(Hey everyone, how's it going? Did you all have a good summer? Well I'm hoping to get this all done before the fall starts but things got in the way and I'll try to finish this story by then or at another time when I'm not too busy.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, Sonic the Hedgehog related, or anything else that is shown in this chapter, well… Other than my OC playing the part of Genie.

Please Read, Review, and Enjoy.)

At the palace, Robotnik and Snively were kneeling before a furious King Max, the angry Princess Sally, and Bunnie. The king had heard what Robotnik had done with the Blue Hedgehog that had saved his daughter's life in the market place and had given her a place to stay safe. To say that he was enraged would seriously be an understatement, "Julian, this is an outrage. Of all the things you have done, this is, by far, the most villainous! If it wasn't for your fidelity towards me for so many years, as well as your assistance in securing the end of the Great War then YOU would have shared in the same fate! Do you understand?"

"Sincerely, sire, I apologize greatly about this. If only I could have known it would lead to this result, I would've stopped it. I swear, your majesty. Something like this will not happen again; you have my word." Robotnik said to the king, lowering his head in shame.

King Max glared down at his advisor before relenting, "Very well. But I warn you, consult with me BEFORE carrying out their sentence…"

"Of course, my king." Robotnik assured him, lowering his head once more.

"For your sake, I hope so." Then, he turned to his daughter, took her hand, took Sam's hand and put them together. "And now that that's out of the way, I hope that the two of you would make peace with each other."

Robotnik took the princess' hand in his and said, "Princess, I again must offer my most humblest and abject apology for my… mistake."

Before he could kiss it, Sally withdrew her hand from the Overlander and said, "I finally found a positive side to my forced wedding."

Snively looked up and asked, "And that would be?"

Sally glared at the minute Overlander and said, her voice full of cold venom, "When I become queen then I will finally have the power to be rid of both of you!"

"I see that you now have some motivation to find a good husband. Isn't that right, Sally?" King Max asked. He looked and saw both his daughter and her handmaiden hurrying out of the throne room, "Sally?"

Looking back at his advisor and Snively, Max said, hurriedly, "Please excuse me, gentlemen."

He then ran after them. However the moment that the king, princess, and handmaiden had left, Robotnik's face became contorted with rage and he slammed his arm against the wall, causing a few cracks. He growled, "If only I hadn't lost that lamp!"

Walking over to the edge, Robotnik aired his frustration as he stood on the balcony, "If that two-tailed fox brat hadn't gotten in the way I would be king! But now we're going to be stuck with that goody-two shoes fool of a king and his spoiled daughter for the rest of our lives."

"Actually, sir. We will only be forced to serve them until the princess gains a spouse. Then she would use her new power of position to have us banished or worse." Snively clarified for his uncle.

Realizing that his nephew was right, both, Robotnik and Sinvely, clutched their respective necks and winced at the thought of Sally getting her revenge on the two of them for what happened. They had to think of a means to remedy this setback to their plans. Snively's face lit up, "Oh, Sir! Sir! I have it!"

Looking over, disinterestedly, Robotnik asked, "And what is it that you thought of Snively?"

Snively approached and said, standing proudly, "Why don't you become the spouse to the princess?"

Looking over to his nephew, Robotnik muttered under his breath, "You can't possibly be serious…"

"Please hear me out, sir. If you marry the princess then you will become king and gain the power to rule this kingdom as you so wisely see fit."

The robotic genius thought about the idea, brushing his mustache in thought, as Snively explained it to him.

"Hmm, marrying the spoiled princess…"

Robotnik repeated, going and daring to sit on the throne, "This plan does have some merit. But what about the fact that she and I are of two different races? I doubt the king, let alone any of the court, would agree to an Overlander being king of a Mobian city."

"Not to worry sir. Once the initiation into being king has been accomplished we will robotize the father-in-law and his little angel before ordering them to walk off a cliff. And then… Ker-blam!" Snively told his uncle, finishing by slamming his fist into his awaiting hand.

After that the two let out an evil chuckle as Robotnik remarked, "I am pleased to see that you inherited some of the family's intelligence."

He then shuddered, "Ahh, it warms the carcass of my heart to see such evil sprout."

Snively, however, took the praise, "Why, thank you, sir. I know exactly how you feel."

The two began laughing full heartedly at their new evil plan of gaining the throne, without the need of a genie.

Back in the wastelands, the biplane, which was controlled by Tommy, lowered itself towards a surviving oasis. Its three passengers were sitting comfortably as the genie, dressed as a captain of a plane said, "Thanks for picking Tornado airlines. We hope you enjoyed this pleasant ride. Please wait until the plane makes a complete stop."

After feeling the biplane come to a complete stop, Tommy exited from the plane and used his nanites with the ground to create stairs for his friends.

Once they were off, the genie dropped the costume and asked, "Well, what do you think of that, Master Mustafa? Do you still think I'm a fake?"

"I have to admit, you showed us." Sonic said smirking and added, "Now about my three wishes…"

The genie looked confused for a moment. He asked, placing a hand to his ear, "Doth my ears deceive me? Three?"

"I'm afraid that you got the same number as your friend's tails!" The genie exclaimed, making red versions of Tails' tails appear in place of his own.

Moving the tails out of the way like palm leaves, he said, "Actually, we never really made the wish to escape from the cavern. You did that on your own."

The red hedgehog tried to come up with some witty comeback but his mouth hit the floor literally with a thud before he summoned a TV and watched a replay of what occurred in the cavern, causing his mouth to hit the floor again.

Looking at the readers he said, "Well now I feel like a puppet on a string…"

He added emphasis on his point by turning into a red hue version of the Monkey King from Jackie Chan Adventures. He moved like one as he said, annoying, "Alright, smart guy. But that's it for the freebees, capiche?"

He turned his back on them, just to be sure his message got across to them.

Smiling confidently, Sonic said, "No prob, cuz."

He and Tails however began pacing, "Now… We gotta think of some way past wishes… especially since we got three of them."

"Yeah, This is going to be tough, Sonic." Tails agreed. Sonic looked at Tails for a bit before continuing his pacing.

Looking over to the red hedgehog, who was laying on the air in between two tree like he was in a hammock, the blue speedster asked, "What'd you wish for?"

"Me?" The red hedgehog asked, surprised at being asked a question. He admitted, "Nobody's ever asked me that before."

He then began to say, "Well, there's been… Forget it."

"What?" Sonic asked, approaching the hedgehog genie.

The red hedgehog waved his hand, dismissing his thought, "Nah! It's nothing…"

"What? What is it?" Tails asked flying to the hedgehog's eye level with his tails.

Taking a deep breath, the red hedgehog finally confessed, "Freedom. That's all I want… that's all I ever needed."

The genie said before turning away, "Besides… one guy wished that I don't even have a name… Not anymore… trying to make me forget that I have a life and remain his genie for eternity."

Sonic pulled out the lamp and asked horrified, "You're a prisoner?"

Showing them his manacles the genie remarked, "These things aren't friendship bracelets, fellas."

When both looked for confirmation from the turtle, Tommy nodded sadly.

"It's part of the whole genie gig." The genie said before suddenly becoming gigantic. His voice becoming an omnipotent, booming, tone, "PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!"

He suddenly shrunk himself back down into the lamp. Tails opened the lid as the genie said in a shrunken miniscule voice, "Itty bitty living space."

Feeling for the genie, Sonic said, "Oh man, I'm so sorry."

The hedgehog then flew out of the lamp's top, "But oh, to be free, never having to do the same routine for all eternity."

Smoke with the word POOF appeared every time he appeared, as to prove his point, *POOF!* "What do you need?" *POOF!* "What do you want?" *POOF!* "What do I can do?""

"To be my own master, it would greater than all the treasures in all the Zones." The genie said, rising into the air growing and glowing.

However he stopped himself, "But what am I talking about, come on. Wake up and smell the brimstone, that's never gonna happen."

This confused Sonic, which caused him to ask, "Why not?"

"Well, the only way to be free is if my master wishes me free. And like I said, that's never gonna happen." the red hedgehog answered.

Hearing this made Sonic think, and think, and think before he suddenly opened his eyes and remarked, "Whoa! The old brain box's juic'n overtime."

"How about I do it?" Sonic asked speeding in front of red hedgehog.

"Yeah, ah-huh, sure." The genie said as he turned his head into some kind of robot with an evil grin with his fingers crossed behind him. Sonic, using his speed, made the hedgehog's head return to normal like a rubix puzzle as mechanical sounds emitted before the genie's head was returned to normal.

"It's true! After I make my two first wishes, the second one's for Tails, I'll use my third wish to set you free. And to prove it I'll come up with a name for you." Sonic said, he began thinking of a name to come to him. Tails looked over at Sonic with a stunned look. Sonic was willing to give up one if his wishes so Tails' longest dream could come true.

"How about Lokee? Lokee the Crimson?" Sonic asked. The red hedgehog genie thought for a moment before shrugging.

"Yeah, Lokee works. I like it! Well here's hoping." the red hedgehog, now called Lokee said as the two shook hands.

"Let's make some magic!" Lokee exclaimed as he became a magician, full suit as all the tricks went off at once around him.

Lokee appeared, leaning against Sonic by the shoulder and asked, rather smoothly, "Now Sonic, my main hog bro. What is there in the world that you want but can't get?"

To say that Sonic's cheeks were heated up would be an understatement as he began to explain, "Well, you see, I met this… girl…"

"Whoa! TIME OUT!" Lokee said, summoning a stop sign in front of the blue hedgehog. He zipped to Sonic and tapped the blue hedgehog on the top of his head, "I can't make people fall in love, remember Sonic?"

Sonic jovially pushed Lokee aside, "Yeah, I remember. It's just she's not like any girl I met before. She's sweet, smart, quick-witted and…"

Grinning broadly like a certain blond knuckle-headed ninja. Lokee asked, "Pretty?"

"Gorgeous!" Sonic answered, in an excitable shout and he began explaining about the girl. Lokee however rolled his eyes, smiling at Sonic's outburst.

"She has amazing eyes, beautiful red hair, and her smile…" Sonic paused as he gave a loving sigh.

"Ami, c'est l'amour. C'est Miraculous ting." Lokee remarked softly as he appeared in a Parisian Café where Tails and Tommy were sipping tea or coffee at a table.

As a human girl in a ladybug suit costume and a boy in a black cat theme suit leaped over head to get a black and purple butterfly. This caused the two to look up in surprise, looking around for the two. The genie himself was leaning against a lamppost in an old stereotypical French outfit with beret included, a toothpick in his mouth.

"The problem is… she's a princess. And the only way to be with her is-" Sonic stopped talking as another idea popped in his head. He smiled slightly as he turned to his red double, "Hey, could you make me a prince?"

Lokee was sitting on the air as he looked inside a book entitled "Royal Cookbook" on the cover, "Well, let's see here. Burger King Meals?"

Then, a hamburger and a couple of fries came out of the book, flying at him. He sent the burger back in and ate the fries, "No. Hiccup of a Dragon?"

A particular dragon roar was heard and some kind of plasma ball shot out of the book. Turning into a Viking, Lokee cried, just as soon as he heard the roar, "NIGHTFURY! GET DOWN!"

He flipped the page as his Viking attire disappeared. "No. Luthor's salad?"

Then, a gorilla hand with a shock rod came out of the book, trying to electrocute the red hedgehog who turned into a red tinted, bald human in a green robot suit as he said, "Et tu, Humanite?!"

He flipped to another page in the book and found the page he had searched for, reciting, "Ah! Here it is! To make a prince."

Grinning slyly to his master, he turned to the hedgehog, asking, "Now, was that an official wish? Can you say the magic words?"

Sonic, grinning widely exclaimed, excitedly, "Lokee, I wish to be a prince!"

Lokee whooped and cheered as in a football game before becoming some kind of tailor with mirror things around Sonic, "First we're gonna need to get of that vest and fez look. Soo ancient century."

He held the patch on the vest in his hand and asked, "What are we trying to portray with the patches? Ordinary slow-mo? Nope."

He took a few measurements of Sonic's leg, then his arm, and had it in a bow tie around the blue hedgehog's neck before pulling on the measuring tape like a zipper. Sonic stood there, sneakers intact, but in an outfit befitting a prince. His sneakers had been upgraded to make a high slass fashion statement.

"Oh yeah! Way chic! Muy macho!" Lokee stated, pushing his chest out to show how macho it looked. Making it very muscular as he did.

Feeling left out, Tails asked, "What about me?"

The two looked at each other, then to the boy genius. Sonic looked over and asked, "Maybe he can be my personal attendant and royal mechanic?"

"Sure, why not. Might impress the king even more to have a kid with a big brain." He said as he blasted Tails with a bolt of mystical energy, causing him appear older with a belt of gadgetry and mechanic goggles, a wrench in hand. He looked at himself in amazement, "Whoa."

He then looked shocked and asked, as his voice sounded different, "What happened to my voice?"

Lokee floated over and said, "Sorry kiddo. That comes with mechanic look. Don't blame me, blame the ones who made it that way to go with the look."

He looked about, then saw the biplane, and said, "The plane could work… but…"

Lokee sneakily shifted his eyes to look at the smiling Tommy, who then gulped, "Oh no."

Before he could do anything, he was zapped by Lokee's magic and was floating over to them

The area that they were in became like a game show set where Lokee was dressed as the show's host. Sonic stood behind a podium with the hedgehog's name on the plaque, as the genie announced, "Here he comes, And what better way to make your grand entrance on the streets of Mobotropolis, than riding your very own brand new living palanquin!"

A door bearing Lokee's grinning face on it opened, showing Tommy transformed into a diamond looking palanquin with retractable legs, a comfortable seat, and a control center inside. "Careful the legs are sharp!"

On cue the four legs came shooting out, skewering a fruit through with one of it's legs. Lokee and Sonic were standing there; Sonic looked amazed, but Lokee wasn't sure, "Mmm, not enough."

He snapped his fingers, and Tommy turned into a fancy looking robotic horse, "Still not enough."

Lokee snapped his fingers repeatedly, turning Tommy into the following: a robotic golem, a star fighter, a Star Trek starship, and a motorcycle, with the license plate "TOMMY 1." on the back plate. He asked while turning Tommy into these things, "Let's see. What do you need? What do you need?"

Finally, Tommy returned to normal, breathing heavily. His relief was short lived as Lokee exclaimed, "I got it!"

"Esalarumo, shimin Transformo!"

And on the keyword of the spell, Transformo, Tommy became a blue slightly bulky sports car with the same color as Sonic, but sleeker and very advanced in appearance, "Whoa! Talk about your shifting gears, check this action out!"

Tommy looked at himself in the reflection in the water and gave a synthesized shout of surprise, accidently shifting himself to look like a blue speedboat.

Sonic approached his new vehicle and said, "Tommy, you look sweet."

"Don't be too comfortable… I'll find a way to get out of this." Tommy told the hedgehog, his voice synthesized from the computer near the driver's seat.

Getting excited, Lokee pulled his arms away from his gloved hands, making them look like sleeves, "He's got the outfit, he's got the vehicle, but we're not through yet. Hang on to your crown, blue boy, 'cause a star's is born tonight!"

He caused the small oasis they were in to light up as if many, many fireworks went off.

Hours later, King Max was sitting at his desk, doing paperwork. He looked over at a picture of his deceased wife and sighed, "What am I going to do Alicia?"

The doors to his office slammed opened, causing his mountains of paperwork to come crashing down around the king, "Sire!"

In came Robotnik and his nephew with an excited look on their faces. Both, however, were unable to find the king, until the chipmunk poked his head from the mess of papers, "Is everything all right, your majesty?"

The king climbed himself out of the mess of his papers, "Ye-Yes, Julian. I'm fine. Just need to be more cautious around my completed documents…"

Looking to the two while dusting his sleeves off, "Was there something you needed to see me about?"

Robotnik smiled and he presented the king with a scroll, "Yes, your majesty. I believe that I have found the solution to the problem relating to your daughter."

Snively added, "Oh yes, indeed, your majesty. He has, with my help of course."

Turning to sit on his chair, King Max asked, "And that is?"

While his back was turned, Robotnik made a motion that looked like he was about to clobber Snively for his comment, but both stood straight up and smiled when the king's attention was turned to the two.

Unrolling the scroll, Robotnik read, "Here it is, 'If the princess has not chosen a husband by the appointed time, then the King shall choose one for her. Or go to the original betrothed.'"

Sighing, King Max reminded, "But Sally had rejected all of the suitors that came to ask for her hand. Plus, there hasn't been a betrothal since my time… How can I choose someone that my daughter hates?"

Smiling Robotnik assured, "Not to worry, sire."

He then continued reading, "If, in the event a suitable prince cannot be found, a princess must then be wed to... Oh my… this is interesting."

The king was on the edge of his seat as he asked, "What? Who is it?"

"The royal advisor! But, that's-" Robotnik revealed, pausing to share a quick smirk with Snively, away from the king, as he finished his sentence, "Me!"

Confused by this, Max took the scroll and began to read it, "I thought that the law stated only a prince may marry a princess, or one of noble birth, I'm quite sure… perhaps if Sir Charles' fam-"

Before he could get far, Robotnik retrieved the scroll and rolling it up said, "I'm afraid that desperate times call for desperate measures, your majesty."

For added insurance, Robotnik activated the chip placed on King Max, making him repeat, "Yes… desperate measures…"

Looking at the king with a grave expression, Robotnik ordered, "You will command the princess to take me as her husband."

"I… Will… command…" Max repeated before snapping out of the control and say, "But Julian, you're so old and an Overlander…"

Boosting the power, Robotnik hissed, "MAKE the princess marry me!"

"Make… the… princess…" The King repeated.

He was snapped out of the control due to loud trumpets blaring outside. Shaking his head from mind control, King Max looked around, "Wait… what was that?"

All three hurried out to the balcony windows. This caused the King to call, "Julian! You and Snively should to see this!"

When they arrived they saw an advancing parade. They were led by what appeared to be the Lokee, disguised as a different kind of Mobian playing the part of the major of the parade, twirling and enflamed baton as some of the marchers sang, "Make way for Prince Soni!"

Some people's attention was caught by the marchers and many more by the performing swordsmen, who, while spinning their swords in the air and catching them sang, "Say hey! It's Prince Soni!"

Behind them were various beautiful women of Mobians and Overlanders alike dancing in fancy attire. Lokee sang as he mingled amongst different crowd members.

"Hey, clear the way in the old bazaar,
Hey you, let us through, it's a bright new star,
Now come, be the first on your block to meet his eye!"

He then approached a stand, sliding his hand along the hanging pots and pans, that were before he played the apple selling Overlander's oversized belly like a drum,
"Make way, here he comes,
Ring bells, bang the drums."

He then jumped into the guy's arms. Grabbing his face and turning him to the airship, he sang "You're gonna love this guy!"

On the airship's deck several maidens removed the veils surrounding the rear seats to reveal the Prince Soni, who was really Sonic, while Tails were at the controls, flying it calmly through the main road. Lokee sang, "Prince Ali, fabulous he, Soni Rebawa!"

Getting behind Antoine and his men Lokee sang, pulling a rug from underneath their feet, making them kneel without warning,
"Genuflect, show some respect
Down on one knee"

Back on the balcony, King Max was bouncing along to the song, Robotnik glared furiously at the precession below. Snively was dancing to the music…

"Now try your best to stay calm
Brush up your Sunday Salaam"

…Until being bopped by his furious uncle.

"And come and meet his spectacular coterie."

Lokee then began "wheelbarrows" six men up onto Tommy's deck. They were piled on each other's shoulders where Sonic shook hands with each of them… before they collapsed on top of him, As Lokee sang, "Prince Soni, mighty is he, Soni Rebawa!"

While no one was looking, he zapped Sonic with some of his magic, to make Sonic as strong as he was fast, allowing them to take part in a acrobatic formation, "Strong as ten regular men, definitely"

Lokee turned into an old man, whispering to those around him, "He faced the galloping hordes"

Then a child, swinging a wooden sword, said to other children, "A hundred bad guys with swords"

Next as member of the merchants, as the chorus finished, "Who sent those goons to their lords, why Prince Soni!"

Sally had been watching from her balcony of the castle with Bunnie next to her.

A chorus of men, carrying the golden camels, sang, "He's got seventy-five golden camels!"

Lokee popped in as a human commentator holding a regular groundhog under his arm. Phil from the Bill Murray movie known as "Groundhog's Day", spoke into his mic, "Don't they look lovely, Lois?"

A chorus of women, on a float, sang, "Purple peacocks, he's got fifty-three!"

This time he appeared as Lois Lane from DC's Superman: TAS version, "Fabulous, Phil, I love the feathers!"

A giant balloon gorilla proceeded down the parade behind held by several strong people, Lokee sang, "When it comes to exotic type mammals"

Lokee popped in as a Mobini leopard, then a goat, and spoke the last two lines to the two children from earlier, "Has he got a zoo, I'm te-e-el-ling you."

The chorus finished, as the children looked at each other in awe, "It's a world class menagerie!"

On a small balcony, the three dancers from earlier were joined by the Lokee, disguised as a woman, chanting, "Prince Soni, Handsome is he, Soni Rebawa"

The girls, in counterpoint, sang, "There's no question this Soni's alluring"

"That physique, how can I speak"

"Never ordinary, never boring"

Sonic had noticed the girls watching him and flexed his muscles to impress them, but an invisible blast of magic from Lokee made his muscles 'A bit' too developed, causing the girls to fan themselves.

"Weak at the knee"

"Everything about the man just plain impresses"

Sally rolled her eyes at how ridiculous the hedgehog prince looked, while Bunnie smirked, both continued watching.

Lokee then sang, "Well, get on out in that square"

The girls continued, "He's a wonder, he's a whiz, a wonder"

"Adjust your veil and prepare"

"He's about to pull my heart asunder"

"To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Soni!"

"And I absolutely love the way he dresses!"

A kiss blown from Sonic made the girls swoon in the disguised Genie's arms. Sally, however, humphed it off, then left, only to come back and pull her best friend away from the balcony. Who had been enjoying the show.

Down below they had entered the Palace's wall and the chorus sang, "He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys!"

Down below the Swatbots sang, dancing comically, "He's got the monkeys, let's see the monkeys!"

Sonic then threw gold coins out to the people, who rushed over to collect them. As the chorus chimed, "And to view them, he charges no fee!"

The crowd who dove for the gold exclaimed, "He's generous, so generous."

"He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies!"

Those following sang, "Proud to work for him."

As the chorus kept singing, the king hurried to the door, opening it for their new guest but, he was stopped by Robotnik and Snively, smiling at the king.

"They bow to his whim, love serving him
They're just lousy with loyalty to Soni! Prince Soni!"

That was before the doors burst open with Tommy leading the way and Tails dancing at the controls. The sudden opening of the doors crushed Robotnik and Snively behind the doors. Lokee, on the bow of the ship, "Prince Soni! Amorous he! Soni Rebawa!"

He slid down a rope held by a servant and stood next to King Max, telling him, "Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see!"

King Max took the compliment quite well. The door opened as Robotnik, glaring and baring his teeth, growled.

Lokee and the king made a quick fifties' dance before he tossed the king to this throne, "And that, good people, is why
He got dolled up and dropped by."

The Chorus of servants then sang, "With sixty elephants, llamas galore
With his bears and lions
A brass band and more
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
His birds that warble on key!"

The Chorus began, allowing Lokee to disappear into the lamp underneath Sonic's cloak, "Make way…"

The servants moved to the side as the king saw Sonic getting on his air board, rose into the air, "For Prince Soni!"

More and more fanfare that built up at the doors, were stopped by Robotnik and forced outside. Sonic flew down to the King's throne, jumped off his airboard, tucked it under his arm, and bowed to him.

Robonik, however, slammed the doors shut with all of his might. He was breathing heavily from the effort.

Clapping, King Max praised, "Splendid, absolutely marvelous."

Switching to a deeper voice, Sonic said, "Ahem. Your majesty, I have journeyed from afar to seek your daughter's hand."

"Prince Soni Rebawa! Of course. I'm delighted to meet you." King Max said, rushing over to shake the prince's hand, the king then moved to the side and addressed the two Overlanders, "This is my royal advisor, Julien and his nephew Snively. They're delighted too."

Extremely dryly, Robotnik muttered, "Ecstatic…"

"Completely…" Snively added in the same dry tone as his uncle.

Stepping forward and towering over the hedgehog, Robotnik said, "I'm afraid, Prince Rebupoo-"

"-Rebawa!" Sonic corrected.

"Whatever." Robotnik stated, uncaringly, before attempting to speak again, "You cannot just parade in here uninvited and expect to-"

"…By Solaris, this is quite a remarkable device. How did this come into being?" King Max stated as he studied the air board underneath the hedgehog's arm.

"My royal mechanic and personal attendant, Miles the Tailenis, created it himself when we were but boys." Sonic said, causing Tails to bow when the eyes of the king and advisor turned to him,

"You mean someone so young was able to invent such a mechanical marvel as this? Astounding…" King Max praised, causing Tails to bow again, saying, "Uhh… thank you, your majesty."

King Max looked over to the prince and requested, "I don't suppose I could... hmm?"

"No problem, your majesty." Sonic said placing it hovering over the ground, a foot to keep it from going anywhere as he offered the king his hand, "Allow me."

Accepting his hand, King Max climbed aboard the air board. Just as he found the way to keep himself on balance, Robotnik placed his hand on the board and said, warningly, "Sire, I must advise against this for your own safety-"

"-Oh, do lighten up, Julian. You must learn to know how to have a little fun." King Max assured his advisor, pushing the Overlander's hand away, which caused both the air board and the king to fly off around the main throne room.

Snively, who was standing by his uncle, ducked under the King's sudden take off. King Max flew high into the ceiling on the air board, then begin a dive-bomb attack, flying right over Tommy as a car, scaring him. Snively saw the king coming and began running, screaming.

The flight continued in the background. Robotnik approached, suspiciously feeling as though he had met the hedgehog prince before somewhere, "Just, where did you exactly say you were from?"

Sonic rubbed the back of his neck as he said, "Oh, much farther than you've traveled, I'm sure."

He smiled. However, Robotnik did not, giving him an evil smirk and uttering, "Try me."

Snively, who had returned to his uncle was giving the prince a raised brow. Awaiting an answer, before…

"Look out, Snively!"

All three ducked in time as the king, returned with the board, whizzed centimeters over their heads. The king chased the screaming Snively around the room, which was being ignored by the Sonic and Robotnik.

The king zoomed over Snively, who sighs, wipes his brow, and crashes into a pillar. He crashes to the floor. The king begins his final approach, "Out of the way, I'm coming in to land. Julian, watch this!"

Julian, however, said, unexcitedly, even as the king landed like a pro, "Spectacular, your highness."

"Ooh, lovely. Yes, I do seem to have a knack for it." The king stated, as he handed the board to Tails, who caught it. King Max then went to Sonic and said, patting his back, "This is a very impressive youth. And a prince as well."

Whispering to Robotnik, the king said, "If we're lucky, you won't have to marry Sally after all."

"I don't trust him, sire." Robotnik hissed, glaring at the smug hedgehog prince.

"Nonsense. One thing I pride myself in is that I'm an excellent judge of character. Or have you both forgotten how it was when you both came to be in my service." King Max asked, reminding the two of the Great War.

"Oh, yes, sure...not!" Snively muttered under his breath.

Sally and Bunnie walked in quietly, unnoticed by those in the room.

The king then patted Sonic by his back again, stating, "Sally will definitely approve of this one!"

"And I'm pretty sure I'll like Princess Sally!" Sonic said, not seeing the princess.

"Sire, no!" Robotnik exclaimed, getting between them as he said, using his round frame to push Sonic away saying, "I must insist on the princess' behalf. Especially given her history with her previous suitors."

Towering over Sonic he said, glaring "Seeing how he arrived with that ridiculous parade, this boy is no different than the others. What makes him think he is worthy of her?"

"Exactly right, sir. For all we know he could be a rebel spy sent by our lingering enemies to try and do away with the kingdom." Snively added glaring at the hedgehog as well.

When she heard this, Sally got mad. Bunnie, shared her friend's anger as they watched the men in the room talking. Tails, who had remained quiet turned his head in awe of the castle's interior before spotting the two women and gulped, retreating from their line of sight.

"Well, so you know, I'm Prince Soni Rebawa!" Sonic pulled on Robotnik's mustache, which sprung out in all directions. He continued, "Just let me meet her. I'll win your daughter in a sonic second!"

"How dare you!" Sally spat, angrily, gaining their attention. The males in the room all looked at her surprised to see her there, looking away as she said. "All of you, standing there deciding my future as if I am a child? I am not some prize to be won!

She then stormed out, with an irate Bunnie hot on her trail snapping, "An' Ah thought tat yer betta tat, your highness…"

"Oh, my. Don't worry, Prince Soni." King Max said, feeling a bit flustered at first, before he approached his two guests, placing a comforting hand on the hedgehog's shoulder, "Just give Sally, and her hand maiden, time to cool down."

The three of them left the throne room, unaware of Robotnik glaring at the hedgehog that ruined his attempt at marrying the princess. He hissed, "I think it's time we say good-bye to Prince Rebupoo…"

Snively nodded, "I'll take care of it personally, sir."

Snively then left the throne room while Robotnik retreated back to his lab. Ever since that incident with the hedgehog from the market place, especially where he had faked the boy's death, King Max used the security monitors that Robotnik had set up to spy on throughout the castle, on the large Overlander. This meant that the evil advisor would HAVE to trust that Snively would take care of the prince without anyone noticing or tracing it back to him.

Robotnik however paused and slid his fingers along his mustache as he thought of another hedgehog that spoke back to him years ago, a former colleague of his…

(Oh dear, how was this supposed to woo the red-haired princess? Sonic's gonna need to work more wonders if he wants to be with the princess of Mobotropolis. Speaking of which, what is Robotnik leaving Snively to do?

And what are your thoughts on Lokee the Crimson who is playing the part of Genie of the Lamp? This was something I worked really hard on before Archie... but well...

Find out next chapter of Sonaddin.)