{Sonic} A Medieval Story

A Love to Bear

~Flashback~

A fourteen-year-old Amy was seen relaxing in Scourge's hut. She was leaning back in her chair, with her feet on the table and an apple in hand. Scourge scoffs at her, then kicks the back of the chair, making her fall.

He huffs, "This is a hut, not a castle, your highness." Amy frowns at him, "Considering all we did for you today, it's only natural for me to want to feel like royalty." She tosses her apple in the air, which he quickly snatches, "Stealing Prince Manic's ring while he's at a brothel is hardly what I'd call a 'royal' job. I'm surprised none of the whores there stole it."

Amy sat up, pouting, "There were still knights guarding him. It wasn't exactly a pleasant fight." She raises her hand and shows him the cut. Scourge sucks his teeth, "Oh, brother," He takes her hand and begins wrapping it in bandages, "You're just lucky my beloved is sick. I'm a blacksmith, not a nurse."

He finishes up and then kisses her hand. She looks at her hand in disgust, "Yeah, I can see that. These bandages feel loose. What if it gets infected?" "Then we'll cut it off, princess," Scourge says as he walks away from her. He starts working on a new sword, "By the way, where are those hags you call 'sisters'?"

"My guess is they're out shopping with their reward money." She says as she attempts to fix Scourge's patch job. Scourge scoffs, "Translation, they're out raising more hell. They better not bring any trouble over here. I just cleaned this place, and let me tell you, it was not easy doing it by myself." She rolls her eyes, "Oh, you poor baby. What do you think they're gonna do? Burst into the shop and destroy the place?"

Suddenly, the shop doors fly open, and an unknown figure tumbles inside. The figure starts knocking stuff to the ground as they move in. Scourge watches in awe and then turns to Amy with a furious expression.

Amy ignores him, then quickly rushes to the figure, holding them in place. "Hey, calm down!" The figure was wearing a long black cloak and was still frantic. Amy kept her tight grip on the figure and slowly attempted to remove their hood, "Just relax, okay?"

She takes the hood off and then gasps. A young brown rabbit was staring at Amy with a frightened expression. The rabbit felt her heart racing as Amy folded her arms, "She's a child." Scourge huffs, "I don't care what it is. It destroyed my shop! It's gotta die." The rabbit yelps when she sees Scourge picks up one of the swords he was working on.

Amy frowns at him, "Hold on a second," She turns back to the rabbit, "Who are you? What are you doing here?" She trembles, slowly backing away, "I-I-I...I...um...I...I..." Scourge walks next to Amy in confusion, "Hmm. Is it broken?" Amy hisses at him, "Will you shut up?!"

She sighs and then smiles at the bunny, "It's okay. We're not gonna hurt you. We only wish to know who you are." Scourge smirks, "So we can hurt you." Amy quickly kicks the back of Scourge's leg, then elbows him in the chest, knocking him to the ground. He groans, "Nice. I teach you that move?" Amy rolls her eyes.

The rabbit sighs, "M...M-My n-name is...is Cream." Amy smiles, "Hi, Cream. My name is Amy. This thing here is called Scourge." Scourge quickly stands up, shoving Amy to the side, "Enough pleasantries. Mind telling me why the hell you destroyed my shop?! My other half is sick out of her mind. So now I have to clean this up all by myself again!"

Cream shakes her head, "I'm sorry, but I didn't know where else to go. I was s-scared, and this was the first place I saw. I didn't think anyone was in here. It looked run down..." Scourge growls, "Hey!" Amy laughs a little, "Wait, why were you scared?"