Blackshade
Chapter 15: Blackshade: A Black Rose Part 1
Okay so I've kept you waiting long enough cx
Sorry but it literally took me a WHOLE DAY to plan the organization of this chapter :)
But let's begin, I've kept you waiting WAY too long cx
October 31st, Day of the Ghouls Ball
"NO, NO, NO AMY YOU'RE DOING IT ALL WRONG!" Fiona yelled from under the ladder.
Things were getting EXTREMELY busy since today was the day of the Ghouls Ball.
And what did that mean?
Bossy Fiona x500.
She had ordered Amy to grab a long ladder and put on the steamers on the ceiling.
But since the room was huge, and Amy was short, she was having a hard time doing so.
"I'm reaching as far as I can Fiona." Amy said as she tried reaching more.
"That's FUTURE Mrs. Fiona the Hedgehog to YOU!"
"But aren't you a fox?" Charmy asked, holding the ladder for Amy.
"I'm a fox yes, but my last name will have to be Master Sonic's when he asks me to be his woman"
Amy rolled her eyes and growled, she didn't know why but she always got a bit grumpy whenever Fiona would flirt with Sonic or talk about Sonic in a flirtatious manner.
Fiona smiled evilly, noticing Amy's annoyed expression.
"Because honestly Charmy dear, I think Master Sonic would much prefer a woman with a high category and an hourglass body than a certain pink rat that whines to get attention and blames it on her stepfather. I bet she enjoyed the adventures he had with her and she's trying to get with Master Sonic now that her stepfather isn't here so she's making herself look like the innocent poor girl" Fiona said as the servants gasped at her words.
Amy stopped trying to put up the streamers and looked down at Fiona, clearly offended by the hurt expression on her face.
"Yup, I said it. Pinky is a SLUT just like Rouge. Are you mad that I revealed your true identity to the whole world PINKY!?"
Amy's eyes began watering, this wasn't true, this wasn't the truth at all. Fiona had misinterpreted everything, oh if only Sticks was here.
"So PINKY! Did you enjoy your nights with your STEPFATHER! How disgustingly shameful."
"BOB HAS NEVER TOUCHED ME! EVER! I never let him. I don't know what the HELL you have against me Fiona. But that doesn't matter, because I know for a fact that the reason you pushing us around so much and trying to use our pasts against us is because YOU have the darkest past out of all of us! You know Fiona, I've been thinking. How come your past is more ambiguous than the rest of ours' is? Your probably hiding something dark. So why are you trying to make us feel bad? We didn't choose to go through what happened to us, and I'm darn sure you wouldn't like it if I picked on you for whatever your past is! Honestly Fiona, I'm tired of hearing your crap!"
The servants stared at Amy with a shocked expression and silently cheered for her as Fiona's eyes began watering.
Amy continued, oblivious to the fact that Sonic had entered the room.
"Either you stop acting like this and start collaborating or you best believe that I won't tolerate your crap and get rough with you Fiona and that is a something you WILL regret attempting to face"
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!?" Sonic yelled as he walked up towards the girls.
Amy widened her eyes and began walking down the ladder.
Suddenly Fiona ran to Sonic and hugged him.
"Oh master it was terrible! Amy was bullying me about my past just because she got mad at the fact that I asked her to put on the streamers correctly. I was just trying to organize the ball perfectly!"
Sonic looked at Amy angrily causing Amy to gape at her shockingly, unleashing a sudden fire inside of her.
"AW HELLLLLL NO!" Amy yelled causing the servants to gasp at Amy's sudden outburst in front of the master.
"SHE'S FLIPPING THE KNIFE AROUND! THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED!"
"Sure sounds like it was what was happening Amy, I mean I did hear you yelling at Fiona when I walked in here"
"I WAS DEFENDING MYSELF! FROM HER!" Amy said pointing at Fiona, causing Fiona to hide in Sonic's muzzle.
"Master Sonic I'm scared" Fiona said in a fake tone causing Amy to get angrier.
"Oh COME ON! Even Sticks herself aka the WORST actor in the world can act better than that!"
"Amy, BE. QUIET" Sonic warned causing the servants to stand back.
"Why are you defending her!? You know for a vampire you're pretty dense. I'm sure you haven't even realized the things Fiona has said about them!" Amy said as she motioned toward the servants.
"You know Amy if your so GOOD at defending yourself, ESPECIALLY against a MASTER VAMPIRE of a castle, why didn't you defend yourself against BOB. I'm sure those self defense skills would have come in handy when he tried to rape you!" Sonic yelled but immediately regretted it when he noticed tears rolling down Amy's eyes.
Amy slowly walked up to him and answered, "Sonic. There's a difference between defending yourself from a stranger, and the one you THOUGHT gave birth to you."
The servants gasped and looked over at their master, waiting for him to punish her for calling him by his name.
Sonic said nothing, he just stood there and no words came out of his mouth, even Fiona was mesmerized at his silence.
Amy's look softened and looked at him, "Look I'm sorry but if nobody was going to stand up against Fiona, I'm going to. And if you won't help me against the oppression that's going on in YOUR castle. Then I'm sorry that despite your amazing vision you can't see the obvious"
Amy turned and walked away, receiving another gasp from the servants.
NOBODY walks out on the master unless he orders to do so.
Fiona, who had let go of Sonic awhile ago, couldn't help but to be surprised at Amy's actions.
Sonic said nothing and simply let her go.
He then looked over at his servants and calmly stated, "Continue working" and with that he retreated from the location in the opposite direction Amy had gone to.
When Sonic was out of sight Tails announced, "Let them both cool off, I recommend not speaking to Amy for awhile"
The servants nodded as Tails went over to follow Sonic, as the servants, including Fiona, quietly continued working, trying to process what had occurred.
Tails knocked onto Sonic's door and since he heard no response he walked in and noticed Sonic standing on the balcony.
"Hey buddy how you doing?" Tails asked when he approached Sonic, noticing that Sonic was watching something.
Tails looked down and noticed Amy in the garden.
Tears were falling down her eyes as she fed the Blackshade their blood and caressed their petals.
"Sonic if your going to punish her I recommend doing it after the ball, let's not let this scene get worse and ruin the night"
"Punish her?" Sonic said as he looked over at Tails.
Tails was surprised at the fact that Sonic wasn't wearing his typical indifferent, angry face, he looked quite puzzled, calm, and in peace. An emotion Tails has never seen upon Sonic.
"Well aren't you mad at her? She talked back to you and she called you by your first name."
"You call me by my first name don't you?" Sonic asked while raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah but that's different cause we're pals and it doesn't bother you"
Sonic looked back down at Amy.
"You know what's weird Tails?"
"What?"
Sonic looked at Tails again, "It oddly doesn't bother me when she calls me by my first name either, in fact, it actually soothed me rather than aggravate me"
"Okay now your just confusing me, I thought you were all about respect" Tails asked.
"I am but I don't know Tails. It's just when she called me Sonic I didn't feel like I was a vampire, I felt like if I was one of her. I got this sense of positive nostalgia... I didn't feel like an abnormal creature. And that's something I haven't felt since THAT day... I felt..."
"Accepted?" Tails asked.
"Yeah... accepted." Sonic responded as he looked in a distance and glanced at the town of Saint Veran a couple miles away from his location.
Imagining a little coyote and a little hedgehog running through the streets.
"Tails, I'm going to ask you something and I want you to respond with 100% sincerity and confidence"
"Sure what is it?"
"Does Fiona really treat you all like your her slaves? Or was Amy lying to me?" Sonic looked into Tails' eyes and noticed him widen them.
"Um... well..."
"Please Tails speak with confidence, I promise I won't tell neither Amy or Fiona that you confirmed the truth"
Tails fidgeted with his fingers and looked to the floor,
"Um... well.. the truth is that... Amy was telling the truth Sonic, Fiona treats us oppressively"
"I knew it."
"What?" Tails said as he looked up at Sonic.
"I suspected it a long time ago, even before Amy arrived here."
"Then... why didn't you say anything!?" Tails asked, Sonic still having his calm expression on his face.
"Because nobody came to tell me to confirm what was going on, yeah I had my suspects but I didn't want to falsely accuse Fiona, especially since nobody was complaining, even you, my right hand man didn't come to file your complaint about her." Sonic responded as Tails sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
"We thought you were going to believe her, she's very manipulative, you saw how things got down with Amy" Tails responded, this time Sonic being the one to nervously fidget in his location.
"I find it amazing that it just took one person" Tails said, "ONE person to stand up against Fiona for you to finally find out the truth. Amy really is an amazing individual"
Sonic frowned and looked down at her.
"She must think I'm a real jerk" Sonic said.
"Make it up to her then" Tails responded.
"How?"
"The ball is in a couple of hours isn't it? Make it up to her there" Tails responded.
"OH CRAP THAT REMINDS ME! I need to start getting ready!" Sonic said as he pushed Tails out of his room.
"Wait Sonic so are you gonna take my advice?" Tails asked but was interrupted by hearing the door close in his face.
"RUDE!" Tails sarcastically yelled as he then smiled and headed for the ballroom.
A Couple Hours Later in Silver's Room
The chores had been completed and the boys were all getting ready.
"Did you guys see the guts the new girl has?" Jet asked as the guys agreed.
"True chizz! I would pee in my pants if I ever told the master something like that!" Storm responded.
"I don't know you guys, I sense something positive evolving from Amy's stunt" Tails said.
"What do you mean?" Shadow asked trying to pick a tuxedo for the ball.
"Ever since Amy arrived at this castle haven't you guys noticed a change in the master's persona?" Tails responded.
"Actually now that I think about it I have, ever since Amy arrived Sonic has been more calm, considerate, and surprisingly more delightful in terms of happiness" Silver responded.
"I actually have noticed that too, he hasn't had an outbreak about his past ever since that incident in Master Scourge's castle" Espio acknowledged, trying to fix Vector's tie.
"I bet Master Sonic is in love" Vector joked but stopped laughing when he realized the boys processing his words.
"You think it could be true Tails, could it be that Sonic may have finally found love?" Silver asked Tails.
"I don't know Silver we shouldn't jump into conclusions just yet... time will tell...
Meanwhile in Blaze's Room
"C'mon Amy lighten up" Blaze said as she tried to get Amy into her dress.
"No, I'm not going"
"Look Amy sometimes Master Sonic says things he doesn't mean, you have to forgive the guy, he's going through a lot of stress trying to organize this event"
"I don't care, he just proved to me that he really is the jerk I thought he was when I first met him."
"Amy I'm sure the master is taking your words into consideration, why else would he keep quiet after you said what you said" Rouge said.
"Yeah, you totally rocked it standing up for us. I would've never had the guts to do that! You totally rock Amy" Mina said giving her a thumbs up.
"All the same. I'm still awaiting his punishment."
"Ignore all that now and let's have a fun night, it'll get your mind off things. And I just want to say how appreciative we are for you to stand up for us" Blaze said receiving an approving nod from Cream.
"Please Amy, let us dress you pretty for the party" Cream asked with crystal eyes, causing Amy to give in.
"Oh alright I'll go"
"Yay!" the four girls screamed as Rouge grabbed Amy and sat her on the desk, in front of the big mirror.
"You just hold on girly, we'll take it from here" Rouge said as she held up make up, Blaze held up the curlers, Mina held up the jewelry, and Cream held up the dress.
3 Hours Later
"Oh. My. Chaos. Amy you look SO BEAUTIFUL!" the girls gaped at Amy and admired her finishing touches.
Rouge wore a black gown that had no straps on and curled her hair in a side pony tail with heavy makeup.
Blaze wore a light purple gown with one strap on and put her hair up in a bun with two strands of hair falling to the sides of her face with light purple make up.
Mina wore a dark purple gown that had both straps on and left her hair straight with heavy purple makeup.
Cream wore an innocent orange gown and a bow on the back of her head.
Amy wore a red gown with roses as the design on the bottom part of her dress, the top was straight and it fit her curves perfectly.
Her hair was curled and it flowed down her back, she wore a fake red rose on the side of her left ear.
She wore mascara, and light pink eye shadow that made her jade eyes stand out.
She wore a bit of blush and red lipstick on her lips.
"OMG I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE MASTER'S FACE WHEN HE SEES YOU!?" Rouge said as Amy lightly blushed.
"Why would it be much of an excitement?" Amy nervously asked causing Rouge to roll her eyes.
"I still can't believe you can't admit it."
"Admit what?" Amy asked but was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Hey guys the guests are here as well as the musicians, Master Sonic says to come down" Charmy said from outside the door.
"We'll be right there Charmy" Rouge responded as the girls squealed.
"Omc I'm so excited, time to go down Amy!"
"I'm a little nervous"
"Nervous? About what?" Mina asked.
"I mean I am going to be the only mortal surrounded by vampires y'know, especially mortal hunters."
"You'll be fine, remember that Tails' anecdote is still in effect, stop worrying and lat's go partayyy" Rouge said as she got Amy's hand and dragged her downstairs.
"Where is she Tails?" Sonic said as he paced back and forth.
"Relax Sonic, Charmy already ordered them to come down"
"What if she decides not to come down"
Tails was about to respond but was interrupted by Master Pickle.
"Sonic I commend you! This ball is fantastically organized, very fancy and exquisite. Congratulations! You've made me proud"
"Wow thanks Master Pickle, that means a lot coming from you"
"And the cucumber sandwiches are perfect! Who made them?" Pickle asked.
"Um, one of our maids named Amy Rose did sir" Tails responded.
"Ah she must be the new recruit I heard about, I was becoming worried for you Sonic. That never biting a mortal again thing was worrying me."
"Well, you know me" Sonic said nervously.
"Yes, yes, and when will I meet this Amy? I've heard a lot about her"
"She's currently on her way down sir" Tails responded.
"Ah then I will speak to her later, I congratulate you again Sonic" Pickle said and after Sonic gave his thanks he retreated to speak to Master Big.
Suddenly Sonic heard someone clapping from behind.
"BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO Sonic the Hedgehog actually coordinated a DECENT event!"
Sonic groaned as he turned to look a Scourge.
"Not today Scourge" Sonic responded.
"What? All I was doing was congratulating you" Scourge said acting offended.
"But if you really wanna be like that I mean I guess"
"Good evening Master Scourge" Tails told Scourge.
"See, someone here has manners. How are you Tails?" Scourge asked.
"I'm good, you?"
"Meh, I'm so so a little stressed because of the new recruit a couple days ago"
"You recruited ANOTHER vampire?" Sonic asked.
"Yup, he's coincidentally from France. Too bad I couldn't bring him though. He's a pretty interesting guy" Scourge said with a shrug.
Sonic was about to continue but was interrupted as the crowd was mesmerized by a certain sight.
Sonic slowly turned to see what the crowd was looking at and widened his eyes at the sight.
Amy walked down the steps slowly with a soft smile and Sonic began opening his mouth.
Tails looked over at him, smiled, and closed his jaw before Scourge saw him.
"Woah Sonic you chose yourself a hot tamale" Scourge said as he whistled at Amy.
Sonic ignored him as he eyed Amy, noticing how several vampires began introducing themselves to her.
Amy turned and made eye contact with Sonic and her heart skipped at how handsome he looked.
He had a tux that clearly showed his muscular qualities, his quills were properly combed, and figured his face well.
Amy was interrupted as someone called her name.
"You must be Amy?" the elderly man said as he kissed her hand.
"Yes I am" Amy smiled.
"I'm Master Pickle, I'm like Sonic's second father I guess you could say"
"Really?" Amy asked suddenly interested.
"Yes, I'm the one who educated Sonic into being the civilized vampire he is now and may I say that he by far, despite having a small group, has the best group of servants a vampire could ask for"
"Wow that's very flattering thank you" Amy smiled.
"No, no THANK YOU for these scrumptious cucumber sandwiches you made, they are absolutely perfect! Tails told me you made them"
"I did, it was my mom's recipe"
Suddenly Master Pickle frowned, "It's a shame that this caused you to separate from her"
"Actually sir my mother died when I was a little girl and so did my father, so it didn't make much of a difference"
"Then who took care of you?"
"The most abusive stepfather I could ever have, I certainly don't miss him. But I do miss 2 friends I left behind at home I just hope they don't worry too much" Amy said receiving a soft smile by Pickle.
"I'm sorry to hear that, but let me just tell you that your very lucky to have Sonic as a master, he's not like other vampires"
"What do you mean?"
"Recently Sonic made a vow to NEVER bite a mortal ever again due to the fact that he finds that aggressive and unnecessary. Sonic finds different ways to get blood like animal hunting and things of that sort. Sometimes I even wonder if he really is a vampire, he tends to act like a mortal sometimes. But I honestly have nothing against that since he has a big heart, he tends to put others before himself first."
"Wow that's so sweet I didn't know that about him" Amy sincerely said.
"It really is, well I must leave you I want to speak to the musicians for awhile, it was a pleasure to meet you Amy"
"It was an honor meeting you sir" Amy responded as Master Pickle retreated.
"Did you just speak to Master Pickle?" Blaze asked.
"Yeah why?"
"OMC that's so cool! Master Pickle is the oldest vampire in the whole entire world, he's also in charge of keeping all he other vampires in order!"
"I'm literally finding out so many new things right now" Amy said as she put her hands on her head.
"C'mon let's go eat!" Mina said as she dragged the girls toward a table unaware of a certain fox watching them.
"She probably thinks she's SO smart, we'll see about that. We have a whole night ahead of us Amy Rose, a WHOLE night ahead."
Yeah yeah yeah I'm ending it here cx
I was originally gonna do a whole chapter on just the ball but I was like nahh that's too long cx
So I cut it into parts!
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