Chapter 4-

Cookie and Biskit had gone to history class, while Kiki and Tangy left for their science class. As the bell rang, Niki, Sara, and Kitty arrived in a kitchen like classroom for home economics and took their seats at a large, square table. Sitting at the table behind them was Rosie, as well as two human girls, one with green ponytailed hair and green eyes, and one with blonde, curly hair and brown eyes. They had easygoing, carefree smiles on their faces, as if being at a table with one of the meanest girls in school didn't bother them. At the table across from them were three more human girls: the first with red poufy hair, with a tad of frizz to it, and brown eyes, the second with wavy, ponytailed blonde hair and purple eyes, and the third with short brown hair and grayish-blue eyes. Behind those girls were a light brown koala of medium height, a petite white rabbit, and a darker brown cow who towered above her tablemates. Niki looked around to check out the room décor, which consisted only of shelves of cooking utensils and trays, when she glanced down at her own table. Laid out before her, and everyone else, were tin sheets, a roll of dough, a bag of chocolate chips, and various other standard ingredients, as well as random cooking appliances, such as a mixer, a bowl, and oven mitts.

"Oh, boy! We're making cookies today!" Niki exclaimed happily, her mouth watering at the thought.

"Yay! I love cookies!" the blonde girl sitting behind her cheered. "They're the greatest thing since sliced bread!"

"Totally!" Niki agreed, turning around to face her classmate and shake hands. "Hi, I'm Niki Harley."

"Katrina Kingsley," the other girl replied with a friendly smile. "And this is my friend, Thorn Burg. She's a freshman, but I'm a senior here, just clogging up my schedule with electives now that I've fulfilled most of my graduation requirements."

"Sounds fun," Niki said with a laugh, before gesturing to her friends, first the curly dark-haired human, then the brown cat. "These are my friends, Sara Asyter, and Kitty Kingsley. Are you two related by any chance?"

"No, Niki," Kitty answered. "We just share a last name."

"Obviously not, Niki," Sara said. "They don't even look like. One of them is a human, and the other one is a cat."

"Maybe one of them was adopted?" Niki suggested. Sara facepalmed.

"No, Niki, just no," Sara mumbled, grabbing the mixer and bowl. Niki tossed in the flour, sugar, baking soda, and chocolate chips, as Sara plugged the mixer into a nearby outlet. Sara took the bowl and turned on the mixer, but nothing happened.

"Huh?" Sara asked, flipping the power switch on and off for a few seconds. "Is this thing broken or something?"

"I know! Let's use this!" Niki proposed, reaching over and picking up a blender.

"Niki, are you sure that's a good idea?" Kitty asked, unsure whether to be amused or confused.

"Positive!" Niki answered, pouring the contents of the bowl into the blender. "This basically does the same job as a mixer, only faster!"

"Hold on, let me get the lid," Kitty said, reaching over to the counter where the blender was originally resting, but Niki had already turned the device on. Cookie dough splattered across the room, onto walls, and onto the faces and uniforms of the girls. Sara pressed the off button on the blender, before she joined in with the other girls as they stared down at themselves in horror.

"Heheh, oops," Niki said, taking the lid from Kitty and placing it on top of the blender, oblivious to the death glares she was receiving from the other girls.

"Nice," Sara muttered, clearly irritated by her friend's carelessness. Kitty poured what was left over from the blender back into the bowl, before nudging the bowl in Sara's direction.

"Here, Sara, you can stir," Kitty said, handing Sara the wooden spoon.

"Okay," Sara said, easing up as she stirred really fast, before they started placing blobs of dough onto their tin sheets. They filled up both trays, and then Sara took it to the oven and placed the trays in. Twenty minutes later, the cookies were golden brown.

"Ooh, those look good!" Niki squealed, starting to drool.

"Please, Niki. I'd rather not have the cookies become soggy from your saliva," Sara said, pushing the trays away from Niki. "But yeah, they do."

"Katrina's, Thorn's, and Rosie's look good too," Kitty commented, pointing to Thorn, who was holding a plate of sugar cookies. Niki and Sara took notice of this too, and so the class spent the rest of the period tasting each other's cookies, and they all turned out to be delicious.


Later after school, Niki, Sara, Kitty, and Tangy were hanging out in Niki's classical themed bedroom, chatting as they did their homework.

"Hey guys, you'll never guess what I just heard earlier today!" Kitty began as she was reading through her biology textbook. "Apparently Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends were sent on the same mission, and will be going to our school!"

"Really? That's awesome!" Niki exclaimed.

"Sweet!" Tangy chimed in.

"So, do Sonic and his friends start tomorrow?" Sara asked Kitty.

"Yeah," Kitty replied as she closed her book and tossed it aside, before picking up her history textbook. "Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Rouge will all be there tomorrow morning." Everyone paused to ponder this new information, before continuing with their homework.

"Yay! We're done!" Niki cheered, as she dumped most of her books off the bed, some landing in her glittery red backpack, others missing and hitting the floor with loud thuds.

"Alright! Finally!" Tangy said, collecting her books and stuffing them into her orange and green, polka-dot oversized purse, designed by GracieGrace herself, which doubled as her backpack. "Let's get some McDonald's!"

"Yeah!" Everyone else called out in agreement, as they too packed their belongings into their backpacks, before dashing out the door.