Odd One Out.
Jake woke up in his bed slowly. He sighed. Another day of school. Why did he have to go? His father had no education, why should he have to be subjected to such torture? He slowly got up from his bed and walked over to his mirror. He looked at his quills; Blue with hints of red at the end. He obviously had more of his father's genes than his mothers. He slipped on his white gloves and red and blue shoes. He looked over to his dresser, which contained a few articles of clothing, but he never wore them. He preferred to go naked, not that it was something unacceptable for a hedgehog.
He walked slowly down the stairs of his south island home. He walked into his kitchen to see his father, Sonic the hedgehog, sitting; his feet perched up on the table, reading the newspaper.
"Oh get your feet of the table Sonic! We eat there!" Jake's mother said. Amy Rose the hedgehog walked over to her husband, and he rolled his eyes, returning to a normal seated position. Also at the table were Jake's two brothers; Bruce and Alex. His two older brothers were eating their cereal like pigs. Jake also noticed that as usual, they were wearing clothes. The two had been his best friends when they were younger. What had happened to the three hedgehog brothers that used to be so close?
"Morning slow feet!" Bruce said, as he and Alex snickered a laugh that was soon silenced by a glance from their father.
"Boys, don't tease your brother. He's a member of this family too." Jake's father reinforced.
"Barley…"Alex whispered, but sonic heard.
"Not another word Alex! And that goes for you to Bruce!" Sonic said, using the stern voice he rarely uses. The two silenced themselves and continued their sloppy eating. Jake got himself a bowl, and a spoon. He turned the box of cereal only to find it empty. He looked over to his brothers, now smirking. He lifted the milk carton too. As he suspected, it was also empty. He got up angrily.
"You ass holes!" Sonic looked at Jake with the same glare as before, but it didn't affect Jake's anger. "They ate all the cereal and drank all the milk!"
"You got be faster li'l bro." Bruce said smirking again. Sonic couldn't take it anymore. "That's it! That kind of language is not used in this house hold!" Sonic scolded Jake. He then turned to Bruce and Alex. "And you two quit making fun of your brother's speed!"
"But I just meant-"
"I know what you meant! Now eat and leave for school!" All three quickly ate their breakfast (at least those who had any), kissed their mother good bye, and ran out the door.
On the way to school Jake took off his back pack. Had he remembered his lunch? He opened his bag to find it there. Mom, always there for him. He also found another, smaller paper bag. He opened it. Inside he found a piece of toast, a bag of dry cereal, and a note. It read: "Here's your breakfast sweetie, I know your brothers can be mean, but try to keep calm. Love you. ~Mom." He smiled. He closed his backpack and began to eat the cereal. After that was done, he opened his mouth to eat the toast, but a burst of wind flew by, and he saw his two brothers in front of him now, holding the toast he was about to eat.
"Hey, thanks bro. I was a little hungry." Bruce said taking a bite of the toast.
"Hey! That was mine!" Jake protested.
"Yeah, was!" Alex said making them both laugh. They both ran off at amazing speeds. Jake ran after them, but he knew soon they'd hit supersonic speeds, and then there was no hope. You see, Jake was the odd one in his family. Son of sonic the hedgehog, world famous hero, and if you took pictures of them both at the same age, they were almost identical. But the one thing he didn't inherit from his father was speed. Besides his mom, he was the only one in his family that ran at a normal rate, if not slower than usual. He walked slowly to school, feeling like he was born in the wrong family.