Hedgehogs of the Carribean: The Curse of the Chaos Emerald

Here we go with Chapter 2! Huzzah!


Chapter 2: Captin Shadow the Hedgehog

Amy Rose awoke in her bed with a start. It was all just a dream of when she and Sonic first met 8 years ago. She was now 15 while Sonic was 16. They both lived in the seaside city of Port Station Square. Amy got out of bed and walked over to her dresser. She opened one of the drawers and removed the things in it. Lying at the bottom of the drawer...was the golden necklace with the grinning skull on it from 8 years ago. She looked at it for a few seconds, then she put it on. She looked at herself with the necklace on in her mirror. A knock at her door was then heard. "Amy?" Chuck's voice was heard from the other side. "Are you all right? Are you decent?"

Amy quickley tucked the necklace under her night gown and threw on her robe. "Yes!" She answered.

The door opened and in stepped Governer Chuck. "Still abed at this hour?" He asked. "It's a beautiful day!" Chuck then threw open the curtains to the window, blinding Amy with sunlight. Outside was the beautiful city of Port Station Square. "I have a gift for you," Chuck told his daughter as a rabbit maid named Cream brought in a box. Chuck lifted the lid of the box, and inside was beautiful yellow dress.

"Oh, it's beautiful," Amy said as she took the dress from the box. "May I ask what the occasion is?"

"Does a father need an occasion to give a present to his daughter?" Chuck chuckled. (A/N:Heh heh, Chuck chuckled) "Go ahead, put it on!" Amy walked behind some blinds as Cream helped get the dress on. "Actually, I hoped you might wear it to the ceremony today."

"The ceremony?" Amy inquired.

"Captin Johnathen's promotion ceremony," Chuck told her.

"I knew it!" Amy said sticking her head out of the blinds.

"Commodore Johnathen as he's about to become," Chuck said. "A fine gentleman, don't you think?" Cream then pulled some of the strings on the corset that Amy is wearing tighter, causing her to gasp for breath. "He fancies you, you know."

"GAH!" Amy gasped as the corset was pulled even tighter.

"Amy?" Chuck asked. "How's it coming?"

"It's difficult to say," Amy gasped.

"I'm told it's the latest fashion in London," Cream told Amy. (A/N:Yeah, I know that's Chuck's line, but I wanted Cream to say SOMETHING besides the 4 or 5 lines she'll have later in the story.)

"Well, women in London must've learnt not to breath!" Amy shouted.

"Milord," the butler, a brown cat in a suit walked in. "You have a visitor."

Meanwhile, downstairs...

Sonic stood in the living room of the mansion Amy and Chuck lived in. Sonic was now a blacksmith that made swords for the royal army. In his hand he held a long box. He was waiting for the governor. Sonic then touched a brass candle post on the wall to admire it's craftsmenship...and it broke off in his hand! He nervously looked around as he thought of what to do. Then as he heard Governor Chuck's footsteps coming down the stairs, Sonic quickley stuffed the candlestick into and umbrella stand, and then stood there whistling inoccently. Chuck then came into view.

"Mr. Hedgehog!" Chuck greeted Sonic. "Good to see you again!"

"Good day, sir!" Sonic greeted. "I have your order." Sonic held the long box out and lifted the cover off, revealing a beautiful sword in it's sheath. Sonic bowed as he picked up the sword and handed it to Chuck. "The blade is folded steel," Sonic explained. "That's gold filigree in the handle." Chuck pulled the sword out of the sheath and examined it. "If I may?" Chuck nodded and flipped the sword so that the handle was facing Sonic. Sonic took it and balenced the sword on two fingers. "Perfectly balanced. The tang is nearly the width of the full blade." Sonic then threw the sword up in the air, it flipped perfectly, and Sonic caught it as it came back down. He then handed it back to Chuck.

"Impressive! Very impressive," Chuck said, placing the sword back in it's sheath. "Commodore Johnathen is going to be very pleased with this. Do pass my compliments on to your master."

"I shall," Sonic bowed as he placed the sword back in it's box. "A craftmen's always pleased to hear that his work is appreciated."

Amy then came downstairs wearing her dress. Sonic stood up, stunned by her beauty.

"Amy, you look absolutley stunning!" Chuck told his daughter.

"Sonic!" Amy gasped as she saw him. "It's so good to see you!" She got to the bottom step and stood next to her father. "I had a dream about you last night."

"About me?" Sonic asked.

"Amy," Chuck asked. "Is that entirley proper for a girl your age-"

"About the day we met," Amy said, cutting her father off. "Do you remember?"

"How could I forget, Ms. Rose?" Sonic replied.

"Sonic," Amy said. "How many times have I asked you to call me Amy?"

"At least once more, Ms. Rose," Sonic said. "As always."

"There. See?" Chuck said to Amy. "At least the boy has a sense of propriety. Now, we really must be going."

"Good day, Mr. Hedgehog," Amy said with a grin as she and Chuck left the mansion, climbed into a carrige, and sped off.

"Good day!" Sonic called out to them. "Amy..."

Meanwhile...

Out at sea, there was a small ship, that looked like just a lifeboat with a sail. On the mast, stood a 16-year old humanoid hedgehog. He was black, with red stripes on his spines and his arms. He wore a pirate style-shirt, a pirate's hat, white gloves, white shoes, and a belt. On the belt was a sword in it's sheath and a pistol. His name was Shadow the Hedgehog. As the small boat moved on, Shadow, looked down, and noticed the boat was filling with water! Shadow hopped down from the mast, grabbed a bucket that was in the boat and began bailing water out. As he did this, he passed by a cliff that had 3 skeletons hanging from ropes tied around their necks. Next to them was a sign that said, "Pirates, ye be warned." Shadow stopped bailing as he past by the skeletons. He took off his hat and held it to his chest with his head down.

A few minutes later, in the docks of Port Station Square, everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at something. That something was Shadow, who was standing dramatically on the mast of his boat. Below him, his boat had comepletley sunk, exept for the mast, and was still moving along with the current. As the boat neared a dock, Shadow stepped onto the dock and walked away. However, he was stopped by a chipmunk (A/N:At least I think he's a chipmunk) wearing a blond toupe, and fancy clothes named Antione, who was with a young yellow squirrel named Ray.

"Hold up there you!" Antoine said as he stopped Shadow. "It's a shilling to tie up your boat at the dock." The 3 looked back at Shadow's boat, which was now completley sunken. Only a little bit of the mast stook out from the water. "And I shall need to know your name."

"What say you to 3 shillings," Shadow said as he reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out 3 coins, placing them in Antoin's hand. "And we forget the names?"

Ray looked up at Antoine with a raised eyebrow. "Welcome to Port Station Square, Mr. Smith," Antoine said. He and Ray then walked off. Shadow walked off in a different direction, but not before he reached over and snatched Antoine's wallet out of his pocket...

To Be Continued...


And there ends Chapter 2! What did you think? Was it great? Did it suck? Was it somewhere inbetween? R and R!