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Chapter 10

The boys were changed in less than 5 minutes, as was Cam, Blaze, and Wave. Cam was munching on another apple (A/N: I'm sorry about Cam's apple eating habits, I just can't eat whole apples [it's a LOOOOONG story] so I find it kind of cool. ^.^; ) and another 5 minutes passed. Cam, Blaze, and Wave exchanged glances with one another and gave a brief nod, walking into the girl's hallway.

Outside with the boys, pounding, yelling, and screaming could be heard from the other side of the door. A few yells they heard were:

"YOU'RE HAIR IS FINE!"

"I DON'T CARE! PICK ONE!"

"NO I WILL NOT CHANGE MY OUTFIT!"

And finally…

"JUST HURRY IT UP ALREADY!!!"

This time, all of the girls emerged from the door to the hallway. Rouge and Amy looked grumpy, and Wave, Blaze, and Cam looked just plain annoyed.

The boys had already gotten permission from Vector for everyone to leave the dorm, so they set off with Cam in the lead.

"I called Cream." Amy announced. "She said she'd get Charmy and meet up with us."

"Good thing we're going right by their school, then." Cam added.

It was true, there they were, about 10 feet away from the gates of the middle school. They entered, and saw Cream and Charmy on the playground. (A/N: THEY HAVE ONE BECAUSE RECESS IS AWESOME! XD ) When they approached the two, Cam stayed back a bit from the group. The other middle schoolers noticed her, giving her weird looks and whispering thing to one another. Soon a porcupine and two dogs approached her.

"You're Cameron the Echidna, right?" The porcupine asked.

"What. You don't remember me? Your right, I am. I know you, too. You're Peter's little brother. Just so you know, I've broken free of his hold. You and your big brother, or any of your flunkies, aren't going to push me around anymore. You got that?" Cam responded with some venom in her voice.

Cream and Charmy had joined the group's ranks, and all attention was focused on Cam, who was glaring at the slightly-smaller porcupine. He looked uneasy for a second, but an idea popped into his evil little brain. He put a panicked look on his face.

"AAAAAH!!!!!!! THE DEMON IS BACK! SHE'S GOING TO EAT MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Peter's little brother ran around in small circles a few times, then straight into a large crowd of students, flailing his arms around in a crazy manner.

"Whatever. Let's just go." Cam was irritated. She walked in front of the group again towards the skate shop, leading them all there.

Cream sped up her pace and walked by Cam now, staring up at her.

"Hello, Miss Cam. Nice to meet you. I'm Cream the Rabbit." She introduced.

Cam snapped out of her daze and smiled back at the small rabbit.

"Hi, Cream. Nice to meet you. I'm Cameron the Echidna. I'm glad you could join us today." Cam greeted back.

The rest of the girls walked up to join them.

"So Cam… what are you skating to?" Blaze asked.

"We need to have some idea of what we're looking for, after all." Amy added.

"Along with what makeup to use." Rouge noted.

"And the accessories that should go with the outfit." Wave pointed out.

Cam blinked. "Uhh… makeup?" She looked a tad bit worried.

"Yes, MAKEUP, silly." Amy laughed.

"H-Honestly, I-I don't think it would do much, I mean, um… there r-really isn't that much to work with, right?" Cam stuttered.

"You'll see." Rouge and Wave said with an evil smile at the same time.

"We're off subject, guys." Blaze pointed out.

"Oh! Right. For the short program, well… coach hasn't told me yet. She just says it has a Spanish theme. I've learned most of my routine, I just have to put it to music." Cam explained.

"That's strange. What could it be?" Cream wondered out loud.

"We'll probably find out today when I perform for my sponsors." Cam concluded.

"So do you know what you're doing for your long program?" Wave asked.

"Uhh…yeah… it's… um… Romeo and Juliet…" Cam mumbled the last part.

"What was that?" Blaze asked.

"…Romeo and Juliet…" Cam spoke a little louder.

"Speak up, Cam! We can't hear you!" Amy announced rather loudly.

"I'm skating to Romeo and Juliet…" Cam blushed.

There was a group of collective 'AWWWWW's from the group of girls.

"Hey, look! Here we are!" Cam pointed to the large skating shop/boutique about 20 feet in front of the group, trying to change the subject.

The group entered the shop, and while the others looked around Cam went up to the main counter. Behind it sat a female polar bear.

"Hi, Flurry. Could you get Blizzard to sharpen my blades while I look around with some friends?" Cam asked.

Flurry let out a squeal and pulled Cam into a bear hug from over the counter.

"Of course I can! What's more important is that you have FRIENDS! Oh, Cam! I'm so happy for you!" Flurry squealed while hugging the life out of Cam.

"Flurry… can't… Breathe!" Cam choked out.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Flurry said while releasing Cam from her death grip.

Cam sweatdropped while getting out her skates.

"No problem, Flurry." She said as she handed the skates over.

"These'll be good as new by the time you're done. Go on, now. Have fun with your friends!" Flurry shooed Cam off.

When Cam got back, the rest of the girls were waiting for her while the guys were amusing themselves by looking at the hockey gear.

As soon as she had made her way within an arms length of the group of girls, she was dragged into the epic amounts of dresses hanging on racks and caught up in a storm of chatter.

Over with the boys…

"You could not pay me enough to be that girl right now." Jet sweatdropped.

The other males looked up and nodded in agreement.

Back with the girls…

Cam just stood there in a daze while being pulled over to random places having dresses held up to her to be approved. Once a huge pile had been made, she was shoved into the dressing rooms with it to try them all on. (A/N: I'm being lazy, use your imaginations!)

After much debate, the dress for the short program was chosen. It was a fiery red dress with a LOW v-neck covered up by fabric that matched Cam's fur. Around the neckline and up the brown fabric was a series of randomly placed sequins that caught the light and made the dress sparkle. The dress hugged her waist and then fanned out into a mid-thigh length skirt. A bit of bright yellow stuck out at the bottom, accompanying more sequins. The underside of the skirt was the same bright yellow that stuck out from the bottom of the red layer. Her sleeves were made of red sheer material that went all the way down her arm and tapered off to a loop around her middle finger, and the whole thing was covered in GLITTER. Lots of glitter.

Cam then got dragged off to the makeup station, where she was refused the right to look at a mirror until her hair and makeup were completely done. Just as they finished, Cam's cell phone rang, emitting the screeching violin ringtone often used in horror movies.

"Hello, coach." Cam said, answering her phone.

"Cameron, I've decided to tell you the song you're doing for your short program so that you can prepare your artistry accordingly. The song is…"

A resonating "WHAT?!" Could be heard throughout the store, much similar to her reaction when Shadow told her it was an hour later than she thought it was. At this, the guys came back to see what all the commotion was about, most of them suddenly freezing in place and staring at Cam. Not that she noticed.

"How can you keep that from me?" She argued.

"You'll thank me in due time. Speaking of things you'll thank me for, I have another thing to tell you. At the request of your sponsors, I've invited the rest of the school here on a mandatory field trip to come and watch you perform. The performance will also be videoed for use in science class as a physics project. Have fun! I'll see you in a few hours!" And with that, Mrs. White hung up, knowing the likely response anyway.

Cam simply walked over to a pillow, grabbed it, and screamed as loud as she could into it (without getting any makeup on it) and walked back as if nothing had happened.

"So… what's up?" Blaze asked.

Cam sighed and began explaining. "Well, first coach decided to tell me the song I was doing the short program to. It's BOLERO!"

"I don't get it. What's the big deal? It's just a song." Sonic shrugged.

"Just a song? No, no, no. Bolero was made a legendary song by the pair skaters Torvill and Dean. They got straight sixes on they're artistry! A perfect score! They did it for the first time in Olympic history! It has NEVER been matched! That is their song. It's untouchable!" Cam ranted.

"And that isn't the worst part, believe it or not." She continued. "Apparently my sponsors wanted to see how I'd fare under pressure from a crowd when I'm not too confident. So, being the evil mastermind she is, Coach has declared a MANDATORY field trip for the entire school to come watch me perform TONIGHT. AND I'll be videotaped for physics class. My life is now officially over." Cam concluded, hanging her head back over the top of her chair.

"Well, if it will make you feel any better…" Amy started, "you now have permission to look in a mirror."

Cam looked up again at this, finally noticing the boys staring at her. Feeling awkward in such a short skirt and under the stares, she turned her head and caught a glimpse at herself in the mirror, freezing and looking more closely. She was stunned.

"I… I look… wow… I had no idea…" Was all she could get out.

Her makeup was fairly simple, in the sense of makeup. She had on eyeliner, mascara, and red eyeshadow that matched her dress. She also had lip gloss on, with little rhinestones on the corners of her eyes. Her hair was pushed out of her face and pulled up into a bun, with a red rose stuck into the side of it.

As Cam stared at herself in the mirror, Flurry and her husband Blizzard the Polar Bear, a much taller, well built creature, came back to give Cam her skates. Flurry squealed and ran up to Cam, hugging the living daylights out of her again.

"Cam! You look AMAZING! Just imagine if you dressed like this every day! You wouldn't be picked on as much, I'm sure!" Flurry concluded the statement by putting Cam down and letting her breathe.

"Actually, I think I'd be subject to even worse names than they call me now. Oh, wait. That'll happen later today. Never mind…" Cam responded.

Blizzard then walked over to her and gave her a strong pat on the back.

"I remember when you were just 5 years old and came in here, getting your first pair of skates to start your lessons. You're growing up, kiddo."

"Thanks, Blizzard." Cam said.

"Well, what are you waiting for?! Go try on some more for your long program!" Flurry insisted, shooing Cam and the rest of the girls off.

It took a little less time to decide on the next dress, it was the third one Cam tried on. The same process ensued, including being dragged off to do hair and makeup. The whole process took about 40 minutes.

Cam ended up in a lilac dress that looked like one Juliet would have worn. The main part was lilac, with a darker purple area starting right underneath the fitted chest and going down to the start of the skirt, which was outlined in a thin strip of the same dark purple. Criss-crossed across the dark purple stripe was a gold ribbon, giving it the look of a noble. The sleeves were short and made of the lilac material, with gold embroidery on the top and bottom of both the sleeves and across the bottom of the mid-thigh length skirt. Unlike the last dress, the area under the skirt was the same color as the top of the skirt, minus the fancy embroidery. The back of the dress arched down in a 'V' shape, being once again filled in with the fur-colored fabric and outlined in a design with gold embroidery.

Her makeup was the same, only the eyeshadow was replaced with a dark purple color and there was no longer any rhinestones in the corners of her eyes, but instead gold glitter. Her hair was once again pulled back, only now the bun was encased in gold netting. The outfit was once again approved, despite Cam's discomfort with being in such a short skirt, and she went back to the changing room and put her normal practice attire back on, even wiping off the makeup. They brought the newfound items up to the checkout counter and Cam paid, retrieving a bag of the items, her skates, and another large hug. The group then set off for the skating rink.