A/N: Hello everybody, and welcome to the sequel to Sonic High. Welcome to all old readers from number 1 and new readers who are just starting now. For those who have already read all 16 chapters of the original, read on and just skip the bold since you already know the drill (Or read it anyway to know what's in store). For those of you who haven't read Sonic High, you don't need to have read it but I'd recommend it to better understand the characters and their motivations/relationships. Also, although I try to mention why some characters have animosity towards others, sometimes I may forget to and just assume people know the event from the original that I'm referencing. Either way, I hope you all enjoy Sonic High 2!

Warning: This story is not like your normal high school fic. It is written to be more realistic and like actual high school. This means there will be a lot of darker topics written about that our students will go through which include, but are not limited to, Death, Suicide, Self-harm, LGBT, Bulimia, Bullying, teenage pregnancy etc. For this reason, this story is rated M. If anything may be offensive to you, I apologize but I will be writing about a lot of real life, serious issues.

This story will include the 14 main characters from last story, as well as 14 new cast members to bring the total up to a main cast of 28. All will have their own arks, plot lines, happiness, depression, hard times and everything in between. This story focuses on the relationships between our cast of 28 all all the dramatic events that occur in their lives in their last year of high school. This cast will eventually grow to 32 and there will be a lot of side characters that will appear/be talked about every now and then to add to the drama.

For shippers: This story will involve a multitude of ships, including malexfemale (majority), malexmale and femalexfemale. You have been warned. Don't like, don't read. Also, in this story, much like high school, no relationship is safe. There will be many break-ups and make-ups and new flings. Although some of the current relationships MIGHT end up together, none of them will be able to stay happy together throughout the story. If you don't like a couple, don't worry because anything can happen and nobody is safe
This story has characters from the games, TV shows and the comics but has no original characters and never will. If you are confused about a character, look them up and you might find somebody new that you like :)

Sonic High 2: Emerald Lake

PART 1: EMERALD LAKE

Chapter 1

Tradition

The low lying clouds rolled overhead, grey and thick with precipitation which only added to the gloomy ambiance of the field. The rows of black fold out chairs had been neatly arranged, all facing the lectern, every kid in the school and some family members taking their seats. All the guys wore their fancy blacks and the girls all donned black dresses and some even had black veils to cover their faces. All was silent. No birds were chirping, nobody was conversing and not even the wind dared to howl and ruin the somber moment. The only time the silence was broken was for some stagnated coughing or the quiet wails of some of the attendees. Razor finally stood from his chair in the front and walked over to the lectern, his fin protruding out the back of his black blazer.

"Thank you all for coming," he began in a somber voice. "I'm sure the deceased would have appreciated how you have all taken the time to come and pay your respects," he continued, addressing the saddened crowd as he held out his arm, gesturing to the closed casket that lay behind him...

Earlier that semester...

…

Sonic strolled through the bustling streets of their little suburb. His hands stuffed into the pockets of his denim jeans as he whistled a light tune as he walked. He passed by the large structure, surrounded by adjacent, small, more modern buildings and large patches of grass in ovular shapes with wooden structure overlooking the area. Sonic frown, the sight of his school enticing his thoughts as he thought back to the previous semester they had all just endure. Pictures of his friends rushed through his mind. Knuckles, Rouge, Blaze, Silver, Amy, Sally, Shadow, Espio, Tikal, Cream, Jet, Fiona and, of course, his boyfriend, Tails.

'I guess some good things came out of last semester,' he smiled in thought as he picked up the pace and continued along the cemented road to his destination. As Sonic arrived at the mundane, suburban house, he walked up the winding path through the well-kept garden to the door and wrapped his knuckles on its surface.

"Oh, hey Sonic, come in," a well-built, red echidna answered, stepping aside to let Sonic enter the house.

"Thanks, Knux," Sonic nodded in greeting as he crossed the threshold and entered the main living room of the humble echidna's house. That's when Sonic's eyes fell on the beautiful black and white bat, draped on the fuchsia couch. Even though he had spent most of their three weeks of mid-year vacation with the echidna and bat, his gaze always traveled to the spectacular golden bangle fastened to her wrist. The emerald situated on the bangle sparkled in the rays of the sun, mirroring the hue of Sonic's own eyes.

"Sonic, how have you been, Hun?" she asked, swiveling her legs around so they could be planted on the floor and stood up, rushing over to wrap her arms around the sapphire hedgehog and pull him in for a hug.

"It won't be as fun not being able to hang out with you guys as much when school starts back up," Sonic frowned as he pulled away from the hug, his thoughts continually going back to their final semester at school.

"Gross, don't remind me about that place. I can't wait until the year is over and we can leave that place forever," Knuckles sighed, imagining a care free life beyond the confining walls of their high school.

"It's okay Blue, we can still hang at lunchtime together. Besides, don't think about going back yet. We still have our beginning of the end party to drink away our troubles before a new semester," Rouge beamed.

"Yeah. So who's going to host it this time?" Knuckles asked, glancing to Rouge who put her finger on her chin in thought before smiling.

"I'll host it. I only go to the most extravagant parties, so who better to host one than me."

"Doesn't Amy normally host them?" Sonic asked, looking between the two of them, who exchanged awkward glances. Rouge finally spoke up, shedding the silence that had begun to fall upon the three.

"Look, Sonic, Amy isn't invited this time. It's not that we hate her, we don't, but after all the crap she pulled last semester, we have all agreed that we need a bit more time before we can start trying to mend those bridges," Rouge confirmed, trying her best to sound civil about the whole situation.

"But she wasn't that bad. Besides, Sally is one of my best friends and those two have been going pretty great from what I've heard," Sonic tried to defend the absent, pink hedgehog.

"C'mon man! She tried to break up me and Rouge, as well as Blaze and Silver and even wouldn't give you or Tails a break. I know you're quick to defend but that isn't the same as the rest of us," Knuckles stood strong, glaring down Sonic who shrunk slightly back, the gears turning wildly in his head.

"Okay, you guys are probably right. I'll text Sally so see if she is still going to come. See you guys tonight," he waved as he sprinted out of the house, intent on running home to get ready before greeting Tails, as the fox was due to return that afternoon.

Knuckles and Rouge just looked absentmindedly at Sonic as he ran away.

"That guy is far too forgiving. That'll bite him in the butt eventually," Rouge sighed.

"Speaking of biting butts," Knuckles smirked at Rouge who just shook her head in annoyance at how corny the echidna's Segway was. "Wanna fuck?"

"Why Mr. Echidna, you're such a gentleman," she rolled her eyes as she emphasized the sarcasm in her voice. He placed his hand around her waist and brought her in, nibbling her ear slightly, sending shivers down her spine. "Well we still have a couple hours until I need to start getting ready for the party so sure, why not."

…

Tails placed his head in his hand, glancing out the window longingly, watching the leaves in the tree tops sway with the wind. He sighed audibly, turning his attention back to the pile of papers that were situated on the small, wooden desk.

"Almost done," he groaned, rubbing his temple between his hands. He stared up towards the clock that was fastened to the wall, watching the second hand tick away in circular motion. "Almost 3," he smiled, excited to finally be done with this. However, his spirits fell when a monkey strode through the doors, eyes fixated on the fox.

"Have you finished all your summer work Tails?" Ken asked, sifting through the many papers to check if they had been completed.

"Yes, sir," Tails nodded. Although not the most fun person to be around, Tails always respected Ken and thought of him like an uncle. Ken 'Monkey' Khan had been Tails' father, Amadeus' secretary for as long as the fox could remember. Amadeus would often spend late nights at the academy grading student's papers and Ken had been the one to come home and fix the young fox up some dinner when his mother was off on her business trips. Tails smiled his thanks as he gathered up his belongings and headed out to the bus stop.

'Oh, and one more thing," Ken called out, causing Tails to freeze in place and turn to look at the monkey. He dreaded what Ken would say next, knowing all too well what he was about to be asked to do. "Your father has requested a meeting to discuss why you refused that scholarship placement."

Tails' head fell to the floor. He had been dreading that meeting for the past three weeks. After the dance, Ken had come up to him and told him how Tails would have to go off and complete summer school as punishment for refusing the scholarship, which he had been informed that Amadeus had to pull quite a few strings to even make Tails applicable. Tails thought he had gotten off pretty easy, not even having to face his father but it turns out he would still have to face Amadeus' wrath head on.

"Okay," Tails gulped, nodding before he scurried out of the building and into the bus that was waiting beside the stop. Tails didn't want to have to face his father and explain the reason why. He knew he couldn't. Anxiety, regret and doubt welled around inside of him as a battle within began to rage but Tails knew that if he could just get home and be with Sonic, everything would be okay.

…

"Babe, it'll all be okay," the green hawk placed a reassuring hand on the rabbit's tense shoulder. Cream shrugged him off, continuing her pacing around the room and incoherent mumbling. Jet sucked in a deep, controlled breath. Cream had been a nervous wreck all morning. The anticipation for her upcoming interview with Mobius Academy had molded her into a nervous, anxious wreck. Jet had spent the better part of the day trying to calm her down but nothing had seemed to work and he was fast approaching his wits end.

"You don't understand how much of a big deal this is!" Cream snapped at him, spinning around on her heels and throwing her hands up in the air for emphasis.

"Cream, please don't yell," Jet said in a lowered tone. He simply stood up off the side of the bed and walked over to Cream. He wrapped his arms around her body and pressed his forehead against hers, their noses mere centimeters apart.

"What if I fail?" she shook with fear and dread.

"You won't. You are one of the kindest, smartest people I have ever had the privilege to meet. That academy should be lucky to have you," he smiled as he finished. Cream returned the smile, before closing the gap and crashing her lips against his. He returned the gesture, utilizing his tongue to elicit some moans from the young rabbit girl.

"Thanks," she breathed as the two pulled apart. Cream had really noticed it as the two of them had been hanging out for the majority of their three week, mid-year winter break from Mobius high. Jet used to be a cocky, arrogant bully but he had changed so much. Cream looked upon him with pride, glad that he was in her life. She didn't know if she was the one who spurred on his change of heart, or if something else happened, but the rabbit girl knew that she didn't want it to change.

"Don't mention it. Besides, I heard that Tails is returning from his holiday school punishment. His dad is one of the head professors there so maybe he can give you a few pointers," Jet suggested, earning a nod of agreement from Cream. Suddenly, Cream felt a slight buzzing from her pocket. She reached her paw into her tracksuit pocket and pulled out her phone, swiping the screen to read the message she had received.

Sonic: Hey Cream. The party is at Rouge's tonight instead of Amy's. Same time. See you and Jet there

Cream furrowed her eyebrows as she read the text, wondering why the place had been moved. It had been at Amy's place every single time since they all created the tradition three years ago.

Cream: Won't Amy get mad that it isn't at her house

Sonic: The others talked it over and they aren't ready to talk to Amy yet

Cream: That's terrible

Sonic: I know but we can't really fight it. I think it would be best if we just keep it a secret from Amy. You know how she gets.

Cream: Okay, but I want you to know that I don't feel good about this

Sonic: Me either. Anyways, later Cream

Cream: Bye Sonic

"Who was that? You seemed a little worried," Jet remarked, reading her facial expression that he had come to know so well since that fateful night in the hospital.

"Just details about the party. It's at Rouge's place now. Come on, we should start to get ready," Cream replied, pushing past Jet to look through her closet for the perfect outfit to wear that night. Jet shrugged his shoulders, deciding not to push any more questions about the issue and instead began helping Cream with outfit choices.

…

The compartment began to slowly open from the undercarriage of the plane as the wheels were slowly extended into position. The nose of the plane aimed at the runway, began its descent as the passengers on the plane chatted excitedly, happy that their long flight was finally at its end.

"Thank Chaos this is finally over," Silver groaned, stretching his sore and aching muscles. His feet felt like they didn't even work anymore after being cramped under the seat in front of him with limited movement.

"The destination is always worth the pain of the flight," Blaze turned her head to smile at him. Silver returned it, leaning back. Blaze took her opportunity, leaning her head over to place it on Silver's shoulder, nuzzling up to his neck.

"I'd sit on this plane for eternity as long as you were here with me," he whispered, placing a gentle kiss on her forehead. The two had just come back on their romantic, two-week adventure to Mobotropolis. They had both come back refreshed, happy and more in love than ever before.

"As comfortable as you are, I really just want off this plane," Blaze laughed, to which Silver joined in with a light chuckle of his own. The two were startled as the plane made contact with the ground. The cabin rattled around roughly as the breaks were applied and the wheels slowly screeched to a stop, signifying the end of their journey.

A sound emanated through the plane and the gruff, raspy sound of the captain's voice resonated from the planes inbuilt speakers. He informed the passengers that they had made a safe landing in Central City and they were now all able to turn on their electronic devices.

"I wonder if the others have texted us any deets for the party tonight," Blaze thought aloud, holding down the button on top of her phone to switch on the device.

"Are you sure you're up to going tonight? It was a pretty long flight and I'm kind of tired," Silver admitted. Blaze shook her head.

"We haven't seen any of them since we left. We can't flake on the party anyway."

"But I don't think I'm ready to face either of… them, yet. I still need some time, y'know," Silver rubbed his sore neck as he spoke. Blaze went to her messages and saw one from the black and white bat. After reading it, she turned to Silver.

"Don't worry. Neither of them are going to be their tonight. It's the whole gang except those two, and obviously this will be Sally's first gath with us so we can't not show up," she nudged Silver, giving him her signature puppy dog eyes. Silver couldn't help her intense stare and melted under her radiant beauty.

"Low blow," he pouted playfully. "You know I can never resist that face."

"I know," she laughed, planting a kiss on his cheek before stepping out into the isle. She opened her overhead locker and began fiddling around with the bags, throwing Silver's to him whilst hoisting out her own.

'Finally home,' she thought to herself. 'I can't wait to see all of them tonight.'

"Blaze?" The feline turned behind her, her ears straining to hear the familiar sounding voice.

"Sally?" she questioned, slightly confused at the sight of the squirrel that weaved her way through the crowd to meet up with the violet feline. "What are you doing on this flight?"

"I just returned from Mobotropolis," she said, waving to Silver when she saw him leaning back in her seat. "What are you two doing here?"

"We just got back from our romantic getaway to Mobotropolis," Silver laughed as he scooched across the seats to stand up next to the two girls.

"No way! How did I not know you were going to be there too! We totally could have hung out," Sally mentioned, however if she was disappointed that she missed the two, she was good at hiding it.

"How come you were there?" Blaze asked as the trio began to walk down the aisle as the animals ahead of them had already begun exiting the aircraft.

"I used to live there. I just went back to visit my parents. I only moved to Central City recently to live with my aunt and got to Mobius High, remember," Sally said, reminding the two of how she had only just recently began going to the same school as the other.

"I totally forgot you were still a newbie," Silver winked jokingly.

"Yeah, same here," Blaze added. "You're just such a pivotal part of the group now that it's weird to think that we only just met a couple months ago."

"Thanks," Sally beamed that signature heartwarming smile of hers. "I can't wait to see Amy again. Do either of you know how she's been?" Silver and Blaze exchanged awkward glances, not knowing how to answer her question.

"Oh, right… sorry," Sally muttered as she recalled what the pink hedgehog had done to them last semester. She had completely forgotten about the fake pregnancy incident that plagued the lovers.

"No, it's alright. It was in the past. So are you going to come to our gath tonight?" Blaze asked, trying to change the subject.

"I'm not so sure…" Sally admitted. "I got a text from Sonic and he seemed annoyed that Amy wasn't invited. I guess he is just a little frustrated that the group isn't giving her a second chance."

Silver raised an eyebrow at the squirrel, the gears turning in his mind. He wasn't sure if Sally was doing it intentionally or not, or even if she knew what she was doing, but the guilty sensation that was being forcefully applied to the two felt horrible.

"No, it's not like that," Silver started defensively. "We just need a little more time is all. She did something pretty horrible."

"Yeah, but she is a changed person now," Sally added.

"We know, but we would still like a little more time. Baby steps," Blaze finished.

"Okay… sure… But yeah, I guess I'll see you at the party tonight then. I promised Sonic I would come tonight, even if Amy isn't invited," she yelled as she walked passed them and exited off the plane, waving goodbye to the two.

"Well… that was awkward," Blaze whispered to Silver, who nodded in agreement as the two began to descend the steps that were connected to the exit of the plane.

…

"Aaaaaand… there!" Amy squealed with delight as she pressed the full stop key on her laptop, signifying the end of her sentence, chapter and book. She leaned back in her desk chair, marveling at her work. The pink curtains were drawn, blocking out all the sunlight to shroud the room in darkness. Dust billowed around the room, upset from its dormant blanketed layering from the sudden movement from the hedgehog.

Amy had tried to hang out with a couple of her friends throughout the break but all of them seemed to be to… busy. Apart from that one dinner with Sonic and occasional brunch with Tikal, the orange echidna that had spent the better half of the break doing nothing either, Amy hadn't left the house.

Instead, she decided to try her hand at writing. Throughout her young childhood, she was always drawn to the sappy, unbelievable situations that buff, handsome males and innocent, attractive females would get into in her fantasies. Her favourite author, Aleena Hedgehog, had written a multitude of famous romance novels that Amy used to get lost in. She would always imagine herself as the damsel, brought into a romantic lead because of a strong country man, or a suave business tycoon, which she used to always picture as Sonic.

Amy sighed, saving her word document onto her laptop as she recalled the one time she was lucky enough to meet her idol when she was only 15 years old…

"Next," The regal looking hedgehog sitting behind the desk called. I smiled, dashing up to the desk and placing my favourite book down on her desk. The front showed a strong echidna wearing black leather, standing on what appeared to be a pirate ship with a small lynx in his arms.

"Can you please sign this for me? The name's Amy." I asked, flashing my smile at her. Aleena took the book off of my hands and took out her black marker. She opened the page and began to sign when she paused, and looked up at me.

"Who is this Sonic person?" she asked, her glasses falling down her face slightly. I suddenly froze up, completely embarrassed. In my rush that morning, I completely forgot to double check which version of the novel that I picked up. I sat there flabbergasted as a crimson colour began to light up my face.

I winced as Aleena chuckled slightly as she read the little message scribbled in quite bad handwriting on the front page. 'Dear Ames, Have a great 15th Birthday. You'll always be my number 1 girl. Love Sonic' It was clear that the additional heart drawn around the boy's name was an addition that I had made when I got the birthday present from him.

"Is this your boyfriend?" she asked. I shook my head.

"I wish," I admitted, casting my glance downwards. Aleena looked up at me, pausing a moment as she thought before scribbling a little note in the back of the book, leaving the page Sonic had scrawled his message un-touched.

"Love comes in many mysterious ways. Although I glamorize it in my fictional books, that doesn't mean true love and happiness isn't real too. It is clear just by looking at you that you love this boy, and if I had to guess, I'd say you have for a long time. Don't give up, Amy. Keep chasing him, and don't give up. You deserve this boy, Amy, and if you work hard enough at your goal, I know he will fall in love with you. Love is something special, precious, never forget that and don't give up on your dream of snagging him," Aleena spoke as if she was an expert on the topic, which to me, she was.

"T-Thanks," I stuttered.

"Good luck with this boy young lady," Aleena said as she handed the book back to me and waved me off, calling on the next person in line. I looked at the book in confusion before opening it up to see what she had written.

'Dear Amy, never give up on love, Sonic is one lucky guy. Aleena.'

I hugged the book close to her chest as I squealed in delight. Aleena chuckled as she saw my reaction and I ran straight home, intent on finally making Sonic my own…

Amy laughed to herself as she read over the little note that her idol had once written for her.

'Wow, I think I took that to heart a little too much,' Amy laughed to herself, thinking back to all she tried to do to keep Sonic. Amy thought about how a squirrel from the Mobotropolis countryside rushed into her life and stole her for her own. Although her love for Sonic still burned deep within her, for the first time since their horrible break-up six months ago, she was content.

Amy's phone buzzed as she contemplated her current, strange situation with a girl, despite what she always thought about herself.

Rouge: Sorry Honey but the party is cancelled tonight.

Amy: But it's tradition

Rouge: I know but with Blaze and Silver still in Mobotropolis and Tails still away it doesn't feel right. Besides, Knuckles is feeling quite sick so I'm going to stay and look after him.

Amy: Oh… okay, I'll see you Monday?

Rouge: Of course.

Amy sighed as she placed her phone on the desk. They hadn't missed one of their party's since it was created by her. Something seemed wrong, but Amy shook off the feeling. She didn't mind, since Sally was still set to return that afternoon and if she couldn't hang out with the squirrel at the party, Amy thought she could still invite Sally over to spend the night.

Amy: Hey, you landed yet?

Sally: Yeah, a few minutes ago. You'll never guess who I saw on the plane!

Amy: Who

Sally: Blaze and Silver!

Amy: You sure… Rouge said she had to cancel the party because those two weren't scheduled to return until tomorrow…

The time ticked by as Amy stared at her screen, waiting for Sally to send a message. After a couple minutes, Sally finally returned the message.

Sally: Oh… yeah… they caught an earlier flight. But they are still rly tired so they probs just wanna sleep, y'know?

Amy: Yeah, I guess :( Anyway, since the party is cancelled, do you wanna come spend the night?

Sally: Sorry, I'd love to but I've got a thing on tonight

Amy: What thing?

Another minute passed as Amy eyed her phone suspiciously, waiting for Sally's reply.

Sally: Sorry, it's a dinner with my Aunt. She wants it to just be the two of us

Amy: Oh, okay

Sally: Rain check?

Amy: Yeah, sure

Amy tossed her phone on her bed and sighed loudly. She really wanted to see Sally again. They still needed to talk about their… complicated relationship. Amy still wasn't sure if there was something between them or not. After hearing Sally's confession of love and the kiss that they shared, Amy thought a lot about how she felt. She had never really considered anybody else besides Sonic, especially not a girl. But she couldn't deny that the feelings she had for Sally were deeper than friendship.

She shook her head, dispelling the thoughts of Sally and Sonic, along with the feeling that Sally and Rouge were hiding something from her. Instead, she decided to throw on her gym clothes and let out some of her frustrations with a jog on the treadmill.

…

The green arm passed the bottle to the red fox, who greedily swiped it out of his hands and took a sizable swig, wiping her mouth after removing the bottle from her lips. Scourge chuckled to himself as he took back the bottle of vodka and took a swig for himself.

"That's the good stuff," he sighed contently as he looked over to Fiona and grinned at her. The two delinquents were sprawled out on the bonnet of Scourge's car, situated in the parking lot of their high school. Scourge glanced upwards, his eyes twinkling with the stars.

"Gimme another shot," Fiona said, taking the bottle from Scourge before he had anytime to answer. Upon downing another gulp of the liquid, Fiona accidently let too much of the stuff down her throat, burning her esophagus as it washed down into her stomach. She hiccupped, closing her eyes and sticking out her tongue in a gaging motion against the burning sensation that the spirit had given her.

"You're such a weakling," Scourge chuckled as he was handed back the bottle, smiling at the vixen's pain. "Let me show you how a pro does it." Scourge lifted the bottle up to his mouth and took three big gulps of the liquid, giving a satisfying sigh after he pulled it away.

"What won't guys do to satisfy their egos," Fiona cackled to herself as she leant over and pushed Scourge backwards, climbing on top of him as he now lay on his back on the car bonnet.

"Hey," Scourge barked accusingly. "You pretended to have trouble to get me more drunk."

"Guilty," she hissed seductively into her ear. "I'm not that weak. Just face it. I'm tougher than you, smarter than you," she paused. "And more flexible than you." Scourge smirked back at her as she ducked her head and crashed her lips against his.

"We'll have to see if that's true," Scourge said as he pulled away from the kiss. "And too bad that I don't get drunk," he smirked. Fiona grinned evilly as she began to straddle Scourge, causing his pants to grow steadily tighter until his uncomfortable expression showed on his face.

"About time," Fiona smirked as she began to slide herself down his body, her head dipping lower. As her head fell lower, positioned over the zipper on Scourge's pants, she paused to begin slowly unzipping his black jeans, taunting him with her slowness.

However, the sound of a tin can clashing against the pavement caught her attention for a split second, eliciting a groan from Scourge.

"What was that?" Fiona asked.

"Who cares?" Scourge whined.

"You boys only think with your dicks," Fiona shook her head as she glanced around her surroundings until her blue eyes fell upon a purple chameleon who was kicking a small can across the parking lot, his gaze downcast. She smiled, reveling in his depressed facial features and his slumped over posture.

Espio skulked across the cemented area, hands in his pockets and face staring at his feet. The chameleon was lost deep in thought, as he had been throughout most of the winter holidays. He thought back to the love of his life, Tikal. He had spent the better part of his second term of year 12 hanging out with the wonderful girl, slowly falling deeper and deeper in love. He remembered back to how ecstatic he felt when she finally began to reciprocate the feelings, and that only left him in a worse state. He thought about sending her another apology text, but seeing as she hadn't responded to the other 4 he sent off, he decided against it.

Fiona smiled to herself. 'I told him that he would regret ever crossing me. Looks like the fag got what he deserved.'

"Fiona, come on," Scourge whined. He felt like he was almost in pain as the temptation and anticipation was killing him since Fiona had paused for a very long time.

"Heh, okay. Just enjoying a bit of karma," she laughed as she finished unzipping the hedgehog's pants.

…

Central City mall began to quiet down as the hustle and bustle of the busy Saturday afternoon had wound down slightly. The many shoppers were beginning to head home and the many stores that lined the interior of the large building had begun their nightly rituals of counting up inventory and closing up their shops, removing precious valuables from window displays for the night.

Tikal picked up her cup of piping hot coffee and took a small sip of it. She immediately placed it back down and stuck out her tongue, fanning air on it with her free hand.

"Hot?" a green pronghorn asked her, tilting her head sympathetically.

"Yeah," Tikal admitted, smiling her thanks at Clove. Clove and Tikal had been friends for as long as Tikal could remember, ever since they were in diapers together. However, although Clove did attend Mobius high, she was forced to go to the boarding campus out in the country, situated next to Emerald Lake. Since their campus didn't go back until two weeks after the city central campus did, Clove was able to come back and hang out with Tikal for the winter.

"I can't believe you start school in two days!" Clove mentioned, feeling slightly bad for her friend, but relieved that she still had the extra two weeks.

"Don't rub it in," Tikal sighed, wishing that it was only the start of her break. "You have no idea how ready I am to leave school."

"I know right! It's almost over, and then you and I can move into an apartment in the city together like we always planned to," she squealed with delight. "By the way, do you wanna stay the night tonight?"

"I'd love to but you know I have the party with the gang," Tikal muttered sadly.

"Oh… yeah," Clove tried to hide her disappointment but Tikal couldn't help but notice it. The echidna thought about what she could do to help her friend but in the end she opted to just allow the silence to fall upon the two like thick fog as she didn't want to make the situation worse.

"Well, at least we got you a kick ass dress to wear for the night," Clove piped up, determined to remove the damper on their conversation.

"I'm going to look amazing in this," Tikal giggled, hugging the box to her chest. "Thanks so much for helping me pick the best one."

"Hey, what are friends for," Clove asked before reaching over the table and giving Tikal a quick hug.

"Best friend selfie time," Tikal laughed, relieved that Clove moved on. She smiled as Clove walked over to her side of the circular table and pulled a funny face. Tikal mirrored her facial features and snapped the picture, clicking all her contacts in her snapchat. (Snapchat)

"Wait, didn't you and Espio break up?" Clove asked.

"Oh… yeah, I guess I forgot to change his name on snapchat," she sighed as she pressed the contact entitled 'XxEspioxX' with love hearts on either side of his name. She removed it and just replaced it with his name, before unchecking him so the snap wouldn't send to the chameleon.

"Don't worry, he didn't deserve you anyway," Clove placed a sympathetic hand on Tikal's shoulder as she thought back to the dreadful night of the dance. She swiped her phone sideways and glanced at the screen, reading all the pleading messages that Espio had sent her. Suddenly her phone buzzed and she read the new message.

Knuckles: Hey, got your snap. Are you still coming tonight?

Tikal: Yeah, I wouldn't miss it

Knuckles: I talked with Rouge and she still doesn't want Clove to show up, sorry. She just isn't part of the group, understand?

Tikal: Yeah Knux. It's cool. (This is clove by the way :P)

Knuckles: Hey Clove! Sorry again. We need to catch up some time.

Tikal: Tots.

Knuckles: Cya tonight

"How is old Knuckles going? I'm glad you guys are still good friends," Clove smiled.

"Yeah, it was a bit rough but Rouge has really been a good influence on him, despite all their fights and their constant off again on again relationship. I think they have finally settled on 'on again.'" Tikal laughed, thinking back to their turbulent relationship last semester. Clove frowned slightly at the mention of the bat, never really liking her all that much.

"As long as he is happy," Clove frowned. "Anyway, I gotta go. See ya later Tiks," Clove yelled as she got up and ran off, waving back to the lone, confused echidna who just sat at the table alone.

…

Rouge's house was decorated to perfection. Neon lights were strung around the room, flashing on and off in a multitude of all the colours of the rainbow. She had a set of tables next to the eggshell white coloured wall of her house. A sizable collection of beers, ciders, wine and spirits were sat atop the counter. The table adjacent had a wide variety of snacks, from chips to chocolate.

"Wow babe, you really went all out today," Knuckles gaped as he walked into her house early. She rushed down the stairs, her dress flowing behind her slightly as she draped her arms around him and pulled him in for a hug.

"I need to let everybody know that I can throw a better party than Amy," she winked before breaking apart. "How do I look?" she asked, giving Knuckles a slight twirl.

"Great as always," Knuckles nodded in approval before he heard another knock at the door. "Don't worry, I'll get it," he called as Rouge rushed off to kick her dog out of the house into the backyard, not wanting her puppy to interfere.

Knuckles wrenched open the door and saw the orange echidna standing at the door, her hair braided in such a way that made the lighting dance off her dreds. The azure coloured gem situated in her headband practically shined.

"Knuckles!" she called in delight as she threw her arms around him and pulled him into an awkwardly long hug. She quickly pulled away, coughing into one hand when she saw Rouge return and raise an eyebrow at her.

"Ahem… Nice place Rouge. I can't believe I'm only just now seeing it," she gawked as she walked into the house and picked up a crisp bottle of apple cider off of the table and opened it with the silver bottle opener.

"I don't normally allow guests to my house except Knuckles and…" Rouge trailed off, her smile suddenly wiping off her face. Knuckles saw Rouge's sudden tonal shift and placed a consoling hand around her shoulders.

"I know Rouge. I never really saw eye to eye with him but I miss him too," Knuckles spoke softly as she buried her face into his neck, willing the tears back into her eyes so that her make up wouldn't get ruined. Tikal locked eyes with Knuckles, tilting her head slightly to show her confusion. Knuckles mouthed the word 'Shadow,' and Tikal nodded in understanding before she tried to change the subject. However, before she could speak, Rouge piped up.

"I know I shouldn't be mad with Shadow, but he didn't leave on purpose. It was all his fault," Rouge balled her fist angrily.

"Whose?" Tikal asked but suddenly, a voice at the door stopped Rouge from answering and from the way Rouge seethed with rage as she heard the name spoken, answered Tikal's question.

"Hey Rouge, you in there? I've got Tails with me," Sonic called out as he opened the door. Rouge took a deep breath in and out before she strolled open to the door to greet the sapphire hedgehog and golden fox.

"Hey guys, how are you?" Rouge sung, wrapping her arms around Sonic in an affectionate hug as Knuckles fist bumped Tails. Before Tails could do a thing to greet Rouge, the bat turned and walked back over to Tikal, leaving a stunned fox at the door.

"What are you guys waiting for? Shut the door and come over to party," Rouge called nonchalantly as she walked.

"You guys want a beer?" Knuckles asked walking in front of the two.

"Sure thing Knux," Sonic called, walking behind him until he felt Tails' hand grab his and pull the hedgehog back slightly.

"Did you see the way Rouge acted to me just then? Why does she hate me?" Tails whispered. Sonic just chuckled in response before kissing Tails on the forehead and pulling him into the main part of the room.

"Just because she doesn't love you as much as I do doesn't mean she hates you."

"But-"

"Tails, calm down. She is fine. I know you're a bit tense from your extra studies but you need to chill. Let's get a drink," Sonic soothed to Tails who nodded in compliance.

Blaze and Silver were the next two to arrive, followed closely by Jet and Cream. Niceties were exchanged as the group stood in a big circle, catching up on the events in each other's lives over the break.

"I still can't believe you two are actually dating. Until you guys showed up tonight I just thought Knuckles and Sonic were playing a prank on me," Rouge laughed to a blushing and flustered Cream.

"If you asked me at the start of the year that I'd be dating little Cream I would have signed you up for an insane asylum," Jet chuckled as he placed his arm around her shoulder. "But now I can't imagine life without her."

A collective 'Aww' emanated through the room as the other three couples placed their hands in each other's. Tikal looked around the room, sighing as she realized she was the only one without a date. Silver looked over at Tikal with remorse in his eyes and thought he would try to cheer her up.

"Don't be sad Tikal. Espio was bad news. You're better off without him, and besides, you'll find somebody new eventually."

"Yeah… I guess," she sighed. "I just thought that he really had changed for me, y'know."

"Well don't give him all the credit. Amy sure helped him become a dick head too," Rouge added, ignoring Sonic as he winced, saddened that his friends were talking so negative about the others.

"Come on guys," Tails suddenly spoke up. "Espio used to be a bad person because he was under Fiona's thumb. He really did try to change after he broke free, thanks to you, Tikal."

"Fiona didn't tell him to trick me!" Blaze snapped. "That was all Amy and him trying to break Silver and I up for no reason. Fiona might be a horrible, cold person, but I don't think even she would go that far."

"Espio also went around with that picture of you and Blaze, and Sally and Tikal, and Rouge and Shadow. He broke so many of us up!" Knuckles added angrily. "Redemption or not, it's going to take more than a sappy speech in a cafeteria to win me over."

Sonic's gaze darted from one friend to the other, not knowing what to do to keep everyone from hating the pair more than they did Fiona. He couldn't comprehend how the chameleon and hedgehog had become more hated than the fiery vixen that had plagued their lives for the past three and a half years.

"Rouge?" a voice called out from the doorway. "I knocked but nobody answered so I just let myself in."

"Sally!" Sonic called, rushing over to give his friend a hug. "Please, come on in and enjoy the festivities." Sally was curious at why the hedgehog was acting strangely happy to see her but she just assumed it was because she had been away for three weeks. If only she knew that Sonic was just using her to get the others to stop talking badly about Amy and Espio.

"Anybody up for some beer pong?" Jet asked, narrowing his eyes at Knuckles and shooting him a glare that screamed for a challenge.

"You're so on!" Knuckles laughed, grabbing a bunch of bottles in his arms and walking over to another large table, setting up the cups in the same arrangement as bowling pins. The guys poured their cups full of beer, adding a shot of vodka to each glass for that extra penalty.

"So, you guys want to play truth or dare? Sonic tells me that you guys play that every one of these parties," Sally asked, trying to be as included as possible. Sonic and Tails just looked at each other before the group all laughed.

"Maybe not this time. Let's just try to avoid drama as much as possible," Sonic chuckled.

"How about we just dance instead?" Cream offered, to which the group all nodded eagerly to.

"I'll put my playlist on!" Blaze cheered, rushing over to the speakers and plugging her phone into the dock. She pressed shuffle and a random song begun to play as the remaining eight guests begun to spin and dance as a group to the pumping music.

Slowly, the night drew long as the group chatted, danced and had fun. Jet destroyed Knuckles in the first round but the stubborn echidna wanted a re-match. They let Silver and Sonic have a round first before the two battled it out again, with Jet cleaning up again. The four decided to play doubles, with the loser of the other round (Silver) teaming up with Jet. With Knuckles' third loss, he had begun to get very drunk, along with most of the other guys and the girls who had all but annihilated the bottle of tequila. It was late in the night, and all ten guests just begun loosely, drunkenly dancing to the songs. Suddenly, one of Blaze's favourite songs began to play and she took center stage, dancing and singing loudly and out of tune with the words. She grabbed an empty cider bottle and pretended it was a make-shift microphone.

"Beware, beware, be skeptical. Of the smiles, the smiles are plated gold. Deceit so natural, but a wolf in sheep's clothing is more than a warning," Blaze belted at the top of her voice. Tails and Cream, who were the least drunk out of the group as neither of them drank much, looked at each other. The irony of the song that Blaze sung to wasn't lost on them.

Silver joined in with Blaze, loving the band almost as much as she did. He began to join her as the chorus finally rolled around.

"So could you tell me, how you're sleeping easy, how you're only thinking of yourself? Show me how you justify, telling all your lies like second nature," he sung. Rouge waltzed over mid verse and took the empty bottle of cider that the two pretended was the microphone to finish the chorus.

"Listen. Mark my words one day. You will pay, you will pay. Karma's gonna come collect your debt!" She glanced towards Tails, before turning back to Blaze at the end of the chorus. Blaze snatched the bottle off Rouge as she sang the second verse, being the only one of the three who actually knew all the words.

"Aware, aware you stalk your prey. With criminal mentality. You sink your teeth into the people you depend on. Infecting everyone you're quite the problem!"

As the song continued and the three began to sing in unison in the chorus, Tikal decided to join in on the singing. She grabbed the bottle from Rouge and begun to sing alongside the interlude.

"Maybe you'll change. Abandon all your wicked ways. Make amends and start anew again. Maybe you'll see, all the wrongs you did to me. And start all over, start all over again."

"This probably isn't the best song for this group to be listening to," Tails whispered out of the corner of his mouth to Cream whilst watching his friends sing louder and dance more frantically.

"Don't worry Tails, I'm sure all the drama is behind us now. We went through hell and came out of it mostly stronger," Cream reassured him. "What's the worst that could possibly happen?"

A/N: Well there you have it, the first chapter of my brand new story, and the sequel to Sonic High! I really hope you all enjoyed it and are excited for the up-coming drama, romances, heartbreak and everything inbetween. This story will be a lot, lot longer than my original, including over 50 chapters so get ready. Also if you are enjoying it so far, please conisder leaving a review as they give me motivation and really mean a lot to me. ANyway, I hope you all enjoyed this and have a nice day :P