Ok, here's number THREE! I own a lot of the ppl in it. I can't you now cuz
it's a secretive thingy.
Well, any way, here it is:
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Kevin sighed. "How did I get myself into this?" he asked himself. He stood behind a counter a Dunk n' Doughnuts. He was feeling sick because of the altitude difference lately, too. The human closed his eyes peacefully, when he was startled by a familiar voice.
"Hey! Hey!" The voice said.
"Huh? Oh, Tyler. What's up? Can I get you anything?"
"I still can't find a job!" The 11-year-old said.
"Well, you ARE eleven."
"Yeah, but I even tried selling lemonade, but some man came and spilt all of it and said 'this is a CITY not a VILLAGE!'"
"Oh. Well, did you try the daycare with Amy?" Kevin suggested, already knowing the human-fox's answer.
"What?! Are you crazy?! I'm not going to work with her." He answered. Kevin felt his hair. It was so much shorter than his dread-locks. How he missed being on his island in his normal echidna body.
"Why don't you complain to Sonic-er, Derek? He's the one who got into this mess." Kevin mumbled in a cranky tone.
"You aren't feeling well, are you?" Tyler asked.
"No, I'm not. I want to go back to my island." Tyler shushed Kevin.
"Maybe you should ask for a break."
"On my first day? No. First impressions mean everything. Why don't you go mow lawns or something?"
"Na. That doesn't sound like a great idea to me."
"Well, uh-," Kevin paused. "Why don't you just go to the alley where we're meeting Derek? If you think of something, well, then try it."
"Okay, I guess." Tyler sighed. He put his hands in his pockets and left. As he walked out the door, a girl slipped by him, accidentally knocking him over onto the sidewalk.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you okay?!" the girl asked, kneeling down to him.
"Uh, yeah--," Tyler answered. He looked at her. She gasped, as if recognizing him. The girl had a golden color hair, put up in to buns in the position of a fox's ears [that style is called 'frog eyes buns'. My hair is WAY too thick to try to put it up by myself. But it's really cute]. She looked about eleven. "Do I know you?" the little boy asked.
"Um, I don't think so. W-what's your name?" She stuttered, as if she knew.
"Tail-I mean, Tyler." He said. "Who are you?"
"Taylor." She put her hand out to help him up, and he took it. Taylor pulled him to his feet, and she smiled. "You wanna be friends?" She said, in almost a childish way.
"Okay. I'm new here, so I could use a friend." He said. Taylor's floral skirt blew with the wind as a gust went by. Her shirt was a white tank top, which looked as if it was styled in order to look appropriate for her age group. "Taylor?" Tyler asked.
"Uh-huh?"
"Do you know of any places that could take an eleven year old to work? I'm very good with machinery."
"Why would you want to work?" Taylor asked, starting to walk.
"Well," He walked next to her. "It's hard to explain. My frien-I mean, siblings and I need money. They're all older than I am, so they can get jobs like at Berger King or something."
"I see." She mumbled. "You could work at my uncle's work shop." She suggested.
"Could you come with me?"
"Uh---no, I can't. Why don't you go now, and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Um, okay."
"The shop is on Stock Street. It's not the nicest name for a street, but that's where it is. Bye, Tyler, and good luck." She said, turning around nervously and walking in the opposite direction before Tyler could say anything. The sun was setting, and the sidewalk turned an orange-gray color. A tear rolled down Tyler's cheek. He touched the spot where his ears used to be on his head, and felt hair. He, too, was getting homesick.
"Come on, Tails." A deep voice said behind him. Tyler slowly turned around, wiping his tears away with a hand. The voice was Kevin. "Let's go meet Sonic in the alley." Kevin said, knowing that no one heard him say 'Tails' or 'Sonic'.
"Knuckles, I'm homesick." The teary-eyed boy said.
"Yeah, I know." Kevin answered, looking straight ahead as they started to walk. Tyler clung to Kevin's new work shirt, wiping more tears away as they came. Kevin didn't seem to mind in this situation. In any other, he would have pushed him away.
"We'll be home soon." Kevin assured the crying boy. "soon."
In the alley:
Derek sat himself down in a tire in the alley everyone was to meet at. His wild blue bangs in his face were getting on his nerves, but he knew he'd get used to them. He was just thinking about his favorite chair at his home, when he was interrupted by Sam's flustered voice.
"I can't believe I'm working at BERGER KING!! I wasn't made for this!" He said, throwing his arms up and jumping onto an old sofa.
"Well, I have to work at MacDonald's."
"You've got a point."
"Well, how much did you get today?"
"Forty-two bucks."
"Oh."
"And you?"
"Forty." Derek mumbled.
"Yeah! I beat you!" Sam yelled.
"Just by 2 dollars!" Derek answered.
"Yeah, so I still did. You can't admit I'm better!" Sam said, sticking his tongue out. Before Derek could answer, Kevin came into the alley with Tyler clinging to him. Tyler immediately ran over to Derek crying.
"He's homesick." Kevin simply said before sitting on the ground. Then Amy and Niki came in.
"I don't want to sit on some dirty junk! What do I look like?! A human?!" Niki exclaimed, obviously forgetting the state she was in. Everyone nodded and started to laugh. Niki looked down at herself. "So THAT'S what my feet look like."
"Okay, that was perverted." Kevin commented.
"What's per-vert-ed?" Amy asked, yet another stupid question.
"The fact that Rou-I mean, NIKI, has never seen her feet 'cause of her big, fat-,"
"PLEASE, Kevin. Her brain can't handle it all!" Sam said, laughing uncontrollably on the junky sofa.
"No, Tyler is here. We don't wanna talk about that kinda stuff when there's an 11 year old about." Derek corrected.
"Son-I mean Derek, do you actually think I never noticed Niki's--," Tyler asked.
"OKAY! That's enough about my--,"
"Shushie!" Kevin said in teasing tone, with a weird expression on his face.
"But I wanna know what perverted means!!" Amy screamed.
"No, you don't." Derek said.
"Okay!" Amy shrugged as if the conversation had never happened.
"So what kind of money did we get?" Derek finally asked.
"REAL money." Amy said, trying to be smart and come up with an answer to outsmart him.
"I didn't mean it that way."
"Oh! Sure you didn't! You know I'm smarter! Yes! Yes you do! Yes I am!" Amy said, crossing her arms and nodding her head. She looked like an idiot with the 'I-know-it-all' expression on her face.
"Wow, Amy! You really outsmarted me!" Derek said, sarcastically, mostly to shut her up. Everyone laughed to themselves while Amy was looking so sure of herself, and stubborn as a donkey at the same time. "Okay, back to what we were talking about."
"I got 42, and Derek only 40!" Sam said, slamming his money in the middle of the circle they had just made. "Yeah! I beat him again!" While Sam was celebrating his victory, the others went on with their money counting. Derek also put down his money.
"So far that's 82 dollars, plus my 50." Kevin said, drowsily.
"Equals, 8 dollars, and 250 cents!" Amy shrieked. "That isn't a lot, is it?" Everyone ignored her.
"Then that's 132 dollars!" Niki exclaimed.
"And how much did you get?" Kevin observed she hadn't said anything about how much she'd gotten.
"I uh--, I only got 20-," She stuttered, lightly putting the money on the ground.
"How?" Kevin said, being nosey.
"Stealing---," Niki tried to avoid the subject. Everyone either put their face in their hands or put their hands on their foreheads. They all sighed.
"Once a theft, always a theft. Now I KNOW you haven't changed." Kevin mumbled, remembering the day he had fallen in love with that bat named Rouge because she said she'd changed.
"Hey!" Niki shouted, standing up. She was really upset she'd done it, but also, they weren't being grateful. "This makes the money we've got up to 153 dollars!" Her eyes got watery. "You should be able to take it! We're in an ALLEY, not a mansion, in case you haven't noticed." Niki's voice lowered quite a bit as she looked at everyone staring back at her. "If you guys can't be grateful for the money I got, and for who I am-," She paused. "I'M LEAVING!" Niki rushed out of the alley, and started speed walking down the sidewalk. She had grabbed a dirty, old blanket before she left the alley, so her body wasn't as exposed, and she wasn't cold. It was the middle of the night.
Kevin looked at all his friends, and then at Tyler sleeping on the sofa. He, too, stood up and left.
"He's going after her." Amy wept. "The perfect romance movie!" She cried a little, but Sam smacked the back of her head, informing her to shut up.
"I think we all knew he still cared for her." Derek whispered.
Kevin caught up to Niki. "Rouge," He used her real name to calm her down. He tried to walk beside her, but she got faster every time he evened out with her. 'I hate to do this, but this could be the only way to get her to listen to me.' Kevin thought. When Kevin got close enough to her, he grabbed Niki, and gave her an affectionate kiss on the lips. Kevin had forgotten what it was like to feel someone's lips against his own. He hugged her, to let her know he cared. Her arms were now around him, her body filling with warmth.
"We both know--," she whispered, looking at him in the eyes. "that you did that to calm me down." She took advantage of the moment, and hugged him close. He stood with her, feeling a midnight breeze go by.
"Rouge," He whispered. "we all know that you tried, and that you got the money for our sake, but that doesn't make it right."
"I-I know." She admitted, still hugging him tight.
"So promise me now," He paused. "never to steal again."
"Only if you kiss me." Niki said. Kevin smiled as he looked down at her eyes, as if to say 'I'm happy to', and gave her a long passionate kiss, the kind she'd been hoping for. Kevin had to admit to himself that he was happy to kiss her again. He stroked her hair for a little bit, and then they were headed back to the alley, but this time, holding hands.
"Knuckles," Niki started, before they got back. She stopped him on the sidewalk and held both of his hands. "Can we try again? Please? I know you still love me, but why can't we try again?" Kevin sighed.
"It's true," He mumbled, trying to avoid eye contact at this point. "I do still love you. But it isn't the same kind of passionate love that I had before. At this point, I care for you. And I will always care for you, but to answer your question, we can't." Niki looked down, disappointed. "I think we should both move on." Kevin finished.
"Oh. Okay." She hesitated. "Does that mean you want to go out with that Princess girl?" Kevin snapped back to attention.
"HEY! Leave Princess Tikal OUT of this!"
"Okay, okay, just wondering." She answered as she started to walk. She gave him a side smile. Niki was back to her old self. Kevin didn't realize it, but he was smiling. He didn't realize, either, that he really did enjoy Niki's taunting teases and jokes. Niki noticed him smile and acted as sassy a possible as she walked away.
"Alright, now it's getting to the point where I don't care." He said. She slumped and turned into the alley.
Three days later, explanation of apartments:
Instead of having THREE apartments like Amy had suggested, they could only afford two. One for the boys, and one for Amy and Niki. So in a way, you could say that Amy and Niki had a lot more comfort space than everyone else did.
Amy and Niki's apartment was next door to everyone else's. They had two bed rooms, a living/front room, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. They were well off. As for Kevin, Derek, Tyler, and Sam, well, they had the same type of apartment. Two bed rooms, a living/front room, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. At first, they couldn't decide who would sleep in the same rooms as who. They all decided that Derek and Sam would NOT room together, and you can only guess why. But Tyler wanted to room with Derek, and Kevin and Sam DID NOT want to room together. So, Kevin, being who he was, slept on the sofa in the front room. ( That took a while for them to figure out.
Four days later, on the week end:
"YES! I don't have to work on the week ends!" Derek exclaimed as he threw him self on the sofa in front of the TV. At first he didn't see Kevin lying on the sofa.
"OW! YOU JERK!" Kevin threw Derek off him, flat on his face on the rug. "HOW MUCH DO YOU WAY, MAN?!"
"Uhhh--," Derek sat up on the floor and faced his friend. "It's not nice to ask people's weights?"
"What are you, a girl?" Kevin chuckled.
"HEY!! WHO ARE YOU CALLING A GIRL?!"
"You."
"WHO'S THIS SECTION NAMED AFTER, MISTER?!"
"Sonic the Hedgehog."
"THAT'S ME!!"
"No. You're Derek Gohegdeh."
"Hey, how'd you come up with that last name?" Derek asked, finally calming down.
"I just spelt hedgehog back words." Kevin answered, looking extremely smart [(].
"Ooooh---. I get it." Derek said, getting up.
"Yeah."
"So you'd be---," Derek had to think a minute. "Kevin Andihce."
"Yeah."
"You've got a better name than me!" Derek pouted as he walked in to the room he shared with Tyler.
"oooookay." Kevin said under his breath as he opened up the book he was reading before he was interrupted.
"What's that you're reading?" A voice said above him. It was Niki.
"Who let you in here?" He questioned while trying to read at the same time.
"I have an extra key, you know."
"No, I didn't."
"Well, I do." Niki was sitting on the arm of the sofa. Kevin's head was leaned against her thigh. He seemed not to care. She started to stroke his red hair.
"Get your fingers off my head." He said in an irritated tone. She made a scowling noise. "You know, I think Shadow is over you now." He said. They used they're real names when they were in the privacy of their apartments.
"How did you know about Shads' secret?" Niki said, a bit surprised.
"I'm a guardian, I sense a lot of things. I know a lot of secrets just by watching people." He answered, being a show off.
"Yeah? Like what kind of secrets?" Niki taunted, testing his ability.
"I know what kind of under wear you wear."
"HOW?!" Niki screamed, jumping of from the arm rest. Kevin's head came down with a thump.
"With pants as tight as yours? I can see." He rubbed the back of his head. "When I first noticed, I was sure that Shadow would like to know, you being his crush and all--,"
"KNUCKLES! You didn't!" She gasped.
"So I told him. He nodded in satisfactory." Kevin laughed to himself. Niki stormed out of the apartment, and Kevin heard her door slam shut. That's when Tyler ran in.
"HEY, EVERYONE! I GOT MY TRUMPET!" Kevin, Derek, Sam, and Amy rushed over to see it. Niki was in her apartment.
"It's nice! I hope you used your money, though, and not the group's." Derek commented.
"Well, I only took 50 dollars out of the group's money, but I worked for the rest! A friend also helped me."
"What 'friend', Tails?" Kevin said, crossing his arms.
"A friend. I met her when I talked to when we were still in the alley. She gave me job suggestions."
"You didn't tell her anything, did you?" Sam asked.
"No! And any way, Taylor wouldn't do anything to give me away, even if I did tell her."
"You still don't want to. You never know."
"It's a GIRL?! LOVE IS IN THE AIR!" Amy screamed.
"Will you SHUT UP?!" Sam yelled at her.
"---Meep---"
"But if I have my trumpet, I can start practicing. I can also start my theme song."
"We should all be working on our theme songs if we're going to do this in time." Derek said.
"I've already started mine." Niki's voice said from the door.
"Well, Miss Snooty!" Kevin taunted. Niki came and looked at the trumpet with everyone.
Mean while: [This part will be with the different parts like in interviews.]
Man #1: So, girls, have you caught their attention yet?
Man #2: Hey! I'm here, too, you know!
Man #3: Yeah! Me, too!
Man #1: oh, yeah, I forgot about you. Well, have you done what I created you for?
Woman #1: What are you talking about, "created"?
Man #1: If you think about it, I really did create you. I saved each and every one of your lives and re-created you so you'd be perfect!
Woman #1: tsk, just get on with the meeting. We have researching to do.
Man #1: okay, okay. Is everyone here?
Young Girl: *running in, panting* so---so sorry I'm late---,
Man #1" TAYLOR! You're late AGAIN!
Young Girl: *whimpering* I said I was sorry! I had to finish up!
Man #1: oh, alright. Well, how is our progress?
Woman #2: I haven't done anything yet. I'm waiting for the perfect opportunity.
Man #1: smart. But, if you slack, I'll have to destroy you.
Young Girl: I---I didn't know where he was at, first, to tell the truth. I hadn't been researching enough. He's so hard to find, though! Really!
Man #1: If he didn't like you so much, I'd destroy you right here and now! You're so un-prepared!
Man #3: *butting in* I haven't done anything, either.
Man #1: WHY NOT?!
Man #3: You actually expect me to go after that girl?! She's such a ditz!
Man #1: I don't care if she's smart or not, I'll blow you up if you don't meet her in the next 5 days!
Man #3: fine.
Man #2: I can't wait to get in on my turn. She's so hot. But she's always hanging around that stupid red head!
Man #1: Don't worry, she'll be away from him soon enough.
Woman #1: HEY! Watch what you say, Brad! That 'stupid red-head' is my project! But, to tell the truth, boss, I think he suspects something.
Man #1: IMPOSSIBLE! Tell him anything, and he'll believe it. He is as gullible as a monkey! Watch this! *turns to a little monkey* *hands the monkey a laser* Did you know that your cousin, the ape, is trying to kill all you monkeys?
Monkey: oo? (translation: huh?)
Man #1: well, you see, they want to destroy you! [but, really, secretly, this guy is trying to destroy all moneys and turn them into crab cakes.] So, why don't you go blow them up, before they get to you?
Monkey: ooo uh ah hoo, ahhooo! (translation: impossible, ~~~ ~~~~ [un, let's NOT translate that word.]!) *zaps man #1 with laser*
Man #1: ow---- okay, maybe not a monkey---
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After a couple of days, most of our Sonic friends had their instruments, and to save time, they started to come up with a name.
"How 'bout---the Sweet Hearts!" Amy shrieked.
"How 'bout---NOT!" Sam retorted.
"Um, I don't like that name, but I'm sure we can work with it."
"Amy, you're such an idiot!"
"What did I do?"
"Just shut up." Sam scowled. They were all sitting in a circle on the rug of the living room in the boys' apartment since Derek couldn't stand being in Amy's with all the pictures of himself in there.
"Oh, I have an idea." Kevin started. "Nacho Mama's."
"We're not a restaurant." [really, my dad was going to start a restaurant called "Nacho Mama's", as in "Not your Mama's". pretty clever, isn't it? Well, he decided against the idea. O well.] Derek said, all of a sudden thinking of chili dogs.
"How about 'Sonic Team'?" Tyler suggested.
"That's too bland." Derek answered.
"Why does it have to be with Sonic's name? Why can't it be 'Sunlight over Shadows'?"
"Hey, I like that!" Amy shrieked.
"The name?" Sam looked hopeful that he had a vote.
"No, the story on www.fanfiction.net. It's a good one, you should read it." [please read that fic, my friend needs help, because it really is good, but no has given it a chance to start yet.] Sam made a scowling noise and went back to thinking of names.
"If it has the name 'Sonic' in it, people might get the idea that we're really cool. The word 'sonic' isn't only Sonic's name, it's also a word by it's self." Tyler reminded.
"Yeah." Everyone said drearily at the same time.
"So, I suggest, 'Sonic Boom'." Tyler suggested.
"But isn't that a song from Knothole?" Sonic asked, remembering when he first heard it.
"Yeah, but they don't know that."
"True." Everyone seemed to like the idea. So that was the name. 'Sonic Boom'.
The next day, Sam was looking around for a bass guitar. For some reason, he didn't want to wear the matrix stuff he had bought a couple weeks ago. He stayed in his original clothes. He looked in a window of a shop. Sam saw his reflection, and studied his face. 'My eyes are red.' He thought. His hedgehog eyes were red, but being a human with red eyes must be a freaky sight. After staring quite a bit, he looked at the sign for the shop.
"De Olde Guitar Shoppe" It said in fancy lettering.
"What are they gonna sell there? Lutes?" Sam said to him self. He walked down a ways, and saw another guitar shop. This one looked a lot better from the grandpa one. Sam stepped in. He saw rows and rows of different guitars and other string instruments. He walked into an isle in the back, wear the basses were. Sam picked one up and looked at it. It was red and black-his two favorite colors. Then, he heard someone behind him. It surprised him and he dropped the bass guitar.
Before it hit the ground, someone 'flew' out and caught it.
"You should try to be more careful!" The kind woman's voice said. Sam looked at the girl who was talking to him. She had light brown hair, with streaks of blue, red, pink, yellow, and many other colors in it. Her hair went a little lower than her shoulders, and there were buns on her head, as well [I don't know if this is easy to imagine. She has her hair down, but the top layer is put up into two buns like Taylor's---? Sorry, I'll try to draw a pic and put it somewhere]. Sam's mouth wouldn't let him speak. This girl was too beautiful. 'I must be dreaming' was all he thought. "Um, hello?" She smiled.
Sam shook it off. "Uh, sorry." The girl giggled. She was wearing a white shirt that had long sleeves. Over that, she had a light blue short sleeve shirt that opened up down the center. She had bell-bottom jeans on.
"Do you play guitar?" She asked, holding up the bass he had dropped.
"Yeah, bass." Sam answered.
"Oh. You must be good at it."
"I guess you could say that." He said modestly. "I mean, I've never had a lesson. I taught myself." The girl giggled again. Sam liked the sound of her laugh. "Do you play any instruments?" He hesitated.
"Uh, yeah, but I don't think I'd be half as good as you." She said as if it was obvious.
"So, uh, what's your name?" He asked.
"Victoria. Victoria Glass." She said putting out her hand to shake.
"Victoria?" He shook her hand. 'Victoria----kinda sounds like victory.' He thought. "Mine name's Sam."
"Do you have a last name, Sam?"
"Oh, yeah, of course." He thought for a moment. "It's Gohegdeh."
"Ah, interesting." She smiled at him. "So are you gonna buy the guitar?"
"It matters how much it is."
"Well, the tag says 450 dollars."
"Damn---," Sam whispered.
"What's wrong?" Victoria cocked her head.
"Well, you see, I have to get a bass, because my friends and I are starting a band, and my other one is broken. We have money that we all got, and I don't want to use all of it. We have 500 to spend, but I don't want to use that much."
"Well, let me give you 100." Sam's eyes widened.
"One-one hundred?"
"Yeah." Victoria said while digging into her pocket. She handed him the bass. Then she handed him the 100 dollars. 'I hardly know her and she's already giving me money. What's she getting at?!' Sam thought.
"Uh, thanks. If I can ever repay you, please, name it."
"Okay. Will you go out with me?" She looked even more beautiful when she asked.
"Sure." Sam shrugged. Inside, his heart was thumping. 'This girl is crazy.' He thought. 'But I like that!'
After buying the guitar, Sam walked with Victoria to his apartment. He dropped the guitar off, and then they went out for lunch.
Niki was at a diner, trying to think of words for her theme. "This is harder than I thought! What rhymes with 'mind'?! Okay, nothing that will work! How about 'time'? It'll work!" Niki debated with herself while she jotted down ideas. With the AC blasting in the diner, Niki's exposed arms and legs were getting cold. She shifted, while looking at the people around her. She was sitting in a booth, and the bar was on her right. Two guys were looking at her from the bar. She waved with a sassy smile then went back to thinking.
"Hey, there." One of the guys came over. Niki covered up her work and ideas. "What's that you're doing there?" He said, being impossible. 'He's hot.' Niki thought. He had black hair, with a 'muscle shirt' and zip-off pants [booooooorrrrrrrrrrring. I didn't have any ideas].
"Nothing, really." She answered with her flirty smile on.
"So, can I buy you a drink?" He asked.
"Well, if you tell me your name, maybe I'll let you."
"The name's Brad."
"My name's Rou-I mean Niki."
"What were you going to say before?"
"Huh? Oh, I was just thinking about how I-uh, I had to buy some more of a different color rouge. I don't like this one."
"I like what you're wearing now. It suits you."
"Thanks." She answered. 'That was a close one.' Niki thought.
"So what about that drink?" Brad asked.
"Sure." Niki gave him a side smile of approval.
At the same time, Amy was getting ready to leave the day-care. She had had an action-packed day because they had a new child come and he was quite the brat.
Amy grabbed her purse, and limply went out the door and locked it. She was always the last one there.
When she walked down the side walk, she started thinking of Sonic the Hedgehog, but not Derek the Human. She was worried that her affections would die down if they didn't become their normal selves again. Amy didn't have a care in the world about humans. The only species she'd love is a hedgehog, even if it meant being human for life.
Amy was looking at the side walk as she moved over it. She accidentally bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorry." She said, not even looking up. Who ever it was didn't seem to care, so just kept her walking. As she walked away, a mysterious figure watched.
"He missed his chance again. The boss isn't gonna be too happy, that's for sure." The on-looker whispered.
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Me: ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE!!! YAY!!! Oh yeah. Ya know how I always talk about those pictures that I'm going to get around to drawing? Well, I finished Taylor's picture, Victoria's, and Tobitha's! I even drew them chibi style, as well! Yay! Well, if you know a site that I can post them for u to see, then PLEASE tell me, cuz I want you to see 'em. It would help the story, anyway. I have an advertisement: Please read the story "Sunlight over Shadows" bcuz it's a really nice beginning and all that stuff. It doesn't have a cliffhanger, so it's hard to get attached to, but I'm sure Capricorn Chaos will add SOME kind of plot, right? And anyway, I like the title. That's one thing that gets ya hooked, right? The title is clever, right?! RIGHT?! Everyone else: WE GET IT, CAN WE REVIEW NOW?!?! Me: oh yeah, who's stoppin' ya? Oh yeah, I am. Well, thanks for reading!
Well, any way, here it is:
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Kevin sighed. "How did I get myself into this?" he asked himself. He stood behind a counter a Dunk n' Doughnuts. He was feeling sick because of the altitude difference lately, too. The human closed his eyes peacefully, when he was startled by a familiar voice.
"Hey! Hey!" The voice said.
"Huh? Oh, Tyler. What's up? Can I get you anything?"
"I still can't find a job!" The 11-year-old said.
"Well, you ARE eleven."
"Yeah, but I even tried selling lemonade, but some man came and spilt all of it and said 'this is a CITY not a VILLAGE!'"
"Oh. Well, did you try the daycare with Amy?" Kevin suggested, already knowing the human-fox's answer.
"What?! Are you crazy?! I'm not going to work with her." He answered. Kevin felt his hair. It was so much shorter than his dread-locks. How he missed being on his island in his normal echidna body.
"Why don't you complain to Sonic-er, Derek? He's the one who got into this mess." Kevin mumbled in a cranky tone.
"You aren't feeling well, are you?" Tyler asked.
"No, I'm not. I want to go back to my island." Tyler shushed Kevin.
"Maybe you should ask for a break."
"On my first day? No. First impressions mean everything. Why don't you go mow lawns or something?"
"Na. That doesn't sound like a great idea to me."
"Well, uh-," Kevin paused. "Why don't you just go to the alley where we're meeting Derek? If you think of something, well, then try it."
"Okay, I guess." Tyler sighed. He put his hands in his pockets and left. As he walked out the door, a girl slipped by him, accidentally knocking him over onto the sidewalk.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, are you okay?!" the girl asked, kneeling down to him.
"Uh, yeah--," Tyler answered. He looked at her. She gasped, as if recognizing him. The girl had a golden color hair, put up in to buns in the position of a fox's ears [that style is called 'frog eyes buns'. My hair is WAY too thick to try to put it up by myself. But it's really cute]. She looked about eleven. "Do I know you?" the little boy asked.
"Um, I don't think so. W-what's your name?" She stuttered, as if she knew.
"Tail-I mean, Tyler." He said. "Who are you?"
"Taylor." She put her hand out to help him up, and he took it. Taylor pulled him to his feet, and she smiled. "You wanna be friends?" She said, in almost a childish way.
"Okay. I'm new here, so I could use a friend." He said. Taylor's floral skirt blew with the wind as a gust went by. Her shirt was a white tank top, which looked as if it was styled in order to look appropriate for her age group. "Taylor?" Tyler asked.
"Uh-huh?"
"Do you know of any places that could take an eleven year old to work? I'm very good with machinery."
"Why would you want to work?" Taylor asked, starting to walk.
"Well," He walked next to her. "It's hard to explain. My frien-I mean, siblings and I need money. They're all older than I am, so they can get jobs like at Berger King or something."
"I see." She mumbled. "You could work at my uncle's work shop." She suggested.
"Could you come with me?"
"Uh---no, I can't. Why don't you go now, and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Um, okay."
"The shop is on Stock Street. It's not the nicest name for a street, but that's where it is. Bye, Tyler, and good luck." She said, turning around nervously and walking in the opposite direction before Tyler could say anything. The sun was setting, and the sidewalk turned an orange-gray color. A tear rolled down Tyler's cheek. He touched the spot where his ears used to be on his head, and felt hair. He, too, was getting homesick.
"Come on, Tails." A deep voice said behind him. Tyler slowly turned around, wiping his tears away with a hand. The voice was Kevin. "Let's go meet Sonic in the alley." Kevin said, knowing that no one heard him say 'Tails' or 'Sonic'.
"Knuckles, I'm homesick." The teary-eyed boy said.
"Yeah, I know." Kevin answered, looking straight ahead as they started to walk. Tyler clung to Kevin's new work shirt, wiping more tears away as they came. Kevin didn't seem to mind in this situation. In any other, he would have pushed him away.
"We'll be home soon." Kevin assured the crying boy. "soon."
In the alley:
Derek sat himself down in a tire in the alley everyone was to meet at. His wild blue bangs in his face were getting on his nerves, but he knew he'd get used to them. He was just thinking about his favorite chair at his home, when he was interrupted by Sam's flustered voice.
"I can't believe I'm working at BERGER KING!! I wasn't made for this!" He said, throwing his arms up and jumping onto an old sofa.
"Well, I have to work at MacDonald's."
"You've got a point."
"Well, how much did you get today?"
"Forty-two bucks."
"Oh."
"And you?"
"Forty." Derek mumbled.
"Yeah! I beat you!" Sam yelled.
"Just by 2 dollars!" Derek answered.
"Yeah, so I still did. You can't admit I'm better!" Sam said, sticking his tongue out. Before Derek could answer, Kevin came into the alley with Tyler clinging to him. Tyler immediately ran over to Derek crying.
"He's homesick." Kevin simply said before sitting on the ground. Then Amy and Niki came in.
"I don't want to sit on some dirty junk! What do I look like?! A human?!" Niki exclaimed, obviously forgetting the state she was in. Everyone nodded and started to laugh. Niki looked down at herself. "So THAT'S what my feet look like."
"Okay, that was perverted." Kevin commented.
"What's per-vert-ed?" Amy asked, yet another stupid question.
"The fact that Rou-I mean, NIKI, has never seen her feet 'cause of her big, fat-,"
"PLEASE, Kevin. Her brain can't handle it all!" Sam said, laughing uncontrollably on the junky sofa.
"No, Tyler is here. We don't wanna talk about that kinda stuff when there's an 11 year old about." Derek corrected.
"Son-I mean Derek, do you actually think I never noticed Niki's--," Tyler asked.
"OKAY! That's enough about my--,"
"Shushie!" Kevin said in teasing tone, with a weird expression on his face.
"But I wanna know what perverted means!!" Amy screamed.
"No, you don't." Derek said.
"Okay!" Amy shrugged as if the conversation had never happened.
"So what kind of money did we get?" Derek finally asked.
"REAL money." Amy said, trying to be smart and come up with an answer to outsmart him.
"I didn't mean it that way."
"Oh! Sure you didn't! You know I'm smarter! Yes! Yes you do! Yes I am!" Amy said, crossing her arms and nodding her head. She looked like an idiot with the 'I-know-it-all' expression on her face.
"Wow, Amy! You really outsmarted me!" Derek said, sarcastically, mostly to shut her up. Everyone laughed to themselves while Amy was looking so sure of herself, and stubborn as a donkey at the same time. "Okay, back to what we were talking about."
"I got 42, and Derek only 40!" Sam said, slamming his money in the middle of the circle they had just made. "Yeah! I beat him again!" While Sam was celebrating his victory, the others went on with their money counting. Derek also put down his money.
"So far that's 82 dollars, plus my 50." Kevin said, drowsily.
"Equals, 8 dollars, and 250 cents!" Amy shrieked. "That isn't a lot, is it?" Everyone ignored her.
"Then that's 132 dollars!" Niki exclaimed.
"And how much did you get?" Kevin observed she hadn't said anything about how much she'd gotten.
"I uh--, I only got 20-," She stuttered, lightly putting the money on the ground.
"How?" Kevin said, being nosey.
"Stealing---," Niki tried to avoid the subject. Everyone either put their face in their hands or put their hands on their foreheads. They all sighed.
"Once a theft, always a theft. Now I KNOW you haven't changed." Kevin mumbled, remembering the day he had fallen in love with that bat named Rouge because she said she'd changed.
"Hey!" Niki shouted, standing up. She was really upset she'd done it, but also, they weren't being grateful. "This makes the money we've got up to 153 dollars!" Her eyes got watery. "You should be able to take it! We're in an ALLEY, not a mansion, in case you haven't noticed." Niki's voice lowered quite a bit as she looked at everyone staring back at her. "If you guys can't be grateful for the money I got, and for who I am-," She paused. "I'M LEAVING!" Niki rushed out of the alley, and started speed walking down the sidewalk. She had grabbed a dirty, old blanket before she left the alley, so her body wasn't as exposed, and she wasn't cold. It was the middle of the night.
Kevin looked at all his friends, and then at Tyler sleeping on the sofa. He, too, stood up and left.
"He's going after her." Amy wept. "The perfect romance movie!" She cried a little, but Sam smacked the back of her head, informing her to shut up.
"I think we all knew he still cared for her." Derek whispered.
Kevin caught up to Niki. "Rouge," He used her real name to calm her down. He tried to walk beside her, but she got faster every time he evened out with her. 'I hate to do this, but this could be the only way to get her to listen to me.' Kevin thought. When Kevin got close enough to her, he grabbed Niki, and gave her an affectionate kiss on the lips. Kevin had forgotten what it was like to feel someone's lips against his own. He hugged her, to let her know he cared. Her arms were now around him, her body filling with warmth.
"We both know--," she whispered, looking at him in the eyes. "that you did that to calm me down." She took advantage of the moment, and hugged him close. He stood with her, feeling a midnight breeze go by.
"Rouge," He whispered. "we all know that you tried, and that you got the money for our sake, but that doesn't make it right."
"I-I know." She admitted, still hugging him tight.
"So promise me now," He paused. "never to steal again."
"Only if you kiss me." Niki said. Kevin smiled as he looked down at her eyes, as if to say 'I'm happy to', and gave her a long passionate kiss, the kind she'd been hoping for. Kevin had to admit to himself that he was happy to kiss her again. He stroked her hair for a little bit, and then they were headed back to the alley, but this time, holding hands.
"Knuckles," Niki started, before they got back. She stopped him on the sidewalk and held both of his hands. "Can we try again? Please? I know you still love me, but why can't we try again?" Kevin sighed.
"It's true," He mumbled, trying to avoid eye contact at this point. "I do still love you. But it isn't the same kind of passionate love that I had before. At this point, I care for you. And I will always care for you, but to answer your question, we can't." Niki looked down, disappointed. "I think we should both move on." Kevin finished.
"Oh. Okay." She hesitated. "Does that mean you want to go out with that Princess girl?" Kevin snapped back to attention.
"HEY! Leave Princess Tikal OUT of this!"
"Okay, okay, just wondering." She answered as she started to walk. She gave him a side smile. Niki was back to her old self. Kevin didn't realize it, but he was smiling. He didn't realize, either, that he really did enjoy Niki's taunting teases and jokes. Niki noticed him smile and acted as sassy a possible as she walked away.
"Alright, now it's getting to the point where I don't care." He said. She slumped and turned into the alley.
Three days later, explanation of apartments:
Instead of having THREE apartments like Amy had suggested, they could only afford two. One for the boys, and one for Amy and Niki. So in a way, you could say that Amy and Niki had a lot more comfort space than everyone else did.
Amy and Niki's apartment was next door to everyone else's. They had two bed rooms, a living/front room, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. They were well off. As for Kevin, Derek, Tyler, and Sam, well, they had the same type of apartment. Two bed rooms, a living/front room, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. At first, they couldn't decide who would sleep in the same rooms as who. They all decided that Derek and Sam would NOT room together, and you can only guess why. But Tyler wanted to room with Derek, and Kevin and Sam DID NOT want to room together. So, Kevin, being who he was, slept on the sofa in the front room. ( That took a while for them to figure out.
Four days later, on the week end:
"YES! I don't have to work on the week ends!" Derek exclaimed as he threw him self on the sofa in front of the TV. At first he didn't see Kevin lying on the sofa.
"OW! YOU JERK!" Kevin threw Derek off him, flat on his face on the rug. "HOW MUCH DO YOU WAY, MAN?!"
"Uhhh--," Derek sat up on the floor and faced his friend. "It's not nice to ask people's weights?"
"What are you, a girl?" Kevin chuckled.
"HEY!! WHO ARE YOU CALLING A GIRL?!"
"You."
"WHO'S THIS SECTION NAMED AFTER, MISTER?!"
"Sonic the Hedgehog."
"THAT'S ME!!"
"No. You're Derek Gohegdeh."
"Hey, how'd you come up with that last name?" Derek asked, finally calming down.
"I just spelt hedgehog back words." Kevin answered, looking extremely smart [(].
"Ooooh---. I get it." Derek said, getting up.
"Yeah."
"So you'd be---," Derek had to think a minute. "Kevin Andihce."
"Yeah."
"You've got a better name than me!" Derek pouted as he walked in to the room he shared with Tyler.
"oooookay." Kevin said under his breath as he opened up the book he was reading before he was interrupted.
"What's that you're reading?" A voice said above him. It was Niki.
"Who let you in here?" He questioned while trying to read at the same time.
"I have an extra key, you know."
"No, I didn't."
"Well, I do." Niki was sitting on the arm of the sofa. Kevin's head was leaned against her thigh. He seemed not to care. She started to stroke his red hair.
"Get your fingers off my head." He said in an irritated tone. She made a scowling noise. "You know, I think Shadow is over you now." He said. They used they're real names when they were in the privacy of their apartments.
"How did you know about Shads' secret?" Niki said, a bit surprised.
"I'm a guardian, I sense a lot of things. I know a lot of secrets just by watching people." He answered, being a show off.
"Yeah? Like what kind of secrets?" Niki taunted, testing his ability.
"I know what kind of under wear you wear."
"HOW?!" Niki screamed, jumping of from the arm rest. Kevin's head came down with a thump.
"With pants as tight as yours? I can see." He rubbed the back of his head. "When I first noticed, I was sure that Shadow would like to know, you being his crush and all--,"
"KNUCKLES! You didn't!" She gasped.
"So I told him. He nodded in satisfactory." Kevin laughed to himself. Niki stormed out of the apartment, and Kevin heard her door slam shut. That's when Tyler ran in.
"HEY, EVERYONE! I GOT MY TRUMPET!" Kevin, Derek, Sam, and Amy rushed over to see it. Niki was in her apartment.
"It's nice! I hope you used your money, though, and not the group's." Derek commented.
"Well, I only took 50 dollars out of the group's money, but I worked for the rest! A friend also helped me."
"What 'friend', Tails?" Kevin said, crossing his arms.
"A friend. I met her when I talked to when we were still in the alley. She gave me job suggestions."
"You didn't tell her anything, did you?" Sam asked.
"No! And any way, Taylor wouldn't do anything to give me away, even if I did tell her."
"You still don't want to. You never know."
"It's a GIRL?! LOVE IS IN THE AIR!" Amy screamed.
"Will you SHUT UP?!" Sam yelled at her.
"---Meep---"
"But if I have my trumpet, I can start practicing. I can also start my theme song."
"We should all be working on our theme songs if we're going to do this in time." Derek said.
"I've already started mine." Niki's voice said from the door.
"Well, Miss Snooty!" Kevin taunted. Niki came and looked at the trumpet with everyone.
Mean while: [This part will be with the different parts like in interviews.]
Man #1: So, girls, have you caught their attention yet?
Man #2: Hey! I'm here, too, you know!
Man #3: Yeah! Me, too!
Man #1: oh, yeah, I forgot about you. Well, have you done what I created you for?
Woman #1: What are you talking about, "created"?
Man #1: If you think about it, I really did create you. I saved each and every one of your lives and re-created you so you'd be perfect!
Woman #1: tsk, just get on with the meeting. We have researching to do.
Man #1: okay, okay. Is everyone here?
Young Girl: *running in, panting* so---so sorry I'm late---,
Man #1" TAYLOR! You're late AGAIN!
Young Girl: *whimpering* I said I was sorry! I had to finish up!
Man #1: oh, alright. Well, how is our progress?
Woman #2: I haven't done anything yet. I'm waiting for the perfect opportunity.
Man #1: smart. But, if you slack, I'll have to destroy you.
Young Girl: I---I didn't know where he was at, first, to tell the truth. I hadn't been researching enough. He's so hard to find, though! Really!
Man #1: If he didn't like you so much, I'd destroy you right here and now! You're so un-prepared!
Man #3: *butting in* I haven't done anything, either.
Man #1: WHY NOT?!
Man #3: You actually expect me to go after that girl?! She's such a ditz!
Man #1: I don't care if she's smart or not, I'll blow you up if you don't meet her in the next 5 days!
Man #3: fine.
Man #2: I can't wait to get in on my turn. She's so hot. But she's always hanging around that stupid red head!
Man #1: Don't worry, she'll be away from him soon enough.
Woman #1: HEY! Watch what you say, Brad! That 'stupid red-head' is my project! But, to tell the truth, boss, I think he suspects something.
Man #1: IMPOSSIBLE! Tell him anything, and he'll believe it. He is as gullible as a monkey! Watch this! *turns to a little monkey* *hands the monkey a laser* Did you know that your cousin, the ape, is trying to kill all you monkeys?
Monkey: oo? (translation: huh?)
Man #1: well, you see, they want to destroy you! [but, really, secretly, this guy is trying to destroy all moneys and turn them into crab cakes.] So, why don't you go blow them up, before they get to you?
Monkey: ooo uh ah hoo, ahhooo! (translation: impossible, ~~~ ~~~~ [un, let's NOT translate that word.]!) *zaps man #1 with laser*
Man #1: ow---- okay, maybe not a monkey---
~~~~~~~~~
After a couple of days, most of our Sonic friends had their instruments, and to save time, they started to come up with a name.
"How 'bout---the Sweet Hearts!" Amy shrieked.
"How 'bout---NOT!" Sam retorted.
"Um, I don't like that name, but I'm sure we can work with it."
"Amy, you're such an idiot!"
"What did I do?"
"Just shut up." Sam scowled. They were all sitting in a circle on the rug of the living room in the boys' apartment since Derek couldn't stand being in Amy's with all the pictures of himself in there.
"Oh, I have an idea." Kevin started. "Nacho Mama's."
"We're not a restaurant." [really, my dad was going to start a restaurant called "Nacho Mama's", as in "Not your Mama's". pretty clever, isn't it? Well, he decided against the idea. O well.] Derek said, all of a sudden thinking of chili dogs.
"How about 'Sonic Team'?" Tyler suggested.
"That's too bland." Derek answered.
"Why does it have to be with Sonic's name? Why can't it be 'Sunlight over Shadows'?"
"Hey, I like that!" Amy shrieked.
"The name?" Sam looked hopeful that he had a vote.
"No, the story on www.fanfiction.net. It's a good one, you should read it." [please read that fic, my friend needs help, because it really is good, but no has given it a chance to start yet.] Sam made a scowling noise and went back to thinking of names.
"If it has the name 'Sonic' in it, people might get the idea that we're really cool. The word 'sonic' isn't only Sonic's name, it's also a word by it's self." Tyler reminded.
"Yeah." Everyone said drearily at the same time.
"So, I suggest, 'Sonic Boom'." Tyler suggested.
"But isn't that a song from Knothole?" Sonic asked, remembering when he first heard it.
"Yeah, but they don't know that."
"True." Everyone seemed to like the idea. So that was the name. 'Sonic Boom'.
The next day, Sam was looking around for a bass guitar. For some reason, he didn't want to wear the matrix stuff he had bought a couple weeks ago. He stayed in his original clothes. He looked in a window of a shop. Sam saw his reflection, and studied his face. 'My eyes are red.' He thought. His hedgehog eyes were red, but being a human with red eyes must be a freaky sight. After staring quite a bit, he looked at the sign for the shop.
"De Olde Guitar Shoppe" It said in fancy lettering.
"What are they gonna sell there? Lutes?" Sam said to him self. He walked down a ways, and saw another guitar shop. This one looked a lot better from the grandpa one. Sam stepped in. He saw rows and rows of different guitars and other string instruments. He walked into an isle in the back, wear the basses were. Sam picked one up and looked at it. It was red and black-his two favorite colors. Then, he heard someone behind him. It surprised him and he dropped the bass guitar.
Before it hit the ground, someone 'flew' out and caught it.
"You should try to be more careful!" The kind woman's voice said. Sam looked at the girl who was talking to him. She had light brown hair, with streaks of blue, red, pink, yellow, and many other colors in it. Her hair went a little lower than her shoulders, and there were buns on her head, as well [I don't know if this is easy to imagine. She has her hair down, but the top layer is put up into two buns like Taylor's---? Sorry, I'll try to draw a pic and put it somewhere]. Sam's mouth wouldn't let him speak. This girl was too beautiful. 'I must be dreaming' was all he thought. "Um, hello?" She smiled.
Sam shook it off. "Uh, sorry." The girl giggled. She was wearing a white shirt that had long sleeves. Over that, she had a light blue short sleeve shirt that opened up down the center. She had bell-bottom jeans on.
"Do you play guitar?" She asked, holding up the bass he had dropped.
"Yeah, bass." Sam answered.
"Oh. You must be good at it."
"I guess you could say that." He said modestly. "I mean, I've never had a lesson. I taught myself." The girl giggled again. Sam liked the sound of her laugh. "Do you play any instruments?" He hesitated.
"Uh, yeah, but I don't think I'd be half as good as you." She said as if it was obvious.
"So, uh, what's your name?" He asked.
"Victoria. Victoria Glass." She said putting out her hand to shake.
"Victoria?" He shook her hand. 'Victoria----kinda sounds like victory.' He thought. "Mine name's Sam."
"Do you have a last name, Sam?"
"Oh, yeah, of course." He thought for a moment. "It's Gohegdeh."
"Ah, interesting." She smiled at him. "So are you gonna buy the guitar?"
"It matters how much it is."
"Well, the tag says 450 dollars."
"Damn---," Sam whispered.
"What's wrong?" Victoria cocked her head.
"Well, you see, I have to get a bass, because my friends and I are starting a band, and my other one is broken. We have money that we all got, and I don't want to use all of it. We have 500 to spend, but I don't want to use that much."
"Well, let me give you 100." Sam's eyes widened.
"One-one hundred?"
"Yeah." Victoria said while digging into her pocket. She handed him the bass. Then she handed him the 100 dollars. 'I hardly know her and she's already giving me money. What's she getting at?!' Sam thought.
"Uh, thanks. If I can ever repay you, please, name it."
"Okay. Will you go out with me?" She looked even more beautiful when she asked.
"Sure." Sam shrugged. Inside, his heart was thumping. 'This girl is crazy.' He thought. 'But I like that!'
After buying the guitar, Sam walked with Victoria to his apartment. He dropped the guitar off, and then they went out for lunch.
Niki was at a diner, trying to think of words for her theme. "This is harder than I thought! What rhymes with 'mind'?! Okay, nothing that will work! How about 'time'? It'll work!" Niki debated with herself while she jotted down ideas. With the AC blasting in the diner, Niki's exposed arms and legs were getting cold. She shifted, while looking at the people around her. She was sitting in a booth, and the bar was on her right. Two guys were looking at her from the bar. She waved with a sassy smile then went back to thinking.
"Hey, there." One of the guys came over. Niki covered up her work and ideas. "What's that you're doing there?" He said, being impossible. 'He's hot.' Niki thought. He had black hair, with a 'muscle shirt' and zip-off pants [booooooorrrrrrrrrrring. I didn't have any ideas].
"Nothing, really." She answered with her flirty smile on.
"So, can I buy you a drink?" He asked.
"Well, if you tell me your name, maybe I'll let you."
"The name's Brad."
"My name's Rou-I mean Niki."
"What were you going to say before?"
"Huh? Oh, I was just thinking about how I-uh, I had to buy some more of a different color rouge. I don't like this one."
"I like what you're wearing now. It suits you."
"Thanks." She answered. 'That was a close one.' Niki thought.
"So what about that drink?" Brad asked.
"Sure." Niki gave him a side smile of approval.
At the same time, Amy was getting ready to leave the day-care. She had had an action-packed day because they had a new child come and he was quite the brat.
Amy grabbed her purse, and limply went out the door and locked it. She was always the last one there.
When she walked down the side walk, she started thinking of Sonic the Hedgehog, but not Derek the Human. She was worried that her affections would die down if they didn't become their normal selves again. Amy didn't have a care in the world about humans. The only species she'd love is a hedgehog, even if it meant being human for life.
Amy was looking at the side walk as she moved over it. She accidentally bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorry." She said, not even looking up. Who ever it was didn't seem to care, so just kept her walking. As she walked away, a mysterious figure watched.
"He missed his chance again. The boss isn't gonna be too happy, that's for sure." The on-looker whispered.
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Me: ANOTHER CHAPTER DONE!!! YAY!!! Oh yeah. Ya know how I always talk about those pictures that I'm going to get around to drawing? Well, I finished Taylor's picture, Victoria's, and Tobitha's! I even drew them chibi style, as well! Yay! Well, if you know a site that I can post them for u to see, then PLEASE tell me, cuz I want you to see 'em. It would help the story, anyway. I have an advertisement: Please read the story "Sunlight over Shadows" bcuz it's a really nice beginning and all that stuff. It doesn't have a cliffhanger, so it's hard to get attached to, but I'm sure Capricorn Chaos will add SOME kind of plot, right? And anyway, I like the title. That's one thing that gets ya hooked, right? The title is clever, right?! RIGHT?! Everyone else: WE GET IT, CAN WE REVIEW NOW?!?! Me: oh yeah, who's stoppin' ya? Oh yeah, I am. Well, thanks for reading!