Shadow rubbed his eyes as he yawned. He stood up straight as he stood in the formation that Vector instructed them to do, holding onto his baton. He looked next to him and saw the rest of the band members yawning as well. They were all standing on the football field, soggy and wet from the morning dew. The sun was barely up and the temperature was low as well. Many had sweaters with them, but some of the boys were being all tough and only had their t-shirts and shorts on; including their shoes as well, of course.
"Walk to the 55 yard line in a diagonal line," Vector said into the megaphone. The band members did as what there were told, marching to the 55 yard line. As everyone marched into their positions, Rotor accidentally stumbled over some grass. He wobbled side to side as he tried to regain his balance. Shadow grumbled some as he closed his eyes. '3, 2, 1.' He thought to himself.
"Rotor! Get your feet back together! Now if Rotor is ready, start from the top!" Vector blared into the megaphone. Many of the members grumbled, including Shadow, and moved back to their original position. Shadow looked over to the purple walrus, who was looking at the ground as Jet punched him on the arm. The ebony hedgehog scratched his head, why was he there anyways? It's not like he plays an instrument anyways.
"5, 6, 7, 8!" Once Vector stopped counting, everyone started to move the way Vector taught them as they played their instruments. They were all in a shape of an inward 'V', like geese going south for the winter. On the far left of the field were the flutes with Blaze and Cream. Next to them were the trumpets with Ray, Knuckles and Julie-Su. Then were the trombones with Mighty, Espio, and Rob. The drum line was in the middle with Tails, Jet, Wave, Charmy, Rotor and the cymbals with Antoine and Big. Right in the middle was Storm with the tuba. On each side of the drum line were the marimbas with Tikal on the left and Cosmo on the right. Next were the clarinets with Sonic, Marine and Mina. Lastly were the saxophones with Silver and Sally. The color guard, consisted of Amy, Rouge and Bunnie, were in the back doing their own routine. And then there was Shadow, sighing to himself and doing the dumb routine.
"Good! Tarum, tarum, ta, ta, tarum!" Vector instructed them by the rhythm of the melody. After some more marching and some more playing there instruments, they ended with a Darumm! (A/N: lol do you understand this?)
"Good! You did well on that one! Now, lets change to the next song!" Many grumbled at Vector's comment. Shadow sighed to himself as he glared at the crocodile; he hoped that the hate waves will change his mind. But alas, Vector yelled at them to get ready. Shadow grumbled as he walked to his next spot. They have been doing this for more than an hour already and school hasn't even started yet. 'I hate zero period…' the black hedgehog thought to himself. Before he knew it, the other band members already started without him. Fortunately, all he had to do was wait for a certain measure for that certain third note. Shadow listened closely as he moved to his next position. 'Te, te, tere, te. Te, tete, tere. Tere, teee.' On that last note, Shadow twirled the baton and threw it up. Of course, like the hedgehog he was, he caught it with ease. He looked to his front and saw a certain echidna looking with adoring eyes at the band. Shadow squinted some, while making sure he was on time with his marching, and noticed that it was Mari-An; the girlfriend of the teal colored hedgehog that was playing a trombone that seemed to not notice the female echidna. It didn't matter, she seemed more important at the instrument that had that jazzy feeling to it. She moved her eyes to the movements of Silver and Sally as they played their saxophones. Shadow was knocked out from his thought of Mari-An when he heard the section in which he had to twirl the baton again. Luckily, he heard it on time and twirled it up in the air and caught again. Shadow gave a small sigh of relief, thankful that he caught the note in time. He then heard the bell rang. 'First period bell.' He sighed at the thought of going to his first period, it was band either way. 'Why does first period have to be band? Last year it was during last period. That seemed better than waking up early and just have to stand and march for like 3 hours.' He grumbled at himself as he marched. The band was now moving into a form of an emerald, having Shadow all the way on the right side of this so called emerald and tossed the baton high as it twirled in the air. 'A sparkling emerald. Where does Vector get these ideas?' The song ended as they still stood in their emerald form. Clapping was heard near the bleachers. Many turned to see who it was and others didn't so Vector wouldn't scold them. Shadow though looked at the direction of the sound. It was Mari-An again, with a blissful smile on her face. Shadow saw some of the members look over to Rob who was smiling at the echidna.
"I see your girlfriend has an interest in the band, Rob!" Vector blared on the megaphone. Rob chuckled some as he waved at her. She shrugged some as she smiled back, now starting to leave to her first period class.
"You should convince her to come to band, man!" Sonic was heard telling his friend.
"Thou art tried, but her schedule is hectic." Rob shrugged as he explained.
"Let me ask her, cousin. A girl's touch is much more convincing." Amy came up from behind, as she twirled her flag.
"What are you saying? I can't hear!" Vector screamed into the megaphone, who was now using it as a hearing enhancer by turning the part where you speak into towards his ear (wherever his ears are).
"We are trying to see if we can get Mari-An in the band!" Shadow recognized that whiny voice. Tails was cupping his hands to make them work like a megaphone.
"Mari-who?"
"Mari-An! Rob's girlfriend." This time it was Amy. She didn't have to cup her hands, her voice was strong enough for Vector to hear. Vector responded with a nod, letting them have a conversation as he sipped on his coffee. Shadow diverted his attention from the others and looked around. The tardy bell now rang and there were few students still walking the field to go to their classes. One of the students that Shadow saw was the hyperactive duck that annoyed that faker. If Shadow remembered correctly, the green duck's name was Dean, or was it Bean? Shadow didn't care, he was just bored.
"I Shall Convince Her!" Shadow turned around from the random conversation from earlier. He saw Jet pointing up at the sky with a heroic pose. Sonic, Rob, Amy, and Wave just looked at him, un-amused.
"She doesn't even know you! How are you going to convince her?" Amy asked the green hawk.
"With my good looks, of course." Jet laughed in triumph. This annoyed Knuckles which caused him to punch the hawk. Shadow looked over to Storm, who looked like he was about to attack Knuckles, and then closed his eyes. 'Not again…' He thought to himself.
"Hey! You can't hurt boss!" Storm went in front of his leader who smirked at the echidna.
"Who says I can't?" Knuckles gave Julie-Su his trumpet and put up his fists.
"I said it that you can't," Storm was now giving his tuba to poor Wave that also had her multi-tenors on. Many of the other members caught the fight that was brewing and were now making a circle.
"Crickey! Have they always been like this?" Shadow looked over and saw the little raccoon looking up at him. Marine was still young and new here, so she bugged Shadow whenever she had a question.
"Hn." Shadow responded with a nod. She nodded as well as he ran to the side of Mina whose purple hair stood out in the crowd. Shadow didn't want to 'go with the crowd' but he did want to see two dumb fools beating the guts out of each other.
"This is gonna be good." Rouge was heard saying to Bunnie, that was sneakily holding hands with Antoine. 'Bet she's scared what Rouge will embarrass her again.'
"Hey! Break it up over there! What did I tell you about fights?" Vector yelled out. Everyone looked over to the crocodile who seemed annoyed. Storm and Knuckles shuffled there feet as they reached over for their instruments. Shadow grumbled at himself; he knew what was coming next.
"Because of Knuckles and Storm, you will all run two laps around the track…AFTER you practice the routine two more times. And they have to be perfect! If I find one mistake from anyone, you will start all over again from the top of the routine! Now get to your original positions!" The girls started to whine and the boys grumbled as they walked to their positions.
"Thanks, Knuckle head." Rouge tossed her white hair as she walked in between Shadow and Knuckles.
"Shut it, bat girl!" the red echidna growled.
"Nice going Storm." Jet said as he adjusted his drums.
"S-sorry boss." Storm looked down at his feet, if it was possible with the tuba he was holding onto.
"Now we will never get to take a break!" Shadow walked in front of Mighty as he stretched his arms.
"5, 6, 7, 8!" Vector didn't let some of the students get in position before he started to count. 'Just an hour and a half until second period. Just a normal day at band, I guess.' Shadow thought as he threw the baton up in the air.
{Would you believe that this was going to be a one-time thing and like a crack chapter I forgot to put up? Yeah, but then I saw the reviews, ignoring the idiotic one, and I just wanted to write more. Sorry that this wasn't as good as the first one (haha. As good? Like it was good). Seeing how little characters there are in this band, I will try to add some few more characters. I will not accept any OC's (if you were thinking) unless I am desperate! So please, no "I have an Oc for the marching band!" I shall tell you IF I need some. Okay? Now, review! I know you read my story! I check the stats! So review! They make me happy and make me want to write more. Even evil reviews. They, for some reason, make me want to laugh at the reviewer and just write even more to your sorry faces! XD… but I want nice review especially, kay. Even anonymous reviews are nice.}