Chapter 2! Enjoy and review.

September 21st, First Day of Autumn

Starr woke up in her bed, a poster of Adele on her wall was always the first thing she saw in the morning. Her alarm clock went off at 7:30 am. Ninety minutes to get ready and get to school. She slumped out of her bed and dragged her feet to the bathroom. She was living on her own, living on a trust fund that her parents set up for her. Some days she missed her parents a lot, but she tried not to think about it or she would've started crying.

She went to school and had a normal day, math in the morning followed by English. Lunch was when she was 'officially' awake for she wasn't a morning person and loved the warmth of her bed. Music was next, she enjoyed playing her sax, jazzing the whole room up. Finally she had gym class with Amy, Blaze and Rouge. They, along with the other girls, had five minutes to changed into their gym clothes.

"I hate these gym clothes," Rouge said as she slipped the gym shirt over her head. "It doesn't fit with me me."

"At least it's not boiling outside," Amy said. "I remember last time it was! Even my hair was sweating!"

"Well, a good sport of archery should keep us cool," Blaze said. "Do you like archery Starr?"

"Oh yeah," Starr said. "I actually practiced it since I was seven."

"Wow! Ten years, you must be a pro!"

"I know my way around a bow and arrow."

"Not as good as I am," a new voice said. A fox strutted towards the group.

"Fiona we just want to have a good class," Amy said.

"Let me win and we will," and she left the change room.

"Who's that?" Starr asked.

"That's Fiona Fox," Blaze said. "Scrouge's girlfriend."

"Just ignore her girls," Rouge said. "Let's just enjoy our last hour of class."

Everyone left the change room and everyone got into five groups of four. Starr and her group were on the far left side and Fiona's group was on the far right side of the gym. All the girls were taking turns shooting at the targets.

"Hey new girl," Fiona yelled across the room. "You think you can beat this?" Fiona drew her bow and let go, she hit the centre of the target dead on. She huffed at Starr. Starr squared herself at Fiona and held her head up high at her. Everyone in the room stood at a watching distance to see what would happen.

"Starr, it's not worth it," Amy said.

"Amy," Starr said. "I never backdown on a challenging enemy. I wouldn't be a princess if I backed out." The girls were confused as to why Starr would call herself a princess.

Starr had four arrows in her back pouch and one in her hand. She put the arrow on her bow string and aimed the arrow at her own target. She drew the bow and let go; a dead on hit. She walked over to the target beside her group and did the same thing, and she hit her mark. She kept going, not losing momentum in her walking and finally getting to Fiona's target. She drew her bow and steadied her grip, finally letting go. The arrow flew across the room, for what seemed like it was moving in slow motion, and it hit the arrow that was already in the target. The already-in-the-target arrow got split by Starr's arrow. Everyone stood in amazement as how skilled Starr was.

"You cheated!" Fiona yelled. "That's the only way you could've done that!"

"How is someone suppose to cheat at archery?" Starr asked. Fiona go so mad that she charged towards Starr but Starr put her right hand up and created a water barrier between herself and Fiona. Fiona fell back because she hit the barrier hard, and Starr closed her hand and the barrier disappeared without any water going on the floor. Fiona got up from the floor and glared at Starr.

"This isn't over," Fiona growled. "You hear me?!"

Starr stood there silent but strong. Fiona went back into the change room and the teacher said that, since there was only ten minutes left of class, they could change. When they walked to the door, Fiona came charging out the door with her gym clothes in her arm. Everyone got changed back into their regular clothes.

"That was pretty impressive there hon," Rouge said to Starr.

"Thank you, Rouge," Starr said.

"Are you really a princess?" Blaze asked.

"Yeah from the past," everyone was confused. "It's a long story. How 'bout we make a date this Saturday? I'll tell you guys everything, we can invite the guys too."

"That's probably a good idea," Amy said. "There's so much I want to ask you."

Eventually the bell rang and everyone left for home, except Starr and the guys (Sonic, Shadow, Silver, Tails and Knuckles). Starr had to get help from English class and the guys had soccer practice. Both events were almost an hour long.

The guys were in their change room talking about practice and the new girl.

"So what do you think of the new girl guys?" Sonic asked.

"I heard that she stood up to Fiona Fox!" Knuckles said. "She shot five arrows in the middle of five targets!"

"I heard she's a princess!" Silver said. "Do you think we should treat her differently now?"

"I don't think so," Tails said. "But I think we should still respect her because she's a woman."

"And a fine looking one at that!" Sonic said with a wink. "What do you think Shadow?"

Shadow seemed to be lost in his thoughts and didn't hear what Sonic had said. "Pardon?" He asked.

"Do you think Starr is a looker?"

"Yeah," Shadow said shrugging his shoulders. "She's pretty."

"Of course she is," Knuckles said. "She looks like you!" Shadow blushed and tried to hide it but the others knew.

"But you know what I heard Scrouge say during warmup?" Sonic said. "He said that Starr wasn't going to get away with what she did. What do you think he meant by that?"

Shadow slipped out of the change room, managing not to bring attention to himself so the others wouldn't notice him leaving.

"His bark is worse than his bite," Knuckles said. "Starr'll be fine."

"But when Scrouge means something," Silver said. "He means it."

"Hey," Tails said. "Where's Shadow? "He's gone." Every looked around them but there was no sign of the ebony hedgehog. They assumed he left to get home early... But he wasn't... He walked down the hallway towards Starr's locker.

Starr went to her locker and opened her lock to get her things. She grabbed her things and closed her locker door. As soon as the lock locked, she felt herself being pressed against the locker doors, with the bulky locks sticking into her stomach.

"Hey hey there pretty," a voice said. "Scrouge here is gonna take care of ya."

"Back off me Scrouge," Starr demanded. "Let me go."

"I just wanted to say my hello and introduce myself," he said while grabbing her wrists and pressing them, along with himself against her body, against the locker doors. She felt him breathing down her neck, almost drooling on her quills.

"You've said it," she said. "Now beat it!"

"I guess you don't know... I ALWAYS get what I want. And I want you." He pressed his hips rougher against her tail. She tried to push her body against his to try and break free but no luck. "Why fight me babe? You know you want me too."

"SCROUGE!" A voice yelled across the hallway. Starr turned her head to see her hero.

"Shadow!" she exclaimed.

"Let her go Scrouge," Shadow raised his arm ready to use a Chaos attack.

"You wouldn't hurt me knowing that the little princess would get hurt in the process," Scrouge pulled Starr towards himself and wrapped one arm around her neck and the other he used to grabbed her wrist tightly.

"It's okay Shadow. Attack him. Attack him now!"

Shadow swung his arm and sent out his Chaos Spears. Starr suddenly turned to water, a water figure of herself. Scrouge was still touching her when she turned to water and the Spears hit her, and Scrouge got the shock of his life. The Spears power left Starr's water form and she was able to get out of his grasps, and turned back into her hedgehog form, standing beside Shadow. She grabbed her bag and Shadow's arm.

"That won't last forever. Let's go!" She pulled Shadow down the hallway and, when they got outside, they used their power shoes to glide a distance from the school. They stopped at the local park to catch their breaths.

"That was impressive back there," Shadow said.

"Thank you. You learn some things when you've been held against your will before."

"He's done that before?!"

"Not him. I was going to explain everything this Saturday to the Freedom Fighters. But if Scrouge is going to come after me, one day will take forever to come. I don't know if I can make it through Friday."

"Maybe you need an escort... To get you from class to class or maybe even in the classes when they're in them with you?" Shadow was hinting about himself.

"Are you talking about you?" He nodded. "Oh Shadow I'd appreciate that so much," she swung her arms around Shadow and he stood there shocked. His heart started racing but when she touched him, he felt like it was going to pop out of his chest. He slipped his hands on her back. She broke the hug and cleared her throat.

"Let's go," Shadow said.

"Where are we going?"

"I'm taking you home. You shouldn't walk home alone, especially after what just happened."

"Thank you Shadow," she grabbed his hand as they walked to Starr's home. When they got there, it was a townhouse in a nice neighbourhood. He walked her to the front door.

"Thanks again Shadow," she said as she unlocked the door. "Remember: this Saturday at noon at Moe's Cafe. Will you tell the other Freedom Fighters?"

Shadow nodded his head in agreement. In an awkward moment of silence, Starr pecked a kiss on Shadow's cheek. Shadow turned a shade of deep red at the motion, too stunned to reply. Starr smiled sweetly at her hero.

"See you tomorrow Shadow," and she slipped through the door, shut it behind her and locked it. Shadow still stood there, and for the first time in his life, he felt his heart race in a way he hadn't felt before. He had felt adrenaline run before in a battle but this was different. Instead of feeling anger or a will to fight, he felt confused and scared. He liked what she did but he didn't know what to do, except to go home. He started to walk home and managed to get there.

During the walk he called Rouge, since he knew her the longest and knew she'd keep a secret.

"Hello?"

"Rouge? It's Shadow. Are you alone?"

"Shadow? Yeah, I'm alone. Is everything okay?"

"I'm not sure. Starr got into a conflict with Scrouge."

"Oh my, is she okay?"

"She's fine. I kinda saved her and decided to walk her home. When I got her to her front door, she... On my cheek..."

"I'm gonna take a wild stab and say that she kissed you?"

"Rouge I'm asking you because I'm hoping you can tell what's happening. My heart started racing. I'm use to it racing but it was running a different track."

"You felt happy and scared at the same time."

"Yes!"

"Hon, Dr. Rouge says your diagnosis is love. You love her."

"What do I do?"

"You should tell her how you feel."

"I can't do it at school. Where should I do it?"

"Well when Knuckles told me he loved me, he took me to a place that meant something to the both of us. My advice is that you should stay friends and hang out at a lot of places and if she hints around that there's a certain spot that she really enjoys, take her there to tell her how you feel. She texted me saying that we're all going to meet at Moe's Cafe this Saturday at noon. You guys should make a date to hang out. Find out her interests, if you can find at least one thing in common between you two, you'll enjoy her company."

"Thank you Rouge. What would I do without you?"

"I can think of a couple of things..."

"See you tomorrow Rouge."

Shadow hung up the phone. By the time he finished the call, he was on his couch. He thought about what Rouge said. What should I do?

Finished Chapter 2. Good? Needs improvement? Why is this that way? Ask away and review. What do you think Shadow will do?