Chapter 13: Father?

Sunday has finally arrived and it was the day that Spines would confront the king. He was in the bathroom brushing his quills to look somewhat presentable, considering that he was going to a castle for the first time. However, he wore his red shirt and jeans. Soon Amy walked past the bathroom with wearing a pink robe and her quills were in a shower cap. She took a peek in the room and saw her son getting ready, despite him telling her that he was going to work out.

"Spines?"

"MOM!" Spines called, turning around. "Please, knock first!"

"Son, it's not like you were naked." Amy replied. "I thought you were gonna work out."

"I-I am!" he lied. "What's wrong with looking decent while working out?!"

Amy giggled. "Nothing, dear. Anyways, I'll be working the afternoon shift so I'll be home by tonight" she informed.

"Gotcha." Spines replied. "See ya, mom!" he said before heading outside.

The hedgehog ran outside, heading towards the more rich part of the kingdom where the castle was. Spines ran to a large, gray castle's door, but was immediately stopped by the two elephant guards at the gate.

"Whoa now, state your business." the guard instructed.

Spines back away due to the swords they both were holding towards him. "I-I was invited by Princess Alice." he replied. The guards didn't look convinced, until a voice was heard from the other side of the building.

"Hey, let him in, you idiots!" Alice yelled, from the other side of the building.

"That sounds like the princess…" the other guard said.

"Of course it's me, now stop wasting my time!" she instructed. The guards bowed and opened the door, allowing Spines in. As the doors opened, Alice was revealed wearing a different outfit. She wore a green and black striped shirt that showed her midriff, a short jean skirt, and two black boots. Her long, red hair was also in a ponytail and she wore pink lipgloss.

"Well..you look nice." Spines complimented.

"Of course, I'm going out with Drake!" Alice exclaimed. "So come in and I'll show you to my dad!" she added.

Spines nodded and followed the chipmunk to a throne room. The hedgehog looked around the beautiful castle at the pictures of the royal family together, but what really grabbed his attention was King Sonic. Sonic looked quite regal in the paintings which gave Spines some insight on what kind of king he was.

"So that's dad huh…" Spines murmured as he looked at a painting in particular.

"Yeah, that's him." Alice replied. "So...you excited to meet him?" she asked.

"Honestly...I'm more nervous than excited." Spines admitted.

"Don't be." Alice reassured as they arrived to the throne room. "Now open the door, big guy."

Spines shrugged and opened the two tall doors opening to the throne room, revealing the large throne room with gold colored walls and purple curtains. At the end of the throneroom revealed King Sonic the Hedgehog with a glare as he sat on his throne alone. Fortunately for Alice, Sally was having tea with a friend in a different room so she won't get involved with this complicated situation.

The two approached the king as spines looked at the king with a serious face, but inside he felt surprised, nervous, and shocked from seeing his so called "dad".

"Well dad...this is Spines, the guy I told you about." Alice introduced. Sonic got up and approached Spines.

"I see..so where did you two meet, Spines?" Sonic asked, extending a hand towards him.

"A-A-A-t s-s-school…" Spines stuttered, shaking his hand.

Sonic nodded and gave a small smile. "Well it's nice to meet you, I'm glad my daughter is making new friends at that school." he complimented.

"T-Thank you, sir…" Spines replied.

"Anyways, I'll leave you too alone while I go to the mall." Alice replied, giving her father a kiss on the cheek. "And don't tell mom about this." she whispered.

"Alright, be safe and be home before dinner." Sonic instructed. The chipmunk ran out the building and closed the door. After a moment of awkward silence, Sonic decided to break the ice.

"So..Alice never told me why you wanted to see me." Sonic said.

Spines sighed, building suspense. Sonic sat on his throne waiting for his reply, while tapping his foot on the ground impatiently.

"I'm waitinggg…" Sonic reminded.

"Well...your majesty….I'm here to tell you that I'm your long lost son…" Spines admitted.

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"Oh very funny, Alice! I bet this is one of those funny prank videos! Alright come out, where's the camera?!" Sonic called out.

"No, sir! There's no cameras...I'm your son.." Spines said.

Sonic sat there, shocked and lifeless inside. He felt like he was being tricked, there was no way he had another child according to himself.

"No..impossible. I don't know what game you think this is..but I'm not your father. You must have the wrong hedgehog." Sonic assured. "Now you need to leave, before I throw you out myself." he threatened.

"No, you have to believe me, dad!" Spines protested.

"Don't call me that!" Sonic replied. "That's it, you're out!" he said, starting to approach him. "My wife Sally only had one child and that child is Alice!"

"I'm not related to Queen Sally, my mother is Amy Rose!" Spines yelled.

"Amy Rose…"

That name immediately paused Sonic. His eyes widened, his palms started sweating, and his ears tingled at the mention of his number one fan and former self proclaimed girlfriend. It made him open up to what Spines had to say, but something still didn't sink in well with him.

"You're...Amy's son? As in Amy Rose, the pink hedgehog with dark green eyes..obsessed with romance and gushy stuff like that?" Sonic asked.

Spines nodded. "Yeah...she's my mom."

"Interesting...so who's the father?" Sonic asked dumbfoundedly. "And why don't you look like her?"

"It's YOU, how many times do I have to say it?!" Spines yelled. "And I got my looks from YOU, we look alike!"

"Kid, you got me all wrong. I'm not your dad." Sonic replied, continuing to deny. "Besides..you look kinda scary to be my son. You sure your dad isn't a wolf?" he added, looking at how more intimidating he looked from other hedgehogs.

"Well the doctor had I said wolf blood but..it doesn't matter...have you ever had sex with my mother?!" Spines asked, ignoring that insensitive comment.

"...I don't think it's any of your business." the king said.

"You DID, didn't you?!"

"So what if I did?" Sonic asked, defeated. "It was only a one time thing years ago.."

"It only takes one time to get pregnant." Spines informed.

"No kidding..but listen.. If I was your father, I'm sure Amy would've told me that she was pregnant and believe me, if you were my son I'd man up and raise you however I can..but I still don't believe you." Sonic informed. "I'm sorry...but I still don't think you're my son."

"You're just saying that..because you don't want your wife to find out." Spines protested.

Sonic stood up. "No...it's not that at all." he answered truthfully. "This is all just overwhelming...and I can't take your word for it...I'm sorry but I don't believe you're my son." he admitted.

Spines paused in silence, before running out the throne room without a goodbye. Sonic felt somewhat sympathetic as the young hedgehog left, but there wasn't anything he could do. He feared somewhat that Amy could be lying to the boy to get close to her hero, however a part of Sonic felt this was all somewhat believable. Since that "night", he hasn't seen or heard from Amy in years which saddened the blue hedgehog, but he had to focus on his own wife and child and the kingdom he inherited through marriage.

"That kid is a liar...but he could be right...I need to investigate this more.." Sonic thought.

Sudden Sally walked into the throneroom with her orange dress and her hair done up neatly while a golden tiara graced her head. She looked curious, witnessing Spines running out of the castle upset.

"Sonic..is everything alright?" she asked. "And who's that boy that was running out the castle?"

Sonic sighed "It's nothing, Sal."

"What do you mean nothing?" Sally defended. "Clearly something happened."

"Why are you always in my business?!" Sonic asked frustrated.

"Well why are you always keeping secrets?!" Sally asked. "We're husband and wife! It's like we haven't been communicating in years."

"Sal, I'm not one to communicate and you know this." the blue blur replied. "Besides when I say nothing's wrong, I mean it!" he lied.

Suddenly Sally started to cough which made Sonic rush towards his wife immediately. "Sal! Are you okay?" he asked, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Y-Yeah..I'm fine." Sally replied, feeling some pain. "I just have a headache…I'll be fine."

"No, you need to rest!" Sonic protested. "Someone help her!" he instructed.

Two pink echidna servant girls ran into the room and rushed to Sally's aid. "Your highness, let's get you to bed." one of the servant girls replied. While the servant girls left with Sally, Sonic started to feel worried.

"That's the third time this week she's done that…" Sonic thought. "Poor Sal…"

However, he mostly thought about what Spines told him..that the boy was Amy's and his long lost son…

To be continued…