𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖊𝖆 𝖘𝖍𝖊-𝖍𝖊𝖉𝖌𝖊𝖍𝖔𝖌

      Having moored the boat closer to the beach, where she stopped a couple of times when she was still a mermaid, the hedgehog, with her head bowed in despair, slowly walked home. On the way, Yuki the dog smelled a crab nearby and gritted his teeth. Growling and barking, he ran behind the boulder and from there the crab Lomar himself ran away from him shouting: — A-A-A-A... HELP!!! HELP!!! — “You-u-u!” — Amy was spinning in her head with anger when she saw this crab. Lomar almost reached the sea and was ready to swim away from the dog, hoping that he would not get him in the water, when suddenly Amy herself came running and grabbed him by the claws. — Let me go! Let me go! — he begged the hedgehog, also trying to escape himself. He could have clawed her with his claws, but since she grabbed him by the claws and held him by them, now he can’t free himself. Yuki looked at the crab menacingly and growled through his teeth. Even Amy glared at the crab. Narrowing her gaze, she decided to tear off his claws. Holding each of his claws tightly with her hands, she pulled them to the sides and with all her might, tearing these same claws off the body. The crab fell on the sand with its back and could not turn over from its back to its stomach without the help of the claws torn from it. — A-A-A-A-A!!! MY CLAWS!!! — he screamed in pain. Amy leaned towards the crab and continued to look at it threateningly. Lomar was already afraid of the hedgehog, looking into her eyes and began to beg for mercy: — No, please! Do not kill me! Don't kill, Amy! Have mercy! — “Have mercy?... Because you spied on me and told my father and brothers and sisters about me?... You can’t wait!” — having thought about this, she put her hat on her head and the hat voiced her thoughts out loud: — “Yuki, devour him!” The Doberman smiled sarcastically and approached the crab menacingly. — No! No! Please! I ask you to! No! NO!!! NO-O-O!!! — Lomar shouted, but it was too late to beg for mercy. The dog first bit off the crab's head, then its legs, and then finished off the belly, leaving only its hard back. — “Clever boy!” — Emi praised Yuki with her thoughts and patted him on the head with her right hand, for which he licked her. — “He deserves it!”

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      And at this time, people came to the castle who went on strike every day in the markets. Even Knuckles, Tails and Hans Anderson himself came among them. Prince Sonic and Princess Sally were shocked that so many people came so early. They hadn't even started the wedding yet, and they came too early. — Quietly, quietly! What's the matter? — Robotnik asked. — Like what? Your hedgehog butler named Silver said that you are having a wedding between a prince and a princess and we have come to be witnesses at the wedding. — Hans explained. — Wait! What wedding? — asked Sally. — Yes, we were going to get married, but we haven’t decided when exactly yet. — “Silver must have messed something up.” — Sonic added. Suddenly, Amy Rose appeared among the crowd, running through the crowd. There were tears on her face, and she herself ran towards the gap. Yuki himself ran after her. — Amy? What's the matter? — Sonic asked her, but she ran past and ran up the stairs. — Amy, where are you going? — Yuki, come to me! — Sally commanded, but the Doberman ignored the command and ran further after she-hedgehog to keep up with her. Having run to the palace, she ran into her bedroom and locked herself in there with Yuki. Sitting down near the door, she continued to cry. Robotnik ran up to the forbidden door, along with Sonic and Sally. The first one asks with excitement: — Baby, are you okay? Amy calmed down a little, put on her hat and answered with her thoughts: — "Yes. I'm just having a hard day today. Have you seen Rouge? I want to be alone with her and talk!” — Okay, I’ll call you now! — answered the prince’s uncle and headed downstairs with the prince and princess. While the prince and princess were trying to calmly explain everything to the uninvited guests, the prince's uncle at that time headed to the dining room. Having met Rouge there and informed her that Amy wanted to see her in her bedroom and that something had happened to her, she quickly went to her. Amy let her in and closed the door again, leaning her back against the door. — Amy-Amy, calm down! What's the matter? - asked the witch. — “My father, Tyraton and my brothers and sisters. They found Silver and me while we were boating and took him away. They said that the middle sister Biara would take him temporarily tomorrow at sunset and marry him. And when after that I turn into sea foam at dawn, they will then kill him. They will thereby kill us both and want me to suffer. If I don’t figure out how to save him from them, then we’ll both die after tomorrow.” — with these thoughts, she covered her eyes with her hands and sat down on the floor, again preparing to cry: — “What should I do now?” Rouge became thoughtful from what she heard, looking somewhere at the wall and nothing came to her mind, except for one idea, which she voiced out loud: — Hm-m... Let's tell them the truth! — she answered and Amy looked questioningly at the witch. — We’ll explain to Prince Sonic, Princess Sally, Uncle Robotnik and the rest of the castle what will happen to you if you don’t marry Silver. And also what will happen to him. They will help us come up with something. Amy was a little doubtful about this idea and thought: — “What if they don’t help us?... What if they think we’re crazy and just laugh at us?... What if they find out that I’m not really like that?” — Thinking about this, she looked at herself through the mirror that was next to her. Looking at herself in the mirror, her imagination immediately redrew her reflection and now in the reflection she saw herself not in the guise of a human hedgehog with legs, but in the old image of a mermaid with a red fish tail. Tears immediately flowed down Rose's eyes. Rouge sat down next to her, put her arm around her shoulders and began to calm her down: — Rosie, the prince, the princess, the uncle and everyone else in this kingdom on land trusts you with everything and loves you for who you are. They are all friends with you and trust you in everything, because they understand what you are like inside. They won't treat you any differently even if they find out you're a mermaid princess. — while she said, she wipes the tears from her eyes with a pair of tentacles. Amy, after listening to Rouge, smiles and hugs her, thinking: — “I’m so glad you came here with me.” — If we die, then only together. I won't let you suffer and die. I promise you, Rosie. Having decided on this, they get to their feet with tentacles, open the door and go down to the first floor to talk with everyone. When Sonic and Sally had almost explained everything, Rouge intervened: — ATTENTION TO EVERYONE!!! AMY ROSE WANTS SOMETHING TO TELL YOU ALL!!! — she shouted and everyone was distracted by her. Of course, they looked at the hedgehog and began to listen to her. She put a mind-reading hat on her head and began to explain everything with its help: — “I have a lot of bad news! There will be no wedding between Sonic and Sally!” — WHAT??? — Knuckles shouted, his eyes widening. — “I’ll have to cancel for a while, because I really need all your help. Each of you." — WHAT??? — Knuckles screamed again. — “Silver the Hedgehog was kidnapped and taken far from here to the open sea.” — WHAT??? — the chef shouted this time. — “I know that perhaps you will laugh at me, but you must believe me and help me, because if we don’t save him, then he will be forced to get married tomorrow at sunset and after tomorrow at sunrise I will die.” — WHAT??? — the chef shouted again. — “We can’t allow this to happen, because I love him and he loves me. We have to save him and bring him home so that only he and I can get married.” — WHAT... — Before the chef could shout again, Robotnik covered his mouth with his palm, frowning at him and thereby hinting that he should let her finish. — Continue! — he turned to the hedgehog. Amy sighed heavily and prepared to tell the truth about herself: — “Do you understand? I..." — before she had time to explain, Hans himself guessed and answered for her, guessing everything: — You are a mermaid princess who came from the open ocean and became a human, gaining legs, but at the same time losing her voice. And you did this because you were tired of the fact that your father, the king of the sea, and your brothers and sisters got you. They were the ones who kidnapped Silver, and you need him to marry him and live the rest of your new life as a human. And if this does not happen, then your heart will break into pieces at sunrise and you will turn into sea foam... — Having finished everything, Hans took a breath and asked: — Right? Amy Rose and Rouge simultaneously bulged their eyes and opened their mouths, not knowing how he himself guessed everything that they wanted to explain to them all? — Hans, again you are on your own? — Knuckles asked him gloomily. — Again you with your fantasies. — No, he guessed everything! — Rouge stood up for the badger. — How can you prove it? — the echidna folded his hands on his chest, looking at her incredulously. The sea witch just smiled back, grabbed the bottom of her long dress and pulled it up, showing her tentacles instead of legs. Everyone seeing this was frightened and gasped at what they saw. Knuckles just widened his eyes and asked: — Maybe you ate something and just got poisoned by something? Rouge tore off her dress and showed in all its glory her naked tentacles instead of legs. — Just look! Tentacles! She has tentacles! — Someone from the crowd said in surprise. — Yes, I also came from Oken, like Amy. And in the underwater world I’m not an aunt at all, but a good sea witch. I just helped her become a person, like all of you, so that she could get along among you. And besides, at first I tried to help her fall in love with prince Sonic.— she explained, pointing to the prince himself. — Hm-m! — Sonic said with an open mouth and huge eyes. — But then, realizing that he was in love with princess Sally, I began to try to help her fall in love with Silver. — Rouge added. — “Excuse me, Mister... Uh...” — Amy didn’t even remember in her thoughts what this badger’s name was, but he smiled and introduced himself to her again: — Hans Barsuchan Anderson! — he introduced himself and extended his hand. Amy shook his hand and asked with her thoughts: — “Mr. Anderson, how and where did you know all this?” — I just guessed and guessed right! I remember seeing you three days ago on the deck of that same ship before it sank. I saw you then and talked with you. You are also a representative of a certain drowning woman who was rescued from the water. And when I wanted to introduce you to prince Sonic, you jumped back into the sea and the prince thought that I had made it all up, although I saw you. It was you who saved prince Sonic when he almost drowned and dragged him to the other side? — asked Hans. — “Yeah, yeah, it’s me. I saved him then. I had a voice then and I could still talk.” — Amy recalled those very moments, smiling. — Yes! — Hans lowered his fist, revealing his teeth in a smile. — I knew! From the very beginning I knew that I was not crazy or a dreamer, but that I really saw all this. And you all didn’t believe me! — he attacked those who mocked him. — One minute! Let's do it again, first! — Knuckles asked and turned to Amy. — That is, you are a mermaid! — You are a princess? — asked Sally. — Are you from the underwater kingdom? — Robotnik asked. — Did you run away from your home from your evil father, the king of the sea? — asked the chef. — And from your evil brothers and sisters, mermaids? — asked Maria. — Did you save me during the shipwreck then? — Sonic asked. — And you tried to make Prince Sonic fall in love with you in order to avoid death in the form of turning into sea foam at dawn? — Tails asked. Rose blushed and smiled a little stupidly, not knowing how to explain all this to them. Scratching the back of her head at the same time, the hat accidentally fell on the head of the Doberman Yuki and she suddenly translated the dog’s thoughts into human language, in a male voice: — “Yes, it’s all true. With my sixth sense, I knew everything from the very beginning and guessed about all this.” — the hat translated Yuki’s thoughts in a male voice, somewhat reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. The dog's thoughts were enough to confirm and prove. — It’s... Just... — at first Sonic said gloomily, and then he smiled sharply, stretched out his arms and shouted: — FABULOUS!!! — Yeah! — said someone from the crowd. — This is amazing! — Tails said. Everyone immediately ran up to Amy and Rouge, surrounded them and not only admired them, but also began asking them many more questions about their underwater world, where each of them came from, and so on. Rouge turned towards Amy with a smile and told her: — See! I told you! Rose also looked down at Yuki and he looked at her and also responded with thoughts through his hat: — We are all on your side, mistress Rose! Amy smiled and almost cried again. But this time from joy. She couldn’t believe that all the people in this kingdom would not only believe her, but would also be even more happy with her, that they would even start asking her about her home underwater, where she used to live.