"Come on Amy. Because of your gluttonous behavior we're going to be late."
"Ah! Coming Cream, I'm sorry!"
Amy clung to her rabbit friends arm and smiled as they walked in their new uniforms to their new school. It had been another month of getting Cream caught up to Amy. The rabbit had passed her own commercial audition and then went to model for a bit while working on music. Now she and her friend were debuted together and going to the same academy. Their new uniforms we're made of much higher and finer quality. They wore short sleeved white collared shirts with a plaid red tie and a matching skirt. They wore black stockings that came up to their knees and black flat shoes.
"Have you ever been on time to class, Amy?"
"Eheh..." Amy rubbed the back of her head awkwardly, "Well, it least we're going to school with Sonic and Shadow!" Cream gave her friend a look of disapproval.
"Amy? Cream?" The two turned to see the boys in question walking towards them from behind. Amy's face sparkled and Cream had to fight the urge to wear sunglasses. The two male hedgehogs waved as they walked over.
"Cream, you started school here today right? Welcome to your first day at this academy." Sonic said with a thumbs up, "What class are you in?"
"I'm in moon class with Amy." Cream said politely and calmly.
"That's great. We'll be next door to each other." Sonic pointed at Shadow, "Shadow and I are in star class so we're right next door. You guys are free to ask us any questions if you have trouble with anything."
Amy flushed and nodded, along with Cream who kept a calm face. Shadow muttered under his breath, "Don't get it mixed up. We're from the same company so if you fail you make us look bad."
"This is true." Cream spoke, turning to Amy, "You must remember who we represent."
"Okay!" Amy smiled and fist pumped the year, "Ha! Let's have a good year then!"
The group walked away together, chattering happily, not noticing the black jackal that watched them from the trees.
"Amy Rose..." They spoke.
"Everyone, today I will introduce a new transfer student, Cream the rabbit!" Cream bowed to the class. They awed at her and whispered to themselves. Cream smiled sweetly while keeping her composure.
"Neh, isn't that the rabbit girl who was on that modeling posted the other day?"
"Yes! Remember when we first saw her in the car with Amy and BOOM?"
"I'm still a little iffy about Shadow and Amy to be honest."
Amy flushed in her seat and sunk further into it. The teacher smiled and pointed at the empty spot next to Amy, "Since you two are already friends why don't you sit next to each other?" Cream nodded and went to sit next to her face. Across the room her eyes made contact with Bunnie and she smiled sweetly, but with venom.
'Sorry Bunnie, Amy is my friend, not yours.'
Bunnie seethed as she took the seat next to Amy. It was hard enough having her princess role taken when Amy joined the class a few weeks ago, but now the annoying rabbit was here too? How was she going to ruin both their careers?
"Ah, Bunnie already goes to this school too," Cream said to Amy, just loud enough for Bunnie to pick up, "It must have been nice to already have a friend here."
Bunnie's hair stood on end and she had to suppress a hiss. Amy nodded and turned to smile at Bunnie and waved and said a good morning to her before the two of them turned back to the board to listen to the teacher. Bunnie growled lowly. She would find a way.
Amy smiled as they broke for lunch. She and Cream pushed their seats up against each others. Cream quickly opened her lunch box to reveal a nice and simple turkey sandwich with a few pieces of carrots and a tiny cupcake. She smiled up at her friend, "Please tell me you brought something healthy, and not something junky."
"Of course I brought something healthy..." Amy muttered as she looked away.
"Amy..." The pink hedgehog sighed.
"Here, I brought a hamburger and candy." She opened her lunch box and instead of a hamburger and her candy, something exploded all over her from inside. She quickly realized her face was covered in pen ink. She gasped quickly as everyone stared at her. Cream stared with eyes wide also, and quickly stood to help her friend. "Oh my goodness, who did this!?"
Rouge looked at the two as they told her what had happened at lunch. They were currently out of school and now at a photo shoot in a studio. Rouge thought for a moment and looked at the two seriously, "This just started today? Perhaps a school mate has it out for you." Cream knew who she wanted to accuse, but the person who was pulling these pranks seemed to be smarter. Bunnie wasn't smart enough to pull something like this off.
"We're not sure." Cream said, "But I hope they stop soon."
"Anyway, work time. Cream and Amy, you're all dressed so go stand in front of that white tarp. The camera crew is ready for you. And make sure to get rest because tomorrow you two also have a live music show tomorrow and it'll be Cream's first time debuting in public as a singer."
"Yes, we'll work hard!" Amy took Cream's arm and they walked towards the photo shoot area. The camera man smiled at them and told them to just make happy poses.
"Move around however you like!" He said.
Both of them went into poses that showed energy and happiness. The scene was supposed to be on a beach so the girls were wearing cute one piece and two piece bikinis with sun hats and flowered flip flops. Cream and Amy then wrapped arms around each others shoulder and gave a friendly peace sign, giving off a best friend vibe. The camera crew kept whispering about both girls natural talent. Just then the lights went off, causing everyone to panic for a moment. Amy turned to Cream to ask what was going on when something wet and slimy hit her head. Amy reached up to her ears and pulled the thing off, and stared at a fish. She shrieked loudly and soon more fish began to fall all over the place. Cream tensed up, as fish landed around her also. "So gross." She whispered. With new found anger, she looked up to the ceiling, only to see blue and yellow eyes staring at her.
"Someone's been playing tricks on you?" Shadow asked seriously. He and Sonic stood outside the studio, both girls had towels draped around them as the crew and company investigators tried to figure out what was going on. Amy nodded sadly while Cream tried to pat her friend encouragingly on the back.
"Why is someone targeting Amy though and not Cream..." Sonic whispered.
"I can think of only one person who would." Shadow huffed and stomped past them all, leaving them all staring at him with curiosity.
"Why have you been pulling pranks on Amy?"
Bunnie was quick to catch her breath. She blinked, "What? I didn't do any-"
"Just admit it, Bunnie. You've had it out for Amy since the beginning. Stop." He glared at her seriously. His red eyes felt more like daggers piercing her soul.
Bunnie pouted and pursed her lips up, "Please? Believe me. Look into my eyes and just believe me when I say I didn't do anything."
"If I do that I'll vomit. No thanks." He turned and walked away, causing her to jaw drop from the rejection. He got serious all of a sudden.
'If it's not her, then who is...'
His thoughts were stopped as he felt a slight tugging at his waist. And before he could even think he turned and saw no one but a crowd full of people blushing and snickering. He blinked then looked down, only to turn red at the sight of his pants at his ankles.
"W-WHO DID THIS?!"
"What happened to Shadow?"
The ebony hedgehog came back to where his friends where, his aura dark and his eyes narrowed and glaring at the ground. Amy pouted, "Shadow?" But he just walked past her, sitting a few feet away from them, muttering something about underpants. Then he turned to them, "I got pranked by whoever has been pranking you."
"Do you think something worse will happen?" Sonic asked quietly. He looked at the girls, "I don't know if it's safe for you two to do the live show tomorrow."
"No, you should do it." Shadow turned back to them quickly again, looking at Amy and Cream seriously, "He probably already knows the time and day. We can get him if we're careful."
"But... what if something happens to us?" Amy said suddenly, "I don't want Cream to get hurt."
"All his pranks have been harmless, but no matter what happens, Sonic and I will protect you two." Cream smiled and looked at Amy, who then sported a blush.
"Alright, so then, here's what we'll do..."
Amy and Cream stepped out onto the stage, wearing animal print revealing costumes. The crowd went wild as Amy pulled the mic up to her mouth and the music started,
"Into your head, into your mind
out of your soul, race through your veins
You can't escape, you can't escape."
Cream came in from the other side, pulling her mic up to her mouth also,
"Into your life, into your dreams,
Out of the dark, sunlight again.
You can't explain, you can't explain."
They both joined in the middle of the stage, the background dancers showing up and the burst out into a musical cue,
"Can You feel it, can you feel it,
Rushin' through your hair,
Rushin' through your head,
Can you feel it, can you feel it,
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try."
There was a pause as Amy and Cream went back to the farthest side of the stages where they had originally started, and as Amy went to sing again, a card flew past her and hit the ground, startling her. Then she looked down and saw that her clothes had torn, almost revealing her. There were gasps as the lights then went out, and Amy and Cream, who also had torn clothes, looked at each other and nodded. They grabbed nearby curtains that had been decorated with roses from the stage, wrapping themselves around in them and making white pure dresses. The lights came back on and the crowd gasped and exclaimed, as Amy and Cream went on to finish the song.
"It takes you to another place,
imagine everything you can.
All the colors start to blend,
Your system overloads again.
Can You feel it?
Don't let nobody tell you, your life is over,
Be every color that you are,
Into the rush now,
You don't have to know how,
Know it all before you try."
The song ended and the crowd cheered as Amy and Cream got off the stage and went in the back again. Shadow and Sonic ran up to them, eyeing over them to make sure they were okay. Shadow growled lowly, "When I find this asshole I'm going to destroy him."
"He's for sure going to far." Sonic glared too, which surprised the girls. "I can't imagine someone would do something like this."
Cream looked up at all of them and then pointed up at the ceiling, she glared hard, "Come out you jackal." The group was confused and looked up to where Cream was pointing, only to see a black figure come down quickly. There was smoke everywhere and everyone started coughing. Amy felt a hand on her arm and she tensed up in fear only to see Cream beside her. Cream gave her a reassuring smile and pulled her close. They stared at the smoke and as it vanished a black jackal stood there. He had one blue eye and one yellow eye. He smiled at them all, particularly Amy. She shivered, "Um, who are you?"
"Have you forgotten me already, Amy?" His expression went from cocky to soft as he started walking towards her, "Don't tell me you don't remember your friend infinite."
Amy's eyes widened and she gasped, "Wait. Infinite? Wait, you couldn't possibly be..."
He took her chin in his fingers, causing Shadow to growl loudly. Amy felt her heart beat at Shadows negative reaction to the gesture. The jackal's eyes looked into her green ones, "So you finally remember me?"
"You're that infinite! The one who moved away in elementary school." Amy felt her cheeks flush momentarily. Shadow started taking a step towards them.
"Hey now! You're the one whose been harassing Rose! Don't just casually address her!"
"Yes, you see, those were all my illusions." Infinite tipped her chin up higher and Amy looked towards Shadow for a split second as if to ask for help.
"Why would you do that, Infinite?" She asked quietly. "Why would you try to hurt me?"
"To fulfill our promise." He leaned in closer, "I'm going to make you quit being an entertainer, so you can keep your promise of marrying me."
With that, the jackal sealed his lips with hers as he took her first kiss.
