Chapter Twenty-One
The Thief, a Fan Girl's Heartbreak, and the Egghead
Evening came across the city of Mobotropolis as the season of summer came to a close and the beginning of autumn began with the annual Fall Ball. The Fall Ball is held annually at the royal palace in which they celebrate the harvest, as their ancestors have done, and the beginning of school. The whole town is invited to the ball and has had great success over the years. In one household, a family of foxes are getting ready for the ball. In the uppermost room stood a fox getting ready with a tuxedo.
His name is Miles Prower. Miles has the most unusual trait given that is much more of a gift than it is a curse (by those who disagree). He has twin tails and this trait has earned him the moniker Tails. His fox-like Chao, Ace, was also getting ready. Chao have always been allowed for centuries since one of the monarchs of past brought her Chao to the ball and it has been allowed ever since. Ace had always had his usual attire; a pilot's cap, silk scarf, and goggles. Miles just finished putting on his bowtie when Ace finished putting on his scarf. Ace flew up and landed on Miles' should just as he was flattening the fur on his head and straightening out the three bands of hair on his brow.
"Ace," Miles addressed his Chao, "why don't you put on that tux Mom had got you?"
"Chao!" with that Ace turned his back on Miles.
"No?" Miles asked knowing the mood Ace was in. "Would you wear it for me?" Ace turns back towards his master with a raised eyebrow. "If not, do it for Mom since she tends to spoil you at times," Miles smiled after that comment and Ace flew off from his perch towards a small Chao-sized closest that held some of his attire.
Although the majority of the closet contained pilot's attire and other military-styled attire; it did contain some former wear. As soon as Ace returned to his perch in front of the mirror and stripped out of the pilot attire; Miles started to brush his fur with a small brush. Ace didn't seem to take it too well but he held still long enough for Miles to finish. Miles finished his brushing and Ace slipped on his one-piece tux in which messed up the fur on his head in which Miles re-combed. He then tied Ace's bowtie before Ace flew up to Miles' shoulder.
"I'd say that we look dashing," he said as he pulled on his gloves. "I wished I had a cane to go with this ensemble, but that would look a bit too much. Don't you think?" Ace cocked his head to a side as in deep thought before he nodded.
Miles left his room, with Ace still on his shoulder, through a trapdoor on the floor in which he pressed down revealing an opening. He then moved the hinged ladder to extend it to the floor before exiting his room and closing the trapdoor behind him. Miles traveled through the hall and down the stairs towards the entrance hall. He turned to the right at the landing and into the den to find his mom putting some last minute touches on her hair in front of a wall mirror. She wore a deep periwinkle dress that glittered in the light. She wore a pearl necklace around her neck and diamond earrings. She even had matching high heels to boot. Miles froze in the doorway when he caught sight of his mother. She look practically… picturesque. She turned when she saw Miles' reflection in the mirror and she had a warm smile on her face.
"Why Miles you look handsome!" she then put her hands on her hips and her became stern but playful at the same time. "Did you bribe Ace into wearing that tux I got him?"
"Thanks Mom and no I didn't bribe Ace into wearing the tux. By the way you look…" he rotated his wrist trying to find the right word to describe her, "exquisite!"
Before she could answer, the sound of running feet was overhead then the sound of feet hitting the stairs. Miles leapt out of the doorway as a pair of twin foxes rushed into the room. One of them wore a pure white dress that was decorated with glitter and the other had a miniature tuxedo on. They were both laughing and their attire wasn't straight at all. The young vixen's dress was somewhat wrinkled with the hem of the dress uneven and the young fox's tux had a crooked collar with the jacket hanging loosely on his shoulders. His bowtie wasn't straight on straight.
"Alright you two," she said over their laughter, "stand up straight so that I can get a look at you two."
They both stood up straight while they tried to stifle their laughter. Their mother, Rosemary, tried to fix the young vixen's dress.
"Miles, would you fix up Austin while I work with Judy's dress?" Rosemary asked as he fixed Judy's dress him.
"Sure," as he beckoned his younger brother, Austin, towards him.
Miles squatted down towards Austin's level and proceeded to fix the collar of his shirt. He straightened his shirt getting out all of the wrinkles out, fixed his bowtie, and fixed his jacket. The both of them fidgeted and laughed as Rosemary and Miles tried to get them more presentable. Their father, a fox with a patch over his left eye, came in as he was putting on his bowtie just as the young twins' clothes were more presentable.
"You look just as dashing as you did on our wedding day, Amadeus," Rosemary playfully said as she approached him.
"And you look just as beautiful as you did that day, Rosemary," he replied as he spun her around once and held her at an angle as if they were going to kiss.
The twins giggled behind their hands and Miles just rolled his eyes at their parents.
"Let's go since we need to pick up Amber and Bruise," Amadeus said and they left the house as he locked the door behind them.
Next door a pair of twin foxes near Miles' age came out of their house and greeted them outside their gate. One of them was an amber colored vixen with deep blue eyes dressed in a sparkling blue dress and high heels. The other was a dark red fox dressed in a tuxedo.
"Thank you so much for taking them at such a short notice," their mother called out by the door.
"Not at all Hilary," Rosemary called out.
"Now you two behave yourselves."
"Mom!" they both cried out with embarrassment while blushing slightly.
They walked towards the palace as they had some small talk. The street lights were just coming on and shock clerks closed early for the ball. They walked several blocks until they made it to the entrance to the palace.
The palace courtyard had been transformed into a party-like picture. Lanterns were strung from poles and a wide table could be seen on the far end with a large variety of food. It seemed that the whole city had turned out for the ball as they were all dressed in their best attire. Austin and Judy ran off as they spotted some of their friends from preschool, Bruise ran off when he saw a part of his gang, and Rosemary and Amadeus left to go mingle with some of their old friends leaving Miles, Ace, and Amber behind.
"Let's see if some of my friends are around since they've been asking me to introduce you to them," Amber said over the soft waltz-like music playing.
"Sure," Miles replied and the left with Amber leading in search of her friends.
They searched near the end of the dance floor and they found a small group of vixens dressed in their best wear talking amongst themselves.
"Hello girls!" Amber shouted an ran towards them.
Miles hung back as his pace slowed as he saw Amber being greeted by the small group of vixens.
"This is my best friend, Miles."
"Where did you dig up this handsome fox, Amber?" one of them asked as the others stared wide-eyed at Miles just as Miles tried to oppress a blush creeping on his face.
"He even has his Chao dress for the occasion!" another said as she went forward to introduce herself. "Hello, my name is Alexandria, but call me Alex," then she then proceeded to introduce the others, "this is Judith, Candice, Chelsey, and Rosa."
"Hello ladies," Miles replied with a bow.
"So Amber, where did you find him?"
"Well, Candice, he's first; my best friend and second; he's my next door neighbor," Amber promptly replied.
"Hello there cutie," one of them said as she tried to stroke Ace, but Ace just retreated to the top of Miles' head.
"Now, Ace," Miles said as he looked up at the Chao on his head, "I don't think they're going to hurt you."
"Come on, Ace," Amber said soothingly, "you don't think that I would hurt you in anyway?" Ace thought for a moment as he cocked his head to a side before flying towards Amber.
"Ace?" the vixen who tried to pet Ace said surprised. "How did you come up with a name like that? Don't get me wrong, but I've seen stranger names for Chao than that?"
"Well," Miles began as he thought to that day, "I named him that since I found him dressed up like a pilot one morning and the gear he used came from one of my plush dolls. Also to add, the plush doll he took it off was my Ace the Eagle one and I was four at the time I named him."
"I remember him," another vixen spoke, "I used to read the comics and my younger cousins begged me to watch it with them when they're over when it became a television adaptation. They even have the DVD box sets of the series!"
"I watch it too with my younger sibs, but I do it under my own power since they begged me to watch it with them one day," Miles replied as Ace was passed around the girls like a picture of a famous celebrity.
Miles was then hit from behind and he turned to see a pink hedgehog dressed in a deep red dress and high heels stomping her way towards the dance floor. He knew who it was and he looked towards where she was walking to see what had exactly set her off. Off in the distance he could see a blue hedgehog dancing with a squirrel-chipmunk hybrid and Miles knew what was about to happen.
"If you excuse me, ladies, but I need to defuse a ticking time bomb before it explodes in the middle of the dance floor. Ace, stay put," Miles said hurriedly before running off.
"Where'd he say he was doing?" a vixen asked.
"He said he was going to take care of something."
"I think it was that pink hedgehog that bumped into him that he's taking care of," Amber said as they saw Miles disappear in the knot of people.
"Where's the fire, Amy?" he asked after he caught up with her grabbing her hand.
"Where's the fire?" she repeated ferociously causing people to stare at them.
"Keep your voice down, Amy," he said quietly and gestured her to follow. "Let's take this elsewhere." He led, or rather dragged, her away from the dance floor and towards some hedges so they could talk peacefully. "So, what's your problem, Amy?"
"That hussy is dancing with MY Sonic!" she yelled pointing to the said couple.
"That 'hussy' is a princess who happens to be a close friend of mine and I'm sure you heard that Sonic is a prince."
"Yes, and I'll make sure that Sonic is mine and not some snot-nosed prissy is getting between me and Sonic!"
"You should listen you yourself talk, Amy."
"That's not important! The only thing that is important is getting Sonic to be mine!"
"It's not that simple," shaking his head. "You have to be born into royalty in order to marry Sonic and the marriage is usually arranged."
"Then I'll make a change in their tradition and turn this into a Cinderella story!"
"Cinderella is just a fairytale and it doesn't happen in real life. You can't break tradition that easily."
"How dare you get between me and Sonic! You never did this before!" her emerald eyes now blazed with an emerald fire.
"When you strike this 'hussy,' as you put it, you are going to be arrested for harming a monarch and it's only she that can drop the charges. By the way, what makes Sonic so important to you?"
"That's not important, Tails!"
"Just answer the question!"
"Fine!" she snapped as she walked past him with her hands crossed before turning to face him and her voice became calmer. "I first met Sonic near Never Lake and that's when I got kidnapped by that," she tries to find words to describe what happened next, "mechanical double of Eggman's! He risked his life to save me and he did after he beat Mecha in a race to save me."
"How'd you hear of Sonic in the first place?"
"I heard rumors of him and I read my tarot cards in which they said I would have a chance meeting with him. I went in search of where they said I would meet him and he came. I've been in love with him ever since that day."
"That sounds more like hero worship than infatuation to me."
"How would you know? You've never felt true love!" she snapped again.
"I idolized him while you had been worshipping as the hero he is and not as the hedgehog he truly is! Also to add, you're not 'truly' in with Sonic, you're too blinded by hero worshipping him to see the truth!"
Amy was taken back by the remarked but she recovered and her tempter had taken over again as she approached him until she was in his face, "How dare you? You'll see that Sonic and I belong together!"
She walked past him as Tails spoke, "Sonic sees you as more of an annoyance than a girlfriend."
She stops and faces Tails, "Why would Eggman call me his girlfriend?"
"He's too dumb and Sonic would save anyone no matter what. Even if it is an annoying, love crazed fan girl," he said making sure she got every word while emphasizing the last few words as he turned to face her.
Amy looked on in shock but she had enough strength to snap at him again, "How would you know what love is?"
"There are different kinds of love. Love between friends, sibling love, love of a pet, love between a parent and child, and the list seems to go on. I may be too young to feel the love you have, but," he inched closer to her, "can't you take rejection like a normal person."
"No I won't!" her temper came back even worse then before. "You'll see that Sonic is rightfully mine, and not some snot-nosed hussy is taking my prince away from me!" she turns to walk off.
"Fine," he replied shaking his head, "but don't do something that you'll regret in the future."
A sneeze was heard that stopped Amy in her tracks and caught Tails' attention. It came from behind some of the hedges that they were near.
"Show yourself!" Tails shouted and out came five young vixens and one of them had a fox-like Chao dressed in a tuxedo. He gave them a long look before asking, "How much did you hear?"
"Well," one of them stepped forward, "we heard enough to say that she," pointing to Amy, "has a huge crush on Sonic and that you are Tails. Do you know how many young vixens in this city are infatuated by you, Miles?"
"Miles!" Amy shouted as she turned to Tails.
"Uh, no," he just simply replied slightly confused.
"No?" another spoke surprised as she stepped forward. "From what I've heard, all preteen vixens are infatuated by you and I'm not sure why. My younger cousins have tons of pictures of you pasted on their walls and anything else they could find."
"Timeout!" Amy snapped not liking being ignored. "Okay Tails, spill it! Is your name Tails or Miles?"
Tails, or Miles, just took a deep breath, "Tails is just a moniker, or are you too upset at our quarrel to see? My true name is Miles Prower, and I thank you not to turn my name into a pun."
"Well, Per Hour," she said angrily unknowingly mispronouncing his surname as her eyes blazed again with a renew flare, "you just stay out of my way and Sonic!"
"It's Prower and I'll let it go for now since you're enraged at the moment. However, Sonic is now out of your league and I would advise you not to pry yourself in between them lest you want to be persecuted for your actions."
Before Amy could snap back an explosion was heard and then the entire complex was surrounded by armed men causing screams of panic to ensue.
"Alright guests!" a voice spoke from above causing all eyes to go in that direction. "Just follow orders and nobody gets hurt and I wouldn't try anything funny since all guards are at the moment indisposed of."
It was a purple weasel dressed in a brown hat with the brim bent up on one end and he was riding a hover bike as he landed on the ground with a brown bag in his hand. He was ordering the guest to remove all jewelry and put them in the bag as he held them at gun point. There wasn't a thing that anyone could do, but there was a glitch in his plan which didn't go unnoticed by Miles. The guards that were holding them at gun point seemed transparent and Miles took a chance and hit a rock near one of his tails. The shot went towards the guard's head and Miles dove to tackle him but he just went through it like it was a ghost.
"Just as I thought," he said getting back up catching the shocked looks on the others, "a hologram."
"You shouldn't of done that, Miles. What would've happened if they were real?" the vixen with the Chao said.
"Old habits die hard, Amber. I think it's about time that somebody outfoxes, pun intended, a weasel. Ace?"
The Chao went to his side and he started to whisper something in Ace's ear. After he was done, Ace nodded that he understood and took off into the air as Miles went to implement his part of the plan into motion.
"What does he think he is doing? What if there is more of them?" a vixen hissed at the one called Amber as they watched Miles disappear into the knot of people.
In the middle of the knot, the weasel continued to take the jewelry as he came by each of the guests. His next one was a vixen dressed in a deep periwinkle dress and she was taking off her rings weeping silently, but there soon was a yell of pain from in front of her. The weasel was shaking his crooked tail to and fro as he tried to shake off a Chao that was clamped on his tail with its teeth. He finally shook off the Chao, which was a fox-like one dress in a tuxedo, only to be attacked in the face as it gnawed and punched his face as he dropped his bag in order to swat the Chao away. He then was tackled from the side causing the Chao to halt its attack. He fought with his attacker until they broke free and he held him up at point-blank range. It was a fox dressed in a tuxedo with blue eyes.
"Do I know you?" the weasel asked as they both stood up slowly.
"Maybe," the fox replied before he grabbed the gun and did a complex movement that enabled him to get the gun so that the weasel was staring down the barrel of his own gun.
"Now, now," the weasel spoke as he backed off, "put that down before somebody gets hurt."
"Namely you? By the way," in his free hand he revealed a watch in which the weasel did a double take at his left hand to find out that there was nothing there, "I wouldn't use holograms to get what you need. It would only fool those whose eyes are not trained to see the difference. By the way if you're wondering, I did a slight of hand trick to relieve you of your watch," he continued as he pressed a button on the watch causing the holograms to vanish.
The weasel then bolted towards his hover bike but was met by a strong cyclone that surrounded him. After it had cleared, he was hog-tied with his hands and feet tied behind his back with a fan belt. A small snicker was heard and the weasel turned to see a blue hedgehog with a golden crown on his head with emerald green eyes.
"Let's see you weasel your way out of this, Nack," there was a slight cockiness in his speech which made the weasel growl with anger upon recognizing the voice.
"When I get out of this, Sonic the Hedgehog, I'll make sure to have your head on a platter so I can take the bounty placed on your head!" he snarled as he tried to squirm his way towards the hedgehog.
Guards soon arrived as they took Nack away while he continued to curse towards Sonic before he was out of earshot as he struggled to get out of the guards' grip. The stolen jewelry was also returned to the original owners, and the ball continued without a hitch except for Miles being scolded for his actions by his parents and Amber's friends didn't take Miles' actions well but they soon forgave him just because of his epithet. Amber stuck by him despite disagreeing with his actions but forgave him for what he had done.
The ball continued well into the night and ended with a spectacular pyrotechnics display over the palace thus ending the ball. Miles had talked to Sonic before leaving concerning if he's seen Amy. He said that he ran into her with Princess Sally and Amy had to be subdued by several guards before she assaulted Sally. However, after some explanations were told she was soon released and walked with Sally. Sonic had heard them arguing when he was walking by and had caught Amy yelling that Sally should be going out with someone of her own species and leave Sonic alone. However, Sally replied regally that she didn't had to resort to blackmailing him in order to marry him. To Amy that was the last straw, she then attacked Sally and it took both Sonic and Sally's elder brother, Prince Elias, to subdue her. She swore that Sonic will be hers before she left in a huff as she stormed off and Sonic let her go before she explodes in front of his face making another scene. Sonic had caught her in tears before she left with her cousin, Samantha, but she didn't want to talk to him and Samantha snapped at Sonic for breaking her heart. Miles became worried over Amy's reaction since he believed that she believed that Sonic's reactions to her was "playing hard to get" and what happened tonight just might have been the worst thing to happen to her since being captured by Robotnik or on his orders a number of times. Near the end of the week, he had seen Amy leave the airport with what seemed like a heavy heart as she bid farewell to her cousin while he was working on his biplane.
When the beginning of the weekday came around, it was the beginning of school. Earlier in the week Miles and his sibs got their school supplies from the local store. It was an exciting morning, especially for Austin and Judy, as they ate breakfast that morning. They were both talking animatedly about what their first day was going to be like while Miles ate silently while his sibs talked.
"Now remember, Miles," their mother said reminding Miles, "take your brother and sister to school and pick them up after school."
"Sure thing," he replied as he poured maple syrup onto his pancakes. "Don't forget that you were taking Ace to the Chao daycare."
"I won't forget," she said as she scratched behind Ace's ears, who was dressed back in his pilot attire, as he sat at the kitchen table munching on a muffin.
After they had finished breakfast, Miles went outside with his book bag as he put on his pads and helmet since he was roller-skating to school while he waited for his sibs to come out. They came out with their bikes out of the garage with their helmets and bags in tow. Judy was dressed in a new pink dress with ribbons tied in front of each of her ears and Austin had his new shoes on as they walked out with their bikes and lunchboxes in hand.
"Alright you two," Miles said as he walked out of the yard while putting his helmet on his head and tapping his heels together causing two pairs of wheels to appear on each shoe. "Let's get going before we're late."
They left the driveway and entered the road on their way to school. Austin and Judy turned their biking into a race to school, but Miles wouldn't allow it since: one; they didn't know the way and two; they could get hurt. They both tried to enter an intersection without looking both ways and trying to go through a red light. They finally made it to the schoolyard in which Miles seemed somewhat exhausted from his trip to school. He made sure that his sibs had their bikes properly secured; however, as he was checking them they had ran off. He found that both of them weren't secured properly and he had to use the spare key he got from their mom in order to secure the bikes. He would have a talk to them after school since he had to travel to the east side of the yard to get to his class. The city itself had five different schools with all the grades on the same grounds.
Miles tapped his heels again making the wheels disappear before he walked into the school while he removed his pads and helmet. He walked through the hall until he found Room 150 and he walked in.
The room had two windows on the west side of the room that overlooked the playground where several of the younger grades were playing. Each desk was set in a 7 X 7 pattern with textbooks on each of the desks. The north side of the room held the blackboard and the teacher's desks in a corner near a window. The rear of the room held several shelves that held multiple slots to hold helmets and pads for the students who traveled to school by bike or skates. Several of the students in the room talked to one another while others looked for a seat to take. Miles set his pads and helmet in one of the slots at the back of the class before taking his seat at the front row center seat.
"How are you today, Miles?" Amber asked as she walked in taking a seat next to him.
"Just fine," he replied.
"Excuse me, but I think you're in my seat," a voice spoke in front of him.
It came from a gray wolf with octagonal glasses dressed in what appeared to be an attempt to impress the teacher on the first day. He wore a collared-shirt and former pants with shoes that would go well on a former occasion but not on a school day (unless it was for school pictures).
"I don't see your name on it," Miles replied seeing that the seat was not taken.
"I have no time to argue with someone of inferior intelligence but I'll say this. I've sat in the position that you are in now and I intend to keep it that same seat, Vulpes," the wolf replied ending with a light push on Miles' forehead.
"Leave him alone, Euclid. He's done nothing to you except sit in your favorite seat. It's first come, first serve on the first day of school," Amber replied somewhat annoyed.
"I have some respect for you, Amber. You are the second smartest in this class, next to me that is, and your intelligence quotient is nowhere as near as mine," the wolf named Euclid replied somewhat making himself sound more superior than Amber.
"My IQ may not be as high as yours, but I can still put up a good fight," Amber replied and now almost everyone in the room was watching the scene.
"I suggest that you move, Vulpes," Euclid addressed Miles in a more angrier tone.
"I think not because I'm very content in this seat and have reason to move," Miles replied as he stretched his arms behind his back.
The teacher came in and everyone took a seat. Euclid took a seat next to Miles just as the teacher came from her desk. She was an elder hawk with brown and while plumage. She wore a flowery dress with flower patterns on it. She also had a pair of glasses on that seemed to be bifocals.
"Okay class," she said in a gravely voice, "settle down so I can take roll." She pronounced each name perfectly; except for some names. However, when she got to Miles name; there were some snickers from the other students. "Okay class, my name is Mrs. Hawkins and I'll be your instructor for the year. Let's go over some ground rules before we begin. The seats you are in now are the seats you will be in for the rest of the year. You may plead your case to me if you want to change; however, the one you want to switch with must also agree to the change. I will not tolerate cursing in my class and also the use of nicknames. I won't tolerate anyone coping in my class and if caught; you'll get an automatic F and detention after school. No talking out of turn and no talking when others are talking. Is that clear?" There were a few 'Yes, Ma'am' and a few nods; however she gave the class a disappointing look. "When I ask a question; I expect a 'Yes, Ma'am' or a 'No, Ma'am.' Is that clear?"
The whole class bellowed 'Yes, Ma'am' and she when back to her desk to retrieve a book.
"Open your English books to chapter one and we'll begin," she spoke when she got back to her podium as she opened her book.
So the first day of school began. For the first hour in English, they had learned to identify nouns, verbs, adverbs, etc. She kept the entire class quiet and answered each question promptly. The next hour was History. They learned the early lives of their ancestors before the advent of human intervention. Next came Mathematics, when Euclid became the one of show-off his skills. However he didn't count on Miles answering the second part of Mrs. Hawkins' question correctly. The next hour was Phys. Ed with a broad shouldered bulldog. Despite his rugged appearance, he was just a gentle fellow with a big heart.
The class were paired up randomly as they held a one-on-one basketball tournament. Miles went up against Amber and he lost the game in a very close match of 3-2 in a five minute game. Bruise and his friends made a big deal over his match, but Bruise got what was coming to him when he lost is first, and only, match 10-2. The tournament was won by a young doe named Joyce Anderson.
Then came lunch hour were Miles and Amber ate in the quad. Her friends jointed them later and they ate and laugh what the first day had been like. Miles did make a few new acquaintances, but it was the fear of Bruise that kept them distant from him. He had thought that he did have any hatred for anyone else except for Bruise and Julian, but that was not until he met Euclid. Euclid seemed bent on intimidating Miles, but that didn't seem to work too well. Miles was getting annoyed that Euclid had to resort to calling him 'Vulpus' instead of calling him by his name. Euclid didn't want anything to do with Miles and Miles had mentally translated after Euclid walked off from him that Euclid had called him a 'twin-tailed fox' in scientific terms.
Lunch ended after the hour and they returned to class to learn Science. Euclid now seemed to be the smartest in the subject as he answered every question that was asked by Mrs. Hawkins despite the grumbling from the majority of the class. Amber did get some answers in edgewise and so did Miles despite the looks that Euclid was giving him. The last hour was reading and the majority of the class hated that subject. They had to read a section out of their book and answer the questions at the end. Euclid had finished in the first fifteen minutes of class had started to do his science homework. The final bell rang and the class left with their book bags filled with homework in all subjects that they didn't finish.
"Hey, Miles," Amber called out before he left the school, "my friends and I are going to the malt shop to do homework. Are you up for it and be sure to bring Ace along if you can?"
"Sure, but that seems to be last minute. I still have to pick up Austin and Judy and I need to ask my mom if I can go," he replied matter-of-factly.
"Okay, I'll see you back home since I also need to held home," she answered before running off.
Miles walked off with his pads on as he walked across the grounds to pick up his younger sibs. He found them both in separate rooms and it took a while for them to come with them since they didn't want to leave. After he had gotten them, he told them about locking their bikes up correctly before running off. On the way back home, they did a better job of obeying the laws of the road. When they got home, the found their mother and Ace in the garden as they were watering the plants.
"We're home!" Miles called out as he came through the gate as his sibs ran their bikes into the garage.
"Hello, sweetie, how was your first day of school?" she asked as she poured water on her flowers with a watering can as Ace sniffed the flowers.
"Okay and Amber asked me to come to the malt shop to do homework."
"That seems to be last minute, but be sure to be back before supper."
"Sure, Ace are you coming along?"
Ace abandoned sniffing the flowers and flew towards Miles landing on his shoulder. Miles roller skated towards Amber, who was just leaving her yard, before they walked off towards the malt shop. The malt shop is one of the local hangouts for the youths in the area and a great gathering point for them. The malt shop wasn't too far for them to walk. The malt shop had a large patio with tables with umbrellas and the inside seemed to be crowded at this day and time. They enter the malt shop and found Amber's friends waiting for them at a large round table as they joined them.
"What can I get for you today?" the waitress asked as Miles and Amber joined them.
"Gwen," an antler-less buck called out, "we'll take this order."
The waitress, Gwen, went to another table as the antler-less buck and his wife took care of the order. They returned a few minutes later with multiple cups.
"Okay," the elder doe said as she took a cup, "a Berry-Berry Swirl for Amber, a Strawberry Delight for Alex, a Sherbet Shake for Judith, a Double Chocolate Swirl for Candice, a Neapolitan Malt for Chelsey, a Cherry Vanilla Swirl for Rosa, a double scooped Vanilla ice cream sundae with hot fudge, nuts, whipped cream, chunks of mint, and cherries for the little Ace, and an extremely thick Minted Vanilla Malt for Miles."
"How are all of my favorite customers doing today?" the elder antler-less buck asked. "I heard that you were back Miles, but I didn't believe that you were back in town."
"It's a long story," Miles replied.
"I would to hear it, but alas I can't since I have a malt shop to run," he replied in a disappointed tone before he left.
The small group of friends talked about their first day and over what was heard around school. Despite it mainly being 'girl talk' they didn't mind and they even included gossip on Euclid since the rumors had said that Miles had hurt his pride for the first time ever even more than Amber could have done in a day's worth.
The first day of school has ended for the youths of Mobotropolis and Miles' life looks great in the near future. Euclid seems to dislike Miles ever since he didn't get his usual seat and he isn't used to have competition other than Amber. He seems to be a mild thorn to Miles, and let's hope that Euclid doesn't try anything dumb just to prove that he's the smartest one on class. Will Miles break the grip that Bruise has on the school that is forcing everyone to avoid him lest they want to be attacked? What is Robotnik up to at this time? Is he still licking his wounds from being betrayed or is he scheming for his next plan? What of Amy? Will she get over what had happened at the Fall Ball or will she do something desperate just to get Sonic to marry her? Only time will tell until these questions are answered and all wounds are healed.
Preview:
This is Tails! A week has past since school started and Euclid seems to be desperate to show that he's superior than me but that doesn't seem to be working. I also find out who 'Kid Ace' is and we have our rematch ever since our match was interrupted back on Westside Island. Julian and his amigos show up again and I find out that I have to put up with them in Mobotropolis. Can my life get any worse? They start to harass me more and with Bruise's constant harassment they become fast friends. However, their harassment gets them into trouble when they start to make fun of my epithet. Find out what happens next time!
Post Author's Notes: Euclid means 'smart' in Greek and his surname is a combination of two words (seen in his profile) Wolfinstein: Wolf and Einstein (think Frankinstein).
Copyright: Euclid Wolfinstein is copyrighted by me as well as all characters that I've created. You may borrow them with my consent.
