"Caliburn!"

Midnight black eyelids fluttered open to show golden-green eyes then the black cat stretched before casually jumping up to the arms of his owner.

"Aw! There you are!" Sonic cuddled his familiar tightly. "I see that you aren't ready for school yet,"

"Apparently not since I just woke up from my nap," Caliburn Purr yawned, his paw gently waving into his mouth to lessen the noise. "What time is it?"

"6:33 AM."

Caliburn's eyes widened. "What?! Why didn't you wake me up sooner?! Black cats need their necessities before going somewhere!"

"Calm down, Cali, sheesh," Sonic chuckled, petting the black cat's furry head. "I'll get ya washed and fed before 7 AM. Promise!"

X

The brothers had taken their familiars out of the Familiar Hut, with Manic now holding his familiar, which was a small blue hedgehog (irony) called Hip Spiky, Maurice feeding his familiar, which was a huge eagle called Hawk Squawker (how ironic), and Ogilvie saddling up his familiar, which was a brown horse with peace hair and tail called Pepper Gallop.

Sonic was the last to leave the hut, with his familiar, a black cat called Caliburn, demanding many so-called necessities before he could go anywhere.

Luckily, the four were all in their yard by 6:47 AM so they had plenty of time to clean themselves up again for traveling.

"Don't forget your witch brooms!" Aleena called out to them, running to her sons with four brooms in her hands. "You might not need it for traveling but you'll need it for Class Flight 101,"

"Thanks, Mommy Aleena!" Sonic grabbed his sapphire broom.

"Yeah, thanks!" Manic took his autumn green broom while Maurice got his dark grey broom and Ogilvie was handed his golden one.

"Well, off you boys go!" Aleena grinned as the four got ready to leave. "Bye! See you after school!"

"Bye, Mommy Aleena!" the brothers waved in unison as they left the house, Sonic and Manic riding their witch brooms with their familiars as Maurice rode Eagle's back and Ogilvie rode on Pepper's.

They made it to their school, Light Magic Academy, and separated with their familiars, who all had to go on their separate studies called Familiar Training For Enchanted Animals, then the brothers went inside to proceed to their classes; Manic in the 10th grade and the triplets in the 8th grade.

X

BRIIIING!

The bell rang after the fifth period and everyone went out of their classes to head to the cafeteria for lunch.

Sonic headed out with his best friends, Silver Levitato, Scourge Splash and Tails Twirl, while Maurice went out with his best friend Amy Splash (ironically because in the normal AU, Maurice hates her) and Ogilvie walked to the cafeteria with his childhood friend Blaze Flamer (another irony because in the normal AU, they don't trust each other).

Manic got out of his class with his best friends, Espio Strange, Gadget Chanter, and Charmy Flower, then they all met up at one, long and huge table to eat their lunch.

They all began to talk, their table being the loudest in the cafeteria and attracting so much attention from everyone.

As they chatted, however, neither of them noticed some of the older levels snickering and heading over to their table.

Suddenly, Sonic gasped as something was slapped onto his back. Maurice reacted by instinct and attacked the person who was near them.

It was one of the 9th Graders, Jet Flight, the best flyer in the school who can teleport through things when he flies and one of the biggest bullies to get away with things.

"Jet." Maurice growled. "What do you want from us?"

Jet turned his head and panicked immediately when he saw the other's jade eyes turning full-on purple. He tried to escape but failed with the hedgehog pinning him down.

"Look, Maurice, I'm just pointing out a fact!" he claimed. "Nothing else! I swear!"

The group was confused so Silver looked at the paper behind his best friend's back and gasped before he angrily grabbed the paper and showed it to the others.

It had the words "I'M A FREAK-HOG!" on it. It was in red ink and obviously in Jet's handwriting.

Sonic gained tears in his eyes at the paper. Manic, Ogilvie and their friends consoled him as Scourge, Silver, Amy, and Maurice faced the the green hawk.

"How dare you mock my Sonikku that way?!" Amy (who obviously had a crush on Sonic) growled, a hammer made of rubber and rose thorns appearing in her hands.

"You better know who you're messing with, Jet!" Scourge grabbed the hawk's collar with a tight grip.

"We won't let ANYONE mess with our best friend!" Silver levitated a rock and aimed it at the bully threateningly.

"Go near my brother again and I SWEAR you'll never see the light of day again!" Maurice took out his wand and pointed it at Jet, dark grey bits of magic coming out of it.

Everyone else in the cafeteria looked terrified, knowing that Maurice was the most powerful spell-caster in all of the school and the most merciless of all the students. They started to back away, with Jet's friends cowering behind their table, too fearful to even help.

Amongst the chaos, there was a cough and everyone turned to see the eldest of the Magic Siblings, and one of the strictest teachers of Light Magic Academy, Sonia Magic.

"WHAT is going on here?" she demanded, glaring down at her younger brother, who still had Jet down on the floor.

"They're trying to kill me!" Jet immediately tried to get the group in trouble.

"No, we aren't." Scourge growled with a groan. "Yet, at least,"

"Ms. Sonia, I can explain," Silver stepped forward. "You see, we were just eating lunch when Jet taped this paper to Sonic's back."

He handed the paper to Sonia, who's eyes widened in shock as a gasp escaped her lips. Her eyes turned full-on red as she crushed the paper in her hands then turned to hawk on the floor.

"JET, YOU ARE GOING TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE!" she cried out loud, her voice echoing through the now silent cafeteria. "NOW!"

Maurice let go of the bully and kept his wand, huffing as he stood up with folded arms. Jet had wide eyes as he shakily stood up.

"Y-Yes, m'am," he said then he rushed off to leave.

Sonia watched him then turned to the audience of students that were still watching them. She growled and folded her arms, tapping her the tip of her right heel.

"Well?" she sounded pissed as she raised an eyebrow. "Anyone else who was with Jet on this?"

Two of Jet's closest friends, Wave Seashell and Storm Atmo came forward reluctantly, both looking guilty as they exchanged nervous glances.

"U-Um, we were with Jet," Wave spoke with a gulp.

"W-We told him to take the chance," Storm added. "s-since the F-Freak-hog wasn't looking…"

"DON'T CALL MY BROTHER A FREAK-HOG!" Sonia snapped at them, making everyone except the group of friends freeze in shock. "BOTH OF YOU WILL DIRECTLY GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE! RIGHT NOW!"

"Y-Yes, Ms. Sonia!" the two rushed out of the cafeteria as soon as possible.

"Good!" Sonia huffed and turned to the audience again. "Anyone else?"

The students shook their heads and immediately went back to eating their food. Sonia watched them for a while then she walked towards his brothers and their friends.

"You okay, Nic?" she knelt down to Sonic's eye level.

Sonic shook his head and kept on crying. Sonia sighed and hugged her younger brother.

This wasn't the first time and Sonic wasn't the only target of the bullies.

Their whole family was.