INSPIRATION

Fourth Chapter

PART 1: Hedgehoghood

It was Saturday, and already the weekend! The students were on their own and enjoying their spare time.

Some were showing off their sports abilities at the gym, fields, and recreation facilities at the edge of the campus, some were appeasing their stomachs at the local coffee shop just outside the campus, some were wearing out their thumbs as they tapped on their cell phone screens repeatedly, some had their eyes glued on their computer or TV screens, some were jogging around the campus and breathing the fresh air of the outdoors, and some were finishing their homework or weekend assignments.

Sonic was sitting at his desk, snacking on several candy bars he had bought at the vending machine last night, listening to a shoddy R&B song on the tiny metal radio playing on the book shelf nearby, and holding a short pencil in his right hand.

While Tails was picking at his makeshift flying bird robot, a personal project, at across the room, Sonic was struggling with the poem he was assigned to write for Speech.

The assignment was to write a poem about one's childhood. This hit him hard since he missed his hometown of Green Hills so much. Memories of such town made his brain ache, albeit he had already formed a good view of his upbringing: Him being born to Jules and Aleena Hedgehog and growing up with his friends, including Timothy the Fox, from toddler-hood to adolescence.

Sonic was a slouch at writing, so he had a hard time figuring out to plant his ideas down on paper.

His poem started out like this:

HEDGEHOGHOOD

Years before, in the small town of Green Hills...

And that's it. Only a title and line. Sonic had tried filling in a few more lines, but he felt they were either too bland, fancy, or irrelevant. He tried to look up poem examples on his phone's web browser, but they were no help.

"Tails! Can you please help me with my poem?" Sonic cried out to his busy roommate as he leaned back on his plastic lawn chair.

"No time now! I'm too busy piecing my robot together. Perhaps ask Amy, that girl you saw yesterday? She seems to be an expert at writing," Tails panted with his eyes still focused on his bird robot.

"Maybe..." Sonic rolled his eyes.

Tails gave Sonic quickly an idea, "You can talk to her at lunch."

Sonic responded to his roommate, "Good idea."

PART 2: Friends Are Forever

On the next day, it was already lunch time. Sonic got his food and went over to Tails' table to eat.

"Hey, Sonic! How's your poem going? Any progress?" Tails started, eating an apple.

"Not yet, still just the title and a line," Sonic replied while picking up his spoon and fork.

Tails continued chewing and sighs. "I already told you a couple of times yesterday. If you want to get somewhere, talk to that 'Amy' girl. From my memory, she seemed to be good at it," he said.

Sonic still doubts his friend's advice, "How sure are you that she's good at poems?"

Tails finally swallowed his food. "Well, I've heard that she has been receiving high grades in Speech class, and she always makes the best performances in poetry in her class," he responded.

"Hmm, interesting," Sonic said, then takes a bite of his food.

Then a few minutes later, three ladies appeared at the cafeteria doors and Amy was one of them. She waved at Sonic and went to his table along with the other girls.

"Hi, Sonic! Oh, these are my friends that I'm talking about!" Amy waved to Sonic as she approaches to him.

Sonic bows to the three, "Nice to meet you, ladies!"

"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Sonic! I heard from my other classmates that you're really smart!" greeted Cream while offering her hand for a handshake.

Sonic smiled and handshakes Cream.

Rouge squints her eyes at Sonic and crosses her arms. "New kid, I haven't seen your face yet in this school..." she said.

Tails overheard the girls' conversation and responds, "It's because he just transferred here a few days ago."

Cream appeared to be shocked. "You transferred here during middle of the school year, Mr. Sonic?" asked Cream.

Amy starts slightly shaking Cream body, "Yeah. It's crazy, right?"

Rouge became confused and asked, "Why don't you just stay at your old school with your old classmates?"

Sonic sighs in sadness. "I had to. My parents needed to find a job somewhere else because they couldn't find any in our place. That's why I moved here," Sonic replied.

Unexpectedly, a black hedgehog and a red echidna appeared and sat beside Tails.

"Hey, little bro! How's your day?" said the black hedgehog, Shadow, offering Tails a high-five.

Tails high-fived Shadow. "Good, good. You?" he said.

Shadow casually replied, "Also good."

Knuckles notices Sonic in their table. He whispers to Shadow, asking who he is. "Who's the new blue hedgehog sitting with us?" he whispered.

"That's Sonic. He's my roommate and my friend," Tails said, overhearing the red echidna's whisper.

Shadow wants to know about the blue hedgehog. "Hey, who are you, new guy?" Shadow asked Sonic.

Sonic smiled and introduced himself, "I'm Sonic! Sonic the Hedgehog!"

"Hi Sonic! I'm Shadow and this is my stupid friend, Knuckles!" he introduces himself and Knuckles.

Knuckles punches Shadow for his insult, but still smiles at Sonic, "Nice to meet you, new bro!"

Meanwhile, at the group of the girls...

"Hey, shall we get our food too?" Amy said to the two other ladies.

"Alright," Rouge said, nodding.

The girls got their food and as they were about to eat, there were no more tables available. Luckily, there's still space for all of them to eat on Sonic's table.

"Hey, is it alright for us to sit with you guys?" Amy begged at the guys.

Tails simply grinned, "Eh, no problem with that."

Cream bows to Tails, "Thank you, Mr. Tails!"

As they ate their lunch together as new friends with Sonic, he appears to be enjoying his new company. He starts to get along with them and they tell funny stories to each other.

Then just after they finish eating, the bell rang, meaning there's classes again for the afternoon.

"Hey Amy, can I get some of your time after school? I kind of need some of your help." Sonic asked Amy, poking her shoulder.

Amy smiles with a slight blush, "Sure, anything for a friend!"

"Thanks, Amy!" Sonic thanked, patting her back.

The new group went back to their respective classes and studied until school is over.

PART 3: Amy's Advice

The bell rang, and students start running out of the classrooms. Sonic was already standing beside the front door of his dormitory building. He was waiting for Amy to come for help for about thirty minutes. Sonic had been checking his watch a couple of times already because of his impatience.

A few moments later, he saw her running towards him, carrying her large bag and purse...

Sonic saw her and he crosses his arms. "Amy. I thought you wouldn't show up," he said.

"Sorry... class had... been long. Why... do you... need my... help?" Amy panted.

Then suddenly, he grabs her hand and they started running to the elevator. They went to the third floor and to his room. He closes the door and saw that the bathroom was closed. There was someone showering and Amy notices it...

Amy listens through the bathroom door, "Who's inside?"

"Tails," Sonic replied, opening a drawer.

Sonic opened a drawer and picks up a pen and his paper of the old poem. She showed it to Amy and she asks why is he giving her these. He explained about his problem of 'not being good at making poems' and Amy simply listened.

"Well, you got a nice title, that's what I say first," Amy commented as she grabbed his pen and paper.

"Well, it's about my childhood home. I miss living there, that's why I'm making a poem about it," Sonic said.

Sonic's eyes start to form tears as he remembers it. He thinks about the time of him running with his friends, being the cool kid around class, and all other good memories about it. Amy felt Sonic's sadness and sighs...

Amy grabs Sonic's arm, "I'm sorry about that. I will help you."

Sonic wipes his tears and hugs her tightly, "Really? Thank you so much!"

"Um... y-yeah... you're welcome," Amy stuttered, blushing madly and patting his back.

Sonic breaks the hug. "Is there anything I can repay you for it?" he said.

"Well, me and my other friends will go to eat at Meh Burger, but it's very far away. Could you take me there tomorrow?" Amy requested.

Sonic raises his thumb up and said, "Sure. Now let's do the poem already..."

Amy and Sonic sat down and she teaches her tips for poem-making. Sonic wasn't listening but instead, he's just staring at her emerald eyes. She snaps him out of it by slapping his face, and he became startled.

Sonic rubs the hit cheek, "Sorry... continue."

Amy did and he starts to listen carefully. After her discussion, she said goodbye to Sonic and went to her own dorm room.

Tails finally came out of the bathroom and notices Sonic, starting to write his poem...

"How's the poem doing? You're going to perform this tomorrow, so you must make something," Tails reminded, while drying his quills and tails.

"I am doing it. Amy just left and she told me what to write about," Sonic replied, not bothering to look at the kitsune.

"Oh, okay. I wish you good luck for tomorrow and I'm about to sleep now. Good night!" Tails said, while going to the closet, grabbing clothes, and laying down on his bed.

"Good night to you too," the blue hedgehog responded.

After the next hour, Sonic finally finished his poem and he puts it in his backpack.

He wore his pajamas, strokes Tails' quills, lay down on his bed, and he fell asleep instantly.

END OF THE FOURTH CHAPTER

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