𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖆 𝖘𝖍𝖊-𝖍𝖊𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖍𝖔𝖌

      In the late afternoon, as the sun set, Sonic and Amy, having finished their tour of their village, were heading back to the castle. Entering through the main gate, first Sonic and then Rose hugged Uncle Robotnik in turn, who greeted them and even asked where they had been, what they had seen, what they had learned and what they had been doing. The prince promised to explain everything to his adoptive uncle, but then, for now, he wants to take the guest to the living room, which will become her personal bedroom. Uncle Robotnik was not against this, because despite the fact that they had only known each other for one day, he immediately got used to her. Both Robotnik and Sonic will be sorry to part with her and drive her out into the street. It’s better to stay and live with them. Walking Amy to the living room, which had previously been intended as a girl's room, Sonic opened the door for her and allowed her to enter. — Make yourself more comfortable for now. We're not using this room yet anyway, so you can stay with us and live here. This will now be your room, if of course you want to stay with us. — the prince explained, and Amy was delighted with surprise that she wrote another message on a piece of notepad, which Sonic read aloud: — Will you really allow me to live in your castle with you? Well, of course. We can't leave you. And besides, where will you go alone, since you don’t even have a home? — "Well, yes. It's right." — Amy thought to herself from what she heard, becoming sad and nodding. At this moment, she again remembered the crystal palace at the bottom of the sea with her older brothers and sisters. Even about the sea king. This is despite the fact that in reality she is trying to immediately forget about all this, because she will have nothing more to do with the mermaids. — Don't be sad, Amy. It hurts me to see you sad. Or are you still mad at me for yelling at you? I did apologize. — at that moment Amy unexpectedly hugged the prince. Then the prince grabbed the hedgehog, hugging her back. — “Prince Hedgehog, an important guest has come to see you.” — the uncle’s voice was heard from the first floor. — I WILL BE COMING DOWN NOW!!! — Sonic shouted over the railing and moved away from the hedgehog, closing the door to her room. — Feel at home! Left completely alone in her room, Amy began to walk around this bedroom, looking around it and trying to get used to the new reality that she would have to accept. Suddenly Rose felt herself being grabbed by three black tentacles. One of them is from below behind the legs, between the knees, the second is behind the waist, and the third is behind the neck. Then this something dragged her into the closet. Amy was afraid of what had grabbed her and wanted to scream for help. However, since she didn’t have a voice now, she couldn’t even make a sound. It was only possible to squeeze out a quiet exhalation, which, with bulging eyes, rather seemed like a quiet groan of surprise. It was apparently useless to call. Get lost and perish, she was already thinking. When Rose was in the closet, the sea witch Rouge herself was there next to her, who dragged her into the closet and quietly shushed her, placing her right index finger on her lips. — Don't be afraid, Rosie, it's me. — “Rouge?... Witch Rouge?” — the hedgehog thought in thoughts about her, taking a breath from fear. — “Did I almost die of fear? Why does she scare me so much? — Sorry, didn't mean to scare you. I just missed you and came to help. — “Help?” — Amy didn’t believe what she heard. — “What is she talking about?” — About the fact that I am obliged to help you and lead you to the end towards your goal. I don't want you to turn into sea foam and die. At least someone I helped should survive. — While she was explaining this, Amy just widened her eyes from not understanding. — “How did she know what I was thinking? I don't have a voice right now.” — she just thought when Rouge immediately answered her: — And that’s why you can’t talk? I know. — “So you can read my thoughts?” — she immediately asked her in her thoughts to make sure how she knew what the little mermaid was thinking about. The witch nodded smiling. — "Impossible! How this?" — Well, I'm a sea witch. Forgot? Therefore, sometimes I need to know what my clients think about me. — Rouge answers. — “Do you like to get into people’s heads and read their thoughts?” — Amy asked suspiciously in her thoughts. — Not everyone. Rouge replies, raising her left palm and waving it. — Only to those whom I want. Now I wanted to see you and talk to you. Therefore, for now, you can only communicate with me in your thoughts. — "But why? Why do you want to help me? — I just liked you, princess. From the very beginning, when I portrayed a helpless pensioner and you, trying to help me, passed my test. Even when at first you didn’t trust me and didn’t want everyone to consider you naive, although you are a little bit of one. You are very kind, honest and always ready to help everyone. Even those who don't need your help. In addition, you always forgive everyone your insults, just like now, when you allowed your horse to gallop on those rocks, after which the prince shouted at you. Not because he was just as angry with you as your father was, but because he was afraid for you. — “Have you fallen in love with me?” — No. I just liked you. — she briefly explained to her, left the closet and went to the open window, sitting on the windowsill. — Tomorrow morning I will return here, this time also disguised as a human, and I will help you get closer to the prince so that you can live together. Just be careful not to spill this to anyone! Oh yes, I forgot. You can’t talk like that anyway, which means you won’t say it. At least thanks for that. Bye. - With these words, she leans out and falls out of the window upside down. Out of fear for her, Amy wanted to rush to help, but when she was almost at the ground, the sea witch began to quickly twist her tentacles, imitating a helicopter propeller, and flew towards the sea. — “Strange witch.” — Amy thought about Rouge, looking out the window and at that moment Sonic entered the room. — Come with me, Amy! Let me introduce you to someone. After leaving the room, Amy followed the prince, went down the steps to the first floor and Sonic introduced her to his new guest, who had just arrived. It was the chipmunk Princess Sally from a neighboring village. The beauty was in a luxurious white and long dress with artificial blue roses attached to it, white gloves with sequins and a small white tiara on her head. — Hello, Sonic. — she greets the prince. The latter approaches her and kisses her on the lips, while clasping each other's hands for a second. Because Amy was behind Sonic, she didn't see the kiss. Instead, it seemed to her that they were hugging. — Good to see you. — I’m glad too, my girl. Sally leans slightly to the left and notices the pink hedgehog. — Who is this? — O! Sorry, I didn't introduce you to each other. Amy Rose, this is princess Sally Acorn. Sally, this is Amy Rose. She's homeless. Lost. She had absolutely nowhere to live and I took her in with me. Now she lives with us, almost like at home, so don’t hurt her! — Yes, I didn’t intend to. — the chipmunk answered and walked up to the hedgehog, holding out her hand. — Hello. — the hedgehog just silently nodded in response and shook her hand. Sally didn’t understand why she didn’t answer and repeated herself: — Hello. But instead of answering, she again just nodded silently. — Sorry, I forgot to warn you. She hears and understands everything well, but does not speak because she is mute. — Sonic explained. — But I hope that this will not become an obstacle to you getting to know each other better? — No. — Sally answered him briefly and turned to Amy. — Please forgive me! How was I supposed to know? — Rose smiled and lightly patted the chipmunk on the shoulders. — You are so kind and polite despite the fact that you don’t say a word. Jerzyha nodded: — “Okay, I’ll leave you alone for now.” — says the prince and, having climbed the stairs to the second floor, goes to his bedroom. Trying to enter the room backwards, the hedgehog accidentally crashes his back into the wall. Then, smiling awkwardly, he walks around the door and closes himself inside the room. — So you are from distant lands? Lost? Are you the only one alone? Moreover, they ended up on our lands? Neither mom? Not dad? — the chipmunk asked each question one at a time, and Amy nodded in response to each of them. At the same time, don’t forget to smile. Although when asked questions about mom and dad, Amy immediately hesitated and became sad, never answering them. Sally noticed this and became worried. — Miss Rose!...Are you...Is everything okay? The hedgehog just turned away and shook her head in response. A tear immediately rolled down her cheek. Sally, when she saw that she was almost crying, immediately realized that she was probably mourning her parents. — “Oh, I’m a fool! Stupid! I probably shouldn’t have asked her about her mom and dad?” — she thought to herself and began to think about how to distract the hedgehog from these sad thoughts. — U-u. Do you want to know the story of how Sonic and I met? — Amy bulges her eyes out of curiosity and raises her gaze to her. - Want? Yes? Well listen! It was something like this!

Memories of Sally

      I was born uh... I don’t remember exactly what year, but I remember that it was the seventeenth of July. Back then I was still a small and stupid chipmunk who could only cry if my diapers weren’t changed. Or they simply won’t let you chew the nut. Although I didn’t have teeth then, I even cried over such trifles. Interestingly, I didn’t yet know about Prince Sonic, but I heard from my parents that they had connections with the king and queen from a neighboring village. That is, from this castle. When I was three years old, my parents were invited to visit here. They also took me with them, since leaving me alone, and even with a nanny I didn’t know, would not have been good. My parents knew that they themselves had to take care of me, love and raise me if they wanted me to grow up to be an honest, kind, purposeful and wise ruler. Arriving here on a carriage for the first time, that’s when I saw him... Prince Sonic. He was also three, like me. At first, he was embarrassed to approach me and even communicate with me, and then at first he seemed uninteresting to me. While the kings and queens drank tea with the servants in the dining room, I was left alone for now. Well, just one. With him, in his bedroom. At first it even looked as if they were trying to mate us ahead of time, like a herd. I didn't even like it. I even wanted to break down and shout at everyone in this castle. However, my parents taught me to be patient and not to complain about such little things. Especially do not find fault with some individuals without getting to know them better. Then I was the first to decide to talk to him. — Well, this... Hello... I'm Sally, what's your name? At first he didn’t answer me for a long time. Judging by his face, he was a little scared. I was about to laugh at this, but restrained myself so as not to upset him. I immediately realized that he was somehow vulnerable and even a little cowardly. At that moment, I even remembered that my father gave me two candies for my good deeds. I immediately took them out and showed them to him. She handed one candy into his hand, and kept the other for herself. — There is no need to be afraid of me! I don't bite... Usually... What's your name, prince? At this time, he shifted his gaze from me to the candy that I gave him. Only then did he gather his courage and introduce himself to me: — Sonic. — Nice to meet you, Sonic. — I answered him, after which we took off the wrappers of our sweets and ate them. From that very moment, oddly enough, our friendship with him began.

End of Memories

— That's how it all happened! — Sally finished. After hearing the story of the chipmunk, the hedgehog felt a little better that she even smiled, having a little time to forget about what she was sad about. True, after a few seconds, she remembered this and, sighing heavily, lowered her head. Sally removed the amusement from her face and wondered why the hedgehog was sad again. Couldn't her story distract her from those memories of her mom and dad? This — Have supper! — the voice of the prince’s uncle was heard. Sally and Amy turned their attention to the voice. The fact that Robotnik invited the princesses to dinner helped Amy take her mind off those thoughts for the second time, and this time she no longer remembered that sad moment. The chipmunk and the hedgehog looked at each other, smiled, held hands and went to dinner.

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      Entering the kitchen and sitting down at the table, Robotnik served the hedgehog and chipmunk a plate of bread and gave them butter. Amy, of course, immediately realized that she needed to take a knife, cut off some butter with it and spread it on the bread, because she had seen many times how even sailors on ships did this. And not only with butter, but also with jam and other liquid but thick things. She spread butter on top of the bread, as all normal people do, but Sally, strangely enough, spread butter on the bread not from the top, but from the bottom. When Rose saw this, she thought the chipmunk was some kind of sick person for not spreading butter on the bread correctly. She looked at the suspicious look of the hedgehog and laughed slightly. — I know what you were thinking about now. Perhaps where you come from, it’s also common for you to spread butter on the bread only on top? Well, in my kingdom everyone spreads butter on bread the other way around. Only from below. Of course, your hands then get dirty and greasy, but that’s okay. You can lick them a couple of times and that’s it. Plus, we only hold the bread around the edges to avoid getting oil on it. Otherwise, you can put bread and butter in your mouth directly on your tongue to make it tastier. — In this kingdom, by the way, everyone also eats bread butter side up, just like you. Robotnik interrupted, turning to Amy as he took two more slices of bread. He placed one on top of Amy's bread and the other underneath Sally's bread. — Fortunately, we never quarreled or had conflicts over such a trifle. Especially when we still learned how to make sandwiches by covering bread and butter with other bread. — And it also happened that we took two breads at once, spread one on top, the other on the bottom, and then both of these spread slices were combined into sandwiches. — Sally finished, taking her buttered sandwich from Amy’s hand. The chipmunk puts both slices with the buttered sides facing each other, divides both connected breads into two halves and gives one half back to the hedgehog. Amy was very interested in hearing this story about how they came up with sandwiches and how it turns out that someone spreads butter on bread backwards. After all, how could she know about this? She didn’t know so much outside the sea, and now, when she got legs and began to live on land, now she generally wants to know absolutely everything about the land-based world that she also didn’t know. Of course, she accepted half of the sandwich from two pieces of slices of bread with butter between them, and Sally kept the other half of the sandwich for herself and bit off her piece first. This sandwich was even tastier than both regular sandwiches made separately. It doesn't matter whether the bread is buttered on top or bottom. The former little mermaid also took a bite of the sandwich and tried it. Two slices of bread with double the fat of butter between the buns was twice as tasty as a regular sandwich of one slice of bread and butter. It doesn't matter whether it's spread on top or bottom.