrible luck with her romantic life, and has a long string of ex boyfriends. She expects the worse when she finds herself crushing on the cold Captain of the Guard, Argus.
Without further ado:
-Before the Moon Rises-
(Prelude)
Rain rushed through the palace gates, not waving to the guards as she usually did. She was late. A whole hour late, thanks to her brother. During the night, the power had been cut, leaving her alarm clock useless. And did Sleet tell her? No! Of course not. He had left a note on the door with a crude smiley face taped to the apartment door. She didn't understand it! Both him and their father depended on her job to support the family. Where would they be if she lost her job? She prayed that Aleena would just brush it off, after all, she had been her chief lady in waiting since they both had been teenagers. They were close friends, but she knew that this was almost unforgivable.
She turned a corner, rushing to a hidden servant entrance. What she didn't see was the guard patrolling the corridor. The two collided, and before the wolf could even think about what happened she was on the ground, her hands twisted behind her back and a knee in her back. "Ow ow ow!" she cried as her snout was pushed into the pavement. "Get off!"
"What are you doing in the courtyard!" the harsh bark told Rain that she had ran into one of the guardsmen.
"Rain Wolfe! Lady in waiting for Queen Aleena!"
Instead of releasing her, the knee was pressed harder into her spine. "Where's your uniform!"
"I don't wear one!" Rain howled. "I've never worn one! Ask anyone! I've worked her for ten years!"
"Uh, Rain's telling the truth, Captain…" Rain opened up one of her orange eyes and saw Lancet, one of the older footman, his dull brown feathers a little ruffled as he looked down at her with an apologetic look. "She's also late…"
Finally, she was allowed to get up. She quickly scrambled to her feet and away from the captain, dusting off her jeans and shirt. Could her day get any worse? She recognized the captain as Argus, son of General Michael, and the latest in a long line of Terriers serving the royal family.
He was also… kinda cute.
"Rain Wolfe, absolutely not!" she scolded herself as soon as that last thought passed through her head. She was NOT crushing on anyone, not after last time!
"I have to go!" she yelped before he could say a word, and rushed through the door of the secret entrance.
(A few days later)
With the last button put into place, Queen Aleena expected a comment from her handmaiden. After all, Rain always had something to say about the buttons that were almost too tiny for her large hands. Instead, there was silence, or as close to pure silence as one could get in a castle with hundreds of people getting ready for the day. The royal hedgehog turned to look at Rain, only to find the dark grey wolf staring at the closed window. For a moment, she looked to the curtain before deciding that her friend must be lost in thought. After all, there wasn't a giant beetle on the off-white curtain like last time, or anything else remotely interesting.
"Cat got your tongue?" Her tease usually got a small growl from the wolf. Now it just got a sigh.
"Not really, no." Rain looked back at her, suddenly remembering her place. "I'm sorry, my queen. I didn't mean to space out."
Aleena smiled. "No one means to space out," she chided lightly. "What's on your mind?"
Rain suddenly looked nervous, looking down at the floor, letting her blue hair fall over her eyes. "It's… it's nothing, your majesty."
"For you to be all formal, I think it's more than nothing." She grinned as she dragged Rain to the chairs by the window, opening the curtains to let the morning light in before taking a seat. "You know all my secrets, so tell me what's going on."
Rain sighed as she looked from the queen to down at the courtyard below. "The new Captain of the Guard," she whispered. "That's what's going on."
Aleena frowned, "Argus? Please don't tell me he snapped at you for being informal." While most staff of the castle wore uniforms, Rain and a handful of others didn't. She didn't want to force uniforms on those who didn't want them, as long as they had the small button pinned to their shirt that told of their place and job, they could wear whatever they wanted. Within reason, of course.
However, Rain shook her head. "No, he hasn't said a word. I just…"
It took a while, but Aleena finally understood what she was trying to say. "Are you blushing under that fur of yours?" A grin broke out on Aleena's face as Rain nodded absently. "Oh great Mobius, you have a crush on Argus!"
"Aleena!" Rain whined. "Not so loud! It's just a silly crush."
"On one of the most stiffest and by-the-rule person in all of Mobius!" The hedgehog couldn't help but tease. "After all, look at your past boyfriends! Why the sudden change?"
"Look how all my past boyfriends turned out," Rain sighed, "Ricky went off with another gal. Jlin was chased off by Sleet of all people. And you know how Tarin was." The wolf gestured to her burnt and scarred face caused by her latest boyfriend. "I want a guy who's not a scaredy cat, literally, someone who's loyal, who won't hurt me when I say no."
"And has the emotion span of a brick," Aleena supplied. "Well, you know what you have to do, don't you?"
Rain paused, not liking the look on her queen's face. "Avoid him at all costs until I'm over him?"
"No, see if you can't get to know him better. Then maybe he'll let me and Silver go on a date without guards following us everywhere." Aleena heard a small whine from her. "I could make it an official… Actually, yeah, I'll do that."
"Do what?" Rain's full attention was on the devious queen. "Official what?"
"I'll make an Official Decree. You and Argus have to go on three dates."
"Ah, bu, wha, gah." Aleena started to laugh as Rain gaped at her. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope!" Aleena jumped to her feet and clapped her hand happily. "I'll call an emergency meeting. I'll summon my advisors right away! This cannot wait!"
"Aleena the hedgehog!" Aleena took off in a sprint when she heard Rain's howl, laughing as she gathered her skirts and ran down the hall. "Don't you dare!"
"I'm the queen and I can do whatever I want!" She laughed as she slid around a corner. "I don't see why you're so upset! You want to get to know him better."
"I never said that!"
"You know you want too!"
"I don't need you meddling in my love life!" Rain yelled as she scrambled around the same corner, coming close to hitting the wall before taking off after the queen again. "You're happy with Silver, why don't you just leave... eep!"
Queen Aleena grinned from beside her new 'friend' as Rain crashed on the floor before jumping up again, straightening her blouse and slacks. "I, um, Captain Argus, sir."
Argus frowned at her, almost to the point of glaring. "Is there are reason why both of you can be heard all across Mobotropolis?"
"Lighten up, Argus." Only the queen would be allowed to say such a thing, and elbow him lightly in the side, without serious injury. But that didn't mean she got away with it without him looking over to her with the same disapproving look on his face. "Rain and I were just playing around." Aleena gave a wicked smile to Rain, "you know, teasing about the other's crushes."
"Aleena…" Rain half whined, half growled.
There was a heavy silence while the two girls continued to glare at each other, or a teasing smile on Aleena's face while Rain glared. Argus sighed when it was obvious the two females were to wrapped up with whatever was going on between them. "Very well, your majesty." He gave a nod to the hedgehog before turning around and walking away without another word. It was too early in the morning for this.
"Like I said, emotional range of a brick," Aleena half-whispered after walking over to her friend's side. "But, I guess he's kinda cute. He has a nice backside at least…"
"Aleena!"
She grinned at Rain's embarrassment. "Well, he does."