Sonic sat back in his seat, wondering how he could fix yet another problem. This time, however, he was directly involved. Ganondorf and Silver put the picture from the lunch event in the school paper. It perfectly captured exactly what Ganondorf had wanted, him trying to help Zelda, Link falling down, and Sonic and Knuckles with their smug grins in the background, before they realized exactly what was going on. People made fun of the group the rest of the week, not letting up for a second. But it was the weekend now, and Sonic had the everyone over to think of a plan, including Link and Zelda.
"Alright, our last plan didn't work as well, we need to come up with a fool-proof plan."
"Sonic," Knuckles wouldn't have been there if it wasn't his house too. "this is just too much. We need to just give up, let it all blow over, and continue on with our lives."
"No way! We can't quit now! It's not just gonna 'blow over.' No one will let us forget this, not to mention Link won't win student council president. We need to pull out all the stops and take Ganondorf down once and for all!"
"I like your reassuring statements," Link spoke up, "but it's too late for us, man. We've done all we can, we need to own up to our loss, there's nothing left for us to do."
"You 2 are just Debbie Downers! Someone has to agree with me!"
"I do." Zelda raised her hand from the back of the room. Sonic seemed almost surprised, as Zelda had taken the most negativity from this. "Sonic's right, we can't just let Ganondorf win. I saw how upset you've been Link, and Knuckles, you haven't said a word to anyone but us in weeks. You've lost trust in everyone but Sonic, and if we back down now, you may lose trust in him, too. Now I have a plan. You guys are gonna say no, but I know it will work."
"Right now, I won't say no to any plan" Sonic was smiling from ear to ear. He finally had someone that believed he could fix this, so he wasn't gonna stop until he got what he wanted.
"Alright, good. We need 2 very important people."
"Unless it's Santa and Jesus, I'm not interested." Knuckles wasn't too happy about her comment earlier.
"No smart remarks, I'm serious. In order to stop Ganondorf, we need the help of Tails and Aryll.
"No way!" Knuckles and Link said in near unison.
"Why not? There pretty much the 2 most adorable people at the school. If we teamed them together, we can do whatever we want!"
"She's right, you guys." Sonic seemed on board. "We need some help that goes beyond our range of abilities, and we already tried someone we can't trust, so this is our best option."
"I don't want my sister dragged into my life problems." Link was getting angry at the idea.
"And can we really trust Tails? What idea can we have that he won't ruin?" Knuckles and Link were on the same page.
"That's just it. We have him do what he does best."
"Ohh I got it! We have them annoy him, and when he freaks out on them, everyone will see how terrible of a person he is!" Sonic was getting more and more pumped about the plan.
"Exactly, when he starts yelling at them and upsets them, everyone will hate him. We swoop in to help, and everyone likes us again."
"Well, I guess Tails can't exactly ruin that, can he?" Knuckles was warming up to the idea.
"I don't care, we aren't getting my sister involved!" Link wasn't.
"Oh come on, Link!" Sonic needed him on board. "I know how bad you want everything to be right again, so we need your sister, if she's not apart of it, then we might as well just give up and get made fun of the rest of our high school lives!"
"I know that, but think about it. Aryll looks up to me, dude. How is she gonna feel when I say to her, 'Hey, your role model is in a horrible situation and is too lame to fix it himself and can't do anything right. Wanna help him?'"
Everyone got quiet after that. He was right, she couldn't know about this situation. They needed another way.
"I have an idea." Knuckles said, quietly. "We can get Tails to just, you know, hang out with her. He can lead both of them to Ganondorf, and when he starts annoying him, maybe she'll join in."
"That makes sense," Sonic sat back up in his chair, "she won't know what's going on, just that she wants to annoy the big goof."
"Maybe," Link said, "but what if Tails messes it up? It would look even worse if I used her without telling her."
"That's just a risk you need to be willing to take." Zelda said, putting her arm on his shoulder.
"So Link, are you in now? We can do it, trust me this time." Sonic needed to prove to Link that he could actually do what he promised to do.
"I guess so, but if Aryll finds anything out, I'm gonna be sooo pissed at you guys."
Everyone cheered and got up for a celebratory high-five. They ordered some pizza, watched some crappy movie, and went to their respective homes. It was a great night, and Sonic hoped it was the start of many more. Link, on the other hand, had a lot on his mind. He went to bed that night not only worrying about the plan, but Aryll, Zelda, the student council election, and if he would be able to be the way he was before all this started. He didn't sleep well that night.
A.N. Quick update on things, I will be on vacation this week, so I might not be able to update very frequently (not very surprising anymore, is it?), not only that, I've just hit some sort of block on this story, which is why I started my new one, Tournament of Champions. I'd like to update both, but I'm not sure how long I can juggle it. I will definitely finish this one, maybe soon, maybe not for awhile. Feedback is appreciated, I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong, or right, or just anything you want changed. Also, I could use a beta reader, as I feel like I make a lot of grammatical mistakes in my stories. If your interested in doing so, PM me. This update wasn't very quick... sorry. Well, see you all next time!
