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At 8 p.m. , Amelia Rose would have to sit down for her betrothal consideration ball, yet she never arrived at her own party.
Her parents blamed themselves for not keeping up with her security. Her guard blamed the princess’s behavior.
But the culprit in her eyes? It was the newly hired Jester, Sonic the Hedgehog.
She should have been suspicious of his title, only the lower class go by their species name. Yet, she ignored the risks and put him up for a show.
“You don’t even remember when he curled and dashed on the walls?” Cream exclaimed, with amazement in her eyes. Obviously for a child like her, being astonished by skillful entertainment would make any kid go crazy.
So why did a grown woman, raised to the finest arts, be completely smitten with someone like him? Princess Rose did not want to question why her heart chose to beat more boldingly across Sonic the hedgehog’s character. Every second passed by, the more it felt to completely jump out of her body.
Amelia crouched down, and held the young rabbits hands.
“Cream, listen to me. Your mother is right. Love is never wrong, okay? Remember that.”
Cream the Rabbit took a moment to study her. She couldn't help but be taken back at her miss’s new sparkle, the way her eyes had the fiery and sweet passion made her just as giddy as she was.
That was probably why Cream couldn’t remember the details of where Princess Rose dashed off to after. All she could do was gush on how Princess Amelia was the best princess she ever seen.
To say Sir Knight Shadow was pissed was an understatement. It was the fact that the last person to see the princess wasn’t even him.
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“They say the princess left without any of her jewels.”
False.
“I heard she bribed her handmaid to not reveal any information on her location.”
More like bribing her to fantasy land.
“Do you think she’s at the ball right now?”
A chuckle escaped from his lips. The gossip party paused to take a look at the stranger, casting quick dirty looks for overhearing their conversation. He took that as a sign to turn back to his drink on the counter. The party continued their discussion, blending in with the rest of voices in the tavern.
Sonic couldn’t help it. To think that the royal princess escaped just to see her party in a guest view completely contrasted her as of now. He couldn’t imagine her doing those royal dances, because she was already jumping up and down with the lively town folk, swishing her dress to the beat.
She had a brown hoodie on, but no shadow could cover her bright smile. Sometimes, sonic would almost run up to her, thinking her hood would fall off. But her hand remained strictly on the fabric’s edge, it didn't matter if people were spinning her all around. Even when she twirled herself, she never let the fear of her identity get to her head.
Eventually, she wobbled back to the drink counter, clumsily landing in a seat next to the blue hedgehog.
“So what’s the plan?” Amy excitedly asked.
“What plan?”
“You know! Like, where are we going to after? Oh, don’t tell me you have to perform for my parents again.”
“I-What do you mean ‘we’.” Sonic raised an eyebrow.
“Well, I’m here to follow you silly! I don’t care if you have another journey or just resting, I’ll stick with you till the end!”
“If that’s the case,” Sonic leaned back, putting his hands behind his head, flashing a smile, “ you’re going to be in for a wild ride.”
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“More like a goose chase.”
“Eh, I don’t see the problem of her tagging along Tails.”
“That’s because you just wanna train her!”
“Not my fault. You spent your time tinkering, I spent it by pounding. I need to fulfill my hobby too, you know”.
The red muscled echidna finished loading up their storage, stacking all the heaving boxes on top of each other.
Even though the hard work was done, the two tailed fox still anxiously jittered around.
Does Knuckles not care if we have the princess of the rose kingdom with us?
A pat on his head knocked out all his worries. Or maybe the slight pain on his head made his thinking direct elsewhere.
A gash of wind caused one of the boxes to fall over.
“Oops, my bad.” The blue blur shrugged, with the Echidna rolling his eyes on him.
“So, wat’cha think of the new addition?”
“I don’t know…”, Tail’s responded,”this could cause more trouble for us.”
“Or!” Sonic put a finger up, “Maybe it could bring new…posibilities” Sonic looked at the fresh device near Tails. It seemed like Tails wanted to object but Sonic kept speaking to persuade him.
“Look, Knux doesn’t have a problem with it. That’s all we need.” Sonic crossed his arms, leaning back. Tails took that as a statement, he wasn’t going to listen to reason.
“Okay, but do you really think she could-”
“Buh Buh Buh.” Knuckles put his arm over tails mouth. Just then, Amy Rose appeared.
“Hey guys! My name’s Amy, it’s so great to be tagging along with you!” She happily bounced around, giving them each a pin.
“I got these at the tavern, pretty cute right?” She said, hoping it could break the ice. Amy noticed they were hesitant? No, it seemed like they were more hidden, she couldn’t really read whether they wanted her onboard or not.
“Oh thanks! These are pretty great!”. Tails chirped back. Knuckles nodded, giving a content smile in return.
“No pin for the jester?”
“Mm, no I think I got something better.” Amy flashed a devious smile, he noticed that one of her hands was still behind her back.
“Oh.”
Amy Rose handed something that no one ever did. Something that felt so out of reach to him, that this moment would never reach someone like him. But it did. And even though he felt surprised, it was mixed in with familiarity.
“My name is Amy Rose afterall” She giggled.
She quickly tucked the rose in his glove then ran out. For someone as fast as him, he barely blinked before she vanished.
“This is going to be interesting,” Knuckles scoffed.
“Yeah, she is.”