Chapter 7: A Picture Says All
Alice paused from eating her rice. "Who told you that?..." she asked darkly.
"Uhh..well Drake did.." Spines replied which changed Alice's mood.
"OMG HE DID?!" she squealed. "He must be paying attention to me!"
"Well...it's hard to ignore a girl who starts brutal fights." Spines deadpanned.
"Shut up, anyways why are you interested about me being a princess?!" Alice asked.
"Well I'm trying to make conversation..I mean..you bust into my home for advice...now you're eating dinner in my home that I prepared..and the only thing I ask is a decent conversation." he explained.
The chipmunk sighed. "Yeah...so what? I'm the princess of Acorn, which is one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world!" she explained.
"Didn't it get taken over by some fat guy?" Spines asked.
"Yeah, so? We got it back! Well..my parents did...mostly my dad though..he's amazing." Alice explained.
"Ah, so that's where you got your fighting skills from." Spines replied.
"You're not as stupid as you look." she commented. "So what about your father? Where is he?"
"Well..he's dead..so it's just me and my mom.." Spines replied.
"Oh..I see…I'm sorry for your loss.." Alice said sadly.
"It's cool, besides...I never got to know him...nor do I know what he looks like... He died when I was little, besides I'm happy with mom." Spines assured. "She taught me everything I need to know and I'm grateful."
"You and your mom seem so close...I wish I had that relationship with my parents.." Alice replied. "They're always busy and we used to be so close!" she complained.
"I see…" Spines replied with sympathy.
"Anyways, It's not a problem. But I do carry a picture of dad in my purse." Alice said, as she zipped open her purse. The brown chipmunk grabbed a picture of her father from it. It was a torn half of a picture which had a young blue hedgehog on it giving a thumbs up while winking.
"Here we go. That's Sonic the Hedgehog..my father." Alice slid the picture across the table over to Spines, who picked it up.
"That's the king?" he asked. "Where's his crown? Matter of fact, where's YOUR crown? Er..do you guys wear crowns?"
"I'm not supposed to wear crowns to school, idiot! It might get lost!" she replied. "And to answer your other question..this was my dad when he was younger...like sixteen years old...before he became king. So he didn't have a crown."
"Wonder why he kept this picture for so long..and why is it torn?" Spines asked.
"Father told me it's extremely special to him so he gave it to me...and I've been trying to figure out the same…" Alice replied.
"You know...I have something like that…" Spines said. "Be right back."
The blue hedgehog ran upstairs and grabbed another torn half of the picture from his cabinet. He returned downstairs back to the table where Alice was at.
"So what did you get?" Alice asked.
"This." Spines replied, showing a torn half of a picture that revealed Amy Rose when she was young. She wore her traditional dress and her hairband in the picture. Her quills were also short and her smile was quite happy and dazzling.
"This is my mom." Spines replied.
"That's your mom?!" Alice replied shocked. "She's so pretty….tell me how did she give birth to you again?"
"Shut up. Your dad is a hedgehog and you're a chipmunk. How does that work?!" Spines asked.
"Genetics, idiot.." Alice deadpanned. "My mom is a chipmunk, the infamous Queen Sally.. only thing I inherited from my dad look wise was my eye color….come to think of it..you have the same eye color as me and my dad…
Spines stared at the picture of the hedgehog. "You're right…" he replied. "You don't think.."
"Let's see." Alice said, reading his mind. The chipmunk grabbed the two town halves of the picture which revealed a perfect fit.
"Whoa.." Alice gasped. The picture showed a blue hedgehog with his thumbs up while his other arm was around Amy's shoulder. The two looked extremely happy in the beautiful grassy background together.
"This can't be…" Spines whispered.
"The two halves of the picture fit...we both have the same spines eyes…and...you kinda look like my dad..somewhat.." Alice said.
"Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?" Spines asked in which Alice nodded.
"No...impossible...my mom told me that my dad was dead!" Spines protested. "Unless...when were you born?"
"In February ." Alice replied.
"Hmm...I was born in late November….you know that hedgehog..is he alive?" Spines asked.
"Of course he's still alive." Alice replied. "But can't you see?...we actually might be..bother and sister… I don't know how..considering that my mom and dad have been married before I was born"
"No way...something is up...something is definitely up.." Spines thought.
"When mom gets home, I need to speak with her…" Spines said. Suddenly the front door unlocked and a figure entered the apartment room.
And that figure being Amy Rose...the one with the answers…
To be continued...