Dark was up early that morning. Whether it was from excitement or not being used to sleeping in a bed, he didn't know. He was sitting in one of the bean bag chairs, reading one of his books. Komaki woke up later, slumping down out of the bunk bed. She made her way to the closet.
"Morning," Dark greeted her.
"Morning," she responded, opening the closet door.
She pushed the blue button in the closet, turning the uniforms blue. She then pulled one out and looked at Dark.
"What?" He asked.
"Can I get some privacy?" She asked.
"Oh," Dark realized what she meant, "sorry, I'll get out of your hair."
Dark left the room and closed the door behind him so Komaki could get dressed. He wasn't the only boy kicked out of his room for clothes purposes. Every other guy who shared a room with a girl was standing in the hallway. Dark looked over and saw a rabbit. He walked over to him.
"Hey," he greeted the rabbit, "aren't you the guy who talked about a news article on the school yesterday?"
"Oh, yeah," he said, "I'm Gregor. Gregor the Rabbit. No relation to Cream."
"I'm Dark the Hedgehog. No relation to Sonic or Shadow."
The two shook hands. The doors opened and everyone else entered the hallway. Komaki was adjusting her skirt when she came out. One tired wolf walked past everyone, yawning into her hand. She pushed the button beside the elevator doors, but there was no indication that the elevator was coming.
"What's going on?" the wolf asked, annoyed.
"This might explain it," Komaki said, taking a sheet of paper off the door. She read it aloud.
"Freshmen/future heroes,
As this is your first day at the Academy, we have decided to put you through initiation. You may have already noticed that the elevator is out of order. This is no accident, as your first and hardest task is to scale the Academy, from the outside."
"Are they crazy?" Gregor interrupted, "that's suicide!"
"Doing this on your own," Komaki continued, "will be a suicidal choice, which is why we implore that you follow your instincts. As you climb, you will feel an unexplainable urge to aid certain students. Follow this urge, as it will lead you to your teammates. Good luck.
Professor Miles "Tails" Prower.
P.S. There is a warp ring on top of the school that will take you straight to your classroom."
"Great," a male wolf exclaimed, "so our only way to class is on top of the school."
"I guess that leaves just one choice then," Dark said, prying the elevator doors open and jumping out.
He grabbed onto the outer frame of the elevator doors for the floor below and looked up. No one else had jumped out yet. Dark leapt up and grabbed onto the frame he had jumped out of.
"What are you guys waiting for?" He asked the others, "You want to get to class don't you?"
Komaki poked her head out and looked around. She took a deep breath and reluctantly jumped. She grabbed a ladder rung that was directly below a service hatch five feet away from the elevator line. She looked at Dark.
"You should move," she told him, "the elevator might still be working for the staff."
"Right," Dalkos leapt to the side, grabbing a nearby ledge.
One by one, the students jumped out of the opening. The flight students were the only ones able to jump up out of the opening, while the speed students were the fastest to find handholds. The power students simply made their own.
Dark looked up and spotted a pipe a short ways away. It was too far for him to reach with a simple jump, but he had a plan. He leapt up and, in the peak of his jump, he froze the water in the air into a temporary ice platform to grant him a secondary jump. He discovered this ability when he was trying to get something off of a high shelf back at the monastery. He grabbed the pipe and got ready to continue his ascension.
I have the flight member for Dark's team figured out, but I still need a power member. Please help.