UPDATE!
Sorry it took so long for me to update. Things got hectic in my life and didn't leave me with much time to work on this.
Anyway, I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog or the fairy tale in the story.
So, read, review, and enjoy!
Sonic stopped walking and surveyed wherever he was, trying to find someone else. Adding up what all the décor and fanciness of the stone structure he was in meant he was in a castle and he felt his head of a crown. Feeling nothing but the top of his head, he commented, "Well, if I don't have the crown, so I wonder who does." He continued searching until he came into a room and his jaw dropped as he saw Knuckles sitting smugly in a throne, an enormous gold crown on his head. "Oh you have got to be kidding me! He gets to wear a crown and I don't?"
"Hey Sonic! Isn't this great? First story and I get to be a king!" Knuckles remarked as he waved at Sonic cheerfully. "Isn't this awesome?"
"Yeah. Super. I'm so excited I can hardly contain it."
"I know right!"
"I was being sarcastic."
"Whatever. Okay, so what I've picked up from this story is that you're like one of my go-to guys."
"Uh huh. Why does that matter?"
"Okay, anyway, I got some bad news for you."
"What?"
"Sorry Sonic, but I gotta let you go."
"What? I've been nothing but nice to you! Whenever you've need some help, I've been there for you! I'm one of your go-to guys! That's not cool Man! That's not cool!"
"It's not personal. It's just that you've been hurt too many times and it's causing a lot of problems."
"So what if I've broken a few bones, some ribs, fractured some stuff, and pulled some muscles and numerous other injuries that are too long for me to list? That's not a valid reason to send someone packing!"
"Well, I'm the King, so what I say goes."
"That's still not a good reason!"
"Of course it is. I'm the King. End of story."
"Isn't there somewhere I can file some sort of complaint or sue you for everything of being so unfair?"
"Nope because like I said, I'm the King, so what I say goes. Oh, and I forgot to add that you don't get any money or anything. We were gonna throw you a "You Got Fired, So Good Luck In Trying To Get More Work" party, but it wasn't in the budget, so you get nothing," Knuckles told the cobalt hedgehog, "you've got a few minutes to say good-bye if you want to."
"Oh, here's my good-bye!" Sonic snarled and made a rude gesture at the crimson echidna before he stormed out of the castle.
Several hours later and already turning to night, Sonic stalked through a forest, muttering something incoherent and furious. "Stupid Knuckles! After all the things I've done for him...he goes and fires me! And he doesn't give me any notice!" fumed Sonic. He heard his stomach growl. "And he didn't give me anything!"
After a few moments, he saw a small cottage with a light in the window and decided that since he was currently screwed at the moment, he might as well as go up to a strange hermit's house in the middle of the woods for the night. Going up to the door, Sonic knocked on the door three times and his emerald eyes widened in surprise when he saw Eggman open the door. "Sonic!" exclaimed Eggman and he suddenly tried to be extremely innocent. "What a surprise!"
"Okay, Eggman. I know we don't get along and I always wreck your plans and humiliate you all the time, but can you just help a hero out with giving me something to eat and drink or I'm gonna be toast which is something you think is gonna be good, but really isn't," explained Sonic, "and a place to stay for the night would be awesome too."
"Oh, that's simple. Sure you can stay here. You can always count on your old pal Eggman."
"Pal?"
"Yes. We help each other out."
"Uh, what do you need me to help you with? Oh, and if it's anything evil…I'm out. I'd rather starve or something horrible happens to me than help you with world domination."
"Oh, it's simple. I need you to dig all around my garden tomorrow."
"You have a garden?"
"Yes. It's where I grow all the dangerous chemicals I need for my evil plans…oh, I mean my daffodils."
"Sounds simple enough. Okay, you've got a deal Eggman." Sonic agreed and Eggman stepped aside to allow the blue hedgehog in.
"Perfect." Replied Eggman and gave an evil smile before he closed the door.
The next morning, Sonic walked out into the garden, relieved that he managed to survive the night without any occurrences that would require him going to therapy for the rest of his life. Then again, he did sleep with one eye open and close to the door if he had to make a break for it. Looking around the garden, it had no signs of anything being planted and Sonic grabbed a shovel. Digging a hole through the tough crust, he put down the shovel, curled up, and began to spin, attempting to break up the soil. After fours hours, Sonic stopped spinning and uncurled, needing to stretch desperately. Surveying what he did as he stretched, Sonic saw that after the four hours he was working, he barely made any progress and returned to work. By nightfall, Sonic stopped, jumped out of the hole and flopped onto his back, completely exhausted and sore. Gazing at his progress, Sonic groaned when he saw that after a day's work, he just barely made it to the two thirds completed mark. Hearing footsteps, Sonic sat up and saw Eggman casually stroll into the garden and Eggman quickly surveyed the area and stated, "You didn't finish what I told you to do, but you have done a fair amount of work and since I'm such a wonderful friend, I'll let you stay another night…if you chop some wood for me tomorrow…and the pieces have to be small."
"Fair enough." Sonic agreed as he jumped to his feet and went inside.
Early in the morning, Sonic went to the back of the house, searching for the wood he was assigned to cut. Despite being completely exhausted, he did not sleep last night due to the fear of Eggman's "best friend" routine ending and doing something horrible to him. Finding the enormous stack, Sonic cracked his knuckles, picked up an ax, and began to slice the wood into small and even pieces. After a few hours, Sonic saw the pile was a little smaller and stated, "Okay. I wanna finish this, so I'm gonna do it my way." Putting down the ax, Sonic cracked his neck and curled up and began to spin through the wood, cutting it up into the exact same pieces. "Now why didn't I think of this sooner?"
Hours later, just as it was turning to sunset, Sonic finished the last block and uncurled, jumping to his feet and smiling with a small fist pump at his victory. Looking at the sunset as the colors mixed in the sky, he was glad he was able to get it all done at this time. Enjoying the peace and quiet as he watched the sky soon turn dark and Sonic saw a light behind him. Turning around to see the source, it was Eggman carrying a lantern. Quickly, Eggman surveyed the perfect pile and faced Sonic with a huge smile as he began, "Oh, excellent work Sonic! You can stay another night…only if you'll get my pipe that fell down the well."
"Your pipe?" responded Sonic with crossed arms and a raised eyebrow.
"Yes."
"Isn't blowing into a pipe bad for your health?"
"Oh, no. I don't smoke it like that. It's a very special pipe. It's mahogany and with gold trim and blows blue bubbles."
"So it blows bubbles…what makes it special?"
"The details don't really matter, but are you willing to accept my offer?" answered Eggman with his version of a sweet smile.
"Okay, sure. I'll help you get your pipe back." Sonic agreed and the pair went into the small cottage for the night.
The next morning, Sonic yawned as he shuffled behind Eggman to the well where the pipe was lost. He barely slept from the paranoia that Eggman was going to end this "friendly" act and do something awful to him. Stopping near a stone well, Sonic yawned again and dragged himself to the well. Squinting as he looked down the well, Sonic saw a gold glimmer stuck on a loose brick near the bottom and turned to Eggman as he got a bucket that Sonic would be lowered into the well with to retrieve the pipe. "How'd you lose a pipe down there in the first place?" questioned Sonic and Eggman's cheeks went slightly red. "What?"
"Well, in a fit of joy...I accidentally threw it down." Confessed Eggman as he faced Sonic and got the bucket into the well.
"From what?"
"Not important. Are you ready to go down?"
"Why don't you go down and get it and I'll pull you up?"
"Well, uh, I would, but my physique is-"
"You're too fat to fit in the bucket?"
"Uh-" started Eggman.
"Okay, I get it. You're self-conscious when it comes to your appearance. I'll go get it." Sonic told him. He hopped into the bucket. "Just bring me up when I signal for it."
Eggman nodded and began to lower the slightly nervous hedgehog into the well. Reaching the brick, Sonic plucked the pipe off the brick and waved to Eggman to bring him up. Relieved as he started to rise, Sonic lost the relief when he felt the bucket sway as he reached to be eye level with Eggman. "Give me the pipe!" ordered Eggman as he held out his hand and Sonic gave a determined look.
"Oh, no way! You aren't getting this pipe until I've got both my feet on dry solid ground outside this well!" retorted Sonic and Eggman clenched his teeth at the response.
Knowing Eggman was going to trick him to get it, Sonic quickly threw the pipe back in the well and Eggman tipped the bucket over, resulting in Sonic to yell as he began to fall down the well. Reaching one of the walls, Sonic tried to use it to get up, but it was too slippery for his shoes to get a grip on and he continued his descent. Sinking to the bottom of the well, Sonic held his breath as he frantically searched for a way to get above the water before he drowned. Groping around for something to use in his task, Sonic felt the pipe and quickly snatched it and stashed it away. A few seconds later, he felt the rough surface of a large rock. Finding the top, he stepped onto it and gasped for air as he breached the surface. Catching his breath, Sonic went back under the water and began to shove the heavy rock towards one of the walls, coming to the surface when needed. After a fair amount of time, he accomplished his goal and stood on the rock, leaning against the slippery wall for support as he regained some of his strength. Still breathing heavy, Sonic looked up to see the well was covered and who knows how far away, but the rock luckily have him the foot and a few inches he needed to keep his head above the water. Feeling the wall he was leaning against, it was still too slippery for him to try to use to get up. Regaining most of his strength, he pulled out the pip and looked over it. "Well, since I'm gonna die anyway, I've never blew into a pipe and since it's bubbles…it shouldn't have any damaging effects…except if that stuff that makes the bubbles blue is harmful to my health." Sonic reasoned and blew into the pipe.
Like Eggman said, bright blue bubbles floated out and a particularly large bubble popped. Shadow dropped down from where the bubble popped and plunged into the icy water. Coming to the surface, Shadow treaded water and scowled as he saw Sonic and he growled, "Oh, great. I should've known it was you…"
"Shadow! What are you doing here?" questioned Sonic.
"Hmph! Not by choice."
"Of course."
"Tsk. There's this idiotic idea where the pipe summons me and the rules of this fairy tale say I have to do whatever you tell me."
"Really? Anything I say…you have to do."
"Yes. Make me do anything stupid and you will regret it the moment we get out of here."
"Fair enough."
"So, what do you want?"
"Okay Shadow. I'll make it easy...GET ME OUT OF THIS WELL!" Sonic shouted and Shadow scowled.
"Okay, okay. There's no need to be so impatient." Shadow responded with slight annoyance in his voice.
Facing away from the cobalt hedgehog, Shadow jumped off the walls of the well until he reached the top and kicked the board covering the well until it snapped apart. Crawling out of the well, Shadow grabbed a length of rope nearby and dropped it down the well and began to pull Sonic up as he felt a tug as Sonic grabbed hold of the rope. Shaking as he stood in the sun to dry himself off, Sonic turned to face Shadow who had his eyes closed and arms crossed and Sonic thanked, "Thanks Shad. I owe you for that."
Hearing this statement, Shadow's crimson eyes shot open and he snarled as he faced his blue counterpart, "Let's get some things clear. One, it's Shadow, not Shad or Buddy or Pal or My Brother from Another Mother or anything like that. You call me Shadow or I'll throw you back in that well. That leads to my second point. I only got you out of there because I was forced to. I personally wouldn't be bothered if you were still in that well."
"I know…that's the upsetting part."
"Is there anything else I can get you? Cause I don't want to see your face or listen to you more than I have to."
"Actually, yes. There is something else you can do."
"Oh, I can't wait for this."
"I want you to frame Egghead for something so he goes to jail."
"Why do you want to send the Doctor to jail?"
"For making me do all that work, then trying to kill me." Sonic explained and Shadow gave a disgruntled look at the explanation.
"Hmph. Fine." Shadow reluctantly agreed and before Sonic could get another word in, skated away at high speed.
Shaking his head at the ebony hedgehog, Sonic sighed before he started to jog away from the well, wanting to put some distance between him and Eggman.
Several hours later, Sonic came to a stop next to a tiny inn and looked it over. Giving a small yawn, Sonic strolled into it. He was rather tired after having to be in the cold water and then break dancing, accepting bets for running, and odd jobs for a few hours to get some rings to survive. Going to the counter, he saw Tails huddled over a book as he wrote into it and Sonic greeted, 'Hey Buddy."
Looking up, Tails grew a huge smile as he replied, "Sonic!"
"I got a small question for you."
"What?"
"You wouldn't happen to have a room I could use for a couple of nights, do you?"
"Yeah. Just one left."
"Awesome. How much?"
"Well, three rings a night."
"Wow. Cheap place."
"I know, but it gets all the customers to come and keep the rooms full. I mean, the next couple of places cost around ten rings a night."
"Fair enough."
"Well, there is a catch."
"What?"
"I need you to show me what you have with you."
"Wait. You're searching me?"
"I've got no choice. It's some sorta legal thing by Knuckles."
"Why?"
"I think he's just paranoid about something." Answered Tails and Sonic though for a minutes whether he should accept the terms.
"Okay. I'll empty what I got." Sonic agreed and took out the pipe and a small royal blue pouch with his earnings for the day.
Seeing the pipe in Sonic's hands, Tails exclaimed, "Sonic! You smoke?"
"No, no. It just blows bubbles." Sonic explained.
"Oh…okay. You can stay here then." Tails permitted and Sonic took out three rings before stashing his belongings away.
Trading his rings for a room key, Sonic wandered the halls until he found the right room.
Coming into the room, Sonic shut the door and flopped onto the bed and stared at the ceiling, replaying the last couple of days in his head. Hearing the door open, he sat up and Sonic saw Shadow stomp into the room and the Ultimate Life Form started, "Well, I took care of the Doctor like you told me to."
Slightly curious, Sonic questioned, "What'd you do?"
"What do you expect? I did something highly illegal and framed the Doctor…just like you told me to." Shadow shrugged.
Sonic interrogated, "How do I know you're not lying?"
"Turn on the news and you'll see." Shadow instructed and Sonic became slightly worried at this point.
Taking the remote, Sonic turned the TV off and the instant he saw Eggman handcuffed and being escorted by two GUN agents, he turned off the TV and whipped around to look at Shadow who had his eyes closed as he leaned against the wall. "What'd you do?" he questioned and Shadow opened his eyes.
"Like I said. I did something highly illegal and framed the Doctor like you told me to," Shadow shrugged and stood up, "now can I get out of here and stop having to see you?"
"Uh, sure. Go ahead. Good work." Responded Sonic and Shadow stalked out of the room.
A couple of days after Shadow had sent Eggman to jail, Sonic came back into his room and spread out on the bed. After a day of his usual activities to earn rings, he gazed around to see the room was a mess. He knew he should clean his room, but he was too tired. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea and he took out the pipe. Blowing into it and like the first time, a particularly large bright blue bubble popped and Shadow dropped from where the bubble was. Standing up, Shadow looked particularly annoyed before he surveyed the room and gave a disapproving look. Crossing his arms, Shadow turned to face the cobalt hedgehog and told him, "Ugh. This place is disgusting."
"Yeah, whatever. I got a job for you." Sonic responded and Shadow raised an eyebrow.
"I swear, if you want me to go clean this up, I will break your-"
"No, no. I won't make you do that. You see, I found out Amy's the Princess in the story and I think it'd be awesome if she comes and cleans this up for me and-"
"So, you want me to kidnap Amy?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, there is no way I'm kidnapping some girl just so you can have a maid. I do have some limits." Shadow declared.
"You have to. You have to do everything I ask, remember?" Sonic pointed out.
Shadow said nothing and flipped his middle finger at Sonic in an act of protest before taking off. Shaking his head at the action, Sonic sighed and flopped onto the bed. "You know, I thought it would be awesome to have Shadow as the Ultimate Slave, but it actually kinda sucks," Sonic remarked to no one in particular, "he's waaay too grumpy for it."
A short time later, Shadow kicked open the door and carried in an unconscious Amy before dropping her on the bed. With his emerald eyes wide open in shock, Sonic looked at Shadow who had his arms crossed, his crimson eyes closed, and looking extremely calm and casual and Sonic exclaimed, "What'd you do to Amy?"
Opening his eyes, Shadow looked at Sonic and shrugged, "She was swinging that hammer of hers at me, so I knocked her out with some chloroform." He uncrossed his arms. "I got you Amy who should be awake in a few minutes if I measured the right amount. Can I get out of here?"
"Uh, sure. Good work." Sonic permitted and Shadow glared at the cobalt hedgehog before stalking away.
Waiting for Amy to become conscious again, Sonic did some break dancing to pass the time and stopped when he saw the pink hedgehog stir. Sitting up on the bed, Amy looked around and asked drowsily, "Where am I?"
"Oh, hey Amy. I'll be blunt. I'm still pretty ticked with Knuckles kicking me to the curb so I'm gonna get some revenge by making you my slave. First thing…clean up this room so it's completely spotless. And by spotless…I want to be able to see my face in the mirrors and eat food off the floor and everything." Sonic ordered and Amy unwillingly got off the bed, grabbed a broom, and began to sweep the floor.
Jumping onto his bed, Sonic grabbed a comic book on the nightstand beside the bed and started to read it, occasionally looking up to see how Amy was doing. Eventually bored with his comic, he tossed it off to the side to see Amy now holding a bucket and mop as she began to mop the floor. Sitting on the bed as he watched Amy clean up the room, Sonic was wearing a grin of triumph and commented, "I should've though of this sooner! This rocks!"
Sitting on the edge of the bed as Amy shined his shoes, Sonic looked outside to see the sun was starting to rise and he pulled out his pipe. Blowing into it, Shadow once again dropped out of the bubble and gave a disgusted look as he saw Amy shining the azure hedgehog's trademark shoes. "What do you want now?" snarled Shadow and Sonic gestured for Amy to stop shining his shoes and she followed the order without question. "You gotta take her back to the castle and bring her back every night." Answered Sonic and Shadow crossed his arms as he raised an eyebrow.
"Are you serious? I'm going to be doing every single night?" Shadow responded, clearly displeased with this information.
Sonic nodded and replied, "Yep."
"I hate you so much." Shadow growled as he picked up Amy and threw her over his shoulder.
"I know you do." Retorted Sonic and Shadow gave Sonic a dirty look before he kicked the door open with his foot and race away.
Amy walked into the throne room and saw Knuckles hunched over a video game, clearly oblivious to everything as he focused all his attention on it. Debating whether it was a smart idea to interrupt him, Amy gave a dry cough to get acknowledged and Knuckles looked up at her. "Okay, this better be important," he started, "otherwise, there may be a small problem."
"Well, I had a really weird dream." Responded Amy.
"Okay. You made me have to pause my game so you could tell me that?"
"Wait. You didn't let me finish. It was a REALLY weird dream."
"Okay, let's hear it."
"Well, I was sleeping when I got ambushed at night, then I caught knocked out, taken to some sorta place really fast and then I was forced to clean and other things and then I was brought back here. I know it was a dream, but I feel like I actually did go and clean the room." Amy explained and Knuckles thought for a couple of minutes as he tried to process the dream.
"Okay. Despite how boring that sounds and slightly crazy it sounds, I got an idea. Fill your pocket with peas when you go to bed and make a small hole. If you get carried away again, then they'll fall out on the street and leave a trail and we can follow them in the morning." Suggested Knuckles as he shut his game off and the pair of them left the throne room, neither of them noticing the dark figure lurking in the shadows.
Stepping out into the light, Shadow crossed his arms as he thought about what Amy and Knuckles were planning. "Hmph. If they do that and succeed…they'll get Blue Boy out of my quills, but if they catch him…they'll get me and that could end up being worse than having to work for Sonic," Shadow reasoned, "and that is something that cannot happen."
Going to the window, Shadow looked outside to see the streets were full of Wisps playing and he began to think of a plan. Thinking of a plan, Shadow gave a cocky smirk as he started to walk out of the throne room.
Late at night, Shadow took out a bag of peas and began to skate through the whole town, spreading the peas throughout the streets. Emptying the bag completely, Shadow smiled at his craftiness as he threw the bag away and headed in the direction of the castle. Climbing into Amy's room and after a short scuffle in which he once again had to use some chloroform, Shadow jumped out the window with Amy over one of his shoulders. Skating down the street, he saw that there were in fact falling out of Amy's pocket as they continued their way, but were lost in the ones he spread around. After a short amount of time, he made it to the room where Sonic was. Dropping Amy onto the bed, Shadow did not bother to stick around to ask if Sonic needed anything else from him. He had to go blow off some steam from the whole having to do whatever he was asked of before Sonic called for him to take Amy back to the castle at sun rise.
The next morning, Amy and Knuckles along with some of the other members of the castle, scoured the streets for the track to whoever was kidnapping Amy, but soon stopped. The Wisps were out on the streets, holding the peas and nibbling at them with smiles on their faces. Rushing to the Wisps, a White Wisp made a series of gestures and Knuckles guessed, "Last night it was raining peas?"
The Wisp nodded, beaming with happiness at the situation while Knuckles scowled. Amy and Knuckles looked at each other and Amy cried, "Oh no! This is awful! What do we do now?"
"Okay. New plan. When you get taken away tonight, leave one of your shoes under the bed and then we'll find it." Stated Knuckles and Amy nodded before the group headed back to the castle as Shadow watched from an alley.
Scowling, he tramped through the streets and straight to Sonic who was break dancing for a small audience. Snatching the cobalt hedgehog by his arm, he half dragged him away and Sonic snarled, "Hey! What's the big idea Shadow? I'm working here!"
"Tsk. You're lucky I'm taking the time to come and inform you about something." Shadow retorted as he let go of Sonic and crossed his arms.
"Okay. What is it?"
"You're going to be going to jail tonight unless you quit using Amy as a slave."
"Huh?"
"Knuckles is on the war path so the next time I bring you Amy, she's going to leave her shoe behind and Knuckles is going to get your tail thrown in jail…and unlike last time, I won't be able to get you out of this mess."
"Okay. Well, thing's aren't gonna get changed and if I get thrown into jail, then I get thrown in jail." Sonic shrugged.
"Okay. Fine by me." Shadow responded and skated away and Sonic shrugged off the warning again before going back to the crowd.
A few hours after Amy was returned to the castle after being Sonic's slave and leaving her shoe behind, Knuckles went through all the buildings, searching for the shoe. Coming to Tails' inn and asking Tails if there was anyone suspicious or of interest, Knuckles knocked on the door of Sonic's room and shoved Sonic to the side as soon as the hedgehog opened the door. Flipping over the mattress of the bed, he saw Amy's shoe and picked it up. Turning to face Sonic, the cobalt hedgehog gave a slightly nervous look as Knuckles accused, "Sonic! You're the one behind it!"
"Uh-" Sonic started and edged towards the door, but stopped as GUN agents started to file into the room.
"You're going to jail!" Knuckles declared and Sonic put his hands in the air as the GUN agents pointed their weapons at him.
Realizing he was trapped with no means of escape, Sonic trailed off, "Oh crackerjacks…"
Sonic sat in the prison cell, looking out the barred window at the full moon. He was being driven insane from being trapped into this place. "I have to get out of here." He stated to no one in particular and began to think of his options.
Looking around, an idea hit him and he looked at his left shoe. Taking off his shoe, Sonic pulled out the pipe and blew into it, soon having Shadow appear. "What do you want now?" huffed Shadow as he crossed his arms and Sonic tucked the pipe back in his shoe.
"I got a couple of things. First of all, get me out of here and then clear my name of all charges." Instructed Sonic and Shadow uncrossed his arms.
Turning to face the door, Shadow raised his hand and shouted, "Chaos Spear!"
A surge of energy flew from the Ultimate Life Form's hand and the metal cell door flew off its hinges as the Chaos Spear collided with it. Stepping out of the cell, Shadow went to the computer and began to type into it. After a few minutes, the computer beeped and Shadow karate-chopped the computer before he started to skate away at high speed, resulting in Sonic to race after him.
Rushing down a the dark and empty street, Sonic saw Shadow racing away, the ebony hedgehog half concealed by the darkness and he soon caught up to the Ultimate Life Form. Running next and neck to each other, Sonic commented, "Well, where are you heading off to in such a hurry?"
"Hmph. Getting as far away from you as I can." Retorted Shadow.
"Well, that's too bad because I need you to do something."'
"Hmph. What is it?"
"Listen. Knuckles has been a real jerk to me already and the whole sending me to jail thing is the final straw, so I need you to do something so that he loses his crown."
"Okay. Fine by me."
"And I end up getting his crown." Sonic continued and Shadow's crimson eyes widened with surprise.
"What?" Shadow exclaimed as he skidded to a stop and Sonic did the same as the two hedgehogs faced each other. "I changed my mind. I'm not doing it."
Sonic responded, "What? You were totally for it a second ago."
"There is no way I'd let you be a King." Shadow declared and Sonic shook his head with a sigh.
"You've got no choice Shadow. You have to do it." Sonic reminded and he could tell Shadow was debating what he should do before or after the command.
Shadow clenched his teeth at Sonic and made a gesture like he was wrapping his hands around someone's neck and strangling them, which Sonic took as a hint before he disappeared to follow the command.
Sitting on the edge of a cliff, looking at the colors filling the sky from the sunrise, Sonic waited anxiously for some news about what he ordered Shadow to do. Hearing someone walk up beside him, Sonic looked to see Shadow standing next to him, his arms crossed and a scowl on his face as he stared at the rising sun. "So, what'd you get done?" Sonic questioned as he jumped to his feet and Shadow turned to face him.
"What you expected me to do." Shadow replied coldly.
"I need more details than that. What'd you do to Knuckles?" Sonic repeated.
"Simple. I did the same like I did with the Doctor. I did something EXTREMELY illegal and sent him to jail. Don't worry," Shadow answered as he took out the crown Knuckles wore and quickly looked over it before he tossed it to Sonic, "I made sure you got your crown."
"Thanks Shadow. You really did awesome this time." Sonic thanked and Shadow said nothing before he skated off at high speed and Sonic put the crown on his forehead as he jogged towards the castle.
Lounging in his throne, Sonic took off his crown and spun it around in his hands. It was easy to get to be king. He just showed he had the crown and then he was declared King. Staring at the crown as he continued to spin it in his hands, he wondered, "Should I really have this crown? I mean, I kinda got it dishonestly, but Shadow is the one who got me here…" He smirked and put the crown back on his head. "Whatever. It looks good on me, so I should have it."
Hearing the sound of something screeching to a stop, Sonic sat up as he saw the subway doors opened and he quickly sprinted through them before they slid shut.
Coming to a stop in the subway, Sonic saw everyone else that was trapped in this mess were either sitting in the seats or standing, waiting for him to show up and he subway began to move. "Well, that was definitely an interesting story." Sonic commented and Knuckles looked like he was going to punch someone.
"Yeah, well, try being a King, then getting framed for something and losing your crown." Snapped Knuckles and Sonic ignored his hostility.
Seeing Shadow being brooding and moody, Sonic told the Ultimate Life Form, "Aww, lighten up Shadow. It wasn't THAT bad."
"Tsk. I'm not wasting my time in these ridiculous stories with you!" Shadow snarled.
Rouge began, "Shadow-"
Before any of the others could move, Shadow jumped out of the subway and the rest of the group watched in slight horror as he skated in front of the speeding mode of transportation. Suddenly, he dropped down and they looked out the back to see the Ultimate Life Form skate out from under the subway and down the tunnel the direction they were coming from. Watching him until he completely disappeared into darkness, the members of the group looked at each other and Silver commented, "Well, that wasn't dangerous at all."
"Ah, I wouldn't worry about the guy. He's invincible." Sonic pointed out and Silver nodded in agreement at the statement.
At that moment, the subway slowed to a stop and the remaining members of the group shuffled into the next fairy tale.
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