Forbidden Love

Prologue

Eight-year-old Sonic the Hedgehog sat in one of the velvet chairs in Prince Hydron's office.  He was waiting for Hydron to meet with him to discuss his school schedule. Hydron came into the room and sat down in the chair behind the desk.

"Hello," Hydron said, "What are you here for?"

"To discuss my schedule," Sonic replied. Hydron looked over some papers.

"Your name?"

"Sonic."

Hydron put the papers down.

"Yes, of course, Sonic. Let me tell you something. You don't have a schedule."

Sonic's eyes opened wide, but he let Hydron continue, "You are a slave to this school. You are to do everything you're told to do without questions. You speak when spoken to. You will be staying in the left room of the attic." Hydron smirked as reality set in. Sonic began to cry. He was crying so much, that Hydron began to fear that the only kind-hearted employee would hear him. He took the leather whip beside the door and whipped Sonic across the throat. Sonic let out a strangled gasp, jerking his hands to his wound. He looked to Hydron's eyes and knew where he was suppose to be. Sonic, tears still coming from his eyes, bolted up three flights of stairs and to the room where he would live for what was most likely the rest of his life. There, he found several other children. There was a four-year-old hedgehog named Natalie, a four-year-old lynx named Larry, an eight-year-old chameleon named Espio, and a thirteen-year-old lynx named Nicole. Soon, the five became the best of friends. Nicole, Espio, Larry, and Natalie fell in love with people outside of the Prometheus Academy limits, either students or slaves, and Sonic had no idea what love was. He knew that he was broken and should give up on love, but something in his heart forbade it. He didn't know how soon his days without love would end.