Chapter Five
Thoughts
When Alyssa arrived back at the palace, she walked past the guards to get to the main door; the guards looked at her strangely as they saw she was soaked to the skin. Alyssa ignored them looking at her and ran through the doors.
When she arrived in the great hall, she saw her father and mother walking down the stairs towards her. They were both shocked at how wet she was, "Alyssa!" cried Sally, "where have you been?" "You're soaked!" Alyssa then looked at herself and remembered what had happened, "I fell in the river!" she said "what?" cried Sonic "I slipped and fell in the river, it's my fault!"
Sally sighed, then turned to see Mina Mongoose and Amy Rose walking down the steps, "ah there she is!" cried Mina "our little princess!" Alyssa blushed, "Hi Mina, Hi Amy" she said. Sally then nudged Alyssa towards the two ladies, "you better get clean and dry before you catch a death of cold" Alyssa nodded and followed Mina and Amy upstairs, she began to shiver a little as she was starting to get cold from being so wet. "Come on Alyssa" said Mina "we'll get you clean and dry"
As she walked upstairs, Sally looked up at Sonic "she's just like you" she said "always running off and having adventures, getting dirty and scratched" Sonic chuckled "like when she was little, running alongside me" Sally chuckled back "like when she slid past the royal carriage when we went out in the winter and sprayed snow at us" Sonic laughed loudly "such a little mischief"
Sonic then hugged his wife "she sure does love adventure" he said "yet she has your intelligent mind, I know she'll make a wonderful queen" Sally smiled as she blushed, "we've taught her well" she smiled, "we both have" Sonic smiled and nuzzled Sally's nose then kissed her forehead.
Meanwhile upstairs, Alyssa was in her large bathtub, washing herself; she also played with the bubbles as she washed herself. Then Amy poured some warm water over her head to wet her hair. "Awww you poor thing" she said "how did you fall in the river and get yourself out? You truly are full of surprises!"
Alyssa laughed then lay back to relax in the bath, Mina then picked up Alyssa's wet clothes, "I'll just make sure these are washed" she said, she then ran out of the room with the clothes. After a while Alyssa stood up and Amy handed her a towel, Alyssa wrapped herself up and dried herself, then Amy handed her, her nightclothes.
"There you go dear" she said "must have been scary falling into the river! Imagine what would have happened to the Kingdom without their princess!" "yes...Imagine it" said Alyssa dreamily as she dressed into her silken robe. Alyssa then walked into her room and sat on her bed, "Thank you Amy" she said "I sure do feel tired after my day"
Amy nodded, "I'll send your parents in to say goodnight to you" she said with a smile as she turned to leave the room. Alyssa walked to her window and onto the balcony where she could see the rebel's lands in the distance shaded from the moonlight. "I wonder where that hedgehog came from?" she thought "Angel, such a beautiful name, not to mention handsome, he risked his life for me today"
She couldn't get the image of Angel out of her head, his magnificent quills, those large aqua eyes, the muscles on his body, so powerful, "he risked his life for me…." She whispered "and when we talked…he truly understands me" She remembered them talking and realized he had such a good personality, not just a handsome face. She was jerked from her daydream when she heard the door open and Sally and Sonic walked in.
"Oh" said Sally, "did we interrupt you?" "No mother" said Alyssa turning away from the balcony, "I was just looking at the view, it looks so beautiful bathed in the moonlight" Sonic walked over to the balcony and his eyes narrowed when he saw the rebel's land.
"I am thankful that Shadow didn't see you Alyssa" said Sonic, his voice was a snarl, "if that bastard had laid one finger on you…." He clenched his fist. "Sonic" said Sally in a worried voice, Alyssa looked at her father "please father" she said "I can fight well, if the rebels saw me, they wouldn't touch me, I can fight them well"
Sally smiled at Alyssa "I know, but we still worry about you child, now my dear, you must get some sleep" Alyssa sighed as she climbed into bed. Sonic looked away from the balcony, "your mother is right" he said "we do still worry about you" "Alyssa sighed "ok, I understand, but I can take care of myself" "I know sweetheart" said Sonic ruffling his daughter's hair.
"Father!" said Alyssa annoyed. Sally smiled, "Ok Alyssa" she smiled "we'll let you get some sleep" "Thanks" said Alyssa, she lay back on her pillow and pulled the covers up to her chin. "Goodnight darling" said Sally, "Goodnight mother" said Alyssa "sleep tight princess" said Sonic. When her parents left the room, Alyssa turned off the light then looked out the window still thinking about Angel.
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Back in the Rebels land, Angel was staring out the window at the moonlit sky, he stared at the City of Mobotropolis ahead and thought about Alyssa, "I wonder where she may have come from?" he thought, "I've never seen her before, she must have been from Mobotropolis"
He then felt worried, if she was one of the King's people, she was supposed to be an enemy, "she certainly didn't act like one" he thought "maybe she's one of those nice people" he then thought about what his father believed in, "no…" he thought "I can't tell mother and father…" as he was daydreaming, a knocking was heard on his door.
"Angel?" Angel recognized his father's voice, he quickly turned from the window and stood up straight, "enter" said Angel, Shadow then appeared with Rouge, "where were you today?" demanded Shadow, "walking" said Angel, he walked over to his bed, "and also glancing at our…new Kingdom"
Shadow nodded at him, "I have the same ambitions as you father" said Angel, "the same big ambitions to bring King Sonic to his knees" Rouge smiled, "that's my son" she said proudly, Shadow folded his arms. "You understand the importance" Angel nodded, "I do father, very much, when the time is right…." He slid a finger under his throat, "our umpire will rule after Sonic is killed"
Shadow then smirked, "Good" "also" said Angel, he placed his hand on his sword, "I thought of some things….some little games to play on…" he then bent his fingers "his majesty" Shadow narrowed his eyes, his smirk growing wider. "I shall kill off some of his messengers as they try to spy on us….one by one, then leave the bodies in the city, causing Chaos and confusion!"
Rouge smiled and Shadow nodded again with a smirk "to show Sonic how serious we are" he said "you have done well son" Angel bowed and smiled, Rouge then walked over and embraced him "I'm so proud of you" she said, Angel smiled and hugged her back.
Shadow then nodded at Rouge to leave Angel alone, when they left, Angel walked back to his window and thought again about Alyssa, thinking about how beautiful she was and hoping between his missions, he could still see her, and hopefully she would not find out his identity.
So...they're thinking about each other.....they like each other!
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