I take you to a time long before now. To a time of when darkness ruled the land. The presences of evil hung in the air like thick smoke or dark clouds blocking out all things happy and good. In his castle was the soon to be king, prince shadow. His father was in his last days because of a dreadful disease he had. Luckily the disease could not be spread by physical contact. He wanted his son to marry soon before he died. As prince shadow sat on his throne, he was thinking about the perfect bride for him as usual. First she has to be beautiful, have a great body, has to have a lovely personality and finally she has to be easy to control so that she wont rebel against her marriage to me. He thought to himself greedily.

He then realized something. "Where are the guards I sent out this morning?" you see since the king is sick he cant make the decisions anymore so the prince has to and one of his decisions was that he would send out a group of his soldiers to find him the perfect bride. But they would always fail him and he would always release the women they had brought. Just then a messenger who was gasping for air came bursting in. "I said where are my guards" prince shadow asked again getting slightly irrated about the fact that he had to repeat something twice to be heard. "My… lord… they have… just arrived" the messenger said in between huffs. "Well then send them in" shadow said waving a hand forward.

As if right on crew a group of men wearing amour that was slightly dirty came in with a group of terrified women that were chained. As soon as they had entered the soldiers bowed in respect to him. "Prince Shadow we have found these women near the town of Emerald Square. Me and my men hope that they are to your liking" the leader said while shadow came to examine them. As he got closer he could clearly see the fear in their eyes. One of them was a purple hedgehog, a yellow fox, a blue sallow, a white cat and a red horse. Even though they were more beautiful then the previous that were brought to him he could see some things wrong with them. Like for instants one had a horrible nose or so. Turning his back on them shadow let out a fustered sigh.

While having his back to them he said "release them for they are not the dream bride I was hoping to marry" "but sire…" the leader was silenced by a death glare. " I said release them. NOW!" prince shadow shouted with an expression that said 'don't mess with me'. The leader knew better than to argue with him so with an order to his men he left the room while pulling the women who had confused expressions on their faces. Soon after they had left shadow went back to his throne. When ever I send them out they always seem to be able to fail me. Maybe I should go for a change. Besides I am the only one that knows the type of girl I like. Prince shadow thought to himself with a now evil grin. He decided that he would leave to Emerald Square tomorrow early in the morning after the sun had risen up in the sky. The next day and prince shadow was making his way to Emerald Square.

He reached Emerald Square about one 'o' clock in the afternoon. Shadow was wearing peasant clothing so that he could blend in. Emerald Square was like any peasant village. It had small houses that were tightly packed and some had smoke coming out of the chimney. Fruit and vegetables stalls were dotted here and there. They had all the fruits and vegs you could possibly think of. The village was surrounded by trees which was where shadow was hiding. Then something pink caught his attention. He couldn't see properly from this distance so he got closer. Now he could see clearly. It was a pink hedgehog who was happily walking.

Dang look at the way she swaggers her hot body and look at that beautiful face of hers. Now that's the type of bride I would like to have. Shadow thought to himself as he was watching her. She was wearing a pair of brown trousers, a brown jumper which was on top of a white long sleeved shirt showing off her lovely hourglass figure that was right for the face. Her lips looked like a pirate's chest that hid something to precious and beautiful that any man would fight for her just to get a taste of her. Her eyes were the colour of the most the rarest emerald in the world. She was also wearing a pair of matching brown boots. She then spotted two children fighting over some marbles. "Not again" she groaned making her way to them.

Shadow noticed how swiftly she could move in a tightly packed crowd. "Jet, storm what did I tell you about fighting" she said when she had finally made it through the crowd. They instantly stopped fighting at the sound of her voice. They slowly turned around to face her. "Sorry Amy" said jet who had a sad expression on his face. So that is what her name is. Amy. Hey I like the way it sounds when I say it. Okay maybe in my case when I think of it. Shadow thought to himself.

"But he took my marbles" exclaimed jet pointing at storm. "What are you talking about? You took my marbles" storm said pointing back at jet. "I've got an idea. How about I give some of my special marbles to storm so that he could give some to jet while jet gives some of his to storm" Amy said while getting hers out which she magically seemed to have with her. She handed them to storm while he admired them. "Thank you Amy" storm and jet said together giving each other marbles. Satisfied at what she had done she went off home. On the way to her house she couldn't help but feel as if she was being watched. When she reached her place she just had to make sure so she sent a glance at the forest but couldn't see anyone. With a shrug of her shoulders she went inside.

As shadow watched he hutched up a plan to get Amy. He decided that he would kidnap her in the middle of the night. As shadow walked away he could feel the excitement building up inside of him.

Soon night time came and lightning crackled in the sky and thunder boomed in the night. Amy was sleeping peacefully until then. She now thrashed about in the covers from both the storm and a horrible nightmare. Prince shadow sat on a chair in the shadows trying to get her awake by the nightmare. She soon awoke with a blood curling scream. "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" she sat up with sweat dripping down her face, shivering and panting heavily. She looked around the dark room a set her eyes on the corner where shadow was hiding. Shadow couldn't really see what colour her eyes were.

She slid out of bed and walked over to a candle and lit it. Shadow wasn't having any of that so he ran past her really quick. The candle instantly went out. Amy had a confused expression on her face as she relit it. Again it went out. She then could feel another's presences which sent a shiver down her spine and Goosebumps to appear on her arms.

She then slowly turned to corner to where shadow was hiding and saw a pair of crimson eyes staring at her. She dropped the candle and slowly started to walk backwards whimpering a little when he started to follow. "W-wh-who a-are y-you a- and what do you want?" she asked clearly scared out of her mind. Shadow didn't answer.

"Ok Amy this is just a bad dream. If you just get up then you will properbaly find your self in bed." She said to her self. She pinched her self really hard therefore giving out a yelp of pain. "Ok you're not dreaming. What are you going to do now?" she exclaimed while shadow had a smirk on his face. This all slightly amusing for him. "You are going to do nothing" shadow said slightly angry that she would even think about harming him in anyway.

When her back hit the wall she looked around fanatically to find an escape but found none. She then looked behind shadow to the door a plan forming in her head. But before she could have made a move shadow had her pined against the wall. He could smell her scent. She smelled of lavender and roses which was maddening for him. He could feel how soft and fragile her body was against his. That made his excitement rise again like earlier. He could see that she was trembling from head to toe and that she was developing tears in her eyes.

A weird silence filled the air expect for Amy panting while she tried to get away. "Let me go. I didn't do anything to you nor do I know you. What do you want with me?" Amy asked while tears ran down her face. Shadow looked at her with sympathy in his eyes.

"I simply need to take you somewhere" was what shadow said. Amy had a confused expression on her face puzzled through her tears at what he said. "But what if I don't want to go where you want to take me?" she asked challenging him. "Then you would leave me no choice but to take you by force" then he started to use his powers to make her fall asleep. When she had finally stopped trying to resist it she dropped down unconusises he picked her up and ran back to his castle. When he reached the castle he went straight to his room and carefully put the sleeping beauty down on the king sized bed.

After that he used his powers again to seal the door with dark magic so that in the morning when she awoke she wouldn't escape. When he had finished he turned to the pink hedgehog that was sleeping peacefully on his bed a thought came into his mind. She sleeps like an angle. Fallen from heaven and into my arms. Now I just need to make her my bride. That shouldn't be too difficult He thought to himself. With that thought he went to sleep by the beauty that was soon to become his bride and fell asleep.

Morning soon came and as the sun spilled in it woke Amy up. She yawned and stretched not noticing the figure that was beside her. Amy walked over to the door and tried to open the door therefore revicving an electrocute from it. A shiver ran down shadows back making him wake up from his slumber. He half opened his eyes to see Amy rubbing the spot where she had been electrocuted. He walked up behind her and said "I hope you weren't trying to escape because if you were then I should strongly advise you to just stop" she turned around quickly to become faced to face with one of the most handsomest hedgehog she had ever seen.