The Merhog Princess
Chapter 4: Amy meets Mermaids
Amy was busy playing about in the water, forgetting about her troubles and problems when suddenly she heard a loud splash nearby, she turned and though she saw a big fish tail. She shook herself, thinking she's seeing things. She continued to splash about in the waves until she heard it again, she began looking about wondering where the sound came from till the others noticed Amy's concerned face.
"Hey Amy, are you OK?" Sonic called out to her from the shore; not wanting to get even his feet wet in the ocean but worried about Amy and her behavior.
"I'm fine, Sonic." Amy called out to him. "I thought I saw something..."
"Something like..." Amy began but was interrupted by two loud splashes in the water and Amy's shocked expression just made the whole Sonic Team worried about her. Amy quickly scrambled out the water like she was worried that whatever it is, it'll kidnap her like in her dream.
"That!" the pink hedgehog yelled as she stood next to Sonic and pointed at two bubbling pools of water and then two figures rose out of the water; one was a a navy blue hedgehog with her purple streaked hair in a ponytail decorated with pearls and ocean blue eyes that looked like the reflection of the sea itself and the other was a sky blue hedgehog with four bits of front hair covering his deep sea green eyes and wore the armor of a guard. Everyone just stared at them shocked while they were trying to wrap their heads around what happened just now. Seeing the awkward moment the female hedgehog cleared her throat and looked at Amy.
"Amy Rose the Hedgehog?" she asked, looking at the rose pink hedgehog.
"Yes?" Amy answered her, still afraid of what happened but went closer to them slowly.
"Thank goodness we both found you." she answered her. "We've been looking for you for years."
"So wait a minute, who and what are you two?" Sonic asked them both but Knuckles hit him on head.
"Sonic..." The echidna said sharply at him, making him keep quiet.
"Oh right, I forgot to introduce myself." The navy blue girl told him with a giggle. "My name is Manami and this is my twin brother and Captain of the Merlantis guards, Meris."
"Well, you obviously know me..." Amy said and introduced the others one by one. "The blue hedgehog is Sonic, the rabbit's Cream, the red echidna is Knuckles and the fox there is Tails."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Meris said to all of them, putting his sword into the sand and smiling at them. "And to answer the blue hedgehog's question, we're merhogs." To prove it both of them held up their tails and saw their identical dark blue tails sparkling in the sun except that Manami's tail looked more like hearts at the end and it sparkles brighter than her brothers.
The other just stared at them in total awe. It's not everyday you get to meet real life merhogs out of the deep blue sea and since they all are seeing this, they aren't crazy, then Sonic remembered that Manami had something to say.
"So wait." Sonic said to the navy blue merhog. "Why do you two want Amy?"
Both merhogs looked at Sonic with serious expressions and then Meris cleared his throat.
"Because me and my sister have been looking for the Merhog Princess..." Meris said to him gravely.
"And Amy...you are the hedgehog we're looking for..." Manami added.
Everyone then stared at the merhog duo like they were insane; Amy, royalty...to merMobians? That's crazy on top of craziness!
"You're joking, right?" Sonic chuckled but stopped when they saw the serious expressions of Manami and Meris: not beating an eyelash, no blinks and not even a smile; they were serious...
"You're serious?" Tails asked the two serious merhogs, who simply answered with a nod.
"Yes, Amy is the long lost heir to the Merlantis throne." Meris said as he sheathed his sword, looking at the whole Sonic Team. "She's our princess."
"But how's that possible?" Cream asked them. "Amy's all hedgehog."
"Listen to our story..." Manami told her and the others crowded around the two merehogs.
"Years ago, our 18th queen, Queen Coral was missing from all of us for 10 years until one day, she returned to her kingdom but looking more mature than usual." Manami began explaining the story. "Obviously, showing signs that she has given birth and the ring on her finger suggest that she was married."
"The only problem was that no one ever saw her husband or child." Meris added, looking at everyone with his deep sea green eyes. "But the truth leaked out somehow that the father was a Mobian and the child; a daughter, was a mix up of the two."
Amy silently gulped as she thought about what she read about on the internet: The child was kept a secret and never knew her mother's secret until the father told her the truth.
"Well, legend went on that the Queen gave her daughter her necklace, which has the power to change a Mobian to one of our kind." Manami continued. "The daughter then later left her father when she was 18 years of age and decided it was time to reunite with her mother and so she did, when the time came...our 19th queen, Queen Beloved Rose ruled our kingdom with the royal necklace that kept her in her in mermaid form for years until history repeated itself."
"What do you mean?" Knuckles asked confused, looking at Manami oblivious to the little story she's telling.
"What my sister meant, my red echidna fellow is that Beloved fell in love and married a red Mobian hedgehog, Aaron was his name and gave birth." Meris explained to him.
"But the twist was, the Queen gave birth to twins." Manami told them. Everyone remained quiet at that last part, looking at each other and then back at the navy blue merhog.
"Twins you say?" Sonic asked her and she nodded.
"Yeah, twins except that one was all merhog, the other was a hybrid with legs." Manami continued. "Beloved feared that the hybrid of the two wouldn't fit in to the kingdom, so she took her away and gave her up to her father."
"So, wait..." Sonic said trying to process the story the twin merhogs told him. "Amy's one of the twins and you want her on the throne right?"
Both the merhogs nodded.
"So, why are you two trying to get rid of your current queen?" Sonic questioned them. Both merhogs shook their heads sadly feeling disgusted that Sonic even mentioned that subject.
"Our current queen, Queen Amber, is nothing but a spoiled child." Meris told him, disgusted of mentioning the queen's name and shaking his head. "She's a woman more dedicated to fancy balls, jewels and her vanity than to take care of her own subjects and kingdom. She overthrew her own mother, claming the throne before she was of age and is demanding nothing but showers and attention from the people and if they don't, they got punished in the most cruel ways."
"And if she continues to rule, not only our kingdom will fall into major peril but the sea." Manami added.
"How?" Amy asked them.
"The royal females of Merlantis have a rare gift to make Sea Force, which is the life force of the sea." Manami told her. "But Amber's Force is too weak to keep the ocean alive. We have to stop her and put the true heir on the throne, that is if you want to help."
Amy looked at Manami with her jade green eyes; yes, she wanted to help but become a Queen for mermobians? That was a very hard thing to do...But Amy looked in to the ocean and a new determination was on her face.
"I'll do it!" Amy announced and Manami and Meris had big smiles on their faces where the others had serious doubt.
"You sure Amy?" Cream asked her, concerned.
"I'm super sure Cream." Amy told her. "The mermobians are in trouble and we need to help them."
"But Amy, two things." Sonic began and listed. "A: we can't breath underwater but maybe you can and B: How did your 'subjects' even found you after all these years?"
"Oh! You just reminded me Sonic, we found her with this!" Manami announced suddenly and took off a pink necklace with a large locket in the shaped of a sea shell. Amy recognized the necklace almost immedialy and gasped.
"Is that..." Amy began but Manami nodded and put it around her neck.
"Yes..." Manami nodded. "It's the Queen's Magic Necklace..."
