Disclaimer: This fiction will consist of fourteen chapters and will not be like other high school sonic fics you have read before. It is written to be more realistic with more adult themes and no singular main character. It will consist of a large cast and will centre around the perspectives of fourteen main characters who will all have plots revolving around them and their interactions with other characters.
These characters are Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Knuckles, Silver, Espio, Jet, Blaze, Amy, Cream, Rouge, Tikal, Sally and Fiona. There are also side characters from the games, TV shows and the comics but has no OC's. If you are confused about a character or read an obscure name, look them up and you might find somebody new and interesting :)
Warning: It is rated M for swearing and adult themes such as abuse, bullying, self-harm, suicide, teenage pregnancy, alcohol and drug abuse, violence etc. If anything is offensive or triggering I apologize but I won't shy away from any topics in this story or its more intense sequel.
For Shippers: This story will involve a multitude of ships including malexfemale (majority), malexmale and femalexfemale. You have been warned. Also in this story, much like high school, no relationship is safe. There are many break-ups and make-ups and new flings galore. Although some relationships might make it through the story, none will remain happy for its entierity, especially not if taking the sequel into account. If you don't like a couple, don't worry because anything can happen. If you do, I'm sorry but no relationship is safe.
Chapter 1
The Party
The Central City supermarket was surprisingly busy with dozens of shoppers browsing the countless aisles. A tall, blue hedgehog with long, toned legs stood in the junk food aisle, eyes scanning over a grocery list. His sapphire quills were permanently spiked up from too much hair gel and he always wore the same black running shorts and jacket, even if it was too hot or too cold.
Sonic the Hedgehog was about to enter his senior year at Central City's very own Mobius High. However, his mind was elsewhere. He didn't have time to think about the summer ending and school starting back up. He was too busy running errands for his overbearing girlfriend. Right now, it was getting the snacks for Amy's party.
Sonic had been run off his feet all day. He was almost at his wits end, but this was the final thing on Amy's list. He threw the large packets of chips into his basket and made his way to the checkout when he noticed a familiar face waiting in line.
"Hey Rouge, what are you doing here?" Sonic asked with a smile.
"Oh, hey Sonic," Rouge greeted. "Now, what could I possibly be doing at a supermarket with a bunch of items and a wallet full of cash? It's quite a dilemma."
"Alright, you could have just said shopping, you don't have to be such a dick about it," Sonic laughed as he wrapped his free arm around Rouge and gave her a side-long hug.
"You excited for tonight?" Rouge asked as the line moved forward steadily.
"I think I'm the only one in our group that dreads this day each semester."
"And why's that?"
"Because Ames gets me to run around and do everything for her while she stays at home and cleans," Sonic complained.
"Geez, Hun, you're more whipped than cream on my desserts," Rouge teased. "Serves you right for starting a relationship with that girl. The words high maintenance can't even begin to describe her."
"Look who's talking."
"True, but at least boys know what they're getting before they date me."
"Dating? Please, you haven't had a boyfriend since the ninth grade," Sonic said.
"It's called rejection," Rouge huffed. "Boys try, but none of them meet my standards."
"Sorry we can't all meet your lofty standards, my queen," Sonic faked a courtesy bow as he shot Rouge his trademark grin.
"I accept your humble apology, servant," Rouge played along when the cashier called out asking who was next. "Well, anyway, I'll see you at Amy's tonight."
"See you then," Sonic waved as he moved on to the other free check-out. He sighed contentedly to himself as the woman scanned his products like a mindless drone and bagged them for him. Despite all the chores, he had to admit he did enjoy Amy's little parties. It was the first time in months that he'd be able to see all his friends together in one place, and Sonic knew when all his friends got together there was one thing that was always true; It was never boring.
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Knuckles always hated this part of the year more than any other. Central City's Amethyst Mall was often crowded, especially on a Saturday but this particular day, like every year, was always the most overwhelming and chaotic. It was the last Saturday in January, meaning that the start of the new school year was just two days away. All around shoppers dashed through the mall, snatching up notebooks, pens, pencils, binders, staplers and all other stationary in a confused frenzy. Parents dragged their kids to get fitted for new painful, black school shoes and prices were slashed again and again as shops tried to push the last of their back to school merchandise.
Knuckles frowned as he passed a younger boy whose mother was forcibly shoving his feet into the most uncomfortable looking shoes. Knuckles sighed, glad that at the very least the school he attended, Mobius High, had no uniform code and he could wear his snug trainers every day.
He turned into the stationary store and began strolling past the aisles filled to the brim with everything one could need. He grumbled to himself, knowing he needed to stock up for the new year but hating that he was forced to spend the money he had earned coaching the middle school's basketball team over summer.
"Knuckles!" a shrill voice sounded from behind him. He groaned, spinning on his heels as he turned to come face to face with two hands cradling a high stack of textbooks. "There you are."
"Oh, hey Tikal," Knuckles replied nonchalantly, rubbing his forearm as the head of the girl peeked out from beside the books she was carrying. Tikal was one of the few girls in their year level that kept her ginger orange hair nice and short.
"Where have you been?" she asked in a commanding voice.
"Just doing some last-minute shopping," Knuckles shrugged, combing a hand through his red dreds.
"Don't pretend you don't know what I mean," Tikal scolded. "You've been ignoring me all summer."
"I've just been busy," Knuckles lied, avoiding eye contact.
"Sure you have," Tikal shook her head disbelievingly. "Anyway, be a gentleman and hold these for me so I can go get more. Then we can grab lunch together."
"Tikal," Knuckles breathed, sick of her nagging.
"Then we can go back to mine to get ready for Amy's party tonight where we can have a proper discussion about how you've been ignoring me."
"Tikal, I-" Knuckles tried again but she continued to interrupt him.
"And I've heard some rumours about how you and Rouge have spent a lot of time together over summer," she narrowed her eyes enviously.
"She was just coaching with me," Knuckles defended.
"A likely story. You need to stop seeing her as much because-"
"Tikal, it's over!" Knuckles said forcefully.
"And Amy was telling me how…" Tikal trailed off, pausing. "What did you say?"
"I don't know what has happened to you but recently you've changed. You used to be so happy-go-lucky, nice and forgiving but recently you've become overbearing, bossy and just a pain to be around," Knuckles said exasperatedly.
"What are you trying to say, Knuckles," Tikal said tonelessly.
"Tikal. I've been meaning to do this for a while but… I'm breaking up with you!"
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Blaze: I'll be there in five
Silver quickly glanced at his phone that lay on the bed before looking back at the mirror. He gave himself a brief final check. He straightened out his teal shirt, adjusted the belt that curled around the waistband of his navy jeans and played with his silvery quills, making it nice and neat the same way he always wore it without fail.
"Stop trying to make me the bad guy!" an enraged voice bellowed from the other room, echoing down the hallways.
"Why is it so difficult to just stop messaging the gardener then, Eimi!" a much deeper, more masculine voice followed, rattling the whole house.
"We need the garden redone. Jesus, you're impossible," Eimi yelled again. Silver sighed deeply, clenching his eyes to try to block out the screams from his parent's bedroom and swiped the phone off his bed. He hurried down the stairs, jumping over the last few to get to the door quicker. He had just wrenched open the door when his step father's head emerged from around the corner.
"Where do you think you're going young man?" he shouted.
"I-I… um," Silver stammered, looking down at his feet.
"He already told us he was going to his little friend's party. Don't take your anger out on him," Eimi screamed.
"You're always on his side, aren't you?"
"He's our son! Don't bring him into this." Silver couldn't take his parents arguing any further. He quickly slipped out the door without them noticing and jogged down the garden path. A teenage girl was standing on the sidewalk, waiting for him with a worried look.
"Are your parents fighting again?" she asked.
"Yeah, but it's fine," Silver lied. "They've been going at it for a couple weeks now. Surely it will be over soon and things can go back to the way they were," Silver shrugged.
"Well you're always welcome to stay with my aunt and I if you ever need," Blaze offered.
"Thanks Blaze, you really are the best friend a guy could ask for," Silver smiled.
"I know," Blaze giggled.
"Hey, I like what you've done to your hair," Silver pointed out as the two began to walk down the sidewalk side by side. The sun had begun to set, its rays shining across the street enlarging their shadows and casting the sky into a beautiful, deep salmon.
"Oh, it was nothing," Blaze blushed as she grabbed her hair. "I did it today, thought I'd try a new look at school now that they changed the rules about hair this year," Blaze explained. Her violet hair was tipped a deeper indigo and done up with a red band.
Blaze and Silver continued small talk as they plotted along the street towards Amy's house, who only lived a few blocks over.
…
The little pink fenced, cookie-cutter house sat nestled between almost identical houses on Velvitte Road. The Roses were known to their neighbors for one reason. Their rambunctious, blossoming daughter, Amy. Her room was located on the second story and sat directly opposite the neighbor's bedroom. Long during the night she would often lie on her bed, lights on, talking on her phone. The neighbors could have sworn that she hardly ever went to bed before two in the morning, especially since she was dating the Sonic boy.
The skinny, beautiful girl who always sported a pink headband rushed around her house, mauve feather duster in hand. She brushed around, getting rid of the countless cobwebs and sheets of dust that littered the furniture of her house. Vacuum cleaner, mop, broom and sponge. She exhausted her cleaning closet to make her house spotless for the upcoming party. The yearly tradition for their little group was to hold a party on the last Saturday before the new school year.
"Hey babe, where do you want these?" a tall, toned boy called out, cradling a multitude of shopping bags in his arms. He had a short cobalt quills that was permanently spiked up from too much gel and always wore the same sapphire blue jacket wherever he went, even when it was far too hot.
"On the bench, Sonic," Amy replied, kissing him on the cheek as he ran over and dumped the contents of the bags onto the marble topped kitchen counter. He grabbed bowls out of the cupboards, poured the snacks into them and ran around the house placing them all over the place as fast as he could.
Sonic was renowned as one of the fastest kids at school, leader of the track team three years in a row and the first middle schooler at Mobius to make the senior team, let alone be named leader. His long, muscled legs were always a dead giveaway to anyone who somehow didn't know who he was at school. Being one of the most popular seniors had its perks, and the fame it gave him was definitely the aspect that Sonic always loved the most. He had one motto; If people didn't know his name, and didn't watch him win every race, then what was the point of running?
"Do you have any hair gel?" Sonic asked as he finished setting up. Amy sighed, wiping the sweat from her forehead as she spoke.
"I think you still have some that you left when you stayed over last week. Try my ensuite." In a flash, Sonic dashed up the stairs into her bedroom, reapplied some gel to his carefully maintained quills and rushed back.
"Better?" He asked, posing.
"You look amazing," Amy smiled, giving him a peck on the cheek. "As always," she winked.
The blazing sun gradually dipped below the horizon and the millions of flickering stars began to show off their luminescent lights to the world, bathing the streets in their glow. Slowly, one by one, the guests began to arrive. First were the two best friends, Blaze and Silver, attached at the hip as always.
"Hey Amy," they greeted in unison, walking into the house. Silver dashed over and stood beside Sonic adjacent to the punch bowl and began talking nonsensicals about the previous holidays.
"Hey bro," Sonic smiled, holding out his palm towards Silver, waiting for a high-five. Silver grabbed Sonic's hand in his own and shook it politely. Sonic rolled his eyes in a sarcastic manner before smirking. "Don't ever change buddy," he chuckled. Sonic always thought of Silver as a slightly weird, dorky kid who was incredibly naïve but, in a strange way, he really did enjoy the strong friendship the two had forged together.
Meanwhile, Blaze had gone the opposite direction and began to talk to Amy. She stumbled slightly in her high heels.
"Having a bit of trouble there?" Amy giggled as she helped her friend over to a seat, noting how strange it was for Blaze to be wearing high-heels to begin with.
"Thanks Amy," Blaze blushed as she sat down. "I'm not really used to this. You have no idea how painful it was walking over here."
"Always pack some spare flats," Amy lectured.
"So, how are you and Sonic going?"
"Perfect, the best two years of my life," Amy sighed lovingly, glancing over to stare at him. He smirked back and winked, his emerald eyes shimmering with affection. Blaze couldn't help but giggle at this when she saw Amy's reaction. "What about you and Silver? Have you worked up the courage to ask him yet?"
"I…I don't, I mean, we're just…um," Blaze stuttered, the colour of crimson staining her face as she blushed. Luckily, the doorbell sounded and took the unwanted attention off her. A short, smiling boy wearing a woolen sweater with neatly combed, still slightly damp golden fur walked into the house, running over to Sonic and Silver.
"Hey little buddy, how ya been?" Sonic asked, smirking at Tails as he ruffled the hair on his head. Although all their friends were in the same year, Tails looked like he could have been a freshman and often felt slightly self-conscious and very shy about his features. Despite this, he was incredibly smart, doing some extra study in university classes on the side to entertain himself. He smiled back up at his best friend, Sonic.
"It's been exhausting," Tails groaned.
"What've you been doing since we last saw you at that pool party back in December?" Silver questioned.
"I've been up north visiting dad at work. He couldn't come back home for the summer because he's been working extra hard so that when Max retires at the end of next year he can get the position of dean at the academy," Tails explained didactically.
"Oh, is this Mobius Academy?" a seductive voice purred from behind the group of guys. They all turned to see a tall, beautiful teenager waltz over to them. They all couldn't help but look down at her hourglass figure and large breasts as she approached them. Amy fumed silently to herself.
"Yeah."
"I'd give an arm and a leg to be accepted into that university," Rouge smiled.
"Why does she always have to be so flirty," Amy whispered angrily. "She knows Sonic and Tails both have girlfriends and that you've basically called dibs on Silver."
"I have not," Blaze protested. "But that's just Rouge. You know she acts that way to everybody. Besides, I hear she's got her eye on somebody else."
"Who?"
Just as Blaze opened her mouth to answer, Knuckles strode through the open door. Everybody stopped to look at him, whispers travelling like water between the two groups. This was the first time that they had seen Knuckles without his girlfriend, Tikal, wrapped around his arms. Knuckles grunted to himself, annoyed at the reaction he was receiving and slumped over to the group of guys with Rouge in the middle.
"Where's Tiks?" Sonic asked nonchalantly to his buff friend. He scoffed and turned his head in disgust. Tails tugged on Sonic's shoulder and began to whisper into his ear.
"Sonic, didn't you hear? Knuckles broke up with Tikal this afternoon. She cancelled last minute because she couldn't face everybody." Sonic stared, mouth agape at this remark. They had been the longest running and most successful couple in the whole school and suddenly they had broken up.
"What happened?" Sonic whispered.
"I don't know. Cream just messaged me this afternoon saying she had called both her and Amy balling her eyes out. I don't think she took it very well," Tails replied, never once taking his gaze off Knuckles.
"Since when did you dump Tikal?" Sonic suddenly spoke up rudely, needing to know why. In his haste, he accidently tripped on the stool he was sitting on and, in trying to steady himself, dropped his glass of punch. It smashed to the floor, shattering as glass shards splintered around the floor, peppering the air. Knuckles turned around and stormed off to the other end of the room as Tails and Silver both simultaneously punched Sonic in the arm.
"Idiot, you can't just say shit like that," they scolded him. Rouge turned, smirked a bit and stared at Knuckles.
"Hmmm, so Red's available," she whispered to herself as she watched him march off, deciding herself to head over to join the girls sitting on the couch.
"I wouldn't go there if I were you," Blaze added, as Rouge sauntered over. Rouge simply smiled at the shy girl, still watching Knuckles out of the corner of her eye. "Tikal is our friend."
"I'll give them the customary week, but afterwards I'll do what I damn well please."
Shadow was next to arrive, skulking into the room to sit alone on the opposite couch. The raven-furred boy had deep crimson streaks running through his fur, which hung over. Shadow closed his eyes and leant his head back into the couch, blocking everybody else out. Nobody paid much attention to him as they were all used to his ways of solitude. Rouge was the only person who he seemed to ever open up to. When she saw him enter, she waltzed over to the black clad boy, her hips swinging side to side and attempted to make some small talk.
"What's with the sour attitude today?" Rouge teased as she bounced down onto the couch next to him.
"Look, I came to the party, what more do you want?" Shadow responded with a monotone attitude, crossing his arms.
"For you to have a good time, duh," she poked him. She always was the best at pushing his buttons.
"I can do that at home," he groaned, looking off into the distance.
"These are our friends and this is a party, lighten up."
"I don't do light," he replied flatly.
"I have some pictures that would say otherwise," Rouge taunted snidely.
Cream, the youngest member of the group, was the last to arrive. She wore the same dress she always did. She rushed over and hugged Tails, planting a small kiss on the boy's lips.
"Hey honey, it's so good to see you again," she blushed, having to lean up on the tip of her toes to kiss him.
"You too, sorry I didn't call much over summer, but dad had me working flat out on some projects. He wanted to show me off to the academy I think."
"As he should, you are the smartest person I know," Cream smiled.
"Ditto," Sonic chimed in, clapping Tails on the shoulder as he leant against the counter, trying to forget his clumsy moment.
Some time passed as the group intermingled, exchanging niceties whilst gulping down large quantities of the ruby red punch and danced the night away as loud music filled the spacious living room. At about midnight, Amy rushed up to the radio and switched it off.
"Now we've all loosened up a bit," she began with a smirk. "Truth or Dare time!" she yelled enthusiastically, squatting down to a crossed-legged position, patting the ground next to her so that Sonic could join her.
"Seriously?" Shadow sighed exasperatedly.
"How old do you think we are? We're about to start our senior year of high school, we can't be doing this kid stuff anymore Amy," Knuckles spoke.
"Oh come on, I think it could be a bit of fun," Rouge winked as she took a seat next to the cheerful girl. "Alcohol and a game to force everybody to spill their secrets or do embarrassing stuff. Who knows what could spill out," she smirked. Blaze and Cream exchanged a weary glance.
"I'm in," Tails chimed in, grabbing Cream's hand as the two sat down. Eventually, everybody agreed, some more reluctantly that others, and began to play.
"So who wants to start?" Amy asked, pointing over to Blaze. "Blaze, Truth or Dare?" Blaze glared at her, annoyed that Amy had singled her out. She knew exactly what Amy had in mind, instinctively shuffling a few inches away from Silver.
"Truth," she replied sheepishly, knowing full well that if she picked dare then Amy would try to get her to kiss Silver.
"Who do you have a crush on?" Amy asked, smirking to herself. Sonic glared at her, shaking his head. He always detested the way Amy would do this. Time and time again, she would try to meddle in the relationships of their friends, for love, as she would say.
Blaze sat there, blush returning to her face. What would she say? She couldn't say Silver, what if he didn't love her back? It would ruin everything! She had to think of something, anything to change the topic.
"Um…" she stalled before finally an idea popped into her head. She threw an apologetic glance towards Cream. She steeled her nerves, swallowing her pride and said softly, lying to everyone, "Tails."
Gasps filled the tension-ripe air and a hint of disappointment crossed Silver's face as sadness washed over him. He quickly buried it down inside him before anybody else could notice. Cream stared daggers at Blaze, her eyes filled with betrayal. Tails simply stared at her, a million thoughts running through his mind. Blaze couldn't take all this anymore. She got up and ran out of the room, blabbing that she needed to go to the toilet.
"I'll go get her," Silver sighed, getting up and following her out of the room. Everybody stared at Amy, annoyed, especially Cream.
"Seriously babe, you shouldn't have started it like that," Sonic mentioned.
"But honey, come on it's just a bit of fun," Amy complained.
"Not cool Amy," Tails said, shaking his head vigorously.
"Whatever," she replied coldly. "Nobody cares what you think anyway."
"Lay off Tails," Sonic snapped, defending him, reprimanding his longtime girlfriend.
"What?"
"I said lay off him. You were out of line, not him so don't attack him like that."
"Why do you always have to take his side? It's like every time there is ever a disagreement you choose him over me."
"He is my best friend!" Sonic replied.
"And I am your girlfriend!" Amy snapped back, flaring her nostrils. She was sick of Sonic's behaviour at this point. So many times in the past when she tried to hang out with him he said he was busy chilling with Tails. It was as if he didn't love her anymore and she couldn't take that notion. Not for a second.
"Enough!" Shadow bellowed deeply, silencing everyone. An eerie silence deafened the room as Shadow scanned his eyes around. He was sick of all the arguments, fighting and general idiotic noise that had been slowly increasing as of late. Shadow was so thankful for the holiday when he could just have a break from everybody, but school hadn't even started yet and he felt like his brains were exploding. He liked to stay out of the group gossip and arguments, and he only ever fought with his rival, Sonic, because that arrogant punk needed to be taught a lesson.
"Sorry," Sonic muttered under his breath but Amy simply scoffed and turned her nose up at him.
Rouge decided to take things upon herself, pointing to Sonic, "Let's get things back on track. While we wait for the others, Sonic, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare," he replied confidently, never one to back down from a challenge.
"I dare you to…" she trailed off, thinking of how to get some revenge on Amy for what she did to Blaze. Shadow leant over and whispered something in her ear to which she giggled at softly, a small smirk crossing her face. "Kiss Tails… on the lips."
Another round of gasps filled the air before Amy finally chirped up, "He would never…" but she trailed off. While she spoke, Sonic shrugged before he bent over, wrapped his lanky arms around Tails and pressed his soft lips against Tails'. They held together for a few seconds before breaking apart.
"Done," he smiled. "Too easy. Now it's revenge time, Rouge. Truth or Dare?"
"Dare," Rouge replied, narrowing her eyes in challenge as Sonic rubbed his hands together.
"How could you do that to me?" Amy exploded suddenly, not being able to contain herself anymore.
"Chill babe, it's just a game. Besides, you can help me make her do something embarrassing if you want," Sonic offered.
"No! That's gross! You just kissed him, right in front of me! You kissed a boy! Boys can't kiss other boys." Shadow shuddered a little, his gaze instantly thrown to the floor as a frown crept over his face. Rouge raised an eyebrow at her best friend's reaction.
"It was just a dare, it didn't mean anything, Ames," Sonic reassured her in response. "Right buddy?" he looked over at Tails who stared into space. To him, it was amazing, incredible. He had been with Cream for over a year now, but never had he felt this great. Something about that kiss felt… right. Unlike with her. He looked back at Sonic, but something seemed to have changed. His quills danced in the air and his eyes, a pool of emerald green, seemed to sparkle. He tried to conceal the blush appearing on his face and responded coldly.
"Yeah, it was just a dare, get over it. Cream didn't care." He replied casually, pointing to Cream who didn't seem to show any emotion on her face. Rouge again noted this strange behavior from Tails but decided to deposit it in her memory banks for later.
"No!" Amy screamed again, her hands shooting up into the air in frustration. "That's just not okay!"
"Calm down babe," Sonic tried to reassure her but she slapped him away.
"This isn't boyfriend behavior. First you spend more time with him than me and now this."
"It. Was. A. Dare!" Sonic began to get a little infuriated, getting embarrassed at her behaviour in front of all his closest friends.
"Was it?" she questioned, raising an eyebrow at Sonic who sighed exasperatedly.
"That's it!" he shouted suddenly, anger filling his voice. "I've had enough. It's over!" he stood up and stormed out of the house. "I'm gonna stay at my own house tonight," he yelled behind him as he marched down the garden path. Tails and Knuckles rose and ran after him. Amy just stood in place, her whole world crumbling around her. She remained frigid, frozen.
"A-Amy," Cream asked sweetly, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Everybody, out." She said quietly, her voice filled with anger, hurt and regret. Everyone got up and filed out quietly, not saying another word. "Party is over."
"I…I'll see you at school on Monday," Cream replied sheepishly as, she too, left the house.
Moments later, Blaze and Silver emerged from the other room after hearing the commotion. Silver had managed to calm her down a bit, enough to get her to come back out and face everybody again, except nobody was there anymore.
"Where is everybody," Silver asked before noticing Amy's face.
"Out, now," she replied, fire in her voice.
They ran out of the house, afraid to anger Amy even more, both having been on the receiving end of her rage in the past. They waited until they had walked a fair distance away from the small, pink house and across the intersection of the cemented street.
"What was that about?" Silver asked finally. Blaze simply shrugged as they continued to walk back to their houses.
"No idea, but I do know something," Blaze sighed.
"This is going to be a long year," the two sighed in unison before parting ways and going to their separate homes.
A/N - For new readers: Welcome, I hope you liked the first chapter and the whole story. Ignore the other A/N's, and if you like this story don't forget to check out the more intense sequel when you're done :) Don't forget to review.
For those who know the drill: Well there you have the first chapter of the new and improved Sonic High. I'm going back and re-writing this story because I disliked how the first one was written and I hated some plots. Also, since I'm already over 40 chapters into its sequel, some things that occurred here just don't make sense and need to be changed. More plots were added, more backstories were written to further develop certain characters that simply can't be developed from where I'm currently at in the sequel. Please, if you liked or disliked the new additions don't forget to leave a review to tell me why. It helps a lot :)
For those reading along: Chapters will be uploaded daily until this story is finished. Thanks for reading
