Hey guys! Well I've been a little behind due to work, broken computers, and applications into schools, so I'm happy to get around to posting this. Even happier because I got a little Sonic toy from Hot Topic to use a coupon, and I got a little SHADOW figurine! I mean, I love it so much; it's definitely going with me next year to college! But here's the next chapter of musketeers.
Disclaimer: Sonic the Hedgehog is Sega not mine, neither is The Three Musketeers based off the Disney version
The next morning the sun shined beautifully down over the royal gardens, making it seem even more irresistible. Amy looked out the window with a saddened frown as Cream went on into detail about their conversation from the previous day.
"Please Your Highness, have some sort of social affair to allow a few noble gentlemen to enter your graces."
"Why would I want to throw anything for those stuffy people?" The princess sneered and turned to her. "I mean, I doubt there's anyone among them I even want to see."
"Princess-" Amy raised a hand to silence her lady in waiting before releasing a heavy sigh.
"Very well, we shall arrange for a public event. There is a ballet troupe comes into town; we shall hold a gala afterwards. Will you be able to handle the arrangements?"
"Of course Princess!" Cream cried with joy. Her smile taking over her entire face. "Every delicacy you love will be there! I'll make sure invitations are sent at once!"
"No doubt," The princess sighed in boredom with a roll of her eyes. "Excuse me for some air then, if that was all you needed."
Amy didn't even wait for an answer, walking out to the terrace of the gardens. With the butterflies flying past her she smiled at the sign of life when the strumming of a made her glance over at a familiar minstrel sitting upon a stone hedge. A turtle that was wearing a cape and testing the strings with a content smile on his face.
"Ahh...nothing lovelier than a beautiful princess, but a beautiful princess in love." The pink hedgehog glowered in annoyance before delicately taking a thin stem of a branch to draw back enough before releasing it to knock the turtle off, sending it flying somewhere within her garden. Smirking to herself in amusement she glanced around the gardens, releasing a heavy sigh.
"Always…dull." She muttered walking outside, lifting her skirts as she approached the steps to carefully descend. The gardens were blossoming with different flowers, but mostly inhabited by roses of all colors, leaving the gardeners with busy work.
"Your Highness," An elder man bowed with a sweep of his hat. Amy smiled at the courtesy and curtseyed in return, not annoyed at all with their kind formality.
"Bonjour." She passed on before she could hear any forced flattery and roamed about to admire the scenery.
If only I could be this free all the time and walk through the gardens whenever I want…talk to who I want…marry who I want. She let out a heavy sigh and plucked a red rose from a nearby bush. Though it was the flower to represent love, she glanced at it a little disappointedly before letting her hand holding it drop to her side. Se la vie, maybe one day a hero will rescue me from such a boring life to show me a true adventure. That's something I want more than a fairy tale.
"Your Highness! Would you choose one of these color swatches for a theme?!" Amy let out a groan at the pickness upper class society had and instead ignored the shouting and deliberately swept up her skirts under herself to sit down upon the steps. Despite the scolding Cream would distribute about her sitting upon the ground . "Please your highness?" The rabbit seemed to beg from inside as if knowing the liklihood of her being ignored.
Amy smiled to herself at the picture of the timid rabbit that appeared within her mind and couldn't help but get up to assist her. It was as the girl came out on the terrace to fetch the princess personally, that there was a loud crash behind where Amy once sat. On instinct she screamed and reached into her pocket to only find it wasn't a living threat, but a heavy anvil embedded in the steps. She shared a look of concern to her lady before the two looked back to the anvil. The rabbit held more an expression of concern and fear, while the pink hedgehog began to steam red with anger.
"This doesn't look good at all." A voice groaned down a dark hidden staircase.
"I'll say." Another chimed in.
"We're going to be in for it for sure!" A high pitched voice wailed.
"Well, one of us has to tell him."
"Tell me what." A dark voice growled out. Three pairs of electric eyes turned to look back in the shadows before hearing the tap of heavy weighted footsteps. "If you three are arguing like this, it doesn't mean anything GOOD!"
"You tell him Bakken!" The taller two pushed the smaller robot into the light.
"But I-"
"What is it?!"
"Well, it has to do with the princess-"
"My, my, this doesn't sound good." A sultry voice interrupted. Light suddenly filled the room with lit candles to reveal the two hidden figures. One, a robust man lounging on a chair in dark filthy clothing. While leaning against the wall, a white bat wearing a bar maiden's dress that revealed her figure twirled the lit match in her elbow gloved hands. Her pink lips turned upward in a sly smile as her eyes lowered with a smug gaze. "At this rate, we won't be able to even be looking at the throne anymore."
The man turned his spectacled gaze from the bat back to the little black robot.
"What about the princess?"
"We uh…missed?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU MISSED?!"
"Well…you said to get the princess, so we took an anvil and…she moved away in time."
The bat chuckled and looked to the man to see his face boiling red.
"When I meant get I meant for you to kidnap her! If she's dead I can't be crowned as king!"
"Ohhhhhh." The three mouthed, though the rant continued.
"You missed, now she's going to be all over suspicious. Which means as the captain-urgh why do I bother-Rouge! Put these three in the pit!"
"Oh la la, the pit!" Rouge muttered sarcastically with a roll of her eyes before fingering a lever. "Later losers!"
With a pull, a trap door opened under the three robots for them to drop into a dark abyss to only shortly close again behind them.
"Eggy, I don't understand why you insist on those three…I would have Pinky under your control now, with the entire kingdom on one knee."
"I know you Rouge, if it were left to you, you would be all talk just so you could get close enough to the royal jewels and then be at the coast by now." He scoffed.
"Yeah, yeah." The bat waved, her ear twitching to some distant sound. "But you might want to get back up there. Otherwise you'll miss another of your chances to sweet talk the princess. And you say I'm all talk." She chuckled, pointing upwards while still keeping her sly smile.
"Nosy bat." He grumbled before grabbing his feathered hat to walk out.
Amy drummed her fingers impatiently on her arm while at times glancing to Cream who was more worried than upset
"Oh Princess!" Robotnik crowed. "What brings you out here?"
"I want bodyguards!" She yelled. He scrunched up at the loud volume and a few musketeers looked over.
"Oh? Well let me check my schedule." He mumbled. Curse I knew she's worry… He looked back to her with a cheesy smile. "Would the end of the week be suitable?"
"I better have bodyguards at the palace in ten minutes!" Robotnik shuffled a growl when a sound of yells perked his ears. Across from them, his three janitors were trying the pull themselves up to wash the windows. Sonic and Tails barely keeping up with Knuckles. An idea popped in his brain followed by a deep chuckle. He looked back down to the princess and swept off his hat with a low bow.
"As you command."
Sonic tapped his shoe against the cobblestone with a bored expression glaring at the stack of unfolded uniforms yet to be folded. In which the trio were all working together in caring for the laundry, with Tails washing and Knuckles managing to dry.
"Weren't there laundresses for this?" He muttered, picking up another to fold.
"We did." Knuckles gritted in equal annoyance.
"But I think their mother is ill." Tails shrugged. "So they took a leave of absence."
The three let it out a heavy sigh at the same time, each with the same disappointed expressions of glum faces. The blue hedgehog looked up to his friends' and felt a little heavy hearted at their disappointed faces.
We always thought by now that we'd be wearing the colors instead of cleaning them. He thought to himself and looked at the tunic, and how much he wished for one of his own. Looking back up, a small smile tugged at his lips, knowing exactly what to say to raise spirits.
In a flash, he was crouched between the two with a wide grin.
"Come on, we can't let it get to us. Everything works out eventually…like clockwork!"
"Sonic, I've built clocks before, and it takes a lot more work than it looks." Tails muttered, though a smile tugged at his lips.
"Well, you guys catch my drift. I'm sure it won't be long until one day-"
"Yeah, yeah, 'one day, Robtonik will come through that door and say 'congratulations boys! You are my newest recruits!" Knuckles scoffed sarcastically, looking back down to his work. "I'll believe that when I see it."
The sound of the door crashing against the wall had all three casually turning their heads to the beaming expression of the captain.
"You did it boys! You're my newest recruits!" Knuckles jaw dropped open while Sonic smirked smugly.
"Well it wasn't word for word at least." Tails muttered, knowing already the blue hedgehog would never let this down. Already he blue hedgehog was smirking cheekily. It didn't take long at all for the three to be standing around in the courtyard in the colors of France, looking around a little confused.
"I thought these would look a little better on." Sonic muttered looking to the tunic, while flipping up the tip of his hat.
"You look fine 'pretty boy'." Knuckles rolled his eyes and fiddled with his gloves, being told to stick strictly to the uniforms and no longer had his knuckled gloves covering his hands.
"Will you three can it, y'al are going on special assignment."
Robotnik turned away, as Sonic placed his hands behind his head casually.
"Special assignment…I knew our talents weren't secret."
As they arrived to the royal palace, marching through the halls in single file. It was when Robotnik was being announced to the princess, he looked back to the tools of his plan.
This is gonna be cake. These three nimrods wouldn't stand a chance against my robots.
"Stay out here while I talk to the Princess." He replied and walked right in to see the rose hedgehog sitting on her throne.
"Have you chosen my bodyguards?" She asked in boredom. Robtonik grinned and bowed deeply.
"Only my finest for the princess!" He puffed and continued ranting on to bore the princess.
"I'm sure." She sighed and looked up with a small glare. "Will you just introduce to who you assigned to my safety?"
"As you command princess." Robotnik nodded to the butler and had the doors opened to the three. His jaw dropped, seeing the three idiots bumbling over a suit of armor, curious to how it fell was left unknown. When he glanced over to the princess, she had a questioning look on her face in utter confusion of the praised young men in uniform before her. Robotnik coughed to gain attention from the three, fumbling to put the piece back together. Once they realized the attention was on them, all three pairs dropped any hold of the suit and saluted to the princess, causing the metal to form a small pile of the ground in front of the blue hedgehog, while the Princess's eyes glimmered with direct attention.
Lols, okay I'm stopping here this week, and I hope to write probably by next week to have another chapter. So review please!
Review Responses
Shiego627:Thanks! Well as you read, I planned for Rouge to be as Clarabell in a way…gosh I love Disney.
Shadowsast214 Right? I mean every time I see it, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
AlexaTheHedgehog Thank you! I don't like it when stuff is word for word to movies, so I like to make a few adjustments.
Wolfe Thanks a lot! I hope this was satisfying.
Q: Are there any other people out there who are Shadamy lovers?