Yeah, so there's a funny story behind this fic

Yeah, so there's a funny story behind this fic. Funny as in my power went out so I nothing better to do.

This is my first Sonic the Hedgehog fic, so I hope it turns out alright.

Just so you know, Sonic's school is a secondary school, which means that both middle schoolers and high schoolers are in the same bulding.

Remember, this is high school. There will be romance, sports, swearing, stupid decisions, and everything else that goes along with the territory. That's why it's rated T. So no lemons!

Anyways, let's get it on!

Chapter 1: Breakfast and Bus Rides

The sun rose majestically over the horizon, covering the clouds in a beautiful pink light and bathing the suburban neighborhood and surrounding area in a warm glow. It promised to be a beautiful day. Or it would have been beautiful, if it wasn't for one thing.

"First day of school! First day of school! First day of school!" The incessant yelling could be heard anywhere on the block. The source came from a medium sized blue house comfortably situated between a small orange house with a for sale sign on the front lawn and another medium sized red house. Inside the blue house in question, a young fox was jumping up and down on his bed, his eager face a perfect match for his demeanor. His plain white socks were clean and lint free and his fur was neat and tidy from his head to his twin tails. It was these two tails that had earned Miles Prower the nickname "Tails," which was what he more commonly went by. "Come on, Sonic! Aren't you excited?"

"I'm absolutely ecstatic, little bro." Tails smiled across the room as Sonic, using a visible effort, pulled himself away from his covers. The blue hedgehog placed his bare blue feet on the ground, stretching and yawning as he did so. "Why don't you go downstairs and grab some breakfast while I get ready?"

"Okay, Sonic!" Tails leapt from his bed and raced out the door, leaving Sonic in the room alone, struggling mightily to not smile.

"How in the world does he have so much energy on a school day?" Yawning again, Sonic rose from his bed and made his way into the bathroom. After emptying his bladder, Sonic flushed the toilet and got into the shower. Sonic let out a yawn as he turned on the shower head, but it quickly turned into a gasp as the frigid water slapped him in the face. Grasping for the handles again, Sonic turned off the flow of water.

"Right. Flushing the toilet screws with the shower. Going to have to remember that some day." Cautiously, Sonic turned the handles just enough for a trickle to come out. Thankfully, it was back to normal. Sonic gave himself a good wash, dried off, pulled on his socks, and made his way downstairs.

Tails jumped the last four steps of the stairs and landed with a loud thud. As if in response to Tails' arrival, a voice called out from the room to his left.

"Morning to ya, Tails. Ready for your first day of school?" Tails walked into the kitchen to find Uncle Chuck, a middle-aged grey-blue hedgehog, placing two plates piled high with pancakes, bacon, and toast on the table. Tails smiled as he sat down in front of one of the plates.

"You bet I am, Uncle Chuck! Thanks for breakfast!" No sooner was Tails done speaking then he was shoveling the contents of the plate into his mouth. Uncle Chuck chuckled at the young fox as he made his way over to the sink and began washing the plates and glasses.

"So where's Sonic? Still sawing logs?" Tails swallowed a particularly large helping of pancake before he answered.

"No, he was awake. I think he was going to take a shower." Uncle Chuck nodded and continued washing the dishes. Tails had just finished his breakfast when the sound of footsteps in the stairwell announced Sonic's arrival.

"Morning, Unk." Uncle Chuck put the last dish away and turned towards Sonic.

"Morning, Sonic. Ready for your first day of school?" Sonic simply shrugged as he took the empty seat next to Tails and began eating his breakfast. Uncle Chuck rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to Tails.

"You got your backpack all set, right? And your schedule, too?"

"Yep. I packed my bag last night, and my schedule's inside." Uncle Chuck smiled.

"Good work, son. And you, Sonic?" The blue hedgehog nodded as he helped himself to a second piece of toast. Uncle Chuck looked over his shoulder at the clock hanging on the wall.

"It's almost 7:00, boys. You'd better hurry if you want to make the bus." Sonic swallowed his last piece of bacon and stood up.

"No problem, Uncle Chuck. Let's do it, Tails." Tails nodded, and then he and Sonic made their way to the front hall. Sonic then proceeded to slip on his favorite pair of sneakers: they were red and right with a golden buckle on each. He then slipped on his white gloves and threw his backpack over one shoulder. Tails followed suit, putting on his red-and-white sneakers and white gloves, both of which were different brands then the ones Sonic wore.

"Ready to go, little bro," asked Sonic. Tails smiled and nodded, so the pair made their way out of the house and down the front walkway. They had just reached the sidewalk when Uncle Chuck stuck his head out the door.

"Remember, Sonic, you have football tryouts after school today." Sonic flashed Uncle Chuck a thumbs up, and then continued on his way. Tails and Sonic were passing the red house next door when the front door opened. Standing in the doorway was a red echidna the same age as Sonic. He had dreadlocks, green, yellow, and red shoes, and two white gloves that each had two points where his knuckles protruded. It was the latter that had earned him his name.

"Hey, Knuckles! Ready for the first day of school?" Knuckles smiled as he closed and locked the door behind him before making his way over to Sonic and Tails.

"Yeah, Tails, I guess I am. What about you, True Blue?" Sonic smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm cool with it, I guess. Kind of cramps my style, but at least I get to see everybody again." Sonic's eyes glinted as he continued. "Besides, we get to go to football tryouts. You're going out, right Knux?" Knuckles smirked.

"You know it. That middle linebacker spot is as good as mine. Remember how our team dominated last year?" Sonic got a wistful expression on his face as he thought.

"Yeah, we were pretty good." Knuckles snorted.

"'Pretty good'? We went undefeated, man. When it came to offense, it was all you and Shadow. We had, what, seven plays and one formation? And you and Shadow still racked up the points against even the toughest defenses?" Sonic shrugged humbly, but a smile was plainly visible on his face. "So is the 'Blue Blur' going to be the first ever freshmen to start at Halfback?" Sonic's smile turned into a confident grin as he replied.

"That depends. Are you, Vector, Mighty, and Espio going to show the upperclassmen how to play?" Knuckles smirked.

"Let's just say that the Chaotix Defense will leave quite an impression. Figuratively and physically." Sonic grinned and turned his attention to Tails, who had been quiet during the conversation.

"What about you, little bro? Going to join any clubs?" Tails smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, and I'm really excited about it, too! Rotor says that he can get me into the Robotics club with him." Sonic laughed.

"That Rotor, always the reliable one."

"Speaking of Rotor." Sonic turned his attention back to Knuckles, who was currently staring ahead of them with a smile on his face. The blue hedgehog followed his red friend's gaze and smiled as well when he saw the large purple walrus waiting at the bus stop, his trademark yellow hat on backwards.

"Well what do you know?" Sonic was about to call out to Rotor when the purple walrus bent down to inspect something on the sidewalk, revealing another person standing next to him. It was a pink echidna, and the sight of her made Knuckles smile.

"Hey there, Julie-Su!" The pink echidna looked away from Rotor and smiled at Knuckles.

"Morning, Knuckles. I'm surprised you're not catching a ride with your dad." Knuckles shook his head as he, Sonic, and Tails came up next to Julie-Su and Rotor.

"Naw, he left early this morning when he got a call from somebody down at the station. I can't really say much, but apparently they've gotten a big break in that jewel heist last month." Rotor stood up and brushed his knees off as Knuckles finished talking.

"Really? That's cool." Knuckles nodded and began talking with Julie-Su about her summer, so Rotor turned to Sonic and Tails. "So, Tails, still want to join the Robotics club?" Tails' face lit up with excitement.

"You bet I do! I have some great ideas that I think could help you guys out." Rotor smiled.

"Come on, Tails. It's not 'you guys,' it's 'us.' You're going to be in the club, too." Tails nodded enthusiastically. Sonic half-smiled as he scratched his nose with his index finger.

"So when's the bus going to get here, anyway?" In response, the familiar boxy yellow school bus turned around the corner and approached the stop.

"That answer your question, Sonic," said Knuckles. Rolling his eyes, the blue hedgehog got into line and then filed into the bus. The bus driver was an elderly chipmunk with graying fir and squinty eyes. And apparently his hearing was going as well.

"Good morning, children," the bus driver practically yelled at them as they passed by. "How your summer?"

"It was nice, Mr. Na. How was yours," replied Rotor as he went by.

"It very good, Rotor. Very good. I get to see family. My daughter is mother now. Very exciting time. Very exciting." Mr. Na hadn't noticed, but nobody was there to hear him finish talking, as they had all but run to the back of the bus. Mr. Na closed the doors and continued his route.

"And that's why I can't wait to drive, Tails." The orange fox looked at Sonic, who was currently leaning over the back of Tails' seat to talk to him.

"I don't know, Sonic. I think Mr. Na's sort of funny." Sonic rolled his eyes and slumped back into his own seat.

"Yeah, sure he's funny. But it loses its charm once the-"

"Don't ruin the surprise for him, Sonic," said Knuckles, cutting Sonic off mid-sentence. The blue hedgehog simply nodded before he put his hands behind his head and dozed off. Sighing, Knuckles turned to Tails.

"Can I take a look at your schedule, Tails?" The fox nodded and handed Knuckles his schedule. The red echidna read over the schedule, saying something about each teacher as he went along.

"First period Civics with Mr. Antione, huh? The guys got an outrageous French accent and a slight ego, not to mention he gives a good bit of homework. But he's a good guy and you'll do fine as long as you do the assignments. Second period you've got Science with Mr. Hoover. I think Julie-Su had him." Knuckles turned around in his seat so he could talk to the pink echidna. "Hey, Julie-Su, you had Mr. Hoover, right? How was he?" The female echidna thought for a moment before replying.

"He was an alright teacher. You didn't get a lot of dinky little homework assignments, but you'd get a project every couple of weeks. Not to mention his exams had the nasty habit of biting you in the ass. But he'll let you retake a bad quiz or test until the end of the quarter." Knuckles nodded and turned back to the schedule.

"Oh ho ho! What's this? You've got Mrs. Bunnie for third period Math? Sonic and I had her, too. Remember her, dude?" Sonic cracked an eye open and smirked.

"How could I forget, Knux? Without a doubt one of the finest teachers I've ever seen." Knuckles laughed.

"Yeah, we learned a lot about angles and curves that year. Remember the ti-"

"Ahem." The sound of Julie-Su clearing her throat caused Knuckle's to stop mid-sentence, and the naturally red echidna's face turned a shade redder.

"Yeah, well, um, anyway, she's a good teacher. You'll like her. Um, fourth period you have Technology Tools with Mr. Washington."

"You'll like him, Tails. He's very knowledgeable about computers, plus he's a cool guy." Tails turned to Rotor.

"Really?" The purple walrus nodded sagely.

"Absolutely. He's the sponsor for the robotics club."

"Wow, cool! Maybe I'll talk to him today about me joining." Tails turned back to Knuckles. "What else is there?"

"Well, fifth period you have English with Mr. Green. He's kind of, um, permanently tripping on acid. But if you get him to like you, you'll get an easy A. Sixth period Shop with Mr. Ash. He'll give you an A as long as you put forth a good effort. And for your seventh period you've got…oh, sweet! You've got Study Hall as your last period everyday. You could skip that and go home early every now and then. Just make sure Mr. Big is sleeping and you're golden." Tails nodded as he took back his schedule.

"Thanks, Knuckles. It looks like I'm in for an interesting year." The red echidna smiled.

"I'd agree with that. And remember what I said about third period." Tails smiled and was putting his schedule back in his bag when the bus arrived at the first stop.

"Good morning, children! How your summer," yelled Mr. Na as he opened the door.

"It was wonderful, Mr. Na," said a red-haired ground squirrel as she boarded the bus. She was wearing a blue vest with the front open and matching knee-high boots.

"It's very nice to see you again, Mr. Na," said the lynx who boarded the bus after the squirrel. She had black hair and was wearing a purple toga. Mr. Na smiled at her.

"You very well mannered child, Nicole. Very well mannered." Nicole smiled and followed the squirrel to the back of the bus. When they reached the group, Sonic sat up and smiled.

"Well hello, ladies. How was your summer? Did you miss me?" The squirrel rolled her eyes at the blue hedgehog while the lynx giggled bashfully.

"Yes, Sonic, I was absolutely distraught without you." Everybody but Sonic laughed at this.

"You know what, Sal? Because of that little comment, you don't get to sit next to me. Nicole, pop a squat." The lynx blinked, unsure of what to do. Fortunately, Sally made the decision for her.

"Go on, Nicole. I was going to sit with Rotor anyway." Nicole hovered for a few more seconds, and then plopped down next to Sonic. Meanwhile, Sally sat down next to Rotor, and the pair began trading stories about the summer. Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Tails were discussing something about classes, so Sonic turned to Nicole with a smile.

"So, Nicole, how was your summer?" The lynx blushed and began to play with the bottom of her toga.

"It was quite entertaining. I engaged in numerous activities of merriment, and Sally and I spent many hours of what she calls 'girl time' together." Sonic nodded looking Nicole up and down.

"And I'd say it paid off. You look great. I think your hair looks better at this length." Nicole blushed furiously, fussing with the bottom of her toga even more.

"Th-thank you, Sonic. Your c-compliment is of great value to me." Sonic simply smiled and leaned back into the seat.

"Anytime, Nicole. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to catch a few Zs before the middle schoolers arrive and it starts." Tails, hearing the comment, turned to Sonic with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Before what starts, Sonic?" The blue hedgehog didn't open his eyes as he responded.

"You'll see, little bro. You'll see."

"You suck!"

"Shut up, bitch!"

"Make me, asshole!"

"Suck my balls!"

"You'd like that, fag!"

"How about that bus driver?"

"Yeah, what a freaking dinosaur."

"And his accent? What a weirdo."

"Is it like this everyday," Tails asked.

"Everyday, little bro. These kids get it into their heads that swearing is cool and that it makes them tough. Next thing you know, this is what happens. And Mr. Na can't do anything because half of the time he doesn't know they're doing it," said Sonic as he continued to try and sleep.

"You just have to learn to live with it, Tails. It's a sad fact," added Sally.

"But if any of them try and do something detrimental to you…" Knuckles finished his sentence by slamming his fists together. Julie-Su smiled her approval.

"I just can't fathom why these kids behave in such a despicable manner. It is entirely unbecoming and rather discomforting." Rotor turned to Nicole and smiled when she finished.

"Well just look on the bright side, guys." Sonic opened one eye as he replied.

"And what might that be, Rote?" The purple walrus grinned.

"We're here."

And that's Chapter 1. What do you guys think? I think it turned out ok, for an introduction. Once I get into day and the story starts to move along, it'll get better. I promise.

Anyway, if you have any questions/comments/concerns/ideas, or if you just want to say goodjob/flame, the review button is right down there. PMs are always welcome as well.

I hope to see you guys next time, and, once again, it'll get better as time goes on.

Later, all!

Kenyade