A/N: Sorry for the wait, faithful readers. I've been quite busy working on school stuff, so I haven't had the opportunity to write very much. Fear not, though, for I shall now dazzle you with… action!

Chapter 5: The Legend of the Guardian and the Giant

"Chaos… Control!" The voice of the Ultimate Lifeform rang through the large campus of ISBVI as a flash of light brought hedgehog and echidna alike into presence.

"Nice…" Knuckles said, exhaling heavily. "That beats riding in the Blue Streak."

"I thought it might," Shadow replied with a grin.

"You gonna stick around for class?"

"Nah. I don't think anything funny is going to happen today. Think I might go make a withdrawal so I can pay rent…" With that, Shadow snapped his fingers and was gone, leaving Knuckles to enter the front doors. A minute later, he had arrived at the tower room.

"Good morning, Knuckles," said Mr. Schnieders happily. "Glad to see that you're still coming to this class."

"Well, if I want my truck back, I kinda have to…" the Guardian said, only a hint of resentment in his voice. Just then, the bell rang, and the students began arriving. It was the usual bunch of Mobians and humans, save for a couple of differences. Most noticeable was the seven-foot-tall human in the back. He wore a white Indiana Pacers T-shirt, dark blue shorts, a baseball cap, and a pair of dark sunglasses. Other minor changes in the group included an average-looking boy wearing a maroon leather trench-coat and a thin boy with short red hair.

"Is everyone here?" Mr. Schnieders asked. After several grumbling affirmations, He began the class. "We have a few new students today. Andy, Preston, Josh, why don't you all come up front here?" The three new students stood in front of the teacher's desk and introduced themselves.

"Andoo, what did you do this time?" Amanda asked.

"I punched Sexton…" said the seven-foot-tall student.

"You punched Jacob?" said the boy in the trench-coat.

"Did he bug you with his talk of tornadoes and cars?" asked a boy with short brown hair. "Or was it when we were playing a children's card game?"

"Will you shut up, Pangle?" said the red-haired boy.

"You shut up, McCash!" said the trench-coat boy.

"Prescilla, Josh, stop arguing," Amanda said firmly. "What did Julesy do to you, Andrew?"

"He said noof."

"You punched him for saying 'noof?'" said a tall boy with long dark hair. "Usually, I wait until he makes a Sonic reference before I chase him."

"Don't you chase anyone who makes a Sonic reference, Jordan?" said a tall boy with short, sandy hair.

"Yeah, I can't help it, Gilland…" replied Jordan. "Hey, Dylan. Remember that time that I chased him all the way to the Health Center?" The boy called Pangle nodded and laughed.

"Okay, y'all need to stop bein' self-referential an' shut up!" shouted a tall girl with long dark hair.

"Yeah, Mandy's trying to do maff," James said, looking starry-eyed at the girl.

"How long have you guys been going out, now?" jeered a boy with shaggy brown hair who appeared to be permanently surprised.

"We're not goin' out, Kane!" bellowed Mandy, who picked up the contraption she was typing on and hurled it at the offender. Andy jumped in the way and caught the heavy machine.

"Don't throw the freakin' Brailler, Mandy!" he shouted, placing it back on her desk.

"Are you sure you should get involved in that, Andy?" Knuckles asked, getting up and standing beside the gigantic teenager.

"Yeah, stay outta mah business, ya pig!"

"That's not very nice…" Dylan said quietly.

"Shut the hell up, Pet!" Mandy snapped. Dylan looked down sadly.

"Hey, you can't just go around yelling at people!" Knuckles shouted.

"Screw the rules, Ah have good looks!"

"Okay… now you can get involved…" Andy stood there, ready to defend anyone from Mandy's attacks. Just then, Mandy made a loud whistle, and a rotund boy with short hair and glasses burst through the door.

"Get 'em, Charlie!" Mandy yelled. Charlie nodded, and with nothing but a simple "Okay, Amanda…" he charged at Andy. Andy met the tackle with his solid posture, but Knuckles could see that he couldn't hold out for long. Thinking quickly, the echidna held his hands out, causing a giant emerald to appear.

"Andy, use the Master Emerald to become stronger!" the Guardian shouted. Andy jumped on top of the Emerald. With a flash of light, the gargantuan teen's dark hair and baseball cap were replaced with locks of gold, standing on end. Andy seemed to float as the transformation to Hyper Andy was complete.

"You think that'll stop mah man? Ha!" Mandy jeered. "Charlie, use the power of ISBVI itself!" Without a word, Charlie's blank, obedient stare became a look of pure concentration. The very floor began to shake, and sparks appeared around Charlie. The two colossal boys rushed forward, their strengths equally matched.

"All of this because she wanted to insult someone?" Gilland asked a stocky boy with white hair.

"See, Gilly… I know how Mandy is…" said the albino boy. "She thinks that every time someone tries to stop her from doing anything, she can just chuck Braillers at people."

"Adrian, you shouldn't talk when you don't know what you're saying," Jimmy said nonchalantly, ducking to avoid a bolt of energy shot from the struggle.

"Shut up, Jimmy!" Adrian bellowed. "I know what I'm talking about!"

"Doesn't sound that way to me," Gilland said, chuckling and rocking back and forth slightly.

"You tell him, Alex," Jimmy said with a smile. "You see, Adrian? You don't know what you're trying to say, so you dig into your reservoir of false confidence, becoming defensive to try and deter people from seeing that you're an idiot who has no point…"

"That's what the doctor said when you were born… 'There's no point.'" Adrian replied, chortling stupidly. It was apparent that he had the intention of being malevolently cunning, but everything seemed to stop as every single student stared at Adrian. Hyper Andy pushed Omega Charlie away and floated over to the albino and slapped him, sending him spinning.

"That wasn't funny," Hyper Andy said simply. "That was just plain stupid." Adrian finished spinning and fell flat onto his face, causing everyone in the room to laugh. Adrian looked up, his face red with rage (and blood from his nose).

"No, see, Andy… They just didn't laugh 'cause I'm the youngest," Adrian said, trying futilely to cover his own blunder. "If anyone else had said it, everyone in here would be laughing their asses off…" His defense was cut short by a roar from Omega Charlie as he charged at Hyper Andy once again. Hyper Andy simply moved out of the way, and Omega Charlie ran right into the wall, falling down on top of Adrian.

"AAAAAAGH!" screamed Adrian. "Get this fat… guy off me!" The albino boy began to struggle, but ceased immediately when the loud sound of flatulence could be heard. Omega Charlie sat up and grinned.

"I'd have to say that kid got what was coming to him…" the black three-tailed fox said with a dark chuckle.

"You got that right!" Knuckles replied between laughs. Just then, the bell rang.

"All right, class! Time for second hour!" Mr. Schnieders shouted from under his desk. Everyone left except for Omega Charlie and Adrian.

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"I bought you lunch!" shouted Sonic from the Blue Streak. The sports car looked freshly polished, and its driver stood on the front seat, holding up a paper bag.

"I don't know if I can eat…" Knuckles mumbled, holding his sides. "That was both scary and hilarious."

"I got grape soooooodaaaaa!" Sonic said, picking up a 2-liter bottle. This caught the echidna's eye, and he jumped inside the car, grasping the bag and bottle hungrily.

Wow… I have no clue how I wrote this so fast, but I hope you enjoy this misadventure! I do a little more making fun of my classmates in this chapter than normal, but they shouldn't mind… (eyes dart) Anyway, I'd like to announce Nocturnus Hiatus, my newest concoction! It's a Sonic Chronicles adaptation. I hope to add lots of humor to it, so if you're a fan of this, check it out!

Next Chapter: Schnieders Unleashed!