Sally was confused, This hedgehog she just met for no more than a minute seem to resent her.

What did she do? she could tell from his body language he was upset and sense something violent was about to happen. The chipmunk placed her hands on her hips and glared at him.

" Look I don't know what's your deal but I for one will not tolerate rude people!" she said in defence.

" Like you don't recall?" Shadow voice was getting more angry with her " drop the act Alesha!"

Alesha? Did he just call her Alesha? Now it all was clear to Sally, this hedgehog must've mistaken her for her cousin.

" Wait I'm not Alesha" Sally spoke now removing her hands from her hips

" SHUT UP!" Shadow snapped at her, Sally quickly brought her arms up to defend herself incase he was planning to strike her.

" Woah Shadow!" Sonic called out taking Shadow by one arm, Knuckles tokk the other arm and held Shadow while Silver was in front of Sally ready to shield her.

"What are you doing?" Knuckles asked. Shadow looked at the two then at Sally.

" But it's Alesha?" He tried to point at her " I was just telling her I don't like to be lied to".

" Dude this isn't Alesha" Silver stepped aside " This is Sally, she's Alesha's cousin" he introduced her, he turned to Sally " sorry Sal, we forgot to mention to him that you and Alesha look alike".

" I noticed" Sally responded with crossing her arms . Shadow realized his mistake, Sonic and Knuckles could see that the hedgeohg isn't fighting them and then let him go.

" I...I'm sorry" Shadow apologized to the chipmunk.

" It's alright" she reached out her hand " Sally Acorn".

" Shadow the hedgehog" he replied shaking her hand " I feel bad for mistaking you for some one else, it'll never happen again".

" It's fine" she told him " I'm use to my cousin trying to frame me, but I can tell you how you can tell us apart".

Sally pointed to her eyes " We both have blue eyes but mine are more of a deep blue color while her's is more of a pale blue" she told him . Shadow understood, now that he got a look at Sally's eyes he could see the difference

" And..." Sally was starting to feel embarrassed by what she was going to say " Our tails are different" " My tail is smooth and has a red stripe, Alesha is solid colored and not smooth but don't be looking at out butts got it?"

" I don't plan to" Shadow replied " I think the eyes are a better way to tell then the tail" he told her.

...

The rest of Gym class was spent with Shadow getitng to know Sonic, Sally, Knuckles, Silver and Iblis, Shadwo and Sonic had raced from one end of the gym and back just to see who was fastest.

After gymclass it was was going to joing his newly made friends when Alesha popped up suprising him.

" Hey Shadow" she said in a friendly tone" Join me for lunch?" Shadow got a look at her, he also notice features Sally didn't mention. Alesha had ruffle fur on her cheeks, her hair was a darker shade then Sally's and on top of that the pale eyes were more noticeable compared to Sally.

" I.." He about to tell her off but the chipmunk ignored him and rabed his arms and lead him to the caffiteria.

...

Shadow was not comfortable, Aleasha brought him over to her small group of friends. He was startled to see that there was a hedgehog that almost looked identical to him. Mephiles took noticed but didn't say much.

Rosey on the other hand quietly ate her lunch which was a chicken salad sandwich with water and of course lollipops to snack on after wards. She gave Shadow a warning glare as to not mess with her.

Fiona fox was impressed with he new comer " So he's the new guy" she commented " for your sakes Alesha you won't scare him?"

" Shut up!" The chipmunk responded, then she spoted Iblis in line ready to get his lunch, his sister Blaze was with him and by the movement of thier hands they were in a conversation.

"Freaks I tell you" Alesha voiced her opinion " so disgusting, they should be doing that at school".

" Got a problem with that?" Shadow asked getting her attention " It's comunication, how else is he supposed to understand what's going on?"

" If it's communication he wants" Alesha walked over to a random table and plucked some one orange juice " communication he'll get'. sh walked over to the line where the two cats were she was about to aim at them with the orange juice when Shadow stopped her.

" What are you doing?" He asked taking the bottle out of her hand.

" Don't you know?" Aslesh asked him " those freaks are allergic to oranges, by throwing the orange juice on them they'll get the message that they are not wanted".

" Ok I've had it" he tossed the orange juice in the trash " That's not communication, that's being a bully, and another thing" he pointed at her " I won't associate with liars" he made hand gestures at her that translated to got that and walked away leaving the chipmunk dumbfounded. she gave out a frustrated growl and stormed out of the cafeteria.

...

Rouge and her friends were all seated, Knuckles told Rouge what Alesha tried to pull in Gym class and the bat laughed.

" That's a good one" she giggled. she and her friends heard Alesha give off a frustrated growl which was lound for the entire room to hear and saw her storm out.

" What was that all about?" Amy asked.

" She's just mad" Shadow voice called out as he approached the table with Iblis and Blaze " mad that I stopped her from hurting others".

Blaze took her seat " orange juice, she was going to throw orange juice at us" she told them " I can tolorate it but Iblis would have to be hospilaized "

Iblis signed to his sister saying I know sis. he turned to the others he told his side of the story and how Shadow stopped him and called her out for lying to him and though it was cool how he finished the conversation with sign language.

Blaze translated most of what her brother was telling to them. Amy invited Shadow to sit with them, he took the offer and ended up sitting right across from Rouge.

" So.. Trying to tell my Knuckles that I sell my body for sex eh?" she asked irritated with him.

"It was an honest mistake" Shadow replied. Rouge hooked her arm around Knuckles.

" It better be, I don't want to loose him you got it!". She warned him, Knuckles looked over to the hedgehog.

" Don't worry to much, it's her way of being friendly" he told him.

" Yeah" Shadow responded he looked over to the bat who was still glaring at him " I get that".

...

School ended for the day, Rouge took off to the sky, flying herself home. she flew over the cemetery and made a note to remind her father to come and visit it.

As she arrived home the bat quietly entered the house, it was difficult to come home with out Glenda yelling at her for every little thing , she tried her best to avoid it but There she was, the fox met with the bat in the hallway.

" So? How was you day at school?" she asked.

" Why do you care?" Rouge asked her. The fox aropched the young bat.

" Because Fiona told me she had a miserable one, care to inform me why my daughter had a bad day while you had the opposite?" She asked grabbing Rouge by her shoulder intending to not let her get away.

" How am I resposible for that? As far as school goes we avoide each other, Her bad day had nothing to do with me" Glenda's nails dung into the bat's cloths pinching her.

" Don't back talk to me! or else!" she let go of the bat she walked out of the hall " your father came home and is sleeping, don't disturb him!"

Rouge rolled her eyes ignoring her, she headed up the stairs and was about to enter her room when some movement came down the hall.

It was a white male bat with bright green eyes , he appeared to have just exited the bathroom, he was wearing nothing but sweat pants and a blank shirt.

" Oh ... Rouge" he yawned " did you have a good day?"

Rouge didn't know how to reply to him, she was strictly forbidden to tell him what went on, last time she told him anything Glenda twisted the truth and had him on her side, after wards Glenda threaten to throw out Rouge's old family photos that had pictures of Amanda if Rouge dared rat her out to Rex again.

" It's fine dad" she told him " you better go back to bed, I'll be quiet so your not disturbed".

" Thanks pumpkin" he told her " better get some more sleep before to night party".

" Party?" Rouge asked. Her father nodded.

" of course, your coming as well right?" her father asked , now a little confused.

"Uh.. Yeah sorry dad guess I forgot about it" she quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek and rushed to her room.

...

THAT BITCH! Rouge threw her pillow to the wall. This was all Glenda's fault, She was trying to make her look like a awful daughter infront of her father.

Well that's not going to happen, Rouge walked to her closet and looked at her outfits that hung on the coat hangers. these gathering expect her to look like a formal young lady, she pulled out a black velvet dress she kept hidden from the two foxes.

She gave a smirk , try to keep her out of her father life eh? She now well a ware of Glenda's scheme.

Rouge's dad has appeared... Think he's going to be more aware of what going on? or just be manipulated more?.