I'm back with a new chapter! So anyway, I feel like doing two things by the end of this novel and I want to know what you think.
I want to:
Make a SparkNotes type thing at the end of this whole "writing" stuff for this story. I also want to make a link to me reading this in a "theatrical" sort of way (you know, like an audiobook).
Of course, it's purely for enhancing the story. ;) I'd like suggestions if you have any on whether I should do that. All you have to do is tell me your opinion in your review of this chapter. Ok so…I guess we shall now commence with the story. Have fun reading!
Oh, did I forget to mention? I changed my mind AGAIN about having this chapter be the one starting to have an epic court case in it. Sorry. *innocent, Tails-like look*
Oh, one last thing. If you review, I also want you to tell me your favorite part in the story. Or if you feel grumpy, tell me your least favorite part.
Chapter 6
Sonic woke up. And the author gave no description as to how he woke up (whether it was slowly, with beady blinking eyes and a slow recollection of last night's events, you will never kno—oops).
"Am I in heaven?" Sonic sat up dazed, looking at what looked like his favorite place to run. There were flowers garnished all over the field, sitting there and looking pretty. There was also a tree behind where Sonic was lying, and he saw that single familiar knothole on it.
Yes, it was heaven.
And then he saw Tails.
"What?! No! He couldn't have died…unless…that wolf…oh Tails…"
And THEN Sonic realized that it wasn't heaven. Because it started to become very cloudy. A thunderstorm was approaching. FAST.
"Crazy weather? I guess we're still on Mobius little bro. Wake up Tails! We gotta juice!"
Tails laid there in a very tranquil way. Sonic examined his two-tailed friend closer. He could tell that Tails was quite fatigued. What for? He didn't know. No time to figure out though.
"Looks like I'm getting us both out of here."
And Sonic ran off.
Meanwhile…
"Do you have any books on how to be…a friend?"
The librarian looked down from her reading and gave the black hedgehog a quizzical look.
"Why do you need to know?" the librarian interrogated the hedgehog in a very irritated manner. This was a good book she was reading.
"Because."
"Look in the little kid's section downstairs." And the librarian continued to read her enthralling novel: War and Peace: The Sequel! (now with over 9000!!! more pages)
As Shadow descended the stairwell to the basement, he figured that this would be too easy…
Back at Tails's home…
Tails woke up with a yawn and sat there for a minute.
One undeniably cute minute of sitting around with the tired look on his face and rubbing his eyes a little (use your imagination…it will end up being quite cute I hope)…
"Huh? Wait, where's Sonic?"
Tails rushed downstairs as panic struck him. Sonic hadn't run away from him because he was technically under custody…or well…legal guardianship. Tails then suddenly smelled a familiar aroma coming from the kitchen. At that moment, all worry melted away from Tails.
Sonic was cooking chili dogs.
"Hey Tails! Looks like someone finally woke up!" Sonic cheerily exclaimed as Tails ran into the room, relieved that Sonic wasn't getting himself into any trouble.
"Hi Sonic! I was afraid you ran off for a jog without me."
"Hey, I'm the one who should be taking care of you here!"
"But the court order technically puts you under my…umm…"
"Legal guardianship?"
Tails hesitated, then smiled.
"I guess so."
"Well then I guess we get to switch places. You get to cook, and I get to ask a lot of questions like you usually do when I'm around."
As Tails walked over to stove and Sonic went to the table, the two continued their conversation.
"So first off 'big bro'," the hedgehog said with a mischievous smile. "What happened with you and that bully?"
"Oh him? Well…he said he wanted to kill me…and then you too…"
Sonic's face darkened. Already, this was a bit disturbing.
"So what happened?"
"Well he kept on teasing me and said that we were freaks…and then after that he said he was going to kill us…and I got really angry…"
Sonic nodded. Then with a concerned look he asked "Did he attack you?"
"He was going to, but I attacked him first."
Sonic couldn't help but grin. "Got in the first blow eh?"
Tails grinned equally as wide as Sonic. "I got all of the punches in."
"Really?" Sonic asked slightly amazed.
"Yeah, he was a big chicken too."
And the two laughed, making clucking noises as they mocked the to-be murderer.
"Ok then, so then what happened?"
"Well, Shadow came and helped get you guys home, and I put Cream and Cheese to bed. Then I decided where to put you and—"
"Stop there. You tried to figure out where we could both sleep comfortably, despite there being only one bed?"
"Umm, yeah!"
"And you picked my favorite spot to rest after I ran. Right under that tree."
Tails looked away shyly. "Yeah…I hope you didn't mind."
"Nah! That was a great pick!"
"Thanks Sonic. I'm glad it didn't rain while we were there."
"Actually, it was going to when I woke up."
"Oh! I hope you didn't get wet!"
"Chill out! Nothing takes me, Sonic the Hedgehog, by surprise! Even if it rained, my old senses would have come shaking me awake yelling, 'Hey! Wake up!' And if that didn't work, I'd always have you as a back-up."
Tails smiled as he stirred the chili aimlessly, listening intently to Sonic's usual humor. They both laughed again.
"And now my second question for you Tails…are those chili dogs done yet?"
"Yup! Just about done!"
Tails turned the stove off and prepared the chili dogs making sure to add extra cheese to his own dog and extra chili for Sonic.
And as they sat down to eat, with Sonic bantering over the details of the fight, little did they know who was watching them.
"They weren't even worried about me for a minute! Well…once I get help from my mom AND a little someone else…I will finally put my plan into action…and I will have my revenge!"
Laughing, insane laughing, and coughing followed. No one cared.
"HEY! I—"
"Shut up." The author told the wolf sternly.
"Grr…fine then. I'll just go on to do my plan!"
"Whatever. I'm going to go talk with the judge."
Meanwhile, with the judge and author…
"Hey Mr. Dix?"
"Yes?"
"I lost the game."
"Ah! You got me."
"Heh. Oh hey Mr. Dix, while you're alive, could you give me some help on this economic concept here? I need a little help figuring out this supply and demand example."
"Well sure. I'd be glad to distract you from possibly letting you vandalize a building or do other 'teenagery' stuff."
"Mr. Dix, teenagers could be reading this right now."
"So? If you're that worried about people getting the wrong impression about you, just put a disclaimer at the beginning or something. You're the author!"
At the hospital Mr. Wood is in…
Mr. Wood looked at his face. He only got a second to look at it before his reflection quit.
"M-my face! What happened?"
"Well! A few pounds of concrete landing on it happened!" said a random doctor checking on Mr. Wood. "Just be glad it didn't make you stupider than you already are…pfft. You are a stubborn lawyer who just can't back down from a case can you?"
Mr. Wood only half listened, still dazed at himself.
As the doctor walked away shaking his head, Mr. Wood THOUGHT RATIONALLY. And the author was shocked to find Mr. Wood could actually do such a thing.
Suddenly, chatter was heard outside of his room.
"I'm sorry, but visiting hours—"
"Screw you."
And the wolf entered and locked the door behind him.
Mr. Wood immediately got up from his bed, only to fall flat on his face onto the floor.
"Mark, get up."
Mr. Wood didn't respond at first. Then he slowly got up, keeping eye contact with the mysterious new acquaintance.
"H-how—"
The wolf stopped him. He then took out a small photograph and handed it to Mr. Wood.
"N-no!"
"Actually Mark, yes."
"No!"
"Yes."
"NO!"
"Yes!"
"NO!!!"
"YES!!!"
"N—"
"Just shut up! I AM your COUSIN!"
"NO!!! THAT'S NOT TRUE! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"
A painful one minute later…
"Just shut up and listen will you! I am your cousin! Arthur Campbell Loup Timothy Wood! Notice the French word in there for wolf and how all my speech is in exclamations! I am here to help you."
"D-d-do what?"
Arthur smiled wickedly. "Get revenge."
Mr. Wood shrunk into his covers.
"Oh now don't be afraid. It is for your benefit and mine."
Mr. Wood was still peeking over his covers meekly. Arthur ignored him and continued.
"I am out for revenge…against Sonic and his friend Tails. It is all because of that one day…"
Waiting for the flashback? Too bad! I don't want to give one for here!
"WHAT?!?!"
The author blew a raspberry at Arthur. And his name.
"Hey! My name is awesome!"
"No. I don't think so."
"Grr…fine! I'll just have to tell it myself."
*ahem*
"Sonic let his friend Tails into line ahead of him for a chili dog. I figured it was just letting someone cut the line, so I got angry at Sonic. And I accidentially hit him. Then I lost all reputation for being a lawyer ever sin—"
"Umm, excuse me?"
Arthur turned to look at Mr. Wood. "Yes?"
"How are you my cousin? I mean you are only like, 16 I think based on your looks and what the judge said about—"
"SHUT UP! I AM!"
Mr. Wood retreated himself further into the covers.
"Anyway! I am a genius lawyer, but cannot use my skills because everyone hates me now…so now, I will help you. What will happen is that I will tell you every single thing you should say, and at the end when Sonic is declared guilty, Sonic will run away, knowing that he is innocent. Then, I will be waiting to fight Sonic and his two-tailed friend. After they die by an 'accident' I will declare Sonic a runaway and Tails his accomplice who would've been put in jail anyway for trying to escape! Then the world will REALLY know who is the innocent one! Do you understand?"
Mr. Wood had asphyxiated himself using the blankets.
"What? BAH! I guess I'll have to tell him later."
"You mean about your lame idea of blaming your problems on Sonic and Tails?"
"Well that's not all of it. I'm also jealous of Tails's intelligence and awesomeness and—hey! You can't do that!"
"Yes I can, I'm the author. I just made you say that in front of the readers."
"BAH!"
"W-w-wuh?" Mr. Wood woke up.
Arthur turned to look at the dog. "I will help you take out Tails…and his SPEED!"
Mr. Wood sat there. And then he smiled goofily.
"Hehe…YES! I'M GOING TO BE FAMOUS AND SHOW THAT FOX UP! His speed will not help him THIS TIME!"
Arthur laughed at Mr. Wood's stupidity and walked out of the room.
"Yes…I have been waiting for a chance to do this…Sonic has finally been arrested…and I will have my revenge!"
Laughing, insane—oh you know what happens. Mostly it's the coughing of course, but yeah…
"Hey Tom?"
"Yeah Mr. Dix?"
"If you have all this time on your hands, you should join the robotics club again. I do think this year will really be a thriller and with me gone, the team might need that research team leader again…"
And as the author, erm, himself, chuckled in his head, Tails got a little surprise.
At Tails's house…
*ding dong*
"Who could that be?" Tails thought to himself.
He opened the door. No one.
Oh except for a MOUNTAIN OF STUFF.
"Umm…Sonic? Can you help me move this stuff?"
Sonic raced over. "Woah! That's a lot of stuff someone gave you."
He then looked at the tags. To: Tails, From: your friend
Sonic and Tails then brought all the stuff back into the house with a puzzled look on their faces.
"Well, this is pretty easy so far." Shadow mused to himself.
He looked back into the book he checked out. Friends always do nice things for each other! It had a picture of a boy giving lots of gifts to his friend.
"Next page…it says that friends will always give…LOTS OF HUGS?!?!?!"
Shadow then crashed through a tree and stumbled down a hill.
This was going to be harder than he thought…
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Well, that was a quickly written chapter, though a decently long one. Anyway, remember to review this chapter and talk about my suggestion in the review. Hope you guys liked the little conflict I put in instead of the trial! And you thought that Tails was just going to keep on serving Mr. Wood! Well now he gets to serve a different genius instead! We hope anyway…it's funny how I started writing this on a whim and didn't even know what was going to happen next. Well! Hope you enjoyed reading as always! Until next time! Au revoir!