For My New Friend
Chapter Two
A/n: I haven't gotten any recent issues of Sonic, but I think that Mina's parents are back in Knothole. Either way, they're making an appearance in this chapter.
The next morning, Mina woke up in a considerably better mood than she had been in the previous night. Sonic's standing her up ended up making her friends with Prince Elias.
"Weird how some things work," she said to herself as she got out of bed and went to eat breakfast.
Mina's now-roboticized parents were downstairs waiting for her. Mina's mother, Terry, gave her a critiquing look when she walked into the kitchen. This made Mina uncomfortable.
"What is it Mama?" she asked. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You got home late last night," Terry replied. "I just want to make sure you're okay, that's all."
"Aw, Mama, I'm home ate almost every night now!" Mina cried.
"And that's reason enough for your mother and I to worry," Mina's father, Jason, said. "You're out late every night doing who knows what?"
"Trying to learn how to control my super speed with Sonic the Hedgehog!" Mina said in an exasperated tone. This wasn't the first time she'd tried to explain this to her parents.
"True enough, but I heard your phone conversation last night," Terry said. "From the sound of it, you weren't having a lesson last night."
"Oh . . . yeah . . . that . . . uh," Mina stammered. She indeed hadn't had a lesson last night. Her parents knew that too. Now Mina was in trouble. She'd promised Elias that she wouldn't say anything to anyone, including her parents. And anyway, even if she did tell them, she doubted t hey would believe her. Now Mina was stuck.
"Um, I gotta go! I'm gonna be late for school!" she exclaimed suddenly. She was out the door half a minute later. (She had to run back in to grab her backpack, but she was off.)
At school, Mina thought that at the very least she'd be free of suspicion and accusation.
Wrong.
Sonic met her right outside of class. He didn't look too thrilled with her. In fact, he looked so pissed off that Mina's heart sank as she walked towards him rather than rise like it usually did whenever she saw Sonic.
"Hiya Sonic," she said casually. "What's up?"
"My temper," Sonic responded. "What's wrong with you? You hung up on me last night for no damn reason! Why? You were the one who had the idea of me being your tutor! If I knew that you'd be such a bitch about stupid things like . . ."
Mina cut him off. "You skipping out on my lessons twice without any warning? Where the hell do you get off calling me a bitch when I had all right and reason to be pissed off at you? I'm not the one who was being an asshole just because I wanted to see my girlfriend!!!" Mina thundered.
"Asshole?? Excuse me, ASSHOLE??" Sonic roared. By then, several students had gathered to watch this argument, including Bunnie, Rotor, and Tails. "YOU KNOW DAMN WELL I HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE SALLY ANYMORE!!! WHERE DO I GET OFF CALLING YOU A BITCH?? THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU GET OFF CALLING ME AN ASSHOLE??"
"EXCUSE ME!!!" came a loud yell. Both of them turned sharply to see Tails standing there, looking a bit scared. Indeed, he spoke in a nervous tone. "I hate to break up this little love fest, but class is gonna start in a couple of minutes. Why don't you finish this discussion after school?" Tails didn't give them a chance to blow up at him. He turned and flew off, headed for class. The crowd around them began to disappear. Sonic and Mina glared at each other and walked into their classroom with Bunnie right behind them.
* * *
It was later in the day and Elias and Sally were just wrapping up their own lessons. After their class was over, Elias grabbed Sally by the arm and dragged her to his room, closing the door behind him.
This did not please Sally. "This had better be good Elias. You nearly tore my arm out of the socket."
"Believe me, it is," Elias said. "I really need your help with something."
"What?" Sally asked, still irritated.
"Well, yesterday when I went out, I made a new friend," Elias began. This caught his sister's interest noticeably, so he continued. "She was really nice to me and I want to give her a gift. Nothing fancy, just a simple gift."
"So why do you need my help?" Sally asked, completely forgetting about her sore shoulder.
"Well, she said she's met you once and I thought that maybe you'd have a basic idea of what her tastes are," Elias continued.
Sally smirked at him. "Did you say 'she'?"
"Yeah, and?" Elias countered.
"Are you sure she's just a friend?" she teased.
"I just met her last night!!!" Elias yelled, taking Sally seriously.
"Hey, chill out! I was teasing you!" Sally responded swiftly. "Okay, okay. I'll help you out."
"Great! Thanks!" he said.
"Sure, what are sisters for?" Sally answered. "Whom are we getting this gift for?"
"Mina Mongoose," Elias told her. (A/n: Whoopsie!)
"MINA MONGOOSE???" Sally roared. "THAT'S YOUR NEW FRIEND???"
"Whoa whoa whoa! What's the problem?" Elias asked.
"That little prick is after my Sonic!" Sally yelled.
"What?" Elias asked, totally bewildered.
"She's after Sonic's heart," Sally repeated a little more calmly, realizing that Elias couldn't have known about this. "I saw the two of them together once. The way she looked at Sonic! If you'd seen it, you'd know why I'm so upset."
Elias sighed. "Listen Sally, I can understand how that must be upsetting and everything, but she's the only friend I've got. Please. I can understand if you don't want to help me, but I'm begging you here. Please?"
Sally glared at him. Elias had his hands clasped together in a true effort of begging. She suddenly burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"You!" she laughed back. "You look so ridiculous!!" Sally calmed herself down and looked him right in the eye. Seeing that Elias was being sincere, she smiled. "Alright. I'll help you Elias. I don't know why, but I'll help you."
Elias grinned at her. "Thank you Sally!" He gave her a huge hug, which she happily returned.
* * *
After school, Mina, Sonic, Rotor, Bunnie, and Tails met at Sonic's place. Luckily, Jules and Bernie were out, so they didn't have to explain anything to them. Bunnie took a deep breath and began talking.
"Alright, here are the rules," she said calmly. "First, we hear Sonic's side to the story without interruption, then we hear Mina's, and then we all talk about it."
"You first Sonic," Rotor said.
"Well, I'll admit that it wasn't the best thing on Mobius for me to do when I ran off to see Sally without telling Mina. I understand how she could be angry with me about that since I wad supposed to be helping her with her super speed. But still, for her to hang up on me last night for no apparent reason and . . ."
"NO REASON??" Mina screamed.
"It's not your turn Mina," Tails said calmly.
Mina "hmphed," but shut up after that.
"Sonic?" Rotor prompted.
"Like I was saying," Sonic continued, "She hung up on me for no apparent reason when I was telling her not to use her speed without me around because she'd hurt Tails accidentally. I don't know why she did that. That's why I got angry at her."
"Are ya finished sugah-hog?" Bunnie asked. (A/n: In that cute little accent too! I love that accent!)
"Yeah," Sonic answered.
Rotor looked at Mina. "It's your turn now Mina."
"Well, it's like Sonic told you, he ran off to see Princess Sally without letting me know," Mina began. "I got pretty mad at him because that was the second time he did that, so when he called me later, I was more or less ready to blow. In fact, I did blow while I was talking to him. Sonic chose a REALLY bad time to start laying down rules with me. He'd taken off without warning and because Tails felt bad about it and tried to help me, he got hurt! Not badly, mind you, but still! I think that Sonic went way past outta line when he started to lay down rules right then and there. If he'd waited until morning, this wouldn't even be happening."
"Well, actually, I hate to say this, but I can't help but agree with Mina," Rotor said. "From the sound of it, you did pick a bad time to start with rules Sonic, especially given Mina's temper."
"Hey!" Mina yelped.
"Well, ya can't argue with logic like that," Bunnie agreed.
"Sonic, I really hate to say this, but I agree with Mina too," Tails said. "You really should have waited to give her new rules."
"Well, thinking back, maybe it wasn't such a great idea," Sonic admitted slowly. "Okay, I was wrong here. I'm sorry Mina."
"I'm sorry too," Mina said. "Even though you picked the bad time, I could have tried to keep my temper in check."
"Forgiven?" Sonic asked, holding out his hand.
"Forgotten!" Mina responded, taking his hand and shaking it, then pulling him into a hug. Sonic hugged her back.
The others came over and joined the hug. "Well, I'm glad that's over and done with!" Tails said. "You two really can get scary when you fight!"
"Yeah! Now, Ah think we've got homework to do?" Bunnie said.
Later on that day, when Mina had gotten home, her parents greeted her with a strange look on their faces.
"Mina, you got a package today," Terry said.
"Really? Who from?" Mina asked.
"F-from the P-Prince!" Jason stuttered.
Mina smiled. "From the Prince? I'm honored! It must be a thank you for when I brought the medicine to Queen Alicia that saved her life."
Mina took the small parcel from her mother's hands and went back to her room. She smiled thoughtfully. "What's could Prince Elias have gotten me?" she thought.
Mina ripped the package open. It turned out to be a new pair of gloves, the ones she had seen in a store window and wanted so badly.
"Wow. Thank you Prince Elias," she whispered, still smiling. "I'll find something to give you too. I promise."
Chapter Two
A/n: I haven't gotten any recent issues of Sonic, but I think that Mina's parents are back in Knothole. Either way, they're making an appearance in this chapter.
The next morning, Mina woke up in a considerably better mood than she had been in the previous night. Sonic's standing her up ended up making her friends with Prince Elias.
"Weird how some things work," she said to herself as she got out of bed and went to eat breakfast.
Mina's now-roboticized parents were downstairs waiting for her. Mina's mother, Terry, gave her a critiquing look when she walked into the kitchen. This made Mina uncomfortable.
"What is it Mama?" she asked. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You got home late last night," Terry replied. "I just want to make sure you're okay, that's all."
"Aw, Mama, I'm home ate almost every night now!" Mina cried.
"And that's reason enough for your mother and I to worry," Mina's father, Jason, said. "You're out late every night doing who knows what?"
"Trying to learn how to control my super speed with Sonic the Hedgehog!" Mina said in an exasperated tone. This wasn't the first time she'd tried to explain this to her parents.
"True enough, but I heard your phone conversation last night," Terry said. "From the sound of it, you weren't having a lesson last night."
"Oh . . . yeah . . . that . . . uh," Mina stammered. She indeed hadn't had a lesson last night. Her parents knew that too. Now Mina was in trouble. She'd promised Elias that she wouldn't say anything to anyone, including her parents. And anyway, even if she did tell them, she doubted t hey would believe her. Now Mina was stuck.
"Um, I gotta go! I'm gonna be late for school!" she exclaimed suddenly. She was out the door half a minute later. (She had to run back in to grab her backpack, but she was off.)
At school, Mina thought that at the very least she'd be free of suspicion and accusation.
Wrong.
Sonic met her right outside of class. He didn't look too thrilled with her. In fact, he looked so pissed off that Mina's heart sank as she walked towards him rather than rise like it usually did whenever she saw Sonic.
"Hiya Sonic," she said casually. "What's up?"
"My temper," Sonic responded. "What's wrong with you? You hung up on me last night for no damn reason! Why? You were the one who had the idea of me being your tutor! If I knew that you'd be such a bitch about stupid things like . . ."
Mina cut him off. "You skipping out on my lessons twice without any warning? Where the hell do you get off calling me a bitch when I had all right and reason to be pissed off at you? I'm not the one who was being an asshole just because I wanted to see my girlfriend!!!" Mina thundered.
"Asshole?? Excuse me, ASSHOLE??" Sonic roared. By then, several students had gathered to watch this argument, including Bunnie, Rotor, and Tails. "YOU KNOW DAMN WELL I HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE SALLY ANYMORE!!! WHERE DO I GET OFF CALLING YOU A BITCH?? THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU GET OFF CALLING ME AN ASSHOLE??"
"EXCUSE ME!!!" came a loud yell. Both of them turned sharply to see Tails standing there, looking a bit scared. Indeed, he spoke in a nervous tone. "I hate to break up this little love fest, but class is gonna start in a couple of minutes. Why don't you finish this discussion after school?" Tails didn't give them a chance to blow up at him. He turned and flew off, headed for class. The crowd around them began to disappear. Sonic and Mina glared at each other and walked into their classroom with Bunnie right behind them.
* * *
It was later in the day and Elias and Sally were just wrapping up their own lessons. After their class was over, Elias grabbed Sally by the arm and dragged her to his room, closing the door behind him.
This did not please Sally. "This had better be good Elias. You nearly tore my arm out of the socket."
"Believe me, it is," Elias said. "I really need your help with something."
"What?" Sally asked, still irritated.
"Well, yesterday when I went out, I made a new friend," Elias began. This caught his sister's interest noticeably, so he continued. "She was really nice to me and I want to give her a gift. Nothing fancy, just a simple gift."
"So why do you need my help?" Sally asked, completely forgetting about her sore shoulder.
"Well, she said she's met you once and I thought that maybe you'd have a basic idea of what her tastes are," Elias continued.
Sally smirked at him. "Did you say 'she'?"
"Yeah, and?" Elias countered.
"Are you sure she's just a friend?" she teased.
"I just met her last night!!!" Elias yelled, taking Sally seriously.
"Hey, chill out! I was teasing you!" Sally responded swiftly. "Okay, okay. I'll help you out."
"Great! Thanks!" he said.
"Sure, what are sisters for?" Sally answered. "Whom are we getting this gift for?"
"Mina Mongoose," Elias told her. (A/n: Whoopsie!)
"MINA MONGOOSE???" Sally roared. "THAT'S YOUR NEW FRIEND???"
"Whoa whoa whoa! What's the problem?" Elias asked.
"That little prick is after my Sonic!" Sally yelled.
"What?" Elias asked, totally bewildered.
"She's after Sonic's heart," Sally repeated a little more calmly, realizing that Elias couldn't have known about this. "I saw the two of them together once. The way she looked at Sonic! If you'd seen it, you'd know why I'm so upset."
Elias sighed. "Listen Sally, I can understand how that must be upsetting and everything, but she's the only friend I've got. Please. I can understand if you don't want to help me, but I'm begging you here. Please?"
Sally glared at him. Elias had his hands clasped together in a true effort of begging. She suddenly burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
"You!" she laughed back. "You look so ridiculous!!" Sally calmed herself down and looked him right in the eye. Seeing that Elias was being sincere, she smiled. "Alright. I'll help you Elias. I don't know why, but I'll help you."
Elias grinned at her. "Thank you Sally!" He gave her a huge hug, which she happily returned.
* * *
After school, Mina, Sonic, Rotor, Bunnie, and Tails met at Sonic's place. Luckily, Jules and Bernie were out, so they didn't have to explain anything to them. Bunnie took a deep breath and began talking.
"Alright, here are the rules," she said calmly. "First, we hear Sonic's side to the story without interruption, then we hear Mina's, and then we all talk about it."
"You first Sonic," Rotor said.
"Well, I'll admit that it wasn't the best thing on Mobius for me to do when I ran off to see Sally without telling Mina. I understand how she could be angry with me about that since I wad supposed to be helping her with her super speed. But still, for her to hang up on me last night for no apparent reason and . . ."
"NO REASON??" Mina screamed.
"It's not your turn Mina," Tails said calmly.
Mina "hmphed," but shut up after that.
"Sonic?" Rotor prompted.
"Like I was saying," Sonic continued, "She hung up on me for no apparent reason when I was telling her not to use her speed without me around because she'd hurt Tails accidentally. I don't know why she did that. That's why I got angry at her."
"Are ya finished sugah-hog?" Bunnie asked. (A/n: In that cute little accent too! I love that accent!)
"Yeah," Sonic answered.
Rotor looked at Mina. "It's your turn now Mina."
"Well, it's like Sonic told you, he ran off to see Princess Sally without letting me know," Mina began. "I got pretty mad at him because that was the second time he did that, so when he called me later, I was more or less ready to blow. In fact, I did blow while I was talking to him. Sonic chose a REALLY bad time to start laying down rules with me. He'd taken off without warning and because Tails felt bad about it and tried to help me, he got hurt! Not badly, mind you, but still! I think that Sonic went way past outta line when he started to lay down rules right then and there. If he'd waited until morning, this wouldn't even be happening."
"Well, actually, I hate to say this, but I can't help but agree with Mina," Rotor said. "From the sound of it, you did pick a bad time to start with rules Sonic, especially given Mina's temper."
"Hey!" Mina yelped.
"Well, ya can't argue with logic like that," Bunnie agreed.
"Sonic, I really hate to say this, but I agree with Mina too," Tails said. "You really should have waited to give her new rules."
"Well, thinking back, maybe it wasn't such a great idea," Sonic admitted slowly. "Okay, I was wrong here. I'm sorry Mina."
"I'm sorry too," Mina said. "Even though you picked the bad time, I could have tried to keep my temper in check."
"Forgiven?" Sonic asked, holding out his hand.
"Forgotten!" Mina responded, taking his hand and shaking it, then pulling him into a hug. Sonic hugged her back.
The others came over and joined the hug. "Well, I'm glad that's over and done with!" Tails said. "You two really can get scary when you fight!"
"Yeah! Now, Ah think we've got homework to do?" Bunnie said.
Later on that day, when Mina had gotten home, her parents greeted her with a strange look on their faces.
"Mina, you got a package today," Terry said.
"Really? Who from?" Mina asked.
"F-from the P-Prince!" Jason stuttered.
Mina smiled. "From the Prince? I'm honored! It must be a thank you for when I brought the medicine to Queen Alicia that saved her life."
Mina took the small parcel from her mother's hands and went back to her room. She smiled thoughtfully. "What's could Prince Elias have gotten me?" she thought.
Mina ripped the package open. It turned out to be a new pair of gloves, the ones she had seen in a store window and wanted so badly.
"Wow. Thank you Prince Elias," she whispered, still smiling. "I'll find something to give you too. I promise."