Amy's eyes held shock, confusion and surprise. Sonic is the prince of Soleanna!? He kept this a secret from her and Tails of course. Mina and Bartleby just looked at the pink hedgehog who was looking at Sonic. Amy saw that Sonic was refusing to look at her and his ears were pinned to his head, he sighed in shame "I understand if you don't wanna be friends anymore-"

"Of course not!" Amy exclaimed as she placed her hands on his cheeks to make him look at her "Who cares if your royalty?! You are so kind, caring, very funny and charming" she blushed a little when she said the word 'charming' but that didn't stop her from talking "I like you for you, not because you are a prince of this kingdom but…For being kind to me, you protected me from my abusive adoptive parents and that you have agreed to help me right now. No one would do this for me…I still wanna be friends but no more secrets"

Sonic chuckled as he started to feel happy again that she has agreed to stay friends with him as long he didn't keep anymore secrets "Thanks Amy, that means a lot"

"So where are you going?" Mina blinked as she eyed their bags on their backs "What is he helping you with?"

Amy sighed as she gripped her back straps tighter "We're going to the Rose Kingdom to find my parents, my last name is Rose so I'm guessing that's where I came from"

"WAIT!?" Bartley shrieked as he pointed at her "You aren't Amelia Rose are you?"

Sonic looked confused as he eyed his brother-in-law, how could he know that this was Amelia Rose? Yes, Sonic knows that Amy's full name was Amelia but how would he know this? Amy gulped as she looked at him "Umm yes that's my name. Why?"

"Oh err nothing" he mumbled "We'll let you find that out for yourself when you get there"

Mina just smiled as she pushed Bartley away from the hedgehogs "Have a fun trip! We'll see you later!"

Both Sonic and Amy looked extremely confused as they eyed each other. Looks like they have some more research to do but this was about Amy this time, what did Bartleby mean? How does he know her? "Library?" Sonic suggested

"No" Amy shook her head with a smile "Let's just go, maybe he just heard my name from somewhere? I don't wanna keep my mom and dad waiting to meet me"

Sonic just nodded and they both started to power walk out of the little town. He was still feeling edgy about what just happened. He knows something about her and he will find that out since…He has taken the book from Tails about the Rose Kingdom. He is planning as soon as Amy goes to sleep later tonight "Hey Amy? Wanna travel at my speed?"

Amy looked unsure about what he was talking about. She was about to respond back until she felt him scoop her up in his arms which made them both blush brightly. Soon Sonic sped off and they were completely unaware that a pair of blue eyes were watching.

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Sally looked shocked to see Sonic with a pink female hedgehog instead of her. It made her a little angry and she was full of jealousy. Shadow had chaos controlled her and him out into the town before they could reach Aleena's room so god knows what happened to her "So?" Sally jumped as she turned to see those ruby red eyes of Shadow's "Why were you spying on Faker and that pink hedgehog?"

Sally was fuming slightly in anger "He's my future husband! Me and him are betrothed since birth and we will be together!"

Shadow rolled his eyes as he looked at the chipmunk princess. He grabbed both of her shoulders roughly which made her wince in pain "Didn't you see what happened back there!? That king of ours just killed your own mother and father and all you care about is yours and Sonic's future?!"

Sally glared at him hard and shoved his hands off of her "I LOVE HIM AND HE LOVES ME!"

Shadow glared back as grabbed the collar of her shirt and she began to shake in fear as he held her "He sure has a funny way of showing it! Besides, I know where they going"

Sally pulled his arm off from her shirt as she still gave him that stern look "Where?"

"That pink hedgehog wants to find herself and demands to know the truth on where she came from. Her and Faker are on their way to the Rose Kingdom and EVERYONE knows in this town who she really is"

"And that is?" Shadow whispered something every important in her ear which made her hands flew to her mouth in shock, her blue eyes were wide and her ears were straight up "She's…She's-"

"Yes she is, she was taken at birth. You still wanna stalk them princess?"

"I…I will but I wanna help her…She demands the truth" She ordered "Think you can stay here to guard?"

Shadow shook his head with a grin "Don't need to, I always have that covered. Blaze and Silver of the Sol Kingdom are on watch, they will contact me through Chaos Control if there is anymore changes"

Sally nodded once at his response. Soon they both slowly began to follow them until they notice that both Sonic and Amy were gone, Sally groaned slightly and she was getting tired too "Should we…rest for the night?" she yawned "I'm kinda tired after todays events and…Seeing my parents dead bodies covered in blood and stab wounds…" soon tears escaped from her royal blue eyes. She sobbed quietly as she sat down on the grass hugging her knees.

Shadow frowned at the sight of her, he slowly sat down next to her. He then gently pulled her into his chest and he felt her grip onto his white chest fur for comfort, Shadow slowly moved one of his hands through her hair to help calm her down a little and used his other hand to rub up and down her back. Sally slowly began to blush at this action but then her eyes started to drop as she fell into a deep slumber.

Shadow had felt her go limb in his arms, he looked down and saw that she was fast asleep with tear stained cheeks. Then all of a sudden, he gently kissed her hair and moved her fringe out of the way over her closed eyes "Good night princess"

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Sonic and Amy made it to a clearing of an open meadow with loads of pretty flowers, night animal noises such as crickets and owls. The moon was shining brightly above them and so were the stairs "You wanna camp here?" Sonic smiled over at her "You looked pretty absorbed at the sight"

"Of course Sonic!" she giggled as took her bag off her back to pull out her sleeping bag and nightwear clothes "Do you mind if get ready for bed? I'm pretty sleepy"

Sonic nodded to her, she smiled as ran behind a tree to get changed. Sonic also pulled out his sleeping bag and his nightwear clothes AND the book which he would read later when Amy is asleep. He quickly got into his nightwear which was a pair of black shorts with a plain white t-shirt. Then Amy came running back wearing red stripe pj bottoms with a matching long sleeved pj top. He saw that she quickly got snug into her sleeping bag "You gonna sleep too?"

"Well I'm gonna read a little before I do" Sonic said to her as he also got into his sleeping bag "Reading helps me sleep"

Amy smiled back at him "Okay…good night Sonic"

"Night Amy"

Soon when Amy went to sleep. Sonic grabbed the book next to him and began to read it by starting with the first page which he will only read tonight:

The Rose Kingdom is the Kingdom of flowers and nature. It was founded in 1665 by Andy Rose who was first king crowned on the land and was a hedgehog. He loved nature and flowers that he made Seedrins as his people and servants to make all the nature he wanted. He soon fell in love with a beautiful hedgehog by the name of Lucy who soon became his wife. They both had a daughter who was called Lilli and became next in line for the throne.

Soon Andy had to go into battle with the Kingdom of Soleanna. Rose and Soleanna have been rivals ever since that first battle in 1669.

Sonic eyes widen at this. The Rose and Soleanna Kingdoms have been rivals!? And they always have been since all those years ago but he continued to read:

Andy failed to return home meaning that he had died in battle. His wife soon became depressed and committed suicide in the palace gardens and that Lilli had to leave home and go to a foster home before she can get crowned queen of the Rose Kingdom. Soon more creatures became part of the kingdom and started to build homes around the palace to protect it. History always repeats itself when a new king goes into battle and never returns home, the queen kills herself and the child has to go into foster care in order to get older to be crowned.

Sonic slowly looked over at Amy who was fast asleep, this is starting to add up but he could be wrong. He kept reading the book and then he came across something interesting which made his eyes go wide in shock and surprise:

Our recent king and queen of the kingdom have giving a blessing of a beautiful baby girl, who has pink fur that matches a pink rose, gorgeous jade green eyes and with a stunning smile. King John and Queen Ying have called their daughter Amelia Rose who goes by the name "Amy" for short-

Sonic quickly slammed the book shut with such speed. His mouth was agape as his breathing quickened as he looked at Amy again who was asleep with a smile on her face.

Sonic was still in shock and this means that…Amy is the princess of The Rose Kingdom