Chapter 1.
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I wrote this story after reading Prison Island Break by Breech Loader and SonicFrank and Prison Island Break: Season 2 by Breech Loader as they were great stories, but sadly SonicFrank quit fanfiction and in Season 2 we didn't see how the story ended. Instead we were only told by Breech Loader how the story would end and the story was deleted for it to be a real book but no one knows where it's being published or it's even true. All of us who followed the stories dreaming of the characters fates and who ended up with who and why end it that way. After awhile, I started to think a prison story of my own.
Shadow Robotnik is a 24 year old muscular jet black hedgehog with red stripes on his quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs, has crimson-red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, and his muzzle is tan, has 6 quills on his head, 4 on the sides which curve upwards and 2 in the middle that curve downwards, 2 spines on his back, and a small tail, and wears black cuffs and red tongues, and air shoes which, have black cuffs and orange-red tongues, on each of his wrists and ankles, a single gold rings on each wrist.
Amelia 'Amy' Rose is a 18 year old curvy rosy pink-quilled hedgehog female with jade-green eyes, peach skin on her muzzle and arms, straight but slightly wavy quills that reached a knee length, bangs, and a short tail, and wearing red and white sneakers (Sonic Riders's one).
Mephiles the Hedgehog is a 39 year old dark grey hedgehog, greyish-blue streaks, green eyes with slit pupils, a pale-skinned muzzle, and in his usual outfit, black cuffs on his wrists, long sleeved dark brown shirt, long black pants, and brown boots.
Jules Robotnik was an 43 year old hedgehog with dark blue quills and some grey quills and emerald green eyes, and in his usual outfit, long khaki pants, a long sleeved yellow dress shirt, white gloves, and brick-red shoes with three yellow straps.
Maria Robotnik was an 41 year old blonde fur hedgehog with shoulder length quills, and dark blue eyes, pink lips and in her usual outfit, a blue headband, a dark blue top with short puffy sleeves and light blue endings, a light blue dress, and slipper-like cobalt shoes with low heels.
Rouge the Bat is a 24 year old white furred female bat, teal-green eyes, tan skin color, large pointy ears, small fangs, a bare muzzle with a small black nose, a short tail, and a pair of black wings on her back, and in her usual outfit, blue eyeshadow, pink lipstick, long sleeved hot pink shirt with a large black heart at the center, 3/4 black pants, high heeled knee-high black boots with pink cuffs and heart tips, white lab coat.
Avery the Bear is a 40 year old brown bear male that was chubby with royal blue eyes, and one of his lower teeth sticking out, and a yellow bandanna wrapped around his neck, fingerless black gloves, and black boots.
Vector the Crocodile is a 32 year old large, green-skinned crocodile male with spiky red scales down his tail and goldenrod-colored eyes, sports a thick body that resembles that of an S-shape, with a broad upper body starts including his long arms, getting slimmer towards his tail and legs, his belly, snout and arms are light green, while the rest of his body is dark green, and has black-and-orange cuffs, embellished with gold buckles as well as black shoes figured with white and orange colors.
Knuckles the Echidna is a 25 year old echidna with red fur that covers most of his body, peach skin on his muzzle, a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his chest, purple eyes, 7 dreadlock-like spines on his head and a medium-sized tail, and has red and yellow shoes, each with green cuffs and a grey, sextuple-bolted plate on top, white, mitten-like gloves with sock-like cuffs and 2 spiked knuckles on each hand.
Harold Rose is a 45 year old white hedgehog, jade green eyes, and in his casual outfit, a long sleeved white dress shirt, long black pants, and dark brown shoes and usual outfit, a black suit with a light blue dress shirt
Lily Rose is a 44 year old dark red hedgehog female, shoulder length quills, sky blue eyes and in her usual outfit, a knee length spring green dress, a blue heart necklace, and lavender low heeled shoes.
Zinnia Rose is a 23 year old scarlet red hedgehog female, back length quills, sky blue eyes, and in her usual outfit, a short sleeved dark green shirt, light blue jeans, and white high heels.
Scourge the Hedgehog is an 24 year old green fur colored hedgehog, has a pair of slash marks on his torso, sky blue eye color, and in his usual outfit, a long sleeved black leather jacket, a short sleeved white shirt, a long blue jeans, and black and green leather boots.
Manik the Hedgehog was an 8 year old sky blue hedgehog, dark blue eyes, and in his usual outfit, a short sleeved white shirt, green shorts, and red and white shoes.
Erazor Djinn is a 45 year old very muscular human male with pink skin, red eyes with black sclera, waist length cardinal hair that is in a upward ponytail and in his usual outfit, a white dress shirt, a black suit, black tie, and black shoes.
Dingo is a 35 year old large, orange-brown muscular dingo with green eyes and yellow hair, and wears green shorts, purple glasses, brown gloves, a brown belt with a silver buckle, and a gold earring.
Falke Wulf is a 25 wear old wolf who has dark blue fur, blue eyes, tan skin, red nose and in his gloves and shoes are navy and mustard yellow.
Bark the Polar Bear is a 25 year old light beige polar bear with reddish-tan skin, white chest fur, ruby red eyes, and wears brown-toed red boots.
Miles 'Tails' Prower is a 25 year old yellow-orange fox with 2 twin tails, white fur around his muzzle, front torso, and the tips of his tails, baby blue eyes, triangular ears with white canals and three locks of hair on his forehead, and wears shoes that are red from the heel to the middle, and white from the middle to the toe with gray soles.
Drago is a 32 year old large white wolf, yellow eyes with black slits, and wears dark blue boots.
Mighty the Armadillo is a 25 year old black armadillo male with red thick armor, which rounds from his forehead above to his lower back, his tail is black, ears are side facing and funnel-shaped, a medium-long and sharp black nose, yellowish-tan skin color, along with his ears, muzzle, arms and stomach, reddish-brown eyes, and wears red shoes with white straps and white cuffs.
Mrs. Ginger Dog is a 56 year old wisteria female dog with peach skin, powder blue eyes, long black eyes, her shoulder length hair tied in a bun, and wears a short sleeved light grey shirt, hair-net, a knee length light grey skirt, round glasses, and light grey shoes.
Sleet is a 32 year old grey wolf male with blue fur, orange eyes, and wears dark red boots.
Paulie is a 29 year old light blue hedgehog with peach skin, dark blue eyes, and wears red boots.
Remington the Echidna is a 34 year old brown echidna male with savoy blue eyes, black hair, and wears blue boots.
Flare the Hedgehog is a 24 year old bright red hedgehog with chocolate eyes, spiky quills and bangs, and in his usual outfit, a short sleeved dark green shirt, long light blue pants, and red shoes.
Judge Peter Owl is a 61 year old brown owl with amber eyes, and wears a grey tuxedo with a black tie, black shoes, and glasses.
Augustus the Polar Bear is a 36 year old muscular white polar bear with ice blue eyes, and wears dark blue shoes.
Bearenger the Grizzly is a 39 year old brown grizzly bear with white chest fur, light brown skin, apple red eyes, and wears red, blue, and white shoes.
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Prison Officer Uniforms: a short sleeved black shirt with a few bandages on it, black slacks, black or dark brown shoes, black or dark brown belts, walkie talkie, baton, handcuffs, and taser.
Prison Inmate Uniforms: orange jumpsuits, multiple undershirts and different kinds of boots and shoes.
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Station Square.
Court.
Day Time.
Amy, in a short sleeved ruby red dress that reached her knees, ruby red shoes, and a rose gold pendent necklace, kept her eyes focused on her fiddling fingers, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone. Amy was hardly even paying attention to what the judge was saying, despite it probably being very important.
The heated stares could be felt from where Amy was standing and every camera only added thousands more. Being one of the daughters of the owner of Rose Corporation, it was no surprise the arrest caught attention from the media.
The incident was a shock for all that had heard about it and proceeded to paparazzi following the family to catch a glimpse of the ethereal beauty. Never was it heard of Amy to do anything seen as bad, having usually being out of the public eye and inside reading her books. So, it was more than a surprise to hear of the quiet angel breaking the law. Everyone was anxious to know the verdict, eager to find out what the sentence was for the rosy pink hedgehog girl.
"Miss Amelia Rose, you are found guilty for theft and assault of a police officer. Sentenced for 12 months in prison." Judge Peter said, holding a dark brown gavel in his right hand.
The loud bang of the gavel rang in her ears, signally the finality of Amy's ruined future. Amy's jade green eyes rimmed with tears as her legs trembled, only half covered by her favorite ruby red dress.
A large right hand grabbed Amy's left arm and pulled her rather aggressively out of the small box she was held in during the trial. Amy looked up at the officer to see an orange male, who looked to be in his mid 30s with the dark blue police uniform, staring straight ahead with an emotionless expression as they walked. That had most likely done this all the time and didn't care about whether the person was rightly prosecuted or not, Amy doubted whether he was even listening.
"Wait here. Your family will come and you'll have a few minutes to say your goodbyes." the tiger male said in a tone as if he had recited the line many times before.
Amy was left in the middle of a small room with a little dark grey sofa in the corner of it and she assumed it was for decoration as were the many paintings that littered the cream colored walls. Despite the room being tiny, Amy felt like it was gigantic and she was a mere bug and she found herself cowering away from everything, not wanting to move, afraid of doing something wrong to get her into more trouble than she already was.
The door unlocked and the turning of the knob followed. Her family, her father, Harold, her mother, Lily, and her older sister, Zinnia made their way in wearing their designer outfits. They, as usual, looked immaculate and Amy couldn't help but notice the lack of tears. Amy was expecting sadder expressions than the mere sympathetic and awkward ones she received.
"Oh dear." Harold said, hugging Amy's petite frame against his own larger one with both hands.
It was like Amy finally allowed herself to fall apart as the tears flowed down her cheeks and sobs racked her body.
"D-daddy." Amy said, hiccuping into her father's previously crisp clean suit. "I don't want to do this. I don't want to go to p-prison."
"Amy, darling. You have to." Lily said.
Amy turned to the right side towards her mother, who placed her left hand on her head and stroked her quills gently.
"Think of our family." Lily said insisting, her expression hardly showing through the layers of make up and botox on her face.
"B-but, I d-didn't even d-do anything." Amy said crying helplessly as she looked back and forth between her mother and father.
Amy hoped that her parents would be able to get her out of this and things could go back to normal. If it wasn't for the current situation Amy was in, she would've been laying in bed, watching TV shows all day and eating all the snacks she could find. Instead, Amy found herself in court and going to prison.
"Hey! Don't be so selfish Amy! It's either you or me and you know I won't survive in that place but you can because you're so brave and strong. Don't you want to be a good little sister?" Zinnia questioned softly to coax Amy into giving in.
Zinnia then forced a smile on her face, though Amy just hoped it was a real one. Zinnia was never really nice to Amy so a smile directed in her direction lit Amy's face up.
"I'm really sorry about not being so nice to you. You know I love you right?" Zinnia asked.
"I love you too Zinnia." Amy said with a small smile.
Taking a deep breath and closing her eyes, Amy finally agreed.
"I'll do it. I'll go to prison." Amy said.
Harold, Lily, and Zinnia let out a breath of relief and all said how proud they were of Amy and they gave her kisses and hugs until the time came for the guard to take her away.
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2 hours later.
Ocean.
Prison Island.
Prison Island, a large super-maximum security prison jungle island that is holding prisoners on the ocean, has several facilities, a port for military vessels and an armory within the jungle.
Amy's rosy pink quills fell down her back in shiny straight waves, covering the back of the bright orange jumpsuit she was forced into. The metal cuffs were cold around Amy's wrists and the chilly air made her shiver. Amy's uniform was several sizes too big for her so she turned the long sleeves into mittens, covering as much of her quills, fur, and skin as she could past the cuffs. The pant legs were folded loosely but luckily Amy's white trainers fit perfectly on her size 3 feet.
Amy spent most of the journey to the prison asleep, wanting nothing more than to wake up and realize it was all a terrible nightmare. Amy was occasionally woken by the driver's bad driving and the boat shaking and the numerous bumps in the road. The 3 animal prison officers in the car with Amy conversed amongst themselves so she stayed quiet to avoid getting into trouble.
One of them, Bark the Polar Bear, was the friendliest out of all of them as he had seen how terrified the little girl was and tried to make small talk. Amy suspected that Bark took pity on her because he had a daughter around her age. Bark told Amy it was going to be her birthday soon and he had no idea what he was going to get her so he asked Amy for advice.
"Stop talking to the criminal Bark." another polar bear male said, scolding Bark from the front seat of the car. "She's not your daughter and she's not innocent." he added quieter.
Bark turned to Amy and pulled faces, silently mocking the unknown polar bear male. Amy giggled and but then looked down at her covered hands and the metal connecting them together with a sad expression as Bark realized the unknown polar bear male's words were correct. Amy was a criminal now.
"Hey." Bark said whispering, nudging her lightly with his right arm. "You okay?"
Amy faked a small smile and nodded in response to the ridiculous question. Sitting a little straighter, Amy tentatively looked out of the window to see if they were there yet. Amy might've asked them if she wasn't so scared as right now she could only see ocean from a prison on an island miles from anywhere that housed the most dangerous criminals in Mobius. There weren't any buildings visible as far as Amy could see but then again, the bushes hindered her view.
As if Bark heard Amy thoughts, he started to talk.
"We're almost there." Bark said glanced down at Amy, who was looking nervous and worried. "You'll be fine."
Amy almost laughed at how unconvinced Bark sounded of his own words.
The unknown grizzly bear male driver however, let out a sharp laugh, frightening Amy a little at the sudden loud noise.
"Don't lie to her. Those guys will eat her alive and who know's how literal that is. Crazy criminals are up to all sorts nowadays." the unknown grizzly bear male said.
The unknown white polar bear male next to the unknown grizzly bear on the right side laughed along but Amy only stared at them in horror and confusion.
"G-guys?" Amy asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
Bark stayed silents whilst the other polar bear bursted into more laughter.
"Yeah? You do know which prison you're going to, right?" the unknown polar bear male said once he finished.
Amy's cheeks grew pink in embarrassment. "I-I didn't really pay attention." she said, admitting shyly.
Amy looked to her left and saw Bark purse his lips together.
"There wasn't anymore spaces in the women's prison and your parents didn't want you to go to another one so far away." Bark said.
Amy frowned at Bark's hesitation, not liking where this was going.
"Amy, you're going to Prison Island... for Men." Bark said.
It was like the air was knocked out of Amy as the last word escaped Bark's lips.
"Men?!" Amy thought.
Amy closed her eyes tightly as her imagination ran wild with thoughts of what could happen to her as she wasn't unaware of the dangers of the world, even if her parents liked to keep her away from the public. The news told Amy enough about what she could expect in the next year in prison.
"B-b-but-" Amy said stuttering but was cut off.
"And, we're here! Good luck, kid." the unknown grizzly bear driver said interrupting and looked over his right shoulder to see Amy with a more than earful expression on her face. "You're gonna need it."
Once they drove up to the large metal gates, the unknown grizzly bear male driver reached out of his window to press a button on the side of the wall with his left index finger, making it buzz, before speaking into the intercom.
"Hey, mate. Let us in will ya'? Got the new girl with us." the unknown grizzly bear male asked.
There was a crackling through the speaker and then the unknown animal male responded with a laugh.
"You're kidding me! I thought that was just a rumor. Well, come in." the unknown animal male said.
The metal gates opened, allowing them to drive through and into the compound. Amy couldn't help but look behind her and out of the back window where she watched the gates close behind her, locking her into the prison. Amy's eyes followed the gates and saw that it was connected to large stone walls, surrounding the whole area with large spikes at the top, preventing people from climbing over.
Too distracted, Amy didn't notice her door was opened until a right arm yanked her out of the car. It was the unknown polar bear male dragging Amy away without a word, making the metal dig into her wrists. They were already a little too tight so Amy was sure they were going to leave marks.
The unknown grizzly bear male driver drove off once Bark was out of the car too, leaving them in the cold air. Amy was again harshly pulled forward, indicating her to start walking. The cemented path they were walking along was right beside the large yard that was lined with tall metal fences. Amy was slightly shocked to see it as it looked like something to hold feral animals in a zoo. There were, however, a few metal benches littered around.
Amy tried not to look for too long as there were a large amounts of people, either wearing the same orange jumpsuits she wore or a grey sweatpants and top, walking around in the grassy yard. Many stopped to look at Amy and many more chose to shout crude words as soon as they got over the shock of having her there.
Amy squeezed her eyes tightly shut, willing herself not to cry and to also avoid their hostile eyes and she heard something hitting metal and creating a loud sound so she opened her eyes to see a prison officer hitting a baton on the fence that a crowd of prisoners had formed close to with his right hand.
"Hey! Back up inmates! Back up!" an unknown brown wolf male said, yelling to the prisoners.
Amy accidentally made eye contact with a heavily pierced dark brown raccoon male with pumpkin orange eyes that held a sinister smile and creepy eyes, unmoving from her own. He didn't seem fazed by the officer yelling at him and only continued to stare at her until he finally looked away and moved from the fence. The hairs on the back of her neck raised and goosebumps formed on her pale skin, only some as a result of the cold.
Finally, they reached inside of the building and was met with a larger pink human male in a suit, his stature held authority so Amy assumed this the governor, who ran the prison. The pink human male gave Amy a warm smile and held his right hand out for a handshake, only to retract it instantly as he saw Amy chained hands and she gave him an awkward smile in return.
"Hello, Amelia. I'm Governor Erazor Dijinn." the pink human male said and looked at the 2 bear officers by Amy's side. "I'll take it from here boys. Thanks."
The tight grip on Amy's left arm was released as soon as the governor said the words.
"Yes, sir." Bark and the unknown white polar bear male said and walked away, not before Bark gave Amy a small encouraging smile.
"Let's get going shall we? I'll show you to your cell." Erazor said.
Amy almost expected Erazor to say room and she cursed herself for getting distracted by their friendly smiles. Amy was only a prisoner to them and she shouldn't forget it.
Surprisingly, Erazor didn't grab Amy's left arm with his right hand and just walked forward, expecting her to follow, which she did instantly. Amy realized that Erazor wasn't worried she would do anything and it wasn't as if she could escape the island jungle. Either way, Amy appreciated the false freedom given to her.
"I understand that this may be difficult, being in a male prison and all, but I don't tolerate any misconduct between inmates so you shouldn't be worried. If anything happens, you can tell one of the officers and I'll deal with the matter personally." Erazor said to Amy as she looked around curiously, whilst trying to match his steps.
Erazor's words reassured Amy slightly, letting her breathe a little easier.
"However, this doesn't mean you get any special treatment. I will treat you like all of the other inmates here so if you step out of line at all, you will be punished accordingly." Erazor said.
It was understandable but Amy still shuddered at the thought of enduring any kind of punishment.
Amy nodded but realized that it could be seen as rude so she cleared her dry throat and croaked out. "Yes, sir." she said.
Erazor looked down at Amy in mild astonishment, before nodding to himself. "Good. I like manners. That's good." he said.
Amy pitied Erazor as she wouldn't be surprised if he was treated rudely by the other inmates, despite being fair and respectful but then again, she shouldn't judge him so early on, even if it was a positive opinion.
Erazor and Amy passed rows and rows of grey cells until he stopped at one. On the outside, it was identical to all of the others but as Amy peaked through the metal bars, she could instantly tell it was a little cleaner than some of the ones they passed.
"Open up at 13." Governor Erazor said into his walkie talkie with his left hand.
There was a buzz, which was followed by the door sliding open. Erazor turned to Amy and gestured for she to walk in.
"Because you came late, you missed dinner and the other inmates will be getting back to their cells soon so I suggest getting some sleep. Your first official day will start tomorrow. An officer will find you to tell you what job you have." Erazor said then looked up, probably trying to remember if there was anything else to say. "There should be a blanket and pillow for you. Your cellmate doesn't know you are sharing with him so good luck."
Fear ran through Amy as soon as the word cellmate was mentioned and she knew that with her luck, it would be someone eager to torture her, most likely the terrifying guy in the yard. Amy's bottom lip trembled at the thought.
Amy saw Erazor reach into his right pocket with his right hand and hold out a key. Assuming it was for Amy handcuffs, she held her arms up in the same way she did when they were placed on. Erazor unlocked them without a word and with click, Amy's wrists were free from the restraints as her long sleeves instantly fell over her hands as she rolled her wrists but winced at the pain from them.
"Close at 13." Erazor said to the walki talkie with his left hand, locking her cell and trapping her with a loud clang.
Without another look, Erazor walked away leaving Amy all alone with just her thoughts.
Amy turned to look at the room she was to live in for the next year. Upon closer inspection, it wasn't as clean as Amy thought or would've hoped. The floor was covered in a thin layer of grime or dirt and the area surrounding the toilet that was in the middle was covered in urine where Amy's cellmate must've missed the bowl.
The plain grey walls and ceiling brought Amy's mood further down and the limited space in the room made her feel cramped. There was a small desk on the inner right side with some papers littered all over it. Due to her curiosity, Amy looked at them, carefully as to not move anything, and saw many letters to a person named Miles 'Tails' Prower. Amy quickly looked away, knowing that she'd be in trouble if she was caught looking at something she shouldn't and she also would've felt a little guilty if she read something personal to her cellmate.
At the side of the room was a bunk bed. Clearly Amy's cellmate had chosen the top bunk as the dark blue sheets were, although neatly made, had creases as if someone had slept in it recently. Amy's bunk bed that was on the left side had a thin mattress with a white cover on top and even thinner pillow. There was a folded up white sheet, which Amy assumed to blanket given to her.
Amy held up 2 corners of the blanket and made it cover her bed and she tried to be as quiet as possible as it felt like if she were any louder than a little mouse, someone would come and she wanted to be alone for as long as possible.
Tentatively, Amy crawled onto the lower bed, feeling and hearing the springs underneath her and she slid her shoes off and got underneath the covers, leaving her socks on, knowing that her feet would freeze if she didn't.
Amy laid there in silence for a few minutes, wondering how she had managed to get herself into this situation, when suddenly, the sound of a bell resonated in the building. A massive commotion followed and unfortunately for Amy, all of the cell doors slid open. Prisoners walked passed Amy's cell, not noticing the shaking rosy pink hedgehog girl hiding underneath the thin blanket. Amy allowed a small hole to view to entrance of her cell so she wasn't completely unaware of her surroundings.
Thankfully, nobody seemed to notice but Amy did hear many remarks about her as people walked by. Eventually, a yellow-orange fox with twin tails, probably called Tails, walked into her cell just as they shut.
The twin tailed yellow-orange fox male didn't seem to notice her as Amy rearranged his letters into a large pile with both hands. Amy stayed silent and felt like she couldn't speak even if she wanted to. Amy wondered whether she would pass out from how fast her heart was beating.
Only when the twin tailed yellow-orange fox male stood in front of the toilet and began to pull his sweatpants down with both hands until Amy let out a squeak and covered her eyes with both hands.
"Oh shit!" the twin tailed yellow-orange fox male said and Amy slowly uncovered her eyes with both hands.
The twin tailed yellow-orange fox male stood against the opposite wall like he was trying to get as far away from Amy as possible as her stared at her in surprise and anger.
"What the fuck?" the twin tailed yellow-orange fox male asked in a yelled whisper.
"I-I-I'm your n-new cell-cellmate." Amy said whispering back, too afraid to speak any louder.
The twin tailed yellow-orange fox male scoffed. "Yeah, I can tell. You've definitely made your self comfortable haven't you." he said sarcastically.
Afraid Amy did something wrong, she sat up but banged her head on the bed above her. The pain made Amy rub the top of her head with her left hand, although she didn't let herself fuss over it as she quickly explained herself to her new cellmate.
"Is this not the right bed? I-I'm so sorry. I'll move r-right away." Amy asked then began to get out of the bunk bed but the twin tailed yellow-orange fox male held his right hand out to stop her.
"No, that's the right bunk." the twin tailed yellow-orange fox male said, sighing loudly. "Well, I guess welcome. I'm Miles Prower but everyone calls me Tails."
Amy chose not to tell Tails she already knew his name and just introduced herself. "My name is Amy." she said.
"Fuck. I can't believe this is happening to me. You're the new girl that has got all the guys riled up. You can't believe what they'd give me to trade cells. You've probably just got me killed." Tails said complaining, walking to the bunk bed and then climbed up the small ladder.
"I'm sorry." Amy said whispering, playing with her fingers guilty.
"Don't tell me you're innocent too?" Tails asked.
Amy didn't say anything, making Tails curse again and flop on the bed and she lied down and saw a dent in the mattress between the metal bars where he lay. Amy hoped Tails wouldn't fall through and squish her.
"I wish you luck then cause I hope you're not counting on me to protect you. The guys in here will crush you and me into pieces." Tails said.
The conversation wasn't helping Amy's fears but she was thankful that Tails was nice. It was good to talk to someone in the same situation as Amy, maybe not identical, but close enough.
"L-like who?" Amy asked.
"Shadow Robotnik. I'd stay away from him if I was you. There are other but I'm sure you'll find out." Tails said.
"Shadow Robotnik." Amy thought.
Amy noted down the name in her heard and promised herself to avoid to guy at all costs.
"I'm too nervous to pee now so go to sleep so I can go later." Tails said, ordering.
Amy closed her eyes shut and said quietly. "O-okay. Goodnight." she said.
Amy didn't expect Tails to respond and he didn't and she willed herself to fall asleep as fast as possible, hoping that when she would wake again, it would be in her warm cozy bed and she'd laugh at how ridiculous her dream was.
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Morning.
The walls shook with the sound of bell, waking Amy from her sleep. During the night, Amy wasn't able to get much and if she did, it wasn't very deep so she woke up exhausted.
Amy slowly sat up, remembering to bend her head so it didn't hit the top bunk and groaned at the wet pillow, stained with tears, her cheeks flushed in embarrassment at the thought of Tails hearing her cry throughout most of the night.
Amy's cellmate was standing in the small area she and Tails had next to their beds, leaning against the wall and looking out of the bars as if he were waiting for something.
"Good." Amy said starting but coughed from her dry throat. "Good m-morning." shyly to Tails.
Tails didn't look at Amy."we don't have 'good' mornings here." he said, quietly.
"Sorry." Amy said, quickly apologizing.
Amy didn't really know what for but she didn't want to get on the bad side of anybody, especially her cellmate.
"You have to toughen up if you want to survive here. Can't go around being all small and quiet. You n-need to show people they shouldn't mess with you." Tails said to Amy, avoiding all eye contact.
"So, I have to be tall and loud?" Amy asked, her eyebrows creased at Tails' advice.
"Yes." Tails said.
"I can't do that." Amy said.
Just as Tails was about the reply, someone, who Amy assumed from the uniform was a prison staff member, wheeled a cart past their cell. Tails didn't linger as he quickly looked on the cart and passed some material through the bars of the cell to Tails, before moving along to the next one. Amy watched Tails quickly glance at the labels and then throw the balled up clothes at her, hitting her in the face. Amy mumbled a 'thank you and then looked at what she was given.
Immediately, Amy could tell it was several sizes too big, just like her orange jumpsuit. With the little courage Amy had in the early morning with no food in her stomach.
"Isn't there a smaller size?" Amy asked, shyly.
Tails turned to look at Amy and raised both of his hands in a mock defensive position, one hand holding his own prison uniform.
"Oh I'm sorry, princess. Is that not good enough for you? I'm sorry they don't have Prada or Gucci here." Tails asked, sarcastically.
The malice in Tails' voice made Amy's eyes start to water so she lowered her gaze and played her fingers.
Amy didn't even dare ask Tails about undergarments.
Eventually, Tails sighed before ordering.
"Get dressed before they open up the cells for breakfast." Tails said.
Amy's eyes widened and looked up at the cell doors. If anybody walked by, they would be able to clearly see right into Tails and Amy's cell. Then she looked at Tails with worry, wondering how she'd get changed with people watching.
Tails rolled his eyes and walked to Amy as she shuffled back so she was close to the wall and further away from the cellmate. Amy watched curiously as Tails reached up to his bunk, grabbed his bed sheet and then walked to the cell door. Holding it up as high as Tails could, he covered the door with the dark blue sheet with both hands, effectively blocking the view.
"Quick." Tails said, snapping.
Amy took this as the cue to get dressed as quick as she could. Though not taking any chances and risking Amy's dignity, she crawled under her sheet and, while struggling, successfully changed out of her jumpsuit and into the grey sweatpants and top.
"Done." Amy said, mumbling quietly and emerged from the sheets.
Tails put the sheet down and threw it back on the the bed. The small rosy pink hedgehog girl began to fold her sleeves with a pout of her lips, frowning at the abundance of extra material.
"Turn around. I'm not giving any free shows here." Tails said to Amy, making her jump and blush in embarrassment.
A moment later, the familiar bell sounded and the cell doors opened, followed by a buzz of people shouting, startling Amy once again as she found that since being in the prison, despite only being there for a night, she was very on edge all the time as evident from her jumping at every sudden sound.
"C'mon. If you get lost, don't expect me to find you." Tails said, looking down at Amy in the eyes. "Stay close."
Amy smiled up at Tails a little, thinking that he wasn't too bad and she could've had a much worse of a cellmate. Amy considered herself extremely thankful to have met Tails.
Climbing out of the bed, Amy slipped her sneakers on and hurriedly rolled her pants up, both at the waist and the legs. Amy was 18 but felt like a 5 year old in all the oversized clothes had been given.
Seeing that Tails was already at the door waiting for a large group of prisoners to pass, Amy sped over to him, timidly hiding. As soon as there was a gap, Tails walked forward and turned around to see that Amy was following closely by.
People already starting noticing Amy, clear from their crude gestures and bad words. They purposely walked closer, squashing her between many tall, large men. Some of them didn't care and carried on walking to breakfast but many others reached out to touch Amy by grabbing her arms or stroking her hair and she looked at the many hands and saw them connected to the prisoners. They had some differences in the way they physically looked but all of them held creepy smiles. It all made Amy cringe and squirm away.
"Hey sweetie. Wanna join me in my cell for a fun time?" a black bear male with dark brown eyes asked.
"Looking pretty there girly." a purple mole male with olive green eyes said.
"Little rich girl playing with the bad boys ey?" a yellow cat male with lavender eyes asked.
"Wanna be friends?" a bright red heron with light blue eyes asked.
All of their voices seemed to merge together and repeat loudly in Amy's head. What was actually 2 hands felt like 2 million and each gave Amy an overwhelming feeling of disgust as she walked quicker to try and get away.
Distracted by everything happening to Amy, she didn't notice that by following the crowd, they had already made their way to the canteen. However, Amy also didn't notice that Tails wasn't in front of her. Amy had gotten lost in the crowd and forgot to stay close to the guy like Tails said. Amy looked around for Tails, spinning her head in every direction but trying to avoid making eye contact with anyone.
Suddenly, Amy felt someone's right hand squeeze her butt harshly. Amy jumped and backed away from the hand, stumbling over the pant legs that had unrolled, before turning around and seeing that it was the prisoner that stared at her as she first arrived into the prison. Sure, everybody was staring but this unknown white wolf male chilled Amy to her very core as he seemed even more frightening up close with his crooked yellow teeth, yellow-green eyes that looked like pee and the piercings on his face, his tongue came out and liked his lips, lingering on his lip piercing as he leaned forward and eerily said.
"Sorry, sugar. Didn't see you there." the unknown white wolf said.
Amy's whole body was shaking as she was afraid she'd pass out from fear, which would be even worse as she didn't know what the unknown white wolf do to her if she were unconscious. Even if Amy had wanted to respond with something, maybe something to seem braver than she actually was so the unknown white wolf male wouldn't mess with her, no words would come out of her mouth.
Amy was slowly backing away, when her back met something hard and a strong pair of hands were placed on hips. Amy froze. Now, Amy was surrounded and from the look of fear on the silent prisoners around her, the person behind her was even more terrifying than the one harassing her.
But, Amy couldn't help but inhale his manly scent that enveloped her, making her toes curl inside her trainers. It was a truly intoxicating smell, which confused Amy as she pictured what he looked like in her head and the monster did not match the feelings he was suddenly giving her.
"Leave her alone, Drago." the unknown animal male said, his chest rumbled as he spoke, vibrating against Amy's back.
The unknown animal male's husky voice held anger and threat, all making Amy's stomach filled with butterflies as she marveled at how his voice sounded. It sounded all the lot nicer because of the fact the unknown animal male was defending Amy.
Amy looked at the hands on her hips and saw them covered with black and red fur, and tattoos. Amy found herself wanting to look at every single one of them in detail. Slowly, Amy turned around but was met with a white furred chest so her head had to be craned upwards to finally see the face of the only person to stick up for her.
A jet black male with red stripes on his quills, his tattoos, again, attracted crimson red eyes, covering the tan skin of his muzzle and white chest fur that disappeared into his clothes. Despite the loose fit, Amy could tell the unknown black hedgehog male had a well built physique, most probably from working out during his free time in prison, his jaw was clenched in, what seemed like, anger, allowing her to notice that his jawline looked like it could cut diamonds. Amy wanted to stand on the tips of her toes just to look into the unknown black hedgehog male's eyes and see deeper into the crimson red color she saw.
All of a sudden, the unknown black hedgehog male's eyes looked to Amy making her look away and at his clothed chest, blushing profusely at being caught ogling a potential psychopathic killer or rapist.
"What's it to you? You gotta share the little sugar, Shadow." Drago said, smirking in Amy's direction.
"Shadow?!" Amy thought.
Amy remembered that he was the one person Tails warned her about. One side of Amy wanted to run but another wanted to stay. It wasn't fair to judge Shadow based on something another person said and plus, Amy only cared about how he was acting in this moment. Shadow didn't seem threatening towards Amy so naturally, she leaned back into Shadow, trying to get as far away from Drago as possible. Amy also tried to subtly inhale his smell but from the weird look on a few of the prisoners watching, it wasn't as subtle as she thought.
Shadow's muscled right arm curled around Amy's front and effectively pushed her behind him as her small hands resisted from clutching onto his right arm as she didn't want him to let go, surprisingly feeling comfort from him touching her and not disgust like she felt from the other prisoners.
Shadow walked forward, Amy shuffling behind him closely and cringing away from the other people around them. Shadow firmly grabbed onto Drago's top with his left hand and narrowed his eyes, sneering.
"You, don't touch her. Ever." Shadow said.
Shadow pushed Drago away, making him fall back into a group of people all glaring at Shadow. Shockingly to Amy, Drago only laughed.
"If that were me, I'd run away!" Amy thought.
"Someone's got a crush." Drago said sing, waving his hands about.
Amy fiddled with her sleeves that were also now unrolled and bit her lip in embarrassment. The idea of this model looking prisoner having a 'crush' on Amy was ludicrous but it still brought a reaction.
However, Shadow's reaction was much more different to Amy's as he stepped forward and delivered a powerful right hook to Drago's face. The sound it made on impact made Amy wince and look away from the violence.
"What's going on here?!" a familiar male voice asked.
A beige polar bear male prison officer barged his way through the crowd and finally reached them. Amy smiled, seeing that it was Bark as he looked at her warmly as she peeked out from behind a person but frowned when he saw who her savior was and scowled even further when he saw Drago knocked out cold.
Bark shook his head and rubbed his face with his right hand, making Amy assume that something like this happening wasn't unusual.
"Take him to the nurse." Bark said to another polar bear male guard that had followed him. "Nothing to see here! Move along inmates!" ordering the room and walked away.
The crowd dispersed and went back to it's racket. Shadow turned around and stared at Amy and he didn't say anything making Amy feel a little awkward as she squirmed under his gaze.
"Erm. Th-thank y-you." Amy said with gratitude.
The corners of Shadow's lips quirked up slightly, but fell just as quick as it appeared. Shadow wrapped his right arm around Amy's waist and began walking to the line. Amy tried to move away from Shadow because even though he saved her, he was still a stranger and she had no idea what type of crime he committed. However, when Shadow's hold on Amy tightened so her body was touching his side, she stopped resisting and hoped he'd relax his grip a little, which he did.
Shadow walked them to the line, grabbing trays for himself and Amy and pushed in front of the waiting people. They looked like they wanted to protest but when they saw who it was, their mouths stayed shut. Although, Amy still felt bad so she looked up at Shadow to say quietly.
"W-We shouldn't p-push i-in." Amy said.
Amy was a little surprised Shadow heard her with all the commotion in the canteen and the fact her voice was barely audible to even herself. But, Shadow clearly did when he looked down at Amy with furrowed eyebrows.
"Don't worry about it, angel." Shadow said.
"Angel?" Amy thought.
Realizing that Amy hadn't told Shadow her name yet. "M-My name is Amy." she said.
"It's pretty." Shadow said.
Amy's cheeks heated but before either could say anything, a small bowl of porridge was placed on Shadow's tray. Amy looked at the dinner dog lady and smiled at her as the woman scooped the food into a bowl and put it on her tray.
"Thank you." Amy said, sweetly.
"You're welcome, pet." the late middle aged dog lady said in surprise of the prisoner's manners.
Shadow's right hand on Amy's back led her forward, where some pears, apples, and bananas were presented and he grabbed an apple and nodded his head towards the fruit.
"Choose." Shadow said.
Amy's lips pursed in thought but she must've been thinking longer than she thought because the orange male squirrel behind her yelled.
"Make your mind up, lady! My stomach's rumblin'." the unknown male orange squirrel said.
A glare from Shadow quickly shut the unknown male orange squirrel up.
Shadow leaned down and whispered to Amy. "Take your time, angel." he said.
Not wanting to anger anybody else or waste more time, Amy quickly took a banana with her left hand.
Although, Amy was going to choose that anyway.
From left to right, Shadow and Amy walked to a table, that was surprisingly empty, while people sneaked quick glances at the 2. Once they sat down, Shadow poured them both the one drink option, water, which Amy mumbled a quiet 'thank you' to. Despite porridge being one of Amy's favorites, the taste was bland, making her wish for a little sugar.
"You'll get used to it." Shadow said to Amy, shoveling the food into his mouth like he hadn't eaten for days with his right hand on a spoon.
Shadow quickly finished, while Amy took her time.
"Thank you for being nice to me." Amy said between mouthfuls, eating politely like how her mother would tell her to do.
The look on Shadow's face was one of confusion and thought.
"How did someone like you end up in a place like this?" Shadow asked, reaching out to touch one of Amy's rosy pink quills and twirling her hair between his right fingers.
Amy tried not to focus on Shadow's fur that would graze the left side of Amy's face, making her cheeks burn.
"What do you mean someone like me?" Amy asked.
"Innocent. Beautiful." Shadow said, looking into Amy's jade green eyes.
Shadow's doing it on purpose as he wants to make Amy look like a tomato. Amy bit the inside of her left cheek to stop from smiling at the compliment as Shadow smirked at her. Amy didn't think anyone had called her beautiful before. The tabloids didn't count.
Amy's eyes then caught a yellow-orange fox behind Shadow. It was Tails walking around with a tray in his hands as he looked around for an empty seat. Amy smiled and waved at Tails with her left hand and she hoped Tails wasn't mad at her for getting lost.
When Tails finally spotted Amy's waving left hand, a look of pure terror and fear washed across his face. Amy could see Tails' hands visibly shaking until he dropped his tray and speed walked out of the canteen and she frowned but looked at Shadow and instantly knew what frightened him. Shadow's muscles tensed as he clenched his hands into fists on the table and he was glaring in the direction of Tails and he was breathing harshly through his nose.
"A-are you okay?" Amy asked.
Without thinking, Amy placed her left hand on Shadow's tattooed right hand.
Shadow looked down at Amy, his eyes softening and almost immediately, his right hand relaxed and held onto her left hand.
"Perfect." Shadow said.
...
Amy ate the rest of her breakfast in silence. Both because Amy didn't know what to say after Shadow turned her cheeks scarlet, and because she wasn't a chatty person anyway. Luckily, it was a comfortable silence rather than the awkward ones Amy was used to with her family.
Amy sat for a moment and sipped the last of her water with her right hand before Shadow grumbled.
"Come on." Shadow said then stood up from the bench.
Amy looked up at Shadow, slightly startled as she didn't know where he wanted them to go.
"W-where?" Amy asked, stumbling over the word and the bench at the same time.
Shadow put his right hand on the small of Amy's back to steady her, though he didn't let go as they walked out of the canteen and through a large hallway. If anything, Shadow pulled Amy closer by wrapping his right arm around his waist almost possessively. Amy thought Shadow was very touchy-feely for someone she had only met that morning, but she didn't seem to mind all that much.
"The common room is where we go in free time." Shadow said.
Amy assumed the 'we' was prisoners, which unfortunately included her now.
"It's that, the gym or the yard outside." Shadow said.
"Can w-we go out-outside?" Amy asked,
Amy didn't know why she was asking for Shadow's permission to go to a place together, as if they were a couple deciding where to have their date. It was ridiculous but something about Shadow made Amy not want to leave his side.
Shadow looked Amy up and down, frowning at her clothes. "You'll get cold." he said.
"How did this man end up in prison?!" Shadow asked.
Amy thought as she was baffled by how sweet and attentive Shadow was as it made him more attractive in her opinion. Although, Shadow didn't need any help in that compartment.
Amy smiled to herself, trying to contain the large grin that threatened to escape and freak everybody around her out. Amy could almost laugh that the first time a male had taken a slight interest in her, Shadow was a criminal for whatever terrible reason.
Too focused on Amy's misfortune, she didn't notice they were in the common room until Shadow patted her side lightly with his left hand.
"Here it is." Shadow said, watching Amy's reaction.
The common room was fairly large, not as big as the canteen though, and brightly lit with windows to see outside to the yard. There were clearly different sections of the room for different activities. In one corner, people were playing snooker and in another, was a games console and a large flat screen TV with couches in front of them. The games had men yelling in competitiveness and placing bets on who they thought the winner would be.
However, the more silent area held chess and other board games. This is where some of the older and less dangerous looking prisoners were. Amy couldn't hear what they were saying but from their lips moving, she knew they were conversing quietly, maybe even politely.
What peaked Amy's interest the most, was the small bookcase full to the brim with books. It was no where near as big as Amy's own massive library at home but it was still more than she could ever wish for in a prison. There were more couches and even a couple of bean bags in the corner, occupied by a few other prisoners. In the same section was a table and a messy box of paper and colored pencils.
This time, Amy was not afraid to show her full on cheshire cat grin. Amy looked at Shadow with the expression, who let out a deep, masculine chuckle at her pure excitement.
"See something you like?" Shadow asked Amy, rubbing circles into her waist with his right thumb.
Amy nodded frantically and pointed at the section with the books with her left index finger. "There, please." she said.
Amy was aware she should have been acting more fearless and vicious to warn off predators but in front of books, she couldn't contain her eagerness.
As soon as Shadow started walking, Amy sped off to stand in front of the short bookcase and observe each one in detail before making her final and very important choice. Amy was vaguely conscious of the couple of people watching her from behind their books and the even larger amount of strangers staring from across the room.
A gasp escaped Amy as hands abruptly yanked her back into a body, where she was spun so her front touched a hard chest and her startled eyes met Shadow's angry ones.
Shadow leaned down close enough for Amy to feel his breath on her face. "Don't run away from me." he said, roughly.
Amy stood still, wondering why she fit so perfectly in a stranger's arms and why she liked being close to Shadow so much. Not wanting Shadow to be angry, Amy cautiously rubbed her left hand over his chest in a soothing manner.
"P-please don't be a-angry." Amy said.
Shadow's previously tense muscles relaxed with Amy's gentle gesture. After a while, Shadow slowly pulled away a little, putting his right hand on Amy's left hip and ran the back of his left fingers over her flushed right cheek.
"Sorry, my angel. I don't want you to be away from me with all these men around." Shadow said.
Amy understood because who knew how many murderers were in the room with her at that moment. Amy however didn't understand why Shadow would care whether she was safe or not but she decided not to dwell on their moment and focus on what she was excited about in the first place.
"Can I read now?" Amy asked, smiling shyly at Shadow.
"Choose one." Shadow said, gesturing to the books with an encouraging smile.
This time a little more nervously, Amy walked over and continued to read the book spines, occasionally picking one up to read the blurb. Behind her, Amy heard Shadow say in a low voice.
"Scram." Shadow said.
Amy turned around and witnessed the scrawny looking inmates running out of their seats in fear of Shadow.
"Don't do that." Amy said pouting, looking out at the only people she could've had a decent conversation with.
"Don't do what?" Shadow asked with confusion.
"Be mean." Amy said as her eyes tried to avoid Shadow's, afraid he'd grow angry at her for telling him off with the sudden bravery she found.
But, it was like Amy's eyes were drawn to his as if they were magnets as she couldn't help but look at them.
Shadow gave Amy an amused smile. "I'm mean?" he asked.
Hesitantly, Amy nodded.
"It's who I am, little kitten." Shadow said.
Amy scrunched her nose at the new nickname.
"Don't like it?" Shadow asked, referring to the name.
Amy shook her head in response.
"You're like a kitten. You jump at loud noises and your claws come out... occasionally." Shadow said.
"But I'm a hedgehog not a kitten and I like puppies more than kittens." Amy said, not responding to his teasing smile.
Amy finally settled on a book that she had read a long time ago. Most of them were quite old and not well looked after so there wasn't much choice if Amy wanted one with all of the pages intact.
"Are you not reading?" Amy asked Shadow when she saw him just watching her with his arms crossed, making his muscles bulge in his top.
Shadow shook his head and sat down on the battered couch. "Why don't you read to me?" he asked, suggesting.
Not seeing why not, Amy shrugged and went to sit next to Shadow on the left side, tucking her legs comfortably next to her side.
"Have you read this one before?" Amy asked Shadow curiously, now feeling more comfortable around her supposed protector.
"No. I don't really have time to read." Shadow said softly in Amy's right ear as he wrapped his left arm around her shoulders to pull her closer.
Amy let her quills fall in between them, hoping to hide the blush that sprouted from Shadow's casual action.
"W-well, you'll like this one." Amy said to Shadow and then busied herself with flipping through the opening title pages with her left hand. "I'd never given much thought to how I would die."
Amy paused to look at Shadow's reaction to the first line and hoped he hadn't lost interest so early on. Only, Amy didn't expect Shadow's face to be so close to hers, letting alone staring at her with an emotion that confused her.
"Carry on." Shadow said whilst his eyes stayed on Amy's lips.
Amy turned her head and quickly licked her lips, hoping to get rid of any food that was stuck on them.
Looking back to Shadow with a shy smile, Amy decided that it was the perfect time to ask the question that played on her mind all morning.
"Shadow?" Amy asked.
Shadow hummed in acknowledgement.
"Can I ask you a question?" Amy asked.
"Go ahead, angel." Shadow said.
Now, Amy wanted to ask Shadow about the nickname he had given her, angel, but thought that 2 questions would be pushing her luck.
"Why do people look at you like that?" Amy asked finally asked after a pause.
"Like what?" Shadow asked but looked like he already knew the answer.
It would have been impossible to not notice.
"Scared." Amy said gulping, her throat suddenly feeling dry and slightly regretting ever speaking.
Shadow's face hardened, losing any hint of a smile ever existing and his chest moved up and down as he let out a large breath. "Once you know, you'll look at me like that too." he said.
...
Night Time.
"Thank you." Amy said mumbling to the green badger male prison officer that escorted her to her cell.
Shadow had to go to his own, which was on the other side of the building and he didn't hide the fact that he didn't want to leave Amy alone as he reluctantly walked away with an annoyed look, but only after telling the prison officer to take her to her cell safely.
Amy enjoyed his concern and liked the short time she and Shadow had spent together as she had struggled for words after he practically gave her confirmation that he had done something horrific but surprising both him and herself, she didn't run away screaming. Instead, Amy reopened the book with her left hand and carried on reading aloud to Shadow, managing to read a lot of the chapters until the bell rang.
As Amy thought about her morning, she realized how eventful it was. There was already people that seemed to hate her and someone that made her feel safer than she had ever felt in her entire life.
"You're welcome." the green badger male officer said gruffly, breaking Amy out of her thoughts, and left.
Amy walked in and sat on her bed as she waited for Tails to come as she didn't have to wait for very long as he arrived almost immediately after with a frantic look on his face.
"What were you doing with Shadow?" Tails asked, sounding like a mixture between scared and angry but Amy couldn't understand why.
"He protected me from Drago." Amy said in a timid voice, worried that she had done something she shouldn't have.
Tails looked up and groaned as Amy's eyes zeroed in on his tightened fists. "After I specifically told to stay away from him, you decide to eat breakfast with him." he said.
"Well you weren't anywhere to be found." Amy said snapping, her eyes widened at the tone of her voice. "And he's really nice." quietly.
Tails scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Of course he is." he said with sarcasm. "He probably just wants to get into your pants."
Amy's forehead crinkled with the thought that Shadow was only pretending to be nice to her but she quickly shook her head to rid it as he had his scary side but he also showed her his caring side, a side her family hadn't shown her for years until the few minutes before she was sent away. Tails obviously had something against Shadow and Amy wanted to find out what.
"Why don't you want me around him?" Amy asked.
"Oh no!" Tails said.
Amy jumped as Tails swore loudly as he looked at her with realization whilst he paced around nervously.
"If he's got his eyes on you, he's probably going to kill me for even talking to you right now. I'm dead! You've just signed my death certificate. I'm going to die. I'm going to die." Tails said.
"Tails! Why are you so scared of him?" Amy asked as pure confusion laced her voice, stopping Tails' ramblings.
Tails sat on the metal chair by the desk and turned to face Amy as he looked around like he was afraid someone was watching.
"Shadow is dangerous... a really bad person. He practically owns the whole place and has gang members in and out of prison that are prepared to hurt anyone you love at his command." Tails said.
Amy gasped loudly. "G-gang?" she questioned.
"Yeah." Tails said, confirming with a nod. "You shouldn't be around him, Amy. You-you don't even know what he's done to end up here in prison and you don't want to know."
Amy did want to know though, so she couldn't stop herself from asking. "what did he do?" she asked.
"They call him the 'Black Wind' for a reason." Tails said.
...
Morning.
Amy found it difficult to believe what Tails had said about Shadow being the 'Black Wind' and she thought the male hedgehog was probably the nicest person she had met so far, going as far as to calling him her knight in orange jumpsuit in her head and laughing about it afterwards.
However, Amy's cellmate seemed to tremble at just the name of said knight and people did look at Shadow with some sort of fear. It could be possible Shadow was dangerous, especially if he was a gang leader but he was very gentle and patient with Amy. And anyway, Tails was scared of everyone in prison apart from Amy so she thought he was exaggerating.
They didn't spend much time talking after what Tails said though. Amy suspected Tails didn't know what the crime was anyway so she didn't push the topic. Instead, they played with a deck of cards until the bell rung, telling them to go to lunch.
This time, Amy made sure to not lose sight of Shadow as they walked to the canteen, but her extra caution may not have been necessary. The other prisoners weren't as touchy as they were in the morning. In fact, many made an effort to stay away, although they didn't at all hide the fact they were staring at Amy.
Amy mentally thanked Shadow in her head, knowing that it was probably his doing and she doubted anybody would want to get punched in the face like Drago did.
As they got their food, the petite rosy pink hedgehog girl looked around the room for Shadow as her head would fall in disappointment every time she didn't see his beautiful tattoos somewhere in the room but then look back up a few seconds afterwards in hopes he had arrived.
Eventually, from left to right, Amy realized Shadow wasn't coming so she stayed with Tails as they sat on one of the only empty tables. Amy wondered whether her cellmate had any prison friends but decided to stay quiet as Tails wasn't brave enough to initiate conversation with another prisoner that wasn't a 4' 11." girl.
"T-this is n-nice." Amy said commented quietly in hopes to start a conversation.
Amy picked at her rice and corn with her left hand. Nothing had any flavor but Amy was a little excited to try out the cake as it was her favorite and it was obvious from how often she'd bake when she was at home.
"Nothing about this is nice." Tails said, grumbling back just as quiet.
Tails however wasn't picking at his food.
"Must be used to it." Amy thought.
"At least we get cake." Amy said.
This was better than no food and Amy knew what a day without food was like. Every so often, her mother would prohibit Amy from eating for a day if she thought she was looking slightly chubbier than usual. Sometimes it would be 2 consecutive days if Amy's sister convinced her mother. Luckily, some of the staff would sneak Amy some bread so she wasn't left in pain.
Tails scoffed and shook his head. "Go on. Try the cake then." he said.
Amy was about to say no because she hadn't finished her rice yet but just thought, why not be wild. Her mother isn't here but as soon as Amy's tongue made contact with the sponge cake, her face scrunched up and she spat the disgusting thing out.
"Ew. What is it?" Amy asked, rubbing her tongue with the back of her right sleeve to get all the flavor off.
"Cake. Well, prison cake. The cooks here aren't good at dessert and more often than not, will turn, what could've been a decent cake, in to shit. I think they must've used salt or something." Tails said.
Amy knew what cake tasted like and that wasn't it. "It's terrible." she said.
"Hello chaps!" an unknown male voice said.
Amy turned around at the close voice and saw 2 male walking towards them, 1 was a red echidna male with purple eyes and wore a smirk while the other, a black and red armadillo male with reddish-brown eyes, had a more neutral expression. Amy thought both of them were very attractive but because she could see the beginnings of a tattoo at the end of their sleeves, they only made her think of Shadow. Every little thing made Amy think of that black and red hedgehog. Shadow was very distracting.
Tails had dropped his spoon with his right hand on the tray as his hands were shaking violently as soon as the other prisoners sat across from them, his eyes dropped to his tray, not looking at their direction at all.
"Now, I don't think our buddy Shadow is going to like what we're seeing here. Shaky's feeling brave huh?" the red echidna male asked, laughed at Tails.
"You know Shadow?" Amy asking.
The black and red armadillo male smiled down at Amy. "Everyone knows Shadow so I think you should ask a different question, sweetheart." he said.
Amy thought for a second, fiddling with the ends of her sleeves. "Are you friends?" she asked.
"That we are. We're his best friends and he's asked us to look after you, his angel." The red echidna male said, rolling his eyes at the nickname Shadow called Amy.
Amy blushed and mentally cheered that the red echidna male she was thinking about was also thinking about her. Amy had to admit that maybe she had a tiny crush on Shadow.
Amy looked at the 2 unknown animal males and decided that if Shadow trusted them, they must be okay as he wouldn't save her from a creepy stranger just to give her to 2 other creepy strangers.
"Unless..." Amy thought then shook her head. "Don't over think!"
"My name is Amy." Amy said as she knew that they already knew her name but it seemed like something you have to say when meeting new people.
"I'm Knuckles and this goon is Mighty." the red echidna male said looked at Tails. "You alright, Shaky? Got a little sweat there."
"He's called Miles 'Tails' Prower." Amy said knowing Tails wouldn't speak up to defend himself, her eyebrows furrowed as she watched his nervous state.
Mighty chuckled along with Knuckles. "Look at him. The kid is always shaking." he said.
"Am not." Tails said muttering feebly.
But unfortunately, Knuckles and Mighty just laughed harder and even Amy joined in a little after seeing Tails smile slightly too as they all knew that he was a bit of a wimp.
"So what did you do to get in this hell hole, little Amy?" Knuckles asked, brought all their attention back to Amy, needless to say, making her feel a little nervous.
"I stole a b-bag and um... hit a police man when I tried to run away." Amy said, color rushing to her face at how weak her crime was compared to all the other people in there with her.
It wasn't like Amy wanted to do anything bigger though.
Technically, Amy did commit the crime but it wasn't her fault at all. If it was anyone's fault, it was Zinnia's but Amy couldn't telling the truth to anyone and risk both of them in prison as her parents would never forgive her. Amy remembered how a simple question led to her life changing forever.
...
Flashback.
A few days ago.
Rose Mansion.
Library.
Day Time.
A large white mansion with a brown roof and red features.
"Want to go shopping, brat?" Zinnia asked.
Amy, wearing her casual outfit, a light blue short sleeved shirt, a dark blue jean skirt, white and dark blue sneakers, looked up from her book and gave a confused look to Zinnia as she was leaning on the doorway of the library and as always, she was wearing her casual outfit, a sleeveless orange dress that reached above the knees and had the Giorgio Armani on it, black Stuart Weitzman Stilettos, and a diamond blue nile necklace. It was like Zinnia wore a sign saying. "Look at me! I'm rich!"
"Shopping? You want t-to go shopping with m-me?" Amy asked timidly as she was honestly a little afraid of Zinnia.
Many times had Zinnia made fun of Amy for any reason she could think of. If Zinnia didn't get her way, she'd go as far as slapping Amy but would always apologize afterwards. They were sisters so Amy always forgave Zinnia, hoping that their relationship would improve.
"Yeah. Father said I'd get a new car if I spent time with you and got you out of the house." Zinnia said, inspecting her freshly manicured nails.
Amy felt disappointed as she felt silly to assume her older sister would want anything to do with her willingly. Zinnia made it no secret that she hated being seen with Amy in public so the new car must be important. Amy didn't want to anger Zinnia so she reluctantly put her book on the table and followed her out of the mansion.
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3 hours later.
Their whole shopping trip was exhausting to Amy. Avery, Zinnia, and Amy walked along a strip of stores that held products more expensive than some people's houses. Amy mainly talked to the bodyguard, Avery, that followed them as Zinnia walked ahead.
"Hey, bodyguard guy. We're just going in here. You can talk a break or whatever." Zinnia said to Avery when they stopped in front of Gaid Beauty.
"I'm sorry Miss but your father has given me specific orders to stay by your side at all times." Avery said with little emotion.
Apparently it was part of the job description to never show feelings.
Zinnia gasped and cocked her right hip with smug face as she thought of something, a look that Amy had seen many times before and it was never followed by good things.
"Well, if you don't do as I order then I will get father to fire you because you touched me... inappropriately." Zinnia said.
Amy watched their exchange in horror and couldn't believe she was related to such a person as her head whipped to see Avery's reaction and saw that it was as terrified as hers.
"Zinnia you can't say that! You're just j-joking right?" Amy asked, laughing nervously.
"It's okay, Miss. I'll be waiting for you in the cafe over there." Avery said, walking quickly across the street without another word.
"Ugh! Finally. I thought he'd never leave." Zinnia said rolling her eyes, sighing exasperatedly and walking into the store.
Amy looked down, intimidated by the sales assistants watching them, specifically her closely. Amy felt like she was being scrutinized under their watchful eyes, her every move and action being judged.
"You sh-shouldn't have said that to A-Avery." Amy said muttering, feeling the need to voice her opinion for once.
"Who?" Zinnia asked as she shifted through the racks of clothes, barely paying attention to her words. "And you know how much I hate your stuttering, freak."
"S-sorry." Amy said, looking down. "Avery is our bodyguard."
"I just wanted some one on one sister bonding time." Zinnia said, sending Amy a tight lipped smile.
Amy's mouth opened in shock. "S-So you don't hate m-me?" she asked, timidly.
"Hmm? Er... No. Course not." Zinnia questioned.
Amy smiled in happiness at her older sister's reply. Though it seemed like Zinnia was distracted by the many accessories on display, the response was good enough for Amy. Zinnia and Amy browsed through the rest of the store, glancing at every single item in detail.
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10 minutes later.
After a few more minutes, Amy begged to wait outside and after a pleading look for mercy, Zinnia allowed it. As Amy stood playing on her phone, her stomach was rumbled in a painful cry out for food and she reminded herself to ask if they could stop by the cafe Avery was at to get something to eat.
Amy started to day dream about all the different foods she was craving when Zinnia walked out of the store with more bags then they started out with.
"Woah. What did you g-get?" Amy asked, trying to peek into the bags.
Zinnia placed some on the ground and look through her bags. "Just some small stuff but the best thing is... this." she said, lifting a medium silver bag with encrusted with shimmering white diamonds on it with both hands and from just a brief uneducated look, Amy could immediately tell it must've been in the range of the millions.
"Oh my gosh! How did you afford that?" Amy asked.
"I didn't. My card is maxed out." Zinnia said, laughing.
With creased eyebrows, Amy muttered. "B-But how did you...?" she asked, her question trailed off when she saw the tin foil wrapped around the security tag. "You stole it?!"
"Yes! And be quiet brat. I do this all the time so don't go messing it up for me now." Zinnia said, hissing and looked at the bag like it was her greatest accomplishment.
"B-b-but, that's against the law." Amy said, shaking her head and reached for the bag with both hands. "We should take it back b-before we get in trouble." louder.
Zinnia tugged it back to her with both hands, glaring at Amy with hate. "Hey! Get your ow-" she said but was cut off.
"What's going on there?!" a deep male voice asked, shouting from a bit away from Zinnia and Amy.
Zinnia and Amy turned around to see 2 police officers, 1 light brown male fox with lavender eyes and 1 silver otter with spring green eyes frowning at them while beginning to walk closer.
Amy wanted didn't want to get in trouble so she gave them a smile small, while also trying to act casual as to not draw any unnecessary attention from the other people shopping. Amy didn't know whether to tell them it was a mistake and that she and Amy were just about to return the bag or to not act suspicious and hope that they go away.
But Amy didn't end up making a choice because a loud shriek was heard from inside the shop. "The new Hermes Birkin Ginza Tanaka bag is gone! Someone stole it!" a female voice said.
Seeing the reaction on the Rose sisters' faces, the 2 animal policemen instantly knew who were to blame for the missing bag and Zinnia must've known this as she thrusted the bag into Amy's hands.
"Run!" Zinnia said, shouting.
Realizing there was no time to argue, the little rosy pink hedgehog girl sprinted down the streets with the men shouting behind her, telling her to stop. Amy wanted to stop really badly because she grew a stitch in her side and felt like she sprained both ankles twice as she ran as fast as she could, but it was too late to stop. Just running away from the police was a bad idea but at that moment, Amy thought Zinnia was with her and they'd escape together. Only when Amy turned around, Zinnia wasn't there but the two policemen were.
"Stop!" the 2 animal police men said yelling.
Amy could hardly hear it through her heavy panting and the blood rushing to her ears and she barged past the shocked people in fancy clothing, squeezing through the crowd and trying to lose the people gaining up on her. Amy started to slow down as the cramps got worst, making her wish she had participated in some form of exercise in her free time.
Finding limited places to run, Amy turned a corner but tried to turn around when she saw that it was a dead end. However, the 2 animal policemen blocked Amy's way out and stared down at her with angry and exhausted expressions.
The 2 animal policemen started to back Amy into the brick wall to cuff her but Amy panicked and flailed her arms about, hitting the male otter with the bag with both hands in an attempt to get away.
"No! Don't hurt me! Please! I didn't do anything!" Amy said begging, while salty tears ran down her face.
Too tired and too weak to fight anymore, Amy slouched in their arms, dropping the bag on the ground and giving up as one of them put her hands behind her back and trapped her wrists in metal handcuffs. Amy whimpered at the feeling and tried to pull her hands free but knew it was impossible.
"Don't even bother. You're not going anywhere." the otter male police officer said snarling in Amy's right ear, yanking her forward with his left hand.
"You alright, mate?" the male fox officer asked his partner.
"It hurts man." the otter male police officer said.
Amy looked at the otter male police officer and gasped at the long scratch across the man's cheek and she guessed the metal and diamond details on the bag got caught on his face when she hit him with it.
"I'm s-sorry! I didn't mean to." Amy said crying out, feeling incredibly guilty.
The injured otter male police officer scoffed. "Sure you didn't." he said with sarcasm.
"Please don't arrest me. It wasn't my fault! Have you talked to my sister? Zinnia? Where is she? Is she okay? Did you arrest her too?" Amy asked frantically whipped her head in every direction but couldn't find her anywhere in the crowd that had formed around them.
"The girl you were with? Yeah, she told us everything." the male fox officer said.
Flashback Ends.
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It turned out that Zinnia had told the police it was only Amy that participated in stealing the bag and she had nothing to do with it. Apparently, they had all the evidence they need to believe Zinnia when Amy ran away and hit the otter male police officer.
Harold and Lily were not too thrilled with the news that Amy was arrested and while they could afford amazing lawyers, they said it would be easier for their family if she took the punishment and told the media that their troubled daughter would learn from her mistakes because of this.
With the promise of a better relationship with her family, Amy took the punishment but didn't like it one bit. It wasn't as frightening as Amy thought it would be but it wasn't ideal. It was prison.
"So what did you do?" Amy asked Tails, trying to get the topic away from her.
Tails looked slightly embarrassed and awkward. "I erm hacked into your father's company." he said.
Amy stared at Tails like he was an alien mutant as her father owned a computer software company and invented a software to protect people from hackers and viruses. Amy remembered that a few years ago, someone found and sold a lot of her father's secret information and sold it to competitors. Around that time, Amy stayed far away from her father and his short temper.
"That was you?!" Amy asked, shouting.
Tails rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand and nodded sheepishly. "Lame right?" he asked.
Amy quickly shook her head in disagreement. "Not at all! You must be some sort of genius." she said in awe.
"Well, I sold illegal weapons. Got myself 10 years." Knuckles said, almost proudly.
"That's not a good thing." Amy said with an incredulous look. "Anyway, Mighty. What did you do?"
"Robbed a bank with firearms. 20 years." Mighty said.
Amy desperately wanted to ask what Shadow did and opened her mouth to ask but was cut off.
"I know what you're going to ask and Shadow has got life in prison." Knuckles said.
Amy gasped at the revelation. "Life?! What did he do?" she asked.
"He-" Knuckles said but was cut off.
An unknown animal male prison officer interrupted Knuckles. "Girl inmate! You've got work." he said.
Confused, Amy slowly got out of her seat, looking around to see if the words were definitely directed to her. Amy muttered a bye to the guys whilst they too got out of their seats when the bell rang.
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4 minutes later.
The unknown animal male officer brought Amy to the other side of the prison where it looked like a construction site. Many other inmates were also in there, all moving bricks from the broken walls to a separate room. Amy had to resist scrunching her face at the sweaty armpits they all seemed to have.
"Your job's easy, girly. Just move these bricks using the wheel barrow from here to here." the unknown animal male said, gesturing to a pile of bricks in the corner of the room and then to a door way where the other inmates went wheeling their bricks.
Amy was nervously looking at the other prisoners.
"D-do I get gloves or a-anything?" Amy asked.
"N-n-no you don't!" the unknown animal male said, mocking Amy's stutter. "Get to work!"
The unknown animal male officer ordered loudly so Amy scampered off to her designated area with people, both officers and prisoners, laughing at her.
As Amy began to work, her small hands scratched on the rough bricks, causing her to hide a wince as she could feel them watching and heard their nasty snickers all around the room. Everything weighed down on Amy like heavy bricks on her shoulders and with her emotions piling up, it was only natural that she felt the silent tears fall.
End of Chapter 1.
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