Hey guys! So this is my next chapter for this I hope you all like this. Sorry that it is taking me soo long to upload anything, work has been hell and I'm always tired when I get home but I always make time to talk to my husband who in the military, so yeah. I hope you all enjoy Chapter of The Blacksmith

Chapter 2: An Unlikely Encounter

Amy in her lightly lit room just stared at her refection in her vanity. To think her life is about to be thrown away just because of a stupid law. Her eyes started filling up with warm tears, slightly burning her eyes. Soft tears were trinkling down her face. All she was a blank face, how could this happen to her. Why must she be giving away, she'll never get the crown, she'll never be queen. She looked at her reflection once more and looked at herself and suddenly angry over through her and she punched the mirror. Glass shards were falling from the mirror, the sound was so loud that Amy's maid came in seeing a broken mirror and a bloody bruised up knuckle.

"Princess Amy, what did you do to ye hand?" The maid questioned her. Amy just turned to her holding her bloodied up hand and didn't look at her. The maid got down to her level and moved her hair aside so she could see the princess' face. She saw Amy just staring at her hand while tears were flowing down her soft cheeks.

"Oh sweetie. Why you crying? You should be happy, you'll be meeting ye prince." She said gently grabbing Amy's hand to bandage it.

"I don't know what to do...my uncle is giving me away to some random prince that I personality don't know and who could never love me. I want someone who will actually love me for me not just to make emends with another kingdom!" Amy cried looking at the maid with eyes filled with tears. Her maid just looked at her with a soft warm look, picked her up and looked at her.

"Your highness, your so beautiful. Anyone who is going to marry you is sure to fall in love with you las. Give this boy a chance. You'll see, now c'mon let's get you ready."

The King, his son, and his daughter in law sat in the throne waiting Amy to return in a new outfit to meet the prince. The King anxious about the meeting wouldn't stop tapping his chair.

"She'll be here." Rob comment to his father in a annoyed tone, Mari-An just looked at him and shook her head. "If she actually cared about this kingdom maybe she wouldn't have fought about this arrangement. Does she even know who she is marrying?"

"No she does not son. Now buzz off the topic. You two are here cause you will support your cousin in this. This is hard on her. Please."

"As you wish, Father." Rob said playing with his cape. Suddenly the doors open and the beautiful Amy was standing in the doorway, in a light red dress with some sparkles in it. As she got closer to her uncle and cousin, the king noticed her hand.

"What the heck happened to your hand dear?" He asked her as she took her seat.

"Oh, I might have punched my mirror." Chuckled Amy. Rob looked over and smirked. The king slightly ticked wanted to yell at her so bad but was stopped by the horns blaring of the arrival of the prince.

In the village, everyone was pilling up on the street corners and the street to see a shiny golden carriage, riding up to the castle. Shadow looking out of his shops doors to see a sea of people in awe of the beautiful and shiny carriage. He walked over and people were chatting about this mystery person, was there another banquet?

"So the princess is finally getting married, go figure. Rich people" Shadow thought in his head, he headed back to his shop to finish up some orders for the Lord. Silver walking into his shop with his oldest child in his arm.

"Hey Shadow, why aren't you out here with everyone you gotta be a little interested?" Silver asked Shadow as a loud clang out metal was thrown.

"I honestly don't care who is coming to that god damn castle, its most likely another suitor for her HIGHNESS" Shadow said holding his hammer. Blaze his wife came walking into the shop moments after, looking at Shadow while placing her hand on her belly.

"Mr. Shadow, thank you for saving my husband life from that gang. I appreciate it." Blaze said leaning up against Silver. Shadow raised his head and just nodded at her. The couple left his shop leaving shadow alone in his shop all that was left was the sounds of fire cracking and clanging metal.

The horns blaring in the castle courtyard, the royals waited patiently for the prince to arrive in the throne room. Amy just stared at the large metal doors, the prince was here to take her away from her life. A single small tear feel from her face. Mari-An looked over and saw the single tear fall.

"PRESENTING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, PRINCE SONIC!" the announcer yelled over the horns. Suddenly the door slowly slid open and there stood the young prince Sonic. He was a blue royal color, he was wearing the most expensive out with ruffles and a long fleet cap. He walk over to the king to greet him.

"Your majesty. I am Prince Sonic, son to Jules and Bernadette Hedgehog and heir to the throne. I am here to ask your niece's hand in marriage." The young man ask bowing down to the king.

"Welcome Prince Sonic, I'm so glad you got here safely. This is my niece, Princess Amy." The king replied bringing Amy towards Sonic. "Amy, would you like to say anything to your fiancé?"

"So, your my "Fiancé"?" Amy asked Prince Sonic. "Funny, thought you would have been a little taller."

"AMY!" The king yelled, Rob just chuckled at the burn she just laid upon Sonic, Mari-An just shook her head and placed her head in her hands. "You'll have to excuse her your highness."

"Its quite alright your majesty. Your niece is really beautiful." Sonic replied to the king.

"Thank you Prince Sonic, now shall we move on to some lunch?" The king suggested to everyone. They all walked towards the biggest room anyone has ever seen and that was the dinning room with a long table and many chairs. The king sat at the head of the table while Rob was on his right and Amy was on his left. The servers in the castle brought out a fest.

"Oh Prince Sonic, I meant to introduce you to my son and heir to the throne Rob O'Hedge, and his wife Mari-An." The king said while swallowing a piece of chicken. Sonic just nodded to Rob and Mari-An. While they all got to know each other, Amy was just thinking to herself why did she have to go through this? Why couldn't her uncle have had a daughter so she could go through this not her. She then thought of her parents, would her parents make her do this? Maybe? Maybe not? She took a sip of water, suddenly Sonic grabbed her hand and held it in his hand.

"I cannot wait to marry this young beautiful woman, together we will rule my kingdom as King and Queen!" Sonic said yelling with joy. Amy shudder at the thought of becoming queen. QUEEN?! She thought.

Later that night after showing sonic his room, Amy back in her room sat on her window couch looking up at the stars, two bright stars next to each other shining brighter than before. She than came up with an idea, why don't I run away? She ran towards her closet and changed into some present looking clothes she then grab a block cloak, she ran back to her window unlocked the hinges to her window and swung open the windows, she grab her bed sheets and tied them around her bed, she then flung it out of the window. She grab her belongs and shuffled down the wall to the cool, wet gravel ground. As she made landfall to the ground she looked around her surroundings to make sure that no guards were there to stop her and report her to her uncle. She swiftly ran past them and she was past the gates to her castle. Once she got a little more further away from her home she suddenly stop and looked back to see her castle in darkness and only one light lit in her castle. She then looked the other way to see the two bright stars shinning bright.

"Freedom, here I come."

She journeyed deeper and deeper into the village not know where she was going, one minute and she was by a baker's shop and the next a slaughter house.

"I should have visited the village more." Amy thought to herself shifting her bag to the other side of her shoulder. She looked down a road and saw two guards walking down the block, she tugged on her cloak hood to drape it down a little more to cover her face. She just stared at the floor and tried not to make eye contact suddenly she accidently bump into somebody, as she feel to the hard stony ground the man yelled.

"Hey! watch where you are going!" The man yelled, Amy looked at the man to see he was carrying a wheel barrow fall of weapons.

"I could say the same thing about you." She replied to the man. "Who carries weapons this late at night?"

"Very funny. Here let me help you get up." the man said, helping Amy up from the ground. "The name's Shadow." Ash Amy was dusting herself off her hoodie started to slowly come off and suddenly it reviled her face. "Princess Amy?" Amy looked at Shadow and Shadow looked at her, the air was silent and just bugs chirping and the owls hooting.

"Shit."

Thank you guys for patiently waiting for this it means a lot. Okay so I had to look up a couple of things while I was writing this, like Sonic's parents and what Google gave me were those names, yes I turned them into royalty, its fanfiction, anything is possible, anyway I hope you all enjoyed this! And I see you in the next chapter! Bye! bye!