Chapter 41: MARRIAGE?
"Sonic!" Sally hissed.
"What? I thought you told her!" Sonic replied.
"Mom...what's dad talking about?" Alice asked. Sally sighed and placed her arm on her daughter's shoulder.
"Well….you're going to be..married to someone we arranged for you." Sally admitted. Alice turned around and glared at Sonic, which made him nervous.
"Dad..how long have you known about this?" Alice asked.
"Er...a while...long time…" Sonic admitted sadly.
"And you agree with mom?!" she asked.
"Well…" Sonic looked back at his glaring wife and shrugged. "I..I.."
"Who are you planning on marrying me to…" Alice asked.
"Well..we were planning on having you married to me." Khan said.
Alice turned to her parents. "Are you kidding me?! He's like you guys' age?!" she snapped.
"Alice.." Sonic whispered.
"Watch your tone, young lady!" Sally snapped back. "You're marrying Ken and that's that!"
"Not only are you marrying me to a guy your age..but a guy with a daughter….YOU TWO ARE SO UNBELIEVABLE!" Alice snapped. The chipmunk immediately ran out the banquet room and upstairs.
"Alice!" Sonic called out. He was about to run after her, but was stopped when Sally placed a hand on his shoulder.
"No…"
"Sal..but our daughter-"
"Let her have some time to herself." Sally instructed. Sonic sighed and nodded, he didn't want to marry off his daughter by force..even if it was to a trusted friend. This broke him, seeing his daughter madly upset, he wished he could do something..but he didn't want to anger his wife.
"Party's over everyone!" Sally announced. "Feel free to take food home."
"Is my niece alright?" Sonia, Sonic's sister, asked from the crowd.
"She's fine..just needs time to herself." Sonic replied.
"Bummer.." Manic, Sonic's brother, muttured. The crowd starting to leave with giant plates of food and trays and the servants started to clean the ballroom.
Meanwhile Alice cried into her pillow while the moonlight shined on her. The chipmunk poured all out...feeling like she hated her parents with a deep passion, especially her mother. She wasn't quite sure on her father's stance on it...but she felt bitter. It was life of a princess...something she despised and never wanted in the first place.
Alice wiped her tears, feeling a breath of determination run through her veins. She looked at the night sky and her sad expression turned into an angry one.
"I'm not marrying someone my parents picked out!" Alice yelled. "I'll...I'll...I'll disappear!" she added. "Yeah..I'll start my own life without all this royalty bullshit! I'll be free!..but I can't do it alone..I wanna bring someone with me...someone I trust…"
Alice had an idea...she knew exactly who to bring..
To be continued…
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