A/N: Ok...first there's something i have to tell you guys...Shadow, Knuckles, and Silver's roles were inspired by the Wizard of Oz... XD
Knuckles as the cowardly lion...Silver as the scarecrow...and Shadow as the Tin Man...teehee.
No I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog. Good Day.
"Princess! Princess, where are you?" Amy rushed through the town gate just as the three knights were walking by, running into them and almost falling to the ground. She regained her composure as one of them held onto her shoulders, steadying her.
After a quick shake of the head, she blinked a few times to see clearly. "Oh, Knuckles. Thank you." The red echidna smiled at her, shaking his head knowingly. "Princess, where were you?"
"Getting in trouble again?" The black hedgehog crossed his arms and acted serious, elbowing the white one to do the same. "Probably, look at your cheek!"
Amy felt the scrape, wincing slightly at the burning sensation. "Shadow, Silver...it's alright. I'm fine." All three of them sighed, and began walking with the girl inbetween them.
"Come on, let's get you back to the castle." Silver raised an eyebrow at her suspiciously, taking notice at how she stared dreamily at the entrance to the woods.
He ahemed, getting her attention and narrowing his eyes. "What happened, Princess?" She held her hands up defensively, unable to control the redness in her face. "Nothing! Nothing happened!"
Shadow stopped in his tracks, causing everyone else to do the same. He spun around and looked her straight in the eye, daring her to speak.
"Princess." Amy bit her tounge to keep from letting them in on all the details; even though they were her best friends, they were still her gaurds. And they got in enough trouble for her all the time anyway. It would only make things worse for them if they knew her little secret.
She made up her mind not to speak to them for the rest of the trip back to the castle, and pushed past them to keep moving forward.
A bit confused, they exchanged glances and shrugged before following the stubborn princess on her way.
Meanwhile, Sonic had just ran out of the forest, speeding into the town and keeping his eyes open. "Where'd she go...?" He continued walking around town, searching with now luck, until his eyes settled on something he did not want to see.
The three thugs from the forest were pointing at him angrily, each holding a jagged knife in their hands. Sonic gulped, glancing down at his golved hands, fully aware that he was unarmed. He warely balled his hands into fists and watched them approach him slowly.
Then, Sonic felt someone grab his back quills, yanking him out of the thieves' sight and into a shaded home. The figure who had hid him shut the door and peeked out the window, watching silently as they stalked past the house, unkowing that their target was inside.
"That was close." The figure lit a candle and lit up the room, revealing himself to be a young, two tails fox. He smiled at the blue hedgehog, setting the small flame down on the window sill. "You're pretty brave to fight three guys with knives, and nothing to protect yourself with."
Sonic sweatdropped, embarrassed. "Yeah, well. I'm good at fighting but honestly, I don't know how well I'd do against them without a weapon." The fox chuckled, holding out his hand and introducing himself. "My name is Miles, but everyone just calls me Tails."
They shook hands, nodding their heads politely. "I'm Sonic. Thanks for the save." Tails shrugged, strolling over to a stool and taking a seat.
"Nice to meet you, Sonic. No offense, but it looks like you're not from around here." Sonic sat down next to him on another stool, laughing and resting his chin in his palms. "Yeah, no kidding."
Sonic glanced around, taking in all the metal scraps lying around the floor and the gleaming metal swords hanging from the walls. "You by any chance a blacksmith?" Tails nodded proudly, gesturing towards his unfinished projects.
"Yup, I make the armor and stuff for all the royal knights." Sonic's ears perked up at the sound of 'royal', and he hopefulyl looked up at his new friend.
"Would you by any chance know how to get to the castle?" He looked at the hedgehog, confused. "Why do you have to go there?"
Sheepishly smiling, Sonic looked away. "I...need to see the Princess." Tails instantly understood, a grin on his lips. "Ohhh..."
Even though Sonic had just met this kid, he felt like he was a big brother being teased by a younger sibling. "I get it. You've gotta go North through the town, there's a long curvy path there with a big metal gate."
The hedgehog leapt up out of his seat. "Big metal gate, huh? Shouldn't be a problem." He saluted at Tails and prepared to run off, the corners of his mouth noticably lifting.
"Thanks, Tails! I'll be sure to come back after I'm done there." Tails jumped up and stood infront of him. "Wait!" Now that he had Sonic's attention, he ran over to a chest and flung it open before rummaging through it.
Before long, he resurfaced holding a metal glove, and a gleaming silver sword. Sonic's mouth dropped open at the sight, not even blinking when Tails slipped the metal glove onto his right hand. "If you're going to infultrate the castle, you might need a sword to get you through."
Sonic took the sword's hilt and admired it, swinging it a few times to get a feel for the weapon. "Woah, I don't know what to say." Tails smirked, stroking the smooth metal affectionately. "Don't say anything. It's on me."
A look a confusion crossed the hedgehog's face. "Come on, why you bein' so nice to me?" He sighed thoughtfully, looking from the sword to his friend. "I don't know. You just seem...different."
A smile made its way onto Sonic's face, and he patted Tails on the back. "Thanks, buddy. I think this is the start of a wonderful new friendship."
They both laughed as Sonic began to walk out the door, grabbing an over-the-shoulder sword holder from Tails. "Now go sweep her off her feet!"
"I'll try!" He called back as he sprinted through the village, coming up on the giant metal gate Tails had mentioned. "No problem." He breathed as he kicked off the ground and flew over the fence without anyone noticing.
As swift as the wind, Sonic hopped from treetop to treetop over all the soldiers, until he finally came to the castle. He jumped down from the branch he was perched on to the ground, peeking his head around to see three knights having a conversation.
"You know she met someone." Silver lifted his metal visor to show his curious gaze, every once in a while looking around to be sure there was no one to tattle on them for speaking on the job.
Knuckles and Shadow did the same, also shealthing their swords in their holders hanging over their backs. "I know she did, she just won't admit it."
"Who could it be?" Knuckles pressed further, somewhat concerned for the Princess' safety. "You know how protective the King is of his daughter."
Silver glanced at Shadow before setting a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Don't worry, we're worried about her too. But we need to learn to trust her a little more, don't you guys think?"
Absentmindedly, Shadow nodded. They could deny it all they wanted, but the three knights cared for the Princess just like she was their sister. They were protective of her, and sometimes accidentally denied her basic rights.
"I think we should let her go this time." Silver and Knuckles stared at him, shocked. "What?" They spoke in unison.
Shadow shrugged. "Just think, we spoil all her fun all the time, don't you think we owe her one?" They nodded, a bit cautious, but agreed with him. "I suppose..."
Sonic gasped quietly, knights knew about him. This isn't good... He thought to himself.
...Meanwhile...
"Ms. Amy, you have a scheduled time with the-" Amy stopped her friend's words by grabbing her hands and swinging her around, laughing while the other girl yelped in suprise. "Oh Cream, I have the most wonderful news!"
The pale yellow rabbit held her face in her hands, trying to stop her head from spinning. "What is it, Amy?" The Princess opened her mouth, but quickly decided against it, instead rushing over to the door and shutting it tightly.
"Cream, I- I met someone." She gasped, eyes opening wide in excitment. "You did? Who? How? When?" Amy folded her hands and danced dreamily in a circle, sighing with happiness.
Curious, Cream made her way over to stand by her friend and listened intently. "Okay. first off, he's a boy!" Cream squealed girlishly, soon after clamping a hand over her mouth to let Amy continue.
"A really cute boy..." Amy giggled at Cream's silliness, plopping down onto the bed. "We met in the woods after he rescued me."
When Amy didn't say anything else, Cream let out her joy. "Oh my gosh, Amy! That's so exciting and romantic!" They joined hands and jumped around happily.
"I know! He's so perfect, Cream! He's kind, and sweet, and handsome, and brave, and strong and-" The servant girl unintentionally inturrupted her, unable to hold her question in any longer. "What's his name?"
"Sonic..." The Princess sighed, the excitement of the moment fading from the sad truth creeping in on them. "But there's just one problem...he's not a prince."
This news didn't seem to upset Cream at all, she continued dancing around with a grin on her features. "That's even better, Amy! How romantic is that? A Princess, a hero, a forbidden love!" She collapsed on the bed and giggled. "If only I could be that lucky..."
Amy stared out the window dreamily, taking in what she had just said. "Yes...well. How will we ever be together, though?"
"You could elope." Amy gasped at her words, almost falling over in suprise. "Run away together? Cream, how could you even think-"
Cream shrugged and smiled up at her, lying on her stomach on the bed. "It's either love or duty." She nodded to the closed glass doors leading to Amy's balcony outside her bedroom.
"You already have the balcony. Just picture it: He climbs up the vine onto the railing and jumps onto the floor. He kneels down and takes your hand and-" Amy shushed her friend, making her way over to the door and setting her hands against it.
"Did you hear that?"
A white gloved hand placed itself on the stone railing, followed by another. They pushed and revealed Sonic's face, smiling as he hoisted himself up to standon the railing's edge.
"Sonic!" She flung open the doors and ran to him, embracing him and nuzzling her head against his chest. "Amy, I'm so happy I found you."
Amy looked up at him to see him smiling down at her, silently wrapping his arms around her waist. "Sorry if this is a little sudden..."
She said nothing, just listened. "But, I just had to see you again." He ran his fingers through her soft hair, enjoying her being this close to him.
"Aww..." Cream whispered to herself, regretting it when they seperated and stared at her. "Oh, gosh, I'm sorry." She walked over to Sonic and curtsied politely. "My name is Cream."
"She's my lady's maid and my best friend." Amy explained, ignoring Cream's smirk. "And you must be that handsome hedgehog boy Amy was talking about. Sonic, was it?"
Sonic blushed slightly, flattered that she had said that. "Amy, listen." He took hold of her hand and moved closer. Her face reddened as she could feel his breath on her lips.
"I know we just met, literally." He chuckled at himself, gulping in nervousness. "But, I- I just can't ignore that..." She looked at him intensely, hope lighting up her eyes.
"Amy...I think I'm in love with you." She gasped, a grin breaking across her face. "You do! I'm in love with you too!" His smile widened as she hugged him again, feeling his finger lift her chin up. Their eyes met, and they both began to lean in closer. Their lips met, breaking the space between them.
This was Sonic's firsy kiss as well as Amy's, so neither of them really knew if what they were doing was right or not.
Sonic, curious as when it came to the feeling of what people call 'true love's kiss', decided to try it out. He opened his mouth, and as did Amy. He plunged his tounge in between her lips and explored wherever he liked. Amy smiled against his lips and moaned with pleasure, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing her body against his.
Cream threw her hands in the air, biting her tounge to keep from screaming right then and there.
A knock sounded at the door, and Sonic and Amy reluctantly broke apart. "Amy? Can I come in and talk to you?" The Princess gasped and pushed away from him, rushing over to the door.
"It's my father! You have to get out of here!" Cream hurried to push Sonic out the doors, earning no help from him. "But wait, I don't want to leave!" He ran past Cream and over to Amy, holding her hands in his.
"I don't want you to either, but if he finds out about you, you'll be killed!" His eyes opened wider, and he gulped. "That would be a good reason to leave."
He planted a small peck on her lips before running away, right off the edge of the balcony. Cream hid her eyes behind her hands when she heard the loud thud.
"Ooh...that's gotta hurt." Amy straightened her dress up and stood stright before opening the door. "Yes, father?"
Rubbing his head, Sonic mumbled a curse under his breath. He looked up from the ground and saw three faces staring at him; the knights he was eavsdropping on before.
Awkwardly, he rasied his hand and waved to them, laughing nervously.
"Hehe...hey guys. What's up?"
A/N: Hmm...not much to say about this chapter. Except this: I know they just met TODAY and are already saying they love each other. But...it's ROMANTIC that way okay? xD ...leave me alone.
As I have said before, thank you to the Disney Princess movies for the inspiration and...yeah! Until next chapter!
(You know what I really hate? The fact that there are not that many synonyms for the word "said" -_-)