Now I know what you guys are thinking. "Uh, didn't she already post the 1st chapter to this story…?" Why yes, yes I did. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuut due to stuff happening since the last time I posted the first chapter, I've decided to revamp the story a bit. Chaos the Hedgehog (belonging to my friend and Fanfiction brother Chaotic hedgehog) will be taking the place of the best friend, and the new student is NOT going to be Amy. You guys can probably guess who will take her place… anyway, onward to the chapter!

Chapter 1

Splash.

A loud feminine shriek echoed throughout the room. "TAILS!"

A yellow twin-tailed fox started howling with laughter. "I'm sorry Robyn! Zoey told me to take you up; it's almost time for school!"

"SO YOU DECIDED TO DUMP ICE WATER ON ME!?"

Tails sweatdropped. "Oh boy… I'm going to get ready now, bye!"

He quickly left the room. I picked my wet pillow up and tried to fling it at my brother. The lucky little prick managed to shut the door behind him before the pillow hit the door with a squishy "thump". I growled as I rolled onto my side and looked at my clock. 7:30 in the morning, and first period started in half an hour.

Great. Absolutely fantastic.

I slowly sat up and got out of bed. I padded silently over to my huge mirror to get a good look at the damage. I winced as an image of a dark grey fox with half wet, half dry hair and poofy fur stared back at me. My jade eyes looked sleepy and my pajamas- a navy blue tank top with oversized black and white plaid bottoms- were in utter disarray.

I was going to kill my brother for this.

I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Robyn Isabella Prower. I'm a seventeen-year-old grey fox with dark green eyes. I live with my brother, Miles Prower, but he prefers to be called Tails due to the fact that he has two tails. He has yellow fur and bright blue eyes, and he is a genius. He is literally the smartest kid in our school; there is absolutely no doubt that he will be valedictorian when he graduates.

We also live with our two eldest sisters, Zoey Celine Prower and Alustriel Myrlinda Prower. Zoey has red fur with grey highlights in her hair and blue eyes while Alustriel has light blue fur, dark blue hair, and brown eyes. She also has three tails whereas Zoey and I have one. They're both twenty five, they were born just minutes apart. I guess you could say they are considered to be twins, but they don't act anything alike. Zoey is fun, creative, and spunky; she works at a beauty salon and designs clothes in her spare time. Alustriel is very serious and well-reserved; she is also a genius and is a part-time inventor/mechanic. She has another job, but she won't tell us what it is.

Zoey and Alustriel are, obviously, the ones in charge of Tails and I since we're both under eighteen. Our parents were killed in a brutal car crash over four years ago when they were out one night. There was a drunk driver that hit our parents' car straight on, and then a panicked driver hit them in the side. The crash also took my twin sister Sapphira from me. She was a purple fox with blue eyes and she was two minutes younger than me. She died on impact, as did Mom. Dad lasted at the hospital for twelve hours after the crash.

The whole incident was a traumatizing experience for us. Tails and I were almost thrown into foster care permanently. Zoey and Alustriel had to spend months filling out paperwork and proving that they were capable of taking care of us. Once we were together again we had to come up with money to pay off the bills that piled up when Mom and Dad died, or be forced onto the streets. Alustriel had to work overtime at her job; we barely saw her for weeks. Luckily Zoey was hired by the beauty salon so Alustriel could still spend some time with us, and I started babysitting some of the neighbor's kids.

The only good thing was that we had the support of our friends. My girlfriends were a huge help during the struggle. Blaze the Cat and Rouge the Bat, whom I've known since I was three, did everything they could to make sure that I kept up with my school work and all of the school events. I also had the help of Amy Rose, Cosmo the Seedrian, and Kelly the Echidna. Tails had his own friends, but we all hung out together since we were pretty close in age.

However, there was one person who really stuck up for Tails and I. Tails met him when he was four and I had just turned five. He was actually one of our neighbors; he lived across the street from us. He saved my brother from being viciously bullied and Tails completely idolized him after that. Our family loved him, and his family loved us. He could be sweet and charming, but he was also cocky and stubborn. To this day, he still drove me nuts.

His name?

Chaos the Hedgehog.

Chaos and Tails had a really close brotherly bond. Chaos treated Tails like he was a normal fox and did everything with him: video games, sports, heck, even homework! Of course Tails was usually the tutor, but still. Chaos was also the one that Tails could go to for guy advice, seeing as my poor brother was living with three females!

Tails was probably Chaos' favorite out of the Prower household, but Chaos also had a very close relationship with me. Somehow we just clicked. I spent a good majority of my time with Chaos playing video games or having eating contests or racing down to the park or just chilling out. It was pretty easy to say that I wasn't a typical girl. Don't get me wrong, I loved my girlfriends and doing girly things with them, but I preferred the ways of a tomboy.

Anyway, enough about me. Back to that eventful morning…

"TAILS I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" I screamed.

Not two seconds passed before Zoey opened my door and poked her head in. "Why are you screaming bloody mur- WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR FUR?!"

"Tails dumped water on me to wake me up! How am I supposed to fix this and be at school in less than thirty minutes?!" I freaked.

My red-furred sister came into my room and shut the door behind her. She forced me to sit in front of my mirror while she pulled a box of things out from my closet. First she brushed my hair out, then she turned on my hair dryer and ran the heat through my hair. Once my hair was dry, she straightened it and brushed it out again. She grinned triumphantly when she was finished as she took a couple of steps back.

"I love you, Zoe!" I exclaimed.

"I know. Now get dressed, Chaos will be here in a minute to take you and Tails to school," she said as she gave me ten dollars for lunch.

I hugged her and then shooed her out of my room. I went to my closet and picked out my outfit for the day: dark wash jean shorts, a plain black v-neck shirt,, and black converse with neon green socks. I put two golden bangles on my left wrist, two sapphire studs in my left ear, and a red infinity ring on my right ring finger. Then I pulled out the one piece of jewelry that I wore every single day: a golden necklace with the letter "S" dangling off of it. It originally belonged to Sapphira, but Dad gave it to me before he died. I only took it off if I was going to be in any body of water or if I was sleeping.

A knock sounded at my door. "ROBYN! HURRY THE HELL UP!"

I rolled my eyes. "COOL IT HEDGEHOG! I need my phone and my bag."

"Is it safe to enter?"

"I suppose."

The door opened and a red hedgehog with black streaks on his arms and legs and with light blue eyes entered. He was wearing black basketball shorts, a grey t-shirt that had the Nike logo on it, and black sneakers. A white wristband was on his right wrist with the date "8-17-2000" on it. I knew that because I gave him the wristband. August seventeenth, 2000, was the day we met.

"Are you ready yet?" he asked impatiently.

I grabbed my purple messenger bag, my phone, and my brown sunglasses with fake diamonds on the rims. "Yes."

"Good. We've got fifteen minutes, let's go," he said as he grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the room.

"BYE ZOEY! I LOVE YA!" I yelled down the hall.

"LOVE YA TOO!" she called back.

We went downstairs and headed outside to Chaos' car. Tails was already sitting shotgun with his backpack on his lap, meaning that I had to sit in the back. I didn't mind too much, this meant that I could take a brief nap. Chaos seemed to have other ideas however, because he pulled a vanilla Starbucks frappucino out of his trunk and handed it to me.

"Tails told me what happened, so I figured that you'd need it," he smiled sweetly.

I uncapped it and took a long, satisfying drink. "Thanks, Speedy."

He went around and swung himself into the driver's seat while I climbed into the back. The seconds that all seatbelts were on, he pulled out of the driveway and took off down the street. Tails yelped as he was forcibly pushed against his seat and I tried to keep a good hold on my drink, which was still uncapped.

"CHAOS! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!" Tails and I yelled.

We were answered by his howls of laughter.

-XxXxX-

"Seriously, Chaos… how the hell did you earn your license?" I groaned as I stumbled out of the car.

He smirked and ruffled my hair. I glared at him before glancing at my brother, who looked a little pale. He opened his backpack and took a plastic bag out that had some green apple slices in it. I shook my head and looked around for the others as we walked through the front doors of Chaos High.

"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY ROBYN!"

"Silver!" I grinned.

He was a whitish-grey hedgehog with amber eyes. His quills stuck up everywhere, almost like the shape of weed (harsh but true). He was wearing a white sweatshirt with the sleeves torn off, black cargo shorts, and dirty white high tops. Silver was really weird and acted very flamboyant, but I loved him anyway. He and Zoey were close, but Blaze was his number one best friend. They hung out all the time and their bond was special. We always teased them about being a couple, but they always brushed it off.

"Gurrrrrrrrl, you so fab," Silver said in a girly voice as he gave my outfit a brief inspection.

I wiggled my fingers at him. "You know it!"

Chaos rolled his eyes. Silver noticed and immediately put his arm around the blue hedgehog. "Don't worry Chaos, you'll always be my number one baby."

I exploded into laughter while Tails shook his head. Chaos glared at Silver before pushing his arm off. "I ain't no baby."

"Yeah, yeah, that's not what you said last night," Silver replied nonchalantly.

I found myself on the floor dying of laughter. I clutched my stomach and felt several tears slide down my face. Chaos probably would've strangled Silver if a familiar voice hadn't intervened. "Hey guys! What's so funny?"

"ROUGE!" I yelled happily as I jumped to my feet and hugged her.

She almost stumbled backwards but managed to hug me back. "Hey Robyn!"

"Rouge, my lovely! It's been far too long!" Silver proclaimed as he put a hand to his forehead in a dramatic fashion.

My friend's aquamarine eyes looked at Silver suspiciously. "What the hell are you high on now, Pothead?"

Silver looked offended. "Just because my quills are styled this way-"

"Guys, we have two minutes before the bell rings!" Tails interrupted.

The rest of us looked at the giant clock by the main office. 7:58am. We all yelped and split off in different directions: Rouge and Silver down one hallway, Tails down another, and Chaos and I down the third hallway. We had the same first period and our lockers were diagonal from each other.

"Okay, hold on tight!" he yelled as he suddenly scooped me up bridal-style.

I shrieked as he sped off. Did I mention that he could move really fast? He and my friend Shadow (who also happens to be Chaos' brother) both could. It's a little nerve-wracking at first, but you get used to it eventually. It was very useful in times like these, except my stomach kinda hurt from laughing so hard so I had to bury my face in his chest to avoid being sick.

He set me down at my locker and kept a hand on my shoulder as I leaned against the cold metal. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'll live," I breathed as I closed my eyes.

He knelt down to get into his locker and got his stuff out for study hall while I took a few seconds to compose myself. Then I stepped back so I could get into my locker. I pulled out some homework that I didn't finish over the weekend (because I forgot it) and shut my locker…

… just in time for the bell to ring.

Chaos cursed under his breath as he took my hand. "Come on."

We ran down the hallway and made it into the room just as our teacher, Mr. Turner, came to shut the door. "How nice of you to join us, Mr. Hedgehog. Miss Prower."

"We're sorry, sir. It won't happen again," we said in unison.

He looked at us somewhat sternly but smiled a little. "Good. Make sure it doesn't."

We took a brief seat as he shut the door and walked to the center of the room. "All right, you know the drill. Keep the noise down to a minimum and try to be productive today."

He looked at a green hedgehog with ice blue eyes expectantly. "That includes you, Scourge."

"Yeah, yeah," the hedgehog replied as he leaned back in his seat.

I rolled my eyes and leaned over towards Chaos. "We all know he won't."

Chaos nodded. Mr. Turner waved his hand dismissively and everyone began to move around. Chaos stepped away to talk to our friend Knuckles, a red echidna with violet eyes. My eyes scanned the room for another friend. It took me a minute to find him, but I grinned once I did. Very carefully, I snuck over to him. Once I was behind him, I threw my hands over his eyes.

He sighed. "Robyn, I know it's you."

"Good morning to you too, Shadow," I responded as I sat down next to him.

Shadow the Hedgehog looked at me with his ruby red eyes gleaming. "You're the only one who dares to touch me aside from Zoey and Rouge, and neither of them are here."

I shrugged. Sometimes I wondered how I managed to become friends with this guy. He was very quiet and preferred to be alone. People were mostly scared of him; he looked like a bad boy who could mess someone up. Even I used to think that back in elementary school, until Zoey was hired to babysit him and I got to know him better. It took the others a while, but they eventually accepted him. It probably took a bunch of nagging from Chaos to make that happen.

"So… how's Maria?" I asked after a moment of silence.

He bit his lip. "Better than she has been. She finally got to spend a whole weekend at home. She hasn't been getting much sleep though."

"Aw. Well, tell her that I'll bring her some cookies soon, okay?"

"She'll appreciate it. Thanks, Robyn."

Maria was Shadow and Chaos' sister. She was a year older than me and she used to tutor me back in middle school. She had been recently diagnosed with leukemia and she had been in and out of the hospital for months. Shadow and Chaos had been very distraught by it; they loved Maria more than anything. They basically had the same bond that Tails and I did: super close siblings.

Shadow pulled out his iPod and handed one earbud to me. "Want to work on the English homework?"

I nodded as I stuck the earbud in my ear and pulled the homework out of my bag. We sat there quietly for at least half the period, finishing the homework and only speaking if we had questions. We circled through artists like Avril Lavigne, Green Day, All-American Rejects, and Bruce Dickinson. I wasn't too picky about music; I had a wide genre on my own iPod (which had suffered a nasty fall and was being repaired by Alustriel). Music was a mutual love for Shadow and I. It was the main reason why we became friends in the first place.

Just as we were finishing the last question, Chaos came over to our table and slammed his hands against the table. I yelped and jumped out of my seat while Shadow continued to write like nothing had happened. Behind Chaos, Knuckles started laughing.

"Jeez, Robyn! You're such a jittery fox!"

I glared at him. "I am not! I was just absorbed in my work."

Then I turned on Chaos. "And you, what the hell was that about?!"

"No particular reason! I got bored and saw you all the way over here with Shads, looking so focused like a good girl. The opportunity was too good to pass up," he grinned.

I sighed and plopped back down in my seat. Shadow finished his sentence before turning a steely eye on Chaos. "Don't call me Shads."

Chaos waved a hand dismissively and turned back to me. "So, I wanted to ask you if you and Tails wanted to come over for dinner. Maria is making chicken curry."

I instantly brightened. "Of course! I love Maria's cooking."

"Good! I would've made you come either way," he smirked.

Knuckles coughed suggestively. "That's… what she said."

I felt my face turn bright red. I looked at Chaos again to see his face was covered by his hands. He sighed irritably. "Shut up, Knucklehead."

Shadow smirked as Knuckles looked ready to kill Chaos. I slowly put my hand to my face. Why did I hang out with these guys again?

"Don't worry your pretty head, Robyn. You know how he is," Chaos said as he pried my hand away from my face.

I couldn't help but smile. "Yeah. I know."

He grinned and ruffled my hair. I smacked his hand away and saw Knuckles smirking. Shadow, on the other hand, looked a little… irritated? I mentally shrugged as I put my English homework away. We were good friends, yes, but there were still times where I couldn't figure him out.

"So, Robyn, did you finish the precalc homework?" Chaos asked.

"Uh, yes. It was actually easy for once," I answered.

He looked at me knowingly. Seeing that look, I immediately knew what was up. "You didn't do it."

"Nope. Can I borrow yours for the answers?" he asked.

I sighed. "Fine, but this is the LAST time I let you do this…"

-XxXxX-

The next three periods passed fairly quickly (History, French, and Precalculus, if anyone was interested). Fifth period was finally here, which meant lunch time!

"Thank Chaos for lunch. I'm starving!" I complained to Chaos as we walked to our lockers.

"Well if you hadn't woken up laaaaaate…" Chaos said pointedly.

"Not my fault," I muttered.

I grabbed my wallet from my locker and put everything else away. Chaos grabbed his keys and his wallet before offering me his hand. Seniors were allowed to leave the school for lunch as long as the restaurant was close by. We also had an hour-long lunch, so that was an added bonus.

"The Diner sound good?" he asked.

I nodded. It was an old-fashioned place with the most original food around. Their shakes were to die for, and Chaos was obsessed with their chilidogs. Chaos and I actually met up there quite a bit if we had the late-night munchies.

"I'll text the others," I said as I pulled my phone out.

He nodded in response and went silent as I texted the others.

Robyn: Hey! Chaos and I are going to The Diner for lunch. Anyone in?

Blaze: Definitely! I missed you this morning.

Cosmo: Yeah, where were you?

Kelly: DID YOU GET WHISKED AWAY BY A MADMAN IN A BLUE BOX?!

Robyn: Missed you too, Blaze! Ugh, Kels, I wish! Nah, I woke up late and my brother decided to dump water on me -_-

Cosmo: I bet that was a lovely surprise.

Tails: Haha, I love you sis! :D

Shadow: Will you idiots stop blowing up my phone?! I'm trying to drive!

Kelly: Shadow, you dummy, don't text and drive!

Silver: I guess this means I'll see y'alls bickering selves in five minutes?

Rouge: Not me, I have to talk to a teacher.

I looked up to see that we had managed to walk out to the school parking lot. Chaos had placed his hands on my shoulders and had been navigating me for the past few minutes! My cheeks heated up a little as I eased myself out of Chaos's hold.

"Welcome back to Mobius," Chaos smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "Ass."

"Love you too," he laughed.

For some reason, my cheeks felt even warmer when he said that. I shook my head as I glanced at my phone again.

Knuckles: I have to meet with Coach, count me out.

Blaze: Cosmo and Kelly are with me.

Tails: I'll be there with Amy!

Robyn: Cool. Laterz!

"By the sounds of it… Blaze, Cosmo, Amy, Kelly, Tails, Silver, and Shadow will join us," I informed Chaos.

"AWESOME!" he shouted as he tossed his keys in the air.

I chuckled as he managed to drop his keys. "Smooth."

"Like butter?" he asked, eyes gleaming.

"Shut up, all I need is the butter. GET ME THE BUTTAH!" I exclaimed.

Chaos started laughing his ass off. "This is why I love you. You manage to make me laugh."

"But so does everyone else," I pointed out.

"Eh, true. Let's go!"

"SHOTGUN!"

"You're the only one riding with me, genius!"

"I KNOW!"

Chaos was cracking up as he climbed into the driver's seat. I climbed into the passenger's seat, feeling pretty accomplished. My red friend was still laughing when we managed to pull out of the school parking lot. I reached for the radio dial and turned it up in time to hear the commercials come on. I flipped through several stations before giving up and turning the radio off.

"So… how's life?" Chaos asked after a few seconds.

"Life is… good, I guess. Aside from missing half my family," I replied softly.

He bit his lip. "I miss them too, Robyn. Your parents were like a second set of parents to me, and Sapphira…"

Chaos used to have a thing for Sapphira, back when they were younger. She was bold and adventurous, a true tomboy. Chaos thought it was pretty amazing and tried to get her to go out with him. She turned him down every time because she had a crush on… I couldn't even remember who. Some popular dude back in middle school. Anyway, Chaos eventually gave up on his crush right before Sapphira died. I always knew that it bothered him sometimes, but he acted like he was just fine.

We went quiet for a few minutes as Chaos drove along. When The Diner came into view I did a little happy dance in my seat. My chocolate peanut butter shake was calling my name!

"Chocolate peanut butter?" Chaos asked with a knowing smirk.

"Chocolate peanut butter," I affirmed with a grin.

He shook his head as he parked. "You're something else."

"Look who's talking," I retorted as I got out of the car.

He rolled his eyes at me as he locked the car. Impatiently, I grabbed his hand and dragged him into the establishment. I looked around and grinned when I saw a table occupied by several familiar faces.

"ROBYN!" Kelly shouted as she jumped out of her seat and ran over to throw her arms around me.

"KELLY!" I shouted back as I returned her hug.

Kelly was a light blue echidna with light blue eyes. She was Knuckles' cousin who moved in with him and his older sister Tikal when her parents died. They and her brother Daniel all died due to a car crush, similar to how my parents and Sapphira died. The difference was that Kelly's parents were forced off a bridge into a local river named Crystalline River (A/N: If anyone gets the reference to the name, I will love you forever). We became close because I could relate to her grief. She had been like a little sister to me since the day we met.

"Did Tails seriously get you wet this morning?" Kelly asked as she stepped back.

"Yeah. Thank Chaos for Zoey, otherwise I would've looked like crap today," I said as I shot a glare at my brother, who had been sitting next to Kelly before she got up.

He grinned innocently at me. Smug little… whatever. I looked back at Kelly, who had been hugged by Chaos. "… I think someone is a little attention-needy."

He stuck his tongue out at me. Kelly laughed and hugged him back. "Hi to you too, Chaos."

The hedgehog took a step back, satisfied. Then he looked at me and gave me a little smile. "Honestly, you never look like crap no matter what you look like. So quit spouting nonsense."

I blushed a little. Kelly grinned. "Awwww~!"

"Come on guys, we have to order ASAP!" a pink hedgehog called from the table.

"Sorry Amy!" I replied quickly as I sat down.

Chaos sat next to me while Kelly took her original seat. A lavender cat wearing white capris, a dark purple top, and red converse glanced at me and grinned. "Nice outfit."

"Thanks Blaze! Wait, why didn't I see you third period?" I asked.

"I had to make up a test," she replied.

I shrugged and turned to Amy, who was dressed in a dark grey tank top and a pair of neon pink skinny jeans. Her favorite pair of black sneakers with rainbow laces adorned her feet. "Hi Ames."

"Hi," she said as she flipped through the menu.

I nodded and then focused on the last girl present: a green seedrian with dark blue eyes wearing a silver dress with flowers all over it and purple flats. "Hey Cosmo."

She nodded shyly. "Hi."

"Your dress is pretty! Where did you get it?" I asked.

"Oh, Galaxina got it for me when she was in Spain. She had it custom-made," she answered with a smile.

"That's so cool! Wish I had one!" Kelly gushed.

The girls began discussing Cosmo's dress. I turned to Chaos, Shadow, Silver, and Tails. More specifically, my brother. I casually put him in a headlock and ruffled his bangs before leaning in close.

"When are you gonna ask her out?" I whispered.

His eyes widened as he squirmed. "C'mon, big sis! Don't bring this up now!"

"I'm not letting you go until you tell me."

"Why do you wanna know so badly?!"

"Because it's my job as your older sister. Plus she's one of my good friends."

Silver chuckled. "Revenge for this morning?"

"Maybe," I responded with a cheeky grin.

Tails rolled his eyes as he pried my arm off of him. "I'll ask her when I'm ready."

"Buddy, you'll never be ready if you keep avoiding it. You've had a crush on her for a year and a half now!" Chaos said as he leaned forward.

Tails shifted uncomfortably. "I… I know… I just… what if she turns me down?"

I looked at Shadow and Silver with a "WTF" expression. Chaos facepalmed. "It's so obvious she likes you. She gets flustered around you!"

Tails groaned and put his head down. Kelly immediately noticed and frowned. "Hey Tails? You okay?"

"Yeah, fine. Just being bothered over here," Tails replied, muffled.

Kelly gave us a Look. "Why are you bothering him?"

"Hey, leave me and Shadow out of this!" Silver exclaimed. "We've only been listening."

Shadow rolled his eyes. Chaos, however, grinned. "No reason, Kels."

The blue echidna opened her mouth, but our waiter arrived at that moment.

-XxXxX-

Once lunch had passed, I had Creative Writing with Chaos, Blaze, and Kelly. Our teacher was Mr. Turner again. His original position was an English teacher, but he also covered first period study hall since the original teacher left. He was probably my favorite teacher, so having him twice in one day was a good thing.

The bell rang as Chaos and I slid into our seats. Mr. Turner shook his head at us and cleared his throat. "Class, I have some news. We're going to have a new student join us today. He should be here any minute, and I want you to make him feel welcome."

A new student? I raised my eyebrows at Blaze and Kelly. Kelly grinned excitedly. "This should be awesome!"

"I wonder what he's like?" Blaze questioned.

Mr. Turner gave us a Look and we immediately shut up. He cleared his throat again and tapped his fingers against the board. "I trust that you all have your homework assignment from last night ready to go?"

In perfect harmony, everyone in the room raised their homework in the air. Mr. Turner beamed. "Good. Would anyone like to volunteer to share? Otherwise I'll pick."

Silence. We all looked at each other before looking back at our teacher. His eyes scanned the room before landing on me. "Miss Prower?"

"Um… sure," I replied as I leaned forward in my seat.

Before I could start, however, the door slowly opened and a voice sounded from right outside. "Mr. Turner?"

5,053 words after editing.

Still the longest. Chapter. Ever.

Chapter 2 is once again a work in progress due to the changes, but it should be up fairly soon. See y'all later!