Hey guys. I pretty much had the worst evening ever on the 3rd of February; I ended up in a car crash. I ran into a broken down car on the side of the road, and totaled my car. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries, and even though my left hand is sore, it could have been worse.
I was going to have a different song for this chapter, but after Monty Oum passed away, and also after watching some tribute videos about him, I decided on a different song. I think that Monty would want us to use our creativity, and not mope so much. We will miss him, but that's no reason to stop being creative.
I don't own RWBY or Sonic.
Beacon Academy, Team RWBY's dorm, 6:30 (the next day)
There was a sense of excitement in the air as the hour of the party planned by the Mobians drew near. Most couldn't wait for it, but there were one or two teams who decided against going, and instead decided to spread rumors about them being experiments sent by the White Fang to destroy them all. Luckily, no one listened to Team CRDL since Cardin's "Hot Pants" incident.
Teams RWBY and JNPR helped out with preparations, and were now getting ready to join the fun.
"Man, this party is gonna be awesome!" said Yang, pumping her fists.
"I just hope that Blake will be there. It just wouldn't be the same without her," said Ruby, combing her hair.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much," responded Weiss. "Blake may be a stubborn one, but I'm confident that your little plan to convince her the error of her ways was successful."
"If that's the case, where is she?" the scythe wielder wondered. Blake had woken up late that morning, and instead of helping to prepare for the party, she went out to satisfy her ravenous hunger.
There was a knock on the door, then it opened, revealing the Faunus, looking well-rested. Zwei ran up to her, wagging his small tail. She petted the dog before facing her teammates.
"Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late, I just needed to pick up a new can opener." Blake put a hand behind her head, looking a bit embarrassed. "I… kinda broke the one we had when I used it this afternoon."
"What'd you use it on?" Weiss asked. "Twenty cans of tuna?"
Blake's blush reddened even more. "More like thirty," she said, chuckling nervously. She took the can opener she bought and placed it next to Zwei's dog food. "Let's just say I neglected my bodily needs more than I should have."
Yang shrugged. "Eh, water under the bridge. We're just glad to see you around, and not doing some more research in the library."
"We're also glad you finally cleaned yourself up a bit. I was afraid you were going to forget to take a shower," Weiss said haughtily.
"Alright, you've made your point, Ice Queen," said Blake, who becoming a little annoyed now. "Can we just go to the party? I'm expecting someone there."
And with that, the four girls left to join the festivities.
Beacon Ballroom, 6:45
"Hey guys, we're here," Ruby said to Amy. Team RWBY had just arrived to the doors to the ballroom where the party was being held. While Amy was making sure that only Beacon Academy students and personnel entered, Omega was positioned to the left of the doors, which probably made him the coolest bouncer ever.
"Glad you guys could make it!" said a smiling Amy. She opened the doors and revealed the ballroom.
Team RWBY did help the Mobians prepare for the party, but their breath was still taken away at the sight. The ballroom was decorated with many lights, and the tables all holographic decorations on them. A dance floor was set up with tiles that flashed and changed colors. In front of the dance floor was a DJ booth, where lively music was coming out of large speakers. Surprisingly enough, Knuckles was in the DJ booth, but Tails was also there, so the chances of a disaster were low.
Sonic was preparing an electric guitar on a small stage near the booth when Ruby walked up. "Hey Sonic!"
"Hey, Ruby," the hedgehog responded, giving a two fingered salute. He then noticed Blake. "Well, nice to see you out and about."
"I'm just surprised you didn't have any catnap-related puns at the ready," said Yang.
"The thought did occur to me, but I decided against it. Too many people around," Sonic explained. He jumped off the stage. "Anyway, we've been working hard lately, so all of us from Mobius decided to throw a party to relax and have fun."
"Hey, have you seen Sun around?" asked Blake.
Sonic pointed to the other side of the ballroom, where Sun and Neptune were talking with Blaze and Silver. Blake and Weiss immediately went that direction, and Sonic, Yang, and Ruby were slightly surprised that dust trails didn't follow in their wake. After a few seconds of bemusement, the trio just shrugged it off and talked about their past adventures.
With the arrival of Team RWBY, Amy went ahead and started letting people in. The dress code was casual, so no one felt restricted by dresses or suits.
A few minutes passed, then another team walked up to where Amy was signing in party members. "Oh, hello there," she greeted cheerfully. "What team are you?"
The team in question consisted of two young men and two women. The first guy was very tall with shaved black hair, and wore a light green robe. The second guy had dark skin with scars on his arms, and messy copper hair on top of a scarred face, and pure white eyes looked scanned the party crowd.
One of the girls was a very familiar face- Velvet Scarlatina, the rabbit-eared Faunus that had a few classes with Teams RWBY and JNPR. For this occasion, she changed out of her school uniform and into her casual/battle clothes.
The last girl was very fashionable, with brown the main color of her clothes. She wore high heels and carried a stylish designer purse. Her brown hair, which transitioned to red near the end of one of her locks, was topped with a black beret, and she was also wearing sunglasses, even though the party was being held in the early evening.
"We're Team CFVY," the girl with the beret said. "I'm Coco, and that's Fox, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi." She pointed at each member of her team.
Amy paused. "Wait a minute… Didn't Rouge try to pickpocket your purse?"
Coco lowered her sunglasses and raised an eyebrow, questions in her brown eyes. "Rouge?"
"That'd be me, hon. Please don't kill me," the bat in question said as she sashayed over to the fashionable girl. "I just wanted to say that your reaction at my attempt reminded me why I'm known as a jewel thief."
Coco lifted her glasses up, a hint of a smile on her face. "Just don't try anything to me or anyone else on my team."
With that settled, Team CFVY walked in and started to mingle with the crowd. A few minutes later, Professor Ozpin arrived at the entrance to the ballroom, with Glynda Goodwitch holding his arm.
"Hello, professor," Amy greeted.
"Good evening, Miss Rose," said Ozpin. "I just wanted to make sure that this party won't require an ambulance standing by."
Amy chuckled at the small joke. "I don't think there's a huge chance of that happening. Anyways, it looks like my Sonic will be performing a song in a few minutes, so I'd better get in there if I don't want to miss it," she said while checking her scroll.
Ozpin and Glynda followed the pink hedgehog into the ballroom. Omega stood in front of the door, making sure no unwanted guests arrived.
"A song?" Glynda asked Ozpin as they walked in.
"Apparently, our guests from Mobius like to perform music. Especially Sonic, who seems to be the leader of them all. Teams RWBY and JNPR have often joined them on stage at times. They've actually become even more well known due to videos of the songs they performed being posted on the RemNet."
"And all of the Mobians have done so?" Glynda asked, somewhat astonished.
"Everyone except that robot fellow, Omega. Of course, that's probably a good thing," said Ozpin, chuckling at the thought of him performing a song.
Inside, the party was still pretty lively. Shadow was having a conversation with Team CFVY and trying very hard to not drool at the sight of Coco's purse- more accurately, the gun it transformed into. Silver and Blaze were doing a tango on the dance floor, much to the excitement of the gathered students. Weiss tried to get Neptune to dance, but the blue-haired teen was not very good at it, so they sat at a table and talked instead.
Knuckles was still doing his DJ thing, and everyone who knew him was very surprised at how good he was at it.
"Hey, Red," a smooth voice said. The echidna jumped a little, then relaxed when he saw it was Rouge. "I couldn't help but wonder; how did you get this skilled at being a DJ?"
"It's just one of skills you pick up when searching for the Master Emerald pieces and hanging out with Sonic," he answered. Rouge raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment on it. "So, how come you aren't doin' your thing out there?" He gestured at the dance floor.
Rouge sighed. "I can't really do that for two reasons. One, some of my best moves require my wings. Two, the ones that don't are more appropriate for a more… older audience."
"That doesn't seem to be stopping Yang," said Knuckles as he pointed at the dance floor, where the blonde was moving her hips in a rhythmic fashion, drawing a lot of stares from the male students. Ruby was nearby, shaking her head at her sister's antics.
A holographic decoration on the console in front of Knuckles flickered before revealing Aeromi's avatar. "Rouge, I think you'll be okay as long as your clothes stay on," she said while winking.
With that, the white bat rushed over to Yang and started an impromptu dance fight, which got a lot of attention. Knuckles smiled and shook his head at the sight. "Yep, that's our Rouge. Always wanting to be the center of attention."
"Isn't that a bit counterintuitive for a thief?" the A.I. wondered.
"Yes, it is. She should consider herself lucky that she's on government payroll."
A few minutes later, the dance fight ended with no clear winner, but Yang and Rouge didn't seem bothered by that. Suddenly, all of the holographic decorations on the table turned blue. Sonic took this as his cue to get up on the stage and pick up an electric guitar. Joining him was Blaze on electric guitar, with Silver on bass and Yang on drums.
Crush 40- Rise Again
Sonic started out with a very nice guitar solo, then the others joined him in the song, with Sonic as the lead singer.
When you're feeling like you're all but overthrown
Remember this, you are not alone
When you bite off more than you can chew
And at the end of your rope, you tangled yourself through
And you kick to break it
Seven ways to fake it all again
All again
And you try to make it
And you try to take it to move on
Move on through
The students of Beacon were a bit apprehensive about a bunch of animals performing a song, but they got into the spirit of the song. Blake and Sun had a section of the dance floor to themselves, performing many acrobatic dance moves.
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
Overshadow, overtake, and win
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
That's when I'm moving on
I'll rise again
Oh yeah
All of the holograms on the stage, as well as the ones on the tables, flickered as Aeromi featured clips from Sonic's previous adventures, as well as some from his time with Team RWBY. The crowd cheered in approval, though Ruby felt a little embarrassed when she saw her crude Homing Chain in the Digital Realm.
When you're feeling like your head is like a stone
Remember this, you are not alone
When you bite it off, you can spit it out
And tie it up and throw it out
And you kick to break it
Seven ways to fake it all again
All again
And you try to make it
And you try to take it to move on
Move on through
For the students of Beacon, this was becoming a night to remember. Team JNPR started dancing in front of the stage, their bodies synchronized to the music. Pretty much anyone who knew them was very surprised at how good they were, especially Jaune.
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
Overshadow, overtake, and win
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
That's when I'm moving on
Rise again
Rise again
Rise again
When you're feeling like you're giving up on everything that moves you
On and on, rise again
At this point, Sonic kneeled with his guitar and rocked out with an awesome guitar solo. All the students gathered cheered at the hedgehog, and even Glynda smiled at the moment. When it ended, he did a backflip and resumed singing.
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
Overshadow, overtake, and win
When I'm low, I'm gonna rise again
That's when I'm moving on
Moving
I'll!
Rise again
As the song ended, everyone clapped and cheered for the Sonic and the band. "You know," he said, facing Blaze, "I do believe this might be the best one we've done so far."
"I thank you for letting me be a part of it," the pyrokinetic feline responded. "I never really get the chance to do this sort of thing, so this is a nice change."
Sonic grinned as she put the guitar away and joined Silver. Yang walked up to the hedgehog. "I gotta say, you really know how to spice up a party," she said, bumping fists with Sonic.
"Oh, that's nothing," he responded. "You should see my ping-pong ball trick."
"Wait, what?"
Yang's question would go unanswered as Ruby ran over, with Weiss following behind her. "You guys were awesome!" she gushed. Sonic responded with a thumbs up.
"I think that Aeromi's little trick of showing us your past adventures was a nice touch," the heiress commented. She tapped on a nearby emitter, cuing Aeromi to appear. "Hey, how'd you get that footage, anyway?"
The A.I. grinned. "Oh, Tails apparently had it on his Miles Electric. I just took the liberty of using it for this song."
"Hey, wait a minute," said Amy. "Where's Rouge?"
"I dunno, I lost sight of her after the dance fight," said Yang. "Maybe she left."
"I'll go look for her," said Shadow. He walked out of the ballroom, grumbling to himself about his teammate. All thoughts of Rouge were forgotten when he saw Omega.
The robot was lying on his side, his red eyes dark. The black hedgehog quickly ran up to him and pressed a panel on his back, revealing a keypad. He punched in a reset code, causing Omega to stir.
"Comrade Shadow…" he stuttered, lights blinking on and off.
"Don't speak, we need to get Tails," Shadow said. Before he raced to get the fox, Omega reached for his wrist.
"Comrade Shadow… Comrade... Rouge... was… taken…"
As Omega shut himself down for repairs, Shadow noticed a small piece of paper near the robot. He carefully unfolded it. His eyes narrowed and he almost unleashed a Chaos Blast upon seeing what was on it.
On the paper was the symbol of a jewel, followed by a short message:
"Who's the better thief now?"
For those who are wondering, RemNet is what I believe the internet of Remnant is called. And I am aware that my writing party scenes or dancing scenes aren't the best, but I did the best I could.
Now, for those who believe that RWBY may be discontinued, I don't believe that for a second. For Roosterteeth to do that would be an insult to Monty's memory and his beliefs. So I think it's not gonna stop.
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