Chapter 15: Surprise!
The next morning Sonic wakes up to a knock at his door. He opens it and looks to see Rainbow Dash looking rather worried. "What's wrong Dashie?" he asks
"It's horrible! Soarin can't do track and now I need to find someone who will take his spot on the team!" Rainbow says in a panic
"Ask Rage, he can run." Sonic says
"But is he available?" Rainbow asks
"Ask him." Sonic answers "I don't know everything."
"Fine I will ask him." She sighs "Don't be late to practice."
"you don't have to tell me twice." Sonic sight rubbing the back of his head. Rainbow smirks and leaves the entryway before walking down the street a ways to Rage's house. She looks at the door before knocking.
Up in Rage's room the crimson hedgehog was on his computer typing a letter to his brother Icezer back home. He sends it before swiping a Chaos Emerald over the bottom of the laptop making the battery instantly charge to full. With that he grabs it running down stairs and opens the door to see Rainbow Dash there. "Oh good morning Rainbow Dash what can I do for you?" he asks her.
"Well…" she sighs "Soarin can't be on the track team and we need another person to run for him…can you take his place?"
"Well…" Rage thinks "I don't have any after school activities so I guess I can give it a shot." He answers with a nod
"I will see you at practice then." She smiles before Rage's watch beeps
"uh-oh!" he says "we're going to be late!"
"We can't make it in time! The bus leaves in a few minutes." Rainbow panics
"Wait here." Rage says before running inside and pulling his car out of the garage. "Get in." he says and Rainbow Dash does so. The two drive off and soon arrive in the schools parking lot with minutes to spare. Rage and Rainbow rush to their classes as fast as they could. Rage sits in the chemistry lab next to Applejack where he had been assigned and RD stands next to XL who was now in her PE class along with Sonic to her other side.
"How the heck did you get here?" Sonic asks "you missed the bus!"
"I caught a ride with Rage." She answers as they begin stretching.
"That explains it." He smirks
"I had no idea he had such a nice car." Rainbow says "Has he always had that thing?"
"It was a gift from out friend Miles," Sonic answers before they are hushed by the teacher; Spitfire.
Meanwhile in the chemistry lab Rage and Applejack were evaluating the effects of hydrochloric acid on different materials behind them Pinkie Pie was using helium to fill up a balloon. Twilight was in her reading class with Rebecca and Rarity reading the classic Beowulf while Fluttershy and Shadow sat in Algebra taking a test. The bell rings and they switch to their next class, then once more before the lunch bell rang. The group as always got their lunch and sat down together. Shadow sat next to Rebecca and Sonic with Rainbow to his other side. Rebecca had Rarity on her right across the table from left to right was XL, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rage and Twilight. Pinkie Pie was on the end and Sunset Shummer soon joined next to XL.
"So how is everyone's day so far?" she asks and most of them replied with a simple good.
"Hay Rainbow Dash how did you get to school on time?" Rebecca asks
"Yeah, you missed the bus!" Twilight says "You too Rage!"
"If you must know I caught a ride with Rage." She answers
"What were you doing at Rage's house?" Applejack asks suspicious
"She came over because she needed a new member for the track team since Soarin can't be on the team anymore." Rage answers "So I am the new member of the track team."
"Awesome! With you on the team there's no way we can lose." Sonic boasts
"So will you be at the meet tonight?" Rainbow asks
"Meet?!" Rage asks
"Yeah first meet." Sonic says "She didn't tell you?"
"First I heard of it." Rage sighs "Oh well… guess that's my problem." He sighs finishing his lunch as Flash Sentry comes up and looks at Sunset.
"Hay uh… Sunset?" he asks and she looks at him with a look of annoyance
"What?" she asks sternly
"I wanted to uh- apologize for what happened a few days ago…I am sorry I lashed out at you… see what happened was…" Flash Sentry tries to apologize but Sonic stops him
"It's not your fault we know why you did." He says
"Huh?" Flash says surprised
"The Sirens from the music festival had some kind of dark magic and they may have used it and it influenced you." Rage says "But who knows." He shrugs as the bell rings and they got to their next and final class.
That evening at the CHS was against Northwest High School, Crystal Boarding Academy, and Mareian High. As of right now CHS was tied with Northwest so as a tie breaker the relay was brought in. It was up to the relay team, first was Bulk who despite his large size could run pretty fast, then Sonic who gave it to Rainbow and the last leg where Soarin was supposed to be instead was Rage. The gun fires and the two teams runners take off. Bulk hands the baton over shortly after the next Northwest runner stared. Sonic keeping to not run to fast to make a scene instead was too slow and passed it to RD a few seconds after Northwest's third runner began. She ran as hard as she could but she was behind. The watching friends started to feel bad because that meant Northwest's runner was going to win… Rainbow passes it to Rage who takes off quickly faster than he probably should have gone but it didn't make anyone think something was wrong with him instead the watched in awe as come the final stretch he passed the runner for Northwest who looking in shock and anger as the fiery red haired kid passed him. Soon he passes the finish line not even winded. Rage was lucky enough to win. But without the others he knew he wouldn't have been able to do so he thanked them.
Afterwards Rage and Twilight were walking home befoe out of the blue Twilight gave him a kiss. This shocked the boy and he looked at her not sure what to think at Twilight's sudden action. "That was for your performance today." She smiles walking up the path to her house. Rage stood there blushing before shaking his head and walking into his own house. The next day was uneventful and after it Rage was laying in his bed thinking about Chemistry tomorrow.
The next day comes and he was back to the A day schedule his A days consisted of Chemistry, Coding 3-4, Pre-calculus/Trigonometry, lunch and to end the day reading. His B days were Modern world history, World War II studies, PE, Lunch and a study hall. Rage walked into his Chemistry class and sat next to AJ as always and she whispered to him. "Did you hear the news?"
"No what?" he asks
"our old teacher got fired," she answers
"So we have a sub?" Rage asks
"No they already found a new one. She says as a large round man with skinny legs walked in. he had a huge outrageous mustache, glasses and goggles on his head. He was dressed in a common suit and he looked at the class. Under his arm was a clipboard with the class attendance and seating on it
"Good morning class I am Dr. Ivo Robotnik. Your new Chemistry teacher." He says with a glare coming from his glasses.
To be continued!