Troubled King

"Can you stop eating so quickly?" asked Rouge as she drove around a small corner.

"Muttski told me to wolf." said Sonic in between mouth fulls of fish.

"Wolf!" said the dog with a filled mouth.

"See?"

"You're going to choke yourself." sighed Rouge.

"No I won't, because I'm Sonic The Hedge-" then he started coughing.

"Famous last mouthfuls, and what you're saying is the equivalent of Sasuke saying 'I'm going to be Hokage' after running away from the village, swearing vengeance to it and almost killing Naruto and the sides more than once."

"I don't have an education, but I know that doesn't make sense. And you wanna know why?"

"Because – shut up." Rouge checked her 'GPS' for any signs of Chaos Emeralds in the area, one was very close by. "We're stopping here."

"In the middle of the woods?"

Rouge stared outside. "It's like I'm drunk when I drive, I don't even look where I'm going."

They got out of their car and after explaining again why the capsules aren't witchcraft, Rouge sealed the car into one. "Now, to find the Chaos Emeralds."

The two started walking towards where the signal predicted the gem was.

"Stop vight there!" Came a loud voice.

"A German?" Rouge brought her head right to the point of a blade from a frowning coyote. "Oh my days, what happened to you? You have a hairstache or something."

"Vhat, isn't vhat vou should be concerned about. Vou should be concerned about whether this blade vall cut into vour skin or not." warned the coyote.

"Hey, your hair looks like Uncle Chuck's moustache." pointed out Sonic, much to the giggling of Rouge.

"Are vou guys not even fearing vfor vour own lives?" sighed the coyote, "Just come with me." With the gesture of his hand, the coyote lead them through the forest.

Now, if you were to ever go to the forest of Sonic DB's world, you're guaranteed to lose your way there. There were too many bushes, identical trees that you probably couldn't use to mark your starting point, to be honest, you'd sooner lose yourself here than in the desert. But the coyote knew his way around like a wolf.

"So...what's your name?" asked Rouge as they crawled under a tunnel.

"I cannot tell information on myzelf."

"Alright then, I'm Rouge Bat, this is my accomplice, Sonic The Hedgehog."

A wave.

"And his dog Muttski."

"Woof."

"I'm vnot going to tell you information about myzelf."

"How polite."

They arrived at a castle that would at first seem so obvious, but the forest has a way for hiding that away.

"Whoa, this your house?"

"Vhis is my great grandfather's house. After a competition vhat decided ze alpha of ze old coyote pack, he veigned supreme, not just by his strength, but by his vwits as well. Ve went from being the lowest profile in ze forest to being ze most respected animals in our little world. Now that he's dead, our family is encouraged to keep ze family bloodline at peace. That is, now, to serve ze Queen of Acorns."

"Who's that?" asked Rouge.

"Oh! I know her! She's that person who visited my Uncle once! She was that fat squirrel, right?"

"How dare you!" scolded the coyote, glaring at the giggling Rouge. "Anvays, let's go inside."

Inside the silver castle was an ancient red carpet that had the dust of 100 years, beside it were suits of armor that wielded a sword each, one with a shield by it's neck. At the end of the room was a hallway that lead to many doors and inside those doors were stairs, then more doors. Inside those doors were rooms where a soldier would live and rest. But they, also, were dusty and unused; a spider was on it's way to a world record of the biggest, strongest web it could make.

On the top floor was another, bigger, grander door that said 'The Grand Palace'.

"Alvight, I've got to warn vou, no inappropriate behavior, no stupid being vourzelves, vou are about to meet ze King." warned the coyote.

"Oh! Food!"

"Vait!" The coyote had not noticed the hedgehog had already gotten in, probably due to how small he was; but Antoine is about the same eye level as Sonic, actually. Just a bit taller.

"Welcome!" a nervous, loud voice said, accompanied by the sound of chewing from Sonic.

"No! Vou're not supposed to eat ze food!" said the coyote.

"Ooooh! Cocktail!" said Rouge as she took the glass.

"No!"

"Son." Another coyote came alongside two guards that carried a spear. He looked like the coyote, just with an actual mustache (and hair a bit better than his son's). He wore the traditional red royal robe with white fur and black spots. Under that was a royal purple shirt with royal red lines that complimented the robe. His trousers were a royal blue. Pretty much his cloves said royal. His eyes were a piercing blue and his stance screamed authority.

"Allow these people to rest themselves, I can tell they come from afar. Their shoes have dirt, one has ripped clothes, they all look too skinny, Antoine." As you can tell, his native tongue wasn't like his son's.

"Hm." Reluctantly, the newly-named Antoine went and sat down on a seat opposite Rouge and Sonic.

"Why do you have all this food anyway?" Rouge said in between her drink.

"Oh, this is just our rations, but you can eat as much as you like, as guests." explained the King, smiling.

"Fanks." said Sonic in between mouthfuls. He was like a dog. No, a wolf. Maybe like a poor man. Although his dog wasn't much better, although he was a bit more...controlled.

"So, what brings you into our kingdom?" asked the King, ignoring the glaring look of Antoine.

"Well, king, I would like to ask if you've seen an emerald/diamond structure object? Something like this." Rouge brought out a green Chaos Emerald.

"Vour Majesty! Vhat's ze diamond! Ze diamond vhat was stolen from vus!" The guards went into attack position and pointed their spears at the guests' faces.

"Guards, you're colorblind, remember?" pointed out the King.

"Yes sir, sorry sir." The guards relaxed their positions, but Antoine sheathed his sword and point it directly at Rouge's face.

"Never ze less, it is still a diamond." said Antoine.

"Son!"

"Mph? I just found this on the floor and found out there's 6 more of this." said Rouge, unafraid. It was as if the sword wasn't there.

"Son, put your sword down, do not be rude to our guests!"

"And how about vou? Only vour enemies could be starved enough to be as disgusting as that!" scoffed Antoine, changing his sword to face Sonic.

"I can assure you that we have no relationship with evil, well, not me at least. This guy can survive bullets." said Rouge.

"...Vhat are these bullets vou speak of?" pondered Antoine.

"...Forgot this was an undeveloped part of the world here."

"Anyvays, I shall put you to death for tricking \e king!"

"Son!"

The blade was slashed across Sonic's face.

"Ow! That stings." Sonic cringed at the stingy feeling. The cut in the fur suddenly was healed and sewn together.

"...Vat ze hell are vese people." said Antoine.

"Speaking of people, why are you accusing us of being spies? Has something happened that has caused your son to think this way?" asked Rouge.

"Sigh." The king suddenly went to a depressed, ill-mannered. "Originally, this kingdom was busting with people. It was such a happy kingdom that I ruled over." He showed a fake smile. "Then, one of my sons, I have two, was interested in the family treasure. We had shown him it one day on his birthday and ever since, he's been going to continually look at it and study it. If only I knew how much he loved it. Behind my back, that son had been planning a rebellion; and most people in the kingdom had agreed to it. The rebellion started 2 months ago and most of my land has been stolen from me. The diamond, as you know as the Chaos Emerald, was taken as well. Me and the remnants of a great nation have been fighting the rebels. That son must know I have another diamond here."

"The Chaos Emerald is known to hold a strong amount of chaos power, I believe that this power may have changed your son's personality and greed." observed Rouge.

"Yes, he used to be so gentle." The king twitched a bit.

"Where is he?"

"I don't know."

Rouge yawned, "What's your son's name?"

"Patch, Patch D'Coolette."

"Yours?"

"It is rude to ask an elder's name!" complained Antoine.

"Armand." The king was so depressed he couldn't even bother to correct Antoine.

Rouge closed her eyes and thought about this situation, he accomplice, Sonic, almost finishing his gorge of turkey. (I won't be surprised if someone thought I was talking about the country.)

"I've got it. Are they likely to come here today?" exclaimed Rouge.

A blast of a cannon gave the answer.

"Sonic."

"Hmm?" Sonic just finished his turkey leg.

"Wanna fight some rebels?" smiled Rouge.

Sonic was already gone as soon as he heard fight.

"ARGH!"

- Near the Kingdom -

Sonic kicked a large squirrel that held a sword in the face.

"ARGH!"

"Vet him!" One meter away was Patch, looking very closely like Antoine but with longer hair and an eye-patch.

A large gang made up of badgers, toads, mice, rats, squirrels and lizards came up to Sonic with silver, sharp swords.

"Hello." Sonic happily waved. He dodged a slash of a sword and kicked a random person, then he ducked a sword aimed for his body and swept the attacker to the floor. And, with surprising knowledge of fight, he head-spined with open legs that knocked out some of the enemy. His feet were like helicopter blades, deadly but not really noticed. The hedgehog scored an uppercut with his leg that cut the opponent into the sky.

On the other hand, Muttski was busy with fending off the enemy with his teeth. Surprisingly, this worked very well and changed the way the gang thought about dogs.

By the time the others came, most of the enemy was swept through.

"Good work Sonic!" smiled Rouge.

"Oh my…." Antoine mouth-dropped. Then he realized the enemy, "Vatch!"

The coyote looked at his brother, "Antoine..." he said with a hiss.

"Ha!" Antoine came at his brother with a royal sword and met Patch's.

"Do vou hide vourself because vou're scared?" Antoine took away his sword and went for a straight stab.

"I hide only to give vou a chance to hide vourselves." Patch dodged and swept at Antoine's head.

"Do vnot underestimate me!" Antoine ducked and kicked his brother's cheek, equaled by Patch's punch to his face.

It was like a fight scene that came out of Star Wars. Except the light sabers were swords and there was more contact of body.

Patch had scored a piece of Antoine's uniform off and caused a cut on his skin. This was taunted by a slash of Antoine's own sword that cut his shirt, causing a longer, but of less area than Antoine's.

"It's nice to vnow that my brother has vnot gotten rusty." Antoine made a fancy X on Patch's chest while he met back with a stab in the elbow.

"Vow do vou like vat?" Patch smiled. His sword dripped with royal blood.

"Antoine!" Armand started running to his son's rescue, but a glare from Patch stopped him in his tracks.

"I shall erase vou with this Emerald, I vould rather vnot waste my sword on vour blood." insulted Patch. He took out a purple Chaos Emerald that's glow was like that of a beating heart.

Antoine struggled to release the sword that was further digging into his flesh and cringed at the feeling of the diamond.

"Say hello to Mother for me." The emerald glowed intensely, a little surge of electricity pouring out from it. The purple light highlighting Patch's grin. The electricity grew more violent and bigger.

Then, like an arrow, shot towards Antoine.

"Woof!" Muttski suddenly came out of nowhere and bit at Patch's neck. The concentration on the emerald was broken.

"Vow!" Patch cringed and knocked the dog away, then faced back to Antoine. Who had released himself from the sword and was walking stealthily. Then he jumped to a side and a fist-ed white glove came out and hit Patch in his bad eye. "Vot the heck, man!" Patch then felt an uppercut from a familiar hedgehog and a headbutt from Muttski pushed him away.

"Vou vill regret vhis!" Patch shook his fist and ran away into the green, alongside his remaining soldiers.

"Von't vou daer run avay!" Antoine started chasing Patch and his gang but was stopped by his father.

"Dear Son, there has been too much bloodshed. I would not wish for you or Patch to be hurt or even killed." Armand was begging Antoine to rethink his vengeance over. "Our kingdom is a symbol of happiness or thanksgiving. Do you know what I mean?"

Antoine sheathed his sword, glaring into the woods and cursing the very bark that hid his enemies. "Ve've lost the chance to vin a war. Vou happy?!"

"Luckily for us, Patch dropped his Chaos Emerald after the attack by Muttski, good work Sonic." Rouge said as she examined the purple diamond.

"No problem." Sonic petted his dog, then took a fat piece of the leftover turkey and shared it between his friend.

"Without this, Patch is sure to come to his senses; or maybe even be weakened to the point where his members leave, one by one." explained Rouge.

"Funny you should say that, my people are already begging to be punished for their treason." Near Armand was a surprisingly large amount of civilians with heads bowed saying they deserve to be punished. "Such nobility! I forgive you all, you truly are my people."

As a celebration of the defeat over Patch, The royal family started with a large dinner party that was planned to last for 3 days. This included having a tour around the special rooms and looking at special items.

But Rouge and Sonic couldn't stay for long.

"Vou're leaving?" exclaimed Antoine.

"Well, we're on a journey to collect all the Chaos Emeralds, and we only have 3 out of the 7 we need at the momment." said Rouge.

"Can't vou stay vor a while longer?" hopped Antoine.

"It's a really important mission." explained Sonic, "Top secret too."

"Alvight, zee you." waved Antoine.

"Bye!"

- 10 Minutes Later -

"Son, I would like you to discover the world." announced Armand suddenly.

"Vhy?"

"I don't want you to live like your parents and the people before them lived, confined in a small space with limited things to do."

"But isn't it vight to get used to vour vuture kingdom?" complained Antoine.

"Yet, there will be a day where someone will find us. I just have this feeling I can't shake away. I want you to be ready when that day comes."

"...I still veel that I should- "

"Alright, find out the power of the Chaos Emeralds and observe the behavior of the outside world, happy?"

"Vine." Antoine started packing up the things he needed.

"And by the way," Armand snapped his fingers. 2 guards came out of a door and into the family room carrying a sheathed sword. "I would like you to accept this sword, call it any name you want; just use it for what you think is right.

The king stood up and took the sword and walked to the now standing Antoine. Antoine bowed. All was now quiet.

Armand dubbed Antoine by placing the sword on his son's right and left shoulder. Then he held the sword upwards. "Advances Chevalier au nom de Dieu. I dub thee a noble knight of honour and more than just royalty, arise; Sir Antoine of That Nice Looking Rock." (The King had made the mistake of knighting many others before Antoine and places to dub a knight to were running out.) Antoine rose and took the sword and sheated it.

It was a swiss sabre that's handal was a great mixture of black and gold, carved on it were the words 'Antoine' and the royal symbol of the kingdom.

"What is the sword's name?" asked Armand.

"It's name is 'Paix', to represent the peace in the land."

"Now, go on your quest, my son." Armand said, turning backwards on his son.

"Yes." Antoine carried his sword on his waist and walked towards the door.

"Goodbye, Dad."

As Antoine left, a small smile crept up on the king's face, feeling that his worries were now able to be cast aside.

Writing out Antoine's speech is a hard thing, espacially if you forgot your entire French course. Paix means peace in French.