Can you believe i thought of this during karate practice? Enjoy!~

-Prolouge-

"Hurry! We need to get going before the wizards men show!" A ebony hedgehog ran through the forest with her only son and daughter clasping her hands. "There's the last one boys, get her and we can call it a night." The ebony female heard and had to protect her children. "You two go run as fast as you can, I'll hold the men off while you escape." With that said, she ran towards the men and yelling started.

"C'mon man! We need to get going!" The boy's older sister was red with speckles of black on her. They ran as fast as they could until, "Wham!" The boy turned to see his sister, dead with a arrow through her chest. Tears dripped down his face and he started crying. Suddenly, a man picked him up by his quills. The child cried even harder. "What have you got there Mort?" The evil wizard stepped out of the bushes uninterested.

"Just more garbage. Planning on disposing of it soon." The wizard shok his head "Just put him in the cage with the rest of the slime, we can have fun with them later." Mort made a disgusting grin and walked back to the destroyed village. He threw the boy in the cage and watched him whimper a bit. "Crying is going to get you nowhere child. After a while, you are going to wish I killed you." With an evil grin, the man trotted off in search of more survivors.

For many years, the child was treated no more than a slave and was forced to watch many slaughters. So many that he forgot his family and everything dear to him, including his own name. He was called 'trash' and 'slime' everyday. All he wanted was for the suffering to stop, to be free and live happily. For a now fully grown muscled man, he has lasted longer than any other slave.

-end of prolouge-

"Please sir... let me go..." An aged old mouse coughed out. Mort just took out a whip and whacked him with it. "SHUT UP AND GET BACK TO WORK" He coughed some more and walked on to continue his work. He fell from exhaustion later. Shadow watched as the slave was mercilessly beaten by men. That was the treatment here, work or be beaten. The hedgehog was now a full grown male, he had slight muscles and had black quills with red.

The patch of fur on his chest was supposedly white but now was a greasy brown color. All he wore was a old loincloth and had many scars across his well muscled chest. Someone...set us free... Shadow thought to himself as he continued to work.

At that very time, a young prince by the name of Sonic was flirting with as many women he wanted. The queen saw this as a distraction and has had enough of it. She made a decree that every princess in the land were to come stay at the castle for a full three months. After the time was up, the prince would make one of them his bride.

Sonic of course was against it. "WHAT?" He screamed. "This is the chance for you to finally be king my son!" The queen said. Both she and her son were hedgehogs. The queen was a sky blue and the son was a more darker shade.

Sonic couldn't argue with that, so he agreed stubbornly and waited for the princesses to finally arrive.

in the kingdom next to ours

"But I don't want to go mother!" The pink hedgehogette yelled. Her voice could be heard throughout the castle. "Don't fret dear! If you are good enough, you will finally have the crown instead of your eldest sister." She watched as one of her maids packed for her daughter.

"But-" "No buts about it Amelia! You are going and thats final!" Her mother left n a huff to prepare the carrige.