Rouge

The King had left to go horseracing. Perfect! That gave me time to look around. I had been looking around here for a week now and still no one has noticed me. I'd been sent by my village to retrieve what is rightfully ours.

We had given her as a present in return for safety but King Acorn went back on our deal! The only reason we had given her to him was because it was the only thing he would except from us.

We were all poor and we didn't have any money to give so we had to give up Amelia. We didn't want to give her up, but she said she would do it, for our people.

"Are you sure you want to do this hun?" I asked. We were sat in her kitchen with all her family and friends, this was the last day we would all see her.

"What else can I do Rouge?"

"Say no, you don't want to go!" Maria exclaimed throwing her hands in the air for emphasis.

"But if I don't go then the whole village may not survive the next attack, if I go king Acorn will protect us!" She said to Maria.

"B-but Amy you can't!" Amy's little sister, Wendy, said running up to her. Amy pulled her on to her lap and Wendy hugged her tightly, crying.

"Shh… Wendy, don't cry" Amy cooed.

So Amy gave up her whole future for ours. But King Acorn took her future and ours! King Acorn attacked us and killed many, some of us managed to get away. I, Maria and some others got away, but it was by pure luck.

Shadow was the commanding officer of the army; he used to live here in the village. He saved us, he saved me, Maria and everyone he could. He directed us to safety, and the rest were killed.

He said that he hated King Acorn for going back on his word and he would try to keep Amy safe. We've relocated to a village that is under the rule of King and Queen Cat now. Shadow comes from time to time to see us and to tell us what the King Acorn's up to.

He snuck me in to the palace so I could get Amy and then Shadow would stay behind and take over the palace with some of the army; he has some how managed to get on our side.

I, Maria, And Amy are all going to runaway back to King and Queen Cat's kingdom. But I have to get Amy later on, when Shadow gets more people, but it'll be very soon hopefully.

So at the moment I was watching a ruby red echidna train with a silver hedgehog. He looks very handsome.

Sonic

Amy pulled her dress back up and I tied it up at the back for her. Then there was a knock at the door. I opened the door and Sally was stood on the other side with her hands behind her back. "Sally, may I help you?"

"Actually yes, I had some free time and I was wondering if you would like to walk around the palace grounds with me" as she was saying that she had pushed her arms against her breasts again.

"I'm sorry Sally but I can not, I told the King I would keep an eye on Amy for him" She scowled at Amy's name.

"Amy!? She's here!? In your chambers!?" She asked, obviously shocked.

"Yes she is" I replied calmly. "Some other time perhaps" it was more of a statement then a question, and then I shut the door in her face.

Amy had a look of shock upon her face. "What did I do to make you look like that?" I chuckled, she had a more confused face then Sally had.

"Why didn't you go with the princess? You could have just made me come with you."

"I know. But I didn't want to go with Sally" I said truthfully.

"Why not?"

"Because I don't like Sally, I think she would do better being a whore then a princess."

Sally

'He denied me! How dare him! I am the princess, he can't deny me!' My thoughts were interrupted by Amy's stupid little voice! "Why didn't you go with the princess? You could have just made me come with you." Probably because he knew you would just be a pest!

"I know. But I didn't want to go with Sally" I heard Sonic's voice say. How dare him! How could he not want to go with me!?

"Why not?"

"Because I don't like Sally, I think she would do better being a whore then a princess." A whore! Is that what he thinks of me! Ugh! I'll show him, he'll be begging me to sleep with him when he sees me at the ball! I walked away with my head held high; no one says that about me and gets away with it!

Amy

So I'm not the only one who believes Sally to be a whore! I knew someone would see her for what she truly is! But why wouldn't he want to go with Sally, he's male; he should be begging to go with her. What is wrong with him? "I thought any man who saw a whore, would want that whore?"

"Well I'm not any man, I'm Sonic the hedgehog" he replied cockily.

"So you don't want to have girls in bed with you?" I asked, every man I knew wanted a girl in their bed.

"Only when I know I love her" Wait so he's never…

He must have seen my face because he said "Yes, I still haven't mated yet."

"I wish I hadn't" I blurted out. Oh I'm such an idiot, I shouldn't have said that.

"How old were you when the King…?" He trailed off. He obviously didn't want to say it, and I didn't want him to say it, if he did, it meant that it wasn't just a nightmare; it meant that it was real; it meant that there really was no hope for me.

"Thirteen, my first night here" I answered emotionless, if I answered with emotion I might break down crying.

"So you eighteen now?" he asked.

"Yes, how old are you?" I asked wanting to change the subject to him.

"I'm twenty-one, so you've had to… do that… every night for five years?" He really wasn't going to let this go was he?

"Yes, however some nights he is too drunk to do anything and gets the guards to take me back to the dungeon" I answered anyway. I felt tears prick my eyes, so I closed them to stop the tears from escaping. I then felt something warm and soft around my arms and stomached, and weight on my shoulder. I looked down and saw to strong, tanned furry arms wrapped around me. Sonic's.

Sonic

I couldn't believe my ears, ever since the age of thirteen she's had to do that! Five years of that! That sick bastard!

I looked back at Amy to see she had her eyes closed; I then went behind her and hugged her, leaning me head on her shoulder. I want to give her my strength, I want to make her feel like she can make it through this, I want to make her know that I'll be there for her and help her through this!

Amy turned in my arms and looked at me; I could see the tears brimming in her eyes. "Why are you doing this? Why are you being so nice to me? Why do you care about what the king does to me? Why don't you hate me like everybody else?" She whimpered, her tears now falling from her jade green eyes to her peach muzzle.

"Because Amy, I want you to know that I will be here for you, I want you to know that you're not alone, I want you to know that I hate the king for doing this to you as much as you do, I don't hate you Amy, and not everyone does either." I told her softly, whipping her tears away.

"Why though? I don't understand! I'm just a waste of space! I'm nothing but a little play thing to satisfy the king's desire!" she shouted at me.

"Amy don't you ever say that about yourself!" I shouted back, gripping her forearms gently. "You are not a waste of space, you are so much more then what you think you are! And to tell you the truth Amy I don't know why I care about you, I just do Amy. You're different from every girl I've met!" In the short time that I've known Amy, I feel like I've known her forever and I want to keep knowing her, I want her to stay in my life with me.

I don't know what I feel for her, I've never felt this before, maybe its lust, and maybe all I want from her is what the king wants from her. But no! It's not! It's so much more then that how can it be lust? I don't just want Amy for sex like the king does. I want her because I want to protect her, I want her to feel comfortable around men, and I want her to have a life where she doesn't have to worry about anything, where she hasn't got to do anything for a crazy King.

I want Amy because I… could I actually be… in love?