Tomboy

"Please just try it on." Amy frowned holding a pink frilly dress.

"No way!"

"Oh come on Lena. You're a girl and girls wear dresses." Amy frowned.

"Amy no! I'm not wearing a dress. A pink one at that. No thanks. I'm going to check out the games. Later." Hey. Names Lena Maria Hedgehog. I'm a light blue hedgehog with a peach muzzle. I'm at the Station Square mall with my friend Amy. She's been shopping for outfits while I was shopping for sneakers, games, game systems, and cool jeans. Plus awesome T-shirts.

"Lena! Lena you need at least on dress for Rouge's party. It's formal and all the guys would have their eyes on you."

"Amy I don't want guys looking at me because I show my curves. I want a guy who'd like me for me. Not because of my dress or that stupid face paint you guys call makeup." I crossed my arms and went to the Game Stop that was across form the store Amy was in. I went inside and saw nothing but boys. I rolled my eyes and went to the games. I found a few games that caught my eye. I smiled and I heard a few snickers behind me. My ear twitched and I listened to what the boys were saying.

"She's in the wrong store." A black raccoon said.

"Genderly confused I bet. Hehe." A red fox smirked.

"Hehe. I bet she's not even a girl." A brown bear said. They were all teenage boys. I was fifteen and they looked at about the age range of fifteen to nineteen. I frowned and looked at the games again.

"Hey cream puff!"

My ears dropped. It was another boy. Asking for trouble I bet. I turned and saw a green hawk.

"What are you doing here? This is a guy store. The girl's store is the one that's across from this one." The hawk smirked.

"So why aren't you there?" I smirked crossing my arms. My black jeans and top made me look like a smart aleck. Also a bit edgy.

"Why you little….just get out of here before you get hurt shrimp." The hawk smiled.

"Hemp. You're not my father. I'm staying." I turned and asked the storeowner if I could see a game that I just recently came out. The storeowner was a guy of course. A teenage orange hedgehog. He snickered and gave me the game. I looked at it and saw it looked like a good buy. I pulled out my wallet and bought the PS2 game. I walked out and I heard laughter from everyone after I left.

"Dang! I hate stereotypes! Not all girls want to dress up!" I stomped my foot and found Amy at the food court. I sat down and studied my new game. I smiled and saw that most of the game was racing.

"Yes! A race game! Sweet I can't wait to play it!" I smiled placing it back into the white Game Stop bag.

"Lena?"

I look up and Amy was giving me a weird look.

"What? I'm just happy I got a new game and that I…"

"It's not that Lena. Why don't you use makeup? I noticed you never used lip-gloss, lipstick, or even blush. Why?"

I was in shock by the question.

"Okay I have a lot of reasons. So hold on for some serious explaining. A-hem. First, when you use makeup you're hiding your true you. Second, it's fake. Third, it's stupid. Fourth, when you wear it you look like a raccoon. Fifth, it's disgusting. Sixth, I hate it. Finally, makeup is a poor excuse to grab a guy's attention." I smiled and drank some of my soda. Amy's jaw was on the table. I laughed and continued to drink my beverage.

"Lena! I can't believe you said that!" Amy shouted.

"What? It's true!" I said crossing y arms in annoyance.

"Oh man! No wonder you're single!" She said. I growled and stood up in defense.

"Excuse me miss I'm dating Sonic the Hedgehog. I'm single cause no guy wants a girl who doesn't follow the crowd! That's why I'm single!" I shouted back in anger. She had to throw the part of me being single in this conversation.

"Lena I'm sorry. I never meant to go that far. Look if you'd just wear a dress tonight you might be able to get a guy. Come on. Let's get to shopping. We only have a few hours till the party."

"Okay fine. Let's go." I frowned and knew that me in a dress was going to be a one time only deal.

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I got my dress like Amy asked. It was dark blue with sparkles all over it. She even made me pick out heals to wear. After the mall, I headed home. I pulled out my decorated flamed keys and unlocked the door. I saw my older brother Xavier watching a movie. He and my dad were sitting and watching something.

"Hey Lena" X smiled looking at me. I smiled back and went to my room. I opened the door. My room was white with posters of bands and other things I like. No cute guy pictures and no pictures of anyone famous like Orlando Bloom. I had a PS2 and a few hand held game systems. I pulled out the new game and started to play. I could be doing this the whole night but Rouge's party was at eight. It was seven now. I saved the game and went to get ready.

I slipped on the blue dress and looked at myself in the mirror. I rolled my eyes. I saw my hair. It was usually in a ponytail but Amy begged me to let it lose. My hair went down to my waist. I sighed and saw how I looked. The person I was looking at wasn't me. I frowned and shuck my head.

"Mom!" I shouted from the top step.

"Yes Lena?"

"I need your help please." I said walking back into my room. I sat on my white bed and waited for my mother. She walked in and smiled.

"You look beautiful Lena."

"Thanks mom. Can you help me with the makeup please?" I asked.

"Sure." My mom smiled and went to her room. I sat on my bed and waited for the face paint to come in.

"Here we are." She came in with the biggest makeup kit I've seen. I raised and eyebrow and allowed my mother to paint my face. I felt like a little kid at a circus where the mother allows them to get their faces painted for fun. I wasn't having fun. No fun at all.

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Dad drove me the party in his truck. He kissed my head and watched as I walked up to the mansion. I saw him drive off. I felt nervous.

"Dad! Dad come back! I can't be here!" I shouted over my cell phone.

Why? You were the one who was excited about going Lena. You really want to head home?

"I…uh….no." My ears dropped. I looked around. The whole block was full of cars. People were outside talking. Every girl was in a dress. All of the guys were dressed as they wanted. I frowned.

Lena? You there sweetie?

"Alright dad. I'll just stay for a few hours. I'll call you when I'm ready to head home. Okay?"

Sure baby. Have fun.

I put my phone away and walked up to the front door of the mansion. I frowned as I got weird looks.

"Isn't that Lena!" A heard a red bear say.

"Wow! She looks hot!" A purple male hawk said. My eyes widened by the attention. They liked me? Wow. I smiled and walked into the party. The place was a mad house. Decorations left and right. Also plenty of people. Just imagine a place with no arm room.

"Lena!"

"Huh?" I turned and saw Amy wearing a pink dress. She was with Sonic and Cream. I waved and walked up to them.

"Hey girl." Sonic smiled. I hugged him and I hugged Cream.

"Having fun?" I asked. Amy nodded. Then Rouge and Knuckles came into view.

"Hey Lena!" Rouge smiled hugging me.

"Happy birthday Rouge." I smiled. Knuckles laughed and he hugged me. I giggled.

"Hey gang!" Silver shouted. He was holding a bottle some soda in his hands.

"Hey Silver!" I haven't seen him in a long time. He's been away with his family. I hugged him and he hugged me back.

"Why are you all standing around here! Let's go!" Silver shouted. Rouge and knuckles ran off to dance. Sonic grabbed Amy's hand and pulled her into the crowd. I smiled and talked to Cream. We both danced with Tails. Shadow was dancing with Amy and Rouge. Knuckles and Sonic didn't seem to happy about it. I laughed.

When a slow song came I sat down. I wasn't much for slow songs. I sat down and saw boys looking at me. I smiled and looked around.

"Hi. What's your name?" A cheetah said going up to me.

"Lena. Your's?"

"Emily. SO having fun?"

"Eh. I was till this slow song came up."

"Hehe. Hey Taylor! Come here!" I look around and see a blue hedgehog coming up to us. I smiled and introduced myself. I saw that these girls weren't wearing dresses. I was in shock.

I talked to them and they went off on their own after a while. I saw a yellow fox dancing with a few girls he must knew. He wasn't following the rest of the boys. I giggled and saw Taylor and Emily dancing a few boys. They were being themselves. The song was changed to fast after a good while.

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"Care to dance?" I looked up and saw a pitch black hedgehog. I smiled and took his hand. He placed his hands on my hips. I didn't like it so I shoved him off. He gave a questioned look.

"What was that for?"

"What? No one touches my hips. No acceptions." I frowned.

"Oh. Sorry. I just thought you being in a dress and all. I figured you were like the other girls I've danced with."

Like the other girls?

"Excuse me." I said politely. I went upstairs to the bathroom. I looked at the mirror and saw a complete stranger.

"This isn't me. I don't wear makeup. I don't wear dresses. This isn't me! This is everybody else!" I shouted I pounded my fists against the sink and growled.

I pulled out my cell phone and called my brother up.

Yo. X speaking.

"X it's me. I need to change my cloths."

What! What happened! What the heck did you do!

"I didn't do anything. Look just bring my favorite jeans, shirt, and sneaks. Know which I'm talking about?"

Course I do. Alright fine. Where do you want to meet?

"Um I'll meet you at the front of Rouge's mansion. Okay?"

Sure. See ya sis.

"Bye bro." I hung up my cell and looked at the mirror.

"I'll never be you." I growled looking at the person. I turned the water on and cleaned off the clown paint. I went outside to wait for my brother. He pulled up into the drive way in his truck. He threw a book bag at me.

"Here. Dad wanted me to ask if you were okay."

"Tell him I'm fine. Thanks X." I hugged him and ran inside.

"Tomboy." He laughed and sped off for home.

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I rushed back into the bathroom. I took off the dress and started to put on my favorite cloths. My black t-shirt and black jeans. Also my air skates. I placed a multi colored bracelet on. I found my silver belt and placed it on. I looked in the mirror and smirked.

"Glad to be back!" I smiled. I stuffed the dress into the bag and ran downstairs.

Everyone looked at me as if I had six heads or something. I crossed my arms and went to the dance floor.

One of my favorite songs came on and I went wild. Everyone backed away and a circle was formed. I danced on my own and could care less if everyone was staring at me.

"Lena!" I looked around and saw Amy in shock.

"What happened to your dress?" She asked.

"I'm tired of everyone trying to make me something I'm not. I don't wear dresses. I don't use makeup. I don't want to wear heals. I just want to be me! Me and only me! Now let's just have some fun!" I grabbed her hands and spun her into the crowd.

"Haha. That looks like fun!" Taylor smiled.

"Let's go!" Emily smiled.

They joined me in the dance. A random dance that had not step to it. I was just having a good time. I didn't care what anyone thought.

"Go! Go Lena!" I saw Cream. I went up to her and brought her into the dance with Emily, Taylor, and me.

"Come guys!" I smiled. I was in the center and was having fun spinning around and jumping in the air. I giggled and grabbed Emily's paw. We both spun and laughed like nuts. Everyone was giving us weird looks.

I saw a yellow fox and smirked. I went and grabbed his wrist.

"Hi name's Lena. What's yours?" I smiled.

"Kitsune."

"Sweet name. Come on and dance!" He laughed and joined the fun. Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Silver, Rouge, and Amy were watching as me and Kitsune were having a blast.

"Stop being such bores and have some fun!" I shouted.

They all looked at each other.

"Lena you're making a fool of yourself." Knuckles said looking at me.

"So?" I smiled dancing with Emily. We both giggled and Taylor joined the fun. Kitsune was laughing and dancing around us. I joined him in the party crazed dance.

"Lena I think you should stop." Sonic said looking at me.

"Why should I?" I smiled and spun around.

"Because everyone is…." Rouge was about to say something when I cut her off.

"Screw them! This is me and if they don't like it than tuff." I smiled. Kitsune nodded and we both danced.

"Lena I don't think you should…." Silver was about to say something.

"No! I said screw everyone else. I make a fool out of myself since that's just how I am. If you guys don't like it than I'm sorry for wasting my friendship." I spun and bumped into Kitsune and Emily.

"Mind if I join?" A purple rabbit said.

"Sure! Name's Lena Yours?"

"Anna."

"Come on!" I pulled her into the dance and we all partied. Me and Kitsune laughed liked crazed animals and so did Anna, Emily, and Taylor.

"Man what losers." Kitsune said near me.

"How so?"

"They want you to stop having fun."

"Hehe. Well I'm just acting like myself and that must embarrass them. Who cares. Come on guys!"

We partied the night away. But I did hear this a lot during my dance session.

"Check out the tomboy."

Yup. That's me. Lena Maria Hedgehog. The Tomboy!

My friends in this fic were:

Kitsune: Kitsune Disciple

Taylor: SilverTragedies

Anna: UniqueMelody

Emily: Emily Blue Paw

Lena Maria Hedgehog took my place in this fic. So when she was talking. It was really me. Yup. Darkness Wasted. The Tomboy!