Sonic

Looking down to the crowd, a sea of lights in the air from our loving fans phones, there is no better feeling. They sing along to every word I sing, as the climax nears. "Sing it with me, everybody!"

Home, is where I wanted to be

Home, is where my heart will always be

As I look around the stage, I see my bandmates, the extra musicians, the lights and lasers, the backing screen. It amazes me that we were able to get this far. Shadow strums the final chord, Silver plucks the final bass note and Knuckles drums the climatic end to the song as the audience cheers for us. Confetti shoots and rains onto the fans below, as we smile out the crowd. My bandmates come in for a group hug, a tradition we have had since the first ever show.

"Good fuckin' show boys," Knuckles remarks. Shadow hits him on the back, as I look to Silver, who has his goofy signature smile. We turn to the cheering crowd, our arms raised, as the show, and the end to the tour, comes to an end.

As we rush backstage, our manager, Charles, awaits. "Killer show guys. We got great reviews from everyone. Maybe even the best one yet,"

We all cheered in response, with Knuckles and I doing a secret handshake. "Appreciate it, Boss, bet you're glad you signed with us now, eh?" I asked him snidely. He ruffled my head and grinned, "Whatever you wanna think, punk." Silver stretched his arms out and yawned, "I'm just glad I get to go home and relax now," he remarked. However, Charles grunted, stopping him.

"Not so fast buddy, there's something we gotta discuss. Let's take this Sonic and Silver's bus,".

We sat down on my little makeshift living space on Silver and I's shared tour bus. Charles never usually has anything we "have to discuss", so it's safe to say we were a little nervous. We all settled in, before Charles entered with two guards.

"So, what's the deal boss?" Shadow asked, sounding somewhat nervous. Charles scratched his mustache and sighed, before snapping the guard over to hand us packets of information, reading at the top...

Central City Academy

"WAIT! SCHOOL? WHAT!" I exclaimed, rocketing out of my sofa. The other guys looked equally as shocked. "Sonic, sit, relax, allow me to explain,".

"No! Dude! What the hell?! I don't wanna go to school again! I mean, we're fuckin' rockstars, eh?! What's the point?!" I continued shouting.

"Sonic, buddy. Sit down," Charles said more gruffly. alerting me to his seriousness. I stopped and reluctantly sat back down.

"Listen, the record company has tried to keep the fact that you guys are relatively uneducated from the media, but it's getting more difficult, and it's hurting your image now that it is starting to be released,"

"Woah, boss, uneducated? We aren't fuckin' morons," Shadow remarked bitterly.

"That's not what I mean boy, I know you aren't a dunderhead or nothin'. But you're young, you're not properly schooled. It hurts your image. You wanna have the best image possible,"

"Image? Boss, the critics and charts love us. Dude, Chaos Concept got Album of the Year at the Emeralds two years ago! We're on the radio and magazines. Breakout artist! Best teen artist! All of if! We already have a great image!" Knuckles exclaimed. Silver nodded in agreement.

"And you know how proud of you I am for all that shit. But some schooling won't hurt. You'll be going back home again. Meet new people. This will be good for you. There's stuff there for all of you! Sonic, you got track and baseball, Knuckles you got Football and Basketball, Shadow you got all those Academic honors and Track as well, and Silver! The arts and drama program there is the best in the state! You guys have it all there for ya! I don't know why y'all are reacting so badly to this," Charles explained.

"I dunno boss, we just really love the freedom-"

Knuckles cut me off, showing me the packet. "Central City, dude! Sally goes there. So does Julie, and Shads, Tikal goes there man!"

My eyes widened. Sally was an old friend of mine, possibly a fling if you wanna call it that. She was sad when I had to hit the road, but she was always so supportive. Knuckles and Julie go way back as well, and Shadow and Tikal almost dated a few times, but I can't see it ever really working.

"Whatever dude, Tikal and I aren't gonna wor- Wait, doesn't Tails go there too?" Shadow remarked.

"That's why I picked this school, morons! You guys even know people there too. Sonic, I know you were heartbroken to leave your 'Little Buddy' behind, so I'm making sure you're reunited," Charles said.

I was at a loss for words, I mean, all of this did sound too good to be true. Even if I don't like the idea of going to school, there is truly a lot there for me, and all of us.

"Ok Boss, so when do we start?"

Charles grinned, shooting us all looks.

"Monday".

Amy

"I don't get the big deal anyway,"

I was snapped out of my thoughts by my friend Blaze. As I walked beside Maria and Rouge, we all listened, somewhat except for me, to what she had to say. I was more distracted by the shirts in Forever 21.

"I get they're famous, and their music is definitely really innovative and good, but who cares? It just shows they aren't hot shit, and they're just like us," She said bitterly. Although distracted, I silently agreed.

"No sista!" Rouge exclaimed. "They're like, legends in the makin'! And they are hella dreamy," She remarked. "Agreed! They realllly are!" Maria replied.

"Which one you think is cute, Ria?" Rouge asked. "Ooh, it's so hard to say!" She responded.

I drowned them out as I peered behind my glasses at the dress I was admiring. It was short, blue with red and white stripes, and incredibly hipster. It was cute, probably cuter than those boys in Spindash.

Can't say I don't dig their music though.

"What about you Amy? Whatcha think?" Rouge asked obnoxiously, snapping me away from the thoughts of the dress. Her and Maria were looking at me with interest, and Blaze looked irritated that this was still a topic.

"I dunno. I don't really care either. I mean, they're not bad looking, but not exceptionally hot either. It isn't like they were sculpted from Chaos himself,".

Rouge rolled her eyes and Maria maked a sizzling noise. "You both got it wrooooong. Maybe it ain't a huge deal, but it sure is cool. The hell we still doin' in Forever 21. We gotta hit up Pink still," Rouge remarked.

As the three turned to head that way, I couldn't really help but think that tomorrow was gonna be an interesting day. I mean, hell, they're famous, and the school is definitely gonna freak out. But, I mean, what if I meet one of them? I mean, what are the odds?

Hell, why am I thinking of this? It is so irrelevant it doesn't even matter. But...

I still can't help but wonder.