(A/N): I just started school!
Lazarus and AJ were walking around Central Park before they had to head over to their classes.
"I'm just saying. There's no need for that much pudding. He has like barrels full." AJ said as Lazarus rolled eyes.
"Well, he has a seven year-old living with him. I think there's a need." Lazarus said as AJ crossed his arms.
"It's still a lot of pudding." AJ grumbled as Lazarus laughed a bit. Suddenly they were both pulled into the bushes. "Ok buddy, listen here! You do not pull two super-powered people into the bush where we can easily kick your ass." AJ said as the person shushed them.
"Um…why are we in a bush and who the hell are you?" Lazarus said as they looked at the turquoise hedgehog. His quills were like Sonic's except he had two on the side pointing up. He had dark blue eyes and he was wearing green camo pants with a yellow shirt that had a black lightening bolt on it with silver and white Nike's.
"Some people are out for me and I just needed some help and I'm Black Thunder." He said as he looked back out to the path.
"You're name is Black?" AJ said as Black rolled his eyes.
"Yes, don't ask." He said as Lazarus looked over him.
"Who's out for you?" He asked as Black pulled Lazarus down.
"Some guys I pranked because they were doing some harsh things to some freshmen." Black said as AJ looked at him.
"You prank people?" AJ said as Lazarus sighed.
"Oh yeah…" Black said as AJ stuck his hand out.
"Hello, my name is AJ the Hedgehog more commonly in California known as the Prankster Prince." He said as Black smirked and grabbed his hands.
"Nice to meet you and by your title there I say you're going to help me?" He asked as AJ smirked.
"You're damn right!" He said as Black turned over to Lazarus.
"I guess. I'm Lazarus by the way." Lazarus said as Black shook his hand. Soon a group of angry looking guys covered with flour and eggs came storming into the park.
"That's the best you did?" AJ said as Black shrugged his shoulders.
"On a short notice, yes." He said as they all started moving through the bushes.
"Where is that bastard?" A tall crane hissed as he looked around.
"Right here!" AJ said as all three of them jumped out and started to shoot at them with small pistols filled with lemon juice.
"My eyes!!!" A dog said as they all ran away.
"And you said I shouldn't carry these around." AJ said putting the guns back on his pocket. Lazarus rolled his eyes and stepped out of the bush.
"Thanks for the help guys." Black said as Lazarus shrugged.
"It wasn't much. Do you go to school here?" Lazarus asked as Black nodded.
"Electro-engineering. Got to do something with these powers." He said as electricity surged through his hands.
"You'll get along great with some of our other friends." AJ said putting his arm around his shoulder as they walked back to campus. Renegade was sitting in his music theory class waiting for it to begin when Sean came and sat by him.
"Um…hey?" He said shyly as Renegade looked over at him.
"You're that guy who's friends with Goldeye right? Sean? Plays the guitar?" Renegade said as Sean looked at him shocked.
"Wow…you really have good memory." He said as Renegade shrugged. "I…I just kind of wanted to know what happened yesterday. Goldeye was pretty mad." Sean said as Renegade leaned in his desk.
"We just exchanged sarcastic comments and then all of sudden we're threatening each other." Renegade said as Sean looked at him.
"Oh…well you both seem pretty pissed off." Sean said as Renegade sighed.
"Blame him. I didn't do anything, but show up to class." Renegade said as Sean sighed.
"Listen, I can tell you guys are going to be all rude to each other, but you should know that Goldeye isn't really bad. He's been through a lot and is dealing with this thing that's been bestowed on him. He tries to do the right thing, but it doesn't really turn out right. He basically is just trying to avoid stuff now." Sean said as Renegade looked at him confused.
"What is this thing that's been bestowed on him to make him so rude?" He asked as Sean sighed.
"I can't tell you that." Sean said as Renegade looked over at him.
"Well…if he can avoid bad situations tell him to avoid me." He said as Sean nodded. Lilac was walking with Tsunami when they saw an echidna running. She was silvery white with black eyes and a yellow spade sign on her neck. She was wearing long-sleeved, black shirt with a turned down collar and black pants with black cowboy boots. Her dreads were pulled up into a ponytail and she had hoop earrings hanging off her ears with black fingerless gloves that had holes over the knuckles.
"Whoa there. Why are you in such a rush?" Tsunami asked as the girl rest her hands on her knees to catch her breath.
"Just my stalker." She said as Lilac and Tsunami looked at each other confused.
"Your stalker?" Lilac said as the echidna stood up and took a deep breath.
"Yeah, he's been after me ever since freshman year." She said waving her hand in the air dismissively. "I'm Bijou by the way." She said sticking out her hand as she pulled the hair-tie out of her hair.
"Um…I'm Tsunami and this is Lilac." Tsunami said as they all shook hands.
"Cool, cool. Sorry about freaking you out with the whole stalker thing." She said as Lilac smiled.
"It's alright. We're pretty much use to weird stuff." Lilac said as Lilac waved her hands in front of her as Bijou looked down at them.
"My Dad has a robotic leg. It's pretty cool. And what else do you mean by weird?" She asked as Lilac looked over to Tsunami who sighed. She put her bag down and formed an electricity/water ball. "Oh! You guys have powers too!" She said as Tsunami let the ball drop and crash on the ground.
"You have powers?" Tsunami asked as Bijou smiled brightly and nodded.
"Yep, I can hypnotize people, levitate, and I have super strength." She said lifting a tree off the ground before placing it back.
"Wow." Lilac said as Bijou smiled.
"It's not much though. Do you guys live near here?" She asked as they nodded. "Do you think I can crash for a bit. I'm really tired and I can't stand my roommate right now." She said as Lilac smiled.
"Sure, we were just heading over there." Lilac said as Bijou grabbed her bag.
"Great! And thanks." She said as they walked over to the apartment complex. Suzy and Shade were walking back to the apartments holding hands.
"I didn't think there'll be so much work." Suzy said as Shade shrugged his shoulders.
"You'll get use to it." Shade said.
"Well, I'll be a fish ready to fry! Is that Suzanne Annette I see?!" A voice said from behind them. Suzy whipped around to see a turquoise and lavender hedgehog with shocking pink eyes. Her quills were about to her waist and she had bangs across her forehead with her ears pierced. She was wearing a red Hollister t-shirt with a dark denim mini skirt and a giant hobo bag.
"Bianca!!!" Suzy yelled as she ran to hug the hedgehog.
"Who?" Shade said walking behind her.
"Shade this is my old friend from middle school Bianca Jimenez-Baker. Bi-Bi this is my boyfriend Shade." Suzy said proudly as Bianca looked Shade from head to toe.
"Why I must say Suz, you did a good job with this one." She said pinching Shade's cheek. Shade rubbed his cheek as Suzy and Bianca went back to talking.
"Don't tell me Wilmer is here." Suzy said as Bianca smiled.
"Honey you should know that I'm bringing my man with me to college." Bianca said in her southern accent. "Now the real question is if Hailey is here?" Bianca said as Suzy smiled.
"Of course!" Suzy said as Shade followed them. "I'll go get her! Call up Wilmer!" Suzy said leaving Shade with Bianca. Bianca quickly texted Wilmer and looked at Shade. She looked him up and down again stopping at his necklace. She grabbed it and looked at it intently.
"Where in the world did you get this?" She asked with a hand on her hip.
"Uh…a friend gave it me." Shade said a little panicky as he looked at the other hedgehog. She narrowed her eyes at him before looking back at the symbol. Her eyes softened before she let it drop back on his chest.
"Um…never mind." She said before turning away.
"Bi-Bi!" Hailey said tackling her old friend in a hug as they laughed.
"Whoa there girl. If I didn't know better I would've thought you were a lost calf who found her Mama." Bianca said as Hailey just hugged her again.
"Well, hello there ladies…and guy I don't know." A silver and blue echidna/hedgehog said. He had silver spines and blue dreadlocks with hedgehog ears and a tan muzzle. He was wearing a black cowboy hat and a red t-shirt with an unbuttoned black cowboy shirt over it and sleeves rolled up. He was wearing baggy jean shorts with black air Nike's. He was walking next to Lorgo when he arrived. "What's up Baby-boo?" He said wrapping his arms around Bianca as she kissed him lightly.
"I'm guessing that's Wilmer." Shade said as Lorgo nodded.
"Hello! Why didn't we get a memo about this reunion?" Flash said holding Ivy's hand.
"Flash! Lorgo! How ya'll doing!?" Wilmer said as he hugged his old friends.
"Man, why didn't you tell us you were coming here?" Flash said as Wilmer shrugged.
"I thought you were all going to Irvine. How in Sam's hell was I supposed to know ya'll be coming here?" Wilmer said as Shade walked over to them.
"I was getting a little too girled out there." Shade said as Wilmer put his arm around him.
"Well you're welcome here, partner." Wilmer said as Shade smiled.
"So, how did you get that accent if you're from California?" Shade wondered as Wilmer laughed.
"I'm originally from Mexico so that's how I got the Spanish part of the accent and the southern part comes from good ole Texas." Wilmer said as Shade nodded.
"Hey boys guess what we're getting the whole group involved into tomorrow." Hailey said walking over with Suzy, Ivy, and Bianca.
"What?" Lorgo asked as Wilmer wore a knowing smile.
"Some clubbing." Wilmer said grabbing Bianca's arm spinning her in and back out as she did some fancy footwork. They ended with Bianca's leg hiked up and Wilmer holding it. "Spanish style." He said as Ivy cheered. Bolt was walking up the stairs in the Biology building to the roof. When he arrived there were a bunch of flowers, vines, and other plants hanging around, but his eyes immediately landed on the girl staring out at the sunset.
"This is a lot of flowers." Bolt said as Chrissy whipped around and smiled at him.
"The Botanist majors get a little carried away sometimes." She said as he walked over to her.
"Shade invited us to a club tomorrow. Are you going to come?" He asked as he stood next to her.
"I don't know. We do have the annual Halloween Masquerade Ball hosted by the Performing Arts students." She said as Bolt shrugged.
"It's not like I came up with it. Plus, that's a good month or two away. One night out won't hurt you." Bolt said as Chrissy laughed.
"You really want me to come." She said as Bolt smiled.
"Well, it's either dancing with you or sitting at a table watching everybody else dance." Bolt said as Chrissy made a face.
"I can't dance and you know it." Chrissy said as Bolt snorted.
"Don't lie. You can dance perfectly." Bolt said as Chrissy rolled her eyes. "Here, let me show you." Bolt said as he lifted her hand and put his hand on her waist.
"I doubt we're going to do this kind of dancing at the club." Chrissy said as Bolt smirked.
"We're not." He said before spinning her out and bringing her back in. He leaned back as he made her stick her leg up. "It's going to be Spanish dancing." He said as Chrissy raised her eyebrow. "With maybe some freak dancing." He said as Chrissy rolled her eyes. "C'mon it's not that hard." Bolt said lifting her back up.
"Easy for you to say." Chrissy said as Bolt got them back in their stance.
"It's all in the leading." Bolt said as Chrissy sighed. He started to do the basics, but soon it started to leave the Spanish dancing and they started dancing slowly like the Waltz. They glided effortlessly around the flowers as Bolt continued to lead. Chrissy laughed as he spun her around and grabbed a flower. He put it in her hair as he smiled at her. They continued to dance until rain started to fall soaking them both from head to toe. They stopped as they just looked at each other. Bolt brushed a piece of hair out of her face as she smiled. They both started leaning in and before they knew it they were kissing.
"OH! MY! GOD!" Shade said from the roof entrance. They quickly pulled away as Shade looked at them in shocked.
"Shade look-"Bolt started to say but he got cut off.
"You guys kissed!" He said as he looked between the two. "Oh God! I have to tell Sean!" Shade said as he sped away. Bolt pulled Chrissy on his back before chasing after Shade.
"Shade! You have to wait!" Chrissy yelled as Shade kept running. Before they got to their apartment Bolt tackled them outside the apartment in the hall.
"Shade. Listen." Bolt said trying to get his breath back. "It was just a kiss." Bolt said as someone gasped.
"You guys kissed! What does this mean?!" Flash said as he stood next to Sean.
"It means nothing! It was an in-the-moment kind of thing." Chrissy said as Shade pushed Bolt off of him. "We're not getting back together." Chrissy said as Sean sighed.
"Why do you do this to me!?" He said as Bolt and Chrissy looked at him confused. Goldeye was walking back from his class looking down at his palm. On it was a symbol that was shaped into a triangle that swirled in. He sighed before letting his hand drop and continued walking.
"Hey handsome." A girl said passing by him as he winked at her. He walked past her not really having any interest in her. Suddenly he rammed into a girl and she spun them around. Out of instinct he reached out to grab her around her waist. He looked down to see stunning tri-color eyes. Just with one look Goldeye could see purple, green, and gray in her eyes. Once he was able to look away from her stunning eyes he saw her soft brown fur and wavy quills that were tied up in a ponytail with a few strands hanging in front of her face. She was a lot shorter than him and her cheeks were stained with a blush.
"Uh…um…sorry." She said as he straightened both of them up. He could fully see that he was a good foot taller than her. She was dusting her pants off as he looked at her intently. "I uh…hope I didn't hurt you." She said shyly as he shook his head getting out of his trance.
"Oh, um, it was no problem." He said as she smiled softly at him. "I'm Goldeye by the way." He said as he stuck out his hand. She placed her hand in his and he felt electricity go through his body. He looked up at her to see she had the same confused face.
"Um…I'm Emma." She said as she moved a piece of hair behind her ear with her other hand. "I'm sorry for uh…almost knocking you down. I uh…I'm very clumsy." She said as Goldeye smiled down at her.
"It's alright. It could have been worse." Goldeye said as she laughed lightly.
"You have no idea…" She said as Goldeye laughed with her. She looked up at him and her eyes were purpler now with a touch of gray. He smiled at her as she smiled back. They continued to look at each other until a voice broke their intense staring.
"Swift." Renegade said approaching both of them. Goldeye scowled as he looked over at the navy hedgehog.
"What are you doing here Black?" Goldeye said still fully aware he was holding Emma's hand.
"I'm here to take my cousin out to dinner." He said glaring at Goldeye. Goldeye froze as he looked between the two hedgehogs.
"Cousin?" He said as Renegade crossed his arm.
"That's right and if you're really smart you'll stay away from her." Renegade said as Emma sighed.
"Renegade!" She hissed as she looked over to her cousin.
"Let's go." He said as Emma looked apologetically at Goldeye before following Renegade.
"Dude…" Sean said coming behind Goldeye.
"You saw all that?" Goldeye said still watching Emma's retreating form.
"Only from the part that you guys were staring at each other intensely." Sean said as Goldeye sighed and turned towards her.
"She's it." He said as Sean gasped and looked at him sadly. "And she's his cousin!" Goldeye said as he groaned. "Fuck my life." He said slapping his hand over his face.
"It's not like he knows…" Sean said in a sing-song voice as Goldeye raised his eyebrow. "…You could avoid him." Sean said as Goldeye looked at the direction Emma left.
"I could give that a shot." He said with a smirk as Sean laughed.
"You'll need all the luck you're going to get." Sean said as Goldeye looked at him.
"Me? You're helping me." He said as he started to walk.
"What?" He said as Goldeye continued to walk. "F my life." Sean said as he ran to catch up with Goldeye.
(A/N): Next chapter clubbing!