~5th Period: Gym (12:35 P.M)~

The students were breathing hard, running around the track field to be timed for their first mile run of the year. And most of them dread it. Why? There's a time limit. That's right. A freakin' time limit to this mile run! Basically, the students need to complete four laps, which equals to a full mile, in less than ten minutes. If the student doesn't meet this requirement, then he or she will have to do it over and over everyday until they meet the time limit. It may seem harsh, but that will prompt the student to work over their limit to get out of that hellish punishment.

Already on the last lap, Blaze is turning her steady jog into a full-out sprint to get this timed run over with. Running a mile on the field in less than ten minutes is a joke to Blaze; not even a challenge worth her time.

Oddly enough, the power of the flames granted her to run in great speeds no normal person can see, unless they have stellar vision. That's one of the positives of having this 'curse' sealed inside her; the other having the flexibility of a cat. She passed by two boys who were having a friendly race with each other, only to somehow forget about it once Blaze zoomed by, wondering if someone other than Sonic can go that fast.

She ceased her sprint when the coach announced her time with an amount of surprise and joy, seeing that this girl can get this time. "Five minutes and thirteen seconds, Barbara. Excellent performance out there."

Blaze smiled as she heard the coach complementing her efforts. The coaches at her old school would never complement on her performance which is fine to Blaze, but this coach gave a good remark about her impressive time that Blaze couldn't help but smile.

After the intense sprint, Blaze used her remaining free time to walk around the track before the coach announces to enter the locker rooms. And judging by the looks of it now, it's going to take a while for everyone to complete the run; mainly the girls who ended up walking and talking like fashion or what's good on television. She might as well make the best out of her time. However...

"Blaze!"

She turned around to see who called her, and revealed to be Silver, running to catch up with her along with Amy. The two were sweating and panting, exhausted of using their energy on that torturous mile run, but both Silver and Amy still managed to join Blaze's stroll after running to her for about ten to fifteen seconds.

"My god, Blaze, you sure surprised the coach out there," Amy started the conversation. "I mean, it's the first time a girl finished the mile run before the boys did."

"And that speed of yours almost matches Sonic's," Silver added, wiping the sweat from his forehead. "It's quite amazing."

First the coach and now Silver and Amy are complementing Blaze on her run. Though this time, the two are talking about her speed. Other than her parents, it's the first time someone complemented Blaze on anything. That's enough for her to say:

"Thanks. I run a lot."

"Like Sonic!" said Amy, thinking about her crush. "And speaking of Sonic, I can't wait when school ends!"

"Why is that?"

Amy was about to answer, but Silver barged into the conversation by telling Blaze, "So she can flirt with him in his house."

"No!" Amy shouted. "We're going to start working on our book report together! That's the reason! Honest!"

"Oh, sure it is," Silver teased Amy, who responded back by sticking her tongue at her friend. "You better not be lying, Amy."

"I'm not lying! Am I Blaze?"

She couldn't tell who's right. Amy does seemed committed to the book report as she read the first two chapters of her book and wrote down important quotes on her paper before class ended. Blaze didn't know what Silver meant with Amy flirting with Sonic, but she can tell Amy is crazy over Sonic despite knowing her for less than two days. How? Amy squealed in joy in English when she was partnered with Sonic, her green eyes sparkled while looking at him, and answered all dreamily when Sonic asked if they work on the project in his house. It's a crush alright. But... Why?

Blaze thought about what to say, and ended up answering, "No you're not, Amy."

"Told ya!" Amy told Silver in front of his face.

"Okay! I believe you, Amy," said Silver.

"Good."

"Um..." Blaze started, causing Silver's and Amy's faces to turn to her. "Can you tell me why are you walking with me in the first place?"

"Right!" Silver exclaimed, face-palming himself while laughing. "We wanted to know if you would like to join us for lunch next period."

Huh? Nobody has never asked her that question. Never. But Silver is the first one to ask her that question, and she didn't know what to say to him. Should she accept the offer or not?

Instead of answering to Silver's offer, Blaze asked him, "Why are you asking me to join you for lunch?"

Silver knew Blaze is going to ask him that question. There are a few reasonable ones he can explain to her, but he didn't know if she can understand his reasons. He remained silent for a few moments until he answered, "I thought we might discuss about what we've read so far on Battle Royale."

"That's it?" Blaze questioned Silver.

"Nope," Amy told Blaze, waving her finger side to side. "We also want you to meet all of our friends!"

"You sure?" was all Blaze can manage to say. They want to meet Blaze? If they did, they'll probably make mean remarks about her concerning yesterday's unfortunate events.

"Yeah!" Silver exclaimed. "Some of my friends wanted to know you personally, and we thought you should join us for lunch."

"Even after I soaked you with milk?"

That comment stabbed Silver in the heart by only an inch. He really didn't want to hear that again.

"Yes," he answered, laughing. "So, are you going to sit with us?"

So not only Silver is quick to forgive, but his friends as well. She never expected that to happen! And if Blaze is going to give Silver another chance, maybe she'll give Silver's friends a chance as well.

Her mind set, Blaze answered, "I'll take your offer to join you and your friends for lunch."

With that, Silver and Amy jumped and screamed with joy as Blaze accepted their offer. They thought she wouldn't take it, thinking it would be a waste of time. The cheering came to a halt when the coach blew his whistle, signaling everyone to go back inside to the locker rooms, finally ending this period full of pain and sweat.

~Lunch (1:25 P.M)~

Amy is already outside, eating her lunch under their usual spot along with Rouge, who didn't have any photo shoots to attend today. And Amy knows Rouge is fortunate to take a day off from all the camera flashes, the loud techno (and rap) music, and uncomfortable outfits she was forced to wear all day yesterday. Thank god it's over her!

Rouge can relax with her friends, wearing her more comfortable neon pink tank top covered with a mini black jacket, black skinny jeans, and white boots, while hearing Amy chatting about the incident in Vanilla's English class.

"... And when Wave tried to find a word to describe Sally and Mina about how they look with their make-up on, Vanilla suggested 'unattractive', and added they look like they would work at an adult bar!" Amy told Rouge, taking a bite from her sandwich roll.

"Really?!" Rouge managed to say before she laughed in the grass. "My god! I'd never expected Vanilla to say those words!"

"Me too! She's too sweet to have those words coming out of her mouth."

"That's the closest thing she'll say instead of saying 'stripper' or a 'hooker'," Rouge pointed out, still laughing in the grass.

It's true. Cream and Vanilla rarely say bad words to anyone, and whenever they say a bad word or something close to a bad word, everyone freaks out that someone like them would ever say these vile words almost everyone uses on a daily basis. But to people like Amy and Silver, they would often laugh at people's reactions when either Cream or Vanilla are saying a 'bad word'. Common reactions are people's mouth dropping wide, slapping themselves until they're knocked out, banging their head on the nearest object, and so much more.

Rouge's laughter eventually died out, getting her back off from the grass, and returned to a sitting position before she can eat parts of her salad. That's a good laugh she hasn't had for a while.

"Anyway, you said someone is joining us for lunch, Amy?" Rouge questioned her pink-haired friend.

"Yep," Amy answered to Rouge's question. "The girl who soaked Silver-"

"In milk, I know," Rouge finished Amy's sentence before she can finish. "Knuckles told me yesterday after my photo shoots."

"Right. Sorry. I forgot you two were neighbors," Amy laughed to herself.

Neighbors? Try siblings in Rouge's and Knuckles' case. The two have been living in the same neighborhood ever since Rouge and Knuckles was six and five respectively. And since Rouge's parents often went to business trips due to them owning a modeling agency, Knuckles' family often let Rouge stay over at his house until her parents come back (which is usually two weeks or a month). Her parents try to do their best to spend some quality time with her, but their time is short (three days to a week), so Rouge somewhat feels neglected from her parents. She thinks Knuckles and Tikal as her younger siblings she never had and Rae, Knuckles' father, as an uncle. Knuckles' mom? They never talk about her since it's a sensitive topic to Rae. VERY. Sensitive.

After Amy finished her short laugh, she started to take a small bite on her sandwich roll before starting the conversation again. "Okay. Back to what I was talking about earlier, that girl Knuckles told you is joining us for lunch and from what Silver told me this morning, she's the girl who had a rough past."

"Rough past?" Rouge didn't hear most of Silver's plan since she overslept this morning and only gained bits of the plan from Shadow; her only friend that's a Junior like her. She didn't hear Shadow mention anything about a rough past! Curious on what Amy meant, the model asked, "What do you mean by rough past?"

"This girl, Blaze, was bullied throughout her whole life, both physically and mentally because she had some sort of 'gift' given to her since birth."

"God, that must have be tough for her to handle all of this pain for years."

"I know. Silver wanted to befriend Blaze because of that, and if possible, Silver might be her first friend in her life."

"Aw..." Rouge couldn't help to say. "That's Silver for you. Always out there for everyone."

Only seconds after her last sentence, Rouge picked up a conversation from faraway thanks to her super hearing coming from her ears. The model smiled as she knew who the voice is.

"... My friends will like you. There's nothing to worry about..." the voice advised someone they were talking to. That voice:

Silver. It wasn't too difficult to notice with his friendly tone in the conversation he's in, and he's usually one of the first ones to be here. The others being Rouge, Amy, and Sonic.

Now at a distance where she can spot Silver and what she assumed to be the girl joining them for lunch, Rouge was about to yell to Silver, only to be beaten by Amy; frantically waving her arms around the place.

"Silver! Blaze! Over here!" Amy shouted to Silver.

"Okay!" Silver yelled back to Amy. "We're almost there!"

Soon enough, Silver joined the two girls along with Blaze, who only looked down at her food once she sat down. Granted, it was Blaze's first time sitting with a group of people, so all of this felt foreign to her. Not a minute, or thirty seconds for that manner, has ticked by and Blaze can feel her heartbeat rapidly beating faster than it has ever been before. It has beaten fast when she sprinted or unleashing her flames, but it's beating because she's sitting with a bunch of people who don't/barely know her?! That's never happen to her before!

The heartbeats continued, though slowing down only a little, when Silver put his hand on her shoulder before speaking.

"Rouge, this is Barbara Jewel, or 'Blaze' as many people call her," Silver introduced his friend to Blaze. "Blaze, this is Rouge Bayle. You've probably seen her in an advertisement for Swan Ice Cream in Glitter yesterday. And like I said yesterday at the library, she's recently a model."

Blaze placed her hand out, hoping for a handshake from Rouge, but instead was hugged by her. If Blaze can call it a hug because Rouge is practically sucking the oxygen from her! She was hugged by only her parents, but never to a stranger that's somewhat choking her!

Rouge, clutching Blaze to her tightly, exclaimed, "Aw! It's nice to meet you! And my god, why would people hurt you? You look absolutely gorgeous!"

What's gorgeous about a navy blue sweater over a black t-shirt and faded boot-cut jeans anyway?

"Uh..." Well Blaze didn't know what to say to the model. Should she say thanks for the third complement she heard today? "Th-thanks?"

"Your welcome!" Rouge replied back, oblivious to Blaze's suffering from the hug.

"Could... could you-" Blaze didn't get to finish her sentence as Rouge hugged her tighter, and is about to lose some oxygen just from a hug!

Thankfully, it stopped when Silver told the model, "Rouge, it looks like she can't breathe. Let her go."

Noticing this, Rouge ceased her hugging, finally letting Blaze taking a huge deep breath after that 'hug'. Most of Rouge's hugs can go a little overboard, failing to notice that they're choking until somebody reminds her. Her friends are used to Rouge's hugs, mainly Knuckles, but to strangers like Blaze, they thought she's going to kill them with just a hug!

"Oops. I'm sorry, sweetie," Rouge apologized to Blaze. "I kind of get excited when meeting new people and I can't help but to hug you!"

"It's fine," Blaze said, still taking a few deep breaths before finally eating her lunch.

"It's normal for Rouge to be like this, Blaze," Amy explained to the lavender-haired teen. "Be lucky you only received a thirty second hug from her. The worst one is the minute hug: it'll take you ten minutes just to get your breath back. It might even kill you."

"She's lying over there!" Rouge yelled, flinging parts of her salad to Amy's hair. Oh, how Amy really wanted to throw something back at her like a tomato or an orange slice. But she knew better not to. At least in school with over 3,600 (rough estimate) students in here. Amy can do this another day when they have a sleepover.

"Rouge, you know better than to fling food at your friends."

Everyone turned around to see where the voice came from, and it was Knuckles carrying his lunch, alongside with Tikal and Cream.

"I know that," Rouge said, placing her fork on her salad and sticking her tongue at Knuckles, who also replied with the same action. Just like siblings.

The three soon sat down under the tree, with Tikal and Cream staring at Blaze with friendly eyes. It's obvious that they wanted to meet Blaze ever since Silver told them about the plan this morning.

"Hello there!" Cream greeted Blaze. "My name is Clara Robinson, but you can call me 'Cream' if you'd like."

"Uh... Hi Cream," Blaze replied back nervously. "I'm Barbara Jewel, and-"

"Your the daughter of my new Geometry teacher, Mr. Jewel." Knuckles cut Blaze's sentence. "He's a great teacher if you ask me."

"Y...Yeah," Blaze agreed with Knuckles, "he's an excellent teacher."

"And if you want to know who I am, my name is Kennith Shard, but you can call me 'Knuckles'," He then placed his hand on Tikal's shoulder and continued, "And this is my little sister, Tikal."

"H... hi," Tikal replied quietly. "It's very nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet... you too," Like with Cream, it ended up in the same tone: nervous.

Oh god. Blaze has never been extremely nervous before! Sure, she's been a bit nervous when speaking in front of people or asking her dad for some help with understanding some parts of her math notes, but now she's nervous just by talking with others who are trying being friendly to her!

Before this moment happen: she's fine.

Now: her body is getting hotter, sweat coming from her head more than the mile run from last period, she feels her throat lacking in water, and her legs turning into wobbly jello! God, how much Blaze hates this feeling!

Silver noticed Blaze's forehead is sweating more than before and knew she doesn't feel comfortable in this situation. Of course, she wouldn't be comfortable! Transferring from sitting in an empty table to a group of friends is a hard transition for someone like Blaze, and Silver couldn't help but to place his hand on her shoulder.

"Are you feeling okay, Blaze?" Silver asked Blaze.

Taking a deep breath, Blaze answered, "To be honest, no. I'm not used to this."

"It's okay. It feels weird to sit with new people at first, but once you talk to them, you'll feel much more comfortable," Silver advised her, now having both hands on both of her shoulders. "Trust me. It happens to everyone."

"And don't worry, Miss Barbara. We're easy to get along, so you'll feel comfortable in no time!" Cream added.

"It's true," Amy agreed with Cream. "Especially Sonic and Tails! They're one of the most easy going guys in the whole school!"

"Speaking of which, where are they?" Tikal wondered.

"HELL NO, SHADOW!" a familiar voice echoed through the school.

As if one cue, everybody turned their heads to see who yelled, and they witnessed Sonic being dragged on the ground by Shadow, ignoring Sonic's demands to be released. Oh joy.

Oh god. Silver groaned in his thoughts, seeing Shadow trying to pry Sonic's hands off a trashcan.

In the morning when Silver explained the plan to his friends, everyone but Sonic and Tails agreed to his plan. They still thought Blaze is a mean girl and mentioned that trying to befriend her is like trying to fight an entire army with a small gun filled with only seven bullets. In other words: they thought Silver is insane for coming up with a plan like that. Silver thought their opinions of Blaze would vanish, but nope, it's still there.

And since inviting Blaze for lunch was part of the plan, Sonic and Tails were desperate to not sit with her. However, both of them failed. Miserably! How?

With Tails: All it took for Tails to agree was Shadow threatening him that he'll kill Sonic while cursing out loud before 2nd period began.

Sonic: Uh... Being dragged by Shadow right now!

After prying Sonic loose from the now-fallen trashcan, Shadow, Tails, and a still-panicked Sonic sat down with Silver and his friends. While Shadow started to take a small bite from his chicken sliders, both Sonic and Tails didn't even looked at their lunch and instead stared at Blaze, giving her a glare that didn't even make her flinch. The girl who soaked Silver in milk yesterday is now sitting with them in lunch, which feels just so wrong to Sonic! What was Silver thinking?!

Amy cleared the silence by clearing her throat before speaking to Sonic. "So, aren't you going to say something to her, Sonic?"

"Like what?" Sonic asked, his tone coming out harsher than he expected.

"Maybe saying hello to her or talking about the book report would be a good start," Amy suggested, pulling out her book.

Silver face-palmed himself when he heard Amy mention 'book report'. He almost forgot about discussing Battle Royale with Blaze for a moment! Now Silver unzipped his aqua blue backpack, and frantically dig through the inside until he finally felt something large that would take most of the space from his hands. He pulled out his copy (or Espio's since it's technically his) of Battle Royale and flipped through the page with a red bookmark. Blaze also pulled out her copy and opened up to the chapter she's currently on.

"Sorry about forgetting our project for a moment," Silver apologized to Blaze while taking a bite of his apple. "Now, where should start off with?"

"About the character's reactions to 'The Program'," Blaze suggested.

"Okay. Well, the majority of the class thought it was impossible to kill their classmates they knew for years, but when the game started..."

"Their opinion changed from 'I can't kill my best friend' to 'Everyone's an enemy! They all must die!'." Blaze finished Silver's statement.

"Yeah. Though some students like Kazuo and Mitsuko are willing to play the game, but both of them have different reasons to play. Kazuo decided to play because of a coin toss and Mitsuko plays to survive and win."

"And Mitsuko's reason portrays to real life: survival of the fittest."

Sonic couldn't help but to drop his chicken patty off his mouth and into the plastic tray after hearing Silver's and Blaze's conversation about the book! He thought the two would fight because of the incident, but instead, the two are getting along just fine, as if they completely forgotten yesterday's events! That completely shocked Sonic!

But Sonic wasn't alone. Tails somehow let his can of iced tea spill to the soil when he heard Silver's and Blaze's discussion about Battle Royale. He couldn't believe that Silver and Blaze are getting along despite the milk incident.

Eventually, Sonic told Tails, in a voice that no one can't hear, about what they were witnessing. "My god, can you believe that?!"

"That this girl might not be that mean?" Tails guessed.

Oh. Crap.

Sonic did not just hear those words from Tails. First, Tails is agreeing with him, and now he's starting to change his opinion about Blaze? WHAT?!

"Are you possessed or something, Tails?!" Sonic screamed to Tails, shaking him frantically til his eyes start spinning. "What the hell makes you say that?!"

"Well, the way they're discussing the book in such a mature manner is impressive," Tails told Sonic. "Most people would say 'I want to see some action, not read about people's dumb thoughts' when discussing Battle Royale. I kind of feel sorry for calling her a heartless loner yesterday."

"You're saying you want to be friends with Blaze?!"

"I guess so."

Great. Now Sonic feels like he's the only one out of his friends who doesn't want to be friends with Blaze. He still thinks Blaze is a heartless loner not because of what happened with Silver, but what he witnessed on his way to his History class yesterday. Sonic spotted Blaze slamming her fist in the lockers, creating a loud noise echoing through the building, scaring a group of boys in wanna-be gangster clothing. And if that wasn't enough, she crushed on a girl freshman's feet who was gossiping about something he didn't want to know. In heels! Heels!

Just witnessing Blaze's actions in a day is enough for Sonic to believe that she's a mean girl who doesn't care for anyone but herself. And he hates people who hurt others without any reason. Sonic can understand Knuckles attacking random boys just so he can protect Tikal's mind from being poisoned. But Blaze, no. Just no. She scared a group of boys and injured a girl for no apparent reason! That's just sick to Sonic.

Thinking about yesterday made Sonic lose his appetite, so instead of walking to the trashcan and throwing his lunch in there, he simply tossed it carelessly like it was a dusty book no one wants to read. The only thing Sonic ate after thinking about yesterday is a nectarine, hanging from his mouth.

Shadow, noticing what Sonic did, asked Sonic, "You're alright, Sonic?"

"Isn't it obvious, Shadow?" Sonic sarcastically replied to the black-haired teen, then pointed to Blaze who's currently talking to Tails and Knuckles about her book.

"What about Blaze?"

"It's just that... Err... I... I hate her so much!"

Never expected those words to come out of his mouth. Shadow commented in his mind.

"Why?"

"Because I witnessed her doing bad things to other students like stepping on a girl's foot in heels and smashed a locker to scare some boys for no reason! That's why!"

"But do you ever think why Blaze did that stuff to those people? Did you ever thought of that?"

Sonic stopped for a moment to think, but it was cut short when he saw a familiar figure walking towards the group. And boy, he did not wanted to see that person after what he witnessed at lunch. Who's that person?

Fiona Foss. Or as Amy and Rouge dubs her: Queen Bitch.

Very deep red short hair with a yellow bow, blue eyes with purple eye shadow, red lipstick on her lips, tan skin, wearing an orange tank top that shows much of her chest, a black mini skirt with a chain belt and black high heels, it's Queen Bitch alright.

Fiona is a junior here and, like Rouge, she is a model, though she's waaaay different than Rouge in terms of looks and personality. For looks, Rouge does wear some revealing outfits at times, but only exposing parts of her chest and rarely wears skirts to school. Fiona just flaunts her body by wearing revealing tops that shows most of her cleavage and short skirts to flaunt her toothpick legs. With make-up, Fiona takes the cake by putting eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara, lipstick, nail polish, there can even be an article about how much make-up Fiona puts on daily! And finally: personality. While Rouge can be somewhat dramatic and a bit spoiled, she is willing to listen to others and do her best to comfort them when times are rough for them. Fiona: dear god. She doesn't care for others, willing to hit anyone, only cares for herself, and insults everybody! EVERYBODY!

And despite those flaws, Fiona is great friends with Sally and Mina (if that's even possible for Fiona to have any friends), and has a boyfriend named Sadam Hartell, or Scourge as he's like a nasty whip wherever he goes.

So why the hell is Fiona here in the first place? To brag that she's a better model than Rouge? Make fun of poor Cream or Tikal? Or worse? Do both of them so viciously, it's enough for anybody to murder her? Possibly.

"Hello there," Fiona greeted all of Silver's friends. "How are you losers doing today?"

"Just fine until you showed up!" Amy exclaimed, ready to take her diamond heart off her headband. "Now what are you doing here anyway, Fiona?!"

"Oh, nothing. It's that I'm hear to tell you guys about this years Homecoming Idol."

Stopping her conversation when she spotted Fiona, Blaze shut her book and returned it in her backpack before listening to the conversation. Okay, so far, Blaze isn't getting what Fiona is saying about 'Homecoming Idol'. Is it the school's version of a homecoming queen or something?

Confused, she tapped on Silver's shoulder to get his attention before asking him, "What is that girl talking about?"

Right. Blaze doesn't know about Homecoming Idol since she came from a different school, so being here longer, Silver was happy to explain.

"Homecoming Idol is that a certain student gets to sing a song of the Homecoming King and Queen's choice when they're announced, and later sings a song 90 minutes before Homecoming is over," Silver informed Blaze.

"Well that's nice."

"Yeah. Only problem is that-"

"No freshman has ever been Homecoming Idol before!" Knuckles cut-in before Silver can answer.

"What Knuckles said. And most of the Idols happen to be vain and mean. Like Fiona," Silver pointed out to Fiona who's luckily not looking at Blaze, Silver, or Knuckles.

Now Blaze knew what Silver meant. This girl is mean up to eleven to Blaze. Sure, Blaze has met other girls that were nasty as witches, but seeing Fiona, Blaze wondered if it's possible for a girl to be viciously mean.

"Oh, you are a nominee for Homecoming Idol?" Rouge sarcastically asked Fiona.

"Why, yes. It's because I'm so damn sexy and talented," Fiona said, swishing her red hair.

"B...but..." Tikal managed to speak, "But your singing voice is horrible."

"Oh crap!" Sonic and Shadow exclaimed in horror, knowing things are going to go downhill.

Hearing those words, Fiona slapped Tikal hard in the face, it not only turned her cheek crimson red, but she feel down to the grass. Tikal wasn't lying. Fiona had a voice pleasant enough to please house flies. In other words: horrible!

"Tikal!" Tails and Cream gasped as they run toward their injured friend.

"That wasn't very nice of you to do that to our friend," Cream scolded the unfazed red-head. "You should be ashamed of yourself!"

"And why should I you dumb brat?" Fiona hissed before shoving Cream down to the ground.

"Cream!" Tails shrieked in terror, seeing his friend sobbing on the dirt.

It is possible to be that mean. Even though Blaze has met Cream and Tikal for a few minutes, Blaze really, REALLY, wanted to teach Fiona a lesson on hurting those two innocent girls! All they did was give her advice, and this girl responds by harming them?! That's unacceptable! However, she's not alone.

Knuckles is ready to blow his fuse more than yesterday. If boys flirting with Tikal only gives out either verbal or physical blows to the victims, hurting his sister physically or mentally means the worst beating ever, no matter what gender they are.

"Oh, wait til I get that bitch for harming Tikal!" Knuckles growled, cracking his fists. "She'll regret for her harsh actions once she's in the hospital!"

But before Knuckles can take one step, Silver clenched his hand tightly, preventing him from moving at all.

"Knuckles, beating Fiona up is not worth it!" Silver told Knuckles. "But we need to teach Fiona a lesson about harming poor Cream and Tikal."

"Then let me handle it. It's much better than using violence," said Blaze, already walking towards Fiona. Silver and Knuckles can only nod their heads as they knew what Blaze meant.

The lavender-haired teen walked towards Fiona who's now smiling viciously to Amy, now having her hammer, and Rouge at what she's done while kicking Rouge's and Amy's lunch away to a group of boys playing soccer.

"Hey!" Rouge and Amy screamed to Fiona.

"That was our lunch!" growled Rouge, clenching her fists.

"So?" Fiona asked in a tone that reads 'I don't care'.

"So we suggest that before you leave, apologize to Cream and Tikal!" Amy yelled to Fiona, ready to swing her hammer to the Queen Bitch.

"Why? They insulted me so I had to teach them a lesson."

But before Amy can swing her hammer in full rage, Blaze showed up in front of Fiona's face, ready to scold the Queen Bitch. Amy backed away from Fiona and Blaze to let Blaze handle Fiona without violence being involve. Physical violence to be exact.

"Is that how you teach these girls a lesson? By harming them like they're nothing but ragged dolls?!" Blaze yelled to Fiona.

"Yeah," Fiona answered in a tone that Blaze hates. "And besides, those girls are just jealous that I'm talented and they're not."

"Talented? Does hurting people's feelings count as a talent? Because you might be the queen of hurting others instead!"

"Wha-?!"

Everybody couldn't believe what they're seeing right now. Fiona getting scolded by Blaze is by far the best thing that can ever happen to them. So much that they were speechless and had their mouths dropping down as far as they can. Only Sonic managed to say, "Damn, Fiona just got owned." by what he's seeing.

"You just did not-!" Fiona tried to say, speechless on what Blaze has said to her.

"I just did," Blaze told Fiona. "And let me add one more thing before I let you go."

"And what's that?"

"You'll never be Homecoming Idol if you keep dressing and acting like Britney Spears."

Sonic and Knuckles gasped at what Blaze had said to Fiona before walking to Cream and Tikal. They can't believe it's happening to Fiona.

"Oh, you'll regret this!" Fiona warned Blaze before walking away, humiliated on what happened to her.

Blaze couldn't care less about Fiona's warning. She might not even bother her for a very long time. Now with Cream and Tikal, Blaze helped the two back up to at least their knees stroking their hair with her hands.

"It's okay. Everything is over," Blaze reassured the freshman girls.

"Y... you sure?" Cream sniffled.

"Yep. And based on her reactions, that girl might not even come here to insult you guys for a while."

"Well that's good to hear," Tikal managed to say, rubbing her red cheek. "But I feel bad for insulting Fiona's singing."

"Nah. Don't be," Knuckles told his sister, pulling her up and back to her feet. "I heard her sing a Ke$ha song once, and Fiona made my ears bleed!"

"Mine too!" Tails added, shivering at that thought again.

Blaze laughed at the thought of Fiona causing everyone's ears, maybe body parts, to bleed because of her atrocious singing. Sick, but hilarious. After that short thought ended, Blaze finally pulled Cream up to her feet while wiping her salty tears from her innocent brown eyes.

"Thank you Miss Barbara for standing up to Fiona," Cream said, finally done with her tears.

"It's no problem," Blaze replied back. "I hate these kinds of girls who treat people like they're nothing to them. This is the first time I've ever spoke back to a girl like that."

"Really? And how did it feel?"

"To be honest, I feel a whole lot better when I stood up to her."

Silver can only manage to smile to Blaze when she not only said those words but how she's comforting Cream after she gotten hurt. So Blaze is really a nice girl like he witnessed yesterday at the library. He can't even imagine this is the girl who soaked milk on him yesterday! It's nice for Silver and the others to see the nice side to Blaze. It really is.

Sonic, despite having his back turned away from Blaze, couldn't help but to turn his head to witness Cream being comforted by Blaze, with Blaze undoing Cream's pigtails and brushing her hair with Amy's hairbrush and braiding them with golden ribbons. Maybe Sonic thought wrong about Blaze. Maybe she's nice like Silver had said.

But he wasn't sure if it's true. Shadow then came to Sonic, with his tray empty, and stopped before throwing his lunch in the trashcan.

"So, now what do you think of Blaze, Sonic?" Shadow asked his rival.

He could have answered, "Not too bad." but instead, Sonic said nothing. His opinion on Blaze being a heartless loner was fighting with a second opinion on Blaze being a nice girl. He can't decided which one is right.

"Sonic? Sonic? Sonic!" Shadow called to Sonic, dozing off.

"Huh? What?" Sonic responded to Shadow's call.

"Your answer?"

Only three words came out of Sonic's mouth to answer Shadow's question. Those three words?

"I don't know."

Author's Note: Thank god this chapter is done! It's hard to write this one, but enjoyable at the same time. And we have yet another mean witch on our hands: Fiona (and how much I hate her). Plus, Scourge is mentioned, so when are we going to see him in this story?

Anyway, time for the names. I'm just going with the last name of Rouge since she finally appeared (not counting the picture). The name Bayle is Greek for 'beautiful', or in Latin 'blessed'; Rouge being blessed for having a beautiful body (also reflecting her appearances in the games).

Now for the next two chapters, I'm going to shift away from Silver and Blaze for a while. The next chapter will be about Sonic (with some Sonamy moments if I can) and Chapter 8 will have a few Knuxouge moments (yea!), plus a secret from one of the characters (and a pairing I didn't put on the summary). Just a heads up for all of you.

And recently, I've been asked questions about the story, so if you want to ask a question about it, you can PM me if you like. Just remember to have proper grammar when writing these questions.

Oh, and I don't accept OC's if you're wondering. The problem with OC's is that I'll have a hard time putting them in the story, not to mention if there's too many, I'll lose track of them. So, sorry if your OC can't be in this story.

Now that this is out of the way, if you like the story so far, please leave a review! And again. Proper. Grammar. Please!