Important Information for the AU: They're all human. Their designs can be seen on Instagram beefandoodles. Amy, Sonic, and Tails are all siblings (I'm not sorry). The Master emerald does exist but it's more of a symbol and doesn't hold any actual power. Maria is still alive (because I said so). Before the story starts Blaze and Silver know each other but not the others. Rouge, Shadow, and Sonic all go to school together. Knuckles and Sonic have been friends for a long time before the story starts. It takes place after the original movie that AU is based on. James is not the narrator. And I already know that people are asking why I didn't use Manic and Sonia as Sonic's siblings for this and it's because I didn't know them as characters when I started writing this and so I did not. That's all. I hope you enjoy the story.

Back at it again with another batch of second borns. Once again, not the kind of story where the prince saves the princess. This time we have Sonic, but that's not his actual name. His birth name is Maurice, he just prefers the name Sonic, and it describes him perfectly. He's always been fast, faster than most.

Sonic doesn't hate being a royal, he's fine with the title, but the stuff that comes with it is not his favorite. The stuffy parties, the lessons, the school, his queen sister. His mother died when he was young, and his 16-year-old sister assumed the throne, and at one year younger, he really did not appreciate being bossed around by her. One thing he didn't mind was the family he had. He loves his sister, really, he did, but he would say his younger brother was his favorite. The genius of the family. That was another thing Sonic didn't like, being the middle. His sister, Amy, was the queen and was actually good at what she did. His eight-year-old brother, Miles (lovingly dubbed by Sonic as Tails (for reasons unbeknownst to anyone else)) was the genius, a master strategist and an amazing advisor the queen. And what was Sonic, the middle child who couldn't stay still and was constantly dubbed by the media "an embarrassment to the throne" with his running around, never sitting still, and somehow always caused a disaster at parties. His sister would always chastise them for it, but Sonic knew it all the same. Sonic would pretend not to care, but he did. He wanted people to like him just as much as they liked his siblings. He was determined to do something great, something worthwhile, something… heroic. So, he learned to run, and boy could this kid run. He was as close to a blur as a human could get, after some time it almost seemed inhuman how fast he could run. But it was never enough.

One day, while trying to figure out pethagren theorem in his room, just about ready to give up, his sister and brother walked in. "Tails, Ames. What's up."

"I told you to call him Miles. And my name is Amy." His sister said, already annoyed. "It's fine Amy, I don't mind." Tails said behind his sister. "Tough crowd today. What's wrong?" His sister handed him a letter, already opened. It was addressed to her, so she didn't violate anything by opening it, but he felt bad about looking at it. "Well, open it." He did. "SUMMER SCHOOL!" He shouted. "This is your own fault, and you're not getting out of it." Amy told him. "But this is crazy. My grades aren't that bad." He insisted. And they weren't, if you considered his highest grade of C and lowest of F good grades (in his defense royal school was hard!). "You'll be staying on campus with the other students."

"BS!" Sonic shouted and tossed everything into the air that was on his desk. "A prince doesn't cuss."

"But I didn't."

"Yeah!" Tails shouted. "Or curse or use abbreviated versions of such things." Amy corrected. Sonic scowled. "I want to go to summer school." Tails grumbled. "You better get packing; you leave in two days for Illyria." Amy said and walked out. "As you command your royal highness." Sonic snapped. "I heard that!" Amy said on her way out. "Good." Sonic told her. "Come on, Sonic. I'll help you pack." Tails told him. Sonic smiled at his brother. At least they had each other when Amy was insufferable.

The doctor worked furiously, preparing his machines for his potential takeover run a few months. The queen's 17th birthday party. Everyone of any importance would be there, and he was ready for it. He was going to take the world.

"You'll have to let me know if you meet anyone cool. Or really smart. Or anyone noteworthy. Or anyone famous."

"Tails, it's going to be a class of royalty. They're all famous." Tails looked down. "But I'll let you know. I'll take a hidden back up phone just in case." Sonic told his brother and ruffled his hair, causing those three strands that Amy always tried to keep under control to come out. "What am I going to do while you're gone?" Tails asked solemnly. "You'll help Ames run the country like usual. It may not be as exciting without the best brother ever around, but hey, I'm sure you and Amy'll make it work." The brothers look at each other. "And hey, I still have a little over 24 hours, we can still do something together."

"I could show you my newest invention. I call it..." Sonic listened half-heartedly to his kid brother talk about his invention. After a while, Sonic just stopped trying to understand what Tails was saying, it was ridiculously hard.

"Come on, I'll show you." The boy grabbed his brother's hand and started running down the halls. They ran past servants and a few politicians, right into Amy. The three of them fell onto the floor. "Maurice!" Amy shouted. "It wasn't his fault, I'm the one who was running." Tails tried to defend. "But if he had truly wanted, he could have stopped you."

"It's fine, no one is hurt." Sonic told his sister. She just glared at him. She stood up and dusted herself off. "Get up." She told them. They did. "Walk to where you're going." She told them annoyed and walked away. "Come on buddy, let's go." Sonic told his brother. Sometimes, Sonic just didn't get his sister.

The car pulled up to the hangar and Sonic got out. He really did not want to leave. Six weeks of school away from home was not his idea of a good summer vacation. "Bye Sonic." Tails said and hugged his brother. Amy didn't even correct him. Sonic hugged back and didn't want to let go. His sister stepped closer and hugged him too. He was not expecting a public display of their love for each other. "Be safe, be good, don't run away, and don't die of boredom." She told him. He smiled. "I will." He told her. She let him go and he walked over to the jet. His siblings waved to him as he walked onto the plane. This was going to be a long summer.

Sonic opened the door to the classroom he was directed to go to and walked. The first thing he noticed was that he wasn't alone. "Faker." Sonic said to his old school rival. The prince in question scoffed. "Why did you have to be here?" Shadow asked in frustration. "I could ask you the same thing."

"Watch out everyone, they're about to make out." Rouge teased. "WE ARE NOT!" They both shouted at the girl. Sonic noticed that she wasn't wearing he usual sleeveless shirts, but she was wearing a jacket. This threw him for a loop. "What do you say handsome, should we do the same?" Rouge turned to Knuckles. "You're batshit crazy, (AN: yes, that was a joke) I don't even know you." Knuckles told her. She just smirked at him. "I feel like we're intruding upon something." The princess with purple hair turned to the boy next to her. Sonic just noticed the two of them. "I don't like it." The boy told her. "Sorry if you feel left out. I'm Rouge. The grumpy pants is Shadow. That one is Sonic. And this handsome devil is rich and doesn't know how to protect his belongings." Rouge said and showed everyone a phone. Knuckles swiped it. "Don't steal from me." He told her. She just smirked.

"Hello class." A man walked in. "Everyone take a seat and we'll get started." The man quickly rushed to the front of the room. "My name is Mr. Marrow, but you can call me James. A little bit about me. I have a fiancé named Henry, an iguana named Jeff, and a severe gluten allergy. Give me anything with gluten and I'm as good as dead. Get ready, because we are going to have fun this summer."

"Seriously?" Rouge asked annoyed. "Yeah. Here's a quick question for you, why do you think you're here? Prince Silver?"

"Well, I was walking in the cafeteria and somehow every lunch I walked past turned onto its owner, and everyone thought it was on purpose, so this is my detention." The boy in the back told him. "Incorrect! Prince Shadow?"

"I'm anti-social so the principal said that I should come and try to make some friends."

"Incorrect! Princess Blaze?"

"I'm here because my parents told me there would be extra credit." The girl next to Silver said. "Once again, wrong. Any other guesses? Prince Maurice."

"I actually go by Sonic."

"Alright Sonic, do you have a guess?"

"That whatever I say is going to be wrong."

"Correct." James looked at the classroom of six students. "The reasons all of you were sent to 'summer school' were stories to get you here without arousing the suspicion of those around you."

"So, what are we doing, because I didn't leave my duties to have a prank played on my for TV." Knuckles groaned. "No, but it would be cool to be a TV show host. However, I'm a prince. A second-born royal, just like the rest of you. Our siblings are the heirs and we're the spares. Powerless and without purpose, at least that's what everyone thinks." James takes the shock of the students in as another one of him steps out of his body. Having learned from experience, he has two more clones appear as well. "My brother would go nuts." Sonic says. "Here's the deal." Clone one says. "There's a special gene that only appears in the second-borns of royal bloodlines." Clone three tells them. "A gene that gives some of us extraordinary abilities that manifest right around your age."

"So, we have superpowers?" Shadow clarifies. "Bingo. Your abilities are unique to you and to you alone." Clone two says. "You're here to harness your abilities to use as members of the secret society of second born royals." The original James says. "Yeah, we know it's a mouthful." Clone one says. James goes back to be just one. "There is a catch. No one can know we exist. Not even your families, unless it is approved by the head of the society, which is why I must take your phones for the immediate at not temporary future." James started walking around with a basket and taking phones from each person. "Do you mean, like, the whole summer?" Rouge asked. "Indeed." He said. "So, are you not the head of the society?" Knuckles asks and hands his phone over. "I am." I woman says behind them. Everyone turns and looks and sees the old queen of Illyria.

"Welcome to the Secret Society training program. For thousands of years, second-borns like you and myself have protected our kingdoms from threats, assassins, and international criminals. We work in secret. Our rewards? Lives saved; order restored. The next six weeks will be challenging. You may doubt you have what it takes, but whatever obstacles you face, nothing is impossible. Those of you who have what it takes will join the society. Those who don't will return to your kingdoms. You'll be stripped of your powers and memories altered to erase any recollection of your training. Good luck." The former queen walked out. "Alright recruits, follow me." James told them.

Everyone is handed a blue suit and is told to put it on. After everyone is dressed, they are shuffled into a room.

"Now, I know what you're all asking. You all want to know what your powers are, and as curious as I am, we'll get to that in a minute. First, a little tradition. I promise you'll like it." James hits some buttons on the tablet he was holding. The room transformed into an obstacle course with something at the end of the room. "Super basic, all you have to do is get from here, to there. First person who gets to the pyramid gets a prize."

"That's all?" Knuckles asks. "Yep." James said. "But that's so easy?" Sonic said but then he hears something fire. He moves just before a beam hits him. "THERE ARE LASERS!" Rouge shouts. "Lesson one, expect the unexpected." Everyone just stares at him. "Well, what are you waiting for, a royal invitation. Go." James tells them and everyone starts running. "FYI, the lasers hurt." He says. Knuckles gets hit and falls down. He quickly gets back up. "I'm going to beat you, faker." Sonic taunts. "You wish." Shadow taunts right back. Sonic moves in a blur of blue before he gets hit. "No fair, he has super speed." Rouge complains. "And this suit is so uncomfortable."

"You'll get used to it." James tells her. Knuckles gets knocked by a laser into an obstacle and makes a big dent. "Knuckles, try to lift that." Sonic tells him and hides behind something. "Why would I do that?" He asks. "Just trust me." Sonic shouts. Knuckles does as instructed and lifts it with ease. "Super strength." Rouge observes. Shadow ducks and flexes his fist, when he does, a spear of light appears in his hand. "Cool." He says. "Anyone else figured out their powers?" Silver asks. He puts his hands in front of his face as a laser comes toward him. It ends up surround by a blue light and freezes. "Psychokinesis!" Blaze shouts. "Cool." Silver lets his guard down and the laser hits him and he's down on the ground, unable to get up. "I hate this." He says from the ground. "Silver's down for the count!" James shouts. Shadow gets up and starts running but is hit by a laser. Sonic stands up and starts laughing at him. He gets hit by a laser. "Lesson two, be aware of your surroundings."

"You know it would be a lot more helpful to have the lessons before we were incapacitated." Shadow said. "Well, that would defeat the whole purpose." James tells him, smirk evident in his voice. "Alright, Blaze, Rouge, and Knuckles are still up, can they make it?"

"Was that a challenge?" Knuckles asks. "Knux, this whole thing has been a challenge." Sonic says. Knuckles bounds over his cover and starts booking it for the pyramid but gets hit and is down. "Blaze and Rouge are the last ones standing."

"Oh, screw it." Rouge says and pulls a knife out from seemingly nowhere. She finds a spot on her back and makes two incisions in the fabric. She pulls out two wings. "Is that her power?" Sonic asks. "Yeah, that would be it." James says in shock. She unfolds the bat-like wings and then starts trying to fly, but a laser hits her back, and she falls to the ground. Blaze looks on, determination growing on her features. She starts running, dodging, ducking, and bounding with cat-like grace. As she came to the home stretch, her powers must have kicked in as she was almost hit with a laser, because she extended her hands to touch the pyramid and she lit it on fire. In her shock, she allowed herself to be hit by the laser. James grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.

"Well, that's not the worst I've ever seen. Good job everyone. I'm gonna have you go out and sit on the benches for a second and recover." Everyone got up that could. Blaze, Rouge, and Sonic were still incapacitated so someone had to carry, that someone being Knuckles. "But why must I carry all of them."

"Cause you have super strength." Silver nonchalantly replied. "Could someone take Rouge, I don't want to carry her." Knuckles complained. "Too bad." Shadow told him. Knuckles grumbled while grabbing each of them. He slung a very limp Sonic over his shoulder, then he did the same with Blaze. Then he bridal carried Rouge. "Oh, you do care." Rouge teased. "Hardly, I don't want your wings to poke me in the back of the head."

"What about us!" Sonic complained loudly. "Apparently, your other option is dragging yourself." Knuckles told him. Sonic grumbled and Knuckles walked out of the room after Silver and Shadow. Knuckles set Rouge on a seat, then set Blaze down next to Silver, the dropped Sonic on a seat. "Ow!" Sonic said. "That didn't hurt." Knuckles told him. "Says you." Sonic protested.

"How long have you had wings?" Sonic asks. "I woke up with them three days ago." Rouge says. "That's so cool." Sonic tells her. "Maybe to you, you haven't had to be sleeping with them." Rouge says and rubs them. "Besides, you got super speed. With all your running you'd think you'd be more excited." Rouge said. "I guess, but it is a little cliche right? I mean, strength, speed, fire, and some kind of floaty magic,"

"Psychokinesis." Shadow says, Sonic ignores him. ", those are classics, but wings and that light weapon thingy, now those are cool." Shadow just rolls his eyes and doesn't even bother correcting his rival this time. "I wonder what other kinds of powers people have."

"I could tell you." James walks towards the group. "Yes please!" Sonic says excited. "Well, in my last class, I had five students. There was an invisible girl, a boy who could control bugs, a super sensed student, there was also a kid who could make people do whatever he told them."

"I wish I had that power, then I'd tell Sonic to shut up." Shadow said. "I'd tell you to run yourself ragged."

"I'd tell you both to kiss so we can move on with our lives." Rouge said. "SHUT UP!" They both turned red and shouted at her. "But that's only four." Blaze said. Everyone turned to her. "Mr. Marrow only said four powers, he said he had five students." They all turned to the teacher. "There was an also a student who defected. She can take other people's power and make it her own temporarily through physical contact."

"So, she takes your power and duplicates it?" Knuckles asks. "No, if she touches you, your powerless and she has your power." James corrects. No one seems to like that prospect. "Well, with that wonderful thought, let's get you all settled into your rooms." He smiled at them. No one liked that look. "Boys, you're all bunking together. Girls, you're bunking together. Off you go." He said and walked away from the flabbergasted group. "No." Sonic said. "I don't wanna share." Silver complained. "That's stupid!" Rouge shouted. "It's probably so we bond." Blaze told everyone. "That doesn't make me want to share." Sonic told her. "Especially with him." Sonic said and pointed at Shadow. "Feeling's mutual faker."

"All of you go to bed! Tomorrow's training will be much harder than todays!" They hear James shout at them. "Today was horrible! How can it be harder?" Sonic asked. "You've just tempted the universe. Tomorrow is gonna suck for you." Silver says.

"Can everyone walk yet?" Knuckles asks annoyed with the world. Everyone can stand so they all go to find the rooms.

"I want a top bunk." Sonic complains. Silver took one, Shadow currently trying to take the other. "I'm trying to stay as far from you as possible, no dice." Shadow tells him. Sonic runs and tries to get there first, but he's pushed down by Shadow. "Fine, whatever, at least I don't have to look at your stupid face." He says. "Whatever." Shadow tells him. Sonic huffs and sits on the bottom bunk. Knuckles sits across from him.

Knuckles and Sonic, despite their arguments and rocky start, we're actually pretty good friends. They didn't always get along, Knuckles thought that Sonic was too cocky, and Sonic thought that Knuckles could be too hard-headed, but they could consider each other best friends, besides Tails of course. Which is why Knuckles, for all his thick-headed-ness, noticed immediately that there was more too Sonic's disappointment than not getting the top bunk. This is why Knuckles, in his impulsiveness, picked up Sonic by the back of his suit, despite his protests, and brought him into the hall.

Knuckles set Sonic down and stood him up. Knuckles crossed his arms and glared at his friend. "Talk." He said simply. "About what?" Sonic asked. "You're a chatter box, figure it out."

"I could talk about anything. I could talk about today or yesterday or tomorrow or Tails or you or Amy or anything and we both know you will quickly get annoyed when I don't talk about what you want me to talk about so just tell me what you want me to talk about." Sonic huffed in one breath. "Shadow." Knuckles said simply. "He's a jerk." Sonic said simply and put his hands on his hips in indignation. Knuckles simply raised his eyebrow to show that he didn't buy it. "Is this about the bed thing. Because he was being unreasonable. It's not my fault if he's a stubborn blockhead. Just because he's cool and hot doesn't mean he can get whatever he wants. I mean seriously, what's his problem with me?"

"You continuously insult him." Knuckles told his friend. "Which is clearly because you can't deal with the feelings you have for him." Sonic turned to his friend a red flustered mess. "I do not have feelings for him."

"Every interaction you've had to today and the one's I've seen recently say otherwise." Knuckles glared at the speedster. "Besides, you just called him hot." Sonic turned a new shade of red, about as red as Knuckles hair. "I did?"

"You did."

"Oh, chaos."

"Now that that's sorted out, no more feelings for the day. That's your sister's forte and I don't like it." Knuckles started walking towards the door. Sonic just stood there, breathing slowly, covering his very red face. "Dude, pull yourself together." Knuckles said. "I can't."

"Run around the hall real quick, that usually helps you." Sonic did just that. He just ran the halls of the school, not his top speed, but a decent one.

The door closed behind Knuckles and Sonic, and Silver turned to his other roommate. Something was going on between everyone and he was determined to figure it out. "Why do you two call each other faker?" Shadow just sighed. "It feels like there's a story there and I'm just curious." Silver tried to say. No reply. "We're going to be in the same room together for six weeks. Not to mention training, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Might as well get to know each other so it's more bearable, right." Silver made the well reason argument to someone who was increasingly feeling like talking to a brick wall.

"A couple years ago, before we actually met, I snuck into the school and stole a jewel that was rumored to have healing properties. I was naive and stupid and didn't realize that it was a joke. No one could tell it was me on the security camera, because I hadn't officially had my first day of school. Sonic was blamed and we've been calling each other our fake ever since, especially when it became clear how evenly matched we were."

"Why did you want the gem?"

"To help my sister."

"Princess Maria?"

"Yes." Silver new about the princess's sickness. She had NIDS. Doctors we're surprised she had made it as far as she had. It made sense that he wanted to help his sister. "How did you steal it without getting caught? Was there not security?"

"Rouge." Came the simple response. "Your friend with the bat wings?"

"We aren't friends. We are business acquaintances."

"Business acquaintances?"

"Our kingdoms neighbor each other. They've been conducting trade between each other for centuries." Silver nodded, even though he didn't know if it was seen. "So, you don't like Sonic?"

"We just don't get along." Shadow said. "So, you do like him." Silver sat up. "I didn't say that."

"But when I asked if you didn't like him, you said that you just don't get along."

"We don't."

"But..."

"I'm done with this conversation."

"I don't..."

"Done."

"Bu..."

"Let. It. Go." Shadow enunciated every word, effectively ending the conversation. Shadow turned onto his side and closed his eyes, trying to do exactly what James asked. Silver was not satisfied. "Before today, did you have an inkling that you might be special."

"You talk almost as much as Sonic, you know that." Shadow said annoyed. "He didn't talk very much today?"

"Yeah, well, we were all busy getting our asses kicked."

"Fair enough." There was a long pause. "One time, about a month ago, when I got really mad, something shot out of my hand. Didn't know what it was. Broke a vase in the castle. I was alone so no one saw. Figured I was dreaming or hallucinating. What about you?"

"Lunchroom incident. I actually thought everyone did it to get me in trouble, guess not." The door opened and Knuckles walked in and laid on his bed. "Where's Sonic?" Silver asked. "He's running through the halls, said he needed to clear his head."

"Is he okay?"

"He's fine, like I said, he just needed to clear his head." Silver laid back down. He started thinking to himself. "Of course, I got stuck with the two least talkative people here alone. Wonder how Blaze is doing?"

Blaze, was, in fact, not doing great. "I mean I don't get it. Why do you have to make these suits so constricting. You would think they would make them better suited for movement." Blaze wanted to be polite, but Rouge would not stop talking. She had been talking for most of the thirty minutes they had been together. "The suits have most likely been specifically designed in order to protect and serve the wearer."

"They could still be more comfortable." Rouge said. Blaze got off her bed and started looking through, he admittedly limited, luggage. "That's not very much stuff." Rouge commented and went over to her five suitcases. "You don't need much; we can do laundry." Blaze told her. Rouge scoffed. "Hun, just because you can doesn't mean you can't have a plethora of outfits."

"We'll probably mostly be wearing our training suits, so it doesn't matter." Rouge shrugged. "I'll probably have to get mine modified, wings and all."

"Did it hurt when they grew in?" Blaze caught herself asking the question before she could even blink. She wanted to apologize and take it back, but Rouge started answering before she could. "A little, but I didn't notice until three days ago that it wasn't just some back pain. Now it's just a pain in the butt to try and control 'em. Sometimes it's like they have a mind of their own. They also make it hard to find a comfortable sleeping position. But what about you and your fire powers, that's pretty cool, huh?"

"It seems a little destructive." Blaze said quietly. "Well, hey." Rouge put a hand on her roommate's shoulder. "That's why we're here right? To learn how to control our powers and stuff. I'm sure that by the end of the six weeks you'll be the best in the class. Just don't tell Shadow I said that." She whispered the last part, almost as if the boy in question would hear. Blaze couldn't help but laugh a little. "Let's get ready for bed, yeah." Rouge said and walked back over to her stuff. Blaze smiled. "Maybe this won't be so bad." She thought to herself.

Sonic laid on the roof, looking at the stars. He felt his back up phone buzz and grabbed it from his pocket. "Why even have the pocket if we're not supposed to have phones?" He found himself asking. He looked and saw a text from his brother.

Tails: How was your day?

Sonic found himself writing everything that had happened that day but remembered that he wasn't supposed to talk about it.

Tails: Anything cool happen?

"The coolest. You would love it." Sonic said out loud, to hopefully ease the guilt of what he was about to do.

Sonic: Just boring school stuff. Knuckles is here though, so that's nice

Tails: Tell him hi for me. Anyone else?

Sonic: Shadow |P

Tails: You mean your long-time crush

Sonic: I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM

Tails: Whatever you say, anyone else

Sonic: Well Rouge is here. Also, two royals I hadn't met before today. Their names are Blaze and Silver.

Tails: Well, if I know you, you'll be friends with them in no time

Tails: Amy is telling me to go to bed, goodnight, Sonic

Sonic: night tails

Sonic turned off his phone and looked back up at the sky. He decided it was time to go back to his room. He ran and (he did not get lost, definitely not) found the door to his room and found everyone else asleep. He climbed into his stupid bottom bunk and closed his eyes.