AUTHORS NOTE: i'm not against trans people at all, rouge is just transgender in this story and a lot of people look at it a certain way. rouge is one of my favorite characters and her being transgender in this story for me is an even bigger plus. people treat mtf non-cis people like crud and it's unfair that CIS people think they have the right to do that, because they need to check their privlige! i'm a big alternate pronouns supporter and i don't think it's fair for you to pass judgement on me when i'm just trying to shine light on this issue.

also, i'm soryr about spelling errors, sometimes rebecca poof reads, sometimes not. thanks to rebecca for proof reading this chapter story itself, your the best sister ever :)

CHAPTER 4

Rouge walked down the halls, her face flushing a bright pink when people stopped to look at her. It was a mixed reaction. Some of them were cheering her on, others were talking behind paws and casting her mean looks. It made her mad. Even worse were her fellow squad members who wouldn't talk to her when she walked by. She wanted to reach out and touch them but they just eyed her up and down, like she had done something wrong.

I'm not a freak, Rouge thought, they have no right to treat me like this. They all have the privilege of being born in better circumstances than me. It enraged her. She wanted to suddenly punch one of them, but instead kept walking to next period. If she had the time, she would protest against any one who tried to keep her down.

"Oh hey, look it's boy-girl."

It was Amy Rose and her posse of morons. Rouge turned and grimaced, the desire to punch increasing. "What do you want, Amy?" she asked. "And how dare you call me boy-girl you bio-born-female cis scum."

The other girls gasped. Amy on the other hand just smirked. She was one of the heads of the gossip circle, Chatter Girl, and if Rouge made an impression on her then maybe other people will listen.

"Don't talk to me like that" Amy seethed. "You're no longer queen B, Rougey. So take your comments and shove them up your peehole."

The girls laughed like a bunch of idiots and Rouge stepped forward, scowling. Other people were gathering around the group. Jocks, hipsters, emos, goths, preppies, the whole school was starting to slowly collect. The jocks and preppies seemed the most against Rouge, while the hipsters were definitly on her side. She smiled. She could always count on people who went against the mainstream school opinion at least.

In another part of the hall another similar fight was breaking out. Rouge could only hear bits and pieces but she did hear Knuckles voice. Her anger increased. That SOB was the reason she was in the situation she was in now. If she saw him now, she'd kick him in his CIS nuts.

"Shut up, bitch," Rouge retorted. The girls gasped again. They looked so stupid with their mouths open. "You have no idea the amount of suffering I've had to endure, how people laugh at my pronouns and call me awful things. I'm not a boy girl, I'm a real girl of the soul, and I expect to be treated as such!" There were "here-heres" all around. Rouge felt a smile spring to her cherry lips. She felt a surge of power, and knew all the tears were in the past now.

Suddenly, Amy sprang forth, smacking her in the face. Rouge gaped at the bitch and couldn't speak for a second. Then, regaining her composure, she grabbed Amy by the hair and threw her to the floor, jumping on her and pummeling her with her fists. Every one was so shocked that some of them tried to pull Rouge off of Amy but Rouge wasn't having any of it.

Amy was just jealous that Rouge was with Knuckles. Every one knew that. Sonic liked boys, so Amy had no chance of ever marrying Sonic. But Knuckles was the captain of the football team and had really good prospects, so Amy wanted that for herself. And the fact is, Knuckles still wanted to be with her even after finding out she had man parts.

"GET OFF ME THAT HURTS" Amy yelled, helpless to Rouge's fists. Her friends didn't help, no surprise since they only were threatening in numbers and their queen B was out of her elment. Plus not even the real big boys could pull Rouge off. She was too strong for them.

"Rouge, stop," said a voice behind her.

Rouge paused in mid punch, turning around. She hadn't noticed but Amy's sleeves had come up. There were a line of jagged cuts on her arms, cuts Rouge knew she hadn't caused, but she didn't pay much attention to it. Because Tails was there, tears in his eyes. He had a bloody nose and a black eye on the left side.

"It's okay, don't let them get to you," he said. "I beat up Knuckles."

TBC