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Chapter 8
When everyone had gotten there, the door was shut and locked, and the lights inside the room were off. There weren't any signs on the door, and they had confirmed that this was the right room. Cam stayed as far away as she could from the 'popular group' and Kevin at the same time. She ended up turning her back on everyone so it could be possible.
"I don't get this. Why isn't the teacher here yet?" Jet asked.
"He's probably too busy having lunch or something." Sonic did his pose where he stood there and wiped his nose.
"I am doing nothing of the sort. Can't a teacher get his coffee without being bickered at?" A voice said from behind everyone, save for Cam.
The teacher was a male ferret. He was about medium height and had dark brown fur. He appeared to be very athletic, despite being on the thin side, as ferrets are. In his hand he held a cup (A/N: coughjugcough) of coffee. He unlocked the door and let the students file in.
"Pick any seats ya want. I don't care. You can sit anywhere for the rest of the school year, too." The ferret said. "My name is Mr. Blackston. My assistant for the day should be here any minute now…"
A fat man, much resembling Eggman stepped into the room.
"Hello, class. My name is Dr. Omeletman. Before you ask, I am the elder brother of Dr. Eggman. I am your principal here, although I will drop in on this class quite often, as I am a bit of a history enthusiast." He then took a look around the classroom.
"Hmm?! Three echidnas… AHA! That's right! Cameron, Knuckles, Kevin; come up here if you would."
All three were shocked that this guy knew their names already, but still walked up to him, Cam staying in Kevin's blind spot.
"You three can all read Echidnian text and translate it, right?"
He received a nod from all three.
"I've done my fair share of research on you three! You see, there are three branches of your family tree. Knuckles, you are part of the main branch. The trunk, if you will. Kevin and Cameron, you are from opposite cadet branches of the tree. Passed down from these lines are Echidnian words that only the chosen members of the branch can understand. I discovered that you three are the chosen of your branches. Now, we have some ancient Echidnian documents that were donated to us, but have yet to be translated. We have also come to knowledge that these documents were written using all three secret texts. So. In return for translating these documents, you will be excused from all of your history exams, and you may learn more about your history and yourselves. So, are you in?"
"You got it." Cam responded with a nod.
"…" Kevin was looking doubtful.
"…" Knuckles was just confused.
Cam looked at Knuckles and Kevin, a look of concern gracing her features.
"Umm… If it's any help… you won't have to directly work with me… and if we can get out of exams it would help our grades out in the long run if we ever run into any rough patches in this subject… there'd be a lot less studying to do too… and since exams are such a large part of our grades the worst grade we'd probably be able to get is a 'B'…"
More silence from the two male Echidnas.
"Well, I'll give you two some time to think about it. Please make your decisions by the end of class. As for you Miss Cameron…" Omeletman dug into the suitcase he was carrying and handed Cam a stack of copies.
"This is your portion of the project. The whole thing's divided into thirds, but provided those two join you you'll have to label the words you don't know and cycle the stacks around. Get started, now. I'm going to explain the basics of this class to everyone. Back to your seats, you three."
Cam, Knuckles, and Kevin did as they were told while everyone else stared at them.
"Now, then. In this class, Mr. Blackston will mainly give you guided notes to do in class out of your books." Omeletman announced as he passed out the books. "There will be a quiz over every section of the reading, and a test over each chapter. You will also be given a year-long assignment, rather than shorter projects, and work in groups. By the way, the translation project can serve as this project as well, Knuckles and Kevin. There will be no additional homework in this class, either. Now, if you will excuse me, I must be off."
Omeletman walked out the door.
"Okay, so you get a free-day today. Knock yourselves out." Mr. Blackston concluded the class.
Amy, Rouge, Wave, and Blaze walked over to where Cam was sitting, looking over the entire pack of pages.
"So Cam… I take it that you're not very accustomed to social life, are you?" Amy asked.
Cam looked up from her work and put it in her bag. "No… I guess not."
"Well, then. We have a proposal for you." Blaze said.
"What is it?" Cam asked.
"It's a three phase plan, really. First, we evaluate your social knowledge and behavior, as well as your wardrobe. Second, if these things still leave something to be desired, we'll help you with them. Finally-" Wave was cut of by Rouge.
"We have a GNO and a sleepover! That includes going to the mall. You'd better be ready for a makeover, hon."
"Wha- really?" Cam was stunned.
"Yep. We'll use that opportunity to acquaint you with our friend Cream, too. It's going to be SO much fun! How's this weekend?!" Amy was getting more hyper by the second.
"That's fine by me. I need to get my skates sharpened anyways. We just can't stay up past 10 PM, I have practice in the morning. Speaking of which, how'd you guys like to come to the skating rink with me after school? I have an hour-long practice session then, but you can use that time to rent some skates, maybe even the guys can come." Cam offered.
"Sounds great!" The other girls responded.
"Why do I have a feeling we were brought into their conversation?" Tails asked as the guys watched the girls talk.
"Most likely because we were." Silver said as the girls walked over to where the boys were sitting.
"Guess what, guys?" Wave asked.
"I'VE BEEN DECLARED THE FASTEST LIVING THING IN THE HISTORY OF MOBIUS?!" Sonic and Jet blurted out at the same time, glared at each other, then turned back to the conversation.
"Umm… no." Blaze said, sweatdropping.
"We're all going to the skating rink after school today!" Amy announced.
"There's no way I'm going to some sissy ice rink!" Knuckles said, making a proud face.
"Well suck it up, Knuckie. You're going weather you like it or not." Rouge glared at Knuckles, putting her hands on her hips.
Knuckles was fuming at the nickname, but turned around, counted to 10, and thought of the consequences of destroying the school by trying to get back at Rouge.
"Fine…" He said reluctantly.
Rouge just smiled. "Good."
"It'll be fun! You don't have to do any tricks or anything like that. You could probably even race! Given that you don't damage anything, including the skates." Cam said.
Mr. Blackston called the attention to himself one last time before class ended.
"Okay, you guys are going to the auditorium next, and you'll be there for the next two periods of the day. That is all." Mr. Blackston finished as the bell rang.
