{Sonic} A Medieval Story

Can't Get You Out of my Head

~Flashback~

A twelve-year-old Rouge is currently sitting alone at a table in an orphanage. She looks around at all the other orphans, and she groans to herself, "Ugh...I can't wait until it's nighttime. If I can just get the princess' necklace, I can be out of here for good. I don't belong here."

A group of girls approaches Rouge's table, and one of them slams their hands on the table, "Alright, Rouge, give it up! Where is my ring?!" A green mongoose shouts. 

Rouge smirks, "A ring, you say? Heh, I have no idea what you're talking about." "Take your jester plays somewhere else. I know you took it! You're the only thief here." "Why would I want to take your ring? It's not even valuable." 

The white rabbit stands next to the green one, "Hold on, Madalena, we're dealing with the infamous Rouge. You know, it's boys she's after." Madalena and her friends laugh. Madalena smirks, "You're right, Anastasia. I forgot we're dealing with the whore of the Mobius orphanage!" 

Rouge rolls her eyes and tries her best to ignore them. They start to surround her, and Madalena frowns, "I don't care that you chose to whore yourself out with Hamlin. He'll be mine, regardless. What I want is...my ring!!" 

Rouge glares at her, "I. Don't. Have. It! And I never 'whored' myself out to that disgusting Hamlin. He's the bastard of a mobian knight." The green mongoose scoffs, "Yeah, and you're the bastard of a concubine!" 

At this point, Rouge's eyes are filled with rage, and she tackles the mongoose to the ground. She begins pounding her face, causing Madalena to bleed. 

A white mongoose in charge of the orphanage rushes up to the girls and pulls Rouge away. Rouge tries to break free, "My mother was not a concubine! Your king is a pervert and deranged! All of you who choose to believe otherwise are fools!" The lady pulls Rouge out of the room, while the other kids laugh.  

The lady threw Rouge into one of the bedrooms and frowns at her, "Rouge, I am utterly disgusted by your behavior as of late!" Rouge scoffs, "My behavior?! They started with me. I was merely sitting there, tending to my own thoughts."

The lady rolls her eyes, "And you've done nothing to provoke the situation? You're starting to become out of hand. Sneaking out at night, engaging in obscene activities with the boys, and rumor has it, you're quite the thief. Why can't you just try to get along with the other children?"

Rouge sucks her teeth, "Because they see me as nothing more than the daughter of a whore...They persistently mock my mother." "Perhaps, if you refrain from mocking the king, the others wouldn't feel the need to chastise you." Rouge balls up her fists, "The king...is a murderer. A cruel, cold-blooded man. And someday...he will rue the day he hurt my mother." 

The lady gets real close to Rouge's face, "Your mother...is a scoundrel. A mere mistress who besmirched her name and tried to do the same with the king. Such actions will result in consequences, hers being a public hanging." Rouge growls and shoves the lady away from her, "Y-You...you're gonna regret that..." "Your mother was a criminal and a lying whore...And so it seems, her bastard will become one as well."

Rouge gasps, and her eyes widen. The lady smirks, then headed for the exit, "You can have dinner when you learn how to conduct yourself properly and apologize to the other kids. And before the night ends, you will return my daughter's ring or the punishment shall be more severe." She exits.