Whoo! Another chappie is here! ENJOY!
The pink hedgehog stopped running as she was at the edge of a building. She had a tied up bag of food that was about to slip out of her hands. It almost fell, but she caught it and puts the bag on her back and secured the straps over her shoulders.
"Stop, you little thief!" a voice shouted out.
The female hedgehog looked down from the edge. All she saw were a few guards that had swords on their belt loops and huge muscular bodies. Apparently, those are the type of guys that the girl can't stand. Almost everyday, she has to deal with them because she is a thief. Well, it was the best that she can do because she is poor and barely has food at home. So stealing was her only hope. More importantly, she was the queen of thieves! Plus, she has never been taken away by them ever! Basically, she felt like she'll be able to ditch those guys with no problem.
"You're not going to get away this time, street-rat!" one of the guards shouted out angrily.
"We let you get away last time, but this time it's personal!" another one said.
"Geez, all of this for all of the food that I've stolen?" the pink hedgehog asked herself as she held the straps tightly. After checking to see that the coast was clear, she jumped down from the edge lands on two ropes strung between buildings with drying clothes on them. Accidentally, she slipped off of the ropes and skies down some more, collecting bits of clothing as she goes. Finally, her fall was broken as she was caught in the arms by a blue hedgehog. It was her brother.
"Are you alright, Amy?" the blue hedgehog asked.
"Yes, I'm fine", the pink hedgehog said as she got off of his arms.
"There they are!" a voice shouted out from behind.
"Get them!" another voice said.
"Run", Amy took her brother's hand and they took off.
Like any other day, they end up getting chased by the guards. As the hedgehogs continued running, Amy took the laundry off of her so she could run a little faster.
"You two, over there, and you, follow me!" the leader of the guards commanded. He and another guard took off forward as the other two went to a different direction.
Before they could've continued, the blue hedgehog and his sister zipped into a corner as the guards passed by. They were just stupid enough for falling for that trick! They walked out of the corner and sighed in relief.
"Sonic and Amy, huh?" an old man who was a purple cat said. "Out causing some trouble this early?"
"Oh, no, no, no, Mr. Big", Sonic said. "Besides, you're only in trouble if you get caught-,"
Before he finished his sentence, he and Amy were grabbed by a couple more guards and were slammed against the wall. Obviously, they have forgotten about them! Were they doomed? Was there anyone who could save them? The old man walked back in his house so he wouldn't see what was going to happen next. Sonic and Amy couldn't get away from the guards now because of the strong arms that were on their shoulders.
"Uh-oh, we're in trouble", Amy said sheepishly.
"And this time-," the guard on the left (who was a purple/pink chameleon) spoke. But then he was interrupted when a pile of coconuts fell on him, causing Sonic to get loose.
"What the hell-?" another guard (who was a black and red armadillo) looked up until he was hit in the face with a large brick. He released Amy slowly as he walked backwards and wobbled. "Good morning, mamma", he said dizzily. "I love to eat some poo…" Then he was knocked unconscious by another brick.
From the roof of the building, a red echidna and an orange fox jumped down in front of the hedgehogs and landed gently.
"Thanks Tails", Amy said to the orange fox.
"Good job Knuckles", Sonic gave the echidna a thumb's up.
"No problem", the fox and the echidna turned to them with smiles on their faces.
After they checked to see if the coast was clear, the four creatures walked out of the corner and looked around to see if the guards were gone. Well, they were wrong. The other two guards (which were a lime green crocodile and a bumble bee) saw them and charged at them as they yelled. The four thieves looked back and gasped.
"Now what?" Sonic asked nervously.
"Well, watch this", Tails pulled out a small object and threw it to the ground. It was actually a smoke bomb! "Run!" the fox said and he and his friends took off.
"Where'd they go?" the bee asked as he and the crocodile stopped.
"Damnation!" the crocodile stomped his foot multiple times wrathfully. "We were so close!"
Further away, the four creatures stopped running and panted in exhaustion. Suddenly, Amy spotted another guard (which was a purple weasel) looking around for any trouble. She snapped her fingers so she could get the other three's attention. After they looked at the guard, they looked around for a place to hide. Sonic looked on his left and saw a small club that didn't have any security at the entrance.
"Psst, this way", Sonic whispered and the group took off to the place.
"Hm?" the guard overlooked at the running band of thieves. "Ugh, those four…" he said to himself ungratefully as he walked to the club.
Once the four ran into the club, the boys had their eyes widened. Most of the people in there were belly dancers along with some musicians playing some instruments. Some were tall, some were short, but most of all, they were getting all of the men's attention. Of course, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles were staring at them with drool falling down from their mouths. Amy shook her head in annoyance. She despises that kind of place because she believes that belly dancers are the leading cause of husbands having affairs on their wives. She looked back and noticed that the same guard was heading his way to them. She gasped and looked around for a place to hide. All she saw were men sitting in their seats watching belly dancers entertaining them. At the far end of the room, there was a back door. Amy grabbed the collars from Sonic's, Tails', and Knuckles' shirts and pulled them to go with her. Luckily, they were able to leave before the guard saw them.
"Wait!" Tails called out sadly. "I haven't claimed any of them as my bride!"
"I want to see who will bare my children!" Knuckles said truthfully.
"Farewell, my beauties! I shall not forget you all!" Sonic waved goodbye and blew lots of kisses.
Soon enough, they all escaped. Amy found a safe place at the back of a hotel. She panted as the boys sat on their bottoms with sorrow looks on their faces. Well, they were terribly upset that they didn't get to meet any of the belly dancers. Even so, they were lucky that Amy was smart enough to get them all out of there before they would've gotten into some deeper trouble.
"Good, we lost him", Amy wiped the sweat off of her forehead as she sat down.
"They were so beautiful", Tails said dreamily as he thought about the belly dancers.
"I was so close to claim one of them as my bride", Knuckles said depressingly.
"Me too", Sonic nodded.
"Ahem, we were being chased by a guard, so I had to pull you three perverts out of there", the pink hedgehog said as she crossed his arms.
"Pervert? Who are you calling a pervert?" Sonic turned to his sister mockingly.
"Oh, well, let's eat", Knuckles said as he rubbed his hungry stomach. "How much did you get?" he asked Amy.
"A lot more than last time", the female said as she emptied her bag.
The boys looked at the stolen food with hunger. All Amy has brought was some grapes, strawberries, apples, bananas, a loaf of bread, kiwi, a large watermelon, pears, wrapped up cake, celery, oranges, lettuce, grapefruit, pineapples and some carrots. Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy said a quick prayer and put some napkins on the ground to eat the food of off.
"And now, esteemed effendi, we feast!" Tails said and took a bite out of his apple.
"At last", Knuckles said and began to chow down some of the delicious vanilla cake.
Minutes later, the boys were done eating their meal except for Amy. All she left out was a loaf of bread. Sonic looked at her with a surprised look on his face. Usually, when they all begin to eat, they all finish at the same time. So this seemed odd to everyone except Amy.
"Are you going to eat that?" the blue hedgehog asked curiously.
"If you don't I will", Knuckles opened his hands with a huge smile on his face.
"Well…Let's go home", Amy got up and walked away.
"Wait up", Sonic went to follow her as so did Tails and Knuckles.
Silently, Amy walked out of the alley and into the streets. She looked at the sky and noticed that it was near sunset. Still, she felt like she needed to rest for the day. Before she continued her walk, she looked across the street and saw an orange/peach colored rabbit that was sitting alone with her face hidden in her knees. She had a light blue chao pet that was patting her to cheer her up. A sorrow look came up on Amy's face. Most of the times when she saw some hungry like her; she wouldn't worry about it, because she felt like she might waste her time. But now, looking at a little girl that was hungrier than she was made her feel bad inside. Plus, she didn't want to eat the loaf of bread anyway. As Sonic, Tails and Knuckles came up behind her, she walked to the little girl.
"Wait, what is she doing?!" Knuckles whispered worriedly as he pulled his dreadlocks.
"Calm down", Tails nudged him on the arm.
As soon as Amy reached to the girl, she tapped her on the shoulder. The chao and the rabbit looked up at her with sad looks on their faces. A tear formed in Amy's eye but she quickly wiped it off. Then she offered the bread.
"Really?" the rabbit asked to make sure.
"You need this more than I do", Amy answered. "Besides, I think I'm going on a diet."
"What!?" Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles whispered aloud in shock and confusion.
"Thank you so much", the rabbit said with joy as she politely took the loaf of bread. "You're too kind", she stood up and walked away with her chao-pet following her.
Just after she walked away, Amy stood back up and watched her. Somehow, she felt a little happy. Maybe giving was important, no matter who she was going to give and what she was going to give. So Amy was starting to develop some kindness. As for the boys, they were shocked.
"Um, why did you give her the bread? That was yours", Knuckles asked as he and the others came up to Amy.
"Well...I didn't want it", the pink hedgehog said. "I mean, something was telling me to give it to her, so I did. You guys may think that I'm sounding crazy, but…It felt good. Maybe we should rob food to feed us and those who are helpless."
"If that's what you want to do, then we'll follow you all the way", Sonic smiled as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Sure, I don't mind", Tails agreed.
"But…the food, but…" Knuckles tried to speak.
"Make way, make way, make some room!" a sudden stranger came by and pushed the four to the sidewalks.
"Hey!!" Sonic snarled.
"Hm?" Amy looked back. "Look", she pointed.
"Huh?" the boys looked back also.
They weren't the only ones that were pushed to the sidewalks. In fact, the whole town was! Some of the folks gathered to where Amy and her group were. Most of them began to chatter about why they had to move out of the way. Just then, a parade came by with jugglers, trumpet players, and a few participants who were shouting "Make way for Princess Sally Acorn!" numerous times. Everyone took a good look at the princess, who was sitting on a rich looking carriage that was held by a few muscular men. The princess was a brown squirrel/chipmunk mix creature with short red hair, light blue eyes, and wore a long blue ball dress with long sleeves.
"Ah, she's heading towards the palace, I see", a woman (who was a purple swallow) said with her arms crossed.
"Again?" a green hawk asked sarcastically.
"This is not but the 99th time, yes?" a gray albatross calculated. "If I am correct, every time a princess visits here from a different country, before we know it, the next day comes, and she leaves."
"Why is that?" the purple swallow asked.
"Apparently, our so called 'king' is trying to find a wife for his son who is a 'prince'", the green hawk said in a moody tone.
Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. Amy paid attention to the streets, because she felt that staring at a wealthy woman might put her down inside. But then, she noticed that the same rabbit came out of the crowd to get her chao pet to go back to her. Then she looked over at the parade which was coming towards the little peach/orange rabbit. Feeling that the girl might be in danger, she decides to rush to her rescue.
"Amy, wait!" Sonic called out.
"Cheese, come back!" the rabbit said as she finally caught her chao. She looked back and sees that the parade was heading towards her, without noticing.
"Stop, halt!" one of the participants shouted out and the parade stopped moving.
"Grr, what is going on, Antoine?" Sally asked unkindly.
"There's a girl in the way", the participant pointed at her.
"Here, whip her", the princess threw the whip to Antoine and he caught it. At that moment, everyone gasped.
"Out of the way, you filthy brat!" Antoine rose up the whip as the rabbit and her chao hugged each other frightfully. Before the whip reached to her, Amy got in the way and caught it with her bare hand.
"You know, Princess, if I were rich as you, I would teach you all some manners", the pink hedgehog said as she pulled the whip away, causing Antoine to spin around for a little bit. The rabbit thanked her again and ran away with her chao.
"Oh, I'll teach you some manners alright", Sally said with an evil smirk. "Antoine! Get her out of the way!" she ordered.
"Yes, your greatest", the participant said. Aggressively, he pushed Amy out of the way and she landed in some mud. He, Sally, and the parade participants started laughing at her as the townspeople booed them.
"That does it", Sonic growled as he charged at Antoine.
"Sonic, no!" Tails tried to reason him.
"Bastard!" Sonic came up to Antoine and punched him down. "Don't touch my sister!"
"Why you little…!" Antoine got back up and grabbed Sonic by the neck.
"We have to help him!" Tails said to Knuckles and then rushed to help their friend.
The crowd cheered Sonic to fight Antoine and to teach him a lesson. The blue hedgehog kicked him in the gut and tackled him down. Then the supportive cheering got louder as the crowd gathered around the two. Tails and Knuckles were about to reach to them until they were knocked out of the way. Amy got back up and wiped the mud off of her clothes, but then she was shoved out of the way from the large crowd.
"Big brother!" Amy called out for him worriedly.
In the center of the crowd, Sonic and Antoine began to wrestling with each other as they rolled around the ground a little. Sally growled angrily, because she was starting to hate the low class people that were in her way. Some guards came out of nowhere and tried to get through the crowd. Back with Sonic, he kicked Antoine off of him and kicked him in the nose. The crowd cheered louder as they applauded. However, Antoine didn't give up just yet. He got up and charged at Sonic, but the hedgehog dodged his punch and elbowed him in the gut. As the crowd cheered some more, a lot of guards jumped in and got Sonic and the civilians out of the way.
"This isn't over!" the blue hedgehog yelled madly as he struggled to get free from the guards.
"Do not get near him!" one of the guards ordered.
"Preposterous! Move out of my way!" Sally instructed rudely and the guards moved the townspeople out of the way.
"Are you ok, Sonic?" Amy checked on her brother, who was finally released from the guards.
"Yes, I'm fine-," Sonic panted until he and Amy were pushed down by some other parade participants.
"Cowards!" Tails shouted to them heatedly.
"Damn you!" Knuckles hollered out with rage.
"Hmph", Sally looked at the two as she was carried away. "You all are nothing worthless street-rats", she taunts them impolitely. "You all were born as street-rats; you all will die as street-rats, and the fleas will mourn you."
"Wicked witch!" Amy charged at the princess, but she was pushed back down by a few guards.
After the citizens cleared out of the way, the princess and her parade continued on forward. Then afterwards, the townspeople murmured harsh things about her outloud as they walked back to where they were and whatever they were doing. The guards went to follow the parade, just to make sure nobody would try to attack the parade again. One of them picked the unconscious Antoine up by the waist and carried him on the shoulder as he walked. Sonic helped Amy up as he glared at the parade unappreciatively. Tails and Knuckles ran to them to make sure if they were ok.
"Are you alright, Amy?" Tails asked curiously.
"How dare she walk across this town and talk down on us?!" Knuckles looked at the parade as he clenched his fists.
Amy stayed silent as the boys looked at the parade with hatred and fury. However, there was nothing else that she could do. The guards were in the way, and there was no way that she could take down a rich person. Even if she tried, she would've ended being beheaded. Same with the boys. After taking one last look at the parade, she turned around and walked forward. The boys looked back at her and ran to follow her.
"Just let it go, Amy", Tails said calmly. "It's not worth it."
"It's not fair", Amy shrugged as she pulled her hair a little. "Sure we're poor, but that's not our fault. We're not worthless, and we don't have fleas."
"I sometimes do", Knuckles said as he scratched his back a little.
"I just hate royal, rich, wealthy people", Sonic said snappily. "Sometimes, when I see a rich walk by, I just want to kill him or her, I don't care if I end up in trouble or not. You know, I remember that Uncle Chuck has told me that the rich and the poor lived on the same equal land. But now look at this. Ever since we were born, things changed. The rich hates the poor and the poor hates the rich, thanks to our new king. In fact, there's no democracy, no fair treatment, or anything."
"I know", Knuckles agreed. "But this is how life is going to be, whether we like it or not. We just have to live with that…"
Right after sunset, Amy and the others walked in their apartment. Well, it belongs to Amy and Sonic, because since Tails' and Knuckles' parents are long gone, they had the privilege to stay with them. As for Amy and Sonic's parents, their father killed himself and their mother works at many jobs to keep the place. Although, the group also steals money to pay the rent in order to help the mother. Once they reached to the top floor (which was the bedroom), Tails and Knuckles tucked themselves in on their broken beds. Sonic went to a pile of pillows and went to sleep on them. As for Amy, she sat down on the window edge and pulled the curtains back and sees a beautiful view of the palace, which was located at the end of the small town.
"Someday…We'll be rich, live in the palace, and we won't have any problems", Amy said to herself. "But for now…this is our life…"
Whoo! Long chappie, huh? I had thoughts of putting some sing-along songs in this fic, but I changed my mind, but I'll put in one of the famous songs (and we all know what song it is!) later on in this fic. Anyway, R&R thanks!