"The Prince and the Speedster"
By: Cherry
A/n: This is the first time I'll have ever written a Sonic story using the Knothole storyline. I'm begging you, please be gentle and please don't flame me.
Mina Mongoose (A/n: For those who don't know, Mina's a character that's only found in Archie comics.) sat on the steps of the school, waiting for a certain friend of hers to come out. She'd had a thing for this certain friend for a while now and she was beginning to think that maybe he did too. She never let her hopes get carried away, but she clung onto a little bit of faith that he would ask her out one of these days.
"Hi Mina!" came a familiar young voice.
"Hey Tails!" Mina responded. "Have you seen Sonic anywhere?"
"Sonic? He went to the royal palace," Tails answered.
"He WHAT? He said he'd meet me after school!!!" Mina yelled.
"He went to see the princess," Tails told her. "He doesn't get to see Sally much anymore because of the new rules that Prince Elias set."
Mina barely heard him. She was fuming. This was the second time Sonic had done this to her. "Oh, forget it. He'll just hear about it from me on the phone later on," Mina grumbled. Tails heard her tone of voice and decided to make himself scarce.
Later on, while Mina was doing her homework, she got a phone call. On the other end was Sonic.
"Tails must have warned him to call me first," she thought. Then she yelled into the receiver, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO AFTER SCHOOL SONIC HEDGEHOG? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE DASHED OFF!!"
"I'm sorry!! I'M SORRY!!!" Sonic yelled back to make his voice heard. "I got the notice last minute! I couldn't find you to cancel . . ."
"Meanwhile, I tried my hand at controlling my speed without you and wound up hurting Tails, who was helping me!" Mina thundered.
"What?" Sonic yelped. Mina heard voices in the background and knew that he was asking Tails about this. After a moment, Sonic's voice came back onto the phone. "Alright Mina, from now on, you aren't allowed to use your speed without me there."
"WHAT? Who are you to. . ." Mina began. Sonic cut her off.
"I'm your tutor, remember?" he said plainly. "I'm in charge of you when it comes to your speed. You'll have to do what I say."
"But . . . I . . ." Mina stammered. Then her fuse blew. "AAAAAAUUUUUGH!!!!!" And she slammed down the phone and stormed out of her house.
* * *
"All I'm saying is that you should think about this rule that we have to be kept isolated from the rest of the kingdom," Sally pleaded with Elias.
Elias secretly agreed with her, but because he was following advice from Geoffrey St. John, he decided that he'd better keep with the new arrangement.
"Listen Sally, I know that you miss Sonic and your friends, but this is the way things would be anyway if we'd never had that war with Robotnick," Elias said firmly. "I understand that this is hard for you to get used to, but you're going to have to."
"Oh, Elias, do you think that you have to do everything Geoffrey says?" Sally asked. She saw that she'd hit a nerve because Elias had flinched. "Listen, I know he's now the highest ranking official we have, but he wasn't raised to rule. If the truth be known, I'll bet that he's trying to keep me from Sonic so he can have a chance with me."
At this, Elias laughed. "Sally, where'd you get that crazy idea?"
Sally looked at her brother, who was sitting on his bed. She decided that she could trust him with the complete truth, so she didn't hold anything back. "Geoffrey has had a thing for me for a long time. I don't think he realizes that I've noticed. I know that you've noticed that he hates Sonic. It's because he's jealous of him. He wants to keep me apart from Sonic to try and weaken my feelings for him. That's why he suggested that the royal family become isolated."
Elias stared at Sally for a moment, and then said, "Why on Mobius would Geoffrey sink that low?"
"I just told you," Sally replied.
Elias rubbed his head. "Then how do I know that any judgments made regarding Sonic were fair, especially considering the whole stolen Sword of Acorns business?" (A/n: To know what that's all about, you'd have to read the comic series.)
"I don't know Elias," Sally responded sadly, sitting down next to him. "All I do know is that I think it would be a lot better if you tried to rule without taking advice from Geoffrey."
"I think you're right Sally," Elias said, still rubbing his head. "Ugh. I need some fresh air. I'm going out for a while."
"Okay. See you later," Sally said, leaving him alone. Elias got up and walked out of the palace, heading towards the park.
* * *
Mina had been so angry that she didn't pay attention to where she was going, but she now found herself in the park near the fountain, her favorite part of the park. She sat down on a bench next to someone.
"I can't believe that Sonic," she complained. "Where does he get off telling me what to do after he blew off my speed control lesson? I really don't get why people think they can boss others around unfairly."
"Sounds like you've got the same problem I do," said the guy sitting next to Mina. "I've been getting advice from someone who's apparently been very biased about everything. He tells me what to do, no matter how unfair, and I've been blindly following his advice."
"Is the whole damn city in misery today then?" Mina asked bitterly, not realizing who was next to her.
"No I think that it's just us two," responded the guy just as bitterly.
Mina looked at him for the first time and realized that it was Prince Elias sitting next to her. She gasped. "Prince Elias!!! Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that it was you!" She quickly stood up and bowed.
Elias got Mina back up, laughing his ass off. "It's okay! Really! I'm glad I ran into someone who understands what I've been going through." He laughed again. "Don't act so stiff. I haven't bee able to make a single friend since I became prince. It'd be nice to be friends with someone."
Mina half-relaxed. "Are you serious? But, you seem like such a nice guy. How could you not have friends?"
"Simple. I'm cut off from the outside world. Do you think that you could give me a chance to be your friend? I know this is out of the blue, but I really want and need a friend now and from the sound of it, you do too."
Mina smiled. "Well, it could be cool to be friends with a prince. Okay Prince Elias. You can call me friend now. And I promise I won't go bragging to anyone if you don't want me to. It can be our little secret."
"I'd like that a lot. What's your name by the way?"
"Mina Mongoose."
By: Cherry
A/n: This is the first time I'll have ever written a Sonic story using the Knothole storyline. I'm begging you, please be gentle and please don't flame me.
Mina Mongoose (A/n: For those who don't know, Mina's a character that's only found in Archie comics.) sat on the steps of the school, waiting for a certain friend of hers to come out. She'd had a thing for this certain friend for a while now and she was beginning to think that maybe he did too. She never let her hopes get carried away, but she clung onto a little bit of faith that he would ask her out one of these days.
"Hi Mina!" came a familiar young voice.
"Hey Tails!" Mina responded. "Have you seen Sonic anywhere?"
"Sonic? He went to the royal palace," Tails answered.
"He WHAT? He said he'd meet me after school!!!" Mina yelled.
"He went to see the princess," Tails told her. "He doesn't get to see Sally much anymore because of the new rules that Prince Elias set."
Mina barely heard him. She was fuming. This was the second time Sonic had done this to her. "Oh, forget it. He'll just hear about it from me on the phone later on," Mina grumbled. Tails heard her tone of voice and decided to make himself scarce.
Later on, while Mina was doing her homework, she got a phone call. On the other end was Sonic.
"Tails must have warned him to call me first," she thought. Then she yelled into the receiver, "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO AFTER SCHOOL SONIC HEDGEHOG? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE DASHED OFF!!"
"I'm sorry!! I'M SORRY!!!" Sonic yelled back to make his voice heard. "I got the notice last minute! I couldn't find you to cancel . . ."
"Meanwhile, I tried my hand at controlling my speed without you and wound up hurting Tails, who was helping me!" Mina thundered.
"What?" Sonic yelped. Mina heard voices in the background and knew that he was asking Tails about this. After a moment, Sonic's voice came back onto the phone. "Alright Mina, from now on, you aren't allowed to use your speed without me there."
"WHAT? Who are you to. . ." Mina began. Sonic cut her off.
"I'm your tutor, remember?" he said plainly. "I'm in charge of you when it comes to your speed. You'll have to do what I say."
"But . . . I . . ." Mina stammered. Then her fuse blew. "AAAAAAUUUUUGH!!!!!" And she slammed down the phone and stormed out of her house.
* * *
"All I'm saying is that you should think about this rule that we have to be kept isolated from the rest of the kingdom," Sally pleaded with Elias.
Elias secretly agreed with her, but because he was following advice from Geoffrey St. John, he decided that he'd better keep with the new arrangement.
"Listen Sally, I know that you miss Sonic and your friends, but this is the way things would be anyway if we'd never had that war with Robotnick," Elias said firmly. "I understand that this is hard for you to get used to, but you're going to have to."
"Oh, Elias, do you think that you have to do everything Geoffrey says?" Sally asked. She saw that she'd hit a nerve because Elias had flinched. "Listen, I know he's now the highest ranking official we have, but he wasn't raised to rule. If the truth be known, I'll bet that he's trying to keep me from Sonic so he can have a chance with me."
At this, Elias laughed. "Sally, where'd you get that crazy idea?"
Sally looked at her brother, who was sitting on his bed. She decided that she could trust him with the complete truth, so she didn't hold anything back. "Geoffrey has had a thing for me for a long time. I don't think he realizes that I've noticed. I know that you've noticed that he hates Sonic. It's because he's jealous of him. He wants to keep me apart from Sonic to try and weaken my feelings for him. That's why he suggested that the royal family become isolated."
Elias stared at Sally for a moment, and then said, "Why on Mobius would Geoffrey sink that low?"
"I just told you," Sally replied.
Elias rubbed his head. "Then how do I know that any judgments made regarding Sonic were fair, especially considering the whole stolen Sword of Acorns business?" (A/n: To know what that's all about, you'd have to read the comic series.)
"I don't know Elias," Sally responded sadly, sitting down next to him. "All I do know is that I think it would be a lot better if you tried to rule without taking advice from Geoffrey."
"I think you're right Sally," Elias said, still rubbing his head. "Ugh. I need some fresh air. I'm going out for a while."
"Okay. See you later," Sally said, leaving him alone. Elias got up and walked out of the palace, heading towards the park.
* * *
Mina had been so angry that she didn't pay attention to where she was going, but she now found herself in the park near the fountain, her favorite part of the park. She sat down on a bench next to someone.
"I can't believe that Sonic," she complained. "Where does he get off telling me what to do after he blew off my speed control lesson? I really don't get why people think they can boss others around unfairly."
"Sounds like you've got the same problem I do," said the guy sitting next to Mina. "I've been getting advice from someone who's apparently been very biased about everything. He tells me what to do, no matter how unfair, and I've been blindly following his advice."
"Is the whole damn city in misery today then?" Mina asked bitterly, not realizing who was next to her.
"No I think that it's just us two," responded the guy just as bitterly.
Mina looked at him for the first time and realized that it was Prince Elias sitting next to her. She gasped. "Prince Elias!!! Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that it was you!" She quickly stood up and bowed.
Elias got Mina back up, laughing his ass off. "It's okay! Really! I'm glad I ran into someone who understands what I've been going through." He laughed again. "Don't act so stiff. I haven't bee able to make a single friend since I became prince. It'd be nice to be friends with someone."
Mina half-relaxed. "Are you serious? But, you seem like such a nice guy. How could you not have friends?"
"Simple. I'm cut off from the outside world. Do you think that you could give me a chance to be your friend? I know this is out of the blue, but I really want and need a friend now and from the sound of it, you do too."
Mina smiled. "Well, it could be cool to be friends with a prince. Okay Prince Elias. You can call me friend now. And I promise I won't go bragging to anyone if you don't want me to. It can be our little secret."
"I'd like that a lot. What's your name by the way?"
"Mina Mongoose."