Zelainia's pov
A long time ago there was a kingdom so noble and wise that the mountain the royal family's castle was perched upon was given the name Mount Olympus and the kingdom was soon known as Olympia.
The king was called Karan a red hedgehog he was known for his kind heart and strength in was married to a beautiful white bat named Halona. He had everything a king could ever hope for, a prosperous kingdom, a beautiful wife even a son. Two in fact.
Antipas and Ebony. Ebony was a midnight black hedgehog who inherited his colour from his grandfather but his crimson streaks he got from his father and his blood eyes from his mother. Ebony was the youngest of the two but he still was known as a brave boy and was destined to be a great king someday.
Antipas inherited his pear green fur from his grandmother and his ice blue eyes from his father. Even though he was the eldest he wasn't destined to be king for his father prayed to the gods on the night of his birth but the results were disastrous. The kingdom was invaded and almost taken over, half the kingdom's crop failed and many died from hunger but the worst for the king was the nightmare he had on the eve of his sons birth. It showed the green hedgehog murdering his own family for the crown and turning the kingdom to ruins.
But the king thought this was nothing but adrenaline induced lies so he decided to forget.
When Antipas turned three and Ebony turned two the king found great news. The queen was pregnant.
With a girl.
Karan had hoped for a daughter for his entire life and his prayers had finally been heeded.
Nine months later Halona went into labor and the outcome was a gorgeous hedgebat. Her fur was as white as the purest snow. Her eyes were what most noticed first about her were the eyes she inherited from her grandmother. Every colour in the rainbow was swirled around her pupil. Her parents called her Acacia and she grew up in her kingdom.
She was known throughout the kingdom and it's neighbours for her heart of gold and beauty even at such a young age. She grew close with her brother Ebony and they spent their childhood together however her relationship with Antipas was the complete opposite. He acted cold to her and it confused Acacia, she knew not why her eldest brother shunned her.
On the eve of her seventeenth birthday a ball was held in her honour. Her parents gave her a beautiful necklace. It was a pendant shaped like a key and decorated like an antique. Where your fingers would hold it was a stone. It was a dark red with luminent blue flecks inside along with swirls of pink.
"The stone is dragons breath it is very rare and is said to hold qualities that out shine the gods" Her mother said as she fixed it around the girls neck.
"Thank you" She said as she stared at it and could see the reflection of her lime brother sneaking out of the room in the gem. It aroused her suspicions but her parents distracted her thoughts.
"There are three sisters to this necklace all the same but all slightly different. When the time comes dear daughter you will know what I mean" Karan said softly as he kissed his daughter's head.
She spent the evening with her lover Alexander and they danced together throughout the night but when the clock struck midnight the windows shattered and the lanterns blew out leaving the grand ballroom in a state of shock.
During the chaos the ones responsible for the explosion had taken the heirs for the seven kingdoms and taken them to a remote islan-
"BOO" A voice screamed behind me.
I sighed, shutting my book, before turning round to be met with a blue hedgehog looking rather grumpy "Hello Sonic".
"Really that didn't scare you?" He asked.
"No" I shook my head.
"Ugh I thought that since you were so engrossed in your book I could have snuck up on you" He sulked.
"I knew you were there Blue" I said as I put my book on the bookcase in my giant bedroom.
"What?" Sonic cried out.
"What part of half bat don't you get?" I asked offhandedly over my shoulder as I flew up to the top shelf and looked for a certain book.
Sonic said nothing as he stared at me as I flew across the length of the bookcase "Are you coming to the ball my mums holding?".
I sighed as I kept searching and pulled out the book I was looking for. I was hoping this wasn't going to come up. "Well my father is going and you know I have to go since I'm the heir of Olympus".
He only nodded.
I sighed as I looked at my desk where a small black box sat. I hated this just because we were the only heirs to our kingdoms meant we had to be married when we reached the age of eighteen. Though things couldn't have worked out any worse.
Seven kingdoms.
Fire
Water
Earth
Forest
Wind
Lightning
Night
All the kingdoms.
The princess of the Fire kingdom Blaze fell in love with her head knight Silver.
The Earth princess Water is too young to get married.
The princess of the Forest kingdom Amy is crushing on someone though she won't say who and her adopted sister Cream is too young but crushing on Sonic's little brother Tails.
The Earth kingdom prince Knuckles has fallen in love with Duchess Rouge a member of the Wind kingdom court.
The Night prince Shadow is too emo to say, but his brother, Jayce….
I myself being the princess of the Lightning kingdom have been forced into an arranged marriage with the youngest Prince of the Night kingdom. You see Shadow is a strong and silent type. His parents believe he will make a fine king if he rules on his own. So he isn't going to be shipped off to be wed to another heir. I however am going to be wed to his younger brother. Who is a year older than me the same as Sonic here.
Speaking of Sonic he doesn't want to be tied down so when he is with his parents and the word marriage is brought up he is gone quicker than you can say chili dog. But a marriage between him and Amy looks certain. It's arranged and everything, like mine, but he says he doesn't have any feelings towards her *cough* lies*cough*.
Besides things have been complicated for them to say the least in the last few years..since the accident.
A fourteen year old Amy Rose, my best friend, walked down her castles hallway as she made her way to the throne room so she could meet me and my Father for a meeting with the Wind kingdom, but I had forgotten.
As she walked up towards the huge doors to the throne room she found that there were no guards standing to attention beside it. Amy started to get suspicious and she quickly summoned a ball of lightning in each hand before she kicked the doors open, Only to reveal a horrific sight.
My Father, King Zeus was sprawled out on the floor, his burnt orange fur and quills matted from the blood that oozed out of a stab wound in his lower abdomen.
Amy screamed as she ran toward him and laid his head on her lap, staining her white greek style dress crimson.
"SOMEONE PLEASE HELP" She cried as she attempted to stop the bleeding with her white shawl.
"A-Amelia r-run please" Zeus whispered.
She only shook her head, more tears came to her eyes as she watched her beloved uncle's eyes shut from exhaustion.
Amy heard footsteps behind her and she spun round with a hopeful glint in her eye as they fell on a cloaked figure.
"Please y-you have to help him" She sniffed "Someone s-stabbed him".
"I know what happened to him well I should...seeing as though I'm the one that stabbed him" The figure smirked.
Before Amy could register those words the figure had sped to her and punched her sending her across the room and into one of the pillars.
The figure was suddenly in front of her with a length of rope in his hand. He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her up before he turned her round and threw her onto her knees as he grabbed her wrists and tied them behind her back.
"No" Amy yelled as the figure hoisted her onto his shoulder. He turned to walk away but in doing so gave Amy a view of the balcony and across the land where she a blue blur.
'Of course the meeting with the Air Kingdom. They must be on their way here and that means...Sonic' She thought frantically.
"SONIC!" She cried as she struggled in her captors hold.
"Hold still" The man grunted as he tried to limit her movements.
"SONIC HELP PLEASE SON-MMPH" Amy screamed but it was muffled as the man placed a hand over her mouth.
"Now shut up" He hissed in her ear.
"Hello?" Sonic's voice called off in the distance.
Amy felt relief pour over her at the sound of the blue blurs voice "MMPHF SNNC".
"Amy? What the- AMY!" Sonic cried as he saw his sakura friend being held captive.
"Ah shit" The man muttered as he tried to make a break for it, only to be sent flying into the wall by a spindash to his back. This caused him to drop Amy, who fell from his hold and landed in Sonic's arms.
"Amy are you okay?" Sonic asked as he untied her hands.
"Yes I'm fine-LOOK OUT!" Amy cried as she saw the figure running towards them with a sword.
Sonic, without hesitation, ran toward the villain and as he brought the sword up to deal a deadly blow, the blue blur slid under his legs and spindashed over his head grabbing the sword and stabbing the man in the process.
He landed and smirked at the lifeless body on the floor, he turned around to face Amy and his face fell.
She was sitting on the floor trembling looking up at him with a mixture of terror and shock. Sonic took a step towards her and his heart ached as she shuffled away from him fearfully.
His ears lowered in regret "Amy" He reached his hand towards her but she got up and ran from him and towards her wounded uncle.
I had arrived soon after that and I had sent Amy off to get one of the healers. I remember my hands shaking as I held Amy's shawl onto his wound. Sonic had stuck around for a while, helping as much as he could. I could see he blamed himself for this but it wasn't his fault. Amy had been a bit nervous around him at first after that but they soon made amends. But who could blame her she saw a side of the blue blur that no one wants to see.
I shook my head to clear it of unwanted thoughts, I mean we had just gotten back to normal, after three years and I wanted to keep it that way.
I sat down at my desk and placed my book on the desk. Properties Of Rare Gems The title read, I opened up the book and searched for Dragons breath.
"No no no no" I muttered to myself as I switched through the pages in the opal section.
"What?" Sonic asked as he came and stood behind me.
"Nothing" I replied as I slammed the book shut after reading it through three times.
"Ok" He said slowly as I rested my head on my arms I stared into the mirror on my desk and caught him staring at me. I turned round to face him and cocked my head to the side and looking at him questionably.
"You know" He started after a while of ogling " You really should wear your quills down I don't even know how long it is".
I turned and stared at my reflection my gaze going straight to my pink quills. They were in a high ponytail which had been braided and wrapped in a bun completely hiding their length.
"No" I replied simply.
"Why?"
"Because they will get in the way and it's impractical" I said.
"Alright so... what book were you reading?" He asked as he sprawled himself out on my bed.
"The usual" I replied as I sat next to him.
"Really you were reading that boring old history book again?" He asked as he shook his head.
"It's not boring Sonic it's interesting" I scolded.
"Yeah well it's just a load of bull, it isn't true" He replied.
"How would you know you weren't alive then for all we know it could be true" I said as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Whatever so you coming tomorrow or what?" He asked as he rolled over and stared at me with his lime eyes.
"No".
His face was priceless "What? Why not?" He asked incredulously.
"Coz if I do I will have to wear a dress and that is not my style" I said as I held my laughter back.
"Oh come on you wore one for your sixteenth and you looked amazing" Sonic persuaded me.
I blushed before answering "Yeah but I didn't want to wear one then but I had to now if you'll excuse me" I said as I got up and grabbed the book I was reading.
"Alright I guess I'll just have to get Jayce stay with you tomorrow night"
My eyes widened as he continued
"Just the two of you, All alone,in your bedroom, with nothing to do except talk to each other and get to know one another you know before your weddi-"
I cut him off "Okay okay I'll go" He smirked "Only if you stop going on about the wedding" I pleaded.
"OK deal well I'll see you there Lani" He said as he quickly pecked my cheek, causing me to drop my book, and sped out of my room via the window.
'Damn that hedgehog' I thought as I touched my cheek 'Such a dick'.