A portal of darkness opens up to reveal Atomsk in his Organization XIII outfit.

"Hello again my fellow readers. I like to welcome you all to another of my stories called "Sonaze: Step Love." But I'm not alone. Come on out TME." Atomsk said as he put the spotlight to the portal.

A green ring shaped portal opens in the air which seemed to act a bit odd before TME fell out with a thud and a note in hand.

"Oooohhhh." TME groaned out while he held the note up with a shaking hand.

"You okay man?" Atomsk asked before he looked to the note and took it while TME's arm dropped before... Snoring was heard and little Z's were seen coming from his head?

"Why are you snoring?" Atomsk asked with a half lidded look before he looks to the note which has TME's handwriting.

"Dear readers, I had to change this story entirely from script format which took me awhile and I'm exhausted from the effort, I'll leave Atomsk in charge of the intro, I should be good to go again either at the outro or the next chapter."

Sincerely.

TME….

Atomsk sigh but let TME sleep.

"Well I guess I'll do the intro by myself in the meantime. If he were awake, I personally want to thank him for helping me resurrect my old project. If anyone has a Deviantart account and somehow recognize this, I should let you know that I'm the writer for this. My DA name is sonicxblaze4rver (I know, I know, it was suppose to be 4ever but you know). Anyway, I want to say thanks again to TME for fixing it. And I hope that we continues this story. While I wait for my friend to wake up, I hope you enjoy reading it." Atomsk said a the camera changes scenes.

This scene takes place in the past… this scene shows the hope of the hedgehog's, Jules and Bernadette the parents, then there's the children, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic.

It was late at night and Sonic's mother, Bernadette, was trying to put Sonic, Sonia, and Manic to bed while her husband, Jules, was at a late council meeting with the Royal Acorn family and other subordinates along with Amadeus Prower.

It started to rain, and Bernadette was at witt's end trying to put these rugrats to bed when suddenly there was a knock at the door, when she open it, there was no one there which confused her somewhat.

As she was about to shut the door when she heard a cry which caused her to look down.

When she did, she saw a lavender kitten in a box wrapped in a soft blanket.

Bernadette smiled at how adorable the kitten was before she bent down to get a closer look.

When she looked at it, she notice it was female and her eyes were like bright yellow emeralds, she even had some sort of weird jewel on her forehead.

Bernadette found a piece of paper on it and notice that someone had written something which says,"Her name is Blaze."

Bernadette brought the kitten, now known as Blaze in before she closed the door.

8 hours later

Jules finally came home and he felt exhausted when the meeting took to long.

Bernadette told him how Blaze ended up on their doorstep and she wondered if he'll allow her to stay with them as the new member of the family.

But Jules was about to say no when he noticed how his son, Sonic, made a connection with Blaze as if he was hypnotized by her eyes.

When she looked back, he blushed a little bit, So Jules & Bernadette decide to adopt Blaze.

And they introduce her to their children as their new sister.

Present Day/ ?/?/ Sonic, Manic, Sonia, Bernadette

Sonic, along with Sonia and Manic are now 16, and Blaze who just turned 15 last summer.

They were all getting ready for their new semester in Mobius High.

Sonia and Blaze were putting their makeup while Manic was knocking on the bathroom door waiting for them to come out, while Sonic 'as usual' was sleeping in.

"Come on, can you guys hurry up, I need to use the bathroom!" Manic calls out with a panicking tone before he knocks again.

"Yeah yeah, just keep your tiny pants on, we'll be out in a second." Sonia said while she looks in the mirror to see if what she did was OK so far.

"But you've been in there for 30 min. and I really need to go." Manic whines while he crossed his legs a bit.

"Serves you right for taking another glass of orange juice, Just hold it." Blaze said when she looks in the mirror like Sonia as well to make some adjustments.

Manic then waits before he tried to picture something dry but everywhere he look was hard for him, so he tried saying the alphabet.

"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO…PPPPPPP!" Manic called out before he went bugged eyed when he repeats the p word.

Seems saying the alphabet didn't work in his favor.

A bit after... Bernadette went to Sonic's door to wake him for school.

"Sonic dear, time to get up or you're going to be late for school." Bernadette called out before she knocks on the door for a moment.

"Ugh...give me another hour." Sonic called out with a tired tone which caused Bernadette to sigh before Blaze approached the door.

"Is he still sleeping in?" Blaze asked with a raised eyebrow before Bernadette looked to her.

"You know it." Bernadette said while she knocked again with no response this time, Blaze then taps Bernadette's shoulder to get her attention.

"I'll handle this mom." Blaze said which caused Bernadette to smile.

"Thanks deary. I don't know what to do without you." Bernadette said before she walked away from the door while Blaze enters the room to wake up the sleeping Sonic.

Hedgehog residence/ Sonic's room/ Sonic

"Sonic, time to get up." Blaze said when she shook Sonic's shoulder before Sonic mumbled in his sleep

" I love you…" Sonic muttered while Blaze thought he was talking about chilidogs which caused her to sigh when she tried to wake him again… but when she tried again… Sonic spoke up again.

"...Blaze." Sonic said which caused Blaze to blush a bit.

" Awww.. so sweet." Blaze said when she tries to shake him again, but before she could… Sonic spoke up again.

"Will you... marry me?" Sonic mumbled which caused Blaze to gasp lightly, so she tried to wake him up using drastic measures when one of her fingers lit up with a flame.

Sonic in the meantime was still dreaming, but something apparently cooking starts to rouse him from his sleep which caused him to sniff the air a few times.

"Mmmm, something smells good... What is that smel- wait a minute...OH MY GOD!, MY BUTTS ON FIRE!" Sonic said before he shouts at the end when he realized what happened.

Sonic then ran to the bathroom and turned on the shower which extinguished the fire and gave Blaze a serious look when he returned a few minutes later.

"Blaze what were you doing?... Trying to cook me alive?!" Sonic said while he gestured to his charred rear end which caused Blaze to cover her mouth when she tries to hold back a laugh.

"S-Sorry bro….You w-wehehere going to be late." Blaze said while a laugh made it somewhat into her sentence while Sonic sweatdropped at Blaze before he got a bit irritated.

"That doesn't give you a reason to cook my rear just because you can control fire and stuff." Sonic said with an irritated tone while Blaze calmed down somewhat.

"Come on Sonic, we're all born with 'natural' abilities." Blaze said while the scene goes back to Blaze's ninth birthday… when she learned a lot that day.

Blaze's 9th birthday/ Hedgehog residence/ Blaze, Sonic, Sonia, Manic, Jules, Bernadette

It was a warm saturday afternoon on June 15th, and everyone was getting ready for Blaze's birthday party in various rooms.

She was turning 9 years old today, but she was feeling a bit warm lately when she woke up.

She thought she was getting a fever but her body temperature returned to normal, though it confused her, she got out of bed and got ready for today.

But before she could step out of her room, she overheard Sonia and Manic talking about something that she shouldn't have heard so soon in her life.

"I can't believe Blaze is turning 9 already." Sonia said with a smile on her face, she was excited to celebrate Blaze's birthday today.

"I know, this party is gonna rock!" Manic said when he pumped his arms a few times, but that was when Manic starts to look a little down which got Sonia's attention.

"What's wrong?" Sonia said when she placed an arm on Manic's shoulder which caused him to try and look normal… the keyword was he tried

"Oh nothing..nothing at all?" Manic said while he looked away which caused Sonia to give him a half lidded look.

"You can't fool anyone bro, Spill it out." Sonia said before she taps her foot while Manic cringed a bit at the look Sonia was giving him.

"Okay okay...Do you ever wonder...that mom and dad will ever tell Blaze about how she's adopted." Manic said which caused Blaze's eyes to widen in shock while her hand twitched which caused the door to open a little.

Sonia heard that before he looked over and saw the cracked door.

When Sonia opened it, she saw a traumatized Blaze which caused the gossiping to to curse themselves, mainly Manic, from talking about this right outside her door without thinking.

They tried to explain the situation to her, but then suddenly she got angry that everyone was lying to her… if Sonia and Manic knew… then the others must know as well...

She got so angry that flames start to appear on her body before she made a hole through her bedroom window when the flames automatically launched off her body which shocked the watching duo.

Jules and Bernadette rushed over when they heard the commotion and everyone saw Blaze leaving with tears in her eyes.

"What happened?!" Jules said with a worried tone to Manic and Sonia when he saw Blaze leaping out of her window.

Sonic in the meantime zooms to Blaze's door when he heard Sonia trying to explain the situation.

"Blaze overheard Manic and I talking about how she's adopted!" Sonia said with tears starting to fall from her eyes when she starts to feel responsible for this.

Before anyone could say anything, Sonic came in with an angered look on his face.

"What were you guys thinking?!" Sonic said which caused Manic to get really worried since he and the others knew that Sonic really cared for Blaze.

"I'm sorry man, we didn't know she was there." Manic said when he tried to defend himself… but Sonic's quills start to stand on end while a dark mist emits from him right before he punched Manic which caused him to fall to the ground before anyone could react.

"I don't want to hear any of your excuses!, Because of your big mouth Blaze could be lying in a ditch somewhere!" Sonic growled out which caused Manic to gulp before he tried to calm Sonic down.

"She won't be with what she's got." Manic said which caused Sonic to punched Manic, but Jules grabbed Sonic before he could try and punch Manic again.

"Sonic!, Stop this at once and calm down!" Jules said before Sonic looked to him with one pure white glowing eye which shocked Jules when he saw… or felt how cold the gaze was.

"I can do this all night if I want to!" Sonic growled with a tone that made a chill go up everyone's spines before Bernadette spoke up.

"Sonic calm down!, punching your brother isn't gonna solve anything!" Bernadette said which caused Sonic to look to her for a moment before he starts to return to normal after a minute which caused everyone to sigh with relief before Bernadette spoke up to get their attention while Jules set Sonic on the ground.

"Okay... Here's what we're going to do, your father and I are gonna call the police, while you three rally up a search party." Bernadette said while Sonic narrowed his eyes.

"You guys can do that, I'm going to find her myself." Sonic said before he got ready to zoom off which caused Jule to try and stop him.

"No son wait!, it's too dange-!" Jules tried to say before he got cut off when Sonic left before he could speak another word which caused him to sigh.

"That boy can't just stay still for a minute can he?" Jules said before Sonia spoke up.

"Should we go after him dad?" Sonia suggests while Jules shook his head.

"No... you two do what your mother say, and we'll get the authorities." Jules said before everyone split up.

While everyone was looking for Blaze and Sonic, it starts to rain when Sonic found a trial of burnt ashes that continued when more fell to the ground which caused Sonic to look up to see… a burning bird?

"Is that bird on fire?" Sonic said with a confused tone before the bird crashed into the lake which put out the fire.

"Oh... I hope that bird's okay." Sonic said while he cringed a bit at the crash before he continued to follow various trails of burnt ash.

He then came across a cave which the ash led to.

When he entered, he heard something which sounds like crying.

He took a moment to get closer to the source of the crying and saw that it was Blaze who sat near a big pond.

"*Sniff*...*sob*...*sniff*...What have I done?" Blaze cried while she wiped her eyes.

"Blaze?" Sonic said which caused Blaze to jolt before she looked to Sonic with one tear filled eye.

"Sonic?" Blaze said when she wiped her eyes while Sonic felt relieved that he found her in one piece.

"Thank goodness you're alright, Now come on, I gotta take you back home… the others are worried." Sonic said which caused Blaze to give him an angered look which shocked him.

"No!, All of you lied to me from the very beginning, how can I ever trust anyone?" Blaze said with a very angered tone which started to break with more sobs following which caused Sonic to look worried.

"Look sis, I know how upset you are and it's just that we wanted to tell you, but mom and dad wanted to wait until you were old enough." Sonic said when he took a few steps closer.

"You're just saying that to make yourself feel better." Blaze said when she glanced to Sonic which caused him to frown.

"Listen, I'm sorry about all the lies Blaze. But you've gotta understand that everyone loves you... Mom, dad, Sonia, Manic, even me." Sonic said while Blaze looked to the ground.

"Even if that were true, they won't take me back after what I did." Blaze said with a sniff right after.

"Trust me they will and everyone's looking for you. So please come home, and besides you didn't do anything wrong, We all have 'natural' abilities and when they come in, it takes alot a lot of time to control it." Sonic said with a smile on his face which seemed to help Blaze calm down somewhat.

However a big egg-shape bot came out of nowhere near the cave entrance which startles them both.

"What the hell is that thing?!" Sonic said while he got in front of Blaze.

"I don't know, but let's get out of here." Blaze said with a worried tone when the robot's camera eye zoomed in on the duo before it spoke up.

"Resistance is futile... Surrender or die." The robot said with a mechanical voice which caused Sonic to get a serious look on his face..

"Looks like we have no choice." Sonic said seriously which got Blaze's attention.

"What are you saying?" Blaze asked with a worried tone when the egg robot made a few clanking noises for some reason.

"I'm saying we're gonna have to beat this oversized toaster, Think you can try what you did earlier?" Sonic asked while Blaze closed her eyes when she tried to summon those flames again.

After a couple tries, Blaze pants to catch her breath before she spoke up.

"I...I can't do it... I'm somehow burnt out." Blaze said with a worried tone before Sonic grins to her surprise.

"No sweat, I think I can take him." Sonic said before the Egg robot spoke.

"State your identification" The Robot ordered which cause Sonic to get a serious look on his face.

"Name's Sonic... Sonic the Hedgehog!" Sonic called out before he charged the bot while Blaze tried to remember how she got her powers.

Sonic in the meantime ran around the bot to try and find a weak point… but to his surprise a hidden hatch opens which fires a bullet which hits him in the right leg before he crashed to the ground.

"SONIC!" Blaze called out before she ran out of the cave when the egg bot slowly approached Sonic and another hidden gun appeared… and it points it right at Sonic's head.

The robot was about to finish Sonic when Blaze got between them which caused the robot to look to her with an electronic eye.

"Stop!, If you want to get to my brother, you're gonna have to get through me first!" Blaze growled while Sonic looked to her.

"Bl...Blaze what are you doing? Get outta here, save yourself!" Sonic said through grit teeth when he tried to stand, but fell before he could.

"No Sonic! I'm not going to leave you. If we're going home, we're going home together." Blaze said with a determined tone while the Robot looked at her with the eye camera flashing for a moment.

"Scanning…. Analysis complete: No threat detected." The robot said before it points another gun at Blaze which caused Sonic to call out.

"Wait!, Let her go... Take me instead." Sonic begged which made Blaze glance to Sonic while the robot looked to Sonic.

"S-Sonic, what are you doing?" Blaze asked with a worried tone.

"I'm doing what any big brother would do." Sonic said when he managed to get to one knee.

"Proposal accepted." the egg robot said after it withdrew it's guns while Sonic looked to Blaze with a grin on his face.

"Listen Blaze, while this scrap heap deals with me, I want to let you know that I always love y-!" Sonic tried to say before a hidden arm shot out of the eggbot before it got Sonic in a near bone breaking grip.

"Target acquired." The Egg bot said when it starts to strengthen its grip which caused Sonic to scream in pain.

While the robot grabs Sonic, Blaze could hear him being in pain.

Seeing her brother in pain, her anger kept piling up and started to ignite flames in her hands thus subconsciously she knew she can do it before she took aim at the bot and threw a fireball.

The first throw she made forced the robot to release Sonic who dropped to the ground before the egg bot looked to Blaze.

"Scanning… Analysis: Possible threat detected." The eggbot said before hidden missile launchers appeared from it's sides while Blaze's hand was lit with a flame.

"Time to melt you down to scrap." Blaze said before she charged the eggbot who fired a horde of missiles at Blaze who shot a massive fireball at the missiles which destroyed them mid flight and ran by the explosions.

When she got in front of the egg bot… she raised a hand and when she remembered the pain Sonic was in before she shot a pillar of fire at the robot which starts to melt it down.

"Error...Err..or...Eeerrrro...ererereroorr..." The egg bot said before it slowly melt into a puddle of liquid metal before Blaze lowered her hand when it was fully melted down.

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of my kitchen." Blaze said before she turned and to Sonic with a worried look on her face when she knelt down on one knee to look at his injured leg.

"Sonic, I know this might be a dumb question … but are you okay?" Blaze asked with a worried tone.

"A little bit, but what you did was reck-!" Sonic tried to say before Blaze slapped him out of the blue which caused him to look to her after he gripped his stinging cheek.

"What was that for?!" Sonic said before he pulled his body back some when Blaze gave him an angered glare.

"That's for trying to be a hero." Blaze said with an angered tone.

"But-!" Sonic tried to say before he was slapped on the other cheek.

"And that's for asking me to leave you." Blaze said while Sonic covered his other cheek.

"But doesn't that count for one?" Sonic said with a confused tone while Blaze raised an eyebrow.

"Do you want me to give you another one?" Blaze asked which caused Sonic to shake his head.

"N-No." Sonic said with a slightly scared tone.

"Good." Blaze said with a crossed arms before she surprised Sonic by hugging him before Sonic felt tears on his shoulder.

"*Sob...sob...sniff*...Oh Sonic... p-promise me you w-won't ever p-pull a stunt like that cried out before Sonic returns the hug.

"I promise... Now let's go home." Sonic said before Blaze looked to his leg again.

"Hang on, let me do something about that wound." Blaze said before she rips a long piece of her dress off before she carefully wrapped Sonic's leg which stopped the bleeding for a moment.

"Now try holding onto my shoulder." Blaze said when she put Right arm on her shoulder before she helped him stand.

The two siblings then left the cave and walk back home.

They were a little lost though after stumbling around for a bit before they heard people shouting for their names.

So they follow the shouting voices 'til they reached the search party.

Everyone was relieved to see Blaze and Sonic before Bernadette ran towards the and knelt down to hug the duo..

"I'm so happy my two babies are safe!" Bernadette said before she starts to cry for a minute while Blaze looked to everyone with a regret filled look.

"Listen everyone...I'm… sorry... for everything." Blaze said with a slightly shy tone which made Jules smile.

"No my dear, we're the ones who are sorry... We should've told you the truth from the beginning, but I'm glad you and Sonic are...S-Sonic what happen to your leg?!" Jules said before he noticed the injured Sonic which caused him to sweatdrop.

'They noticed now?' Sonic thought with a half lidded look on his face before Blaze spoke up.

"We were attacked by a giant egg shaped robot." Blaze said which caused Sonic to speak up.

"If it weren't for Blaze, I'd be robot food." Sonic said with a grin before Manic looked to Blaze with a surprised look.

"What do you mean? Are you saying that…" Manic said before Blaze cuts in.

"Yes Manic... I reduced it to a melted puddle, although it will be a bit difficult to learn who controlled it." Blaze said with a thoughtful look on her face.

"Listen sis, Manic and I are sorry for what we said about the.. 'you know'." Sonia said with a regretful look on her face while Blaze smiled.

"It's okay guys, I forgive you both. I maybe adopted, but it doesn't mean anything because you're my family and it'll always be that way." Blaze said which made Sonia and Manic smile before Sonia looked to Sonic.

"And Sonic... I think you owe someone an apology." Sonia said which made Sonic frown before he looked to Manic.

"Manic, I'm... sorry for hitting you twice, I was just-" Sonic tried to say before Manic placed a hand on Sonic's free shoulder.

"It's okay man, you did what you have to do, and besides I did deserve that." Manic said before rubbing his head while Jules cleared his head.

"Now let's get you to the hospital." Jules said before everyone left for the hospital.

4 hours later/ Hospital

Everyone was in the waiting room… waiting, but Blaze was pacing back and forth when she worried over Sonic's leg injury.

"Blaze deary, sit down, the doctor will let us know about Sonic's condition." Bernadette said which got Blaze more worried.

"B- But I can't! What if Sonic's injury is serious? Hey may never run or walk again, I-" Blaze tried to say but got cut off when the doctor walked in.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hedgehog?" Doctor Dufrane said while he held a clipboard.

"Doc, how's my son? Is he ok-" Jules tried to say before Blaze cut him off.

"IS HE ALRIGHT!" Blaze shouts to their surprised while the doctor chuckles

"Your boyfriend's alright sweetie." Doctor Dufrane said which caused Blaze to blush while everyone else giggles.

Doctor Dufrane then looks to the clipboard.

"Anyway your son is alright. We manage to take the bullet out, so he'll be able to walk in about 4 weeks." Doctor Dufrane said while Jules got a relieved smile on his face.

"Thanks 'Doc." Jules said which caused Doctor Dufrane to chuckle for a moment.

"No problem 'Verne'. Now I gotta be somewhere else, I'll check on ya'll later." Doctor Dufrane said before he walks away while Blaze looked to Jules

"Dad, do you know him?" Blaze asked while Jules smiles.

"Yes. I used to go to highschool with him 'til he decided to go to medical school." Jules said which confused Manic a bit

"But why does he call you 'Verne'?" Manic asked with a confused tone.

"We were reading one of the stories of Jules Verne and...well he put two and two together. But I can't be too mad at him, 'because if it wasn't for him he would've introduce me to your mother. In fact he was there helping your mother give birth to you three." Jules said before the nurse comes in.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hedgehog? You can see your son now." The nurse said before she left the room.

"Sonia, Blaze why don't you both go see Sonic, we'll come in later." Bernadette said with a small smile on her face.

"Sure mom." Sonia said before she and Blaze entered the room where Sonic was resting who noticed the duo.

"Hey bro how you feeling?" Sonia asked after she sat in a chair with Blaze doing the same on the other side

"Doing good, under medication, the usual." Sonic said while he looked to his wrapped leg.

"Well the good thing is , the doctor said you'll be able to walk in 4 weeks." Sonia said which caused Sonic to frown.

"Great... Being in bed, doing nothing." Sonic said with a half lidded look on his face.

"You always do that." Sonia said with a raised eyebrow which caused Sonic to chuckle

"Hehe... I know but still…" Sonic said before he adjusts himself to get comfy while Blaze smiled a little

"Well I'm glad your okay." Blaze said before she saw Sonic smile for some reason.

"Blaze I got something for you earlier before the incident happened, check your pocket." Sonic said which confused Blaze before she checks her coat before she found a heart shape locket.

When she opens it, she sees a picture of her family on one side and then the other had some writing which says:

"To my dear sister Blaze, I want to let you know that no matter what happens I'll always be by your side 'till the very end.

Love,

Sonic."

After reading, Blaze got a little teary before she walked over and hugs him.

"Oh Sonic... it's wonderful" Blaze said before she got surprised when she suddenly heard chattering in the background.

Blaze turned around and was happy to see everyone singing, "Happy Birthday", to her.

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Dear Blaze. Happy Birthday to YOU."

"Make a wish sweety." Bernadette said which caused Blaze to smile.

"I don't have to...'Cause it already came true." Blaze said which caused everyone to Aww before Blaze grinned.

"Now let's have some cake." Blaze said which made Manic walk forward with the cake knife

"I call first dibs." Manic said which caused most to call out…

"MANIC!".

Manic chuckles before he placed the cake knife next to the cake.

"Kidding... I'm kidding." Manic said while the scene shifts.

*END FLASHBACK*

"That was one crazy night right?" Blaze said while Sonic look concerned which Blaze noticed.

"Sonic?" Blaze asked with a concerned tone which snapped his attention.

"Oh sorry...I was just thinking." Sonic said with a thoughtful look again.

"About what?" Blaze asked with a slightly confused tone.

"About that giant robot... I mean where did that giant robot come from?" Sonic said with crossed arms while Blaze smiled a bit before she shrugged.

"Well bro, these mysteries are better unsolved. I mean the robot is gone and we can live on with our lives." Blaze said while Sonic frowned a bit.

"Yeah but-" Sonic tried to say before Bernadette called out.

"Sonic, Blaze... The bus is here." Bernadette called out which surprised the duo.

"OH CRAP!" Both Sonic & Blaze called out before they looked at each other and started laughing.

After Sonic finished getting ready, both Sonic and Blaze dashed down stairs, grabbed their lunches and met up with Sonia and Manic before the bus could leave while Bernadette waved to them.

"BY KIDS!" Bernadette called out to the group before they got ready to get on the bus.

"BY MOM!" the four called back before the step on the bus before the door closed and starts to pull away when they got in their seats.

As the bus leaves, Jules comes out while Bernadette sighs.

"They've grown up so fast." Bernadette said while Jules took a sip of apple juice.

"Yeah, it seems like only yesterday-" Jules said before he took a moment to take a sip of 'his drink' which made Bernadette raise an eyebrow.

"What are you drinking?"

"Just some apple juice from the fridge, Ugh...it has a weird aftertaste… I think this batch went bad or something… Might as well toss it." Jules said before cringing when he went into the house with Bernadette in tow.

"But I didn't buy any apple juice." Bernadette said with a confused tone.

"But I saw Manic put one in the fridge, Although he was in a hurry." Jules said while Bernadette went to the fridge and found the gallon of 'apple juice'.

She open it and both of them sniff it, and When Jules was about to say something, Sonia was asking Manic something while she sat next to him on the bus.

"Say Manic, I've been wondering..." Sonia asked with a curious tone which got his attention.

"What is it?" Manic asked with a grin on his face before Sonia took a moment to wonder what the grin was about.

"Where did you go to do your... 'you know'?" Sonia asked with a slight blush on her face since that was a private moment and it looked like Manic just tossed clothes on before he left the house.

"Hold onto that thought. 3...2...1." Manic said while he held up a finger.

"MANIC!" Jules roared which made Manic chuckle.

"Does that answer your question?" Manic said with a grin on his face while Sonic shook his head before he looked to Manic with a half lidded look and a grin on his face.

"You know you're gonna be grounded for that right?" Sonic asked with a humored filled tone.

"Yeah, but it was worth it." Manic said before he relaxed on the bus seat while placing his arms behind his head while everyone else chuckles while the bus sped along the road.

And thus the four siblings start their new day in high school while the scene fades to black...

End of Part 1

The scene then fades back in to show Atomsk and a knocked out TME who looked like he was stirring from his sleep.

"Ohhhh man, that's the last time I portal when I'm that tired." TME said when he sat up and rubbed his head before he looked around with some confusion.

"What did I miss?" TME asked before he got a confused look on his face.

"Well let's see...You missed the portal that I opened for you, you slept through the part where I thanked you and stuff. And then...Oh yeah, some artist showed up painting a portrait of you while you were sleeping. Then you mumbled some stuff in your sleep." Atomsk said as he counted the things that happen.

TME just gave him a half lidded look before responding.

"So… did I say anything embarrassing and what of the painting?, did the artist at least get my good side?" TME asked when he looked around after he got off the ground.

Atomsk shrugged before speaking.

"It was random. Couldn't make out what you were saying. As for the painting well…"

Atomsk held out the painting and showed TME the position he was lying and there was also drool coming out of his mouth.

TME got shadows over his eyes before he zoomed over and took the painting before he lit a match and lit the painting on fire.

"We never speak of this again." TME said while the painting burned before he dropped it before it could burn him.

Atomsk shrugged at him.

"Okay." He said as he looked to the readers.

"Sorry for the awkward moment folks. Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of "Sonaze: Step Love", and we'll be planning to work on the second chapter soon. Thank you TME for helping me bring it back. Feels so good to do this.

TME just shrugs at the compliment before looking to Atomask.

"No problem, you helped me with the DDS story, beside, from here on out it's going to be a colab work right?" TME said with a grin a moment later.

"Of course. And let's not forget the AT+DMC story as well." Atomsk said with smile.

"Yeah, I'm interested in seeing how that story progresses, but one step at a time right?" TME said with his hands in his pockets.

"Oh absolutely." Atomsk replied.

He then looks at the readers.

"Anyway, we hope you have a lovely day or night. Me and TME are now going back to DDS to finish up a new chapter. Anything you want to say man?" Atomsk asked when he passed the spotlight to TME.

"Not really, no complaints except for being a bit sleep deprived… so a word of warning to all new writers…. NEVER SCRIPT WRITE!" TME said with a tired look before he points to the readers with a comical shout at the end.

Atomsk sweatdropped from that.

"Lesson learned. So goodbye everyone. Deuces." Atomsk said with two fingers before the camera fades to pitch black.