Title: Game night

Summary: Iris throws a gaming night party.

Pairings: none

Other fandoms: a Sword Art Online reference (and many other references to many games)

Notes: none

Iris walked to Sonic's desk. "Hey, Sonic. I hope you didn't forget what's happening tonight"

Sonic: "Game night. How could I forget? Will it be like last time?"

Iris: "It'll be better. Remember last time when I owned everyone in Counter Strike?"

Talia: "What's so special about that?"

Iris: "I let everyone else use hacks"

Sonic: "Are you planning to do that again?"

Iris nodded. "Blindfolded. In ALfheim Online this time"

Talia: "Why do you like game nights anyway? You just play video games and eat junk food like crazy with music turned all the way up all night long. And since we're at it, why do you like video games?"

Iris rolled her eyes. "Because they're fun"

Talia: "Umm...no, Maths are fun. Chemistry is fun. Biology is fun. Video games are evil"

And, naturally, Talia got hit by a minimally-powered Chaos Spear.

Shadow: "Take that back"

Iris: "Anyway, you guys are still coming, right?"

Amy: "Sure. Same for Sonic. He'd never miss a game night with you. For...umm..." She winked at Iris "...a couple of reasons"

Iris looked confused. "Umm...okay, I guess. What about you, Talia?"

Talia: "You're kidding, right?"

Iris: "No. Come on, it'll be fun"

Talia: "I've just told you, Maths are fun, not video games"

And another Chaos Spear.

Shadow: "Take that back"

Iris: "So you're not coming?"

Talia sighed. "No!"

Iris smiled. She was feeling in the mood to annoy Talia. "Why not?"

Talia: "The only game I like is Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers"

Amy: "The nerdy game?"

Talia: "It's not nerdy. I like it because trading card games challenge my mind and my strategy skills. For short, unless you have that, count me out"

Iris: "I have every edition of Duels of the Planeswalkers. Oh, and Hearthstone, Shadow Era and Hex: Shards of Fate"

Talia put her book down. "Count me in"

Iris (sarcastically): "Whoa, you sure are the kind of person who sticks to an idea"

Shadow: "So you're on our side now?"

Talia: "You'd wish. Studying is still number 1 for me"

Amy couldn't help but laugh. "You said number 1"

Talia sighed again. "Fine. Studying is still my first priority"

And guess what. Shadow threw another Chaos Spear at her. "Take that back"

Talia sat up and counter-attacked with a crystal spell. "Maths for the win!"

Shadow: "Glory for gamers!"

Iris: "And she's supposed to be the mature one"

Sonic: "We're in iheartsonic's fanfic. Nobody here is mature"

Iris left the classroom to look for others to invite to the game night.

Silver: "iheartsonic...she's the SonIris shipper, right?"

Sonic: "Right"

Auriana winked. "You know better, Sonic"

Sonic tried his best not to blush. "Hey, I have an idea. Let's talk about something else. Anything but Iris, okay?"

Auriana: "Okay, sure, let's change the subject. So, what did you guys dream last night?"

Amy: "Sonic with a bucket on his head"

Silver: "Roller-sakting dinosaurs"

Auriana turned to Sonic. "What about you?"

Sonic: "Iris"

Auriana laughed. "I thought you wanted to talk about something else. Hmm...I know! Who's the best table tennis player you know?"

Sonic: "Iris"

Auriana: "Alright, it's already getting ridiculous. What's your favourite colour?"

Sonic: "Iris"

Auriana (sarcastically): "Never would've guessed"

Later, at Iris' place:

Sonic prepared to knock on the door, but stopped halfway there. "Hold on, how's my hair?"

Shadow: "Stupid like always"

So he knocked and Ellen opened. "Oh, hey. Let me guess, Iris invited you to the game night. Come in, kids"

Sonic, Shadow and Silver walked through the door, past the living room and all the way to Iris' room, where the music was blasting from.

Iris: "Hi, guys. Good thing you finally made it. Pwning Nathaniel, Senya and Auriana in ALfheim Online gets boring after a couple of rounds"

Nathaniel: "Oh, really? Because if I remember correctly, I landed a couple of spells too"

Senya: "Yeah, you jinxed me and Auriana. And we're all on the same team"

Sonic: "Three on three battle?"

Iris: "Nope. Three on one. Since you're here, how about six on one?"

Sonic: "Sounds good. And Nat, stop using spells"

Auriana stood up. "But first..." she walked to the sound system and turned it all the way up. "...now that everyone arrived, we can turn the music to the max"

Sonic: "Why couldn't you have done this until now?"

Auriana: "Because we couldn't. Now come on, let's kick some-"

Talia: "Auriana!"

Auriana: "Sorry. Got carried away"

3 minutes later:

Sonic: "How?"

Shadow: "Why?"

Silver: "When?"

Auriana: "Who?"

Nathaniel: "What?"

Senya: "I have nothing left to ask"

Sonic turned to Iris. "Just how did you win a six on one battle?"

Iris: "Look closely at my avatar"

They did just that. And Sonic's jaw dropped. "You're dual wielding two Excalibur swords!?"

Shadow: "How did you even get those? Getting only one is almost impossible"

Iris: "Natural talent"

Sonic: "Well, you must've wasted several days trying to complete that quest"

Iris: "I got it right on the first try"

Nathaniel passed out.

Kyle: "And I thought losing against Amy in Chivalry 70 times in a row was humiliation"

Ellen (from her room): "Kids, could you turn down the music? I'm trying to sleep!"

Nobody heard her, though.

Ellen: "Kids? Kids!"

Later, close to midnight:

Auriana was running around the house like crazy.

Iris: "Okay, who gave her sugar?"

Amy and Senya looked upwards, whistling.

Ellen passed by, dragging a pillow and a blanket with her.

Iris: "Aunt Ellen, where are you going?"

Ellen: "I'm sleeping in the front yard. It's quiet out there"

A sound of glass breaking came from the kitchen.

Talia: "I think we should catch Auriana"

The following day:

Everyone was passed out after having chased Auriana through the whole house. Sonic, Iris and Senya next to the couch, Auriana under the kitchen table, Talia, Shadow, Silver and Amy on the floor in Iris' room, Kyle and Matt sitting on chairs at the table in the living room and Nathaniel in the basement.

Auriana slowly woke up, scratching her head. "Uhh...I'm NEVER eating sugar again" But her face lit up when she saw what was on the kitchen table. "Chocolate!"

Sonic tackled her to the ground. "No!"

Yeah, Sonic's favourite colour is Iris.