So, Welcome to my first ever fanfiction! This is a high school AU, which probably won't be focusing much on the high school part. This is heavily inspired by Unordinary from Webtoon, so go check it out! Also, don't ever expect regular updates. If anyone actually bothers to read this... and actually wants more... )
A cold breeze blew by, as a certain hedgehog was skipping class. Again. He was on the roof of the school, sitting down with his phone in hand. His black quills waved in the wind, as the author realized you all know what he looks like already. He sat on the marshmallow white tiles, while he leaned on the grey bars that prevented him from falling. Across from him was the exit. It was a rectangle made of maroon bricks, with a black door on the front. He could hear the birds chirping, their cries being slightly louder than the taps of his phone. The wind brought in the smell of a nearby bakery, but the wind also made the metal bars cold. Despite the slightly cold bars, the hedgehog continued to play his video game, not minding a bit. It was a relaxing moment, chilling on the roof playing video games. But all good things come to an end.
"Hey! Whatcha doin' here?" A voice called out.
"What do you think I'm doing?" The hedgehog replied, his ruby red eyes looking up from his phone.
"Oh come on Shads, I mean why are you skipping class?" The other one asked, oblivious to the eye roll he received.
"The name's Shadow, get it right, idiot. Also, I could ask you the same thing. Why are you skipping class?" Shadow responded, an ever so annoyed expression on his face.
"Meh, class is boring. And so are you. Did I ever mention how much of a hypocrite you are? I mean, asking me to call you by your name, then not addressing me by my own name. All in the same sentence! Like, dude! Name's Sonic, not "idiot!" Sonic pouted.
"Woah, did Sonic just use TWO big words? No way!" Shadow retorted, his eyes wide in mock surprise.
"Hey! C'mon man, I'm smarter than you think!" Sonic complained, stomping the ground in frustration.
"Pft, your grades suggest otherwise." Shadow shot back, giving him another eye roll.
"S-shut up!" Sonic stuttered, earning a victorious smirk from Shadow.
"Don't tell me what to do, I'm the school's king." Shadow responded, walking towards the stairs.
"All hail Shadow… whooo…" Sonic grumbled, walking downstairs after him.
As soon as they reached the lower floor, the sound of the bell rang through the hall, signifying the end of the day. They watched as Students spilled out of the classrooms, rushing to their lockers. The roof and the floor were the same colour, white. The lockers were all a pale blue, and so were the doors to every classroom. Chatter filled the air, as the students met with their friends. As they walked along, every student stepped out of their way. As they walked, all conversations stopped, as they just stared at them. They stepped away in fear, some nodding to the school's king, or even bowing. Shadow would look at them with an emotionless expression, some whimpering under his stare. Meanwhile, behind him, Sonic was waving at people, smiling and greeting them with "Hey!" or, "How's it going?". Suddenly, Shadow stopped walking, surprising Sonic.
"Woah! Warn me when you stop! I almost bumped into your quills!" Sonic said, backing away. Before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by Shadow.
"Did you just bump into me?" Shadow asked, glaring daggers at the person in front of him. It was a mauve dog, wearing matching red glasses and shoes.
"N-no, sir." He stammered, legs shaking slightly.
"Well, it looked like you did to me!" Shadow yelled, as everyone in the hall starting whispering.
"I d-didn't mean to, sir. I wasn't looking a-and-" He said, before getting interrupted by Shadow.
"I know what I saw! So leave if you want your heart intact!" Shadow shouted. The dog started to leave, as he turned and began to walk away. But just before he turned the corner, he stopped and turned around. His eyes were glowing a shining orange, as he activated his ability.
"I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THIS! YOU HIGH TIERS ALWAYS BOSSING US AROUND! WE HAVE A LIFE TOO!" He screamed as gasps and whispers filled the hall. Shadow simply laughed and shook his head.
"Heh, would you like to challenge my authority as king?" The hedgehog responded.
"I-IN FACT, YES I DO!" The dog yelled back. He raised his hands upwards, as multiple knives appeared in the air. He swung his hand downwards, as the knives were sent flying towards Shadow. Grinning, Shadow's eye began to glow a ruby red, as a chaos spear formed in his hand.
"Attacking me from a distance? Coward!" Shadow shouted, teleporting away. He reappeared in front of the dog, much to his surprise. The dog was pushed against the locker, as Shadow pinned him down. He pressed the chaos spear against the dog's throat, drawing a little blood.
"Hrmph. Lowly mid-tier. This should be put you in your place." Shadow replied.
"N-NO! DON'T KILL ME! I BEG OF YOU!" The dog replied, struggling to break free.
"Maybe I will. Maybe I won't." Shadow responded, pressing harder.
"NO! NO! D-DON'T! I SWEAR I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN! P-PLEASE!" The dog pleaded, his eyes full of regret. He had his ears pulled back in submission, with his tail in between his shaking legs. There was a gust of wind, as Shadow detected a new presence.
"What do you want hedgehog?" Shadow grunted, closing his eyes.
"I'm thinking you should leave him." Sonic responded, his eyes shining an emerald green. The glow faded away, meaning he deactivated his ability.
"Why?" Shadow asked, turning to face the azure hedgehog.
"Hmm… I dunno… maybe because you could get expelled?" Sonic asked, tapping his foot impatiently.
"..." Shadow said, lost in thought.
"Fine." Shadow responded, the chaos spear fading away along with his eyes' glow.
The dog sighed, before mouthing a thank you to Sonic. He quickly grabbed his books and ran away, leaving the two high tiers to talk.
"Everyone, out!" Shadow yelled, as the bystanders hurriedly grabbed their bags and left. Once everyone was gone, Shadow turned to face Sonic.
"Why? You know how this world works. I'm the school's king. This is because I have the best ability in the school. I get to do whatever I want." Shadow asked.
"Well… it just doesn't feel right Shadow! I just… can't explain…" Sonic said.
"I don't get you. You're the school's jack. You have authority over everyone in the school other than the king and the queen. You can even tell the ace what to do. Why don't you ever use your authority?" Shadow asked.
"I dunno Shads. Why don't you ever tell me what to do?" Sonic asked, silencing Shadow.
"... let's go." Shadow mumbled.
"What?! Aren't you gonna-" Sonic yelled, before getting interrupted by Shadow.
"No. Let's go. We have a royalty meeting in the library." Shadow said, walking towards the library.
"But-" Sonic started.
"That was an order." Shadow responded, glaring at Sonic. Sonic responded with a grunt, as he slowly followed Shadow.
"Hurry up! Your ability is superspeed, danggit. Use it!" Shadow yelled, earning a playful smirk from the school's jack.
His eyes flashed a jade green, as his steps started getting quicker. Shadow eyed Sonic, as he was taking a lot more steps than necessary. He was taking two steps forward, and one step back, just to annoy Shadow. He only got a grunt in response, as Shadow continued to the library.
"Hey, Shadie~" A voice called as soon as they entered the library.
The voice belonged to a pearl white bat, who was sitting on a bean bag chair. Many identical bean bag chairs lay scattered about, all in little groups in various corners of the library. Half of the library was filled with bookshelves, as the other half had computers and tables. The walls were painted a natural brown, with the floor's carpet being a dull purple. The lights were dimly lit, as they were turned on to the lowest setting. Shadow and Sonic took a seat in a bean bag chair, feeling the soft fabric of the chair. The library was dead silent, as they were the only ones in the library.
"Nobody can get my name right…" Shadow grumbled after a while of awkward silence.
"Well, Shadow, why don't we start with the meeting?" A pink hedgehog asked, sitting on the bean bag chair beside the bat.
"Sure! Start us off, Ames!" Sonic yelled, despite the fact that they were in a library. The pink hedgehog giggled sightly, before stopping when she noticed Shadow's glare.
"Why did you call us here, Amy?" Shadow asked, using her proper name.
"Well… haven't you noticed? People are asking for rank challenges a lot more often now. And as queen, I've gotten quite a lot." Amy replied.
"Oh yeah, I've noticed. I've gotten a fair amount too, being the ace of the school." The bat agreed. "Although… I don't mind the attention…." She added.
"That isn't the point here, Rouge." Shadow said, causing Rouge to roll her eyes.
"Just joking, geez." Rouge mumbled.
"Well, what're we supposed to do about the rank challenges?" Sonic asked.
"That's why I called us here." Amy stated.
"The only thing we can do is crush them all and keep our titles." Shadow answered.
"Really, Shads?" Sonic asked.
"What? It's not like we can straight up ban them. Rank challenges are vital to this society." Shadow responded.
"Alrighty then! I guess that's what we're doing! We have to turn some of 'em down though." Amy yelled, receiving nods from all ends. "Great! We don't have anything to worry about then. I guess the meetings over!" Amy declared.
Something about the way she said it raised the suspicion of Rouge, causing her to activate her ability. As the other two hedgehogs were leaving, Rouge stood up and walked towards Amy.
"What're you hiding?" Rouge asked, causing the boys to glance back into the room.
"What do you mean, Rouge?" Amy asked.
"You have some kind of worry…" Rouge replied, narrowing her glowing eyes at Amy.
"I told you not to mind read us!" Amy protested.
"So that's a yes, you're hiding something?" Rouge asked. "I'm only lie detecting, by the way."
"I might be hiding something… b-but it doesn't concern you!" Amy stuttered.
"C'mon girlfriend, tell us." Rouge pushed. By now, to two boys were back inside the room, standing around Rouge and Amy.
"F-fine... It's Blaze… she challenged me… privately." Amy said.
"She did? And you won? N-not that I don't think you can win, but, she's kinda hard to beat." Sonic replied.
"Yeah… I did. But, um, she didn't use any advanced fire moves." Amy said.
"She was holding back? Doesn't that counter the purpose of a rank challenge?" Rouge asked, raising an eyebrow. Amy nodded in response.
"Funny… Silver did the same to me recently." Shadow noted.
"No way! Really?" Sonic asked, receiving a nod.
"And he was also holding back. Whatever's going on with these rank challenges, those two are a part of it. Tomorrow after school, we bring them here and question them. Sound good?" Shadow asked.
"Fine by me, I feel like we need some answers." Rouge said as everyone else agreed.
"Good, same time, same place. Don't be late." Shadow said, exiting through the door. Rouge waved goodbye to Amy, who was packing her school supplies. As she was doing so, she had a sudden flashback.
~Flashback~
"Blaze! Why are you doing this?" Amy yelled, swinging her hammer to counter a burst of flame.
"Heh, was bored!" Blaze shouted back, shooting forward and blasting Amy with flames.
"Gah!" Amy exclaimed, blocking the fire with her hammer. "You need a better reason than that!"
Amy summoned more hammers from the sky, sending them crashing towards Blaze. Weirdly, she didn't react fast enough and was hit by all of them.
"A-alright, I have a better reason…" Blaze replied, forfeiting by making a peace sign with her fingers.
"Well, what is it?" Amy asked, her hammer disappearing as she helped Blaze up.
"Don't you see? The world around us is changing!" Blaze yelled, dusting herself off. Amy simply tilted her head to the side.
"Of course, you royalty people don't know. Well, I say, look up and reach for the stars!" Blaze exclaimed, pointing to the sky.
"That sounded awfully cheesy." Amy bluntly replied.
"Amy, enjoy the crown while you can. Soon, there won't be a throne to sit on." Blaze responded, ignoring Amy's comment.
"Wha- Blaze!" Amy yelled before Blaze waved goodbye and ran away.
~End of Flashback~
Meanwhile, Shadow was walking to the boy's dorm, when he had a flashback with his fight with Silver. After all, this flashback is essential to the plot of the story.
~Flashback~
"Why did you challenge me again?" Shadow asked as Silver picked himself off of the ground. He was covered in scratches from the challenge, yet he didn't seem to mind. He didn't even seem to mind that he lost the challenge either.
"Don't you see? The world around us is changing!" Silver yelled, dusting himself off. Shadow raised his eyebrow.
"Of course, you royalty people don't know. Well, I say, look up and reach for the stars!" Silver exclaimed, pointing to the sky.
"This is so unlike you, Silver. What happened?" Shadow asked.
"Shadow, enjoy the crown while you can. Soon, there won't be a throne to sit on." Silver responded, ignoring Shadow's comment.
"Silver?" Shadow asked, before watching Silver fly away.
As Shadow was leaving, he noticed that the rocks Silver had thrown seemed to be in a pattern. He slowly walked closer, walking around one of the many training fields. He knelt down and looked at the rocks.
"Silver… did this? What is this pattern? How about a bird's eye view?" Shadow thought, looking around in confusion.
He hopped onto one of the boulders, getting his balance. He then jumped up into the air and looked at the pattern again. This time, it was much clearer. Now, he could tell the pattern was a message. He held his breath, his eyes widening at the sight. He began to fall back down but was still staring at the message. He tried to land, but he stumbled slightly. He stepped off the boulder, clutching his head. Shaking his head, he walked towards the school.
"I… must've been seeing things. There's no way Silver wrote that." Shadow grumbled.
He passed by another training field, this one was a private one only for high-tiers. He continued to walk, before seeing a bunch of flames on the training field. Shadow realized that the flames were in a familiar pattern. He ran over to inspect it. In less than a second, his brain figured out what it was. He froze, realizing it was the exact same message Silver wrote. It read:
We've been purified. :)
~End of Flashback~
Whelp, there ya go! The first chapter! Also, the start of my first ever fanfic. Fun fact: I came up with the whole Silver and Blaze thing on the spot. I'm still confirming the story's plot, but I think I got the gist of it. Again, this story is heavily inspired by Unordinary, from Webtoon. Go check it out!