Sonic and The Chaos Kingdom
Ch. 9
(I had to look over notes and figure my story out xD haha! I combined and took out a lot to try and make everything flow better. I'm planning to move on to stage 2 of this story, which means things are gonna start changing up from how they've previously been. Just a different pace after all the action/drama going on. I still hope you like it, cause it gets real good. I still have a lot to do on this story… xp but bear with me, it's gonna be one heck of a ride! Let's get started-or, err… continuing, shall we?)
All hail the King! All hail the King! The King of Chaos! Of Bravery, of truth, of valor! All hail!
As the town crier threw out his papers with Sonic's beautiful face on it, cool as ever, as the people rejoiced at the new found freedom and peace they received. Not only was the immortal prince in custody, but he was to be tried for every evil and wicked deed he had ever done, and this excited the people immensely. They had heard the legends of old before, but their grandparents had lived and breathed it, some even speaking of later ancestors who had told them stories of old as well about the Immortal Prince.
To think, they're usually reckless king, actually conquering the Eggman Empire's tyrannical reign and ending the war for good?
And he'd only been king for a short time at that!
The people demanded a celebration, and to honor their King, which Sonic, didn't really know what to say to it all…
"But Sonic! Everyone and their grandmother wants to honor you! You saved the world!" Tails joyfully expanded his arms out, thrilled at the wonderful renewal of hope and life the Master Emerald had given everyone, through of course, Sonic's miraculous actions. "I always thought you'd want the attention…"
"Euuhh." Sonic moaned, rolling his eyes to the side, and putting his hand up under his chin, as his other foot was bent up and on his throne with him, the other hanging down. "Don't get me wrong, Tails. I love the praise, but a simple 'thank you' is good enough for me." He stated, closing his eyes as he was usually reluctant to accept gifts or people's appreciation through money or whatsoever it may be. He felt a hero's only reward should be the good and well-being of those he'd saved, and that it was wrong to ask more of them, unless the situation required something more… as if he needed to walk through their land and in the beginning they weren't too thrilled about the idea, but once you help them out of a sticky situation, they suddenly make a truce with you, then that's a nice gesture he could accept.
"Sonic…" Tails's ears flattened a little bit. "It would be considered rude to deny them their celebration…" he then continued, peeping up a bit. "I mean-" he put forth his hand, "Technically… you just have to be there. They need this, Sonic. After the trauma of what Advisor Eggman put them through, they just want a good reason to party hard and dance a lot!" he started dancing, moving his hands up and down from the sides and then switching to the other side and doing the same action. "Haha, it'll be fun!"
"…Eggman…" Sonic opened his eyes, and looked down at the ground, his eyebrows narrowing slightly. He then sat up straight, putting his leg and arm down. "Tails, what's the news on Advisor Eggman's whereabouts?" Something didn't feel right about that…
"Oh? Uhh… well." Tails also stood straight, seeing Sonic's demeanor change into a slightly more serious and concerned manner. He put his hands behind his back and lowered his tails to rest on the floor, something he normally wouldn't do because the floors were always 'too dirty' for his beloved twin tails. "I believe the army hasn't found him yet. They think he's gone into hiding, which would probably be the best strategy.." Tails looked innocently up at Sonic before looking down and putting a hand to his chin, thinking… "Considering… he's not very much… 'well-received'… in his own lands.." Tails stated.
"…Tails." Sonic looked down, seeming a bit more melancholy now. "Has it… has it ever concerned you… that the Eggman Empire… used to not be called that?" Sonic looked back up at Tails, seeing if he already knew anything about that.
"Huh?" Tails was a bit taken by his knowledge, and quickly thought it through. "W-well… not really. It's always been called the Eggman Empire… even my own mother called it that." He thought harder, putting a hand to his chin and looking away for a moment, down to the ground… at a speck of dirt….
His eyes widened. "Yah!" he quickly scooped up his tails and held them in his arms, looking shocked and disturbed to see the dust and dirt together on the ground. "B-but Amy said they cleaned today…" he looked betrayed.
Sonic rolled his eyes, relaxing again as he leaned against the armrest and lifted a hand up, as if slightly shrugging off Tails's comment. "It's hard to keep a giant room like this with the front doors letting in outside dirt all the time, clean for the most part." Sonic defended Amy's statement, knowing she'd had complained about that to the Chief Maid before…
His eyes looked away, upset, narrowing at the thought of her.
That Maid…
"W-well, you've brought up a very good point. I'm actually surprised I don't have a full-on answer for you. Forgive me." Tails bowed with a sweat-drop, scratching his head.
"I can't always assume you know everything, Tails. I'm sure there's a lot we both still have yet to find out." Sonic reassured him, but Tails's face changed to look unamused by that comment, as if saying, 'Yes you can. I know everything'. But Sonic just laughed it off inside himself.
"Well, you still need a ball or something." Tails sighed, getting back on topic. He put his hands to his sides, and looked up at the Throne room's walls. "I still want to research more on what that Chaos Sword was able to do. Utilizing the Master Emerald to purify the wrongs of men with evil hearts,… I've always kinda said I believed the Master Emerald's powers… but I've never really seen them actually happen before." Sonic smirked at his comment.
"I'll make you a religious man after all." Sonic teased, as Tails just looked back to him with that same smile, as if saying, 'Yeah… riiiiight.'.
"My Father knew the power of the Master Emeralds, but he always warned me never to believe something just spoken to me, unless I figure it out myself first." He folded his arms, and looked back up at Sonic's sword. "Still… I would LOVE to run some experiments on-"
Sonic took out the sword, it glowed for a moment before he threw it to his buddy. "Here, it's all yours."
"W-wo-woah!" Tails juggled with catching the sword for a moment before the Chaos Blade landed in his hands. "…I… I'm actually quite surprised." He stated, blinking his eyes innocently, and then looking up to Sonic. "I didn't think you'd part with your most powerful weapon just yet…"
"Eh, I know you'll give it back soon." Sonic shrugged, being cocky as ever. "I have a lot of ideas for keeping Shadow locked up tight, and a lot of them Knuckles's has already agreed too. We've tripled the guard and I've even sent out a proclamation to encourage more men to the army…" Sonic yawned.
"You… You did that?" Tails looked in awe and shock at how Sonic took such great actions to secure the peace and imprisonment of Shadow, but then threw his arms down, holding the sword in one of his hands. "BUT WITHOUT MY CONSENT!?"
"Calm down, Tails… you were busy talking to the people." Sonic was referring to his place in the Council, and was now sprawled out in his usual lazy but cool position across his throne; one leg under the other while the other was bent up, his hand holding his head up and the other bended and on his hip.
He yawned again, seeming bored, as if this was tiresome.
"Go ahead and tell the people they can throw me a little 'thanks' party. But I'm not going to every celebratory party in the kingdom." He didn't want to be running around right now, which was weird for him, because before, he would have LOVED a good party. But…
He wanted to be close to Shadow…
His eyes darted to the door beside him.
The dungeon was safe alright, but he knew Shadow wouldn't give up that easily. He had to make absolutely sure he could keep Shadow at bay before the trial.
"How long till all the evidences and crimes of Prince Shadow come into light from all the digging you're scholars have been doing?" Sonic asked, eyes still watching the opened doorway…
"Huh? Well, we're just jumping all over the place now, aren't we?" Tails looked a little upset by his attention being flung left and right, but he sighed and continued on, letting go of his poutful attitude and continuing to speak, "It's gonna take some time, Sonic." He said this sorrowfully, as even he wanted the trial to begin already. "But you've asked for EVERY offense to be presented… it's been thousands of YEARS of sins! We've gotta dig it up and put it in order for the trial to begin. It's not so easy as you may have assumed…" Tails lowered his head and closed his eyes, worried that the trial may never happen at this rate…
"…" Sonic lowered his eyelids, maybe what he was asking for, was, in fact, a little much…
But he wouldn't shake from his resolve.
"Shadow's gotta pay, Tails. For everything he's done to me… my family,… and my people." Sonic got up from the chair, and started walking down the few steps to his throne. "Anything else?" he stated.
"Oh yeah!" Tails turned to Sonic, grinning from ear to ear. "It's about time I started preparing for something…" he seemed to be overly excited about bringing this up…
"H-huh?" Sonic got a little awkward, seeing the expression on Tails change so dramatically.
"Weellll~" Tails smirked even more wickedly now, looking away for a moment, before walking further up to Sonic, putting his hands together and head upright as if trying to look professional and 'matter of fact'ly before him. "It's come to my attention as your advisor, that this party might be perfect for selecting some 'candidates' for the next few years." He shifted his head down so fast with such an 'evil mastermind' look to his eyes that Sonic stepped back.
"…C-candidates..?" Sonic was confused, putting his arms back slightly. "Tails… what are you talking about..?"
"Heheheh…" Tails's whole aura changed as he snickered like an evil sorcerer and rubbed his hands like a mad man.
Sonic minimized before him with sweat drops on the back of his head. "T..Tails?" his voice almost squeaked at how weirded out he was by Tails's actions.
Then, Tails drew forth a dramatic point! Flinging his pointer finger out, he placed his other hand on his hip, and with a closed-eyed and open grin, he happily stated,
"I'm gonna find you a girlfriend!"
Sonic's expression went blank as a white cardboard box.
"Wha-what?" Sonic shook his head.
"B-..beg your pardon?" he lowered his head and shrugged, sweatdrops dotting the side of his face. "T-Tails,… what are you.. talking about..?" he had a faked smile, but he was clearly nervous about the subject suddenly changing so rapidly. He blinked, before cutting the act, and moving on to another strategy. "You know what, you're right, we're jumping too much. We're just all over the place here-!"
"Hehe! It's one of the duties of being your Advisor, don't you remember?"
Tails ignored him trying to change the subject, and leaned forward slightly, put his hands to hips, smiling cheekily at Sonic, but also disappointed he had forgotten that little detail.
"B-but I don't have to worry about that for 3 years!" Sonic countered, his whole demeanor looking as if he's trying to wiggle his way out of certain doom. He was upset he couldn't change the subject, but Tails went right along with it.
"I knew you'd say something like that!" Tails leaned back and threw his head up again, happy he could predict his friend and king. "I figured you'd need time to really get to know someone. So I decided to start the selection early!" Tails again raised his pointer finger in a 'matter of fact' statement, and lowered his eyes affectionately to his friend. "Don't worry… I'll make sure you're covered." He winked.
Sonic pouted, and then smiled at his own scheming idea…
"H-huh!? Hey, wait! You're supposed to be begging me not too!" Tails flinched back, shocked his friend now had a equally scary expression on his face.
"I was just thinking…" Sonic smirked, folding his arms. "I believe our fathers made a previous arrangement before we were born about this very subject." He flung open his eyes a bit to see Tails's reaction.
It was working, Tails was sweating and shaking, quickly jumping/flying over to Sonic to stop him from talking. "Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it!" he kept repeating, hitting Sonic with each hand as Sonic blocked, and continued to smirk, also looking affectionately teasing at his friend.
"If I recall… before we had been born, our father's wanted to join their bloodlines together, am I right….deary?"
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Tails's embarrassment took over and pushed Sonic down, the two wrestled as Tails tried to desperately win against his older and stronger friend.
"They didn't know they were having boys!" Tails countered.
Sonic laughed, "Your mother was so sure, haahah!"
"G-grrr.. Even if I was a girl! Which I'm glad I'm not… I would never allow for an arranged marriage!"
"Are you sure? Rules are rules, Miley~" Sonic was turned over by Tails, but still managed to wink a quick one at him before Tails blushed and started whacking him again and trying to pin him down and win the wrestle-war.
"NONONONONO! THAT'S NOT FAIR!:
"It wasn't fair for my mother, why should it be fair for you?"
"Stop teasing me! I'm finding you a girlfriend and that's final!"
Sonic quit the act and threw Tails off of him.
"Offph!" Tails hit the ground, but not too hard, but still rubbed his head. "Owww… h-hey."
He saw Sonic get up and dust himself off from the dirt on the ground, shake his head, and adjust his crown. "Eh, you wouldn't meet my requirements anyway…" he walked back to his throne.
"R-requirements..?" Tails blinked from the ground, thinking… "Oh, that's right." Tails turned his head and looked up. "A king has his right to ask for certain things, huh..? B-but they have to be reasonable and actual! No making things up!" Tails got up and also dusted himself off, slightly tearing up at how his tails were now filthy from the rolling around on the ground they just did.
These two were as close as brothers, just like their fathers before them, and it was true their father's were going to engage them at birth… if, you know… circumstances weren't as they were…
"So? What are you're 'requirements'. Any I should know about?" Tails put his hands to his hips, knowing Sonic was probably going to say something ridiculous to totally throw Tails off from finding any girl who matched.
Sonic stopped before his throne, looking down at it.
He was hoping to avoid this as long as possible too… but remembering when he was crowned… he knew he couldn't avoid it for too long… and he had to at least be honest about a request…
He sighed, submitting to the fact that he had to obey the rules, and Tails was right, there was no way on this good planet he'd marry someone he wasn't well acquainted with.
He jumped, spun, and sat back in his normal relaxed position on his throne, leaning back and letting himself slide down in the big impressive chair.
"…She has to be beautiful." He started, as Tails took out a scroll and rolled his eyes.
"Well, no duh." Tails stated, "I haven't heard of an ugly queens, yet." He continued to scribble some things, and looked up at Sonic with a nod, as if encouraging him to go on. "Seems reasonable." He looked up and tilted his head, then back at him, gesturing with his quilled pin to keep going, "Aaannndd..?"
"…She has to be funny too." Sonic pouted, not liking having to give this info out, but he just folded his arms and sucked it up, letting himself fall all the way down to the bottom of the chair now.
"…And?" Tails raised an eyebrow, kinda surprised by the easy-going answers he was getting.
"…And…" sonic looked up, not sure what to say next, before sighing and rolling over on his throne, as if still very much a child at heart.
"She has to be… liked by the kingdom. Perfect for the job."
"Job?"
Tails shook his head up from writing, and put the paper down a moment. "Sonic… this isn't a 'job' we're writing an application for…" he was slightly worried by that comment.
Sonic kept his unamused and upset look, as if being a child not getting his way.
He kicked his feet out and sat forward again, but kept his body low to the seat of the throne. "And?" he teased Tails, knowing he kept asking for more details.
"…W-well…" Tails looked down, worried now for the future more than ever…
That poor girl would really have to change his heart… and change it,… for the better.
"She'd be more than just a queen to the people." Tails stated, and looked up towards Sonic. "These are all generic things. Things I could find in anyone!" Tails began to complain a little, as Sonic narrowed his eyes, slightly offended.
"You wanted them realistic, Tails! How real can I get than that?!" Sonic, as the hot-head he usually is, let out a steamed reply and waved an aggressive swing of his hand out, leaning forward and up on the edge of his throne's seat now. "You think this is easy for me, Tails?! Being told I'm not only forced into royalty,… but now forced to be married some day as well?!"
"…Sonic…" Tails looked sadly to him, he didn't know how to describe this in the right way to where Sonic would be satisfied.
"You don't get it, Tails. And you never will." He flopped back into his throne, "Hmph. And I'd like to see you TRY and find a girl who's pretty and funny to MY taste." Sonic was hoping to prolong this 'selection' as long as possible, as Tails suddenly noticed why the list was so short and generic…
Sonic was still being a rebel. And not wanting to comply to old traditions even still.
"Sonic… this is your future wife we're talking about." Tails just decided to speak from his heart on this one. "Someone you're going to share and spend the rest of your life with… don't you want to take it a little more… seriously?" Tails leaned his head forward and down, as if trying to desperately convince Sonic of the importunacy of this discussion.
Sonic thought a moment… before turning around in his throne and facing his back to Tails.
"Gah!... F-fine then…" Tails gave up, not willing to argue on it further. "Well, she also needs to be able to tame you then." He started to scribble, as Sonic's ear flicked back to him.
He noticed the gesture and looked up, smiling, before writing more light-heartedly now. "And… she needs a cute sister. Someone I might fancy… and… geez, I shouldn't leave out Knuckles… maybe a triplet."
Sonic looked back, before smiling, seeing as Tails was starting to see he didn't want to take it seriously.
Tails sighed, "I suppose she has to be able to keep up with you. Have a strong will and arm about her. A clear mind, someone with good judgment, and a willing heart and kind smile…" he started to continue to scribble, before closing the scroll up. "Alright! I think I can do the rest from here!"
Sonic grumbled.
"Alright, Mr. Sassypants. Don't worry about it. I'll only showcase a girl to you when I KNOW she meets all your requirements, and then some." He pointed the quill he was writing with towards Sonic, and then nodded himself. "Now, no pooping on no parties!" Tails teased again, as Sonic laughed a little at that.
"..It's too early for this, Tails." Sonic still looked unamused and upset by the earlier topic…
"Hehe, the early bird gets the worm! And if she's really as beautiful as you want her to be,… I better start moving fast! Before some other dude gets her attention!" Tails teased, and then rushed off, slightly not kidding about that…
-A few weeks later-
Amy was cleaning up the last of the decoration spills that had occurred before wiping her forehead and looking up at the throne room.
It was absolutely beautiful! Stunning even! Everything her taste could like and more!
She loved the fashion of it all, and that everyone was invited to the royal ball, to celebrate the imprisonment of Shadow and the end of every other evil thing that had happened over the years to them too!
"Hear that, Dad?" She whispered to herself, smiling. "We've finally obtained peace…"
"And I've finally obtained sheer ANNOYANCE! What are you doing fiddling around with some dust pan and broom when you aren't even SWEEPING!?" The Chief Maid stormed over to her, she panicked and quickly stepped back, cowering slightly behind a decorative table for esteemed guest from other kingdoms and lands, who would also be attending the ball to hear of the new legend to be born in the world.
Sonic had conquered the Immortal Prince… it was definitely a tale worth hearing, that Sonic would probably be inclined to share…
"If I see you slacking and talking to wind one… more… time…" The Chief maid took the broom she had dropped, and whammed it right onto the table, making Amy yelp and duck before it struck her hands.
"Hmph!" The chief maid threw the broom down and stomped off, as Amy slowly lifted her head up, almost cutely looking to see if the danger had passed, before a flower vase came flying at her. She dodged, whining a little noise as she did so. "Eeee!"
"Clean that up too, while you're at it! Hahaha!"
Amy looked behind her at the shattered vase, and sighed. "Such a waste…" she had liked that vase, and started to clean up the water and pieces of glass, before being taken by the beauty of the flowers that were in it.
She held one carefully in her scraped up hands, bruised and blistered from years of hard-work in the Castle walls, as she delicately held it close to her… admiring it's small but tender color and figure, before pulling it to her heart.
She never knew why she felt so much like her life was a flower, but she could always empathize with them…
Amy headed towards the kitchen to help out with some of the cooking for the event, when a professional performer stormed in, looking the girls over.
"Miss! Madam, please!" one of her servants came in after her too, seeming to be worried, as she pointed to a line of girls, which Amy happened to be working in.
"Them! I need them to backup dance and sing with me." She then stormed out. "Get them some clothes, teach them what they need to know, NOW." She snapped her fingers, and then her servant, looking dizzy eyed at the impossible task of training these girls on such late notice, quickly dashed up to the girls and ordered them to come with him.
Amy's friend looked to her, terrified, "W-we…?! Perform in front of-of-of… the King!?"
The girls all swooned and started to get excited, some nervous, as suddenly the world zoomed in on Amy, and her eyes widened, and for a second… the world was still…
A slight crooked smile forming on the side of her face.
-A few days later, at the Royal Ball-
"What do you mean?! This thing last ALL NIGHT?" Sonic complained, having two or three men measuring him and then placing different royal attire on him, looking at him, all pushed up faces together, before frantically taking it off him and trying something different again.
"Ugh, I feel like a paper doll." Sonic kept being told to raise his arms up, and he kept doing so, getting annoyed.
"Haha… we just want you to look… presentable! To all the esteemed guest coming in from far, far away." Tails stated, but chuckled every now and again at the ridiculous clothing they were forcing Sonic to try and wear to see what would look good.
"I just don't see why-"
"Chin up please."
He raised his chin, "I can't just-"
"Your arms, your highness."
He lifted them up straighter again. "Wear my usual look?"
"Suck in."
"Wait, wha-AAHHH."
Sonic finally pushed them away when they tightened a belt around his waist and strapped on a leather shoulder guard to make him look more muscular and broad.
He flung it off of him and started shouting for them to get out.
Tails stopped him and called them back in, as they all scrunched up together again, but instead of inspecting, they were all fearing…
"I know this is hard for you, Sonic,… but you don't have to stay the whole time?" Tails tried to put a silver-lining in there for Sonic. "Just let everyone entertain you and tell your little epic tale and everyone will be satisfied." He explained, patting Sonic's back before freaking out a moment and looking back, "Woah.. they really make you look BIG."
"…." Sonic just stared ahead of him, as the men had already placed everything back on him, and gotten a good look for him, and one- probably the oldest brother of the munchkin hamsters as it were, shouted out-
"SUCCESS! We have created, my brothers-!" he flung Sonic around, "A prince!"
"King." Sonic nonchalantly stated, upset and completely demoralized by their 'success'.
"I look like a poodle."
"T-there must be something else..?" Tails stated, not liking their final result either, having fluffed up the 'royal robe' look to make him look like a giant sheep.
"No takies-backsie." The three brothers started walking out the door.
"B-b-but-but-!"
"I know, we make his butt nice, yes?" one brother said, as they all walked a little… femininely away…
Tails looked disturbed, as Sonic quickly turned to check… and his eyes widened, before zipping over to Tails, and holding him up by the scruff of his white chest fur.
"I NEED MY CLOTHES NOW."
"Okay, okay! Let me look!" Tails quickly zoomed out of the room, and going into the King's chambers, he started moving through the wardrobe.
His mouth dropped for a moment when he found Sonic's father's old knight's training attire, and thought a moment…
"hmm…" he then looked for other king's clothing, and found some things that looked nice with it. "Alright!" he raced back, and quickly took some of Sonic's old ancestors arm and finger rings, along with a ring for a bracelet.
The look matched more Sonic's style, having chainmail and grey with deep blues for the fancy big fabric cape he was adorned with, that completely covered his neck and shoulders, making him look very much pristine but cool at the same time.
"You're ancestors used to be very found of rings!" Tails explained, putting on the clothes for Sonic as Sonic also helped and started to notice how nice and handsome the look was turning out to be.
"Yeah, I'm starting to see that." Sonic smiled, liking the look.
"You know what, Tails?"
"Hmm?" Tails looked from behind Sonic, over his shoulder to get a look at what Sonic was talking about, since he was adjusting the thick cape around the shoulders.
Sonic looked in the mirror, admired himself a moment, before turning to Tails, "I should hire you as royal wardrobe consultant."
He laughed, "Trust me, that's not a position. You know I kinda crave one certain position though~" he put his hands together, in a praying stance almost, as if trying to beg Sonic to be the Chief Librarian of the Royal Archives.
"Those books can wait, Tails. I've already doubled security on the history book, the rest are fine and dandy." He stated, knowing Tails just wanted the permission to read them all, even the forbidden ones only assessable to the royal family, and organize the messy bookshelves.
"Ah, man! Can't you give me a hobby?!" Tails stormed out with him, as Sonic laughed.
"How many positions do you have, already?"
"Not enough to keep me busy at 8." Tails fluttered his eyes, trying again to show Sonic the appeal.
"Nah, that's your bedtime." Sonic teased, snapping a point with his finger at him and being cheeky about it. "Come on, Tails… let's woo the audience."
He opened the twin doors as the trumpets saw him and began to blare, the people turned to see him.
Sonic scanned the room, took a deep breath in, and started to walk out.
He stepped up the wide and long stairs to his throne and sat down, his usual way, before Tails cleared his throat.
Sonic looked to him, lazily.
He raised an eyebrow.
Sonic groaned silently and got up, before raising a hand and going, "Yo."
Noblewomen started squeeing as their mother's hushed them, and their fathers rolled their eyes at them.
Sonic just kept his cool demeanor as Tails chuckled, rolling his eyes before looking to Sonic, seeing no expression.
It worried Tails a little… so he leaned down to whisper to Sonic.
"Don't you like having girls fawn over you like that?"
"It's something to brag about." Sonic calmly stated, as if bored. "But not really. I get enough from one girl." He looked up to Tails, as Tails nodded; knowing Amy did that since their youth…
But still…
"…" Tails leaned up, and shook his head, before rubbing the sweat from behind his neck. "I'm gonna have my hands full trying to find a gal for you." He muttered under his breath.
A strange thought came into Tails's mind, as he suddenly flipped out, his body flinching and his eyes turning white, as he thought about that one hamster brother…
He slowly twitched his head over to Sonic,… 'it can't be… it couldn't be… it mustn't be!' he leaned down again, "You-…. Y-you do like girls, right!?" he stated, very flustered.
Sonic's face looked disgusted as he looked up to Tails, "TAILS!" he shouted a whisper. "Just cause I don't acknowledge a girl's interest in me doesn't mean I don't have an appeal!" he countered, shaking his head and pushing Tails's face away, "You worry too much…" he put his hand back to holding up the side of his face again as he leaned more on the armrest, closing his eyes and trying to relax again.
Sonic started to look at all the young women for a moment through one opened half-way eye.., as Tails sighed in relief, a swirl over his head, showing his dizzy worriment for a second there…
'…Too tall…'
He looked to another one.
'… too petite…'
One was eating her way through the tables.
'Now there's a prospect.' He humored himself.
The profession singer adjusted her hair back over her shoulder, looking gorgeous as her makeup team styled her just right.
"You girls ready?" she turned, smiling to the girls kindly. "I know you'll make an impression. And when handsome young knights propose, you better let me sing at your weddings." She winked, as the girls all blushed at how cool she was.
Amy rolled her eyes, smiling. 'A handsome young knight, huh?' she thought about it a moment, but all the men in her head looked too much like Sonic…
That's cause they all had a Knight's attire, but with Sonic's face on it.
She sighed, 'I'm hopeless, aren't I?' she daydreamed a moment about Sonic not being a king, but just a regular cool dude, with an attitude, a knight in shining blue armor~
Her dream was interrupted as the singer girl's servants started pushing the girls out. "You're on! Go, go, go, go!"
"Ah-ahhh!" Amy was pushed out with the other girls, wearing some kind of gypsy-arabian-indian attire that made her look like a genie in a bottle. Her head and hips were decorated with ornaments and every time she moved something shingled.
"Good luck, girls!" the servants cheered, as the man servant, biting his nails after training the girls, worried about their performance… in front of the king!
That detail had escaped Amy's mind, as she suddenly found the embarrassing fun of dancing in front of him… if he could… you know… recognize her out of the bunch.
Their faces were hidden, as they were all in a circle around the singer.
The sun, it sets, on the Chaos fields… powered by the rays- light!
Sun and moon, combined to noon, but where are those eyes?
Those radiant eyes~
The girls began to dance, as Amy just so happened to land at the main part of the song in front of Sonic, looking up at him.
Sonic wasn't particularly interested in old customs of traditional dancing or singing, but the music was catchy enough, just not fast enough for him to-
He noticed the emerald green eyes and stared.
His back straightened up slightly… as this girl caught his attention.
Amy smiled under her covering, and quickly looked away.
'I think I got his attention~' she teased herself, hoping to hold it a little longer… but the song kicked up again, and she had to move quickly away.
'…aaand he's totally wearing a knight's attire! WHAT!?' she mentally freaked out and fangirled. 'Did I see the future!?'
The sun and the moon, can't possibly describe!
The look of the radiant Chaos-Emerald…
Eyes!
HAah-…ohoh, HAah-…ohoh~
Silently, the moon fades away, but the emerald's always stay~
Their glow, too bright! For the rising sun-
The King must stay awake.
For.. those.. radiant.. eyes~
Haah-Ohoh~
As the girls danced and sung, Sonic could only keep his eyes fixated on the one who looked at him, not sure why.
Tails glanced over to see if the young girls were having any affect on Sonic, as they were all very pretty and their dancing very alluring.
He noticed Sonic's complete attention on them, and grinned from ear to ear. Fist pumping in his head at finally seeing something catch Sonic's eye.
He tried to follow his stare, seeing his eyes move around to one particular one, but couldn't tell which one it was, as they all moved so quickly around, twirling and moving in rhythmic lines and patterns.
Amy was actually having a blast, not really noticing Sonic as she had to stay in line and the placement where she was assigned, but still, dancing and singing was fun!
'I didn't know I had a talent!' she cheered, loving the way dancing and singing made her feel! It really made one's heart and beat and feel alive!
Ahhhh-haaahaaahaa…
The music began to change tempos.
Those~ Eyes~
Pierce the Emerald's gaze…
And suddenly~
Those radiant eyes~
Are trapped,.. in… emerald… green~
HAah-…ohoh, HAah-…ohoh~
Stay awake, Stay awake, oh king~
The song ended as the singer threw off her covering, the other girls just raised their eyes, showing the eye makeup; making their individual beautiful eyes and their colors pop more vividly in the light.
The crowd cheered, as Sonic was completely leaned forward, his hands gripping the armrest when the singer girl revealed her face, but the others didn't, when suddenly…
'AMY!?' his face was one of complete surprise. He leaned back, gasping slightly with a smile at how he couldn't recognize her at first. He knew it had to be her, that pink tone… the flexibility and grace she had as she moved… it had to be her! He then rubbed his chin, before seeing her breathing hard at her performance and looking up to him, blushing.
He smiled.
'I can tease her for awhile after this.' Was the only thought he paid attention too…
Tails clapped with the rest of the company as Sonic gave them a hipster's golf-clap too.
The girls raced away as Amy didn't like how Sonic was staring with a smirk at her attire,… then again, he had once seen her in only her undergarments that one time…
She shook her head, banishing the thought out as she didn't want to think about it anymore.
She got back into her regular attire, and sighed…
The rest of the girls went back to their chores… but Amy longed to be on the dance floor again… to feel like a noblewoman…
She started to dance a waltz in the changing room by herself, closing her eyes and imagining a 'not-a-king' Sonic dancing with her too.
For a king to dance with a maid? Slightly scandalous and improper…
She sighed again, and looked at her performing attire…
Although, not her taste, it was probably the most wealthiest clothes she's ever worn…
"Amy..?"
She was spooked and turned around. "Ah! V-Vanilla! Cream!"
"Miss Amy! You did wonderful!" Cream jumped up to her, as Amy held down her arms and bent to hug her back too.
"Thank you so much, Cream! Hmhmm~" she chimed, loving the beautiful compliment from her.
"You were the true radiant eyes." Vanilla stated, smiling.
"O-O-oh no.. I-I mean,.. all the girls were beautiful!" She turned around, putting the dance attire down and looking down from the mirror at it.
Vanilla looked sadly towards her take on her compliment, and how she responded to it, and walked calmly over to her. "Amy…" she placed a loving motherly hand on her shoulder, and used it to lift her chin up to her. "You must know." She then moved her gaze to the mirror. "You… are a beautiful woman."
Amy stared at the mirrored image of her, although the room was slightly darkened, she did think herself quite pretty and cute.
She smiled, but then turned her gaze.
"Still… a pretty maid isn't going to win Sonic over…" she turned away and began to walk out of the changing room.
Vanilla held her heart, and looked back at the mirror, her heart silently breaking, knowing that Sonic hadn't changed any rules for women just yet…
She quickly stepped forward. "Amy, wait!" she raced out the door, "Cream, darling? Stay with Amy, I'll be right back!"
Amy raised an eyebrow, not sure what was happening, but happily sat with Cream.
Vanilla raced back in, hiding something behind her back. "When I was young, I had a favorite dress…" she suddenly pulled it out, as Amy gasped, and Cream's face lit up.
"Oh, Momma! It looks like a princess's!"
Vanilla giggled, "It was an anniversary gift from your father, Cream. He saved up every ounce of money he could." She looked lovingly over the dress, and gently moved her hand across it.
"Va… Vanilla…" Amy didn't know how to ask this question, as Vanilla lifted her gaze to her, and smiled.
"When my husband died, a knight, like your father, Amy. I was forced to feed a sucking child with no money or home to live in… because as you know, men own the land, not the wife." She shook her head, sad at the fact but knowing that's what happened to Amy as well.
"I was forced to sell myself and Cream to the castle, as the king was very generous to all poor widows of lowly station whose belated husbands had served him valiantly. My husband was a friend to the King, he honored me, even if I was just a maid." She smiled as she turned to Amy. "I remember when the king brought you to me. You were asleep in your tears at the knowledge of your father's passing… and he asked me to adopt you." Tears streamed down her face. "Cream was still very young, but I took you in, because you were the daughter of a valiant Knight, just like my husband, and I knew this kindness would somehow make the struggles all worth it in the end."
Vanilla was every sense of the word a mother to Amy, considering she didn't know her mother at all, only stories her father would tell her of her beauty and charm. Amy jumped up from her seat and embraced Vanilla.
"This dress… Amy. I want you to wear it. As if it was your coming of age debut."
"…Like,… a quinceanera?" Amy asked, not sure what that meant, but chuckling slightly at the idea.
"You've matured and grown into a beautiful young woman." She placed the dress in front of Amy. "I think you'd look wonderful in it." She smiled.
Amy got all excited, before her face dropped into sight reality, and she tried to not cry. "I.. I would love to wear it Vanilla… but…." She walked away from the dress, turning around to Cream, her head held low.
Vanilla looked concerned, "What's wrong, dear?"
"….I'm a maid." Amy lifted her arms and let them fall pathetically down again. "I could be arrested for being recognized… in an outfit so lovely…"
Vanilla looked sadly to her, and then down at Cream.
Cream put a finger to her mouth, thinking… "But.. your face was covered." Cream stated, and looked to her mother. "I-I don't want to break any laws, Momma… but I think Sonic wouldn't mind her dressing up… just this once?" she seemed to plead before Sonic instead of Vanilla, as she laughed and scooped her little girl up.
"I think you're absolutely right!" Vanilla looked to Amy, and handed her the dress. "I won't accept it back." She stated, with a warm smile on her face. "Now go out there, and enchant him even more!" she encouraged, and laughed. "I would suppose he's missing those,.. radiant eyes~ haha!" Vanilla tried to sing the tune, waving her hand and turning her head like the singer girl, for comedic affect.
"You sing wonderfully, Mommy!"
"Oh, Cream..!"
They all laughed, a big happy family, as Amy started to cry. "I… I don't know what to say. This is.. the single most kindest thing anyone's ever done for me!" Amy jumped into Vanilla's arms as well, almost toppling the two over, but gaining balance, they all laughed again.
"Now, let's get that makeup back on!" She teased, only going to put an appropriate amount on though, this time.
-The party~-
"And then I swiped the Chaos Sword at him, and knocked him clear out!" Sonic retold HIS version of the triumphant defeat of Shadow, as the crowd of men laughed, and then one of their queens spoke up.
"My good king," she bowed politely with her head at the table. "If the Prince is under capture… why has he not been dealt with thusly?" she inquired.
Sonic blinked a moment as Tails leaned down and whispered something to him. He kinda shooed him away from his ear though, not liking to be told what to say, even though it annoyed the heck out of Tails…
"We're still gathering his crimes at this time." Sonic responded, folding his arms as he looked annoyingly up to Tails, having said what he basically screamed silently into his ear to say.
Tails nodded his approval.
Sonic, when the crowd turned to whisper to each other privately, stuck out his tongue at Tails, who looked ready to grab a cup and whack Sonic upside the head with it if he messed up the reputation of his forefather's kingdom, before the eyes of the royal guests turned back to Sonic and Tails, and they quickly straightened up, no one noticing their comical angry eye-conversations.
"Would it not be wiser, if you pardon my humble opinion, your highness. To just execute him for invading your kingdom and holding war for so many scores of years?"
Sonic looked to Tails, who held a stance like, 'You didn't want my help, now you think you do?' As Sonic glared to him and turned his head back to the people, keeping his eyes fixed on his betraying friend.
"I… felt it best to have him hear all the crimes he has committed over the many years. I want every memory of his wrongs to be fresh in his mind as he's sentenced… I think that's only fair way. That my ancestors are honored by putting down the very man who slayed them, while all they did was defend the happiness and right of their kingdom, respectfully." Sonic took a sip of his drink, and under the table, thumbs up'd Tails, as if asking for approval.
Tails nodded, smiling that he had stated it well.
The guests, once again, turned to discuss his words, and one nodded to him, as if respecting his wish to exact perfect justice for his fallen family.
Sonic nodded back to him, lowering the cup.
The man stood up. "A toast, then. To a King who saved his kingdom."
The men rose, and Sonic stared at all of them…
A King who saved his kingdom.
"Sonic?" Tails whispered, showing with his eyes and head gestures to stand up too.
Sonic looked up at Tails, and then down again. He rose, lifting his fingers from the table and grabbing the cup he just drank out of, and held it up…
….King who saved… his kingdom…
Was he really worthy of that title?
Have his actions really been worthy of such a respectful look a true King had given him?
"Long live the king!"
"Long life and chaos prosperity!"
The men drank, as Sonic quickly did too and lowered it as fast as he could, still conflicted over the matter… his eyes shifting at the table below him.
The men were respecting Chaos traditions in their toast, and Tails stuck his chest out with a grin on his face, happy to see the respected guests all dining and then slowly departing off to enjoy further the party and ball they were hosting.
Tails then moved Sonic away from the dining table, knowing he was probably done with all the social etiquettes by now, and patting his back. "You did great! Even your adlib wasn't so terribly catastrophic that no one got offended!" he walked with a stride, "I'm proud of you."
Sonic kept his head low, steadily watching the titles of the floor beneath him, and having flashbacks of the stones of up heaved title from the tunnels below…
"…Sonic? What's wrong?" Tails turned and leaned forward slightly, getting a good look at Sonic's expression. "You weren't that intimidated, were you?" he even looked skeptical at his own question.
"…I don't feel like a king." Sonic stated, stopping himself from walking any further, as Tails slowed to speak with him further about it.
Sonic had looked down, his fists not really having the energy to tighten, but something was just draining him of all his power he had before…
What was this? He couldn't describe the feeling. It wasn't regret… or remorse…. It could be inadequacy or false pride..? Was it? He just couldn't tell…
"What's the matter? Everyone just honored you as a true king, isn't that enough?"
A King who saved his kingdom.
"Did I really save my kingdom? Or my pride?"
He looked to Tails, who suddenly was shocked by that deep of a question, and looked down.
"…I think… you killed two birds with one stone." Tails stated, and looked back at his friend. "I mean, you may have gone because you wanted adventure and to do what's right. Even going against the council, which is basically the voice of the people… but you ended up knowing better then them." Tails made a good point, but that didn't stop the nagging, aching feeling that was happening inside Sonic…
He scanned the ground.
"Okay, look. I think you need to take your mind off of things, and…" He smirked, "Enjoy the party~" he turned Sonic's attention to the lovely ladies all lining the walls, waiting for someone to ask them to dance.
Sonic pushed his frown back to the side of his mouth. "No thanks." He argued the suggestion.
"Come on! They're pretty!" Tails threw his arms out toward them, "And they're all here for you~" he put his hands behind his back, and leaned towards his friend, cheekily trying to play wingman.
"Gee, I wonder why." Sonic glared at Tails.
"Hey, you gave me three recommendations. I can guarantee these girls fit the description." Tails gestured a thumb back to them.
One woman bounced across the floor, clearly huge and big chested, she 'ho-ho'd!' as she caught a hold of Knuckles, and her face scared the living daylights out of him as she scooped him up and started dancing with him. He was barely the size of her…
"…uh…except the panda." Tails cringed with Sonic.
"Tails, look. I'm flattered at your efforts to try and find a girl for me, but I think I-" he started to turn before a beautiful sparkle caught his eye.
"Woah… Amy!?" Tails's words ringed through Sonic's ears as his eyes widened… just slightly, almost unable to be noticed as she walked into the room.
Her beautiful dress shone above all the others, and the fabric was so classic and well-made that nothing could rival its stunning appearance.
It was modest and wholesome, but showed her curves very well, and gave her figure a wonder to behold, as she slowly started to make her way out, nervous, before looking back and having Cream and Vanilla cheering her on.
"Well…" she lightly breathed out. "Here goes nothing.." she put her best grin on and started to walk up towards Sonic and Tails, her hair all done up and even her makeup only showed her very best that only mother nature could so sweetly design.
Now that she was closer, she could admire his look a lot more. She really did like seeing him looking more like a knight than a king… but seeing his crown,… she thought it a nice touch.
"Your majesty." She bowed, very low to the ground, before coming up, having done a perfect curtsey, even causing Sonic to step back slightly, just to look at her.
"I'm impressed, Amy! But… how are you…?" Tails knew the rules very well, as Amy gave a nervous smile and tilted her head as if saying, 'yeah, well, opps?'.
Sonic waved Tails off. "Don't worry, I've got it covered." He walked over to her. "Have to ask but… you dance?" he teased, but his eyes couldn't leave hers…
'Yep! I can recognize those eyes…anywhere.'
His gaze turned gentle as Amy lowered her chin down, her cheeks flushed with her emotions all over it. It was easy to read what she was thinking… but Sonic did fancy a good read… ( ;) –wink- )
"Hehe, not in public at least… but.. until now I guess." She was so nervous, fiddling with her hands before looking up at Sonic, looking down at her hands, and up again. Repeating it as he tilted his head, continuing to admire this usual pauper now being such a rare beauty…
Tails didn't see anything unusual about the two at first, before he noticed how Sonic was looking at her,…
His eyes suddenly darted back and forth, his smile fading, as he started to move his hands out to the sides, suddenly realizing what he had been missing along!
He shook his head back to Amy, then to Sonic, and then looked straight, before a curl on the side of his lips started to twist up, and he looked away to the side of the ceiling, rocking on his feet.
Who knew? A childhood stalker could be 'his type', after all.
"You two should dance!" he suddenly blurted out, as Sonic and Amy looked surprised at Tails's comment.
Amy turned and looked away, blushing, holding a hand up to her mouth… trying to hide her excited and nervous smile at that beautiful suggestion…
'With every bone in my body, Tails!' Amy squee'd inside herself.
'Not a chance!' Sonic knew what Tails was thinking right away.
Sonic gave Tails a look, almost as if saying, 'Quit it. NOT. HER.'
Tails just smiled and continued, trying to play off what he was thinking. "I-I mean… what if a maid recognizes you? I do have a duty myself to report such things… but I won't." he turned away, as if pretending he never saw Amy. "Aw, what a beautiful day~" his voice was so fake, but Amy and Sonic looked to each other.
"I'm sure one dance wouldn't hurt."
"Huh?" Sonic turned to Tails, who had imitated his voice.
"Really!?" Amy turned around, thinking it was Sonic, as Sonic silently freaked out, sweating.
"N-no, that wasn't-!"
"I think so, too!" Amy grabbed his hand, going back to her old antics, and dragged him to the dance floor, making his face look so awkward and downhearted, literally making his eyes look like they were screaming, 'Help…' that Tails couldn't help but hold in his laughter with a covered hand.
'Maybe she's not for him?' He rethought his idea, tilting his head and raising an eyebrow, before taking out his scroll.
He wrote, on the very corner of it, licking the quill to make sure it had ink.
Amy Rose √
He put a check mark right next to her name, and smiled. 'She is beautiful today…' he looked up, and noticed how wonderfully happy and kind her smile looked.
He smiled too. 'I think she checks off more than even Sonic knows.' He rolled up the scroll and headed on his way, whistling, before he saw himself a cute fluffy and long tail…
His whole body shivered down in a wave of sorts, and he quickly licked his hand and pulled back his three hairs on his head, before daring to make a move by leaning on the table, "Hi… I'm-AHHH!" his hand slid off the table and he fell.
The girl turned around, and he quickly got up, dusting himself off. "Eh-heh..eh..um…ughhh." he saluted her awkwardly and tried to fix his shirt, but just gave up and walked away, groaning.
Amy slowly spun with Sonic, before the music picked up and they started to dance traditionally, usually moving away from each other; the girls going into the circle and skipping around, as the men did a dance outside of it, and then they all intertwine again.
She got back into his arms though and the two started dancing again. "Haha! I honestly didn't know you liked dancing. Hehe, isn't it great?!" she was having the time of her life, and Sonic… although he hated dancing like this anyway, was glad she was at least enjoying herself.
"Yeah… heh… great." He didn't even try not to look like a party-pooper.
Amy stopped smiling a moment and gave him a 'fed-up with your attitude' look. "Come on, it's my first real ball. You can least... lighten up a bit." She playfully started to lead.
This action made him 'wake up' figuratively speaking, as he gave her a cheeky grin and pulled her back into him leading again. "Hey, I don't like it when other people take charge."
She grinned, "Then step up, mister!" she teased him, and that really got him going!
The two began to dance differently than the crowd, making them stand out more, but for some reason, Sonic didn't notice the public's eyes…
His gaze was fixed to hers; she was like a brilliant light shade of pink in an often dreary and dull world.
He couldn't describe the feeling inside him. Happiness? Well, maybe a little… enjoyment? He did find it kinda amusing to see her trying to be cute so badly… appealing? Haha! Let's not go to far here…
But there was something about her spirit, and he definitely would willingly recognize that much. She could light up a room with a smile and witty remark. She might be a little dramatic and overbearing sometimes… but everyone needs a little crazy in their lives.
The fact that she was a close friend made it easier for him to be himself too. Because she liked him, so there was no way he could really mess up, unless he was completely disregarding her feelings entirely.
Which… he knew he did more than he thought.
He just then started to notice something… which shook him to the very core.
He stopped, as Amy was whip-lashed a moment before stepping back in front of him. "W-woah! Haha, hey, what gives..? hehe… Sonic?" She suddenly lost her smile, seeing his scared look in his eyes.
This was the most he'd ever thought about her before…
And he didn't like it.
He immediately let go of her. "Umm… I, uh.." he hated being so… so… dorkish!
He quickly stepped back, scratching his head and looking away. "Where'd you get the dress, anyway?" he commented, slowly moving out of the dance floor, and feeling self-conscious of himself when he started to notice everyone looking at them again…
Amy was deeply confused, and very disappointed at him just- walking away from her like that!
"I-umm, well-" she tried to keep up with him, but he was moving through the crowd so quickly… " Vanilla gave it to me and-…HEY!" she called out, throwing her arms down in her frustration.
The crowd split, and all eyes were on the two.
"You don't just walk away from your date!" she stated, putting her hands on her hips.
She literally had no idea what 'self-conscious' meant.
She certainly knew what 'self-confident' meant!
She was living in her own world, she didn't even notice the attention. And if she did, she ignored it, not thinking about what it could mean…
Sonic froze, twitching at her boldness.
He straightened himself out, not only was he now publicly embarrassed, but he was getting ticked off that she thought this was a date.
Still… he had to be a king… he had to be…
Anger marks started popping up on his head.
She continued, "What's wrong?" She folded her arms, and puffed up a side of her cheek. "We were having fun, right?"
Sonic turned to her, anger clearly visible in his eyes. "Sorry." He stated, as the people all looked to each other now, whispering things. His voice was rather cold, but he stated what he had to calmly, "But there's a lot of lovely ladies here, I wouldn't want to keep them waiting." He turned and walked away, going up to a wall-flower and asking for her hand to dance.
Amy's whole world crashed down on her.
His tone,… he acted as if he didn't even know her.
Like she was just one girl out of many others all waiting for their turn…
Tails even flinched, having wanted this to go well.. but knew how Sonic got in public.. and hoped Amy understood his cold-brush off was because she made a commotion out it all.
Suddenly, Amy noticed the eyes on her. The women snickering at her, someone asking who she thought she was, and another laughing at the fact she thought herself good enough to date a king.
Tears built up in her eyes as she realized what she had done.
She was so blissfully happy…. She didn't even notice the situation around her.
She slowly withdrew into the crowd, hunching over and holding her hands together.
She ran from the dance floor, as Tails tried to cut her off. "Wait! Amy! He didn't mean to-!"
She pushed passed him though, making him almost fall over.
She turned around, "I'm… I'm so sorry, Tails. I… I ruined everything for him… didn't I?" she was now softly starting to cry, as Tails felt truly sorry for having pushed the thing along… it might of all happened a little … too fast… for Sonic and her.
"No, I'm sorry. I encouraged it without briefing you on everything that was happening. I'm sorry." Tails stepped up, bowing to her respectfully. "You should still feel like a noblewoman tonight." He smiled, and offered her his hand. "Let's end this night with everyone being jealous of you again, shall we?" he winked.
Amy smiled, wiping the tears away. "Thanks, Tails."
"No." he pulled her forward, whispering, "Thank you. If you weren't for you, I don't think Sonic would have ever danced with anyone." He smiled, and led her to the dance floor.
Sonic danced with many different girls, but felt bored and unwilling most of the time. He blamed Tails and Amy for it, if he hadn't danced with her, he wouldn't have felt the need to have to dance with the others too… since they all would have been insulted otherwise… and so would their parents…
But as he danced, with a very stone-cold look on his face, his eyelids drooped down at being bored and not really looking at the girls, he would look over and see Amy dancing…
Something bit at his heart, and it annoyed him.
He would say he was sorry later… but she should really know better than to single him out at his own party!
After Tails had danced with her, having fun, a girl came up and asked if she could be next.
Tails blushed, and Amy just threw him at her and said to have at it!
Her little way of encouraging Tails made him freak out but nervously start dancing with the other girl, who blushed cutely and let him lead her along.
Knuckles, later, to escape the gigantic panda woman, asked Amy to help him get away and dance with him.
She loved dancing! Still a little mad at Sonic, and extremely jealous of the girls dancing with him, some even daring to have smug little faces on them… but she still enjoyed herself.
Sonic, on the other hand, kept trying to find a way to dance with all the girls as fast as he could.
He looked to Amy, and suddenly saw her also noticing his gaze,…
Before sticking her tongue out at him snottily turn her head swiftly away and up from his direction, and dance off with another man.
His anger grew on that one…
He would speed up to the girls, ask, get the yes, go out, spin around, put her back, and get another.
At last, when he noticed all the girls had been danced with, mostly cause their hair would be out of place, due to his speeds, he started to look for Amy in the crowd. Right before someone else was to ask Amy to dance, he swooped in and carried her out of the room, dancing and spinning to maneuver them through the dancing citizens and esteemed guests.
"That's one fast working man!" Someone stated, and laughed.
"WOAAAHH!" She was sped off at such lightning speeds that when Sonic had finally set her down and in an empty dining room, since all the chairs and tables were moved to the throne room, her hair was a mess just like the other girls and was even more ticked off.
"Ugh! What's your problem, anyway!?" Amy tried to fix her hair, and then angrily turned to him, upset as ever, only to see him look through the slit of the door, before closing it, and making sure it was locked.
"…." Her expression changed, and she got slightly conflicted. A part of her was nervous that he was locking her in there with him, but another part was excited about whatever adventure this may entail…
Knuckles was freaking out, having looked around, "Wha-huh!?" noticing Amy was no where to be found, and all the girls he asked had already previously given their hands to another to dance with. He gulped as he heard the tromping of the Panda woman's strike, who was followed by a younger panda girl.
"This is my cousin, she wants a dance too~ HOHOHOHOHOOO~" the woman laughed, as Knuckles turned around, terrified, before noticing the cousin was a very young girl at that, and she cutely looked up to him, then handed him a picture with his face and his army behind him, wanting him to sign.
He smiled warmly at her, and then the panda woman. "I'd love too." He simply stated, bending on a knee to sign the picture for the young girl.
Sonic turned around, feeling kinda awkward about locking the door too, but wanting to make sure no one disturbed them…
Okay, that sounded bad too, but it's not what you'd be thinking!
"Sonic..?" Amy tilted her head, curious as to what was happening.
"…I'm sorry… for how I acted." He folded his arms, and looked away. He hated saying sorry so much, it was his least favorite thing to do. But when you make so many mistakes…
He sighed, being the bigger man, "I actually do think you're a great dancer." He admitted, stepping towards her. "I just hate to say that you kinda put me in a position there.." he scratched the back of his head, and looked away.
Amy mused over the 'sorry' he had to give, but also felt sorry herself. "I'm also terribly sorry… I guess I got lost in the moment and failed to remember how many eyes were on you tonight." She put her hand up to her chest, sincerely looking to him to be forgiven, and then back down to join with her other one in front of her.
"I was being selfish by thinking this was my night, when clearly… it was to celebrate your victory… not anything of mine."
The two stayed silent for a moment, as Sonic just smiled, looking up to say something.
"…You look… very…great." Sonic literally face-slapped himself mentally. 'What are you saying!? Talk like a dude!'
"Y-you know what I mean!" he was getting frustrated with himself, and looked away, folding his arms again. But Amy knew he was trying to tell her it was alright, and that made her smile even more the wider, too.
His adorable demeanor was charming, and Amy laughed, not meaning for it to sound bad, but just thinking it cute. "Aw, hehe. I think you look great too. Surprised, actually… where'd you get the Knight's uniform?" she swayed back and forth, being adorable as ever.
He gave her a look, 'she thinks she's so cute, hmph!' he put a hand down and another to his hip, looking down again too, closing his eyes. "Tails found it, it was an ancestors."
"Oh, which one?" she was curious.
He looked at her funny. "I don't know, just one of them?" he shrugged.
"Oh." She looked away.
"Why? When did you get so into my history?" he seemed confused, but more over curious at her question.
"Oh, i-it's not that! I just like a good story." She looked away.
"…I actually think it's my father's." Sonic stated, looking away, "but I'm not sure. I'll have to ask Tails. I just… I remember a picture of him in this."
Amy looked back at Sonic, and looked down again, sadly…
"…Do you miss him?"
"…He could of taught me how to be a better king."
"I think you did him proud."
Sonic looked up to her.
"I just think you still have a long path to travel. But good thing you're so fast." She giggled.
Her comment quite literally sent a calming and comforting wave through his whole being. And his heart was fully at peace by her words.
"…Thank you." He sincerely said, causing Amy to look up at him, being in mid-motion of moving her hair from the side of her face.
"…I appreciate that."
She froze.
It wasn't the words themselves that made her freeze up and blush, it was… the way he said it… and the way…
He looked at her.
He suddenly took a breath, and walked towards her, having a lot more composure now.
She felt a rush of energy through her being, and felt something she couldn't describe as he took her hand.
"Can we just… forget what happened and… finish the dance?" he asked, though the music couldn't really be heard from where they were. Only muffled shuffling of the kitchen and the clanging of their food.
But the music was inside Amy's heart, and she nodded, placing a hand on Sonic's shoulder, and keeping the one Sonic held in his grasp.
"I think that's the best thing you've said all night." She teased. "Minus the part where you took down Shadow."
He smiled, "You know, most girls would just say, 'I'd love too.', but… I'm thinking that's not the Amy Rose way of things…" he also, kindly, teased her back.
"I think that's self-proclaimed." She grinned, hinting that he already knew she loved him.
He just stared at her; something about her was irresistible to him.
'She was kinda funny… when she wasn't trying so hard to be cute.'
She tended to do that naturally…
'You know, he wasn't so bad, when he wasn't trying so hard to be cool…'
He tended to do that naturally…
The two were locked in one another's eyes, and even the words in their hearts were syncing up, and the words they've only just spoken seemed lost in the dark as Sonic suddenly started to guide Amy into the dance again. She literally submitted to every movement, and Sonic for a moment thought he was dancing with air, since she literally just knew what he was going to do next…
The two danced in silence, and for a moment, true peace from the Emeralds started to set in for them. They finally knew the kingdom was at peace.
Tails, on the other hand, wasn't so peaceful.
With Sonic having disappeared, the party guests were wondering to his whereabouts, and some angry mothers wanted their daughters to dance with Sonic again.
'S-Sonic… where are you!?' Tails frantically searched the whole floor, but couldn't find him, or Amy, anywhere!
When it started getting late, Sonic walked Amy to her maid quarters, and stopped at the line he knew no man should cross.
They were laughing and chuckling with one another, as Sonic had tried to 'friendly' get out of her what happened in the invasion of Shadow that had her tied to the end of a bedside, but she continued to be persistently stubborn about not telling a soul.
"You wouldn't believe me anyway…" she didn't think Shadow a kind man… not after he tried to strangle her to death, but maybe bipolar..
Sonic sighed, "Alright… I'll get what I want in the end." He winked, as she just pffted a dare, as if saying, 'hit me with your best shot, I'm not talking.'.
As she waved her goodbye, she really felt like Cinderella for a moment,…until someone violently slammed her against the wall.
"WELL, WELLL….-burp- look who thinks she's a queen tonight!"
"L-let… let me go!" Amy tried to move what seemed to be a drunken Chief Maid's hand out from her neck.
She definitely was having flashbacks now, and the pain of Shadow's grip definitely didn't match the weaker pain she had now.
"I can't believe you would..-hickup!- even try and pull a fast one on the –hickup!- k-king…" she started to sloop down… before raising her head up again. "He'd atta know you're a skunk! Haha!" she pushed her to the side.
Amy coughed, but wasn't too badly hurt, when the Chief Maid's foot landed on top of her.
"AHCK!"
"Heheh…" the chief maid swallowed what seemed to be vomit. "Why should I waste my time with getting you, eh? …" she stumbled off of her. "He doesn't even go for pathetic orphan trash like you." She took another gulp of her drink, and wiped her mouth, throwing the cup on the ground as Amy ducked, but the cup missed by a long-shot.
"Get to work… stop slacking you… you… " she did a long burp. "You stinkin' misfit." She loopishly hobbled away, as Amy quickly got up and ran off.