Chapter 38: Interview Part 2

"Alright...so first, where are you from and what did you want to be when you grew up?" Spines asked, reading his question.

"Easy, I'm from Christmas Island and honestly..I just wanted to go on adventures and help people. I didn't have an exact occupation in mind." Sonic answered. Spines wrote the questions down before looking back at him.

"Listen, why don't we just do it the easy way." Sonic interrupted.

"What do you mean?" Spines asked.

"If you want….I can tell you about all my adventures in order. That should give you enough material to write." Sonic suggested.

"You'd do that?" Spines asked. Sonic nodded in reply.

"Hope you can keep up because I'm giving a lot of information….okay?" Sonic warned, Spines nodded and gave a thumbs up.

Sonic smiled and relax, giving a deep breath. "So at age ten..I left my mom's house to save the animals of South Island…" Sonic started.

Days later, Spines was giving his presentation about the King Sonic the Hedgehog. The class listened with awe as the teacher herself was quite impressed with such a nice story.

"..and someday...I think we can all learn from King Sonic to never give up and just go with the wind..and that's my presentation. Thank you." Spines said. The class and teacher clapped, actually quite amazed at King Sonic's story.

"Excellent job!" the teacher said. "And you interviewed the king yourself, Mr. Rose?"

"Yes, ma'am." Spines replied.

"Very good! You may be seated now." the teacher said. Spines sat down and smiled, feeling proud of his speech. Drake gave a small smile and a nodded, which indicate that he did a good job in the speech. Soon the bell rang and school was over. The students walked out, however Spines was stopped by the teacher.

"M-Ma'am, is everything okay?" Spines asked.

The teacher panted, but smiled after all the running. "I just wanted to give you your grade. Excellent job!"

Spines was handed a blue paper...which had his essay and presentation grades all written down. It showed that he did perfect..which made Spines faint.

"Mr. Rose, are you okay? Please wake up!" the teacher panicked.

"N-No ma'am...I faint when I'm excited. It's a family thing…" Spines said as he got up. Thank you so much!" he cheered, squeezing the teacher in a hug before running off.

The teacher adjusted her glasses after the force of the hug. "H-Hey, no running in the hall-...all forget it."

Spines ran out school and found Alice waiting for him at the flagpole. She had a glaring face on her which frightened Spines.

"What took you so long?!" Alice asked.

"T-The teacher was giving me my grades!" Spines replied.

"And what did you get?!" Alice asked.

"..Perfect score…"

"Dang…"

"Yeah...so how was your essay on Green Hill Zone?" Spines asked.

Alice shrugged. "I passed, but barely, but hey at least we get to graduate together!" she said.

Spines chuckled and gave a warm smile. "Yeah..you're right about that. We should celebrate it by you making us both an amazing dinner!"

The midnight hedgehog rolled his eyes and smiled as the two walked home. "Fine, but you're helping me."

"What?! Why?!"

"If you don't work, you don't eat." Spines replied.

"...I hate you…"

"Love you too, sis."

Meanwhile at the castle, the royal couple King Sonic and Queen Sally sat on the throne while the people of Mobotropolis and other parts of the world express their concern. Sally did most of the talking but sonic sat there bored, giving up on trying to answer these boring questions.

"Your majesties, should we build pipelines in the south part of the Great Forest? I think we should so we can get more access to water." a purple rabbit suggested.

"I'm not sure of it myself..there's still inhabitants in there...what do you think, dear?" Sally asked. "..Sonic?"

Sonic was rubbing his nose, but was interrupted when Sally called his name. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Did you not listen to the question?" Sally asked.

"Uh..you said something about a...waterpark?" Sonic asked, which made Sally facepalm.

"He asked if we should build a pipeline in the southern area of the Great Forest.." Sally replied calmly.

"Oh…uhhh...I don't really care?" Sonic asked, not bothering to think. This made the people chatter among themselves and Sally's eyes widened.

"Could everyone excuse us for just a second?" Sally asked, before dragging her husband to a small separate room.

"Sonic, you're embarrassing me and yourself!" Sally yelled.

"I'm sorry, but I have no idea!" Sonic defended.

"Did you not do any studying?!" Sally asked.

"I tried to Sal, but this whole thing is complicated! Cut me some slack!" Sonic yelled.

"Cut me some slack, he says.." Sally deadpanned. "Sonic, you've been gone lately and that worries me. Are you sleeping with another woman?!" she asked.

"Are you accusing me of cheating?!" Sonic asked.

"Well that's what I think you're doing!" Sally replied. Sonic wondered..would now be the time to tell Sally the truth...about his affair with Amy a long time ago and how they have a son together. He figured now would be the best time, even though it may add tension.

"Sal-"

"Your highnesses, sorry to interupt but the people are becoming restless out there." the servant woman said from the doorway.

"Oh...I apologize, we'll be coming out right now." Sally replied, walking out the room. Sonic sighed quietly in relief, he really didn't want to tell her.

"Come on, Sonic!" Sally called out.

"Coming…" Sonic said, following his wife back to the throne room.

To be continued…