Keep It Crescendo
Chapter 3: Introductions
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Ages:
Amy: 24
Rouge: 25
Knuckles: 25
Scourge: 24
Shadow: 25
LAX Airport
"Sonic don't forget to call me when you get there."
"Yes Mom."
"You took your clothes right? Your toothbrush? Your..."
"Yes mom I'm all set."
Aleena's eyes teared up and she gave her son yet another tight hug.
"Send me pics yeah bro?" Manic asked.
Sonic ruffled Manic's quills and nodded. Sonic then walked up to Sonia and realized that she was crossing her arms and looked away from him.
"Sis?"
"You know you're an idiot right?"
"Yes, I've been told," Sonic said with a cocky smile.
Sonia softly smiled, "Be careful okay..."
Sonic's smile faded into a considerate smile and hugged Sonia, "Thanks sis, take care of Manic for me yeah?"
"Yeah..."
"Sonic, it's time to go!" Tails yelled from a distance as he and Cream stood by the entrance of the airport.
"Coming!" Sonic walked up to his father, smiled, and took out his hand for his father to shake it.
Jules did not smile back and simply stated, "Remember the deal. Don't disappoint me."
Sonic's smile faded and let his hand fall. He nodded and walked toward Tails and Cream. He turned before he entered and his family except for his father waved while his father nodded at him. Sonic sighed and turned towards Tails and Cream.
"Let's go."
The couple nodded as the three went through check in and took off. The airplane was first class and there were three seats per row. Cream chose to sit beside the window, Tails sat in the middle, and Sonic sat on the side.
"Yo Cream, sorry to third wheel your honeymoon," Sonic laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head.
"Nonsense! We're visiting my cousin Rouge and I wouldn't want Tails to feel left out, so I'm glad you came so that you can keep him company."
"Isn't she the most adorable, most considerate rabbit you've ever seen?" Tails praised as he kissed her cheek.
Sonic snorted and Tails turned to look at him.
"We'll see who's laughing when you meet the love of your life Sonic," Tails teased as he and Cream held hands.
"Yeah, right," Sonic answered as he turned and eyed the flight attendant. "But speaking of women... I'll be right back, you two love birds enjoy the flight."
Sonic stood up and walked toward the flight attendant.
"What's he doing?" Cream asked.
Tails sighed, "He's pulling a Sonic."
Sonic walked towards the fox and cornered her to the wall.
"Hello there beautiful."
The fox turned and started blushing.
"May I help you sir?"
"Yes you may, I would like 2 things from you— your name and them digits," Sonic flirted as he winked at her.
Tails groaned and rolled his eyes while Cream giggled at Tails' frustration.
"Fiona, but before I give you my number, I would something from you as well."
Sonic smugly smiled and awaited her answer.
"First, your name."
"Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog"
"Second, a kiss."
"Mm sweetheart, my kisses are limited, you'll have to win them."
Fiona immaturely pouted and then smiled flirtatiously and gave Sonic her number on a piece of paper."
Sonic nodded and walked back to his seat. He turned to Tails and noticed him shaking his head.
"What?"
Tails looked away and smiled.
And thus the 5 hour flight to New York commenced.
Keep It Crescendo Studio, New York
"Alright everybody get up! And 5,6,7,8!"
Step Up, By The Cheetah Girls blasted on the stereo.
"Sway to the right! Sway to the left!"
A beautiful pink hedgehog, with jade eyes that shined with happiness gracefully led her class into a set of new dance moves. Her students were all teens and young adults who attended NYU and high schools around the block. Her pink quills that fell to her butt were put in a pony-tail and she wore grey sweat-pants, a pink crop-top, and dance shoes.
As the song neared it's end they all made a halt and clapped as they had mastered the dance moves.
"Great job class. I'm so proud of you all! I'll see you tomorrow at the same time."
The class nodded and went off to pack up their things to leave.
"You are full of miracles."
Amy turned and noticed her friend Shadow walk up to her.
"How so?"
"Who would've thought that they could learn a full piece in just one month, remember how they were rookies back in August?"
"Yes that's why I'm so proud of them."
"It's not them, it's you Amy, they have an amazing dance teacher."
"Aw shucks, alright, enough about me, how about you? How's the record store going?"
"It's been great," he shrugged. "Lots of people are buying CD's and records, for the sake of nostalgia."
"I'm glad it's going well."
"Hello, hello!" a beaming voice called out as she walked into the studio.
"Rouge!"
Rouge walked in and hugged Amy and Shadow while holding her shopping bags.
"Shopping?" Amy asked.
"Yup! I gotta look good when my cousin Cream and her husband come to visit!" Rouge sang.
"They're coming?" Amy asked.
"Yup! I can't wait, you have to meet them Amy!"
"I'll be happy to, but I need to get ready for my... second job."
"You better bless your dance moves Amy because if it wasn't for your talent, Keep It Crescendo would be history," Rouge noted.
"I know, thank goodness that the dance battle competitions in the Club hand over a lot of money so that I can have enough to my life up and running, and with what I win here at the studio is enough to buy the medicines for my grandfather..."
"How is he?" Shadow asked.
Amy frowned. "It's like he's getting worse everyday..."
"He'll get better," Rouge comforted her.
"I hope so..."
"Well, no more sulking cause we need to get the best dancer in all of New York ready for the upcoming Club Cielo dance battle competition!" Rouge squealed as she dragged Amy with her into the dressing room.
"I'll go back to my shift. I don't want to leave the store alone, good luck Rose!" Shadow said as he walked out of the studio. As Shadow turned he bumped into a green hedgehog.
"What the he... oh... it's you..." Scourge sneered as Shadow glared at him in anger.
"Why are you here?"
"To visit my girlfriend?" Scourge rose an eyebrow.
"You're not worth her," Shadow growled as he narrowed his eyes.
"Neither are you. But look, Amy decided to choose me," Scourge smiled evilly.
Shadow rolled his eyes and walked out of the studio while Scourge snickered at him.
Rouge and Amy got out of the dressing room. As Rouge turned and noticed Scourge standing by the entrance, her smile faded.
"Hey babe," Scourge greeted as he walked up to Amy and kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey Scourge..." she softly said.
"What? You're not happy to see me?" Scourge asked.
"No, it's not that..."
Rouge scoffed as she grabbed her bags and rolled her eyes.
"It's just that..." Amy started.
"We were about to go out to eat," Rouge said.
"Alright, alright I can take a hint. I'll leave you two alone, but you and I are eating lunch together tomorrow understood?" Scourge roughly said as Amy nodded.
Scourge walked out of the studio and Amy put and hand on her forehead.
"When are you going to break up with him Amy? He mistreats you!"
"Rouge, you know why I can't..."
"Yeah, I know. Look, let's go eat, I don't want to get angry on an empty stomach."
Amy nodded as they walked out. She turned and narrowed her eyes at the sight of the studio across the street.
"Once again staring at the competition?"
"Eggman Studios, he wants to destroy my studio Rouge, I'm telling you!"
"You should be flattered that he sees you as a rival. For a studio that big and well known to see a small studio like yours as a rival, dang."
"I guess... but we also need to bear in mind that his nephew, aka Scourge, is another one of the reasons why my studio is still up and standing."
"I still say you should break up with him."
"At what price Rouge? If I break up with him he'll make sure my studio falls apart, and I can't deal with that pain. Dancing is my passion, that studio is my life."
"Amy, what you need is to get a different group of individuals to manage your studio."
"And who is going to want to manage Keep It Crescendo?"
"Your studio, believe it or not, is one of the best studios in New York."
"Well until then I have to continue dating that insolent fool."
Rouge sighed, "Well, let's go Amy, I'm starving!"
Amy giggled as she and Rouge ran off toward a nearby restaurant.
Meanwhile, a couple blocks away, a certain couple and a blue hedgehog walked into their apartments.
"Well, Cream and I are going to get installed, need anything else?"
"No, it's all good, thanks for everything."
Tails nodded as he and Cream walked into their department across Sonic's.
Sonic walked into his own apartment and was intrigued with the view of the city from his balcony.
"Woah," he dropped his bags and stood in front of it, the lights shining parallel to the moon.
"I have a feeling that I'm going to like it here. Oh, that reminds me, I have to call the fam to notify them that I arrived safely."
"Calling Rouge?" Tails asked Cream as he put their clothes in their drawers.
"Yup! She invited us to dinner at her home tomorrow night, I asked her if we can take Sonic and she said we could, she's also taking a close friend of hers."
"Well then in that case I can't wait. We'll have to tell Sonic, it's a great opportunity for him to make new friends here."
Suddenly their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. Tails opened it and his face brightened when he saw who was on the other side.
"Knuckles! What a surprise! Come in!" Tails said as he and Knuckles did a handshake.
"Knuckles!" Cream squealed as she hugged him.
"Rouge called me saying you guys dropped in so I decided to visit."
"How are you guys?"
"Great! We've been dating for 2 years now. Don't tell her, but I'm planning on engaging."
"Engage! Omg that's great news, I'd love to have you as a cousin-in-law," Cream exclaimed.
"Congrats bro!" Tails said.
"Yeah an..." Knuckles was interrupted with a knock on the door.
"I wonder who that could be," Cream said as she opened the door.
"Tails, I lost the girl from the airplane's number have you seen it?" Sonic whined as he simply walked into the department.
Tails shook his head and snickered, "I flushed it down the toilet."
"WHYYYYY? Here you are wanting me to get a girlfriend yet you are ruining my chances of doing so like the f man?" Sonic pouted as Cream held in her laughter and Knuckles looked at him oddly.
"By you getting a girlfriend, I didn't mean ANY girl, I meant..."
"A girl I share qualities with, I know. But hey man, I'm young and free what can ya do?" Sonic shrugged as he turned to look at Knuckles.
"Oh, I didn't know you had visitors."
"Sonic, this is Knuckles the Echidna, he's a close friend of ours that lives around this area."
"Nice to meet you, the names Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Yeah, Tails has told me a thing or two about you. Nice to meet you, I heard you're pretty big in LA."
"Meh, I've been told."
"Hey Tails, speaking of which, there's a big dance battle in Club Cielo tonight do you guys wanna come with? Rouge is going to be there."
"No thanks, Cream and I prefer to stay and rest but I'm sure Sonic would love to go."
"Yes! You could compete!" Knuckles said as he turned to Sonic.
"My first dance battle in New York. I like the idea, I'm in!"
"You can compete against the dance legend of New York, Amy Rose!"
Suddenly Sonic became interested, "Amy Rose?"
"Yup, she owns her own dance studio and choreographs by day. By night, she's a dance goddess in the club. I heard that you're a dance legend in LA so it'll be interesting to see a match between you two."
"You know what? I want to meet this Amy Rose!"
"Well then we should go! The club opens in half an hour!"
Sonic agreed as he and Knuckles said goodbye to Cream and Tails and headed off toward Club Cielo.
Happy New Years Eve Eve! The next chapter is the dance battle so stay tuned guys! Don't forget to review and stay tuned!