Anonymous asked:

I've had this image in my head all day of Sonic and Amy having a Cinderella-like dance together and it's driving me mad. Would you mind writing it? :D

cutegirlmayra answered:

Prompt:

Sonic AU – Kingdom

Sonic, dressed in a nice top-half attire, had his hands behind his back and searching the crowd of girls coming down the long staircase, which steps looked like a rippling waterfall.

"Woah, Sonic. Haha, you sure are energetic about these 'boring old balls' all of a sudden." Tails came over, also dressed as a rich nobleman, holding two drinks. He tried to hand one to Sonic but he was distracted, moving his head around and stretching his neck out as far as he could to look over their heads.

"Yeah, well, things change, Tails."

"Not that quickly." Tails raised an eyebrow, becoming suspicious of why his usual 'carefree and wild' friend was suddenly acting so strange. He withdrew the offered drink, taking a sip of his own and peering at Sonic from the corner of his eye.

"…Who is she?"

"Not now, Tails."

"What she look like." Tails's eyes went wider.

"What?"

"I honestly just said that to play, but now I'm highly curious." He was suddenly looking spooked, lowering the drinks and seeming scared all of a sudden. "Is she a noblewoman!?" he whispered under his breath. He turned his body around, lifting his twin-tails up to cover his mouth, trying to secretly address Sonic from the crowd. "You know we stole these costumes for the food that rich people have! We can't go around trying to marry one of them! They're all snooooooobs…" he lowered the tails as suddenly a girl caught his own eye, entrancing him.

"I'll be right back." Tails, as if under a spell, handed Sonic the drinks, who looked awkwardly unsure of why Tails would forcefully push them into him like that, but dashed off to place them away in annoyance, all the while Tails floated just a touch from the ground, making his way to the girl.

'I just can't forget about her…' Sonic stared at the table… still holding the two drinks. 'The girl feeding wild animals in the woods… I mean, who does that?!' the vision in his head was of a beautiful pink maiden, bending down and feeding a deer an apple.

When the deer perked it's head up, it's ears searching for the twigs that cracked under his feet, it fled swiftly and left him alone with the girl.

She was cute and spunky, bantered well with him, and left him wanting more before scampering off when her name was called.

"Rose."

He wouldn't forget that name, as his eyes seriously looked up at nothing particularly ahead of him. But it was a determined look, like he was going to find that maiden… tonight!

She had said she would be here… he had to be here too.

Amy paused awkwardly by the gates. She wasn't allowed in the woods, goodness knows her adopted mother wouldn't allow it. Vanilla had constantly cautioned her about meeting men out in the middle of nowhere. But there was something so… ruggedly handsome about this one. His charms could slay kings, and she just wanted to see him one last time…

She would be crowned by morning… this was her last chance at freedom… and a love she chose.

Vanilla was a great caretaker, but after her mother and father died, Vanilla and Cream were the only family she had left. Although technically servants to her, she never treated them as such.

She knew full well that the kingdom hadn't seen her since she was a child. She didn't need to mask herself, it wasn't that kind of a party, and it would have been weird anyway.

Still… she had taken Vanilla's gown. She wished she at least could have asked permission, but time was running out.

She finally adjusted her attire and raced in, holding some of her long and bouncing dress up as she stretched out her legs to run faster.

The men at the stairwell stopped her, inquiring her to give them her name so they could announce her.

Uh-oh.

"N-no, that's alright." She held up her hand, a gesture that usually worked, but these men didn't know she was the princess.

She tried to push by them but they insisted and stopped her.

"All must carry a title or name, my lady." One man spoke up, trying to be kind, but clearly not letting her through without it.

She looked hopelessly trapped. Turning her head away, she tried to think of something… anything…

Her real name… wouldn't cut it.

But maybe…

Her nickname?

"…Rascal?" she looked as though she was uncertain they would buy that. "Rosy… Rascal." She smiled sweetly to them, batting her eyes.

They looked at each other.

Turning from her, they let her stand at the center of the stairway.

"Introducing, Lady Rosy, of…" a man cocked his head towards her, raising an eyebrow, waiting for her to answer.

She smiled wittily, "Of the woods."

The man batted his eyes, dumbfounded. "You want me to announce you as a rascal from the woods?"

The other man snickered, but covered it up as a sneeze into his hand, wiping his nose and mouth and sniffing up what he pretended was a runny nose, looking away.

She thought these guards funny.

"Alright. Just forget formalities and leave it at that." She nodded her head.

"You know… only noblewomen and men may attend this… right?" He suddenly narrowed his eyes, his grip on his golden spear, a trademark of her people, tightening at his side…

"…My manor is in the woods." She wasn't fibbing, looking up and away to the corner of the ceiling, she vaguely remembered a getaway they owned out there. "Is there a problem that I come from the kingdom's greatest natural forest? Brimming with life and vegetation?" she held herself high and royal, which convinced the men by her persona that she was definitely a noblewoman.

"Only a noble would have the guts to swipe their tongue like that." The guard nodded, winking to her and then pounding the spear. "Move along then."

She didn't look woodsy, and this made the other guard watch her carefully as she descended the stairs… her dress was too pretty for that manner of living.

As she descended, she smiled with giddy warmth all along her chest. She looked around, while also carefully looking down every now and then to watch her step.

She had evaded the guards! Now to find her forbidden romance…

Suddenly, she got too carried away and fell, landing on the stairs and having her hair cover her face.

A few women gasped, as she looked up and was deeply embarrassed.

The guards held their ground, but gave a deep, regretful sigh her way.

Shameful.

She quickly got up to fix herself, 'I should just go.' But she shook her head and continued down the many layers of stairs. 'No!' she pushed herself forward, moving faster than ever. 'I have to find him! This could be my last chance at a real love that I willingly—!"

Sonic's hand grabbed hers as she reached for the railing at the end of the stairs.

"The girl from the woods." His eyes lit up, "We've met before… right?"

She felt the crowd of people disappear… staring into his emerald eyes… she felt for a moment that she was someone else…. Living a fairytale.

She smiled and moved her hair back, before gaining her usual confidence and straightening herself up. "Good sir, is my face that forgetful?"

"Never." He smirked and helped her down. "You look…" 'what do rich people say?' "Exquisite."

She snorted, holding her hand over the abrupt noise. "I look what? Come, come. Stop being so formal." She fanned her hand out to him and pulled him towards the dance floor.

"I'm much too acquainted with you for such talk!"

Her cheeriness and beauty made him slow to think, but focus primarily on her… and her alone.

Awed by her natural charms, he smiled weakly and bowed, "I'm Sir Sonic…" there was no actual Sir, but he had to play up the appeal. Afterall… she looked noble…

He released her hand and she curtsied. "I'm A-" she stopped herself, "S-sorry, I mean I'm—"

"Oh, I know who you are." He smiled, moving closer.

This froze her, as her eyes widened with horror.

"You're Rose. I heard what I assume to be your mother's voice calling you."

"Oh! Of course! Right." Amy fidgeted, placing a hand on his shoulder as she noticed his hand moving to her hip.

"Shall we?" he gestured out with his hands to dancing.

She swooned, "Oh, yes~" she breathed out.

After a moment, the two didn't really see the rest of the world nor their dance. They kept talking, laughing and smiling, as Amy was twirled and falling more and more in love with him as he held her so gentlemanly close enough and yet respectful since… well, this was their first official mingling together…

"I'm surprise you dance so well." Sonic chuckled a moment, before figuring out his blunder and shaking his head, "I-I-I mean… as you should. Being… of noble-birth and all." He looked away.

During all the excitement of her racing heartbeat, she hadn't noticed his lack of footwork in knowing proper dance techniques.

When she came out of her daydream, she opened her eyes slowly to realize then that this man didn't act very much like a rude and overly privileged noblemen at all.

"Oh… uh… yes." She looked down and shifted her eyes about. "…W-what family are you from?"

He sweat-dropped, avoiding eye-contact with her now.

"Just… Visiting a cousin! You probably haven't heard my family, their name is too far out for a… pleasant kingdom as this one… Ehem." He was being too polite, and that's when he gestured with his head to the gardens.

"Say… I bet you haven't really danced before… have you?"

"What do you mean?" Amy continued to sway, before Sonic smirked and turned around, taking her hand and leading her away from the party.

She laughed as they raced away, him losing count of how many times her dress skimmed his legs or their heads bumped as he turned to look at her grinning face.

Such a pretty face… such a pretty dress… such a great night.

He pulled her near the fountain and jumped up onto it.

"Where I'm from, we dance in a lot of funky ways!" he started to do some modern dance moves, before jumping down and offering her his hand. "But we also have a fun way of dancing!"

She found this wonderfully exciting and took his hand.

They swung around like 90's kids, kicking their feet out and sliding their arms over the others as they shook their free hands out while they stepped away.

"This is, by far, Sir Sonic… was the funniest dance I've ever had the pleasure of being apart of." She fell back to the fountain's rim, covering her face as she laughed and blushed into it.

He breathed hard, leaning on his knees, only because he was having a blast too.

"Yeah, well… we have fun, me and my people." He wiped his nose on his glove, something a nobleman wouldn't do either…

Her suspicions confirmed, she smiled and nodded her head. "I suppose not… coming from the streets of Square Town."

He rose his head up, "What did you say?"

She giggled, "I've been around enough to watch and mingle among those pleasant people. You smell of their bakeries and their sweets." She leaned forward, flirting a little and revealing she knew who he was. "I've always loved those fresh smells."

"You… know who I am?" Sonic straightened up, amazed she wasn't disgusted by his low-class.

She laughed again, "Of course not!" she rose up, swaying her dress out and coming back over to him, being a bit playful and flicking some of it's fabric up in his following gaze. "I've many a friend from Square Town. All good people, I'd imagine."

He was completely smitten.

Shaking her fabric from his face, she laughed and tucked it back down, racing off as he sped after her, shocking her at his incredible speed. "Wait up!"

"My, you're quick." She was a bit flabbergasted by that.

"I have to know who you are now… Rose… Rose what?"

"O-oh, it's not a first name." she stepped away, afraid by the look of mutual love in his eyes.

"But I have to know! I can't just let you slip away!" he rushed behind her to stop her retreat, spooking her before taking her away in another dance.

"S-Sonic!"

"Well, either way, I'll get it out of you."

Suddenly, she was entranced right back in his arms again. The two were locked in their courtship, before a familiar voice perked up.

"Sonic! What are you doing?" Tails was being pulled from his ear by a tall bunny woman, who gasped when she saw Amy in Sonic's arms.

"Vanilla..?" She lowered her hands from around his neck.

"The royal caregiver?" Sonic stepped back, removing his own arms as he looked to his friend confused.

"Sorry! She asked about a pink girl… I-I saw you lead her out so—" The woman released him and ran to Amy, taking her arms.

"You had me worried sick!" she looked like a caring mother, alright. She pushed back some of Amy's hair as Amy tried to resist and pull away from her, looking back at Sonic.

"It's not what it looks like." She pleaded desperately, but then Cream flew into view.

"Oh! Princess Amy! Are you alright?"

Sonic's countenance shattered… His face turning white… "Princess..?"

"Oh no!" Tails shot himself straight off the ground where he lay when he heard that title. "If someone from our station is found with the princess..!?" he gripped his head, having a billion execution methods race through his head. "We have to get out of here!"

"Sonic!" Amy finally got free of Vanilla, rushing back to him before Tails flew up and swooped in, picking a shocked Sonic up and carrying him away.

The clocktower struck twelve…

"Amy, what's with you and all this rebellion?" Vanilla looked confused, as Cream landed by her side and looked back to her mother, then to Amy.

Amy angrily spun herself around, tears in her eyes. "I wanted to marry him!" she raced off, as Vanilla looked equally shocked.

"W-what?"

Cream covered her mouth, "That's wonderful, Amy!"

The two trailed behind her, trying to keep up as she covered her eyes with her arm… sobbing.

She was crowned the next day… and there was a ball for that too.

This time, there were masks, as many men asked her to dance.

She was so melancholy, swaying and only wishing to dance the way Sonic had in the garden with her…

But then…

"You look upset."

"Only remembering when life was grand and adventurous." She spun and carried with the beat of the music, before the gentlemen's foot tripped her up slightly.

She looked down, finding that highly unusual.

"Sorry, it's sometimes hard for me to keep up with such boring beats…"

She looked up.

"Sonic..?" she breathed out, seeing him wink under the mask, wearing a fine looking hat to cover his blue spiky quills.

"A little fox told me…" he rose her hand to his chin, "That you said something about…" he kissed it lightly, "Wanting to woo me?"

She blushed, before smiling and looking away, "Something like that…"

"Well, I'm here to say… good luck." He flopped the hand out of his own and wandered off.

"Ah!" she was in shock, before chasing after him immediately, looping her hand back into his, having a smirk cross his face that she couldn't see when she did so, and pulling him back to her. "Come back here!"

"As you wish~" he spun back and caressed his hand to her lower back, lifting her up to spin her before dipping her dramatically, not something you would normally do at an extremely fancy ball with an extremely important individual. "But we dance… my way." He winked.

She honestly felt, while the people gasped at the two's 'ridiculous' or 'odd' dancing… that she was happier than she had ever been before.

Vanilla shook her head, and looked to Cream, "Who should inform her she can marry whomever she pleases?"

Cream giggled into her hand, "Shouldn't we tell her now, Mama?" Cheese, wearing a big ribbon around his neck, jumped into Cream's arms, "Chao, Chao!"

"Hehe, perhaps after the ball…" she winked to her sweet little daughter, her shoulders bouncing as she giggled some more, and watched the two smitten hedgehogs continue to dance in their own little worlds…