First of all I want to thank: ZodiacBirdy, Romantic Person, TrinityTheHedgehog and marzi2125. Thanks a lot, i'll try to make each chapter worth reading more interesting. Gosh! So sorry for always updating late, busy with school lately.
I hope you enjoy this new chapter.
Chapter 8: Play
"How long are you going to hide behind us," Rouge said looking behind her where Amy was hiding between her and Cream
Amy had only realized how embarrassing it was to yell in the middle of the bustling crowd during a soccer match. She made sure to hide her shame by walking behind her friends and lowered her head so no one will see her, and wore a cap just in case when she went to school. And she actually considered wearing a cloak if Rouge and Cream had not stopped her. Rouge told her that she would make a fool out of herself more than she did at the soccer match.
"For all eternity if I have to," she said desperately, "That was so embarrassing," she gripped the shoulders of her friends while burying her face deeper in between their shoulders.
"Amy, that was two days ago," Rouge noted. "You didn't even show up for the victory party yesterday!"
The day after their team won soccer match, their principal held a victory party to celebrate the triumph. It took place in their gymnasium where every student is allowed to join the celebration if they wish. All of Amy's classmates came except for her. Cream and Rouge insisted for her to come but she kept resisting and said for her two best friends to go without her. She felt very embarrassed of what she did that she didn't want anyone to see her.
"You did what was right, and it wasn't a crime for doing it so it's alright Amy. Nothing to be ashamed of," Cream said comfortingly.
"I don't know what came over me," she said regretting everything that happened. "I should have just stayed at work."
"C'mon Amy, look on the bright side, if you didn't do it then we would have lost the game. In fact we should thank you," Rouge said.
Amy pulled Rouge and Cream closer to her and buried her face even more. "I feel like a complete idiot," she said.
Rouge spun around and faced the pink hedgehog. She held her shoulders and shook her lightly to relax her from her mood. "Amy you are not. Now pull yourself together girl. You look more ridiculous hiding; everyone will just be more encouraged by seeing you sink like this, so raise that head high babe!"
Amy looked straight in Rouge's eyes and felt herself froze in her hands after being told off just as a mother would to her child if ever she was in her position. After a few seconds, she moved her eyes to Cream who was smiling at her warmly. Then the cream-colored rabbit spoke herself to comfort her.
"Don't worry Amy it's nothing to get greatly concerned about, I'm sure everyone already forgot about it since they're all thinking about the victory rather then what you did," Cream said.
Amy sighed and felt a little more relaxed after hearing her friends encouraging words. She was glad having such loyal friends that won't leave you and help you in times of trouble. "Thanks girls, I feel better now." Amy smiled that made her friends smile too.
Suddenly someone snatched Amy's cap, she turned round to see who did it and saw the blue hedgehog with his grin on and those obnoxious eyes.
"What do you think you're doing wearing a cap?" Sonic asked holding her cap in the air.
"None of your business," Amy said sourly. She swiped her cap from Sonic's hands and put it on again. "Now buzz off!" she said waving at the blue hedgehog in a dismissive way.
"Hi Sonic, you two made up?" Rouge smirked.
"Yeah, pinky here apologized to me and I accepted it. " Sonic jerked his head towards Amy. "She was lucky I did," Sonic said crossing his hands over his chest and held his head proudly.
"Or, you were lucky she apologized," Rouge countered nudging Cream. Cream giggled.
"How about you Sonic did you apologize?" Cream asked smiling.
Sonic shrugged and smiled cockily, "well—
"Amy Rose!"
He wasn't able to finish his sentence when a loud cry sounded from behind them. They turned around and saw a female raccoon ran towards them. All of a sudden when she was close enough to them, she grabbed Amy's shoulders with both her hands, her expression in a panic. She was panting for several seconds while she held the pink hedgehog. When she had finally recovered she eyed Amy determinedly as she spoke.
"Amy Rose! We are having a meeting today at the SSG office! All the officers are needed pronto!" she said hastily.
"Wait! What?" Amy said unable to understand the words the female raccoon just said.
"No time to explain further, let's go! And take off that cap!" she tossed the cap aside and grabbed hold of her wrist.
With those final words she dragged Amy all the way to the SSG office just beside the library while Rouge, Cream and Sonic stood in place staring to where Amy was taken to. It happened so fast they were left silent.
"...Okay..." Sonic said awkwardly in the silence.
"Shouldn't we head to class; it's going to start soon?" Cream said.
"I think we should, how 'bout you Sonic?" Rouge said turning to the blue hedgehog.
Sonic shrugged then nodded.
The three went to their respective classroom together. On their way, all their school mates that they come across congratulated Sonic for their victory. They even come across some of Sonic's team mates who are surrounded by students who probably are congratulating them as well. And when they saw the blue hedgehog they would shout, "Hey, cap' nice job!"
"Oh sorry we forgot to congratulate you too Sonic. Congratulations!" said.
"Yeah, great work," Rouge added.
"All in a day's work," Sonic replied with a proud smile.
Cream and Rouge exchanged glances smirking. Then they narrowed their eyes at the blue hedgehog, their grins widening.
Sonic noticed the look on their faces and he lifted an eyebrow (if he has eyebrows) and said, "What?"
"Won't Amy happen to have anything to do with your victory?" Rouge asked not wiping away her grin.
Sonic blushed all of a sudden by the mention of her name, then he furrowed his brows (do they even have eyebrows? No I guess). "O-of course not, she only watched didn't she. She didn't actually play in the game!" he answered his toned sounded defensive.
"Oh really," the bat leaned closer to Sonic.
"Really!"
Cream giggled. "But Sonic, why were you feeling weak before Amy shouted for you to win the game or else she would do something to you if you didn't?" Cream asked so innocently in a teasing way.
Sonic turned redder even more, he found himself lack of words to say. As the two girls stare at him nonstop, with those smiles spread across their muzzles which made him so uncomfortable, he stiffened and struggled to find the right excuse to make them stop looking at him with those expressions.
"So?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Sonic answered in the best way he can and turned away from the gazes of the two females and earned giggles from them as he did so.
Then suddenly someone leaped onto Sonic's back then he realized that it was Tails.
"Hey Sonic, what's up?" Tails greeted, hanging from his back.
Sonic grabbed Tails on the neck and then he rubbed him on the head. "Hey there bud." Tails began laughing then knuckles appeared.
"Hey Sonic,"
Sonic let go of Tails and turned to the red echidna. Then the two performed a secret hand shake they made up for themselves.
Knuckles and Tails then noticed Rouge and Cream.
"Hey Rouge, how's it going?" knuckles said.
"Good until you showed up knuckle-head," Rouge replied.
"You're in an awfully bad mood today,"
"Not really, c'mon Cream let's go." She grabbed Creams hand and headed to their classrooms.
After they left, Knuckles noticed his two best friends smirking at him while their hands are crossed over their chests. Knuckles joined them by crossing his own hands over his chest and glared at the two.
"What?"
"Dude, don't tell me you were flirting with Rouge," Sonic chuckled.
"I wasn't flirting, and I don't flirt," Knuckles responded defensively.
"It was obvious Knuckles," Tails chuckled. Sonic walked nearer to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "C'mon Knuckles nothing to be ashamed off, and besides, you can tell she was playing hard to get." Sonic whispered.
Knuckles scoffed placing his gloved-hands on his waists, "Oh really." Who would have thought that Sonic knows a thing or two about girls? Or does he even? Sonic really has returned to his normal self.
"Yeah, all girls do, now let's go to class shall we,"
And they were off to their class.
When they arrived at their classroom, their teacher was already in front and seemed to be making an announcement. . She was a white cat, her hair tied in a bun and she wears spectacles. She also wears a red long-sleeved uniform, a striped green tie and white fit skirt. They excused themselves for being late from class and walked to their seats to listen to whatever their teacher is about to say.
"Okay, now that were all here I can finally make the announcement," she began. She glanced at the paper in her hands and then continued.
"A letter from the office just came this morning and it says that we will be having our School's theatre arts festival this coming September twenty-seventh." Then excitement filled the room. There were cries of joy and cheering as the long awaited festival is finally coming. The teacher raised her hand to silence the class.
"On this year's raffle draw to determine what our performance will be, I picked...
The students leaned forward clearly anxiously waiting for what their performance will be.
"A play," she finally said.
"A play!" every one of the students exclaimed.
"About what?" a student said.
"Well there were choices, Sleeping beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Snow White. I've decided to choose Snow White,"
"Why Snow White ma'am Romeo and Juliet would have been better," another student said.
"Yes I know. But I thought that Romeo and Juliet was done multiple times already and the others was already been performed before except Snow White, so I thought that it would be a wonderful first time for you."
The teacher took a bowl filled with sheets of paper from under her desk and a manuscript from her drawer. "You don't have to worry about the script because I have it right here and as for the characters in the play," she gesture to the bowl, "they're all written on the sheets of paper in this bowl. Each one of you will come on front and pick one, whatever character written in the paper you have picked will be your role."
Cream raised her hand and the teacher pointed to her signalling for her to continue with her speech.
"But ma'am what if a boy picked the role of a girl?" she asked politely.
The teacher smiled, "well he must take responsibility for it then. I made it this way to make things more exciting and that no one will be left behind."
The students nodded.
"Okay, let us begin."
One by one, each student came forward to reach inside the bowl not knowing what role he or she might characterize in the play. As the last student had taken his piece of paper, there was one left. Ms Brown wondered why there was an extra one. She had sworn she had exactly matched it with the number of her students in her advisory.
Then at that moment, the door opened revealing a pink coloured hedgehog. The teacher smiled and new to whom the last paper was reserved for. She had remembered that the pink hedgehog had attended a meeting and had just come out.
"Amy Rose you're just in time," she said.
"I see you already knew ma'am," Amy said.
"Yes, the teachers were informed early. We got a play and I believe this last paper is for you," she held the bowl for Amy to see.
"Wow a play! About what?" Amy asked as she walked closer to reach inside the bowl like the others.
"Snow White," the teacher answered.
"I hope I get a good one." Amy had gotten her sheet her paper, and walked to her friends.
"Now that everyone is done you may unfold those papers."
Each student opened the sheets of paper in their hands greatly anticipating what character they have picked in the role each hoping to get a good one.
"What did you get?" a female deer asked the one beside her.
"Dwarf," the male dog answered, "you?"
"Tree,"
There were some who complained about the roles they got, but there were some who accepted theirs fully. Some had picked of the seven dwarfs, others were the plants and animals. There are also some, who were not included in the play but instead, staff members of putting up the play.
"Wow, I got a good one!" Rouge said placing a hand on her hip.
"What Rouge?" Cream asked.
"The evil queen," she replied. "What did you get?"
"I'm one of the seven dwarfs," Cream revealed. "What about you Amy?"
"I got a perfect one, this will be a piece of cake," she said smirking.
"What is it?" both her friends asked in unison
"Prince," she answered excitedly.
With Sonic and his friends...
"Aw man! I'm the hunter!" Knuckles exclaimed. "What's yours Tails?"
"Dwarf, am I really that short?" Tails replied and knuckles rolled his eyes. "How about you Sonic?"
Sonic stood in the corner of the room silent and motionless. Tails and Knuckles walked to him and wondered why he was acting that way. Tails placed a hand on his shoulder and he looked worried for his friend.
"Sonic, is something wrong?" he asked with concern for him.
"Of all the roles, why this one," Sonic said gritting his teeth.
"Why what did you pick?" Knuckles asked.
Sonic hesitated answering. His throat suddenly felt dry for words to come out of his mouth. It was humiliating, what would everyone say now that he has to uphold the role or else the play would be a disaster. But how can he characterize his role? How can he step up on stage and carry the role? How can he be able to bear it? How can he bring the personality of...?
"Snow White,"
This chapter is actually based on the situation that happened to us before, but there was a slight difference. I decided I would use it. Please forgive me for the errors in this chapter, and for the long update.
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