Sunset Love
Silver drug his younger brother away from the front door and over to the stables where their friend, Knuckles, was waiting. "I don't wanna train!" Shadow complain. "Well, if you want to live here, you'll have to." Silver said. Knuckles passed them both a thick tree branch. "I made some dummies for us to practice with." he said, leading them around the side of the horse stables. Thee were 3 potato sacks with faces drawn on them. "Now, go up to one of 'em and whack 'im good!" Knuckles said to Shadow. He walked up to one of the dummies and gently hit it with the stick. "Like that?" he asked. Knuckles shook his head. "Look, you gotta be angry at this thing. Imagine this is a thief or a burglar." he suggested. Shadow did the same thing, but with a scowl on his face. "Like that?" he asked again. Silver face-palmed himself. "This is gonna be tougher than I imagined." he muttered.
Everyday, Silver and Knuckles tried to get Shadow to be angry. But, Shadow wouldn't. He had nothing to be angry about. Then, Silver remembered something that would get his little brother angry. "You know, Shads. You're always gonna be the weakest of us, 'cause you're younger." he said. shadow scowled. "Will not." he said. "Will, too. Unless... you can take out those dummies faster than us." he said, pointing to the potato sacks. Shadow grinned and picked up his branch. "Watch me." he said. Then, he ran up and smacked all three of the sacks so hard, they burst open. "Good job, Shadow." Knuckles said. Silver smiled. "He never could stand being called weak." he said.
Amy and Marie were sitting in Marie's room talking. "So, are you and Silver gonna get married?" Amy teased. Marie blushed. "No! He's just my guard! Mother said I'm to marry a prince. So are you." she said. Amy shook her head. "Uh-uh! I'm gonna marry my best friend!" she declared, standing up. Marie rolled her eyes. "and, who is that?" she asked. Amy looked out the window to see Shadow and Silver practicing sword-fighting. "Him!" she said, pointing at Shadow. Marie looked at him and shook her head. "Amy, you can't marry him. He's not a prince." she said. Amy frowned at her. Then, their mother walked in. "Girls, come with me. I want you to meet someone." she said. The girls followed her.
In the throne room, King Fredrick was talking to King Mephiles. Queen Emilia walked in with her daughters. "Girls, this is King Mephiles. His sons, Scourge and Manic, are going to be your fiances." she said. Marie turned to her younger sister and gave her an 'I told you so' look. Amy's heart sank. A lime green hedgehog walked up to Marie. "Hello, Princess Marie. I'm Prince Scourge." he said. Marie smiled at him. "Nice to meet you, Prince Scourge." she said to him. A green hedgehog with wild spikes walked over to Amy. "Go ahead, son." King Mephiles said. Then, the green hedgehog kissed Amy's hand. "Nice to meet you, Princess Amy." Manic said. Amy wiped her hand off, making sure Manic saw her. "Amy, don't be rude. Say hello." her mother said. Amy whined, but did as her mother said. "Hello, Prince Manic." she said.
Later on, they were told that Manic and Scourge would stay with them every summer. Marie was delighted, but Amy was upset. She ran straight to Shadow as soon as her parents left her and her sister with their fiances. "Shadie! Something bad's happened!" she cried, pulling on his arm. "What is it, Princess?" he asked. She ran to show him manic and his brother. "That. Mommy said I have to marry him." she said, pointing at Manic. Shadow glared at him. "So, you want him to leave?" he asked. She nodded. "Well, all you gotta do is make him hate being around you. Though, that might be tough." he said. Amy smiled at the hidden compliment.
All evening, Shadow and Amy played pranks on Manic. They even went so far as to put a pin in his seat at the dinner table. "Ow!" he screamed. "Are you alright, Manic?" Shadow asked with a straight face, while Amy tried to suppress giggles. "Fine." he said bitterly. This guy may be trouble. Manic thought as he removed the pin and sat back down.