"KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER!!!" The voices outside of Amadeus' cage shouted. Her head drooped and her face was twisted into a scowl full of fury and hatred. Her hat lay on the floor of the cage in front of her, the once white hat was now red with blood. The judge, which Amadeus could see was amused, sat staring at the rowdy audience practically failing at hiding his hideous smirk. 'How much longer can they keep me like this' her mind asked. "just get it over with!" She said swinging her broad self around to face the judge. The judge clearly didn't want this to end. "What are you saying we haven't even settled on an agreement!" He said falsely. "JUST KILL HER ALREADY!!!" A voice rose above the audience. The judge scowled at this answer. "ARE WE ALL AGREED ON KILLING HER!!?" He asked trying to make the statement unappealing. A chorus of "YAAAAY" s and "KIL HER" s arose from the audience which was quickly hushed by the loud bang of the gavel. "it's settled then" Amadeus said coyly.
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Amadeus had her body pressed against the bottom of the cage shaking. She was now being rolled towards a steep drop to her execution. The chants were ongoing "KILL HER KILL HER KILL HER!!!" She was only feet from her death. No, she couldn't die this way. She began to scan the cage for any place to escape. None. "Hey hey," she said to the one pushing her cage "can't we reason hey?" The one pushing her snorted and didn't reply. "COME ON!!! THIS IS ALL SO UNFAIR DONT YOU THINK HEY?" She said addressing the audience. She was quickly answered by a tomato to the head. No! Fear! Fear creeping through her veins. NO! She wouldn't let fear be her last feeling no, she was to stay firm to her death. The cage creeped on now inches away from the drop but Amadeus sat tall. Her eyes closed as a corner of her cage began to hand off into the drop. Second corner. No, now she was half way off.
"STOP!" A voice yelled from the crowd. The crowd had silenced and parted revealing a small shaky grey standing there. "What if I'd take the punishment?" She said her voice hardly shaking. A murmur spread through the crowd. Amadeus had seen this wolf before... She just knew it. The mailman maybe? No... Maybe her doctor... Or butler? No wait! She finally remembered, her sister! Of course she would do something stupid like this. Always the one rambling on about how close family was and how she would do anything etc etc. "The rules say nothing about how I can't" she said and immediately the judge began whipping through the pages of the rule book. He straightened and pushed his glasses up his snout and smoothed his hair. "I can't argue with rules but you can't possibly be wanting to save THIS horrid creature."
"I will do ANYTHING for her!!! Please! Let her live!" Amadeus snorted. The judge closed the book loudly and stood up tall "are you sure you want to proceed with this?" Her sister nodded causing the red hat atop her head flop. "There isn't any way I can stop you is there?" The judge pursued. Her sister shook her head violently. "Fine" the judge said ushering her to the ledge. Her sister looked over and opened her mouth to say something "I just wanted to tell you-" before she could finish she was pushed from behind by one of the grays that pushed her cage here. Her screams echoed as she fell down, down, down. THUMP! The screaming ended and all was silent, even the crowed stared mouths agape. A smile unfolded on Amadeus' face, a long creepy smile resembling a snake. Her lips creeped up from her to show her sharp teeth. Her smile widened and her lip curled more as she held back her chortles and guffaws. 'Heh! What a sucker' Amadeus thought. The cage door opened behind her and she sprang out but was quickly caught by a shadow and a gray who chained her up. She thrashed but they held firm and in front of her the judge was standing. Her smile faded quickly as she laid eyes on the hat he held in his teeth. A hat the color of blood, the red hat, the red hat of her sister. "You are now a red hat whether you like it or not!" The judge spat as he placed the hat atop her head. No, this couldn't be! Her? Red hat? NO! She shook her head flinging the hat off her head. It was retrieved quickly by the burly shadow and placed on her head once more. And once again flung away by Amadeus. As you can guess this went on for some time and giving the same result. Amadeus sat there as the hat was atop her head again but there was no struggle to shake it off instead she tipped the hat down so it covered her eyes. Thus was unchained and escorted to a small mixed group all wearing hats similar to hers. 'What have I done with my life?'