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"We have almost everyone here!" Sonia cheered.
"Yeah, but Merica is still hard to navigate," Sonic frowned at the map. "Do you guys have any clue where they might be?" He looked at all the people in the room.
His mom hummed as she strummed her fingers on the table. Her magenta quills were more purple then his sister's as the lay on her shoulder. His father thought by tapping his finger on his chin. Max could only shrug. The commander said nothing which everyone took as no.
"We're only missing one person for the council of four," Manic frowned, "And no one has a clue where the royal family of Merica is?"
"Well," Aleena looked up at Alexis, "The last time I saw the queen of Merica was with you right?"
"Yes. She was very upset and argueing with Abe. He wasn't commander then, but just a soldier." Alexis nodded. "What exactly where you arguing about? She said you'll see she was right."
The commander crossed his arms as he glared at the two woman. He was being ganged up on and he didn't like it. "It doesn't matter. It was years ago, but of you must know, she wanted to take Shadow with her to her country.  I greatly opposed it. I opposed it several times."
"Why would she want to take Shadow?" Sonic perked up. Shadow was still newly redeemed after the whole ark incident and he could tell none of the humans liked him much. The commander seemed especially so with how he constantly kept watched over him.
"She claimed to have a vision. Frankly, I don't much care for such things." The commander stated. "But I refused to allow her to take Shadow every time she came to try to get him."
"She came more then once?" Jules mused.
"Yes. With her brother too." The commander nodded.
"Brother? " Manic asked.
"Merica was ruled by the queen and king, but they were siblings. The king was married. So technically there were two queens. The king had one son. The queen wasn't known to be married at the time Eggman made his coup." Sonia explained.
Manic nodded as he kind of understood.
"Just out of curiosity, what was the prophecy she made about Shadow?" Jules asked with a slight smile.
"It was ridiculous would be nothing of help here." The commander stated.
"Did what she say come true?" Max asked as he loomed at him. A smile forming as his face as he watch the commander clench his fist. He arched an eyebrow as ge waited.
The commander looked away. He hated this. "There were several. So far, two or three has come true." He grumbled like a child admitting defeat.
Max smiled, "Of course. She was rarely wrong."
"Some of her prophecy were worded in fun poems and riddles too." Alexis smiled foundly.
"Like the time she came to me out of the blue and apologized for the Merican flower that would bug my son for a few years. That poem was funny." Aleena beamed.
"You had just found out you were pregnant too. We hadn't announced it yet and yet here she came with that silly poem." Jules shook his head at that memory. "But amazingly that one hasn't come true."
"Not yet at least," Aleena smiled. "So Sonic will soon have to deal with two girls chasing him."
"How are you sure it's not me?" Manic pouted.
"She specially said blue in the riddle. You're green." Jules stated. "She gave a few about you though. One being you have sticky fingers."
Manic frowned slightly. "Why does Sonic get all the girls..." then a thought struck him. "Did she say anything else about this Mercian flower?"
"She told us once that if we couldn't find her that the flower would be the compus to find her." Alexis stated. "Why?"
Manic smiled. "We've had a compus the whole time then." He hopped up and walked to the door.
"What are you talking about?" Aleena got up to follow her son.
"Amy's last name is Rose," Manic beamed at this knowledge.
"And?" Jules stretched in his chair.
"Amy is from Mercia." Sonia stated as she hopped up. "So if the queen of Merica gave always correcy prophecies that means Amy is the key to finding her."
THEY found Amy playing a violin with Shadow. He was very good at it. It was one of the many instruments Maria had asked him to play for her. He found it nice that Amy wanted to practice with him. She hummed along with the song as she played the notes.
"There you are!" Manic came into the room with a bright smile.
Shadow glared as he stopped playing and put down the instrument instantly.
Amy frowned at Shadow's reluctance to play in front of others. But she couldn't talk. She refused to sing in front of others. She evem refused to sing happy birthday in front of them, even when Sonic asked her too. She turned back to Manic. "Did you get bored with the meeting?"
"Nah Dudette," Manic waved a hand. "Do you by any chance know the queen of Mercia?"
Amy tilted her head. "No. Why?"
"Apparently she was known for giving pretty accurate prophecies," Manic stated, "She once told everyone that if they needed to find her a girl like a flower would be the compus to lead to her."
"So just because I'm from Merica doesn't make me the flower." Amy shot back.
"But your last name is Rose." Shadow stated. "And don't you believe in fortune telling amd prophecies and all that magical nonsense."
"It's not nonsense Shadow," Amy pouted, "But I'm not the only Merican girl with a flower for a name. It could be any of those."
Manic nodded. "But you're the only one we know right now. So care to give us hand?"
"How do ypu expect me to give you a hand?" Amy crossed her ankles amd sat up straight.
"I... don't really know." Manic admitted. "So how about, where would you like to go?  Any places you would like to see or visit?"
Amy tilted her head.
"Are you thinking that if we go to tjose places we might run into the queen that way?" Sonia mused.
"Why not have Amy use her cards to get an idea of where she is?" Sally suggested as she walked into the room. She loomed at Amy.  "You told me once that your cards help you find Sonic. Is it wrong to assume you can't use them to find the queen of Merica?"
Amy chewed on her bottom lip. "I might be able too..." she muttered in defeat. "But I can't get grauntee anything."
"Would you mind trying?" Sonic beamed a huge smile at her.
Shadow glared at the blue blur.
Amy smiled back as she fiddled with her hands before a frowned appeared. "I'm not sure..."
"Aw... come on," Sonic looked at her with hopeful eyes.
Amy could only open and close her mouth as she tried to find the words to say. She didn't really want to find the queen of Mercia.
"Ames?" Sonic called his nickname for her hoping for a response. What he got was Shadow standing between them.
The black hedgehog glared down at Sonic. He didn't have much of a height advantage, but he knew how to look bigger.
Sonic glared back.
"You're making Rose uncomfortable with your prodding." Shadow growled. He stressed Rose as he stared at Sonic. "Rose is obviously unwilling to do this. If you need hep finding the Merican royal family, go ask that oracle. Leave Rose alone." He glared at everyone in the room.
The adults stared back with confused faces at him while the ones his age nodded slowly and stepped back. Sonic just glared at him.
He turned his attention to Amy. "You haven't eaten since you've been here. Let's visit the kitchen." He held his hand out for her.
Amy gave a soft smile as she took it and allowed Shadow to escort her to the kitchen.
Shadow tsked as he heard the adults gather to whisper amongst themselves. He knew they were talking about him. That's all anyone seemed to do once he left the room. It was irritating.
"Shadow," the commander knocked on the dolr frame as he entered the kitchen.
Shadow saluted. "Commander," he then turned back to the fridge. Amy was sitting silently at a bench table as shadow looked through all the food in the base's kitchen.
The commander walked in and opened the freezer he looked inside. He nodded. "Shadow, have you heard of comfort food yet?"
Shadow looked confused for a moment. "I haven't."
The commander nodded at this response. He stood close to the black hedgehog as he whispered. "Girls like comfort food when they're upset. Offer her ice cream or chocolate." He stood up straight and began making a cupbof tea.
Shadow could only stand still for a few moments before he went to look into the freezer where the ice cream was store. "Rose, would you like some ice cream?" He asked as he looked at her.
Amy looked up and seemed to smile. "That actually sounds rather nice. What flavors are there?"
Shadow looked back at the ice cream in the freezer. Ice cream came in different flavors? That was something new to him.