Alright everyone, I am updating a little earlier than planned. I had no homework tonight so here I am. I hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter. This one I'm hoping will be a little longer than some others. Anyway, lets just get on with it!

Matt finally got onto his street. But since it was morning, some people were outside, so he thought he would be slick and try to sneak past them. So he went trough everyone's backyard! He went extremely quiet. He was grateful everyone had trees, and bushes he could hide behind. Finally he got to his own yard. He took off his ring, and walked to his backdoor. He opened it softly. His dad had already left for work, and he could hear his mom's hair dryer from her bedroom. So he knew the coast was clear. But he was forgetting one person...

"Hey Matt? What are you doing outside this early?" His little brother, Brendan asked.

"Oh, umm... Isn't it a little early for you to be up anyways? Your in 5th grade, you don't have to be to school until 9:00," Matt responded.

"Don't change the subject, why were you outside?" His brother asked again.

"Alright Brendan, I'm gonna be honest with you..." Matt started.

"I'm listening..." His brother said as he leaned in to hear.

"Well the truth is...That I thought I heard something outside, so I went out to check it out. But it was only two squirrels fighting over a nut," Matt lied.

'God, you couldn't think of anything better than that!' Matt thought to himself.

""I see..." His brother said. "Well, I'm going back to bed, I'll see you later." He walked upstairs.

"Bed...That doesn't sound to bad right now," Matt said to himself. He also walked up the stairs, closed his door, and clasped on his bed. Within second he was asleep. And within a few more second he was up again.

RING!

"Damn alarm!" He swore as he got out of his bed. He changed into his clothes and went back downstairs. This time his mother was in the kitchen, cooking an egg for herself.

"Matt! You look like you didn't get any sleep at all last night!" His mom said to him when he sat down at the table, she handed him a glass of milk.

"Tell me about it," he mumbled to himself.

"What did you say?" She asked, checking on her egg.

"I said I didn't get a lot of sleep," He said. He finished getting ready, then walked out of his door to school. Once he got there, he saw Nick and Ashley waiting for him, as usual. Matt walked up to him, all 3 of them had dark black circles under their eyes.

"Well...at least last night was interesting, right?" Nick asked trying to lighten the moment. Matt and Ashley just glared at him. The bell rang and they all went off to their classes. Matt walked into his History class, and he heard more people talking about the Sonic characters.

"I wonder if they are aliens, from another planet!" One kid thought aloud. Matt was sick of all these people wondering. It was clear that none of their thoughts were close to the truth. And the mood he was in now, he wanted to strangle the kid for even thinking something so stupid.

"Dumbass," he said to himself as he put his head on his desk. His teacher walked in.

"Good morning class, how are we all doing this morning?" His history teacher asked.

"Fine," a few people responded. Others continued talking among themselves, and then there was Matt. He just sat there. Attempting to hold his head up with his hand.

"Matt, is something wrong? You seem tired today," His teacher asked, directing all attention at Matt.

"Wha, oh I'm fine," he said, half asleep.

"Well, your in school, so it's time to wake up," his teacher said sternly

"Yeah, whatever jackass," Matt muttered under his breathe. His teacher heard him say something, but just gave him a look that said, 'I'm watching you,' instead of saying anything.

Nick was also the same way in his class. Only he was trying to be a little more courteous to people.

"So why are you so tired Nick?" A girl asked him.

"...because I didn't get a lot of sleep," Nick said as he looked at her stupidly. The whole gang's story was no different. They were all annoyed and ready to pound on anyone that ticked them off. It was like sweet Emily had grew a pair of fangs.

"Is poor little Emily tired?" a kid asked her. He was always giving her a hard time.

"Look, if you say another word to me, I will murder you in your sleep," She said, giving him the most dirty look ever. And just her luck, her teacher heard her.

"Emily! We'll I never thought I would hear that talk from such a sweet girl! It kills my heart to do this but you need to go see the principal for that talk!" Her teacher yelled at her. She walked trough the halls, worried as anything. She had never been sent to the principals office before. And this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for her friends!

"Next time I see them, I swear..." she started saying to herself as she opened the office door. But then she saw her four friends, all sitting lined up against the wall.

"You guys all get in trouble too?" Emily asked.

"Yeah, because were all cranky from being so tired," Ashley told her.

"Come in children," the principal said from inside his room. The five of them looked at each other and gulped. They walked in one by one, there were 5 chairs in front of his desk, as if he had planned them coming. "Please, sit down." They all did as told, his back was turned to them. "What is the reason you are all in here for?" They all looked at each other, then Josh spoke.

"We...all got in trouble, because we are in bad moods," He said nervously.

"I see...Well, this is a place for learning," the principal said as he turned and faced them. "Do you think that everyone around you wants to be interrupted because you're having an off day?"

"Well, no Sir, it's just that-" Matt started, but was cut off.

"Well nothing! I have a hard enough job making sure this school stays in perfect order! I don't need petty complaints from the teachers saying that students are being disrespectful!" The principal yelled.

"Sir, don't you think-" Ashley was cut off this time.

"You don't come here to think! Do that on your own time! But when you are in this building, you are here to learn! Now get out of my sight, and back to class!" He yelled. The five walked out of his room, still having chills.

"Man, that was a great start to the day," Nick said sarcastically to Matt, Ashley and Emily at lunch.

"Yeah, tell me about it," Emily replied. They all happened to look over at Josh's table. He was friends with a lot of preps. He was a pretty popular kid when it came down to it.

"I don't see why he doesn't sit with us at lunch now," Ashley said while they all continued staring. "I mean, were are better friends than those other people he hangs out with." And she was right. Most of the preppy people in their school were extremely stuck up and two faced. Most of them were in the highest track classes. So they thought that they were better than everyone, because they were smart, and had money.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. But we only did just become friends with him again. We did split far apart once we entered middle school, and he met other people. We can't just tell Josh to stop hanging out with them and come to us," Matt told her.

After school, the four of them were just hanging around in the front of the school. They were bored out of their minds.

"I wonder what happened to that liquid monster..." Matt blurted out. "I must of scared him back to where he came from." He said chuckling.

"Don't flatter yourself to much," Ashley said smiling.

"Hey guys, I did some research on the characters from the games, and the web sites said that Amy is in love with Sonic," Emily said chuckling.

"And things have been turning out like the games,' Nick said smiling.

"I should smack you two for even thinking that!" Ashley started. "That is disgusting! I would never like Matt!"

"Likewise," Matt said smiling, they all started laughing. Ashley may have acted mean towards her friends sometimes, especially Matt, but there was no way that she like him. They had more of a brother/sister relationship then anything. And besides, Ashley had her eyes on many boys. But, none that she would be able to get.

"Speaking of love, is there anyone you guys are asking to the fall dance that's coming up?" Emily asked.

"Nah," Matt responded. "I don't really like dances to much."

"Come on Matt, you have never had a girlfriend! Even Nick has had one, and he's butt ugly!" Ashley said.

"Very funny," Nick snarled.

"That doesn't really count, it only lasted for about 2 days. And they never hugged or kissed," Matt said.

"All I'm saying is that you better act soon, before there is no one left. Maybe the dance is a good opportunity for you," Ashley said. "In fact, I think we should all get dates for the dance!"

"I'll think about it..." Matt said. Then all of a sudden they heard a sound coming from the sky. They looked up and saw a man in a machine flying right over the school. It was Robotnik!

"Who is that?" Emily asked.

"What is that?" Ashley asked.

"Oh my...that looks like Dr.Eggman, from the games! The games really are taking over reality!" Matt yelled.

"We should follow him, if he's the bad guy, then he can't be up to anything good!" Nick yelled. They took out the rings, checked that no one was around, and slipped them on.

"Lets go guys!" Matt said. They followed him right to a main road. Then Chaos came up right below his machine, that was near the ground now.

"People! Listen to me! My name is Dr.Robotnik! The world's greatest scientist!" He announced to the town's people. People just stopped and gasped. Matt and his friends were hiding behind a car that was parked on the side of the road, watching everything.

"What is that thing!" Some man screamed when he saw Chaos. Robotnik ignored the question and continued.

"Everything will be fine, if you bow down to me. If not then this is what your fate will be!" He yelled as Chaos picked up a man and threw him trough the air. Nick flew for him, and luckily caught him before the man hit a building.

"Hey, it's the Freedom Fighters!" A woman yelled. Some people cheered, others booed, others begged for help.

"Just who are you supposed to be?" Matt asked, while walking towards Eggman.

"Did you miss the whole introduction?" Robotnik asked. "Doesn't matter, over time you will get to know me, once I rule. Until then...Chaos, attack!" Chaos charged for Sonic.

"Oh, so you wanna tengo again? Ok, bring it on!" Matt said as he charged. Chaos fought him for a short minute, then the others joined in to help. I'll spare the details, they defeated him, but it wasn't as easy as the first time Matt had fought him.

"Grrr, how could this be?" Robotnik yelled. "Doesn't matter, all I came for was this." He held a Chaos Emerald up.

"A...Chaos Emerald!" Matt yelled in disbelief.

"You seemed surprised..." Robotnik started. "I figured you would have gotten used to your new life by now. Anyways, until next time, Freedom Fighters!" He yelled. And with that he was flying away, and Chaos was a puddle going into the sewer drain once again.

"We'll get him next time..." Matt said to himself.

Well there's chapter 11! A little long I know, but it makes up for the days I didn't update. Anyways, I might not update for a few days because I need to think of what will happen next. So until next time...REVIEW!