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Sorry, but I can't take any requests for this one. I have it all set out using the ancient computer…a pencil.
Okay. Here's the first fairy tale of the story.
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Read, review, and I hope you enjoy.
Stopping in a small room, Knuckles surveyed his surrounding and gave a disgruntled look as he realized he was in a tiny shack with Rouge who was sitting on a wobbly chair and wearing a simple dress. "Oh great…it's you…" groaned Knuckles and Rouge scowled as she stood up.
"Well, hello to you too Knuckie." Rouge retorted as she crossed her arms. She flung a royal looking letter at him and he caught it. "This is for you."
Opening the letter and quickly scanning it, Knuckles looked at the treasure hunter and smirked, "Heh. I got an invite to the King's Court…and YOU didn't."
"Whatever. I don't really care where you go Knuckie. I just got some advice for you," Rouge started, "don't say anything stupid. Actually, it's better for you to keep quiet. Speak only if spoken to."
"Well, duh. I'm not stupid," replied Knuckles, "now I'm going to the King's Court…and YOU aren't."
Rolling her bluish green eyes at him as she watched the red echidna leave the shack, Rouge muttered, "Oh, I am just waiting for you to mess up."
Wandering through the maze-like set up of the halls of the King's Castle, Knuckles was in slight awe. He had to admit that the palace was amazing. The décor was marvelous, the food was awesome, and they even had a place where he could play Chao Chess, but the chao kept dashing away, resulting in him deciding that was the reason he was losing, so he gave up playing the game. "Bat Girl has no idea what she's missing out on." Knuckles chuckled to himself, pleased at how Rouge got the bad end of the deal.
Stopping in an enormous room, Knuckles saw Sonic casually leaning in a throne, a large gold crown with glittering blue sapphires on his head and a look that implied he was completely bored. Seeing Knuckles come into the room, Sonic sat up and greeted, "Heya Knuckles. Pretty sweet place here I got, right? I got a racetrack and the Chao Chessboard and there's not a pool of water in sight! And I don't have to do a single thing to maintain it! Doesn't this place rock? I scored awesome in this fairy tale!"
Hearing Sonic's enthusiasm about the situation made the red echidna extremely envious and completely ignoring Rouge's words of wisdom and preparing to say anything that would make him sound important and beat whatever Sonic had, Knuckles crossed his arms and responded, "Yeah, this place is pretty impressive, but I got something more impressive than this place at my place."
"Really? More impressive than this place? It better be good."
"Yeah. This bat I live with…She can spin straw into rings. That's A LOT more impressive than this non-impressive place of yours."
"Straw into rings eh? I gotta see this one for myself." Sonic stated as he stood up and went to Knuckles as he held out his hand. "Send her here tomorrow evening and we'll see if you can put your money where your mouth is."
"Alright Sonic. You're on." Agreed Knuckles as he shook hands with the King of the fairy tale and he strutted out of the room with a huge grin on his face. Replaying the conversation in his head, Knuckles swore. "Aww, crackerjacks. Rouge is gonna kill me when I tell her about this."
Late at night, Rouge finished sweeping the dusty floor of the shack she was sharing with Knuckles using the scraggly broom she found. She was bored since she did not have anyone to play mind games with, one of her favorite pastimes, and the dirty floor was starting to bother her, so she decided she might as well as do some cleaning to pass the time. Leaning the broom against the wall where she found it, she heard the door creak open and saw the red echidna shuffle in. "So, how was your time at the palace Knuckie?" she interrogated as she put her hands on her hips. She instantly noticed he did not respond with some sort of insult to her or a snide remark. "Okay, how'd you mess up?"
"Hey, I got something to tell you…" Knuckles trailed off, slightly nervous on how to explain the bet.
"What?"
"I went to the King's Court and well, I told Sonic you could spin straw into rings."
"Say what?"
"Can you do it? Spin straw into rings?"
"Sweetie, if I could do that…I wouldn't be here in these rags. I'd be far away from this shack and be in the designer stuff."
"Oh, cause well…I made a bet about it."
"You what?"
"So, yeah, you kinda gotta go to the castle tomorrow and take it from there." Knuckles informed and he flew backwards as he got a well delivered kick to his head. Getting up, he faced the female bat. "What the heck? Are you crazy? What was that for?"
"That was for making that bet and not listening to me!" Rouge snarled. She delivered another kick to Knuckles's head and he flew backwards into a wall. "And that one is so maybe I could knock some sense into that thick stupid head of yours!"
Once again getting up, he watched the female bat as she stormed out of the shack and demanded, "Where are you going?"
"To take my anger out on something other than you!" he heard her shout back and began to hear wood cracking as something hard and aggressive slammed into them.
Wondering through the palace the next evening, Rouge was in a beautiful black and white satin skirt and a bright pink velvet bodice as she rethought the whole ordeal she was in. Right now, she had to somehow learn how to spin straw into rings, but she did have to admit that there was some benefits in the situation. Last night, after she cooled off, they had a nice roaring fire from the wood she chopped apart. Of course, she did not let the echidna off about the bet. This morning, before she left, she delivered a hard kick to where it REALLY hurt and left him on the ground in pain. "He totally deserved it." Rouge reasoned with herself with a small smile.
Her smile faded away as she stopped in the King's Court and saw Sonic leaning back in his throne as he crumpled a piece of paper and threw it into a nearby royal blue recycling bin with a crown on it like a basketball. Cheering silently as it went in, Sonic saw the female bat standing in front of him with her hands on her hips and a questioning look on her face. Quickly, Sonic sat up and his emerald eyes were full of surprise and shock as he exclaimed, "Rouge? YOU spin straw into rings?"
Rouge sweetly smiled, "Apparently."
Getting out of his throne, Sonic instructed, "Okay. Follow me."
Watching the blue hedgehog as he left the room, Rouge gave a small sigh before she followed him.
Rouge and Sonic stopped in a tiny room and Rouge surveyed the room to see a fairly large pile of straw and a spinning wheel and instantly knew that this is where she was going to be working. Looking at Sonic, the world's fastest hedgehog told her, "Okay, you got until dawn to spin all this straw into rings and if you can't pull of that spinning straw into rings thing, you'll well…be creative at what'll happen." He started to leave. "So, I suggest you better get to it."
Holding out her hand as she stepped towards the door to stop him, Rouge put her hand down and stopped as the door slammed shut and she heard it lock shut. Looking between the pile of straw and the spinning wheel as she sat down in a wobbly three legged stool, Rouge swore before shaking her head. "I am gonna kill that idiotic echidna!" she fumed to herself.
Sitting in the isolated dark room with the pile of straw and the spinning wheel, Rouge gave a sigh of depression. The task she was given was impossible. "There is no way I can spin all this straw into rings." She sighed.
Hearing the noise of someone else in the room with her, she stood up and saw a round hooded figure in front of her. "My apologies for startling you." The figure apologized.
"Who are you?" interrogated Rouge, ready to deliver a kick to the character that would severely hurt and preparing to argue it was in self-defense. "And what do you want? And how did you get in here?"
"None of that matters my dear, but you seem troubled."
"Ugh. You have no idea. I have to spin all this straw into the rings and I have no idea how to do it and the guy said I have to do it or I better be creative about what will happen to me."
"What if I said I could help you?"
"How could you help me?"
"I can spin straw into rings."
"Are you sure? Because if you could…wouldn't you have enough rings to get some liposuction done or something?"
"Do you want to hear my offer or not?"
"I'm listening."
"I'll spin all this straw into rings, but what will you give me in return?"
"I've got this necklace." Offered Rouge as she took off an elegant silver necklace with a beautiful glimmering black diamond and dropped it into the figure's open hand. "Now you better prove it or I'm gonna beat that necklace back from you."
"Of course my dear." The figure reassured as he tucked the necklace into the pocket before he sat at the spinning wheel and Rouge's eyes widened in amazement as the pile of straw slowly turned into a pile of golden rings.
Once the figure was completed at the crack of dawn, he gave a small bow and disappeared and Rouge surveyed the rings and remarked, "Huh. Guess he wasn't lying."
Sitting on the floor and leaning against one of the cold stone walls, Rouge yawned. She wanted to get a little bit of rest before Sonic burst in here. Just as she closed her eyes, the hedgehog of her thoughts unlocked the room and came inside, resulting in her to jump to her feet and smooth out her skirt. Surveying the pile of rings before looking at Rouge, Sonic gave a low whistle as he thought of a plan. "Okay, stick around the castle for the day and when it turns to evening…come to my court."
Nodding in agreement, Rouge watched the hedgehog leave before following him. She was planning to go to bed for a while.
Later in the evening, Rouge was smiling as she journeyed through the palace to Sonic's Court. She had a very enjoyable day. She had a good sleep, ate a few delicious meals, and won most of the games of Chao Chess she played. Stopping in the King's Court, she put a hand on her hip as she watched Sonic practice some of his break dancing moves and the King instantly stopped the moment he saw her. "Oh, don't mind me. I'll just-" Rouge began.
"Nah. You got something to do." Sonic told her.
"What?" questioned Rouge, getting slightly worried, even though she did not show it and had her poker face on.
"Just follow me." Sonic instructed and Rouge raised an eyebrow as the blue hedgehog took off out of the room and sighed before following him.
Stopping in an isolated room, Rouge saw another spinning wheel and a larger pile of straw than last time and she clenched her teeth as she faced the blue hedgehog. "What? I have to do it again?" the treasure hunting bat fumed and Sonic gave a small shrug.
"There wasn't that much straw there, so it wasn't THAT impressive. Get all this done and like I said before, if you don't…be creative at what will happen." Replied Sonic as he started to leave the room. "Now get to work."
Watching as the door slammed shut and locked, Rouge stamped her foot against the ground in frustration before she muttered angrily, "Stupid Sonic. He's so greedy."
Seeing another wobbly three legged stool, Rouge sat down in it and swore as she looked between the straw and the spinning wheel. She could not believe she was stuck in the situation again. "I should've made a break for it when I had the chance." She commented to herself with a sigh.
Hours later, Rouge still sat on the stool, looking at between the straw and the spinning wheel and sighed. She was definitely in trouble now. She could not spin straw into rings before and she certainly could not do it now with even more straw. "Well, I suppose I had a good run…" she moped to herself and sighed again. Hearing the noise of someone else in the room, she jumped to her feet and saw the round figure. "You!"
"I again apologize for startling you my dear, but something seems to be troubling you." The figure responded and Rouge crossed her arms.
"Well, let's see. I have to spin straw into rings which I can't do, but I have to do it because he said I'll have to be creative about what's going to happen to me! And I don't want to be creative about what's going to happen to me!"
"Oh, no need to worry yourself my dear. I can spin the straw into rings for you."
"What's the catch?"
"What can you give me?"
"Okay, I'll give you this." Bartered Rouge. She took a gold ring with a rather large gleaming white diamond off her finger and dropped it in the figure's hand. "Now get to work!"
"Of course my dear." The figure replied and sat at the spinning wheel and Rouge carefully watched the figure as they began to spin the whole pile of straw into a whole pile of rings.
At the crack of dawn, there was no trace of straw left and a whole stash of rings and the figure stood up, gave a small bow, and disappeared into thin air. Giving a sigh of relief, Rouge fanned herself to cool herself down and, in turn, calm her nerves. "Okay, okay. There's no straw left and only rings, so it's okay." She told herself and stopped fanning herself as she heard the door burst open and saw Sonic as he entered the room.
Looking between Rouge and the pile of rings, Sonic let out a low whistle as he thought of another plan before stating, "Not bad. Two for two. Stick around the castle and then come to my court in the evening."
Watching the blue hedgehog as he jogged out of the room, Rouge yawned and stretched. Before she made her escape…she was going to get some sleep. She was completely exhausted.
Later that evening, Rouge sighed as she went towards Sonic's Court. She was undecided about her day in the palace. She slept too long to escape, but otherwise she had an enjoyable day with exploring some of the castle and playing mind games with some of the servants. Stopping in Sonic's Court, she saw Sonic leaning back in his throne, his eyes closed as he had a set of headphones on his head. Opening his eyes, Sonic saw the female standing in front of him and he tossed the headphones off to the side. "Perfect timing." Sonic complimented as he got up and began to jog out of the room. "C'mon. Follow me."
Sighing because she knew she would regret this, Rouge dashed after the King of the fairy tale.
Once again, the duo stopped in an isolated room with a spinning wheel and a pile of straw even larger than the last one. Clenching her teeth, Rouge turned to face the blue hedgehog and snapped, "Seriously? I have to do this again?"
"Yep," Sonic replied, "but I got something else to add."
"I'm listening." She responded as she crossed her arms, slight interest in how the world's fastest hedgehog was going to up the anti.
"Okay. Pull this off and you get to be Queen…fail this one and like I keep saying…you better be creative about what's gonna happen to you." Sonic stated as he began to leave the room. "Better get to it."
Watching the door slam shut and hearing it lock, Rouge sighed as she sat in the stool and stared at the straw and spinning wheel, hoping that the pile of rings she needed from the straw would instantly appear with her thought. "Oh, this is gonna end interesting." Decided Rouge.
Hours later, Rouge was still sitting in her stool, the pile of straw and the spinning wheel untouched. Now she was really depressed and on the brink of crying. If she did not pull this off…she would have lost her necklace, her ring, and her opportunity to be the Queen. "Well, I guess this is game over for me." She muttered to herself with another sigh. She heard a noise and jumped to her feet and she saw the round figure once again standing in front of her. "Seriously. How do you keep getting in here?"
"That doesn't matter my dear and many apologies for startling you," the figure apologized, "what seems to be troubling you?"
"Oh, the usual. The whole "I have to spin this straw into rings or I have to be creative" situation."
"Well, I can help you-"
"Yeah, I know you can…so get to work!"
"What can you give me?"
"What else can I give you? The clothes I'm wearing? You can forget about that one. I'm gonna go down in comfortable clothes."
"If you become Queen…you'll give me the youngest person in the castle." The figure offered and Rouge thought for a moment.
"Okay, fair enough." The female bat agreed and the figure sat at the spinning wheel and like the two nights before, the pile of straw began to get replaced with a pile of rings.
It was almost exactly the crack of dawn and the figure finally finished turning the entire heap of straw into rings before getting up, giving Rouge a small bow, and disappearing into thin air. Fanning herself with both hands to calm herself and her nerves down, Rouge jumped when the door flew open and Sonic entered the room. Surveying the pile of rings, he smiled and faced the treasure hunting bat as he informed, "Okay. Follow me."
Half hesitant to follow the blue hedgehog, Rouge quickly rushed after Sonic before he got too far out of sight. She had to collect her prize.
Walking into Sonic's Court, the speedy cobalt hedgehog went to a small brown wooden box, opened it, and pulled something out. "Here." Sonic began. He tossed an elegant gold crown with sparkling pink diamonds at female bat and she caught it. "Now you're the Queen."
Putting the crown on her head and looking at it in a nearby mirror, Rouge smiled, "Perfect…and don't I look fabulous with this crown."
"Sonic!" the pair heard a young voice call and they looked in the direction of the voice to see a young yellow two-tailed fox fly into the room and land in front of them.
Looking at Rouge before looking at Sonic, Tails questioned, "Who's she? And what's she doing with that crown."
"She's the Queen Buddy." Answered Sonic. He looked at Rouge. "Oh, by the way, this is Tails. He's the youngest guy here and he crashes here too."
"Oh. Okay." Rouge responded with a sweet smile.
She did not care who crashed here. As long as she had her crown…it was all good with her.
A few days later, Rouge was in Sonic's Court with Tails when she heard a familiar voice casually remark, "So, this is the young one I'm taking with me."
Turning around, the female bat saw the figure that spun the straw into rings and instantly remembered her deal. Grabbing Tails by his hand and holding him tightly, Rouge sneered, "Oh, you can forget that deal Buddy! You aren't gonna take this little guy! I'll give you some of the riches I have here instead!"
"Nuh uh. Riches don't matter to me. I want him." The figure declined and Rouge clenched her teeth.
Moving the young fox behind her defensively, Rouge snapped, "You can get him after you go through me!"
"Okay, okay. I'll make another little deal. I'll give you three days to guess my name. If you don't get it…I get Fox Boy over there." The figure bartered and Rouge took a moment to think before nodding in agreement.
Watching the figure as he basically skipped out of the room, Rouge looked between Tails and the place the figure was standing and thought, "Snap. How am I gonna guess his name without losing Tails?"
The next day, the figure was true to his word and returned to the court and Rouge sat in her throne as she gave a determined look. "Is it Fred? George? Peter? Michael? Matthew? Sam? Dean?" Rouge began and continued her whole list that took almost the whole day to recite until her throat became sore. "Any of those?"
"Nope! None of those are my name!" the figure cheerfully answered and Rouge groaned as the figure skipped out of the room.
"I can't believe it wasn't any of those! It must be something REALLY exotic." Rouge commented to herself as she stood up out of her throne and began to head towards her bed. "Maybe it'll hit me in the night."
The second the day the figure was supposed to come, Rouge was ready for him. The instant the figure came into the room, he asked, "Do you have my name?"
"Is it Billy Bob? McGavin? Morris? Fluffy? McDuffy? Ronald? McDonald? Fatty?" Rouge responded and the whole list she thought of took her a day and her throat was instantly dry and sore when she finished. She was able to tell the figure was smiling. "Are you serious? None of those are your name?"
"You still haven't guessed my name!" the figure told her, his voice full of joy and Rouge clenched her teeth as he pranced out of the court.
Letting out a cry of frustration, Sonic walked into the room and asked, "Hey, Rouge. Are you okay? You seem kinda on edge."
Knowing she could not hide the truth any longer, Rouge explained, "Okay, I made a deal with this guy that I'd give him the youngest guy in the castle and then it got all complicated and he changed it so I have three days to guess his name or he's gonna take Tails!"
"What? He can't take Tails! Look at him! All innocent and no idea what the world's like!" exclaimed Sonic.
"There has to be someone who could help us." Rouge responded and Sonic thought for a moment before snapping his fingers.
"Yeah. There is," Sonic told her, "I'll get someone to get him."
Sitting in their thrones as they waited for the person Sonic called to help them with their problem, Rouge and Sonic stood up as they saw the doors fling open. Seeing Shadow as he sulked into the room, clearly displeased with the group's earlier action, Rouge and Sonic rushed to him and Rouge started, "Shadow. I need your help."
"Whatever it is…I'm not doing it." Shadow responded as he crossed his arms.
"Shadow-" started Sonic.
"Shut up or I'm gonna knock your teeth out." Shadow snarled, instantly silencing the blue hedgehog.
"Shadow. We need you to find the name of a guy. It's urgent!" Rouge explained. "Tails is on the line! You have to find out the guy's name before tomorrow!"
"Can't I just punch him and force it out instead of wasting time waiting for him to slip up or searching for the name?" responded Shadow, clearly deciding violence would be the best way to settle the matter.
"No." Sonic answered and the black hedgehog turned to face his arch-rival.
"Why not?"
"Because you can't."
"That's not a valid reason."
Sonic began, "Shadow-"
"I swear if you say another word saying how I can't do stuff I'm gonna make you regret even being born Blue Boy!" Shadow threatened and silenced the blue hedgehog a second time.
"Please Shadow! You have to!" pleaded Rouge and the ebony hedgehog scoffed before facing Rouge.
"Hmph. Fine. I'll go find out the loser's name for you." Shadow reluctantly agreed.
As the Ultimate Life form stalked out of the room to go complete his mission, he flipped his middle finger up at Sonic and said some obscene words. Making sure Shadow was out of ear shot, Rouge and Sonic looked at each other and Sonic commented, "I thought you were going to work on cleaning up his mouth with the language."
"Can't teach a hedgehog new tricks." Rouge responded and she gave a small shrug.
Skating through a forest at high speed late at night, Shadow jumped over a tree branch before sliding underneath another one. He had been searching for names for Rouge and Sonic all day and he was starting to get rather annoyed with the task. "Tsk. I can't believe I'm stuck doing this…I'm gonna punch someone for this." Shadow fumed to himself as he jumped over another tree branch.
Hearing someone singing cheerfully, he slowed to a stop and looked around. Going in the direction of the noise, he hid in a cluster of bushes. Surveying the sight, he saw a roaring fire outside a little shack and the figure dancing around it singing, causing Shadow to shudder from the sight. "That's disturbing." Shadow thought to himself as he hid in the bushes more.
"Although today I brew and bake, tomorrow the youngest in the castle I take. So nobody tell, for goodness' sake, that my name is Dr. Eggman." Dr. Eggman chanted and whipped off the hood to confirm the song.
"So, it was you all along Doctor…I knew it was fishy." Shadow thought to himself.
Silently sneaking away from the sight, he made sure Dr. Eggman did not notice him before skating back to the castle at high speed with a small smirk. He was definitely successful in his mission after that.
Sitting in her throne at the crack of dawn, Rouge yawned and rubbed her eyes in an attempt to wake up. She was exhausted from not sleeping and it was the last day for her to find out the name of the figure before he took Tails away. Hearing a banging noise, she looked up to see Shadow burst through the doors and go up to her. Jumping to her feet, she exclaimed, "Shadow! You're back!"
"Hmph. Of course I was coming back," Shadow responded as he crossed his arms, "and I managed to find out what you wanted me to."
"Really?" replied Rouge, full of excitement from this news. "What is it?"
"The man's Dr. Eggman. Call him on it and you'll be okay…and you better do it right because I will not bail you out." Shadow told her.
"Okay, no need to be so grumpy." Rouge replied and the ebony hedgehog scowled with a scoff before skating away.
A few hours later, the figure came into Sonic's Court and saw Rouge standing with Sonic and Tails and the figure commented, "Oh, were you throwing a farewell party for him?"
"Oh, we'll see how this will play out." Rouge hinted mischievously, ready to mess with the figure a bit. "Is it Damon, Stefan, Gregory, or Alistair?"
"Nope."
"Well, if it's not any of those…then it can only be one thing."
"What?
"Your name is Dr. Eggman."
"That's-that's impossible!" Dr. Eggman screeched as he jumped on the spot in his frustration, resulting in the hood to fly off his head. "How'd you know?"
"Oh, I have my ways." Riddled Rouge with a triumphant smirk on her face.
Dr. Eggman flew into a rage and in his frustration, fell into a massive hole in an area of the court that was under construction and the trio heard him continue his rant and ravings. Looking at the young fox, Sonic rubbed the top of Tails's head and remarked, "Well, I guess you have to stick around here Buddy."
Smiling at the blue hedgehog, Tails pounded fists with Sonic and Rouge let out a breath of relief. Hearing a dinging noise, Rouge, Sonic, and Tails turned in the direction of the noise and saw a set of elevator doors slide open and bolted through them before they slid shut.
Stopping inside the elevator, the doors closed and the elevator began to move and Rouge, Sonic, and Tails saw Amy, Blaze, Knuckles, Shadow, and Silver waiting for them. "Well, the getting kicked out part still hurts." Remarked Silver.
Seeing Shadow look like he was going to send the next person to talk to him to the hospital, Rouge started, "See, that wasn't too bad."
"Tsk. Says you," Shadow retorted, "you guys are on your own."
Before any other member of the group could react in any way, the ebony hedgehog punched out the emergency exit before swinging out of the elevator into the elevator shaft. Hearing him jump off the elevator, Rouge commented, "Well, he certainly made a fast escape."
"He probably didn't want to get attacked by us again into dragging him into a fairy tale." Guessed Blaze.
"But, isn't that kind of dangerous? Jumping out of an elevator like that?" Amy remarked and the rest of the group shrugged as the elevator stopped, the doors opened, and they exited the elevator.
Some comments of mine
Knuckles as the Miller: Well, he probably would do something like that to Rouge to make Sonic jealous.
Eggman known as Dr. Eggman: I know it's really Dr. Ivo Robotnik or something along that line, but for the sake of the story…it's Dr. Eggman
Shadow bails on the others: Well, at least Shadow was in one with the rest and I guess you can only ask so much of Shadow.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it and please review.