Teammates Forever Chapter 11: The Results Are In, a sonic the hedgehog fanfic

Chapter 11

The Results Are In

Monday came as the two hoopers have woken up from their alarm clocks at 5 o'clock AM. As usual, the two got up from their beds, went to the bathroom to brush their teeth, and went back to their room and into their closet to pick out an outfit to wear for the day. Sonic picked out a three-quarter (3/4) red and black baseball-like shirt with red and white lining title "Stereo Type" with the power button symbol next to the 'e', regular blue jeans, and his lightspeed red and white strap shoe; as previously stated, he normally doesn't wear those unless he want's to. Amy picked out a white fitted T-Shirt, black Nike track pants, and all-black Nike Air Max.

The two later ate cereal as their breakfast, finished and later put their bowls in the sink, and since their parents are asleep, they didn't wanna disturbed their slumber to say bye, so they walked out of the house and on to their bus stop.

The two, as usual, arrive to their bus stop and greeted each other with a kiss. The two are happy that they're boyfriend and girlfriend, as basketball players. Kinda like love and basketball mixed together for the two since they play basketball and are in love. Besides that, after Amy got home after Sonic drove her to her house, she told both her aunt Mari-An and her uncle Robert that she has a boyfriend (which is Sonic). Mari-An could only smile and be happy for her niece, for Robert however, he's looking forward to meet him and have a man-to-man conversation about Sonic dating his niece. But, they are looking forward to meet Sonic sometime soon; heck probably tomorrow for Sonic and Amy's first Varsity basketball game.

Ten minutes later, their bus (number 774) came and their bus driver opened the doors to let them in. The two walked in the bus and sat in the back; but not at their usual seats, which means Sonic is sitting next to Amy to her left at her seat. Hey they're a couple now, so why not. After they sat next to each other, their bus driver drove to the next destination of picking up Cream and Tails.

Ten minutes have passed as Cream and Tails were picked up. Tails is wearing a brown long-sleeve T-Shirt, regular khaki pants, and tan color Timberland boots and Cream wearing a purple Nike short-sleeved shirt with pink lining titled "Just Do It", black fitted jeans, and black and purple Anfernee 'Penny' Hardaway's Nike Foamposite signature sneakers. Cream and Tails got in the bus and sat at their usual seats, but to their surprise, they see Sonic sitting next to Amy. What's weird to them is are they now a couple.

Tails spoke, "Hey Sonic, this maybe a stupid question. . . Are you and Amy boyfriend and girlfriend?" Before Sonic will answer Tails' question, Sonic and Amy didn't tell their best friends of them now being a couple. So from what Tails said, he and Cream didn't know did they hook up.

Sonic answered, "Yeah. We are."

Well that answers their question. Tails has nothing to say to dis on them of being a basketball-couple.

Cream spoke, "Hmm, y'all two are a perfect couple."

Amy raised her eyebrow from her best friend's statement. "Really?" she said.

"Yeah." said Cream, "Both of you are light skin and play basketball."

Sonic smirked from Cream's statement. "Yeah you're right. True that."

'True that' is right from Sonic, as previously stated from Cream, he and Amy are hoopers and they are light skin. Thirty minutes have passed as students from various bus stops were picked up and are now dropped off at their school. As usual, after the two got off the bus, they went to the cafeteria and got in line to eat breakfast again so they won't be hungry before lunch starts. Twenty minutes have passed and the gang have eaten their breakfast they picked out from the breakfast/lunch line and are at their table either listening to their music or having a friendly chit-chat to one another.

[*School Bell Rings*]

The school bell rang as all the students/student-athletes (including Sonic, Amy, Tails, and Cream) are going to their assigned classes.

-After School-

Last school bell rang as the students are either exiting the building to go home or staying after school for some project or late assignment. While student-athletes and students in school-clubs are staying after school of the activity they signed up for. As for Sonic and Amy's gang, they are staying after school for their basketball practice, of course.

As usual, the girls will practice first while the boys will chill and wait for their practice to start.

-Girls' Practice Session-

The girls went to their locker room and put on their practice uniforms. Next they jogged to the gym and did their usual routines (jog ten times around the court and go to the center-circle to stretch). After they were done stretching, they lined up by forming three lines (one line to the left, to the middle, and to the right) of doing 3-man-wing. Five minutes have passed and they're doing 3-on-2-fastbreak drill. Five more minutes have passed as Coach Vanilla blew her whistle telling her players to go to the sidelines. The girls did as told as Coach Vanilla starts to address her players.

"Now what we're gonna do right now is how we are gonna come out to the court as a team. Amy, since you're new to the team, make sure you pay attention." Amy nod, as Coach Vanilla continues, "Y'all are gonna start off by coming out of those double-doors with two balls, running on the sideline. After y'all come out as a group, the first player will continue to go from still running on the sideline, to the baseline, back at the sideline on the other side of the court, and to the half-court line and stop at center-circle. The player behind her, will follow where she's going, but you'll go to the half-court line and stop at center-circle. Then the rest of ya do the same as I said. After all of ya come center-court, y'all gonna jog to the backboard and do the rebound-tip drill by slightly throw the ball off the backboard so that the person behind you, will do the same thing. Next, do lay-up line and shooting drills. Everybody get?"

"YES MA'AM," the girls said, including Amy. They way how she instructed her players how to introduce themselves of coming out to the court as a team sounds hard, but it isn't to the players. It's actually easy... if they get it right.

Coach Vanilla nod and later tells her players to head to the double-doors on the left. The girls all lined up as Julie-Su is up front, then Wave, and the rest of them. They all jogged to the court on the sideline and did as instructed of how Coach Vanilla told them perfectly (except doing lay-up line and shooting drill). After they were finished of how to introduce themselves as a team, Coach Vanilla blew her whistle and tells her players to do some drills of their abilities: guards on one end doing shooting drills, playing off-ball denial, and using chairs of how to come off of a screen and big women (in basketball term) doing rebound-tip drills, finishing close to the basket, and working on their post moves.

After their respective drills they did, Coach Vanilla later blew her whistle and tells her players, "Okay what we're gonna do now is scrimmage so you girls can get y'all run in ya selves. So the first five will be: Julie-Su, Wave, Barby, Lien-Da, and Bunnie. Second five will be: Amy, Honey, Nic, Hershey, and Sally."

Now to know Honey, Nic, Hershey, and Sally...

Sally Gwenelda is a 5'7", 153 pound sophomore Point Guard who shoots with her right hand. Unlike Julie-Su, she's a Pass-First Pure Point Guard who is always setting up her teammates and looking for the open man, but can score when called upon. Her best ability is keeping her teammates involve of keeping their emotions (including hers) in check, being the leader on the floor, and knowing what play to run of how the defense is playing. On defense, she'll pick off a pass and help out by rotating on the weak side. For a Point Guard like Sally, that's not bad at all because point guards in basketball suppose to have that kind of talent and skill set. For her athleticism, she's an average leaper with average speed, but that's alright. Her physical appearance has light brown skin with a C-cup breast size, auburn-colored hair that stops below her neck, and blue eyes. (A/N: That character is Sally Acorn.)

Hershey Inez is a 5'7", 145 pound sophomore Combo Guard at both Shooting Guard and Point Guard, who shoots with her left hand. A Combo Guard like her, that can handle the ball who can play any role by scoring or passing. On defense is where she sometimes struggles in; she can guard her defender due to her having quick reflexes and quick feet, but her struggle most of the time is thinking too much of whether to sag off your defender if you didn't need to or trying to do a playground-pickpocket steal when you actually didn't need to. For her athleticism, she's an athletic leaper with average speed. Her physical appearance has dark Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size as an Latin-American, black hair that stops below her neck, and green eyes. (A/N: That character is Hershey St. John the Cat.)

Nicolette "Nic" Hunter is a 5'11", 170 pound junior Forward who shoots with her right hand. She's a Hybrid Forward that can play either Small Forward or Power Forward. On offense, she'll score if she wants too on the perimeter (which is not a bad idea); she can handle the ball but isn't a shifty ball-handler, just a normal ball-handler. On defense is where she takes pride in: staying in front of her defender, rotating when need to, and getting a steal by intercepting or her specialty, pickpocketing out of their hand. For her athleticism, she has average leaping ability but can run the floor like a guard. Her physical appearance has pale Caucasian skin with a D-cup breast size, purple-colored hair that stops four inches below her shoulders, and blue eyes. She also has a twin brother who plays basketball and goes to Knothole High School, which will be stated later sometime soon. (A/N: That character is Nicolette "Nic" the Weasel.)

Honey Amberlyn is a 6'1", 182 pound senior big/tall girl who can play both Power Forward and Center who shoots with her left hand. She's not a big-time scorer, but she'll score from close range and inside the paint. What she's known for is her rebounding effort, setting screens, defensive awareness of taking charges or blocking shots, and making hustle plays. Truly meaning, she's a blue-collar type of player. For her athleticism, she's a huge leaper and can run the floor. Her physical appearance has light Caucasian skin with a C-cup breast size, black medium length hair, and blue colored eyes. (A/N: That character is Honey the Cat.)

The first and second five (that were picked) jogged onto the court. Coach Vanilla will be the referee and Coach Rosemary will manage the clock. Coach Vanilla walked to center-court between Honey and Bunnie (who are jumping for first possession), tossed the ball up, Bunnie and Honey both jumped, Honey won the tip as the ball went to Sally, and their scrimmage begins.

Sim to end of scrimmage...

The first and second five that were on the court, played good. Each of the two practice teams were playing 2-3 zone to start off in, there were some open spots of the 2-3 zone, but in general they executed well. The plays they ran weren't called that much, basically they did pick 'n roll/pop, one-on-one match-ups, and post-up game from their bigs or from the forwards and some from the guards. What about Amy you may ask, Amy played good. Her five were playing 2-3 zone with her being up top next to Sally to her right. On offense, she was letting her game come to her as she made some shots that she know she can make without forcing a bad shot. Her decision-making (which is passing) was okay, she didn't get a lot of assists from her teammates, but in general she pass the ball to the open man (or girl) for the easy shot. So really, she didn't try to do much.

Coach Vanilla later told her players to go get water for their break. The girls went to the nearest water fountain they can find and take a quick sip before heading back to the gym to continue practice.

All of the girls came back in the gym as they are gonna scrimmage again, but with a different line-up. First five is now: Julie-Su, Amy, Nic, Honey, and Bunnie, second five is: Sally, Wave, Barby, Hershey, and Lien-Da. The two other players who are at the sideline, haven't got in to practice yet. And those players are: Hope Kintobor and Ciara Jackson.

Now to know Hope and Ciara...

Hope Kintobor is a 5'10", 166 pound sophomore Swingman/Wing player at both Shooting Guard and Small Forward who shoots with her left hand. She's the type of player who can play any role on offense by scoring or passing. On defense, she's an average defender - she can pick off a pass by intercepting it, but her struggle most of the time is staying in front of her defender. For her athleticism, she has average speed and leaping ability is 18 inches (which isn't bad) because she's not a gifted athlete. Her physical appearance has light Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, blond hair that stops at her shoulders, and blue eyes.

Ciara Jackson is a 6'1", 174 pound senior big/tall girl who can play Power Forward and Center who shoots with her right hand. Just like Honey, she's not a big-time scorer, but she'll score from close range and inside the paint. What she's known for is her rebounding effort, setting screens, defensive awareness of taking charges or blocking shots, and making hustle plays. Truly meaning, she's a blue-collar type of player. Her physical appearance has dark Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, brown colored eyes, and auburn medium length hair. And just like Hope, she's not a HUGE leaper due her not having gifted athleticism but can run the floor.

With the new five switching sides, Amy got the ball and will shoot from three-point range for first possession. She pulls up, . . . and missed as Sally's team will get first possession. Each of the ten players (five each on two teams) called out who they're guarding by position, and the second scrimmage begins.

Sim to end of scrimmage...

The first and second five that were on the court, played good. Each of the two practice teams were playing man-to-man to start off in, there were some open spots of the man-to-man defense, but in general they executed well. The plays they ran weren't called that much, basically they did pick 'n roll/pop, one-on-one match-ups, and post-up game from their bigs or from the forwards and some from the guards. What about Amy you may ask, Just like from the previous scrimmage, Amy played good. On offense, she was letting her game come to her as she made some shots that she know she can make without forcing a bad shot. Her decision making (which is passing) was okay, she didn't get a lot of assists from her teammates, but in general she pass the ball to the open man (or girl) for the easy shot. So really, she didn't try to do much.

Coach Vanilla called all of her players to come center-court as they are gonna conclude their practice. "Good job for today's practice ladies. Now tomorrow is gonna be a walk-through for Wednesday's game. I aspect everyone of you to behave when y'all come to school tomorrow and be focused in practice. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes ma'am," said the girls, including Amy.

Coach Vanilla and the girls all put their hands up and broke out of their huddle, as the girls went to their locker room to gather their stuff and go home.

-Boys' Practice Session-

After the girls finished their practice, the boys went to their locker room and put on their practice uniforms. Next they jogged to the gym and did their usual routine (jog ten times around the court and go to the center-circle to stretch). After they were done stretching, they lined up by forming three lines (one line to the left, to the middle, and to the right) of doing 3-man-wing. Five minutes have passed and they're doing 3-on-2-fastbreak drill. Five more minutes have passed as Coach Chuck blew his whistle telling his players to go to the sidelines. The guys did as told as Coach Chuck starts to address his players.

"Now what we're gonna do right now is how we are gonna come out to the court as a team. Sonic, since you're new to the team, make sure you pay attention." Sonic nod, as Coach Chuck continues, "Y'all are gonna start off by coming out of those double-doors with two balls. Next, all of ya gonna come to the half-court line and jog from baseline to half-court five times. Third, is lay-line. And finally, y'all shoot free-throws and practice shots. Y'all get it?"

"YES SIR," the guys said, including Sonic. Now just like how Coach Vanilla instructed her players of how to come out as a team, the way how he instructed his players of how to introduce themselves of coming out to the court as a team sounds easy... if they get it right.

Coach Chuck nod and later tells his players to head to the double-doors on the left. The guys all lined up as Jet is up front, then Ash, and the rest of them. They all jogged to the court on the sideline and did as instructed of how Coach Chuck told them perfectly. After they were finished of how to introduce themselves as a team, Coach Chuck blew his whistle and tells his players to do some drills of their abilities: guards on one end doing shooting drills, playing off-ball denial, and using chairs of how to come off of a screen and big men doing rebound-tip drills, finishing close to the basket, and working on their post moves.

After their respective drills they did, Coach Chuck later blew his whistle and tells his players, "Okay what we're gonna do now is scrimmage to get some wind in yourselves. So the first five will be: Brandon, Jet, Luke, Ash, and Storm. Second five will be: Sonic, Knuckles, Mighty, Shadow, and Silver."

Now to know Knuckles, Mighty, Shadow, and Silver...

Shadow Ronnell is a 6'3", 178 pound junior Combo Guard at both Shooting Guard and Point Guard (which is a pretty good size for a Combo Guard) who shoots with his right hand. Just like Julie-Su, he's a scoring guard who will either pass or attack the basket first. An athletic basketball player who is fundamentally sounded with the speed and quickness and leaping ability, an excellent ball-handler that can create his own shot or set up his teammates, a ball-hawker on the defensive end on the ball or off the ball, and can move without the ball. Shadow enrolled to Knothole High during the summertime when he came from Eastern Central High School after his sophomore year. Plus, he was a Varsity player at his former high school and was good enough to be on Chuck's Varsity roster. But aside all that, his physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, spikey hair colored black along with red streaks, and red colored eyes. (A/N: That character is Shadow the Hedgehog.)

Silver Hedgebrook is a 6'3", 200 pound sophomore Swingman at Shooting Guard and Small Forward, who shoots with his left hand. A Swingman like him, that can handle the ball who can play any role by scoring or passing. On defense is where he takes pride in; he can guard his defender on and off the ball and is a ball hawk on the defensive end. His physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, twisty hair color light grey (almost white), and yellow eyes. (A/N: That character is Silver the Hedgehog.)

Brian "Mighty" Donovan is a 6'2", 207 pound senior Forward who shoots with his right hand. Just like Nic, Mighty is a Hybrid Forward that can play either Small Forward or Power Forward, but has upper body and lower body strength in him. On offense, he'll score if he wants too on the perimeter (which is not a bad idea); he can handle the ball but isn't a shifty ball-handler, just a normal ball-handler. On defense is where he takes pride in: staying in front of his defender, rotating when need to, and getting a steal by intercepting or pickpocketing out of their hand. His physical appearance has dark Caucasian skin, red buzz cut hair, and blue eyes. And the reason his teammates and coaches - including people from school - calls him "Mighty", is because he has God-given strength to lift heavy, heavy, HEAVY objects. (A/N: That character is Mighty the Armadillo.)

Averey "Knuckles" Heahweard is a 6'4", 220 pound sophomore big man at Power Forward and Center who shoots with his left hand. Just like Honey, Knuckles is not a big-time scorer, but he'll score from close range and inside the paint. What he's known for is his rebounding effort, setting screens, defensive awareness of taking charges or blocking shots, and making hustle plays. Truly meaning, he's a blue-collar type of player along with massive upper body and lower body strength. His physical appearance has light brown skin, red colored dreadlocks hanging down to his shoulders, and purple colored eyes. And the reason his coaches, including his teammates in both football (the sport he likes) and basketball, calls him "Knuckles", is because he has God-given strength to punch anything; and the last name "Heahweard" is the same as Coach Locke - meaning they are father and son.

The first and second five (that were picked) jogged onto the court. Coach Chuck will be the referee and Coach Locke will manage the clock. Coach Chuck walked to center-court between Storm and Knuckles (who are jumping for first possession), tossed the ball up, Storm and Knuckles both jumped, Knuckles won the tip as the ball went to Sonic, and their scrimmage begins.

Sim to end of scrimmage...

The first and second five that were on the court, played good. Each of the two practice teams were playing 2-3 zone to start off in, there were some open spots of the 2-3 zone, but in general they executed well. The plays they ran weren't called that much, basically they did pick 'n roll/pop, one-on-one match-ups, and post-up game from their bigs or from the forwards and some from the guards. What about Sonic you may ask, Sonic played good. His five were playing 2-3 zone with him being up top next to Shadow to his left. On offense, he was letting his game come to him, as well as for a Point Guard getting his teammates involve, as he made some shots that he know he can make without forcing a bad shot. His decision making (which is passing) was okay, he didn't get a lot of assists from him teammates, but in general he pass the ball to the open man for the easy shot. So really, he didn't try to do much.

Coach Chuck later told his players to go get water for their break. The guys went to the nearest water fountain they can find and take a quick sip before heading back to the gym to continue practice.

The boys came back in the gym as they are gonna scrimmage again, but with a different line-up. First five is now: Jet, Sonic, Mighty, Knuckles, and Storm, second five is: Shadow, Silver, Brandon, Ash, and Luke. The three other players who are at the sideline, haven't got in to practice yet. And those players are: Derrick Shepherd, Antoine D' Coolette, and Cyrus Corlett.

Now to know Derrick, Antoine, and Cyrus...

As previously stated, Antoine D'Coolette is a 6'3", 194 pound junior Forward who shoots with his right hand. Just like Nic, he's a Hybrid Forward that can play either Small Forward or Power Forward. On offense, he'll score if he wants too on the perimeter (which is not a bad idea); he can handle the ball but isn't a shifty ball-handler, just a normal ball-handler. On defense is where he takes pride in: staying in front of his defender, rotating when need to, and getting a steal by intercepting or pickpocketing out of their hand. His physical appearance has light brown skin, yellow blond hair that stops at the neck level, and blue eyes.

Derrick Shepherd is a 5'10", 180 pound senior Combo Guard at both Shooting Guard and Point Guard who shoots with his left hand. Just like Hope, a Combo Guard like him can play any role on offense by scoring or passing. On defense, he's an average defender. He can pick off a pass by intercepting it, but his struggle most of the time is staying in front of his defender. For his athleticism, he has average speed and his leaping ability is 20 inches (which isn't bad). His physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, dark brown hair, and brown colored eyes.

Cyrus Corlett is a 6'3", 195 pound senior big man who can play Power Forward and Center who shoots with his right hand. Just like Knuckles, he's not a big-time scorer, but he'll score from close range and inside the paint, but has upper body strength. What he's known for is his rebounding effort, setting screens, defensive awareness of taking charges or blocking shots, and making hustle plays. Truly meaning, he's a blue-collar type of player. His physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, burnt orange buzz cut hair, and brown colored eyes.

With the new five switching sides, Sonic got the ball and will shoot from three-point range for first possession. He pulls up, . . . and missed as Shadow's team will get first possession. Each of the ten players (five each on two teams) called out who they're guarding by position, and the second scrimmage begins.

Sim to end of scrimmage...

The first and second five that were on the court, played good. Each of the two practice teams were playing man-to-man to start off in, there were some open spots of the man-to-man defense, but in general they executed well. The plays they ran weren't called that much, basically they did pick 'n roll/pop, one-on-one match-ups, and post-up game from their bigs or from the forwards and some from the guards. What about Sonic you may ask, Just like from the previous scrimmage, Sonic played good. Just like from the previous scrimmage, on offense, he was letting his game come to him as he made some shots that he know she can make without forcing a bad shot. His decision making (which is passing) was okay, he didn't get a lot of assists from his teammates, but in general he pass the ball to the open man for the easy shot. So again, he really didn't try to do much.

Coach Chuck called all of his players to come center-court as they are gonna conclude their practice. "Good job for today's practice fellas. Now tomorrow is gonna be a walk-through for Wednesday's game. I aspect everyone of you to behave when y'all come to school tomorrow and be focused in practice. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir," said the guys, including Sonic.

Coach Chuck and the boys all put their hands up and broke out of their huddle, and later went to their locker room to gather their stuff and go home.

-Next Day: Tuesday-

Tuesday came as Sonic, Amy and their friends all came to school. As usual, they went to the cafeteria and ate the breakfast they picked out from the breakfast/lunch line. The school bell later rang as Sonic and the gang, including other students/student-athletes, all went to their assigned class as school is now starting.

Sim to after school...

The last school bell rang as school is now over and the after-school programs have now started. Which leaves Sonic, Amy and their best friends having basketball practice, this time with having a walk-through for tomorrow's first regular-season game.

As usual, the girls will practice first, as the boys will wait.

-Girls' Practice Session-

As usual, the girls went to their locker room and got themselves suited up for practice. They walked into the gym and did their usual routines (jog ten times around the court and go to the center-circle to stretch). After they were done stretching, they lined up by forming three lines (one line to the left, to the middle, and to the right) of doing 3-man-wing. Five minutes have passed and they're doing 3-on-2-fastbreak drill. Five more minutes have passed as Coach Vanilla blew her whistle telling her players to go to the sidelines. The girls did as told as Coach Vanilla starts to address her players.

"Now like I said from yesterday, we're gonna be having a walk-through for tomorrow's game. Also before we conclude our practice, I will name the starting lineups for tomorrow's game, in which the lineup I'll name soon, will probably stay that way for the whole season. Understood?"

"Yes ma'am," said the girls, including Amy.

"Okay." Said Coach Vanilla, "Y'all can do your drills now. Guards on one end, bigs on the other."

The girls each went to the assigned areas on half-court based on their abilities. As usual for each of them, guards on one end doing shooting drills, playing off-ball denial, and using chairs of how to come off of a screen and big women doing rebound-tip drills, finishing close to the basket, and working on their post moves.

After their drills, Coach Vanilla blew her whistle and told her players they're now gonna go over their plays. Twenty minutes have passed as the girls have went over every play Coach Vanilla called.

Coach Vanilla blew her whistle and told her players to come center-court. They girls did as told, including Amy, as Coach Vanilla spoke to her players.

"Okay ladies, we had a good walk-through for today's practice. Y'all came to practice ready and focused and we executed our plays well. Now like I said before we started practice, I will name the starting lineups for tomorrow's game. The starting lineup I will called up, will be like that throughout the whole season. Unless I made some changes or something else. But anyway, ... the starting lineups are...

"At Point Guard, Julie-Su."

'As always,' Julie said in her head. She, as a freshman last year, was a starter a Shooting Guard. Now she's playing Point Guard.

"At Small Forward, Barby."

'Huh, okay,' Barby said in her head. She, for two years of playing Varsity basketball off the bench (now three years), is now a starter at Small Forward.

"At Center, Bunnie."

'None taken as always,' Bunnie said in her head. As a (now) four-year starter playing Varsity basketball for Coach Vanilla, it's nothing new to her.

"At Power Forward, Lien-Da."

Lien-Da smirked and shrugged her right shoulder. Which shows it's nothing new to her since she was a starter last year, as a sophomore.

"And at Shooting Guard, ... Amy."

'Wow, I'm a starter,' Amy said in her head.

Huh, going from starting out as a Junior Varsity player, then being on the Varsity roster, to now becoming a starter? That is some cheese. (A/N: Sorry Chris Smoove.) As well as saying "hard work, pays off".

"Now," Coach Vanilla said and continues, "for the ones I've picked out as being a starter, I did that because you five are the exact players I need on the floor, to start and finish for the game. Don't be too cocky of being a starter just because I picked you five out; not only you five have earned the starting spot, you have to show me - night in and night out - of why you five were chosen as starters. Because, besides of being injured since that's part of the game I get that, if one of you five, or SOME I should say, slack off in practice, in game day, and off the court from during school or whatever, . . . your ass will be out of the starting lineup and seven of these players right here, . . . may take you spot. For the starters, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes ma'am," said the starting five, including Amy.

"For the reserves," said Coach Vanilla, "do I make myself clear?"

"Yes ma'am," said the reserves.

With that said, the starting five including Amy have to show Coach Vanilla of why she picked them as starters for her basketball team.

Coach Vanilla smirked and nod. "Okay," she said, "bring it in."

The girls, including Coach Vanilla, all put their hand up as Coach Vanilla sounded off, "One, two, three ..."

"LADY WARRIORS." Said the rest of the girls as they are now heading back to their locker room to get change and later go home.

-Boys' Practice Session-

As usual, the boys went to their locker room and got themselves suited up for practice. They walked into the gym and did their usual routines (jog ten times around the court and go to the center-circle to stretch). After they were done stretching, they lined up by forming three lines (one line to the left, to the middle, and to the right) of doing 3-man-wing. Five minutes have passed and they're doing 3-on-2-fastbreak drill. Five more minutes have passed as Coach Chuck blew his whistle telling his players to go to the sidelines. The guys did as told as Coach Chuck starts to address his players.

"Yes sir," said the girls, including Sonic.

"Okay." Said Coach Chuck, "Y'all can do your drills now. Guards on one end, bigs on the other."

The guys each went to the assigned areas on half-court based on their abilities. As usual for each of them, guards on one end doing shooting drills, playing off-ball denial, and using chairs of how to come off of a screen and big women doing rebound-tip drills, finishing close to the basket, and working on their post moves.

After their drills, Coach Chuck blew his whistle and told his players they're now gonna go over their plays. Twenty minutes have passed as the guys have went over every play Coach Chuck called.

Coach Chuck blew his whistle and told the guys to come center-court. They guys did as told, including Sonic, as Coach Chuck spoke to his players.

"Okay fellas, we had a good walk-through for today's practice. Y'all came to practice ready, focused and we executed our plays well. Now like I said before we started practice, I will name the starting lineups for tomorrow's game. The starting lineup I'll called up, will be like that throughout the whole season. Unless I made some changes or something else. But anyway, ... the starting lineups are...

"At Shooting Guard, Jet."

'As always,' Jet said in his head. He, as a sophomore last year, was a starter at the same position he plays.

"At Small Forward, Luke."

Luke smirked and shrugged his left shoulder. He, for two years of playing Varsity basketball off the bench (now three years), is now a starter at Small Forward.

"At Center, Storm."

'Heh,' Storm said in her head. As a (now) three-year starter playing Varsity basketball for Coach Chuck, it's nothing new to him.

"At Power Forward, Ash."

Ash smirked and shrugged her right shoulder. Which shows it's nothing new to him since he was a starter last year, as a sophomore.

"And at Point Guard, ... Sonic."

'Wow, I'm a starter,' Sonic said in her head.

Huh, just like Amy, going from starting out as a Junior Varsity player, then being on the Varsity roster, to now becoming a starter? That is some cheese as well. (A/N: Again sorry Chris Smoove.) As well as saying "hard work, pays off".

"Now," Coach Chuck said and continues, "for the ones I've picked out as being a starter, I did that because you five are the exact players I need on the floor, to start and finish off for the game. Don't be too cocky of being a starter just because I picked you five out; not only you five have earned the starting spot, you have to show me - night in and night out - of why you five were chosen as starters. Because, besides of being injured since that's part of the game I get that, if one of you five, or SOME I should say, slack off in practice, in game day, and off the court from during school or whatever, . . . your ass will be out of the starting lineup and seven of these players right here, . . . may take you spot. For the starters, do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir," said the starting five, including Sonic.

"For the reserves," said Coach Chuck, "do I make myself clear?"

"Yes sir," said the reserves.

Just like what Coach Vanilla address to her players, with that said from Coach Chuck, the starting five including Sonic have to show Coach Chuck of why he picked them as starters for his basketball team.

Coach Chuck smirked and nod. "Okay," he said, "bring it in."

The guys, including Coach Chuck, all put their hand up as Coach Chuck sounded off, "One, two, three ..."

"WARRIORS." Said the rest of the guys as they are now heading back to their locker room to get change and later go home.

So it's official. Sonic and Amy, as freshmen, are starters for their basketball team. Let's see how they'll play in their first Varsity game tomorrow.

End of Chapter 11

Well, another long chapter in the books for this fanfic.

My god, Sonic and Amy are starters . . . as freshmen. Normally you'll see that in College Basketball. High School Ball that sometimes happens.

Their first game will be coming soon. So bare with me okay.

Now for the names with meanings with Sally Gwenelda (Sally Acorn), Hershey Inez (Hershey the Cat), and Honey Amberlyn (Honey the Cat).

For Sally Gwenelda (Sally Acorn), In both English and American, the names Sally and Gwenelda means- princess; because Sally Acorn is the princess of the Acorn Castle. Plain and simple.

For Hershey Inez (Hershey the Cat), In Spanish, the name Inez means- meek; because of her personality and in the comics, she was an easy target for Drago's (the Wolf) manipulation and eventual abuse. In other words, a bully's target.

And for Honey Amberlyn (Honey the Cat). In English, the name Amberlyn means- A jewel-quality fossilized resin; as a color the name refers to a warm honey shade; for her fur colored honey gold. But as cliché as I will explained, there's not really any information about Honey the Cat because she hasn't made an appearance in the Sonic-Archie Comics ...yet (only an cameo appearance). She only been mentioned as a playable character on Sonic the Fighters, the video game. So in other words, I just used her name Honey as her first name and added Amberlyn in it (as it was explained earlier) as her last name, just to match her yellow furred color.

Until then, this is SelfMadeHooper (as always) saying, see y'all on the next up-coming chapter.

PS: R.I.P. to Slim Dunkin. One of my favorite rappers.