"Move. Hermy." I shove the fox with two-tails across the hall. His papers and books flew out of his hands and all over the floor. I turn and smile. Mina, Amy, Blaze, and Sally hurrying behind me.

A purple swallow quickly threw herself to the floor to help the fox. I grin and sashay down the hall.

"Hey Rouge."

"Nice dress Rouge."

"I saw those earrings at Love Culture."

"That jean jacket! Totally rocking it Rougie-girl."

I smile and wave, happily. Receiving all of these compliments made me feel special, in a way.

"So, about Shadow's party." Amy squealed clapping her hands together. I looked at her like she was from another planet, she sure as hell acted like it.

"What about it?" I snap, crossing my arms over my chest.

"What do you mean 'what about it?'" Blaze says, her jaw hitting the floor.

"It's the biggest party of the year, Rouge." Mina runs her hands threw her hair.

I smile." You know...you girls are right. The party is pretty big."

We all cheer and they run off to get to their class. I stroll to my class and smile when I see Sonic throwing paper balls into the trash can.

I sit myself next to him. "Excited about the party?" I nudge his shoulder.

"Am I? Hell yeah, Shadow said it was going to be alcohol and everything."

I scrunch up my nose and smile. "You really think that people plus alcohol will mix well together?"

"True. Something crazy could happen." I laugh at Sonic. He could be so funny at times.

SOMETHING CRAZY DID HAPPEN.

They all sat in the front alter, staring at the solid black casket. It was a crazy day for the four best friends sitting together, weeping and grieving over the leader of them all. Rouge had died. They found her body months later after it was buried.

Now, they had a body to have a funeral with. They held hands, sitting in the booth looking at each other wide-eyed.

"What happened?" Sally asked squeezing Amy's hand.

"I just thought, after the party...she ditched us. But...nobody thought she-" Amy gulped

"Was going to die." Mina finishes her sentence, knowing her friend wouldn't be able to do it.

Blaze laid her head softly on Mina's shoulder. Mina laid her head on top of Blaze. Amy and Mina did the same, staring at the body that laid in the casket.

"What did happen, the night Rouge went missing?" Blaze mumbled so the three could hear her. They all turned to her and frowned.

Sally's POV of THE night:

I waltzed in the party dressed in my short dress and jean jacket. I was trying to be cute like Rouge. She turned and faced the four of us.

"I'm going to get a drink. You guys go mingle." She walks off and I watch her every move. She turned around and looked at me and winked. She turned back and walked away deep into the hall.

I go over to the snack table and look at the huge table filled with chips and dip. I grab a potato chip and chew on it, instantly losing my appetite.

I turn and see this girl dancing around the floor like a goddess. I smile at her and she smiles back.

I watch the way her body glides and turns and sways along with the music. It seemed as though she knew the beat to this song like the back of her hand.

I swallow the chip and look around for Amy, Blaze, Mina or Rouge. None of them were in sight. I walk over to the sofa and sit. I close my eyes and feel a sudden waft of air. I open them and the girl dancing was standing in front of me.

"Hi." I hold my hand out for her to shake. She does.

"Hello, I'm Jewelz." I smile and past her shoulder I see Rouge walking down the stairs with this worried look on her face. She then walks out the back door and I see her talking to someone. I couldn't see the person, just a cigarette bud lighting up the night. Now that I think of it, was that Rouge. Oh, well.

"Sally Acorn." She smiles and turns to see what I'm looking at.

"Oh, you're the Sally that's best friends with Rouge? Lucky girl." She play pushes my arm and I smile. I look past her shoulder again and Rouge was gone.

Mina's POV of THE night:

I kept my nose up in the air when I walked into the doors.

Rouge turned to face us. "I'm going to get a drink. You guys go mingle." She hurriedly walks off to the back room leaving us dumb-founded.

I surf the many faces in the crowd, and my eyes land on Nails. What's she doing here? Maybe I should ask.

I walk over the Nails, will she grinds on a bunch of highschoolers. "Nails? What are you doing here?"

She smiles at my familiar face. "Mina, it's an open party. I was just invited so I came."

She frowns at something behind me and I turn, but with all the moving bodies I couldn't see straight. All I saw was a hint of white hair, then nothing.

"Excuse me, I have to go meet someone." She walks off and I watch her walk outside.

Amy's POV of THE night:

I duck down as we walk into the party.

"I'm going to get a drink. You guys go mingle." She runs off to the back room and I see Sonic drinking down something in a red cup and sitting on the love seats. I walk over to him as he pulls out a cigarette.

"Sonic." I plop down next to him and smile in his face.

"Amy! Glad you came." He places his hand on my thigh and smiles.

I blush and start to giggle like an uncontrollable little girl.

"So Sonic-"

"Hold that thought." He gets up and opens the back door, running back to the deck. I wait patiently and watch to see what he does. When he runs back towards me he has someone with him. I don't know who, it was too dark to see their face, but he was definitely there holding a stick that belonged to the pool table.

Then I see Rouge come down the stairs with a worried look on her face and march outside. When did Rouge get up those stairs?"

Then Shadow walks out with a birthday hat on, drunk and twirling his hips. I laugh and when I turn back to look outside, everyone was gone.

Blaze's POV of the night:

Instead of walking straight through the door, I sneak up around the back and strip off my clothes and hop into the pool. Nobody was here but me, so why not enjoy it?

Then a door opens behind me and Silver walks out in trunks, whistling a tune.

He slowly slides into the water and jumps when he sees my eyes staring at him.

"Woah! How long have you been in here?"

"Oh, I just got here." We both laugh and then I hear a rustle of the bushes and five figures walk along side of the pool. I could only see Rouge and Sonic. The other three were too dark to see.

"Hey." Silver high-fives three of them and hugs Rouge and someone else, then they were gone.

"What was that about?"

"Eh. I don't know. They probably got Rouge to do one of their crazy dares."

"Crazy dares?" I move in closer to hear what he's talking about.

"Yea, you know. Like run in front of a driving car naked, or eat dirt off of someone's butt. Crazy things like that."

"That sounds...dangerous."

He laughs evilly and looks over at me. "Only if your someone like Rouge."

My face gets serious and I get out of the pool. "Sorry, I'm a little cold. I think I'm going to go inside and talk with Shadow, then just hang out."

"We were having fun, but alright."