This had to be rewritten and renamed, so there are some massive plot points that have been changed, plus I felt that not enough students were assholes.
Should point this out (just in case you didn't read the original), this story is borderline M, but I've put it at a T because most students are teenagers. If the story gets too mature, I will put it up to a M to protect younger readers. For any younger readers, I WOULD ADVISE CAUTION WHILE READING, seeing as this story contains, but not limited to, the following story elements: violence (maybe graphic), sex, alcohol/drugs, blood/gore, character death, murder, suicide/suicidal references, attempts or thoughts, rape, abuse/neglect, teenage pregnancy, homophobic or racial discrimination (as well as bullying in general), nasty language, mental illness as well as lots of other stuff. There will be notices detailing when these elements appear.
Also, to avoid rants, pairings are not set in stone. Also, there is one character in this story that is not owned by me or SEGA and that is Quinn, owned by V.G.B.305. Please support this author! They are amazing. Sequin, Gabrielle, Jason, Mariposa and Fang are OCs that belong to me.
Characters will be OOC. Just a warning. Also, I'm calling Tails "Mike" instead of "Miles" because the anti-Tails, the real Miles, has the same name and it would be awkward if they shared a name.
Ok...long intro over.
Chapter 1 will contain alcohol and drugs references, mention of suicide, violence/assault as well as blackmail. Enjoy.
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Chapter 1: Start of a New Term
Sonia turned and tossed as she tried to get to sleep. This was the last night in her family home before another year kicked off at NMA (abbreviation for New Mobotropolis Academy). However, that didn't mean the tensions downstairs were getting any better. Her mother and her brother were again arguing. Her phone buzzed. It was Bow Sparrow, her boyfriend and a literal dreamboat in her opinion.
Bow: Asleep yet, sweetie?
Sonia: With mom and bro yelling? No.
Bow: Wish I was there to wrack them one.
Sonia: Be nice. I'll see you tomorrow xxxxxx
A knock came at the door. It was Manic, her other brother and her twin.
"You're still awake as well, I see."
"With them yelling? Of course."
A slam of a door came behind them. Then Bernadette, their mother, came up the stairs, huffing. Their father, Jules, came up behind her and saw the two awake.
"Sorry." Bernie mouthed as she slipped inside their bedroom. Jules followed. Manic face-palmed.
"Remind me why our brother is a massive asshole sometimes."
"No idea."
"Should I...?"
"Leave him alone. He's fine, just pissed. He'll be all normal in the morning."
"Don't bet on that." Manic left then, stretching and yawning. Finally, there was silence. Sonia pressed her ear against her bedroom wall. She could hear faint crying. She pulled away. She knew her older brother, Sonic, didn't get along with his parents one bit and it caused many an argument. It was mainly because he was a rebel by nature and a damaged soul, continuingly bullied for his over-cocky attitude and super-speed, a talent many people dubbed "unMobian". He got called the worst names, meaning he had been dipping in and out of schools all his life. He had been to 5 high schools in the last 4 years and with him now attending a proper boarding school, it meant he couldn't run home if he got really upset. Luckily, Manic's friend Shadow went to that school as well and had a similar talent and problem and hoped the two would get along fine. She hoped so too. She loved her brother to pieces but protecting him would be a problem. Well...when she thought of brother, he was really her older stepbrother. He had a different mum: Aleena. Jules had remarried to Bernadette when Sonic was just 6 and when she and Manic were 5. He was 17. They were 16. Sonic also had a full blood brother, though they didn't know his name. Heck, they had never even met the guy.
She flopped onto her pillow; hoping sleep would wash over her...
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HONK HONK!
Sonia was just about ready. All her bags were packed. Bernadette dipped into her room.
"All ready, sweetheart?"
"Yeah, I'm ready mother." The two cuddled; with Bernie running her fingers through the thick pink fringe Sonia had that hung over her face.
"Look after your brothers, OK? Especially Sonic."
"Mother, I will. You can count on me." She heard a door open. Coming out of it was Sonic, his long sapphire-blue fur still a bit ruffled. In a way, it made him look cute and fluffy. His sharp emerald eyes made the sapphire ones his stepmother had. He looked away first. Bernadette didn't seem to notice and gave him a large hug too.
"You take care for yourself now, my hero." Sonic couldn't help but smile at the nickname.
"It's only until next summer, mom."
"Yes, but still. Sonia and Manic will look out for you. Also, that friend of Manic will too...Shadow, was it?"
"Shadow the emo." Sonic had met Shadow once before over the summer and the two didn't get along at first. Shadow was a bit of an emo, what with his monochrome fashion sense, and was a bit of a cold-hearted prick. Manic seemed to not mind Shadow, so he couldn't judge too much.
HONK HONK!
"Gotta go, mom." Sonic gave her one last hug and ran to the door with Manic, who was already waiting. Sonia followed. The bus was just about empty except for a pink hedgehog who sat near the back. This was Amy-Rose, a girl from Mercia and was known throughout the school as the "girliest-girl" ever. As soon as the three got onto the bus, she gestured to Sonia.
"Hey, Sonia!"
"Hello Amy, how was your summer?"
"Boring. Hanging out with Rob bores me to death." Rob was her first cousin and an expert archer. He was also Bow's buddy. She then noticed Sonic. "Who is the blue hedgehog?"
"My older stepbrother. He's new this year."
"Oh, he's a freshman then. What's his name?"
"Sonic."
"Ooh...exotic. That's a cool name." Sonic heard this and rolled his eyes. Amy pouted. "He's a bit cold, isn't he?"
"He's like that. Be nice to him and he'll warm up to you. He's been in and out schools for years."
"How come?"
"Bullies."
"Yeowch." Amy shuddered at this. She too had been bullied in her lifetime so she could sympathise somewhat. "I hope we're bunking this year."
"Fingers crossed. How many in a room?"
"Fours I think."
"I really want Cream and Blaze."
"Or Mina and Honey. They're fun. Well, when Mina isn't being hyper about fashion."
"LOL." Sonia giggled. The bus suddenly went quite fast over a speed-bump and slowed. Another stop. Manic smiled when Shadow got on the bus.
"Hey, Shadz!"
"Hey, Manic." He noticed Sonic. "Is Blue attending NMA as well this year?"
"Yeah, mom got him a place."
"Lucky me." Sonic sarcastically muttered, obviously dreading it. Manic patted him on the shoulder.
"You'll be fine."
"Yeah, right."
"Well, well..." Shadow cringed and looked up. It was Mephiles, his old enemy. His brother Eclipse was behind him, cruelly grinning. Eclipse could take over minds if he so wished. Mephiles could dissolve into shadows. Then again, NMA was the only school that urged students to use and encourage their natural talents. "...look what the cat dragged in."
"Get lost." Shadow snarled only for Mephiles to punch him to the ground (and seemingly knocking him out), angering Manic.
"Leave him alone, you asshole!"
"Fuck off, weed." He pushed Manic into Sonic, earning in him wracking his head on the window. "Oh, who is this little shrinking violet? Your brother?"
"We're stepbrothers, actually." Sonic groaned, rubbing his head and shaking Manic off him. Eclipse was quick, grabbing him by the quill. For hedgehogs, their quills were very sensitive to pain so for it to get pulled hurt immensely. Sonia and Amy were powerless. The boys wouldn't attack them but they were too powerful for them to take on.
"Don't talk back, stupid. Any idea who we are? Back off, loser. Our fight is with Emo-Boy and Weed-Kid." He threw Sonic aside and turned back to Manic. Mephiles had Shadow also by the quill and had his face very close to the black hedgehog's own. The ebony hedgehog seemed to have regained some consciousness but it was clear by the lack of fire in his eyes that he was still in a lot of pain.
"Right...what torture method shall I use today...?" As this was going on, Sonic managed to stagger to his feet despite his quill throbbing and his vision being a bit doubled. He felt rage fill him. Manic knew what was going to happen and decided to provoke Eclipse.
"Hey, Darkling, you are a total loser yourself, you know."
"SHUT UP!" He kicked Manic twice. Manic painfully glanced at Sonic. His eyes were dark.
Show them, bro.
"Leave. My. Brother. ALONE!" He kicked Eclipse aside.
"W...What...?" Mephiles was confused. He shook with his own rage. "I'll show you hedgehog!" He lunged in for a punch but, thanks to his speed, Sonic easily dodged and punched him straight in the stomach, sending him reeling back. Mephiles couldn't avoid Eclipse and ended up tripping over him. The two bullies then just blinked in surprise and numb shock. No way did that hedgehog have the skill to beat them up.
"Attack these two again and you'll regret it. Hear me?" The two dark students nodded. "Good. Now sit down and be good little boys."
"Whoa...he's cool."
"He gets violent when angry." Sonia moaned as Sonic managed to calm himself down and helped his brother and Shadow, both of them staring at him in astonishment. Even knew Manic knew what cool moves his bro could pull, he was still impressed.
"Hate to say it Blue, but you're a good fighter." Shadow begrudgingly commented, rubbing his head when he got punched. Sonic blinked at this and laughed.
"Nah, it was nothing. He was too slow." Mephiles heard this but kept quiet. He was rubbing his stomach.
"You OK?" Eclipse asked but Mephiles glared daggers at him.
"That bastard won't get away with this, just you watch." He hiccupped. He felt he was gonna hurl. Eclipse inched away from him.
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On another bus, which was specially adapted to reach those living in the ocean, the bus had a few occupants:
Sitting near the front was a navy shark, Razor, and his sister Blade. A black chao called Crusher sat on Razor's lap. Despite his cut-throat attitude, he loved his chao and couldn't leave him behind, much to Blade's embarrassment.
Across from them was Echo, a dolphin who grew up in a military family. She was an enemy of Razor but was kind of buddy-buddy with Blade. She was sitting with Undina, a purple fish (no-one knew what type) who, known only to the people on the bus, was the crown princess of Meropis, a city on the sea floor.
Behind her was Dive, a purple lemming who was gazing out the window as the sea got further and further away. He whimpered as it went out of view.
Near the back were Opal, Coral and Pearly, all friends. Opal was a yellow jellyfish, Coral was an orange betta fish and a priestess and finally, Pearly was a young grey manta ray.
Finally, sitting all on her own was a squid called Abyss. No-one wanted to sit with her. She was, after all, an "Egg Soldier", a nickname given to those who continuingly followed the headmaster, Ivo Robotnik's, rules almost mindlessly. There were a few others, but she was one of them.
The driver was actually an orca called Akhult, an ex-student at the school as well as an ex-Egg Soldier. He sympathized with Abyss.
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"FINALLY!" Amy screamed. The bus had many more people now as the vehicle reversed into the school's overly-large bus bay. Amy rushed off the bus and sharply inhaled. "Back on school campus. My, I've missed NMA!"
"Really? You "missed" it? I thought you hated school." Sonia sarcastically smiled, earning Amy to playfully hit her in mock anger.
"Sonia!"
"Relax, I'm only joking."
"Wow…!" It was Sonic. He had taken one look over the grounds and felt his jaw hit the ground. It. Was. Fucking. MASSIVE! "How big is this place?"
"Biggest school on Mobius, bro." Manic answered, earning wide eyes of shock.
"Seriously?!"
"Seriously."
A horn came from behind them. Everyone face-palmed except from the Blue Blur.
"Hello, NMA! Your King is back!" Sonic saw the car was a silver Porsche with black stripes down the side. Driving was a green hedgehog with cold icy blue eyes. Next to him was a red fox with dark red hair and wore Goth clothes, except for the out-of-place yellow ribbon in her hair. He hated to admit it, but she was quite hot.
"Seriously, first day of school and Scourge and Fiona HAVE to make a scene?" Shadow moaned, sweat dropping.
"Scourge and Fiona?"
"Biggest bastard and bitch in the school."
"Hey, sweetie, look. New guy in town." Fiona nudged Scourge to look at Sonic, who was staring directly at him. He didn't know the guy.
"Seems alright. Looks a bit…I don't know, fishy."
"I'm talking to him." Fiona jumped out the car before Scourge could even react.
"FI!" He yelled to her but she ignored him. "Oh for the love of…!"
"Hey, sweetie. You're new, right?"
"U-Uh…"
"Yes. Yes he is. Sonic, meet…ugh…Fiona Fox." Manic hesitantly and disgustedly introduced the two. Fiona winked.
"Not too shabby for a guy."
"FI!" Scourge grabbed her. "Seriously, don't…" He looked at Sonic more closely. "Hmm…name?"
"…Sonic."
"What, as in "supersonic"? What sort of mother calls their kid that?" He began laughing.
"It's not my real name, it's my permanent nickname."
"Oh, right. That makes sense." He stopped chuckling. "Name's Scourge. You've met Fiona. We're all friends. Good. Come on, Fiona." He dragged her off, leaving her to shrug in resignation.
"Is that a healthy relationship?"
"Who knows?" Amy had her arms crossed. "Scourge is a real creep. And a ladykiller, as you've seen. Thinks he only needs one-liners to get through life. Pathetic."
"He has a cool car tho'. His family must be loaded."
"His father's a baron. No wonder he calls himself the king." Manic revealed.
"Hey, Shadow, sweetie." Shadow turned around. A white bat with overdone make-up was standing there.
"Oh, hey Rouge."
"You could have called or texted me over the summer, y'know." Rouge pouted.
"Sorry, I was quite busy. You know how my dad gets."
"With his experiments again? Jeez, does your dad do nothing but science?"
"No, not really."
"Oh! Who is that?" Shadow saw a golden hedgehog hiding behind him. She had been so quiet that no-one had really noticed her. He seemed surprised.
"Oh, this is my sister Maria. She's new this year too." Maria shyly waved but still hid behind her brother.
"New...oh, all the newbies seem to be little spitfires. Apart from that hunk of a blue hedgehog. My, he's handsome." Sonic blushed at this. Shadow lowly growled.
"Hey. I'm your boyfriend here."
"I know, I know. I'm just teasing. I'll see you in class. Hope you and Manic didn't bring any you-know-what. Zonic and Snively are on bag control."
"Not Zonic." Manic face-palmed. Zonic was the strictest bag control officer at the school. If he caught anyone smuggling anything "restricted", you might as well run. He could be deadly. Snively was just as bad but sometimes gave people the benefit of a doubt which had landed some people in trouble with the head. The head happened to be Snively's uncle. He was called "Snively" for a reason. Manic glanced at his bag. He had drugs, cigarettes and two bottles of booze in his bag. How could he hide them? "I'm dead, aren't I?"
"So dead." Shadow darkly agreed.
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A taxi labelled Mobotropolis Cabs arrived at the school gates. Out swung a red-haired chipmunk with bright blue eyes. Behind her was her older brother, Elias.
"Ready, Sal?"
"So ready. I'll show NMA how this girl rocks the curriculum."
"I...wonder about you sis." Elias sunk.
"SALLY-GIRL!" Sally turned to see a blonde-haired cyborg rabbit run up to her with a jovial grin on her face. "Nice to see ya again!"
"Bunnie! Where's 'Twan and Rotor?"
"Waitin' in the playground. 'Twan has this weird chick with him...Gabi ah think she said her name was. Jus' great."
"You still have a crush on him, dontcha?" A smirk crossed the chipmunk's face, making Bunnie's face grow red with rage.
"AH DO NOT! 'Twan is a total jerk."
"Keep saying that. See you later, Eli." She wandered off with the raging rabbit, leaving Elias alone. He huffed.
"Yeah, leave me to pay the cab." He quickly paid and caught the eye of a female lynx going up the stairs. "Nicole! Hey, wait up!"
"Elias." She spoke, looking away from him.
"You still angry at me?"
"Because you kissed Mina? Yes."
"I was drunk, OK? I...I didn't mean it..."
"You didn't?"
"Of course not! I wish I could take it back. You're the girl for me, Nic. Please." Nicole didn't like being called Nic, seeing as there was a wolf-weasel with the same name. She eventually sighed.
"Fine. I'll forgive you...this time."
"Thank you, Nicole." The two kissed. "Ready to start anew this year?"
"When would I say no?"
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"KNUX!" Knuckles, a red echidna, turned around, only for a red armadillo to barrel into him.
"H-Hey Mighty, how you holding up?"
"Alright. You remember Ray, right?" He revealed a small golden flying squirrel behind him. The poor kid was shaking.
"I remember. Hey, Ray." Ray smiled at this.
"H-H-Hey K-Knuckles. Long t-time no see..."
"Still got that stutter, I see."
"Knux, don't point it out."
"Sorry."
"H-Hey! I-I try n-not to!"
"He's stressed. First year here. Seen Manic, anywhere?"
"Probably giving Blue the whole tour."
"Who?"
"His stepbrother, Sonic. He's starting this year too, but as a freshman. He's in our year."
"How come he didn't come here already?"
"Went to a different school. Guessed he dropped out to come here."
"This school is rated the best in Northamer, if not the whole of Mobius."
"N-No need to b-b-brag, Mighty." Ray scowled, though his stutter made his snarl seem comic. Mighty ruffled his hair.
"Sorry, buddy. Come on, let's go through baggage control."
"OK!" The two went off. Knuckles sighed.
"Espio, you can come out." A fuchsia chameleon appeared from the shadows. He sighed. Knuckles was one of the few people who could sense him when he was invisible. "Why were you hiding?"
"Dunno. Felt like it. Heard you talking. Manic has a stepbrother?"
"Haven't met him yet but it seems like it. Manic's probably showing him around."
"Let's hope he hasn't met Scourge yet." As he spoke, his phone went off.
Lightning: Get your ass here, now.
"Gotta go. See you later, Knuckles." He vanished. Knuckles narrowed his eyes.
"Don't tell me...THAT is still going on..."
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Espio could see Lightning Lynx, as well as Drago (a white wolf) and Patch (a one-eyed coyote and Antoine's brother) waiting for him.
"Well. You sure took your time, asshole." Lightning sneered, moving fast to pin the ninja to the grass. "Got the money?"
"How much this time?"
"25 dollars."
"I-I haven't got that kind of money, alright!? I-I'll get it to you tomorrow."
"Tsk tsk. Ze better have a death wish if ze dare talk to Lightning like zhat!" Patch threatened, a French accent running through his voice. Drago cracked his knuckles.
"Hey. Boss. Can I play Hit the Chameleon Piñata?"
"Sure. Let me string him up for you." He pulled out several whips and tied Espio from a tree branch, upside down. Drago evilly grinned.
"I've been waiting all summer for this."
"Hey!" Someone kicked Drago in the face. That "someone" was a black and white female cat with misty blue eyes. "Pick on someone your own size, polar bear."
"I'm a wolf!"
"Don't care. Geoffrey, release the chameleon and get him outta here!"
"Got it." Espio felt himself hit the ground. A skunk was holding a penknife. "Heh, sorry mate."
"'Bout time you showed up." He moaned as the skunk helped him to his feet and ran towards the building. Lightning growled.
"I'm getting my money. Patch, deal with the cat. I'll go on ahead."
"Oui." Patch nodded as Lightning dashed off, leaving the cat to do some heavy lifting.
"Patch, huh? See where you got the name."
"Grrr...shut up, ze swine! Prepare to be annihilated." He charged, only for the cat to do an aerial somersault and for her high-heeled boots to kick him in the back of the head, knocking him out.
"That is why you don't mess with Hershey Cat of the Gym Club." The cat, now known as Hershey, taunted, tying both males together against the trunk of the oak tree. She huffed from effort. "Now, where did St. John go...?" She wandered around for a bit until she saw that Lightning had changed tactic. Geoffrey was still shielding him but now Lightning had a hostage: a small green-furred Seedrian with scared blue eyes. She saw the cat but made no sound when Hershey pressed her finger against her lips and gestured to the lynx.
"You'll harm a little girl!?"
"Oh, please St. John. I have no intention of hurting little...what's your name again?" He felt embarrassed about asking someone's name halfway through giving the two males a death threat.
"C-Cosmo..."
"OK. I have no intention of hurting little Cosmo here but I'll hurt her really badly if you don't hand over the money!"
"I'm sick and tired of your crap, Lightning! Blackmailing Ninja-Boy here is bad enough. Why hurt little Cosmo?"
Lightning didn't reply. Hershey also hit him in the head, knocking him out and releasing Cosmo.
"You OK?" Hershey asked the first-year. She nodded. Geoffrey looked over at the bruised chameleon.
"Sorry you had to go through this shit on the first day of term, mate."
"N-No, it's OK Geoffrey. Lightning does that."
"No doy." A female came from behind Hershey. Espio recognised the form of his little sister Liza, who was a female pink chameleon.
"S-Sis!?"
"Are you OK, big bro?"
"Y-Yeah, just a little banged up. It's happened before."
"Thanks skunk and cat." She dragged her big brother off, leaving Geoffrey and Hershey blinking in numb surprise.
"WE HAVE NAMES, Y'KNOW!" Geoffrey yelled, earning in Hershey doing a face-palm, a thing she rarely did.
"Leave it, Geoffrey."
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"Think you got the layout, now?" Manic asked, with Sonic chuckling nervously.
"No, but I'll quickly memorise it."
"Who is this?" Manic turned to see a green hawk leaning against the wall with a female pink swallow and a grey albatross as back-up.
"Jet, this is Sonic. Sonic, that's Jet, the current school EX Gear champion."
"The school does EX Gear competitions?"
"In May. Will you dare take me on?" Jet taunted.
"Like he's ever ridden them before." Wave chuckled, earning a glare.
"Have to! I actually have a board. Didn't bring it with me but I can ask dad to drop it off or something."
"Well, aren't we experienced?"
"Wave, leave the kid alone." Jet snapped, his head snapping around. Wave fell silent. Storm just heartily chuckled, making Wave punch him on the arm.
"Ow!"
"Shut your mouth, you lug."
"Anyway!" Jet shut the two up. "You'll have to race me sometime, hedgehog. Sonic, was it? Well, gotta go. See ya around!" The three birds disappeared to their respective tower. Manic huffed.
"Jet is so full of himself. Those three are known as the Babylon Rogues and have won gold, silver and bronze at every competition around the city for several years. Jet joined NMA last year and Wave and Storm are seniors and are graduating. They met in junior school. NMA has a junior school branch called NMJS (New Mobotropolis Junior School) and, since then, they've won tourney after tourney."
"They've won every year?"
"Yup. Biggest over-cocky bastards you'll ever meet." He then came to a door with 101 on it. "Guess this is your room."
"Cool. Question, how did bag control go?"
"Thanks to some fast-talking and some fast-stashing...all clear."
"Y-YOU STASHED IT?! WHERE!?"
"Uh-uh. I'm not tellin'. Only Shadow and I know and he's under an oath of secrecy. See ya, bro." Manic went off, chuckling to himself. Sonic face-palmed.
"What an idiot…"
"You're new, right?" Sonic turned around. The boy who was addressing him was a brown-eyed white and navy-striped hedgehog who was wearing a dark overcoat under his clothes and gloves. He wore boots on his feet. He was smiling. "Manic's stepbrother, right? Knux was telling me."
"U-Um…yeah. I'm Sonic."
"Quinn. Nice to meet you Sonic." The two shook hands. "It's about time you met the boys in your year. I'll show you where the relax lounge is. Each year group has two: one for boys, one for girls. They're locked at night ever since…" He trailed off, shuddering. "…Nikki…"
"Who is Nikki?"
"Nikki was a student here 5 years ago and was Nicole's older sister. Nicole is in the year below us. Nikki was academically gifted in science and maths and really wanted to become a proper academic like her father Dr. Ellidy, who teaches maths here. However, many students beat her up regularly in jealously and, eventually, she took her own life."
"She what?"
"Killed herself. The girls in her year found her body in their relax lounge. She hung herself."
Sonic had been shocked into silence.
"A-And this was 5 years ago?"
"Yes. Nikki is the only one who had ever contemplate suicide and to actually go through with it. There was a close encounter last year with Rosy but she survived."
"Rosy?"
"Amy's older sister. Near identical but a bit messed up in the head. I only know this because I accidently overheard Amy talking about it to Rob. I'm good friends with him."
"Uh-huh." They came to a large door and they pushed it open. Inside were 14 other boys, two of them instantly glared at Sonic as he came in.
Scourge and Mephiles.
Oh chaos…
"Guys, this is Sonic. He's new this year."
"Cool! The name's Guntiver." A dark brown arctic wolf introduced, grinning. Sonic grinned back.
"I'll introduce everyone to you." Quinn cut in. "The red echidna is Knuckles."
"Yo." Knuckles greeted.
"The chameleon next to him is Espio. With them is Rob, the hooded hedgehog and Nack, the purple weasel."
"I prefer the name Fang, you know." Nack moaned, earning a playful punch from Rob.
"There is another student called Fang, Nack."
"I know! Copycat."
"You copied. He's older than you." Espio backed up, earning in him and Rob fist-punching each other. Nack glared at the two.
"Oh, shut up!"
"Anyway. The brown wolf is Shift. Try not to get him mixed up with Guntiver there."
"No hard feelings if you do." Shift chuckled. "Everyone does it."
"The moody mongoose in the corner is Ash. He's a musical guy but an emo." All Ash did to Quinn's fact was a "hmph".
"The large striped cat is Big and the brown wallabee with him is Walt."
"Nice to meet you." Walt heartily greeted. Big waved but he was stroking a Mobini frog that was lying on his leg.
"Froggy says hi." Big absent-mindedly greeted. Sonic chuckled.
"Tell Froggy I say hi back."
"The green platypus is Bill. He's an Egg Soldier."
"What's a…?"
"Someone who follows Ivo's rules without a care in the world. We hate those types." Shift groaned, earning in Bill huffing.
"He is the headmaster. I don't get why everyone rebels."
"IT'S WHAT NMA STANDS FOR!" Everyone but Big and Sonic yelled, earning in Bill reeling back off his chair. He sheepishly scratched his head.
"I rest my case."
"The duck with Bill is Speedy. He's Jet's worst enemy."
"Don't compare me to that idiot." Speedy growled. "He's just a rogue."
"The daydreaming lemming is Dive. He's one of the few "Underwater" Mobians here."
"I miss the sea." Dive whimpered.
"Stop it." Scourge growled. "Me and Sonic have met but just in case he has forgotten me, the name's Scourge, king of NMA."
"Yeah, I know. I haven't forgotten."
"Remember me, asshole?" Mephiles cruelly grinned. "Mephiles is my name and believe me, don't get in my way."
"I won't."
"You better not."
"Meph, what is your deal?" Espio had his eyes in amber slits. "You can't hate him already."
"Can. He did kick my ass on the bus. And Eclipse's."
"Only because you were beating up Manic and Shadz."
"Did mumsy ever tell you to not resort to violence!?"
Silence.
Sonic didn't respond but he did look away. Mephiles was enjoying this. He had found a weak spot. He was fast. He used that one moment of distraction to lunge at Sonic like a feral animal, thrusting him against the wall while holding him by the throat. Hard.
"Aww, lost your mum, huh? Can't have a family without her? Alone? Scared?" He taunted. Sonic didn't respond. His eyes were already drooping; his face turning an ominous shade of cyan.
"Mephiles! Leave him alone for Chaos' sake!" Knuckles yelled, rushing over to attack the dark crystalline hedgehog but Mephiles kicked him away.
I…c-can't breathe…
"Right." Scourge cracked his knuckles and eventually pushed Mephiles as hard as he could, making him let go of Sonic. Quinn was at his side instantly. "Don't pick on little wimps like him like that! You could have killed him!"
"Oh, come on! I didn't hurt him THAT bad."
"You're no better than Lightning." Espio was trying to defuse the situation. "Just…calm down, both of you."
"G-Guys…" Quinn stuttered. He was leaning over Sonic, who looked unconscious. Bruising was forming around his neck. Shaking did nothing, the blue hedgehog didn't even groan. "I-I can't wake him up!"
"Oh god…Mephiles, what have you done!?" Dive looked like he was about to punch Mephiles.
"I-I-I wasn't trying to seriously hurt him! Honest!"
"Yeah, right!"
"H-He's…I mean, he's not…"
"No, Nack. He's breathing fine…I think."
"Phew!" Dive exhaled in relief. "Should I go get…?"
"I'll get Hope. You lot stay here." Scourge rushed out. Mephiles growled to himself.
I'm gonna get detention now on the first day…that's just great. Thanks temper, thanks a lot!
"If Manic and Sonia learn about this, I'm dead, aren't I?"
"Yep." Everyone piped. Mephiles left the room then but no-one seemed to care about him. After a few shaky minutes, Scourge returned with a tall blonde-haired Overlander who was wearing an orange top under black dungarees. This was Hope Kintobor, the school nurse. She leant over Sonic and assessed him.
"He'll be OK. His breathing seems to be regular. Who did this?"
"Mephiles." Came the chorus.
"Where is he?"
"He left." Quinn informed. "Shall I go get him?"
"No, I'll talk to Ivo about this later." She felt Sonic's neck for a proper pulse check but when her face grew ashen, everyone knew something was up. "His pulse is slower than it should be."
"That's…bad, right?"
"Of course it's bad, Rob!" Knuckles chewed the hedgehog out. Rob shuddered and stayed quiet.
"Best take him to the infirmary…just in case." She gently picked Sonic up and carried him out the room with ease.
"For an early-twenties girl, she's strong." Dive whistled, earning several pairs of bewildered eyes. He bit his lip, also staying silent. Quinn was quick to catch up with the Overlander but stopped outside Tower B (for Sophomores). He knocked. The tower's dorm advisor, a robotic monkey called Coconuts, answered the door.
"Can I help you?" His voice was like a child on drugs; extremely high-pitched and didn't sound natural. Quinn hated Coconuts with a passion but he swallowed that hatred.
"I'm…looking for Sonia and Manic."
"Oh, OK. Stay here a sec." The monkey disappeared into the shadowy corridor and returned 4 minutes later with both hedgehogs.
"Oh, hey Quinn. What's up?"
"Manic, did something happen on the bus between Sonic and Mephiles?"
"He beat the crap out of them, yeah. Why?"
"You two need to come with me." He ran off, with Sonia and Manic following in confusion. Coconuts scratched his head and sighed in extreme annoyance.
"Remind me why I sighed up for this job…"
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Ending it there! Mainly because I don't do chapters that are longer than 6000 words (leeway either way is fine)
Pairings that we know about or I am going to reveal are below:
Scourge and Fiona – DATING
Nicole and Elias – DATING
Antoine and Gabi – RECENTLY HOOKED UP
Shadow and Rouge – DATING
Barby and Walt – FRIEND-ZONED
Tails and Cream – FRIEND-ZONED
Sonia and Bow – DATING
Geoffrey and Hershey – SECRET CRUSH
Manic and Sequin – DATING…?
Now, who is in each year? What SEGA characters have I chosen? There are 5 year classes at NMA with 32 students each (16 girls, 16 boys). That equals 160 students. Some may be omitted later.
Freshmen/Eighth Grade (1st Years): Gold the Tenrec, Cinder the Pheasant, Tikal the Echidna, Maria the Hedgehog, Cream the Rabbit, Cosmo the Seedrian, Helen Wheeler, Frances Burns, Sonar the Fennec Fox, Pearly the Manta Ray, Beth the Shrew, Zooey Fox, Matilda the Armadillo, Liza the Chameleon, Marine the Raccoon, Sasha Cat, Tails Prower, Silver the Hedgehog, Cyrus Lion, Dylan Porcupine, Charmy Bee, Ray the Flying Squirrel, Wombat Stu, Bean the Dynamite Duck, Spike the Porcupine, Miles Prower, Ben Muttski, Christopher Thorndyke, Danny Clarke, Chip/Light Gaia, Snaggle Tiger and Rory Bear
Sophomores/Ninth Grade (2nd Years): Amy-Rose Hedgehog, Blaze the Cat, Sticks the Jungle Badger, Nicole the Holo-Lynx, Honey the Cat, Jian the Tiger, Lyco Wolf, Leeta Wolf, Daisy the Seedrian, Echo the Dolphin, Coral the Betta, Carrotia the Rabbit, Mindy LaTour, Molly Jones, Shade the Echidna, Sonia the Hedgehog, Jet the Hawk, Hamlin Pig, Manic the Hedgehog, Bow Sparrow, Mighty the Armadillo, Jason the Hyena (OC), Larry Lynx, Dave the Intern, Geoffrey St. John, Razor the Shark, Remington, Patch D'Coolette, Antoine D'Coolette, Tommy Turtle, Mello Bee and Marcos Wolf
Pre-Juniors/Tenth Grade (3rd Years): Sally Acorn, Alicia Acorn, Mina Mongoose, Bunker the Tortoise, Julie-Su, Hershey Cat, Galaxina the Seedrian, Princess Undina, Perci the Bandicoot, Nicolette the Weasel, Cassia the Pronghorn, Clove the Pronghorn, Sara the Cat, Merlina the Hedgehog, Shahra Monkey, Mariposa Butterfly (OC), Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, Rob o' the Hedge, Espio the Chameleon, Quinn the Hedgehog, Ash Mongoose, Guntiver the Arctic Wolf, Walt Wallabee, Bill Platypus, Nack the Weasel, Dive the Lemming, Scourge the Hedgehog, Shift E. Wolf, Mephiles the Dark, Speedy Duck and Big the Cat
Juniors/Eleventh Grade (4th Years): Rouge the Bat, Bunnie Rabbot, Rosy the Rascal, Sequin Fox (OC), Saffron Bee, Maria Wolf, Abyss the Squid, Opal the Jellyfish, Uma Arachnis, Thorn the Lop, Arashi Lynx/Conquering Storm, Aurora-La, Lumina Flowlight, Penelope Platypus, Relic the Pika, Gabi the Red Panda (OC), Shadow the Hedgehog, Alan the Quail, Friar Buck, Munch the Rat, Elias Acorn, Flip Penguin, Bark the Polar Bear, Falke Wolf, Kragok, Boomer Walrus, Rotor Walrus, Jack Rabbit, Jolt the Roadrunner, Avery the Bear, Ken Khan and Cobar
Seniors/Twelfth Grade (5th Years): Buns Rabbot, Fiona Fox, Dulcy Dragon, Breezie the Hedgehog, Lien-Da, Mari-An, Barby Koala, Erma Ermine, Sealia Seal, Lupe Wolf, Blade the Dolphin, Thunderbolt the Chinchilla, Zeena the Zeti, Elise the Hedgehog, Megan Acorn, Wave the Swallow, Storm the Albatross, Ashura the Hedgehog, Vector the Crocodile, Fang Wolf (OC), Shard/Metal Sonic v2.5, Augustus the Polar Bear, Ebony Hare, Maw the Thylacine, Bearenger the Grizzly, Drago Wolf, Lightning Lynx, Predator Hawk, Tex the Lizard, Eclipse the Darkling, Valdez the Chameleon and Thrash the Devil
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Dorm Advisors are easy:
Freshmen: Dingo the Dingo
Sophomores: Coconuts the Monkey
Pre-Juniors: Sleet the Dog
Juniors: Cubot
Seniors: Orbot
I'll reveal the teachers next chapter. Anyway, enjoy this!
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Next time…
Sonia and Manic get their revenge on Mephiles
More tensions between Nicole and Elias
Who is Sonic's real brother?
Ebony and Scourge fight over affections for Fiona
And more!