𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖆 𝖘𝖍𝖊-𝖍𝖊𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖍𝖔𝖌

      Knuckles on the deck of the ship, when he had already finished scrubbing it, noticed that the ladder was still lowered into the water, although he had already been pulled out of the water and no one needed to be saved. So he pulled the ladder back. Fortunately, the little mermaid Amy Rose, who had previously managed to climb it again, slowly and imperceptibly moved to the left, holding on to the edge of the ship. Although she was still young and lived only under water, she was strong enough to hold on tightly even on the slippery edge of the ledge. Having reached a pair of barrels on her hands along the edge, behind which she would not be visible, she pulled herself up and again examined the people on the ship. — And now it’s time to dance. — prince Sonic explains. The crew, having abandoned their business, secure the cables, place an oar on the ship's wheel, setting the ship like an autopilot, and take musical instruments. The crew and captain begin to play music, and the passengers, having agreed with each other, pair each other up and begin to dance to the music. And some even simply danced on their feet alone, away from the others. Amy, of course, watched all this and was even interested. She even admired in her thoughts: — “They feel good. They have legs. They can use them to walk, run and even dance. And what do we have? Only one fish tail with which you can only swim. Although some of them can also swim with their legs. And not even worse than us.” She thought she heard someone breathing nearby. The hedgehog turned her gaze to the left and saw an ordinary dog sniffing her with its nose. It was a Doberman breed dog. In appearance, he looked a little scary and serious. Although at heart he is quite sweet and kind. He was not dangerous for the little mermaid, that's for sure. — Um... Hello. — that’s all she came up with to talk to the dog, and he just slobbered on her lightly with his tongue. — Yuki, come to me! — Prince Sonic called the Doberman and the latter obediently ran towards him. He didn’t notice the pink hedgehog there because of the barrels. The dog runs up to the blue hedgehog and begins to bark, standing on its hind legs and resting its front legs on his chest. — Well, that's enough, Yuki! Stop doing that! Nice, good boy! Amy, watching how the prince politely treated such an animal, she became even more imbued with him. Apparently the blue hedgehog seemed to her much prettier than other people. Max +100500: People? What the hell kind of people are here?       She has almost never seen people so close and she can only be said to be lucky in this regard. With her hands folded on the edge of the ship, the hedgehog tilted her head, looking at the prince and asking herself in her thoughts: — “Is he really handsome?” When the music and dancing ended, a long-legged and slightly plump man with a round belly, who had a large red nose and a huge mustache like a walrus, came out onto the deck. — Silence! Thank you. — he spoke. — Prince Hedgehog. In honor of your birthday tomorrow, when we return home and go ashore, the whole team and I decided to give you... — after a pause, he inhaled a little air through his nose. — Our modest, but valuable and great gift. The crew brings a huge gift on deck, wrapped in a huge canvas. — Uncle Robotnik, you shouldn’t have wasted so much! — Sonic said modestly. — I know, but for my nephew I never mind spending money. — Robotnik explains and, clapping his hands a couple of times, gives Knuckles the order to remove the wrapped cloth to show this gift to the prince. It was a statue of Sonic himself in armor with a shield and sword. It was made of pure white stone. — We congratulate you on your birthday in advance. The prince frowned slightly, looking at such a statue, and the faithful dog simply growled with anger, looking at it. Words can't describe that Sonic didn't really like the gift. However, in order not to upset my uncle, I had to lie: — Hm-m. This... M-m-m-m... Not usual. — I ordered it myself. I was hoping it would be your wedding gift. — Robotnik explained, and Sonic just laughed to the side, waving his hands: — Come on, uncle. Are you still worried that I didn't fall in love with Princess Acorn? — No, Sonic. Not just me, but your entire kingdom. It’s still waiting and can’t wait for you to get married. No one is forcing both of you, because you have known each other since childhood and have known each other for a long time. Even she has been pining for you for a long time and can’t wait for you to return home and for you to unite your two kingdoms into one new and whole one. — Uncle, you know that if you make them laugh, you’ll make the dogs laugh. — Sonic replies that the Doberman barked a couple of times to confirm the owner’s words. — There will be a wedding sooner or later. We just need more time to think it over, think about it ourselves, think about the consequences, and only then will we decide on it. Damn, I think I started talking in poetry. Amy, of course, listened to their conversation, although she did not understand a little of their figurative sayings like: “Even she has been pining for you for a long time.” or “Hurry up, you’ll make the dogs laugh!” The conversation about the wedding did not bother her at all. After all, the prince himself looked attractive. While she was thinking about this, he walked up to the very barrels behind which she was not visible and sat down on one of them. Then he took out a flute and continued blowing it. The little mermaid listened and admired his melody. At this time, Hans, who was in his sleeping cabin, again feeling seasick, opened the porthole and stuck his head out. — Oh, Chaos! Finally! Fresh air! — he moaned and breathed heavily. His head was still green. At one point, he accidentally looked up and saw a large tail hanging from a huge red fish. — What is it? Turning his head one hundred and seventy degrees to the left, he looked up completely. What he saw made his eyes widen and his mouth open in shock. At the same time, the green head became normal again, forgetting about seasickness again. He well remembered the face and appearance of that pink hedgehog with whom he had talked on the deck near the fence with a railing five minutes ago. Without a doubt. It was a mermaid. And he is apparently the first person to notice her. What did you notice there? I was able to talk to her. Anderson was incredibly happy about this, that's for sure. Suddenly the sky became covered with dark clouds. The rain poured down and thunder struck. At this moment the wind increased sharply and the sails began to blow more strongly. — A STORM IS COMING!!! — shouted the two-tailed fox on the nest of the mast. — ALL HANDS ON DECK!!! REMOVE THE SAILS!!! GIVE UP THE MOORING MOORING!!! LOWER THE ANCHOR!!! AH, I'M STUPID!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THIS SITUATION!!! The passengers began to panic and ran in all directions. Only the crew and the prince himself were not at a loss and tried to save the ship. Everyone took a rope and tied the mast even tighter. Robotnik took the helm in his hands and tried to resist the waves. One such strong one surged and slightly wet the people on the deck. At the same time as this wave and a strong wind, Amy herself was blown away by force. The little mermaid could not hold on to the edge of the ship and fell into the sea again. Fortunately, under the water there were no such shaking and strong winds as on the surface during the storm. However, Rose was worried about the ship and the people on it. How do they withstand the storm? Amy surfaces again and watches the ship from behind it. Suddenly, one of the lightning strikes the topmost sails on the main mast and a fire started. All passengers panicked even more because of the fire. It was as if a fox had descended along the main pillar, as if on a pole, and was trying to calm everyone down: — EVERYONE CALM DOWN!!! PANIC WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING!!! DO WHAT I SAY!!! LET'S ALL GET INTO THE BOATS AND LET'S BE SAVED!!! The passengers did not argue with him and stopped panicking and ran to the lifeboats. Everyone counted each other, got into their boat in turn and went down into the water. — Wait, where is Mr. Anderson? — Knuckles asked. And Anderson was locked in his bedroom at that time, because because of this strong rocking, the door was pressed against the closet. The badger tried to knock down the door and free himself, but it did not budge. — HEY!!! LET ME OUT OF HERE!!! WHAT KIND OF JOKES??? WHO'S HOLDING THE DOOR THERE??? A fiery large stick from the mast falls off and falls onto the deck. However, it was impossible to leave the only passenger on the ship and someone had to save him. The blue hedgehog dared to run to the rescue, jumped over the fire on the deck and ran to the cabin. When he reached Anderson's bedroom, he noticed that the closet was leaning over and holding the door. With strength, he grabbed the closet and pushed it away from the door. Anderson was able to open the door and go outside. — Thank you, Your Majesty! — It’s too early to thank, Mr. Anderson! — he says to him, taking his hand. — Let's run! Back outside, all the boats had already been launched, except for the last one, where Robotnik was sitting with the remaining crew. — PRINCE HAGEHOG, HERE!!! — Uncle shouted to the hedgehog, calling him to him. The prince, holding the badger by the hand, rushed to the last boat, but suddenly the fire touched the ropes that held the boat to the ship. First, one rope broke and the boat tilted slightly to the left, then the other and last boat with the crew fell into the water. Sonic and Hans did not have time to reach her. The fire immediately rushed up and stood in the way. — Oh no! — Hans was scared. — We will die! — Calm down, Hans! Follow me. — the prince beckoned the badger to follow him, picked up the ax lying on the deck from the floor and climbed the ladder made of ropes to the upper mast. — “How brave and wonderful he is!... He must not die!” — Amy thought, worried about the blue hedgehog, watching him climb to the top, despite the fact that the ship was burning and slowly sinking to the bottom. — Hurry up, hurry up! — the hedgehog hurried the badger after him. — Yes, I’m rising, I’m rising! — Hans spoke and stood up at the same time, breathing heavily. They managed to climb the crow's nest. Having climbed onto it, the prince began to cut down the crow's nest from the matcha, using an ax that he had previously picked up below. — What are you doing, Sonic? We're going to drown like that! — Hans panicked. — No, we won’t drown. The crow's nest is very light and will support us on the water. — the hedgehog explained and finished chopping, stopping at a small piece of the mast. Then he slowly broke through on his own. During this time, the ship managed to fall apart and sink to the depths of the ocean. — HOLD ON, ANDERSON!!! Listening to the prince, Anderson grabbed the railing with his hands and held on tightly. The prince himself did the same. The crow's nest broke off the mast and flew down. At the same time, the hedgehog and the badger reflexively screamed as they fell: — A-A-A-A-A... Gurgle, the crow's nest fell deep to the bottom of the sea and was still under water. The nest rocked and twisted slightly. It’s good that Hans held onto the railing tightly and didn’t let go. At the same time, he kept his eyes closed and held the air in his cheeks. At one point, the crow's nest surfaces and the badger loudly inhales oxygen. — Happened? Happened! We didn't drown! — Anderson was happy, but too soon. He looked around and noticed that the prince was not next to him. The prince himself accidentally found himself outside the crow's nest, right on the water. Emerging out, but barely staying on the surface of the water, he floundered and shouted: — FOR HELP!!! HELP!!! DROWNING!!! Anderson didn't know what to do and looked around. Only that same ax lay nearby. Taking it by the iron tip, he sticks it out, trying to help the prince. — SONIC, GRAB!!! But no. There was not enough length to grab onto the wooden stick of the axe. The current slowly carried the hedgehog and the badger away from each other. Those who were rescued on the boats that had sailed away were watching this and were in a panic, looking at the fact that the prince was overboard. Even the little mermaid looked at it in shock. However, she decided not to stand by and swam against the current to help. — I CAN'T REACH!!! — Sonic shouted and slowly sank to the bottom, because he no longer had the strength to stay on the water. — SONIC, ROW!!! — all that Hans shouted in panic. But it was no use. The Blue Prince slowly sank under the water and slowly disappeared from sight, as if in a fog. A pink hedgehog with a red fish tail was almost swimming nearby and, having swum to the place where the prince went to the bottom, dives after him. The badger, having paid attention to this, was now afraid not only for the prince, but also for her. And at this time the current was still carrying him away from that place until he approached one of the boats. — Mr. Anderson, here! — the passengers of the boat called him and extended their hands. He, of course, also extended his hands to them and they helped him board the boat. Sonic at this time continued to sink deeper and deeper. Only at that moment did he realize that he no longer had the strength, and it was useless to try to emerge. What also bothered him was that water had penetrated his lungs and there was not enough oxygen. Losing consciousness, before covering his eyes with his eyelids, he manages to see how someone dives after him. He barely even managed to see her. A pink she hedgehog that had a red fish tail instead of legs. When the prince had already lost consciousness and closed his eyes, Amy managed to swim closer to him and grab him by the shoulders. She then quickly pulled him back to the surface. Despite the pile of wreckage from the ship, she manages to emerge and raise the hedgehog’s head above the water. She knew that people from the surface, unlike them, mermaids, could not breathe under water. — Hold onto! — she told him, as if he could hear her, put her on her back and slowly swam to the very shore from where she had previously swam back today.