*Chapter 10: Fight in the Castle*

"Let us out!" Maria screamed, hitting the door. "Open the door! Please!" Gerald watches his granddaughter hitting the door, trying to break free. Maria got on her knees. "I have to warn Shadow. This is all my fault. Oh, grandpa, what're we going to do?" She asks. Gerald held her close, comforting her.

"Now, now." He said. "We'll think of something."
Outside the wagon, Ivo and Isabella came back outside and hear voices in the wagon. Tails and Cream hopped over. Tails turned to the cousins.

"You have to find something to get them out of there!" He said. Isabella turned and see a hatchet by the wood. She smiled as the idea came to her.

Back at the castle, the servants were upset that Maria left and their master is heartbroken. He never comes out of his room, he is mourning over Maria.

"I knew it, I knew it was foolish to get our hopes up." Knuckles said, pacing around the room.

"Maybe it would be better if she never came at all." Sonic said by crossing his arms. Sally went over to the window and see something approaching. She called the others over to see. "Could it be?" Sonic asked, coming by his girlfriend.

"Is it she?" Vanilla asks, hopping over to the window with Knuckles and Espio. But, it wasn't Maria. It was Myrin with his mob.

"Invaders!" Sonic cried out.

"Intruders!" Knuckles gasps.

"And they got a mirror!" Vanilla gasps as she sees Myrin holding a mirror with one hand. His other hand held a crossbow.

"Warn the master." Knuckles said. "If it's the fight they want let's be ready for them, who's with me?" He notices everyone around him left. He quickly rushed out to join them.

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Vanilla rushed down the West Wing to get to Shadow's room and she hears something hitting the front doors. The mob is trying to break in. The sound barely echoes through the hall. Vanilla made it to the dark room and see that Shadow is no longer in a suit and have his gloves and shoes on with a red cape.

"Pardon me, master."

"Leave me in peace." Shadow said, turning away from the rabbit teapot.

"But sir, the castle is under attack!" Vanilla exclaimed. "What shall we do master?"

"It doesn't matter now." Shadow said, touching the glass dome, looking at the rose. "Just let them come."

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On the other side of the doors, the furniture servants struggle to block the doors from bursting. They could come in at anytime.

"This isn't working!" Sonic said.

"Sonic, there must be something we could do!" Sally said.

"Wait, I know!" Sonic said, he got an idea. Myrin's gang keeps trying to break down the doors.

Isabella hits the lock with a hatchet to break Maria and Gerald free from the wagon. After a few tries, Isabella finally broke the lock. Ivo opened the doors and Maria and Gerald got out of the wagon, hugging them both. Tails and Cream hopped in victory.

"I have to go back to the castle and warn Shadow!" Maria said by climbing up on the horse.

"No, I've lost you once, and I don't want to lose you again!" Gerald said with a stern look. "Let me come with you!"

"Us too." Ivo said. Isabella picked up Cream and Tails to put them in the bag for safety. Gerald joined Maria as the cousins got their own horse to follow them. They all ran down the road to get to the mob before it's too late.

'Hang on, Shadow! I'm coming back!' Maria thought in her mind.

At the castle, Myrin and the mob finally break into the castle. But at the first sight they saw lots of furniture. They walked in and looked around. It's too quiet in here. One man grabbed Sonic and...

"NOW!" Sonic shouted. Suddenly, the furniture comes alive and began attacking everyone. Myrin watched in shock to see the men are being attacked by furniture that look strange with animal parts. Espio punches a man with green hair with coat hanger hands. Rouge jumped from the staircase and lands on one man with red hair. Myrin looks around and see the stairway and run away from the fight. He has to look for the black hedgehog who took Maria's heart.

Beer cans throw tomatoes at a chubby man with gray hair. He was about to hit them until Vanilla's voice was heard above him.

"Up here you scum! NOW!" Vanilla tells the little cups to pour hot tea on him.

"AAAAAARGH!" A chubby man screamed in pain.

A red head holds a torch close to Sonic and he was melting by the heat. The girl chuckled evilly at him. Just then, Knuckles appeared with scissors and slide down the stairway and poke the red head in the bottom.

"OOOOOWWWW!" She screamed, holding her bottom and ran off.

A bald man pulled the feathers off of Sally and Sonic rushed in to save her. He blows fire on the rear, sending into the air while he caught Sally in bridal style, grinning at her. The chipmunk gave her hero a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you, Sonic." She said sweetly.

A chao flew with one shoe in it's hands and flew in the kitchen. The men chased after it and see a chao glaring at them, holding a shoe. Then, knives and forks popped out, and the stove roars out with flames, scaring the men away from the castle. They all ran and crawled out of the castle, giving up the fight.
The servants cheered as they won the fight.

"And stay out!" Knuckles said, watching the mob ran out. He was grabbed by Sonic. He kissed his cheeks with smooching sounds. Knuckles shook his head in disgust and slap Sonic away from him.