As the continuous rain pelted at his bedroom window, Sonic laid in his bed, looking all sad, thinking about what he had done. It's been one week since Amy dumped him. He kept on trying call her on his cell, but Amy never answered back or left him a single message. She was probably still hurt from being stood up. Even when Sonic saw her in person, Amy just walked away from him when Sonic tried to apologize to her. She was still mad at her. Who could blame her? Sonic sighed in hopelessness.

Meanwhile, the others guys aren't feeling so hot without their girls either, except for Shadow who has no girlfriend. He's a loner. Silver and Blaze haven't been going out with each other lately. Cream wasn't showing any interest of Tails' new inventions anymore. Knuckles was starting to miss Rouge visiting him on Angel Island, trying to steal his Emerald. Shadow was getting sick and tired of hearing this kind of music, from work to everywhere. It was getting on his nerves.

The reason the girls haven't been hanging with the boys is because of the Jay Blue Birds. The Jay Blue Birds is keeping the girls away from the boys. The boys began to feel left out and very lonely.

Back at his house, Sonic slouched on the couch, watching TV. The boy band, the Jay Blue Birds were on the news again, talking about the usual, concerts, CD's, t-shirts, merchandise, all that jazz. The anchorwoman was interviewing them. The Jay Blue Brothers was now posing for television. This was boiling Sonic's blood. He growled. "This is all your fault!" He shouted and threw the remote control at the television screen. It almost broke the TV.

Later that evening, Sonic decided to take run and hoped to forget all about his problems. He travelled from the landscapes to the city. He then stopped by at a diner for some chow. He sat down on the stool and a lynx chef and waiter approached him from behind table counter. "Hey, Jack," Sonic greeted.

"The usual, boss?" Jack the chef waiter said.

"Yeah," Sonic replied. The restaurants' television set is showing a football game.

While Sonic waited for his order, someone else entered the diner. It was Knuckles the Echidna who joined Sonic at the counter table. "Hello, Sonic," he greeted.

"Hey Knuckles, what's up?" Sonic asked.

"Not much, same old, same old," Knuckles replied. "Things always peaceful at Angel Island."

"Uh-huh." Sonic said. Jack brought him a jug of Sprite and a plate of three chili dogs. Knuckles ordered a bottle of Coke and bowl of peanuts. When Jack gave it to him, Knuckles popped the cap open with his spiked knuckle. He plucked nuts out of their shells and plopped them in his mouth.

Tails arrived in the restaurant. He sat down between his friends. "Hi, guys!" He said. He ordered a hamburger, Cola, and fries.

"Hey Tails!" Sonic and Knuckles said together.

Another customer joined the party. Silver the Hedgehog floated down from above and landed on the stool. "What's up, guys?" he greeted.

"Hey, Silver," announced the friends.

Silver ordered chili fries with a chicken sandwich, and a milkshake. The boys sat around at the counter, watching the football game and munching their snacks. Then, a commercial came on TV. It showed the Jay Birds Birds live in concert and the release of their new album. Their hit single played too during a commercial.

Sonic groaned in annoyance. "Ugh! Again with the Jay Blue Birds!" He smashed a chili dog in his hand.

"It's always the same thing!" Tails complained, holding his head. "Jay Blue Birds this, Jay Blue Birds that!"

"If I hear the name 'Blue Jay Birds' one more time, I'm going to snap!" Knuckles snarled, gripping hardly on the neck of his bottle.

"I'm going crazy over this music!" Silver added. "It's ridiculous!"

"Yeah!" The boys agreed. "Uh-huh!"

"The Jay Blue Birds getting to you too?" Sonic asked. The boys nodded.

"These boys are really getting to me!" Silver said, gripping on his glass. "I can't believe Blaze would waste her time with these feathered losers."

"Cream's more interested in these boys than in my machines," Tails complained. "Worst of all, she's more interested in the Jay Blue Bird, Milo than in me."

"Rouge is into those guys too!" Knuckles said. "She hasn't visit me in Angel Island lately. It might sound weird, but I'm starting to miss her." He crumpled the peanut shells in his hand.

"You guys don't have it worse," Sonic said. "I probably lost Amy because of them!"

"How?" The boys asked.

"I...kind of stood her up last week. We were supposed to see the Jay Blue Birds contest together, but I had to stop Eggman from wrecking the town, and...I never showed up." Sonic explained. "And she left with...them!" He pointed to the blue bird boy band on TV.

"Oh, dear!" The boys said together.

"Sorry to hear that buddy," Tails said in sympathy. "How terrible!"

"Well, it's your own fault, Sonic," Knuckles put in honestly. "You should have showed up on time." Tails kicked him aside to quiet him.

"I just don't see what's so great about these coochie boy bands?" Silver asked. The handsome Jay Blue Birds were singing on TV. They were looking hot. "What do they got that I don't got?"

"Good hair, good looks, sporty cool clothes," Knuckles answered. The animal males were always bare except with the shoes and gloves.

"Also talented voices..." Tails added.

The guys kept eying on the Blue Jay Birds singing on television. They felt a little envious of the birds' handsomeness. Jack wiped the milkshake glass clean which squeaked. "My daughter loves the Jay Blue Birds," he said. "They make her happy, and with her happy, I'm happy. She won't bug me too much." He chuckled.

"Do you think that if I had all those stuff on me, Cream would notice me?" Tails asked.

"If I could raise my dreadlocks higher, maybe Rouge would start nibbling on me like an old goat," Knuckles said, picking at his red long quills.

"I couldn't care less if I were to wear a black jacket as long as I get blow off those annoying prima donnas out of stage!" Sonic smirked.

"I bet if we were a boy band, the girls would pay more attention to us!" Silver said. "We could blow off those Blue Jay Birds off stage!"

"Yeah! You said it!" The boys agreed.

When he heard the word "boy band", Sonic suddenly perked his head up and gained an idea. "That's it! I've got it!" He swung his stool around. "I've got an idea!"

"Huh?" His boyfriends looked at him in curiosity.

"We'll make our own boy band!" Sonic said. "Heck, we'll become one!"

"We will?" The boys inquired.

"Our own boy band?" Knuckles repeated.

"This is should be interesting," Jack the lynx said.

"How?" Tails asked.

"We'll get own equipment, create our own songs, write our own lyrics, all that jazz!" Sonic said. "We'll sweep the girls off their feet! It'll be great!"

The boys momently fell into doubt. "I don't know, Sonic," Silver said.

"Let's be realistic about this," Knuckles put in.

"What do you mean?" Sonic asked.

"In case you haven't noticed, we don't sing," Tails said. "And we don't dance either."

"I got two left feet," Silver said. "I trip every time."

"I don't even hum," Knuckles said. "So you can count me out!"

"Guys..." Sonic was looking a little disappointed at their negative response.

"Besides, what makes you think that people will be interested in listening to us? We barely even get along with each other."

"Oh, come on, guys! We're all friends here!" Sonic stated optimistically. "We'll train and practice until until we get better. We'll rent some clothes and equipment. It'll be fun!" He stood up from the stool. "Don't you want Amy and the others to be impressed by you guys?"

The boys looked at each other in debate. "What do you think, guys?" Tails asked.

"Should we do it?" Silver said.

"Maybe, I don't know," Knuckles answered.

The boys continued to discuss quietly while Sonic waited for their answer.

The boys at last talked it through and consented. They stepped off their stools. "Okay, we'll give it a shot!" Tails agreed.

"We're in!" Silver said.

"It better not be a waste of my time!" Knuckles said.

"All right, guys! That's the spirit!" Sonic beamed in satisfaction. "Meet me at my garage at sunrise tomorrow. That's when we start practicing."

"Yeah! Okay!" The boys agreed.

"Hold on, boys!" Jack stepped in. "If you're all going to form up into a band, shouldn't you have five members?"

"Five?" The boys said altogether.

"You need to be a group of five," Jack explained. "Most boy bands have five members. Of course, it's not unusual for boy bands to have four or three members."

"But if we're gonna be successful, we'll be a band of five," Knuckles said.

"So we need to have a fifth member," Silver said. "Where can we find one? And who will help us?"

"I think I know who will us," Sonic declared. "And I'm sure he will be thrilled to do it."


"No!" Shadow refused. He slammed the locker shut.

"Come on, Shadow!" Sonic pleaded. He and his boyfriends are at the facility.

"HA! No!" Shadow barked pompously. "No way! Not in a trillion years!"

"Why not?" Tails asked.

"If I had to be caught dead wearing sissy boy clothes and sing prissy songs on stage, you could find me at 100-foot cliff with a boulder tied to my ankle!" Shadow stomped down the hallway.

"Told you he won't do it!" Knuckles said to his friends.

"Come on, Buddy!" Sonic persuaded, walking down with him.

"And don't call me 'Buddy'!" Shadow snapped.

"We need you, Shadow!" Silver stepped in front of the black hedgehog. "Our band might not work out if we don't have a cool member in our team!"

"Big deal!" Shadow said, pushing him aside. "It's not like you can sing or dance. It's for suckers!"

"We're gonna try!" Sonic said. "It's for the best!"

"Why are you making a boy band anyway?" Shadow asked.

"Well..." The boys didn't feel like answering that. "Sonic, you tell them." Tails said to his blue friend.

"Well, you see," Sonic began to explain. "It's for Amy...and the other girls."

"Rouge, Cream, and Blaze." Silver added.

"You see, they love the Jay Blue Birds-" Knuckles put in.

"So does everyone and his sister," Shadow interrupted. "Yeah, I know. Believe me I do." His mouth scrunched down as he felt this experience.

"Yeah, so anyway, I thought if we turn into a boy band-" Sonic began his sentence.

"The girls will like you?" Shadow finished.

The boys nodded. Shadow laughed. "HA HA HA! What a laugh!" He crack wised. "You guys in a boy band? Yeah, right!"

The boys felt embarrassed. "Well, we are," Sonic said determinedly. "And we're gonna try! That's why we need your help!"

"What makes you think I'll help you?" Shadow asked. "I don't sing, let alone dance! Give me one good reason why I would want to join your pathetic band?"

The boys thought up some reasons.

"We might get discovered and become rich and famous!" Tails added.

"Nah!" Shadow turned down.

"You get girls!" Silver added.

"Don't care about them!" Shadow retorted.

"You get free stuff!" Tails added.

"Don't care about that either!"

"You'll get a cool car or an awesome motorbike!" Knuckles put in.

"I've got my own motorcycle!"

Sonic put in his trump card. "You'll disappointment your fans out there." He said.

That got Shadow's attention.

"They want to be like you!" Sonic put in. "They want to see their ultimate idol on stage, singing on the top of his lungs with his allies!"

"And rival," Knuckles added.

"And besides, you can poke fun at other celebrities," Sonic added one last thing. "Including the Jay Blue Birds!"

Shadow smirked at that thought and finally reconsidered. "Alright, fine, I'll join in your little band," he confirmed.

The boys beamed in satisfaction and expressed in happiness. "Yes!"

"Alright!"

"We knew you would do it!"

"Woo-hoo!"

"Thanks, Shadow!" Sonic grinned. He held out his hand for a shake as token of appreciation.

Shadow then scowled. "But this better not be some elaborate trick to make a fool of me, Sonic!" He glared at the blue hedgehog with his fiery red eyes and poked his finger at his peach belly. "Oh so help me..."

The friends backed off, startled.

"It's not, I promise!" Sonic squeaked.

The boys gathered around. "Now then, boys," Sonic instructed his friends. "Now that we're all together, we need to make our music so good, it'll swipe Amy and the girls off their feet! We'll have to be twice as good as the Jay Blue Birds! We'll meet at my garage at 8:00 sharp tomorrow to practice. We'll train as hard we could, agreed?"

"Agreed!" The boys repeated all together. They slapped hands of teamwork

And so the boys are determined to become the coolest boy band the world's ever heard. They hoped to win the hearts of the girls they like. Project: Boy Band has now begun...