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The Dark Prince: Chapter Three: My Old Blue Friend

"Let Amy go, Shadow!"

It was raining heavily in Hasvely but the silhouettes of Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog were still visible. Their furs were soaking wet just like their clothing. The townspeople hiding in their own homes, but still, there were ones who their curiosity had gotten the best of them and took up the courage to peek through their window. After all, it wasn't every day that you would see Sonic The Hedgehog, 'retired' world hero and Shadow The Hedgehog, the best world spy and recognized hero, together.

Tales that only kids would hear about when they were about to sleep. Superheroes that they only thought of meeting in their dreams.

"If you want her...come and get her."

Shadow walked slowly but confidently towards the blue bur. Amy could only appreciate from afar, unable to do anything as she was tied down to a chair, mouth taped and she could only hope that this didn't end the way she was imagining it.

The blue bur just stood there waiting for the black one to make a move. Sonic's eyes had changed over the years, it wasn't like him anymore. Once they used to be filled with so much life, but now it seemed like that is a long time forgotten memory.

And so, the first impacted happened.

One day before the events

Hasvely was a small village. Around 5 thousand of population, in which the most dedicated their times in agricultural jobs to sustain themselves. Shadow and Amy had finally found their way to the village as they try to hide their looks to the other villages.

"Where do we start now?.", Amy questioned as she took a moment to look at Shadow.

"Well, asking around might be a good start but we don't want to give out too much of our information or how we look...A cup of black coffee it is then."

"Shadow!.", Amy stopped herself as she had realized that maybe she had said his name way too loud. Shadow walked away, pretending as nothing had happened, and looked around for the closest coffee shop, Amy couldn't do anything but follow him.

Is this real life? Or is just fantasy?

Was Amy Rose really stranded in another village with Shadow The Hedgehog? With no other place to go? Yes, she was. And the only thing Shadow was going to do about it was to look for coffee. Or at least that was his plan so far.

Shadow opened the door for Amy and she walked in as she thanked him. It was a small place, more of a breakfast/restaurant kind of establishment. None the less, still pretty cozy and the smell of food had already made its way into Amy's nostrils, waking her senses up.

They took a sit on the corner of the restaurant, and shortly after the waitress came up to them.

"Can I get you both something to drink?.", The waitress said as she put down the small menus on their table.

"Cup of black coffee.", Shadow said simply.

"And for your girlfriend?"

"Umh, I am n-", Amy was about to correct her but was interrupted shortly after.

"She would like an Americano."

"All right, I'll be back with your drinks."

The cat waitress left with a smile. Amy saw her leave and turned to Shadow who was reading the menu in front of him. Not really bothered by his own previous commentary.

"Um...Shadow?."

"Yes?." He said, still not parting his eyes from the menu.

"Why did you say that?"

Shadow looked up as he took of this fake round glasses. "Was I wrong?"

"Well... I mean...you and I never talked about those things." Amy said as she looked down to the table, blushing a little bit.

"We don't need to talk about it, for me to know it's real."

Amy's heart stopped for a second. Was the Dark Prince really insinuating that there was something more than just friendship between them?

"I know that your favorite coffee is Americano. That's why I order it."

Well, at least he wasn't wrong.

Amy sighed in defeat, "Anyways, don't you really think that right now is a good time to be drinking coffee? Shouldn't we be looking for Sonic?."

"You would be surprised to know that you can find a lot of information by just sitting and drinking a cup of coffee."

"What?."

Shadow smiled at her and looked shortly at the group of friends across from them, inviting Amy to do the same in a secret manner.

"I don't believe you, C'mon! We all know that Sonic the Hedgehog retired after the events of Eggman conquering the world.", A blue fox said, loud enough for them to hear.

"I am telling you, I saw him with my own eyes! The farm was on fire but there were still kids inside and then boom! The blue bur went inside and save them all! It was so fast! He left the kids in a safe place and left right after. There are people in town saying that they have seen him recently running around the fields too!", The other friend told his story, excitement on his voice.

"If there's no picture, it didn't happen."

"Ah, come on, don't you know how hard it is to get any piece of technology around here?."

And the group of friends was going around and around about the topic. Amy and Shadow were concentrating on their conversation so much that they didn't notice that thirty minutes had passed just like that until their waitress had made a comeback with her personality backward.

"Sorry for the long wait." The cat girl said as she placed their drinks on the table, almost spilling them. "Just found out I am pregnant again. What can I get you?."

Where Amy saw misfortune, Shadow saw an opportunity.

"I can't believe you gave that lady more than half of our money Shadow!.", Amy whispered to his ear as they waited patiently for her to come back.

"Did you want to sleep on a cave again? On the cold floor? With no warm food on your belly?."Shadow responded back.

"Couldn't we just have gotten a hotel room?."

"It's Hasvely, they barely have a drainage system."

Amy wanted to respond back to that but the sound of small feet running towards the dining table was way too noticeable to keep talking.

Yes, Shadow had given most of their money to the cat girl in exchange for one night at her house with a comfortable bed to sleep in. She was pretty desperate and needed the money, so she really couldn't say no.

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In a flash, three small cats appeared in front of the couple. One girl, two boys. The girl was red just like her mother and the boys shared a brown fur, which they both thought came from their dad.

Running around the dining table, screaming and playing between them until their mom showed up with what seemed to be tonight's dinner.

"Kids stop it already and sit down. Please don't bother our guests." The mom, which her name was clarified as Diana, explicitly told their kids who they obeyed.

"I am sorry, my husband passed away a month ago and it's been quite hard for me to control my kids without his help."

"We completely understand."

"Seems like your husband left you a present before he left," Shadow said as he looked directly at her tummy. "To be honest, I would of prefer something else. But I guess this is pretty nice too...A bit scary, but nice." Her face was filled with a nostalgic expression. Her eyes gleamed and twinkle as she softly placed a hand on her belly.

"Where are your babies, Mr. Angry?."

The group of adults was interrupted by the youngest, the small girl could barely see beyond the table and focused her eyes on Shadow. "Emilia!" The mother tried to correct her but Shadow laughed under his breath, making it clear that he was far from being mad at the little girl.

"Mr.Angry doesn't have babies, red-one," Shadow responded.

"Why not?"

"I don't have a wife."

"What about Ms. Pretty?" The little girl then fixed her eyes on Amy who blushed at the moment. "Me-e?"

"You should marry her... Oh! I'll plan the wedding after dinner!"

"We will be looking forward to it then," Shadow said as he placed a hand on the small girl's hair.

It was things like this that made Amy question Shadow sometimes. Amy smiles softly at him, really glad at the moment of her realization. Besides looking for a place to stay, Shadow was actually looking forward to helping this lady because, at the moment, her children needed the money more than they needed it.

Shadow was just good like that. A real-life Prince.

It was a peaceful dinner. The kids would do the normal play. The food was warm and homemade and to be honest it had been a while ever since they both had a peaceful night.

"I am so sorry, I need to leave for my night shift already. Do you mind putting my children to sleep?", The red lady said as she finished watching the dishes alongside Amy.

"Sure, it's no problem but....we just met each other. We are basically strangers and you are trusting your kids to me?", Amy said as she looked towards the living room, Shadow on the floor as the three kids played with him.

"Actually, it will be my honor if you and Shadow the Hedgehog stayed and took care of my children."

Amy flinched a little, realizing that their disguise had failed. "You... you know us?"

"I don't know if he remembers but... Shadow the Hedgehog helped our village two years ago. We were on the blink of starvation. The government wouldn't help us but one day we just received a vast supply of seeds, machinery and other resources to help us grow. Everything was donated under the name of Shadow the hedgehog." The cat girl said smiling.

"How do you know it's him?"

"He personally came to distribute his resources. If it wasn't for him, I don't know what would have happened to the kids in this village, to be honest."

As she finished to dry the rest of the dishes, Diana smiled towards her kids in the living room. Happier than ever to have someone else to play with. "I know G.U.N is looking for you both, but don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

"All right kids, just thirty more minutes!"

Amy sat down on the floor alongside Shadow and kids who were brushing Shadow's quills. Amy noticed a black bow, crookedly attached to his white fur and a small black hat that was ok the verge of falling from his head.

"We need to get Ms.Pretty ready, fast!." The kids moved to 'work' on Amy's look as fast as they could. At this point, Amy just let it happened and let the kids have their fun.

"No looking at the bride while she's getting ready!." The oldest boy said and at this Shadow nodded and turned around. His back, now facing Amy's. Shadow played with his fingers as he waited for the kids to be done with Amy.

"So...you haven't seen Sonic since he 'retired'?" , Shadow decides to start a conversation to one, let time pass and two get more information that might help them in this mission.

Amy sighed, knowing that sooner or later the topic would come in hand. She closed her eyes as she saw the small red cat girl ready to put on some eye shadow on her.

"After the Resistance disbanded, Sonic left. The world was at peace again and without Eggman, there was no point on continuing saving the world and he quit being a hero. Or at least that's what I saw on the news..."

"That was around five years ago..." Shadow said as he felt one of the boys put some type of gel on his quills and began to play "crazy hair" on him.

"Last time I saw him was a year ago...when Cream's mom, Vanilla passed away...on her funeral. I saw him in the distance. We looked at each other...and then he left again. Without saying a word...That's why I am saying that it's going to be really hard to find him." Amy opened her eyes and saw the little girl place a small tiara she had made with paper on her head. Even now, talking about it hurt Amy on her inside. She couldn't hold it in much longer as she left her nose get watery due to the fact that she wanted to cry.

"Oh which reminds me," Amy added as she tried to change the subject. "Cream talked about you going to Vanilla's funeral and you told her something about-"

Shadow pretended not to hear her sniff and his heart began to raised at the fact that may be a year ago, he had made a mistake by talking about his feelings to that rabbit.

"And we are done! You may look at the bride now!."

Shadow was literally saved by the little girl and made a note to himself to thank her later. He turned around to face Amy this time and it took him a lot of courage to stop himself from laughing.

"You look...beautiful." Shadow tried to sound serious but Amy knew what meant. Her make up was all over the place, lipstick on her thee and on areas where they shouldn't be any. Blush as pink as her fur and eye-shadow all the way up to her eyebrows.

"Well, I am going to marry a very handsome hedgehog as well," Amy said as a take-back and Shadow could only guess how terrible his quills look at the moment.

"We are here today to marry Mr.Angry and Ms.Pretty so they can have babies." The third kids said as serious as he could. Standing in front of the couple while his brother and sister sat down next to Shadow and Amy as if they were guests of honor.

"Do you, Mr. Angry, swear to be with Ms.pretty um uh-." The cat boy pulled out a paper out of pocket as he had forgotten his lines. "-Forever, even if she eats your food without you knowing?"

Shadow looked at Amy directly on the eyes and his expression had changed. His eyes sparkled and he had a soft smile eating on his face. Softly and peacefully, an "I do" scapes from his lips and was heard loud enough for everyone to hear.

"And do you Ms. Pretty-"

Even if it was just a game, Shadow's reaction at the moment had completely baffle Amy. He sounded so sensible and sincere that Amy's emotional self was on the blink to let down a tear, but instead a quick "I do" was said and such action of confidence never seen in her before had awed Shadow to his limits.

"Ladies and gentlemen... I know declare this two...husband and wife... may you both have a lot of babies we can play with!"

The kids clapped all in different unison.

The little girl then gasped as she remembered something she had forgotten.

"Ah! Mr. Angry forgot to kiss Ms.Pretty!"

Wow did this kids have pretty big adult ideas uh?

Shadow looked at Amy as she blinked at him. She wasn't sure if it was because of the heat coming from the fire or was it because Shadow was...blushing?

"Wait...you are not seriously thinking..."

Oh, but he was; and as he tried to get back his composure, he got closer to the pink hedgehog as they felt the kids' eyes on them. Shadow placed his hand on Amy's check slowly chanting towards her and Amy tremble in all of her beings. The excitement, the fear she had never felt before because even at her 20s, she had never kissed anyone before.

But now there she was. About to kiss the Dark Prince, no other than Shadow the hedgehog.

She closed her eyes ready for the impact...but felt the impact in another place... her cheek. Shadow had kissed her cheek softly, quick and once.

What else could she expect from him? He wasn't just gonna steal a kiss, it wasn't like Shadow to do those kinds of things.

"There, now you all need to wash your teeth and head to bed," Shadow said as he stood up from the floor and looked at the kids.

"Fine!" The kids said in defeat as they all went to the restroom to get ready for bed.

"Well, that went nicely." Amy stood up as she took off the paper tiara from her head.

"Wait, leave it." Shadow interrupted her action in which exchange she gave him a concerned looked. "Why?"

"I think I just got an idea..."

And so, that's what brought us to this moment. The plan was simple. Use Amy as bait and hope for the blue but to come. The townspeople helped a lot too by spreading the rumor pretty fast that Shadow had taken Amy as a hostage. They knew it was risky since rumors run fast, they could expect a G.U.N militia coming for them any time soon. The best they could do now was to wait for the blue but to show up.

It began to rain heavily, thunder and lightning struck the village. Dark grey clouds above them and Shadow and Amy did their best to be patient.

"I am telling you he won't come," Amy said as she sat down on the chair Shadow had provided her. He was as standing next to her, holding an umbrella big enough to cover both of them. Even with it, they still manage to get their attires wet since the wind would throw water at them once in a while.

"Well, I want you to tell him that right now."

Lighting struck and for a moment everything was visible in front of the couple and to the ones who were peaking through their window.

There he was in all of his might.

The one who has saved the planet multiple times. The one who runs as fast as the wind, the blue bur.

The worlds hero...Sonic the Hedgehog.

"It's been a while faker," Shadow said as dropped the umbrella and walked towards the blue one.

"Cut the chitchat, let Amy go and I'll be on my wa-"

Sonic then felt a punch on his face.

"Shadow! We said no fighting!"

Sonic heard Amy from afar as he let the rain touch his body. "That's for making her cry." He saw Shadow looking down on him and walked away as he saw Amy approaching him. She covered his face with the umbrella as he recovered from the punch and sat down on the ground.

"What do you both want from me?, Sonic said as he stood up away from Amy's umbrella, acting as if she wasn't there.

"We want information. I don't know if you have heard but they are chasing Amy down for a murder she didn't do." Shadow sat down on the chair Amy used before as if there was no rain to worry about.

"Who did she 'murder'?"

"G.U.N's commander."

Sonic looked at Amy with fiery eyes. For once in her life, Amy felt shivers run down her spine when he looked at her. And it wasn't like the 'electric' type she used to feel when she was younger; it was more like the 'scare' kind of type and that alone...terrified her.

"Well, you are screw"

Just what the heck had happened to Sonic the Hedgehog these past years? He sounded more like Shadow in his teenage years, all edgy and dark. No, this wasn't the Sonic Amy had chased so many years ago.

"Sorry to inform you, but I got nothing. Now if you excuse me, I'll get going."

Just like that. Sonic began to walk away. Shadow speed up and faced him. "I know you are lying."

"Good to know you are as perceptive as ever." Sonic walked past him, ready to make a run. He hesitated for a bit and sighed.

"Look, it's not only the commander. According to my informants, G.U.N's leaders around the world have been killed as well under mysterious circumstances...as well as expert engineers, astronomers, scientist...mechanic geniuses."

Shadow noticed that Sonic had stopped his movements. He turned around for a second to give Amy a comforting gift as he continued.

"You left for a long time...Tails Miles Prower became the top director for G.U.N's elite mechanic's team...I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the list of fatalities next."

Sonic turned around and if looks could kill, Shadow would be long dead.

"Follow me."

Amy recognized the place as soon as she stepped on the base. A vast long memory she had wanted to forget but until this day, it hunts her on her worst nightmares.

"This is where you have been...all of this time?" Amy asked more to herself than to Sonic, who in return gave her a small growl.

"Take it or leave it"

Yeah, in fact, it didn't take Amy nor Shadow to figure out what was going with him. A tragedy had occurred in that place, more than 100 soldiers from the Resistance lost their lives in that base. Pictures of not just them but of all other soldiers who lost their lives at the war with Eggman were plastered on the walls. Newspapers, articles, objects, everything was there.

"You are torturing yourself.", Shadow said.

"Its the only way to redeem my mistakes." Sonic sat down on a small cushion, near it there were blankets and small pillows, obviously the place he will sleep in. Shadow and Amy sat down as well, but on the cold floor.

"When I was looking for supplies, I met this hedgehog boy. He was kinda weird looking, white fur, golden eyes. He sounded really desperate...anyways, he was asking people to take him to G.U.N.'s main base. He said that the commander was going to die soon and that would cause the destruction of his future. Of course, nobody believed him."

Sonic finished his story, Amy and Shadow looked at each other, waiting for more but nothing came out of his mouth. "What did you do?"

"I left, it wasn't none of my business."

"When did this happen?"

"Around a week ago."

"Where did you see him?" Amy asked the blue bur this time. "Persepolis, you can get there by foot in two days. But I am sure with Shadow's speed, time won't be a problem."

"It's not about time, it's about whether that white hedgehog is still in Persepolis or not" Shadow stood up from his place and took the freedom to walk around the place.

"It's our only clue now. Maybe someone in the city knows where he went." Amy quickly looked at Shadow who seemed in deep thought, reading the newspapers around him.

"We will leave in the morning, thank you for your cooperation, Sonic."

"Morning?"

"Oh yes, we will sleep here. Now if you don't mind, I'll go get us some food."

"Wait, Shadow don't leave-", Amy stood up fast, not wanting to be left alone with the blue one.

"I'll be back soon."

Ten minutes passed, and no sign of Shadow yet. Just the quiet and strange calmness that came within the base. Amy looked at the floor as she played with her fingers. She could feel Sonic's gaze at her. Just staring at her.

"How did you do it?"

Sonic's voice stumbled on Amy's head. "What do you mean?"

"How did you get your life back together after what happened?"

Amy took the courage to move towards the blue hedgehog. She could see it on his eyes, the silent suffering, the sleepless nights, the nightmares. Just like how she was years ago.

"I never did. To be honest, I stopped doing the whole heroine stuff when the war was over. I just couldn't see myself having people's lives depend on me again. I decided on a much simpler life. I opened a small cafe, actually."

Amy took a moment to look at Sonic who was waiting for more of her story for him to hear. And so she continued.

"Therapy helped. But the nightmares are still there. I don't think I'll ever forget. You just gotta...see life with a different outlook."

A few seconds passed and Sonic was one the one to moved closer to Amy. He grabbed her hand delicately, trembling and Amy noticed this.

"I am sorry...for leaving you for so long. It seems like I am always leaving you when you need me the most. Just like how I did with the rest of the world."

"You may have left me...but you never failed me."

It got quiet. Very quiet. They didn't dare to look at each other because they knew what would happen if they did. They just stared at each other's hands, holding each other. Sonic softly caressing Amy's and she just let it all happen. She soon felt her chin been touched by Sonic's hand, making her look directly at his eyes and then at his lips who looked so tempting to touch.

Way too tempting.

And it seemed like Sonic thought the same way about Amy's. He was craving it, her touch, her presence, her everything. If he hadn't been so shy, so cowardly, he wonders if things could of turn this way, years ago. When he wasn't so broken, when he was worthy of being with Amy.

"Am I interrupting something?"

It was Shadow.

Amy and Sonic separated as fast as they could. Their faces showed their evident blush, they couldn't hide it.

"We are leaving."

"Shadow, wait-"

"We are leaving!"

Amy stood quiet, Shadow had never talked that way before to her. It was shocking in a sense to find out that maybe her dark prince wasn't so 'princey' after all.

Shadow gave Amy one last look before he walked back out the door he came from.

He waited a few minutes for Amy to come out and she did. As soon as she came out, Shadow began to walk away, slowly.

"Umm, Shadow...are you angry at me?", Amy couldn't just leave things like that. She needed to find out the reason for Shadow's sudden mood change.

"No, I am not... I just felt something.", Shadow said, still not looking at Amy on the eyes. It wasn't all lies, but at the moment he wanted to hide the fact that he was jealous on the inside. It was just so stupid of him to think that Amy was starting to feel the same way he does about her. He hated the part of himself that told him there was hope that he could be loved.

"You felt...Something?"

"We are being followed. G.U.N.'s agents are already questioning the people in Hasvely. If we don't move quickly, Sonic is going to get involved as well."

"Oh...so that's why."

Amy needed to stop herself from having stupid ideas. There was no way that Shadow could ever-

"You sound disappointed...were you waiting for a different answer?"

Amy's thoughts were interrupted by his voice. They were now entering the woods, although Shadow was walking slowly, his walking pace was still way faster than Amy's. She ran a little to catch up to him once in a while.

"No, I was just thinking of Sonic...he still not ready to come back...when all of this is over. I promised him, I'll come back."

In a sense, she was saying the truth, but she also wanted to hide her disappointment somehow.

"And what about me?"

"About you?"

"Yes, about us"

Shadow stopped for a second, realizing that Amy was a behind him, trying to catch up to him. Shadow grabbed her hand as to stop her from falling behind. However, Amy took this as a sign to have a conversation.

"What do you mean, about us?"

"I think after what I am doing for you, I reserve a reward, don't you think?"

Shadow noticed that Amy was starting to get nervous. He turned his body towards her, as to give her more comfort, but Amy had taken it the wrong way. She began to walk backward as Shadow unconsciously walked towards her, still holding her hand.

"I mean yeah, um, uh what about, I don't know, mo-money?", Amy's voiced cracked as she looked away.

"I was thinking of something more...personal."

Amy's back touched a tree behind her, and Shadow placed a hand above her as, making it clear that she couldn't go anywhere. For Shadow, there was nothing wrong with what he was doing. But to Amy, it felt a whole different way. It was as is Shadow was teasing her on purpose.

"What-what do you want?"

Shadow moved his face closer to her. Taking a breath as he appreciated her aroma. He looked at her in the eyes, and Amy felt her knees tremble.

"I want y-"

"Um, I am sorry."

They were both interrupted by a white hedgehog, spiky, weird looking hair. Golden eyes, white chest fur, and his shoes looked weirdly...futuristic.

"My name is Silver and I think I am lost."

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The Dark Prince: Chapter Four: Believe In Him

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