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Melancholy And Roses

Chapter 1 - Clash Of Kingdoms

Iris Kingdom; Roughly 3:00pm:

She sat; jade eyes fixed on the view before her, a court yard adorned with roses and other types of flowers. That wasn't what took her interest the most though, it was the fact that it was peaceful. She was at peace.

She sighed in disappointment, just knowing that this peace would not last. The court yard that sat before her bedroom was practically the only part of the kingdom that hadn't fallen to pieces since war had broken out. Iris and Mobias, two kingdoms that sat a mere few kilometres away from each other had recently started an agonising and brutal war due to her fathers un-natural craving for power, he had managed to fabricate a claim with some help of a fellow subject of his, and had wrote a letter containing his formal declaration or war to the current ruler of Iris, Queen Aleena.

She placed a small hand on the stone window arch of the window that was situated before her; her hand jolting slightly at contact with the colder object, before returning to its usual state and posture. Her pink quills waved in the wind as she leaned a little further out of the window to catch a better view of the court yard, just knowing that sooner or later it would be turned into a smoldering pile of fire and ash like the rest of the kingdom sooner or later.

Amy had never wanted war, she was one for peace and harmony and failed to understand why people even bothered with war. What purpose did it serve? People only ended up hurt or killed, and the aftermath of war is always an extremely hard issue to get over. The other reason she hadn't wanted the kingdom of Iris to go to war was because she knew she'd be a prime target. She was her father and mother's only child, and the rightful heir to the kingdom of Iris. It was almost certain that Mobias or any other kingdom that her father decides to pledge war against would try to abduct her and hold her prisoner at their kingdom in an attempt to force her father in to surrendering. Surely forcing her father into surrendering would benefit everyone, right? Amy knew exactly what would happen. She knew that he'd go forward with the war no matter what happened to her, he only cared about getting power after all.

She was more angry than worried however, she was angry at her father for letting all this happen in the first place.
Lance had been the ruler of Iris for a solid 12 years along side Amy's mother, Aubrianne, though he and his wife had vanished for several months during the 12th year of his reign. Amy had never been told fully on what had happened to her father or mother, but she remembered her father prodding into the castle one day, 10 months after he had gone missing, wearing a bitter expression. Amy had never had a proper conversation with him since, it was like all the love and emotion he had ever possessed in his heart had vanished off of the face of the earth, leaving him emotionless and bitter. Amy had never seen her mother again, and came to the conclusion that she had died at some point during those 10 months. Amy looked a lot like her presumably deceased mother, Aubrianne; pink quills and piercing jade eyes. The only real difference was her fringe, Aubrianne chose to wear her's pushed back, whilst Amy had hers freely hanging over a fraction of her face.

Amy smiled slightly at the memory of her mother, it pained her to have lost her at such a young age, but she still felt as if she was with her at heart.
Amy had tried once before to ask her father about what had happened to her mother and himself during the 10 months they had been missing for, but earned nothing but an unapproved growl and her father's bitter tone ordering for her to be taken out of his sight immediately.

She closed her eyes, replaying the event in her mind once again.

"Father, please, I beg of you to tell me what happened to you and mother during those 10 months, I was worried sick about what had happened to you both."

Lance scowled, letting out a growl that made Amy aware that he did not approve of this subject in the slightest.

"Amelia, I demand that you return to your room immediately. I do not wish to discuss this matter with you, or anyone in this court at that matter!"

Amy hesitated slightly, but decided to stand her ground. She had been deprived of this information long enough now and she wanted answers already. "Father! I insist that you tell me!"

He father rose from his seat, startling the young princess and causing her to take several large steps back, now having second thoughts on bringing up this subject.

Lance had walked towards her as she had pondered, tightly gripping hold of her shoulders and keeping her in place as she tried to flee the scene. He had an expression that scared Amy half to death on his face; it just made the princess want to run even more than she had previously.

She shut her eyes tightly as her father began to yell as if there were no tomorrow. "When I say that I don't want to talk about a subject, I mean it, Amelia! You are not permitted to disobey my orders, I am the king!"

Amy felt the tears that had previously began to well in her eyes begin to spill down her face. Her father had never been like this before he and his mother had left and not came back. She had given up on listening to what he was screaming at her now, she knew it only revolved around one thing. Power, and the amount of power he had as king. Despite that the original subject had been about what had happened to him and her mother, her father still turned it to a rant about how she was not permitted to disobey him and the consequences of disobeying someone with a higher status than herself. Him.

She felt herself be thrown to the stone ground; she was a shivering mess, covered in tears. She felt her shoulders bruising in at instant from where her fathers grasp was just a mere few moments before.

"Get her out of my sight!" She heard her father order the guards in his bitter tone, before turning his back to her.

She felt herself be hauled up by a guard and taken from the room that she had been in before.

As soon as she was a fair distance from the throne room, she turned around to the guard who was loyal to the kingdom of Iris.

"Princess, are you alright? Are you hurt?" He asked, releasing Amy, knowing that she would be able to walk herself from here. He placed an armoured hand on one of her shoulders, Amy letting out a small hiss of pain at the contact, but assured him that it was just a slight bruise and would clear up in no time.

After being convinced that she was alright, the guard turned to her once more. "Please excuse the king, I'm sure he just has something on his mind, you know how he can be. Please try not to discuss such pressing matters for the moment for now, Princess. For your own safety."

Amy simply turned away, before turning into her room, letting the door close with a slight thud.

Amy had been so engrossed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed the presence of a young girl below her. She hadn't even noticed when the said girl called her name in a cute voice.

"Princess Amy!"

The small rabbit pouted, calling her name once more before finally catching the attention of the princess.

"Cream! What are you doing here, it's not safe!" Panic shrouded over Amy, Cream and her mother Vanilla had previously been a part of Iris's court, but was evacuated to the kingdom of Mobias once King Lance had started to become more and more dangerous, making Iris unsafe for the young rabbit.

Cream's worried expression, however, is what made Amy leave the subject of her being back at Iris for the time being, and begin listening to what the girl had to say. "Princess Amy, it's awful! Mobias is being invaded by Iris, you must do something!" Cream began, tears spilling down her cute little face as she began to shake in fear. "I was s-so scared, so I ran all the way to Iris in order to let you kn-know..an-"

"Cream, you need to return to Mobias and hide for now. I'll ask Blaze to escort you there, she's not to keen on my father's actions anyway. And on top of that, you're mother's probably worried sick!"

Cream nodded, feeling a little more reassured. But her face turned blank once again, as she turned to Amy once more. "What about you, Amy?"

Amy felt a little taken back by what Cream had asked. What would she do?
"I-I'm going to try and reason with my father...wish me luck." Amy was a little daunted about doing this, she knew how scary her father was now, but she had to do something.

She ran from her room, gripping her silky pink dress in her gloved hands so she didn't trip and fall. She needed to get to Blaze with haste, otherwise Mobias would be in ruins in no time.

She turned several corners, looking in various rooms for the purple cat, but to no avail. She just couldn't seem to find her.
She knew that time was running thin...

"Blaze!" She called at the top of her voice, her lungs hurting slightly as she called a second time.

Blaze came running around the corner quickly in a panic filled state. "Amy! Are you alright, you're not hurt ar-"

"No time for that!" Amy interrupted, knowing that time was running thin. "I have a job for you."

Blaze's expression changed as she returned to her usual, sensible posture. "What might that be?" She replied.

"I need you to escort Cream back to Mobias, Iris is invading and she needs to hide for her own safety. And I know you're not keen on my father's actions either, so could you please do this for me?"

Blaze looked reluctant, sure she did not agree in the slightest about what Lance was doing, but she knew almost as well as Lance himself that he would have her head if he found out that she was assisting the enemy team.

"Please, Blaze... I won't let my father find out, I swear." Amy pleaded once more, finally causing Blaze to give in. "F-fine..."
Amy quickly thanked her, before departing to find her father in an attempt to stop this. Once and for all...

She slammed open the throne rooms' double doors, before proceeding to walk toward her father, who was now grinning as a guard reported on the destruction of Mobias.

"Father, I demand that you stop this!" Amy yelled, pressing her nails into her palms through her satin gloves. Her father just snickered. "And why would I do that, Amelia?"

Amy went to talk once more, but was hushed by her father's menacing glare.

"Don't you see? We could have anything we want if we take over Mobias and the other kingdoms around the area. We could build an empire and take over more land across the globe." Amy felt a pang of fury well up inside of her, how was he so content about all this? Did he feel no remorse?

"Power is what we need, Amelia. And you will carry on this legacy when you rule."

Oh, that was it. That was what set her off.

"And what makes you think that I want power? Did it not occur to you that I might want to be a peaceful ruler who doesn't fabricate false claims and take over land every five minutes, father?!"

Even her father looked slightly taken back by her outburst; there had been several times in the past where she had vented out the way she felt about her fathers actions, but not once had she screamed at him like this.

"I'm sick of it, father! All your talk about power and control, you declaring war every ten freaking seconds, you putting the kingdom in danger. I'm sick of it all!"

Her father had looked toward the wall that was situated behind his throne whilst his daughter was venting out all her inner thoughts and rage, but he soon promptly shut her up when he turned on his heels with his menacing expression on his face, rage now filling him from head to toe. How dare she oppose him and his actions. He was the king!

He began to approach her, but Amy had already began to flee the castle before he had managed to get to her.

"And where do you think you're going?!" His voice was audible to the young princess who was now outside the castle, but she simply ran instead of replying to what he had yelled a mere few seconds ago.

Mobias Kingdom; Roughly 4:30pm

Fire, ash and screams could be heard from outside. It was enough to send chills down anyones spine, no matter how brave they claim themselves to be.

Blaze had arrived in the castle about half an hour ago, she had of course needed to explain herself thoroughly to the court of Mobias before being allowed inside to hide a trembling young rabbit, but at least she and Cream had made it to Mobias with close to no difficulty. And now, in the basement of Mobias's castle, sat Queen Aleena, with a still shaking Cream in her lap, and her three children. Sonic, Manic and Sonia sat in different areas of the room, making sure not to make any loud noises incase any of Iris's troops are made aware of their location. Iris had not yet been able to breach the main castle, but they were cutting their way through the main wall protecting the city, and if they were to get through there it would be almost impossible to contain them.

"M-miss Aleena I-I'm frigh-frightened." The young rabbit choked out between sobs. Aleena just proceeded to stroke her head to try and comfort her.

"There, there, Cream. I'm sure things will be fine. Mobias has great military forces, they'll be able to handle themselves and keep Iris out of Mobias for the time being." Aleena smiled at the young girl; her sniffles gradually becoming less frequent and less audiable. Aleena was about to carry on, but she was interrupted by a huff that occurred from beside her. Her eldest son, Sonic, was sat with an irritated expression plastered across his face.

"I should be out there defending our city too, mother. I'm perfectly able to defend myself and others, you and I know that perfectly well."

Aleena sighed at her son, she knew he was an able fighter, he had been trained by the best after all. But she just couldn't let him go out onto the battlefield, he was her heir and would be taking over the kingdom as a new ruler in several months time. Aleena had decided to hand down her place as ruler early, she had watched over the kingdom for many years now and the job was becoming more and more tiresome for her, so she decided that Sonic would take over in her place within the next few months. In fact, Mobias had been in preparation for the ceremony where Aleena would pass down her title before King Lance sent his declaration or war and invaded the city.
All that work was to go down the drain if Iris manage to pass the castle's main defensive wall and make it into the city. They'll destroy everything...

Aleena sighed, looking down at the basement's floor. "Sonic, I'm sorry, but I can not let my heir go out and fight in a time of brutal war, you and I know that I cannot lose my heir, especially after all the preparation for the ceremony."

Manic's ears seemed to pick up during Aleena's little speech. "Y'know, you've always got me if anything happens to Sonic, mum." He stated with a little too much enthusiasm; earning himself a punch from his sister, Sonia, who was quietly sat next to him, playing with her quills. "Idiot..."

Aleena giggled slightly at her youngest son's statement. "You're not ready, Manic." She notified him sternly, causing him to sit back against the wall, crossing his arms and sulking slightly. "If you say so." he mumbled in a stroppy tone.

Aleena, after giggling once more, returned her attention to her eldest son. "
"Mum, I swear I can handle myself. We've got more chance of defending the kingdom if we have more troops out on the battlefield, it's for the best."

"Sonic, no!" Aleena almost yelled, but contained it to more of a firm whisper given that they needed to stay hidden. They were a prime target, after all.

Sonic seemed taken back by his mothers tone, but still kept himself focused on the matter at hand.

"Sonic, this mistake was made when your father was allowed to go onto the battlefield and fight, that's the reason he's not here now. I don't want the same to happen to you.."

Sonic sighed, there was no beating his mother in an argument when she played the father card. He, reluctantly, gave in and remained sat in the basement, remaining hidden from any Iris troops that may pass by.

Outskirts Of Mobias; Roughly 6:30pm

The young princess had no clue about how long she had been out there, nor where she was.
She was shivering and shaking frantically as another gust of bitter cold wind smacked her in the face. She scolded herself for not bringing a coat with her.
On top of the bitter cold weather, Amy also had the fog to deal with. She could barely see her own gloved hand before her face, let alone anything that may be before her.

She didn't know how much longer she could go on for, she had considered turning back toward Iris a small while ago when the fog was still faint, but, despite the fact that she hated to admit it, was pretty damn stubborn and refused to return without a fight. Oh, how she regretted that now...

When she thought that all hope was lost, she saw a dim light heading her way through the fog. Amy's face lit up, a small smile appearing on her face as she ran toward the person holding the dim lantern; waving her hands and yelling for them as she did so. She was not aware of who would be holding onto that lantern though.

"E-Excuse me, I'm in desperate need of your help, I beg of you to take me to the nearest kingdom." Amy had spoken too soon. For the person holding the lantern was none other than one of the guards of Mobias.

"That outfit...It can't be. Princess of Iris, you are to be taken back to the kingdom of Mobias as a prisoner of war." The guard stated sternly, his face not visible to the pinkette due to the ever-growing fog.

"N-no, please! You're mistaken, I do not intend to hurt you an-" Amy began, before being hushed by the guards voice. "Please stay silent, otherwise I will be forced to strike you down here and now." She kept her mouth shut after that, deciding that it would be a wise idea to go through with the guard's orders for now if she wanted to remain breathing. But this was it. What she feared would happen the most.

Mobias Kingdom; Roughly 7:00pm

The Mobian troops, with great struggle, had finally been able to send the Iris troops back to their kingdom. They had suffered a great loss in numbers, but the city had not been breached which was a major relief to all those who lived there.

The royal court of Mobias had been informed that it was safe to leave the castle basement, and were now returning to their original routines. That was until, however, a guard entered the castle with a girl hanging over his shoulder, her hands cuffed.

Aleena looked up at the guard, she was not sure who it was as of the moment due to his helmet, but that was not her main concern as of the moment. "And who would that be?" She asked, walking from her throne and heading toward the guard holding the girl.

"Your majesty, this is the princess of Iris. We caught her wandering on Mobian territory after the attack, and decided that it would be safer for everyone to take her prisoner as of now. Who knows what her intentions are..."

Aleena pondered for a moment, pacing around the throne room before replying.

"By princess of Iris, you do mean Amelia Rose I presume?" She asked, earning a nod from the guard before her. She nodded in return before continuing
"From what young Cream has told me, I've heard that she is nothing like Lance is now, and does not intend to harm us in any way, but I agree that it is in everyone's best interest to keep her here for now, just to be on the safe side. " "Proceed to the dungeons we will question her tomorrow as she is probably to tired to answer anything we may need to ask at the moment. I will ask one if my children to supply her with the best possible hospitality and somewhere to sleep, we do not want to punish her by keeping her in a dark, dreary dungeon if it is not necessary.

The guard simply nodded, before walking down the stone staircase toward Mobias's dungeons.

Aleena watched his retreating figure, before calling for her eldest son and heir. "Sonic!"

It only took a mere few seconds for him to appear before her, he had always been quick on his feet. "Yes, mother?"

"Mobias's guards have taken in a prisoner from Iris, she's the princess. I need you to collect up some fresh sheets and some bread and water for her."

Sonic looked reluctant to responding to his mother's request. Why did she want him to supply someone from the kingdom that they're fighting against with a place to sleep and some food and water?

"But why? She's apart of Iris, shouldn't we keep the conditions as they are, that way she might spill some information that we could use." Sonic began, but was promptly stopped by his mother.

"From what I've been told by Cream, she's not alike Lance, and has nothing to do with the attempted invasion of Mobias. I can not punish anyone who has not been proven guilty, it is against my honour as Queen." She explained, earning a nod from Sonic. She would have to clear up the situation to Sonia and Manic in the morning, but that would have to wait for the moment, for she was too tired to do so now.

Mobias Dungeon; Roughly 7:30pm

She gripped at her dress, she had never felt this nervous and frightened in her entire life. What would happen to her? Would she be left to Rot? Or maybe banished to another kingdom? Or maybe she would be...executed...

She shook the horrible thought from her mind, deciding that being pessimistic about the entire situation would not do her nerves any good. She needed to be optimistic, but then again, what was there to be optimistic about? She didn't want to go back to Iris, she had fled the kingdom intending to escape her father, so being rescued would not do her any good. But it was no better being held captive at Mobias either, she may not be given a chance to explain herself that could lead to terrible, terrible things. And even if she is given a chance to explain herself what are the chances that they'll believe her? She was from Iris, an enemy, there's no chance that they'll believe anything that she says, even if it is the truth an-

"Umm, hey. I have some things for you."

Amy looked up suddenly. Through the bars of her cell, she could see a blue quilled hedgehog adorned in an outfit similar to the ones the royal court of Iris would wear, with a golden crown sat proudly on the top of his head.

"Th-thanks..." She answered, gratefully taking the things he had supplied him with. She took greedy gulps of the water, feeling extremely parched having not had a drink since she had fled Iris.

"You'll have some clean robes and bed sheets sent aswell down soon, Queen's order." He was about to walk away, but was stopped in his tracks when Amy called him back.

"Wait, please!" She called, Sonic stopping in his tracks as he heard her voice. "Yes. Is there an issue."

Amy leaned back, a little lost for words. Why had she called him back?

"I-I was just wondering why Queen Aleena is being so nice to me, I thought I was supposed to have been taken hostage?

Sonic turned to face her. "I'm not sure why myself, don't take advantage of it, Pinkie" He said in a cool tone, before prodding up the stairs, closing the door behind him.

Amy was taken back for a second of two, before realising what he had said...Pinkie?
"I wasn't planning to anyway...and who are you calling pinkie?! I'm Amy damn it, Amy!"

She heard him chuckle from behind the door, and couldn't help but smirk herself. Despite the fact that she was being held hostage in the opposing kingdoms dungeon, she couldn't help but feel as if the melancholy had been lifted from her heart. She shook her head once more, what was she thinking? ...

End of Chapter 1 - Clash Of Kingdoms

AN: So, I really hope you liked the first chapter! I hope the whole time and place thing I did didn't annoy you too much, it just makes it easier to understand when I skip between kingdoms. Also, I know that the characters are a little OC, but it's an AU fic, so it's hard to keep them in character, sorry

Also, all the characters are going to be talking fairly formally in this due to the fact that they're of a royal background in this story, so if that annoys you then I'd advise you not to read this fanfic xD

Anyway, I'll try to update soon! Possibly next weekend, or maybe earlier c:

And please rate and review, it would mean alot to me! :3

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Melancholy And Roses

Chapter 1 - Clash Of Kingdoms

Iris Kingdom; Roughly 3:00pm:

She sat; jade eyes fixed on the view before her, a court yard adorned with roses and other types of flowers. That wasn't what took her interest the most though, it was the fact that it was peaceful. She was at peace.

She sighed in disappointment, just knowing that this peace would not last. The court yard that sat before her bedroom was practically the only part of the kingdom that hadn't fallen to pieces since war had broken out. Iris and Mobias, two kingdoms that sat a mere few kilometres away from each other had recently started an agonising and brutal war due to her fathers un-natural craving for power, he had managed to fabricate a claim with some help of a fellow subject of his, and had wrote a letter containing his formal declaration or war to the current ruler of Iris, Queen Aleena.

She placed a small hand on the stone window arch of the window that was situated before her; her hand jolting slightly at contact with the colder object, before returning to its usual state and posture. Her pink quills waved in the wind as she leaned a little further out of the window to catch a better view of the court yard, just knowing that sooner or later it would be turned into a smoldering pile of fire and ash like the rest of the kingdom sooner or later.

Amy had never wanted war, she was one for peace and harmony and failed to understand why people even bothered with war. What purpose did it serve? People only ended up hurt or killed, and the aftermath of war is always an extremely hard issue to get over. The other reason she hadn't wanted the kingdom of Iris to go to war was because she knew she'd be a prime target. She was her father and mother's only child, and the rightful heir to the kingdom of Iris. It was almost certain that Mobias or any other kingdom that her father decides to pledge war against would try to abduct her and hold her prisoner at their kingdom in an attempt to force her father in to surrendering. Surely forcing her father into surrendering would benefit everyone, right? Amy knew exactly what would happen. She knew that he'd go forward with the war no matter what happened to her, he only cared about getting power after all.

She was more angry than worried however, she was angry at her father for letting all this happen in the first place.
Lance had been the ruler of Iris for a solid 12 years along side Amy's mother, Aubrianne, though he and his wife had vanished for several months during the 12th year of his reign. Amy had never been told fully on what had happened to her father or mother, but she remembered her father prodding into the castle one day, 10 months after he had gone missing, wearing a bitter expression. Amy had never had a proper conversation with him since, it was like all the love and emotion he had ever possessed in his heart had vanished off of the face of the earth, leaving him emotionless and bitter. Amy had never seen her mother again, and came to the conclusion that she had died at some point during those 10 months. Amy looked a lot like her presumably deceased mother, Aubrianne; pink quills and piercing jade eyes. The only real difference was her fringe, Aubrianne chose to wear her's pushed back, whilst Amy had hers freely hanging over a fraction of her face.

Amy smiled slightly at the memory of her mother, it pained her to have lost her at such a young age, but she still felt as if she was with her at heart.
Amy had tried once before to ask her father about what had happened to her mother and himself during the 10 months they had been missing for, but earned nothing but an unapproved growl and her father's bitter tone ordering for her to be taken out of his sight immediately.

She closed her eyes, replaying the event in her mind once again.

"Father, please, I beg of you to tell me what happened to you and mother during those 10 months, I was worried sick about what had happened to you both."

Lance scowled, letting out a growl that made Amy aware that he did not approve of this subject in the slightest.

"Amelia, I demand that you return to your room immediately. I do not wish to discuss this matter with you, or anyone in this court at that matter!"

Amy hesitated slightly, but decided to stand her ground. She had been deprived of this information long enough now and she wanted answers already. "Father! I insist that you tell me!"

He father rose from his seat, startling the young princess and causing her to take several large steps back, now having second thoughts on bringing up this subject.

Lance had walked towards her as she had pondered, tightly gripping hold of her shoulders and keeping her in place as she tried to flee the scene. He had an expression that scared Amy half to death on his face; it just made the princess want to run even more than she had previously.

She shut her eyes tightly as her father began to yell as if there were no tomorrow. "When I say that I don't want to talk about a subject, I mean it, Amelia! You are not permitted to disobey my orders, I am the king!"

Amy felt the tears that had previously began to well in her eyes begin to spill down her face. Her father had never been like this before he and his mother had left and not came back. She had given up on listening to what he was screaming at her now, she knew it only revolved around one thing. Power, and the amount of power he had as king. Despite that the original subject had been about what had happened to him and her mother, her father still turned it to a rant about how she was not permitted to disobey him and the consequences of disobeying someone with a higher status than herself. Him.

She felt herself be thrown to the stone ground; she was a shivering mess, covered in tears. She felt her shoulders bruising in at instant from where her fathers grasp was just a mere few moments before.

"Get her out of my sight!" She heard her father order the guards in his bitter tone, before turning his back to her.

She felt herself be hauled up by a guard and taken from the room that she had been in before.

As soon as she was a fair distance from the throne room, she turned around to the guard who was loyal to the kingdom of Iris.

"Princess, are you alright? Are you hurt?" He asked, releasing Amy, knowing that she would be able to walk herself from here. He placed an armoured hand on one of her shoulders, Amy letting out a small hiss of pain at the contact, but assured him that it was just a slight bruise and would clear up in no time.

After being convinced that she was alright, the guard turned to her once more. "Please excuse the king, I'm sure he just has something on his mind, you know how he can be. Please try not to discuss such pressing matters for the moment for now, Princess. For your own safety."

Amy simply turned away, before turning into her room, letting the door close with a slight thud.

Amy had been so engrossed in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed the presence of a young girl below her. She hadn't even noticed when the said girl called her name in a cute voice.

"Princess Amy!"

The small rabbit pouted, calling her name once more before finally catching the attention of the princess.

"Cream! What are you doing here, it's not safe!" Panic shrouded over Amy, Cream and her mother Vanilla had previously been a part of Iris's court, but was evacuated to the kingdom of Mobias once King Lance had started to become more and more dangerous, making Iris unsafe for the young rabbit.

Cream's worried expression, however, is what made Amy leave the subject of her being back at Iris for the time being, and begin listening to what the girl had to say. "Princess Amy, it's awful! Mobias is being invaded by Iris, you must do something!" Cream began, tears spilling down her cute little face as she began to shake in fear. "I was s-so scared, so I ran all the way to Iris in order to let you kn-know..an-"

"Cream, you need to return to Mobias and hide for now. I'll ask Blaze to escort you there, she's not to keen on my father's actions anyway. And on top of that, you're mother's probably worried sick!"

Cream nodded, feeling a little more reassured. But her face turned blank once again, as she turned to Amy once more. "What about you, Amy?"

Amy felt a little taken back by what Cream had asked. What would she do?
"I-I'm going to try and reason with my father...wish me luck." Amy was a little daunted about doing this, she knew how scary her father was now, but she had to do something.

She ran from her room, gripping her silky pink dress in her gloved hands so she didn't trip and fall. She needed to get to Blaze with haste, otherwise Mobias would be in ruins in no time.

She turned several corners, looking in various rooms for the purple cat, but to no avail. She just couldn't seem to find her.
She knew that time was running thin...

"Blaze!" She called at the top of her voice, her lungs hurting slightly as she called a second time.

Blaze came running around the corner quickly in a panic filled state. "Amy! Are you alright, you're not hurt ar-"

"No time for that!" Amy interrupted, knowing that time was running thin. "I have a job for you."

Blaze's expression changed as she returned to her usual, sensible posture. "What might that be?" She replied.

"I need you to escort Cream back to Mobias, Iris is invading and she needs to hide for her own safety. And I know you're not keen on my father's actions either, so could you please do this for me?"

Blaze looked reluctant, sure she did not agree in the slightest about what Lance was doing, but she knew almost as well as Lance himself that he would have her head if he found out that she was assisting the enemy team.

"Please, Blaze... I won't let my father find out, I swear." Amy pleaded once more, finally causing Blaze to give in. "F-fine..."
Amy quickly thanked her, before departing to find her father in an attempt to stop this. Once and for all...

She slammed open the throne rooms' double doors, before proceeding to walk toward her father, who was now grinning as a guard reported on the destruction of Mobias.

"Father, I demand that you stop this!" Amy yelled, pressing her nails into her palms through her satin gloves. Her father just snickered. "And why would I do that, Amelia?"

Amy went to talk once more, but was hushed by her father's menacing glare.

"Don't you see? We could have anything we want if we take over Mobias and the other kingdoms around the area. We could build an empire and take over more land across the globe." Amy felt a pang of fury well up inside of her, how was he so content about all this? Did he feel no remorse?

"Power is what we need, Amelia. And you will carry on this legacy when you rule."

Oh, that was it. That was what set her off.

"And what makes you think that I want power? Did it not occur to you that I might want to be a peaceful ruler who doesn't fabricate false claims and take over land every five minutes, father?!"

Even her father looked slightly taken back by her outburst; there had been several times in the past where she had vented out the way she felt about her fathers actions, but not once had she screamed at him like this.

"I'm sick of it, father! All your talk about power and control, you declaring war every ten freaking seconds, you putting the kingdom in danger. I'm sick of it all!"

Her father had looked toward the wall that was situated behind his throne whilst his daughter was venting out all her inner thoughts and rage, but he soon promptly shut her up when he turned on his heels with his menacing expression on his face, rage now filling him from head to toe. How dare she oppose him and his actions. He was the king!

He began to approach her, but Amy had already began to flee the castle before he had managed to get to her.

"And where do you think you're going?!" His voice was audible to the young princess who was now outside the castle, but she simply ran instead of replying to what he had yelled a mere few seconds ago.

Mobias Kingdom; Roughly 4:30pm

Fire, ash and screams could be heard from outside. It was enough to send chills down anyones spine, no matter how brave they claim themselves to be.

Blaze had arrived in the castle about half an hour ago, she had of course needed to explain herself thoroughly to the court of Mobias before being allowed inside to hide a trembling young rabbit, but at least she and Cream had made it to Mobias with close to no difficulty. And now, in the basement of Mobias's castle, sat Queen Aleena, with a still shaking Cream in her lap, and her three children. Sonic, Manic and Sonia sat in different areas of the room, making sure not to make any loud noises incase any of Iris's troops are made aware of their location. Iris had not yet been able to breach the main castle, but they were cutting their way through the main wall protecting the city, and if they were to get through there it would be almost impossible to contain them.

"M-miss Aleena I-I'm frigh-frightened." The young rabbit choked out between sobs. Aleena just proceeded to stroke her head to try and comfort her.

"There, there, Cream. I'm sure things will be fine. Mobias has great military forces, they'll be able to handle themselves and keep Iris out of Mobias for the time being." Aleena smiled at the young girl; her sniffles gradually becoming less frequent and less audiable. Aleena was about to carry on, but she was interrupted by a huff that occurred from beside her. Her eldest son, Sonic, was sat with an irritated expression plastered across his face.

"I should be out there defending our city too, mother. I'm perfectly able to defend myself and others, you and I know that perfectly well."

Aleena sighed at her son, she knew he was an able fighter, he had been trained by the best after all. But she just couldn't let him go out onto the battlefield, he was her heir and would be taking over the kingdom as a new ruler in several months time. Aleena had decided to hand down her place as ruler early, she had watched over the kingdom for many years now and the job was becoming more and more tiresome for her, so she decided that Sonic would take over in her place within the next few months. In fact, Mobias had been in preparation for the ceremony where Aleena would pass down her title before King Lance sent his declaration or war and invaded the city.
All that work was to go down the drain if Iris manage to pass the castle's main defensive wall and make it into the city. They'll destroy everything...

Aleena sighed, looking down at the basement's floor. "Sonic, I'm sorry, but I can not let my heir go out and fight in a time of brutal war, you and I know that I cannot lose my heir, especially after all the preparation for the ceremony."

Manic's ears seemed to pick up during Aleena's little speech. "Y'know, you've always got me if anything happens to Sonic, mum." He stated with a little too much enthusiasm; earning himself a punch from his sister, Sonia, who was quietly sat next to him, playing with her quills. "Idiot..."

Aleena giggled slightly at her youngest son's statement. "You're not ready, Manic." She notified him sternly, causing him to sit back against the wall, crossing his arms and sulking slightly. "If you say so." he mumbled in a stroppy tone.

Aleena, after giggling once more, returned her attention to her eldest son. "
"Mum, I swear I can handle myself. We've got more chance of defending the kingdom if we have more troops out on the battlefield, it's for the best."

"Sonic, no!" Aleena almost yelled, but contained it to more of a firm whisper given that they needed to stay hidden. They were a prime target, after all.

Sonic seemed taken back by his mothers tone, but still kept himself focused on the matter at hand.

"Sonic, this mistake was made when your father was allowed to go onto the battlefield and fight, that's the reason he's not here now. I don't want the same to happen to you.."

Sonic sighed, there was no beating his mother in an argument when she played the father card. He, reluctantly, gave in and remained sat in the basement, remaining hidden from any Iris troops that may pass by.

Outskirts Of Mobias; Roughly 6:30pm

The young princess had no clue about how long she had been out there, nor where she was.
She was shivering and shaking frantically as another gust of bitter cold wind smacked her in the face. She scolded herself for not bringing a coat with her.
On top of the bitter cold weather, Amy also had the fog to deal with. She could barely see her own gloved hand before her face, let alone anything that may be before her.

She didn't know how much longer she could go on for, she had considered turning back toward Iris a small while ago when the fog was still faint, but, despite the fact that she hated to admit it, was pretty damn stubborn and refused to return without a fight. Oh, how she regretted that now...

When she thought that all hope was lost, she saw a dim light heading her way through the fog. Amy's face lit up, a small smile appearing on her face as she ran toward the person holding the dim lantern; waving her hands and yelling for them as she did so. She was not aware of who would be holding onto that lantern though.

"E-Excuse me, I'm in desperate need of your help, I beg of you to take me to the nearest kingdom." Amy had spoken too soon. For the person holding the lantern was none other than one of the guards of Mobias.

"That outfit...It can't be. Princess of Iris, you are to be taken back to the kingdom of Mobias as a prisoner of war." The guard stated sternly, his face not visible to the pinkette due to the ever-growing fog.

"N-no, please! You're mistaken, I do not intend to hurt you an-" Amy began, before being hushed by the guards voice. "Please stay silent, otherwise I will be forced to strike you down here and now." She kept her mouth shut after that, deciding that it would be a wise idea to go through with the guard's orders for now if she wanted to remain breathing. But this was it. What she feared would happen the most.

Mobias Kingdom; Roughly 7:00pm

The Mobian troops, with great struggle, had finally been able to send the Iris troops back to their kingdom. They had suffered a great loss in numbers, but the city had not been breached which was a major relief to all those who lived there.

The royal court of Mobias had been informed that it was safe to leave the castle basement, and were now returning to their original routines. That was until, however, a guard entered the castle with a girl hanging over his shoulder, her hands cuffed.

Aleena looked up at the guard, she was not sure who it was as of the moment due to his helmet, but that was not her main concern as of the moment. "And who would that be?" She asked, walking from her throne and heading toward the guard holding the girl.

"Your majesty, this is the princess of Iris. We caught her wandering on Mobian territory after the attack, and decided that it would be safer for everyone to take her prisoner as of now. Who knows what her intentions are..."

Aleena pondered for a moment, pacing around the throne room before replying.

"By princess of Iris, you do mean Amelia Rose I presume?" She asked, earning a nod from the guard before her. She nodded in return before continuing
"From what young Cream has told me, I've heard that she is nothing like Lance is now, and does not intend to harm us in any way, but I agree that it is in everyone's best interest to keep her here for now, just to be on the safe side. " "Proceed to the dungeons we will question her tomorrow as she is probably to tired to answer anything we may need to ask at the moment. I will ask one if my children to supply her with the best possible hospitality and somewhere to sleep, we do not want to punish her by keeping her in a dark, dreary dungeon if it is not necessary.

The guard simply nodded, before walking down the stone staircase toward Mobias's dungeons.

Aleena watched his retreating figure, before calling for her eldest son and heir. "Sonic!"

It only took a mere few seconds for him to appear before her, he had always been quick on his feet. "Yes, mother?"

"Mobias's guards have taken in a prisoner from Iris, she's the princess. I need you to collect up some fresh sheets and some bread and water for her."

Sonic looked reluctant to responding to his mother's request. Why did she want him to supply someone from the kingdom that they're fighting against with a place to sleep and some food and water?

"But why? She's apart of Iris, shouldn't we keep the conditions as they are, that way she might spill some information that we could use." Sonic began, but was promptly stopped by his mother.

"From what I've been told by Cream, she's not alike Lance, and has nothing to do with the attempted invasion of Mobias. I can not punish anyone who has not been proven guilty, it is against my honour as Queen." She explained, earning a nod from Sonic. She would have to clear up the situation to Sonia and Manic in the morning, but that would have to wait for the moment, for she was too tired to do so now.

Mobias Dungeon; Roughly 7:30pm

She gripped at her dress, she had never felt this nervous and frightened in her entire life. What would happen to her? Would she be left to Rot? Or maybe banished to another kingdom? Or maybe she would be...executed...

She shook the horrible thought from her mind, deciding that being pessimistic about the entire situation would not do her nerves any good. She needed to be optimistic, but then again, what was there to be optimistic about? She didn't want to go back to Iris, she had fled the kingdom intending to escape her father, so being rescued would not do her any good. But it was no better being held captive at Mobias either, she may not be given a chance to explain herself that could lead to terrible, terrible things. And even if she is given a chance to explain herself what are the chances that they'll believe her? She was from Iris, an enemy, there's no chance that they'll believe anything that she says, even if it is the truth an-

"Umm, hey. I have some things for you."

Amy looked up suddenly. Through the bars of her cell, she could see a blue quilled hedgehog adorned in an outfit similar to the ones the royal court of Iris would wear, with a golden crown sat proudly on the top of his head.

"Th-thanks..." She answered, gratefully taking the things he had supplied him with. She took greedy gulps of the water, feeling extremely parched having not had a drink since she had fled Iris.

"You'll have some clean robes and bed sheets sent aswell down soon, Queen's order." He was about to walk away, but was stopped in his tracks when Amy called him back.

"Wait, please!" She called, Sonic stopping in his tracks as he heard her voice. "Yes. Is there an issue."

Amy leaned back, a little lost for words. Why had she called him back?

"I-I was just wondering why Queen Aleena is being so nice to me, I thought I was supposed to have been taken hostage?

Sonic turned to face her. "I'm not sure why myself, don't take advantage of it, Pinkie" He said in a cool tone, before prodding up the stairs, closing the door behind him.

Amy was taken back for a second of two, before realising what he had said...Pinkie?
"I wasn't planning to anyway...and who are you calling pinkie?! I'm Amy damn it, Amy!"

She heard him chuckle from behind the door, and couldn't help but smirk herself. Despite the fact that she was being held hostage in the opposing kingdoms dungeon, she couldn't help but feel as if the melancholy had been lifted from her heart. She shook her head once more, what was she thinking? ...

End of Chapter 1 - Clash Of Kingdoms

AN: So, I really hope you liked the first chapter! I hope the whole time and place thing I did didn't annoy you too much, it just makes it easier to understand when I skip between kingdoms. Also, I know that the characters are a little OC, but it's an AU fic, so it's hard to keep them in character, sorry

Also, all the characters are going to be talking fairly formally in this due to the fact that they're of a royal background in this story, so if that annoys you then I'd advise you not to read this fanfic xD

Anyway, I'll try to update soon! Possibly next weekend, or maybe earlier c:

And please rate and review, it would mean alot to me! :3