The reason this story's a Sonic/Teen Titans crossover is because of the references to both of them. Some I'll point out now are 1) Tyson is a reference to Sonic in a way 2) Rachel is a small nod to Raven and 3) Laura's personality is a reference to Starfire.
It was just an average day to begin with. Tyson got up, rubbing his eyes. Today was his first day at his new school, and he wasn't really looking forward to it. He got out of bed and groaned as he turned the light on. He hadn't gotten much sleep, and it was extremely early in the morning.
"At least if I get up now I can sleep for a few minutes before I leave," he muttered, pulling on his blue jeans, light blue shirt and white trainers. That was the one thing he like already about his new school, there weren't any school uniforms. He was glad, seeing as his hair would have broken the uniform regulations seeing as it was streaked light blue.
"Morning Tyson. Looking forward to your new school?" his mom said as he dragged himself downstairs.
Tyson's POV
"Sorta. Just nervous is all," I said, sitting down and staring at my cereal. I wasn't feeling too hungry, but didn't want to risk going on an empty stomach, so I ate it anyway. I'd probably be in a better mood if I could just get the hang of my telekinetic powers. Seriously, I'm fourteen fraggin years old, and I can't even make a spoon move when I want it to!
"Well, you'd better hurry up and finish. You don't want to be late," my mom said...WAIT!! It's six o'clock in the morning!! HOW CAN A SCHOOL START THIS EARLY!!! I choked on my cereal upon hearing this, gulping down the last spoonful and grabbing my bag, gave mom a quick hug, and sprinted out the door.
Now, there are no buses, and the school is ten miles away and it starts in twenty minutes, so how exactly do I get there quickly. Simple, run with my full super speed like crazy. I'm glad it's so early, though I will be living at the boarding school for a very long time. Before you say anything, everyone at this school has some kind of super power. My sister, Amy, has been there for a month. My mom sent her before me so she could get non-biased feedback. By the way, Amy has huge dragon wings and the ability to create force fields, as well as purple streaked hair.
Anyway, I made it to school in record time. School doesn't start until midday, but I was to arrive at six am to get settled in and meet some of the pupils. I nervously walked up the school driveway. It was a misty morning, and the school did look pretty creepy, seeing as there were lights on. Gingerly, I opened the main door and was greeted by who I guessed was the principle, an old, kind-faced man who seemed quite nice.
"Ah, you must be Tyson. I apologise that you have to come so early, but it was your mother's idea," he said, giving my hand a good firm shake. I smiled nervously. He then showed me to my dorm. Inside were three boys, three girls and my sis Amy. Amy came over and hugged me, mainly because she hadn't seen me in a month, and practically dragged me into the room.
"So guys, this is my brother Tyson," she said while I just waved nervously. Real smooth I know. After I was introduced, Amy intro'd everyone else.
First up was a tall boy with bright red streaked light brown hair called Sean. If appearances are anything to go by, he looked extremely strong, but then again, I don't have much upper body strength, so I thought it was just me, until Amy said he had super strength and some ability to turn silver which made him almost indestructible for short periods of time.
Next there was the girl sitting beside him. She was a little shorter than Sean, and looked delicate. Her short brown hair was streaked turquoise. Amy said her name was Gale and that she had invisibility and was a very powerful sorceress. Remind me never to get her ticked off at me.
Then there was a boy only a smidge taller than Gale with bright yellow streaked black hair, light brown skin and glasses. His name was Cody, and he could levitate and fire lasers from his eyes. When Amy said he was the resident prankster, he grinned innocently.
After him was a girl only a hair shorter than Sean with emerald green streaked wavy brown hair. Her name was Allie, and she had the power to fly and fire emerald green bolts of energy.
Second to last, there's Kyle, a boy with silver streaks in his brown hair. He was about the same height as Cody, and had shape shifting powers and the ability to read and control minds.
Finally, there was Rachel, a girl with shoulder length purple streaked light brown hair. She had huge raven wings and something similar to telekinesis, but sense she had huge wings, she could use telekinetic energy to create claws, spikes and anything she needed. Maybe I outta learn that sometime.
"So, your Amy's brother. By the way, you might wanna be careful about across the hall," Kyle said.
"Any particular reason?" I asked.
"Let's say that a big clue is the loud music that can be heard on occasions, the type of music, the way the occupants look, the fact one of them is a ninja and any one of them could kill you if they wanted to," Cody answered. I got the message. I looked for my stuff, that had been sent here last night, under what I guessed was my bed.
"So, what is there to do here before class? I mean, do we get any homework?" I asked, making myself comfortable.
"Nope, all work's done in class. Even if it wasn't, we still wouldn't have homework," Sean said.
"Other than that, you can just wander around. Believe me, this place has everything. A place for parties and discos, a pool, a sorta nightclub and even a big games room where you can play Xbox's, PS3s, the works," Cody said.
"We also share a kitchen and living room with the dorm next door. They'll be up any...second...now," Rachel said as a fiery glow came from an open door, followed by a yell, a thud, and an argument
"Ashley!! Are you part dragon or something! That's the second time you've almost singed me!"
"You know I get a burst of power at sunrise and I have to let it off somehow! Breathing's the most natural way to do it!!"
"Hey Stephen, just let her have the top bunk. She can't do too much damage to the ceiling now can she?" Kyle shouted, knowing the argument would only get worse from personal experience.
"Stay out of this Kyle!!" Both voices shouted in unison.
"How come half the school isn't awake?" I asked, uncovering my ears to hear an answer.
"Every room's soundproofed. The only way noise escapes is if the door is open," Amy said.
"Then how come Cody said loud music can be heard from across the hall?" I asked, remembering what Cody had said.
"Now that's the mystery that haunts everyone in this hallway, as well as someone else," Cody muttered, probably thinking I wouldn't ask.
"Who haunts this hallway?"
"Miranda, the creepiest of the creepy. She can make the darkest person in the school look like their happy smiles and sunshine. She pretty much hates everyone and everything except her music, and the colour black," Cody answered. Now, I'll bet he was exaggerating, but then I saw everyone look innocent, almost as if this Miranda had heard Cody and was standing in the room.
"That, and her powers can turn a brightly lighted room into endless darkness," someone from the other room said, his longish hair a little messy, but then he'd only just woken up to a heated argument.
"Sleep well Aiden?" Allie asked. Considering how close their names sounded like each other, I thought they were brother and sister.
"Yeah, apart from the literally heated argument getting annoying," he yawned.
"You can't be serious about this Miranda's powers," I said, earning a slightly surprised look from Aiden. "I'm Amy's brother, Tyson. Just got here," I added.
"No I mean it. Everyone but me in that room is an elemental. You know the elements of fire, water, earth, air and electricity. Well, my friends control them, but there are two other elements, fear and shadows. Miranda's the only elemental who isn't in that room," he said. I think I got most of that.
"The argument was between Ashley, and Stephen. Ashley control's fire, so at sunrise, she gets a quick burst of excess fire energy, usually let out in her breathing. Though since we got new bunk beds two days ago, she's would have burned the bed if it wasn't fireproofed, though Stephen isn't, so he gets the full heat of her flames," Aiden added as a fairly ticked of looking fair haired boy walked in, muttering something I'm not willing to repeat, followed by a girl with reddish hair.
"I think Kyle has the right idea. If I have the top bunk then..." the girl started before the boy whirled round, giving her an "I get the point so shut up!" look. The girl only smirked slightly.
"I've just become invisible," I muttered loud enough to get their attention.
"So you're Amy's brother Tyson. I'm Stephen," the boy said, trying to change his mood.
"I'm Ashley," the girl said before heading back into her room.
"Amy's brother's here? Where is he?" a girl with shoulder length brown hair and glasses asked, peaking into the room. I waved a little, just to get her attention as three other's joined our little group.
"I'm Laura," said the girl in a voice that showed she was mostly happy all the time.
"I'm Jack," said one of the three, a boy around the same height as Sean with dark brown hair that came down as a fringe over his left eye.
"Maria," said a girl with blond hair with light brown streaks in it.
"Shannon," said a girl with dark coloured hair. I say dark coloured because from a distance, it is hard to tell what colour it is. It looks black, but has a slight purplish/dark blue tint.
"So, you guys can control the elements?" I asked, mentally slapping myself for the way I asked.
"Yep, I can control air," Laura said.
"I can control electricity," Jack said.
"Earth," Stephen said.
"Water, and my best friend Ashley can control fire, as you can probably guess," Shannon said. I noticed two things, one of them ironic.
"Fear," Maria said. Now, out of irony, the way she said fear scared me.
"Miranda can control shadows," Aiden said.
"What are you powers?" I asked.
"I can create holo-forms. That means I can create holographic clones of anyone and they'd be real to touch. It also means I can change into a disguise really quick," he said.
"Who the heck are you introducing in there? Can I meet him?" a female voice asked from the door.
"Get lost Jasmine! You're not meeting him!" Rachel shouted, her hand glowing dark purple.
"Who the heck was that?" I asked.
"That was Jasmine. Word of advice, do not let her get near you," Kyle said. Going by the way he said "do not", I could tell this Jasmine was bad news.
"She grew up in a family that cared more about honour than love, so she doesn't feel the pain of others. She kinda has a thing for every boy in this school," Sean said. The way he said it meant that it was in some creepy, sadistic way.
"She likes to...torture any boy unlucky enough to fall into her clutches. She calls it "spending time with them"," Gale finished.
So, that pretty much sets this up. A creepier than creepy girl who will hate me without even meeting me, a girl who will want to torture me to death, and who knows what else this school will hold.
Could you guess the things Tyson realised about what Shannon said? If you worked that out, congrats. If not, better luck next time. There will be times like this where Tyson will have thoughts on something, and you can guess what it is if you pay attention in the story, and in the next chapter I'll reveal it all.