Okay so his is my first High School fic, this might be interesting. It is a little dark so there's a warning there. Truthfully I don't have a direct plan for this story, heck this chapter turned out darker then I had planned but there we go. All characters are their own age and look the same way clothes wise, so Sonic isn't in pants okay? I don't like that.
Anyway hope you enjoy and please review.
Life was different now.
Whenever he walked down the hallway in High School the blue hedgehog didn't feel the need to shrink down or curl into himself to be hidden, not anymore. Now he could walk with his head high, a little swag in his step and a cocky grin on his face as he passed a group of cute girls, sending them a wink to which they swooned for. His bag hung loose from his back while his friends, yes friends, pulled out a football and started to kick it about.
He laughed with confidence as they kicked the ball to him, letting him pick it up with his feet before doing numerous tricks and moves, making sure the girls were watching him before sending it back.
They all watched as the red echidna tripped over it before jogging to the blue hedgehog and falling onto him, ruffling his sharp quills with his big fists playfully, the others soon joined in and pushed him off. They weren't alone in their group. A green hawk, a purple chameleon and silver hedgehog had taken over the game of football while following the two boys outside into the large field.
It wasn't so long after that more guys joined them and they all went into their natural positions. The red echidna ran to the goal post, just in time to save the other teams score before picking up the ball and shouting for the star player's attention. The blue hedgehog looked his way and watched as the strong sixteen year old threw the ball out to him. Then before anyone had a chance to reach it, he had moved. No one could see either him or the ball as a gush of wind nearly threw everyone down to the ground, faster than a tornado could have taken them. A streak of blue ran through the opposing team, running circles around them before stopping for a mere second in front of the goal. Then with a strong force he kicked the ball into the net.
Knuckles was the first to cheer, running to his friend with his arms in the air and jumping onto his back. The others shortly followed until he was practically buried beneath his friends, each one cheering about their victory.
"Mr. Hedgehog! You are late once again" the accusing voice pounded through the whole classroom. Each student stopped their work and stared at the less then caring boy who simply wiped the dust from his legs. Their teacher stood tall with her arms crossed and a scowl upon her face. Even though she wasn't very old, she dressed as if she was. The black cat liked to wear long skirts and blouses with a brooch. Her hair was always in a bun while her glasses had a long chain that went around her neck. She may have dressed like she was old, but her attitude was that of someone older.
Sonic barely even moved, deciding he would just smirk as her eye twitched at the sight of him. It was well known he was pretty much hated by ever teacher in this place.
"Care to explain why you missed the first ten minutes of class? And why there is mud covering your legs?" she questioned, her eyes glancing at his mud caked shoes. If it wasn't Sonic she hated most then it was mud or anything dirty or untidy. Her lips practically quivered at the thought of letting him in her clean class room. Once again it hardly fazed him as he casually shrugged, "I was transported into a book and forced to save a magic genie" he answered casually, earning a few laughs from his fellow students. Again his teacher wasn't happy, "You ignorant boy" she hissed. Raising a brow, Sonic smirked further "Hey I'm pretty sure teachers shouldn't be insulting students..."
"Go and sit down before I really get angry with you. I want you in detention after school!" She ordered while slapping her book on her desk angrily. Sonic merely rolled his eyes before walking to his chair. Only as he turned he realised his normal seat where he sat with his friends was taken. In fact none of his mates had actually saved him a seat at all. He sent them a questioning look but all they did was mouth an apology. He couldn't blame them though; normally if he was late it meant he wasn't coming at all. It was a surprise to even see him now. Knowing his friends were no help, he looked around to see where he could sit, and to his horror there was only one seat left.
With a loud and irritated moan that everyone heard, the hedgehog had to ignore the sympathetic laughs and comments that followed his way as he sat down next to the two tailed freak who sat in the corner of the class next to the row of windows.
The young fox watched as the Football star pulled the chair as far away from him as he could, threw his bag under the desk and sat down irritated. He wanted to make it as clear as possible he wasn't happy with his seating buddy and so refused to even glance at the fox, afraid he'd have to talk to him. Instead he did what he normally did, tip his chair back and place his muddy red shoes onto the desk.
The younger fox turned his nose up at the sight and tried to move his paper away from the boy's feet so not to ruin his work. Truthfully the boy didn't want to be sat next to the hedgehog as much as the other did. Sonic was a bully, no matter how much he denied it. The guy thought he was amazing because he could run faster than the speed of sound, and yet he called him a freak for having two tails!
Sonic hadn't liked Tails since he first came into his classroom, but then no one did really. Everyone in that classroom was either fifteen or sixteen; the fox was only eight years old. The School had realised his potential and so again and again Tails had skipped years until he found one that wasn't below his level. Unfortunately he made the mistake of showing one of Sonic's friends up on his first day when correcting the echidna's answer and questioning how he could make such a simple mistake. Needless to say, he didn't have many friends now.
Secretly however, he had actually wanted to be friends with Sonic. He had always though the guy was cool even if he was arrogant, but most of all he had wanted to know more about his speed. Tails loved science, he was brilliant at it, along with inventing. When he learned of how fast Sonic was he had tried several times to ask the hedgehog about it, to see if he would let him run tests to learn even more. Each time though his efforts were wasted. Either one of Sonic's friends would push him away or Sonic himself would put him down.
It didn't matter now though, he didn't care anymore, or at least he tried to tell himself that.
Sonic placed his hands behind his head as he tried to relax. He kept watching his friends, they all had their Science books out but none of them were doing much work, they were all just talking, sometimes just glancing at him. They were talking about him, he knew it, but damn he couldn't hear what they were saying. Knowing he had to distract himself, he turned his head slightly and watched as the young fox next to him read his book excitedly, writing down any information he found interesting or looking at their teacher to take in what she was saying. As it turned out he was no paying attention as the teacher called his name "Sonic put your feet down!" she shouted, stopping her work and waiting. All eyes were on him as usual while he stared at the teacher challengingly. It seemed like whenever he was annoyed with someone he would smile at them, it kept him in control no matter what the outcome "Say please".
Sonic grumbled angrily to himself as he once again had to tediously write the same sentence again. "I will not answer back my Teacher"
He was told to write this 100 times on the black board and by now his wrist was hurting so much. The final School bell had rung half an hour ago and everyone had left the School but him. He was going to go out to the cinema with his friends, only now he missed it. He had really hoped to see Sally as well, he had wanted to make sure they were still okay, and that they're argument they had last week hadn't broken them up again. Only instead he was stood with pains in his arms wanting nothing more than to go home.
What had seemed like hours, he finally got all the lines finished. His Science teacher walked through the door, almost like she had been waiting until he put the chalk down. Her timing was always impeccable he could give her that. Turning around he threw himself to the wall and blew a sharp breath in relief, glad it was over. The teacher sat down at one of the desks in the front row and stared at him calmly. She crossed her legs over and held her hands together, "Do you have anything to say for yourself?" she asked expectantly. Sonic looked to the door, seeing it half open was like bait to him, but he'd only pay for it later. "I'm sorry I was trying to teach you manners" he boredly stated, once again not taking her seriously. The teacher knew this, and once again she was feeling sick to her stomach of him. For years everytime she had a class with him she would yell, argue and fight back, but he never ever showed her respect, never listened or did as he was told. Normally she would accept this and let him go, but this time was different. This time she had finally snapped. With no warning she lunged at the fifteen year old and grabbed him by his shoulders violently digging her claws into his skin.
"What are you doing?" Sonic cried, trying to fight from her grip, but she was surprisingly strong. "I am sick and tired of you, you little rat!" she spat at him. "Stop it you're hurting me!" he yelped, realising how angry she truly was. The door was open and no one was hearing her, he tried to get loose once again but she held him against the wall. He was trapped, and now memories of similar situations unfolded in his mind, for the first time in a while he truly felt scared.
"I swear if you ever show me up like that again you will pay for it. You are nothing more than a pathetic pest! I have spent too long dealing with your insults, your pranks and annoying attitude. If you dare try it again then detention is the last thing you'll be worried about" each time she hissed at him spitefully, she shook him and caused him to painfully hit his head against the wall. He could hardly control his breathing, he could never have seen this coming and he feared what she was going to do next. "So let me ask you again, what do you have to say for yourself?"
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry okay? I won't do it again. Please just let me go" he panicked, wanting to be far away from her and this place. With a smile he wasn't sure whether good or bad; the teacher unlatched her claws from off his shoulders and straightened herself up as if nothing happened. She dusted her skirt and mimicked his smirk from before. "Good boy Sonic, I'll be holding you to your word. As for homework you'll be doing a Science project. You have four weeks to complete it and it will be in teams. I've assigned you with Mr. Prower, the young boy you sat with today, you seemed to be getting on pretty well" she smiled.
Sonic looked at her, seeing the sadistic look in her eyes when she told him he'd be working with the School freak. She was taking so much pleasure out of it, but he was too scared to say no to her now. Had she not just attack him he would have bugged her until he got to pick his own partner. Now though he didn't care anymore. He wanted out.
"Tails has the homework and guidelines for you to follow. Don't disappoint me" she finished as if it was a challenge. Once again she smiled, but she turned away from the boy and left the room, leaving the door open.
He couldn't get his head around it, she had attacked him, she actually attacked him! What should he do? Should he tell the police, tell the principal? No, Pr. Robotnik hated him as much as she did, the Eggman wouldn't care… He had to leave, he had to get out of here.
With a shaky breath Sonic quickly stood up and grabbed his bag, using the speed he was known for he ran. In no more than seconds he was out of the School and at the gates. It wouldn't have been long until he was home but in his moment of haste he failed to notice the girl standing in his way before slamming into her which sent them both rolling over each other in the dirt.
Reaching his hand to his head, Sonic groaned as his vision blurred in and out from the trip. He could make out a shape of someone's face, which was uncomfortably too close to his. After blinking a few times, his heart sunk when he recognised the pink quills and the strange smile that formed between them. "Amy!" he gasped. "Sonic!" she squealed back. He suddenly realised that she was lying completely on top of him and her arms almost wrapped round his body in a hug, hopefully a result from the fall.
Even though she was happy to see him, he by far was the opposite. "What are you doing here? School broke half an hour ago?" he questioned angrily, mostly because he knew the answer. "Well I knew you were going out today but then you got detention. I waited back so we could walk home together, seeing as how you might be lonely and all…" she trailed off. Normally on a good day Sonic didn't have the mentality to deal with his stalking neighbour, so today was even worst. He just wanted to go home. Not caring if he was being gentle he pushed the girl off him, quickly sitting up and grabbing his bag. "Just go away Amy, I sick of telling you this…" he had wanted to carry on, to tell her he wasn't interested, but he stopped when he realised the words he had said, the exact words he used. Just like his teacher.
From nowhere he felt tears start to well in his eyes. They nearly spilled when Amy stood up and touched his shoulder, "It's okay if you don't wanna hang out. Though I did kinda miss the bus to see you, and where it only takes you five seconds to go home it takes me twenty minutes to walk" she laughed lightly, even though she was really hoping. "Yeah well start walking then" and with that Sonic left, a streak of blue leaving the upset girl behind.
He didn't care how upset she got he didn't have time. He just wanted to go home. Besides she didn't have any reason to be hurt. It's not like he grabbed her and pushed her against the wall. He didn't know what to do. Just as Amy had said he was back at his home in a matter of seconds. It was only a small house in a quiet neighbourhood, it was nothing to get excited about. The car was in the drive way, meaning he wasn't going to be alone for long.
Placing his hand on the handle, he breathed deeply and wiped away the remaining tears from his mussel. Feeling a bit better he walked into his home. His bag dropped to the ground before he even closed the door, and he quickly took off his shoes kicking them away. He didn't go into the living room, or even look in any of the rooms. All he did was run up the stairs, not with his usual speed though, not without wearing his shoes. He ran past all the rooms until he reached the one all the way at the back. Behind the closed door he could hear what sounded like a drill grinding through metal. It didn't bother him though as he threw the door open.
Inside many machines and tables were placed carefully, taking advantage of the large space of the room. Everything inside was metal, as robotic pieces laid about either finished or unfinished. Sonic's eyes lay upon the man that had built it all. He held a large plate of metal in his hands as he pushed it through the saw cutting it to size. The room was too noisy for him to take notice of the door being opened, if it wasn't the saw making a noise it was the loud music plastic from the inbuilt speakers on the wall.
He didn't bother calling out, knowing it wouldn't matter. Instead he waited for the elderly blue hedgehog to finish, placing the metal on the table and switching off the saw. When he did so, the man pulled the goggles from his face and wiped the sweat from his brow. He hardly turned around before he felt a large weight tackle him, knocking him down into his chair and taking the air out of his lungs.
Feeling arms smaller than his grip around his neck, he felt his beloved nephew burry his face deep into his chest, refusing to show himself. The older man rested his hands upon his back but instantly felt the shivering as low sobs emitted from the boys lips. Tears were warm again his skin as the man quickly pulled his nephew in, sitting him upon his lap and holding him tightly. His eyes widened as he noticed the bruises and scratches that lined on the boys shoulders. He wanted to ask but he knew his nephew too well. He knew there wasn't going to be a real answer until he wanted to give one. So instead he rubbed his arm gently and planted a kiss of the top of his head, his moustache brushing Sonic's ear.
Maybe the most popular boy in School wasn't as happy as everyone thought.