AN: It's been a while since I posted Chapter 3, so I figured I'd post Chapter 4 now so my readers don't kill me. XP We meet Amy in this Chapter! I must put a warning in here, Shadow swears a couple times in this chapter or the next. The title for this Chapter comes from one of Kelly Clarkson's songs, I just can't remember which one… I'll find out and tell you in the next Chapter or something. This Chapter's Shout Outs go to squirpsdolphin and Pure Chaos Guardian, the two who are the most recent to fav this story. Thanks for the support you two, I hope you keep reading my story. As for the rest of my readers…
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Emerald High School for the Artistically Talented and Musically Gifted
A Sonic High School Story
By: Silvershadow145
Also known as Sockmonkey145 on dA
Chapter 4: Dream in Color
"Come on, Amy, come on!" Melody exclaimed, pulling on the hedgehog girl's hand more. "We're going to be late!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming! Don't pull so hard, Melody." a pink hedgehog girl rushed a response, speeding up a little to keep up with the black and purple hedge-fox. She was wearing a red tube top and light blue jeans that fit her nicely. Her short bunches of pink quills only went down to her neck. Three thick bangs sprung from her forehead and bounced as they ran.
"Amy we're almost there. Just a little more, come on!" Melody urged. Amy nodded, unable to speak through her panting. Melody was panting as well, but she was still extremely hyped up about being here and seeing the ever-so-famous Freshmen Orientation. Amy and Melody rushed through the open doors of the auditorium and slowed as they went down the aisle in between the rows of seats. They finally reached Amy's section, which was reserved for the Fashion students and Amy sat down with a huff.
"I'll meet up with you when it's over in front of the fountain in the courtyard outside. The one with the music notes on it." Amy said.
"Perfect. See you later Amy!" Melody called as she rushed down the aisle to her one reserved section. This was reserved for music and dance students. Melody sat down just as the lights were diming in the only open seat left. Next to her was a blue hedgehog with green eyes. He turned to her with an amused grin.
"That was a close one." He smiled.
"Oh I know." Melody panted, fanning her hot face. "I just barely made it in time. I'm Melody, by the way."
"Sonic."
"Shut up, Blue idiot, its starting." hissed an annoyed voice from the seat on Sonic's other side. Melody looked past the blue hedgehog to try and see who it was. She could barely make out a black hedgehog with red streaks in his quills and red eyes. He was glaring at the blue hedgehog, but when he saw Melody his glare disappeared and he nodded apologetically to her. "Sorry, miss. Sonic, shut up and pay attention."
"It's Melody." the hedge-fox whispered.
"Shadow." the black hedgehog answered. Melody smiled.
"Your name suits you." she said.
"Thanks."
Melody sat back in her seat as the opening to 'Good Time' by Owl City started and the stage was lit up with blue light. The teacher at the piano started singing. He was a tiger with a nice face and an even better smile.
"Woke up on the right side of the bed
What's up with this prince song inside my head?
Hands up if your down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time."
Another male teacher came out from behind a column. This one was a white dog with sunglasses down over his eyes.
"Slept in all my clothes like I didn't care
Hopped into a cab take me anywhere
I'm in if you're down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time"
A female rabbit was revealed at the top of a stair case by a spot light. She was black with white spots on her ears and one of her eyes.
"Good morning and good night
I'll wake up at twilight"
The tiger put his microphone back to his lips and the rabbit and tiger sang together.
"It's gonna be alright
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time!"
The three teachers moved to center stage as a female blue jay flew down from the balcony the stairs led to and joined in.
"Woah-oh-oh-oh!
Woah, It's always a good time!
Woah-oh-oh-oh!
We don't even have to try
It's always a good time!"
The spotlight singled out the blue jay.
"Freaked out, dropped my phone in the pool again
Checked out of my room, hit the ATM
Let's hang out if you're down to get down tonight
'Cause it's always a good time."
Another spotlight revealed the white dog.
"Good morning and good night,"
The rabbit was lit up.
"I'll wake up at twilight."
The tiger was singled out with another spot light.
"It's gonna be alright."
The four of them were all lit up now.
"We don't even have to try,
It's always a good time!"
"Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah, it's always a good time!
Woah-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try it's always a good time!
"Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah, it's always a good time!
Woah-oh-oh-oh
We don't even have to try it's always a good time!"
Everyone but the dog put down their mics.
"Doesn't matter when,
It's always a good time then."
The blue jay put her mic back to her mouth.
"Doesn't matter where,
It's always a good time there."
The tiger joined in.
"Doesn't matter when,
It's always a good time then."
They all pointed their mics towards the audience.
"It's always a good time!" The audience shouted.
"Woah-oh-oh-oh,
Woah, It's always a good time!
Woah-oh-oh-oh,
We don't even have to try,
It's always a good time!
"Woah-oh-oh-oh,
Woah, It's always a good time!
Woah-oh-oh-oh,
We don't even have to try,
It's always a good time!"
The mics were pointed back at the audience.
"Woah-oh-oh-oh
Woah, It's always a good time
Woah-oh-oh-oh…"
The music faded out and the four teachers bowed to loud cheers and applause. The curtains closed in front of the teachers as the music came to a complete end as the crowd burst in cheers and applause. The principle of the school, a human whose hair had turned gray from age, stepped out onto the stage from behind the curtains, joining in the applause.
"Well done, well done, indeed!" He exclaimed into the microphone as the crowd quieted. "A marvelous job, every year. Let's give another round to our music and dance teachers!"
The crowd erupted into more cheers and whistles and applause again.
"Try to shush me now, Shadow!" Sonic exclaimed. Melody laughed, but it was drowned in the cheers. The crowd quieted down again when the principle raised a hand.
"I am Principle Fortan." The human grinned. "You all sent in examples of your talents to me and my staff. We hand selected the ones we thought would benefit the most from this school and its teachings. You're not the best of the examples we saw. You're not the worst. You are the ones that we believe if you try your best to learn at this school, you will succeed! You are the ones we see true talent in, just ready to be given the water of life to bloom to your fullest! You are the stars of the future!"
'Wow, that makes me feel special.' Melody thought as more cheers erupted from the freshmen around her. The audience quieted down once more as eight teachers stepped out of the curtains and stood in a line behind the principle.
"We have eight departments for arts education. These are the guys they run them, the head-honchoes, the top dogs. Each of them is responsible for one department. They're here to introduce themselves. Please hold your applause until they are finished." The principle walked backwards a few steps until he was behind the line of people. The first on our left stepped forward. He was a blue poison dart frog with black spots and splatters.
"I am Mr. Smithers, the head of the Visual Arts department." He stepped back as the next teacher in line stepped forwards. This one was the tiger that had been playing the piano earlier.
"Mr. Trisen, head of the Music and Dance department." He stepped back as a white cat with bright blue eyes stepped forward. She was really pretty and her smile was nice, but not too big. She looked really kind.
"I am Mrs. Koroson. I am head of the Culinary Arts department." She stepped back like the other teachers before him and the next in line came forward. This one was a teal elephant.
"I'm Mr. Furtado, head of the Architecture department."
A gray mouse stepped forward next. She had large round glasses and a bag hanging from her shoulder and resting on her opposite hip. She looked shy and young.
"I-I am Ms. Molly Larson, head of the Wr-written Arts department." She stuttered. The next teacher in line relieved the poor teacher and took the mic. This one was a chinchilla, but looked a lot more daring. She had an open smile on her face and almost looked like one of the students.
"You'll have to forgive my step-sister, she's not too good with large crowds and she's new this year. She's a great teacher and deserves her position and that's what matters." She smiled at her sister and Ms. Larson smiled back without reserve. "I am Mrs. Lucy Sanderson. I am head of the Drama department."
The next one to step forward was another cat; this one was male. He was black with bright orange ears, eyes, and streaks down his limbs. He had a silly grin on his face and reflective sunglasses sitting on top of his head. His gloves were bright orange as well. He looked odd from his hair style to his shoes. But somehow it all worked. It was the strangest scene Melody had ever seen.
"Hi, I'm Mr. Koroson and yes, the beautiful Mrs. Koroson is indeed my wife." He flashed a goofy grin at the blushing white cat. "I am head of the Design Department. That includes everything from Graphic Design to Jewelry to Floral."
Melody was intrigued. He stepped back and handed the mic to the last person in line. This teacher was a black raven and looked about as young as Ms. Larson. She had deep blue eyes and pink eye shadow.
"I am Ms. Griffin. I am head of the Fashion Department."
Right from the start Melody knew she didn't like this teacher. Her clothing style made her look obviously rich and made her feel self-conscious. Her voice sounded like she was full of herself. And the way she looked at the other classes except her own, she looked disgusted almost. Melody let it drop though and the teachers disappeared behind the curtains and the principle came forward once more.
"And now we'll see seniors and juniors from last year show off their class projects. I hope you enjoy their performances!" The principle disappeared behind the curtain as well. The next two hours went by fast. For music and dancing a group of students came out and put on a show for us. For Drama there were a few skits and small plays. For Visual Arts there was a slideshow with lots of different kinds of artwork. For Fashion there was a bit of a Fashion Show. For Design there was another slide show with a lot of photos. For cooking there was an original recipe passed out with a sample of the food. It was absolutely delicious of course. For architecture they simply showed photos of the new building that had gone up under the students' blueprints. Written Arts had copies of a book of short stories handed out. Music and dance put on a dance routine to the singing of a group of students.
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Melody was lying on her bed, the bottom bunk, when the door opened. She didn't even turn her head to look who it was though, as she was too deep into a book to notice much. Then whoever had entered tripped on something and fell flat on her face in the middle of the room. Melody jolted, finally noticing the girl and jumped up to help her.
"Are you okay?" she asked the fallen mobian. The mobian sat up dizzily and shook her head to clear it. Then she met Melody's concerned face with a smile.
"Oh I'll be fine." She waved Melody off and stood up. Melody was surprised to find that her roommate, a blue fox with bright yellow eyes, had a very obvious British accent. "My name's Kristen, what's yours?"
"Melody. Do you live in the UK?" she asked with a curious look.
"Not for this school year I don't, but I was born there and lived there all my life up until now. I like your name, by the way. You think I'll get too popular with my accent? I hear you Yankees love a British accent."
"Yeah, we do. But I think you'll be fine. This isn't exactly a normal public school after all."
"Thanks. Have you made any friends yet? I mean besides me, because being your roommate I'm kinda your friend by default."
"Only one so far, but I sat next to a couple boys at Orientation. They were very nice. My friend's name is Amy Rose and I met her this morning. We spied on the same boys with a few others at lunch. I felt so weird doing something that girly."
"Boys eh? Did they look any good?" Kristen asked mischievously.
"The fox was adorable, Sonic and the light gray hedgehog were okay, and Shadow…hmm I don't know how to describe him."
"By the name I'd say he's just the bee's knees, right?" She smiled knowingly.
"Yeah." Melody agreed. But he's weird. With their waitress he was such a gentleman but when he talked to the other guys he was sharp tongued and kinda mean."
"You'll just have to point him out to me. You will won't you?"
"Sure, he's much my type anyway."
"Alright, than he's fair game. Do you know if he has a girlfriend?"
"I really don't know. He doesn't seem like he's from around here, like most of us I guess. What do you think about the climate here?"
"I read up about this place and I can't wait to see it in winter. I hear it's simply smashing."
"It's gorgeous, but it gets really cold."
"Oh well, it can't be helped. So what does Shadow look like?"
"He's got black fur, I know that. His side quills fold up and every one of his quills is topped with a red streak. His eyes are red too, which makes him look creepy at a glance. But my brother has light red eyes so I'm used to it."
"Hmm… sounds good to me. I don't mind the red eyes either, I mean everyone has their faults, right?" Kristin said.
"You have such better style than I do. You should take me shopping some time."
"I will definitely take you up on that offer." Kristen said. She was wearing a striped gray and white long sleeve shirt that loosely fit to her curves and a gray miniskirt. She had average tennis shoes and socks that went up to her thighs that had a pattern of tiny pink, green, blue, and white stripes. "You look nice too, Melody."
Melody was wearing a dark blue dress that had short sleeves, a skirt that went down to just above her knees, and a black cloth belt adorned with a silver crescent. Her boots were black and white. The toes and heels were green and there were wavy purple streaks on the sides. Her long black, purple streaked hair was put up in a pony tail that nearly reached her thighs.
"Thanks Kristen. Hey, you should come have dinner with me tonight. It'd be nice to have another girl along, seeing as Amy's not going to be coming."
"Why's she not coming?"
"She has plans already and she wants to go to bed on time. She's an early bird when it comes to school." Melody explained as Kristen started to unpack.
"I see, so tell me more about Amy and these boys too!"
(End of Chapter 4)
AN: Okay that's it. Pretty boring for a chapter if you ask me but I've read this chapter so many times I'm not surprised I'm bored. Chapter five will be up for New Years because I had to split the real chapter four into two parts and didn't feel like doing something stupid like naming this half Chapter four part 1 or anything so next chapter if number five, not four part 2.
I will make SO many references to the canon world in this story. AND I'll throw in a lot of the insults that are thrown at the canon characters. Silver's quills for instance, or Shadow 'cheating' with his hover skates, or Amy being daft, or Knuckles being stupid, or Rouge being a… well… you already know that insult so I'm just not going to say it. Yes I know I've said I didn't like swearing, but sometimes it's just necessary to make a point. Especially when it's Shadow.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, all that jazz… (Jazz Hands!)
Next up: We learn about Shadow. That's pretty much it. They have diner, go back to the dorms, Melody and Shadow stare at each other and smile like idiots, and then we're ready for chapter six. Yes I DARE to make fun of my own story. BYE! :D