Me: This would've been up sooner, except I got a new idea for this chapter and completely scrapped the old one.
Sonic: Is this version better?
Me: 100% Yes. I recently watched a movie and got the idea to do a kind of parody based on it.
Silver: What movie?
Me: An older movie. That's all the information I'm giving. Now on to important matters; I haven't received a single OC. I understand if you don't want to send any, but I thought it'd be a fun way to let all you fans and readers participate in a way.
Me: I've even thrown all rules out the window; in case that's what's holding everyone back. I even thought of some roles your OCs can compete for. I have the list at the end of this chapter.
Me: But for now, enjoy This Isn't a Movie: Part 1
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Day 1
"And the infamous Tempest Rose Hedgehog is reduced to 3 weeks at a girls summer camp before the prison known as school drags her back for another sentence."
Sonic looked over at his daughter, amused. "Very poetic, Temp. And 3 weeks isn't that bad."
"No Wi-Fi or cell service."
"You need a break from all that anyways."
"It's hot, and there's non-mobian bugs everywhere."
"I think you'll live."
The purple hedgehog pulled out her ace. "There's no chili dogs here."
Her dad blinked. "None?"
"None."
"Well, it's a good thing I'm not going with you then."
"Dad!"
Sonic chuckled. "I'm just kidding, kiddo. But seriously, don't die on me; 3 weeks is a long time for a hedgehog to go without chili dogs."
"Why did you sign me up for this again?"
"It was your mother, not me. But I do agree with her that you need to get out more. When I was your age all I needed for entertainment was a wide open space to run."
Tempest huffed but smiled. "Sounds primitive."
"Okay; that's enough stalling out of you, young lady. The entrance to camp is right there, your friends are probably already waiting for you, and I need to scram before someone sees me and starts a riot."
"Fine." The purple hedgehog shouldered her galaxy backpack, hefted her navy blue duffle bag, and ran to the camp in a blur.
She skidded to a stop when she crossed the entrance. There were so. Many. Mobians!
She tried her best to blend in and not draw any attention to herself, but it was impossible with everyone crowded together the way they were.
A purple leopard spotted her. "Oh my chaos, is that Tempest Rose Hedgehog!?"
Yep, she wasn't getting any privacy at camp either. Mobians of every size, color, and species instantly flocked to her; shouting questions, shaking both her hands, and gaping hysterically.
Oh wait, they weren't gaping they were scrutinizing. Tempest groaned; Great! Now black shorts and blue hoodies were going to be the next fashion trend. When would people leave her alone!?
"Hey! Is there something going on over here?" A deep voice asked.
The crowd turned as one to observe the rose red echidna and cream-colored fox beside him.
The echidna in question happened to be Thorsten the Echidna, 18-year old son of Knuckles the Echidna and Sonia the Hedgehog. Very brave and super strong; but apparently when he's not sitting through his dad's rock watching lectures he goes to camps...for girls.
A white tiger pointed this out, and he immediately looked awkward.
"My, uh, dad didn't realize this was a girls only camp." He mumbled.
Twittered laughter spread among the girls, causing Thor's muzzle to go as red as the rest of his body. At least it gave Tempest an opening to escape from the crazy fan crowd.
"Thanks Thor." She said as the camp directors came over.
"Evening, ladies." A brown and white older squirrel greeted; binder in hand. Then she noticed Thorsten. "And, uh, gentlemen?"
"I'm not supposed to be here." The echidna helpfully explained.
"No. No you're not." The camp director agreed. "But I suppose we can't turn you away now, so...Welcome to Camp Chao, Mr. Thorsten Echidna."
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"Ugh, I can't believe I'm stuck at a camp with over 100 girls for 3 weeks." Thor complained, throwing his luggage on his bed. "Thank you very much, dad."
"Could be worse." The cream fox pointed out as she rummaged through her things. "You could have been assigned to a different cabin than us. Tempest, have you seen my ICE project?"
"No...but isn't that kinda the point, Carm?"
Carmel Prower, 13-year old daughter of Miles (Tails) Prower and Cream the Rabbit, frowned at her friend then went back to her search. "But it's not done yet! And if I can't find it, I'll have to start all over again!"
"Where did you last see it?" Thor asked seriously.
Carmel glared at him. "That's not funny."
He cracked a smile. "All right, all right. In all seriousness, though, how do you know for sure that even brought it in the first place?"
"It wasn't invisible when I packed it. It must have fallen out of it's case and bumped something on the way here."
"Then let's find it." Tempest got down on her hands and knees and started feeling around the floor.
About a minute later; she came face-to-face with, not the device, but a shoe. Not just any shoe, though; it was black, white, pink, and metallic. And if that wasn't a dead giveaway to the owner, the gold ring around their ankle certainly was.
The purple hedgehog's emerald irises slid up and met the blood-red pupils of the black and pink hedgehog she'd accidently crawled over to. "Long time no see, Loony."
'Loony' just stared down at her. "What in the name of chaos are you doing?"
"She's helping me find my ICE project." Carmel explained, peeking her head out from under a bed.
"Your Invisibility Conductor Earring?"
"Yeah, you wanna help us look for it? I heard your mom is the best treasure hunter there is."
There was a crash in the cabins closet and Thor stuck his head out. "Ahem."
"Er, one of the best treasure hunters there is."
The echidna nodded, satisfied, and closed the door.
Lunar the Hedgehog, 16-year old daughter of Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat, put a hand to her forehead in response to Thor's antics. "How on Mobius did I get stuck with you idiots?"
"Hey!" The trio protested.
"And to answer your question, Carmel; no, I do not want to help you find your device. But I know the 3 of you will continue crawling around the floor like morons if I don't."
Carmel beamed. "Thanks Luna!"
"Don't mention it. Literally."
It took the striped hedgehog about 5 minutes to locate the little golden earring; much to Thor's annoyance. It wasn't even invisible, it had just gotten crammed into a corner of the fox's suitcase.
Carmel breathed a sigh of relief as she put the stud back in it's red case. "Thank goodness. For a moment I thought I would have to start all over again."
"You could have just searched through your stuff better." Luna pointed out.
"Nah, it was way more fun making you find it." Tempest shot her friend a grin. "By the way, where's everyone else? There's 3 empty beds left, and no one has dropped by except you."
"Everyone's out being social." The ebony hedgehog answered. "You should go join them; you're a loudmouth and a celebrity, you'll fit right in."
"You know why I don't like crowds, Loony. My excuse is the same as yours."
"Everyone runs away screaming?"
Tempest frowned. "Everyone reacts strongly; whether that's fleeing or disrespecting your privacy."
"Or asking you to make a billion complicated machines for them." Carmel added.
"Or straight up lying about you." Lunar scowled.
Their gazes turned to Thor, who was leaning against the closet door. "Don't look at me; I live on a floating island far from civilization, remember?"
"Don't rub it in, hermit." Luna said; grabbing her things, shoving them under the farthest bed from the door, and flopping on the mattress. "Wake me if the directors announce something or if there's an emergency. And don't even think about trying to prank me, I'm a master of revenge."
Tempest strode over to her and leaned down. "I seriously doubt that, Loony. I can do anything you can, but better."
The ebony hedgehog smirked up at her. "You're on, Temper."
Thorsten and Carmel shot each other concerned looks; this definitely wasn't going to end well.
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"Our first activity is simple; we're going to be making our own kites." A grey porcupine explained to the eager group of girls. And, uh, Thor.
"Well, this should be easy." The Echidna said; gluing sticks together in a diamond shape. "My siblings and I do this kind of thing all the time on Angel Island. Though, they rarely make it past the treeto..."
He stopped in the middle of his sentence to gape at Carmels' creation.
She giggled at his wide eyed stare and held up her finished kite; the perfect size and shape for actual flight, not just decoration. "Do you like it?"
"Uhhh..."
"I can help you with yours if you like."
"Um, sure."
Meanwhile, their speedy purple friend was working like her life depended on it. Well; maybe not her life, but certainly her pride.
"Uh, Tempest?" Carmel asked when she turned from Thor's makeshift kite to grab the glue gun.
"Not now, I'm busy making the best kite here."
"Tempest, why are you taking your time and being careful and precise?"
"Because it's about who can make the best kite, not who can build a kite the fastest. Though I'd easily win at that to."
"Tempest, this is just for fun." Thor reminded her. "It's not a competition. Save the competitive spirit for actual contests."
"This is a competition if someone makes it one." Tempest glared at Luna, who was working on the other side of the cabin. The black hedgehog didn't acknowledge the statement, choosing to continue working on her red kite instead.
Seeing this; her purple rival quickly went back to her own cyan kite. Her friends shook their heads at the duo.
Like father like daughter.
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"The kite-making competition resulted in an undeniable tie that is hardly worth recording, as the competitors in question created the exact same kite but in different colors."
"She copied me!" Tempest argued at the gazelle in charge of the camp book. "That's cheating."
"Temp, she was at the opposite end of the cabin. She couldn't have copied you." Carmel reasoned. "You two just think alike, I guess."
"There's no way that's it, we're nothing alike. She must have cheated."
"Well, now you're going to have to cheat."
"I don't cheat, Thor."
"Then how do you expect to beat Luna at canoeing?"
That's when Tempest realized they'd been standing in front of the lake the entire time. She jumped back, "Oh no no no no. I can't swim, you know that! Nobody in my family can except my mom."
"Well, good luck then. Hey Mace! Wait up!" The Echidna ran over to his sister; a 15-year old pink echidna with red fur hanging over her eyes. The pair went to grab a canoe.
Tempest groaned, "What am I supposed to do? I told Loony I could do anything she could, but I forgot about water-related activities."
"You just wear a lifejacket and trust me to not accidently flip the canoe over." Carmel answered. "We got this."
The purple hedgehog took a deep breath and hesitantly grinned. "You're right, we can do this."
5 minutes later...
"And by we I meant you. I can't do this. I can't do this!"
"Temp! Stop freaking out, you'll tip us before the race even starts!" Carmel cried.
Well Tempest was hyperventilating, Lunar was observing her; concerned. "What if her boat tips over?"
"She has a lifejacket, dur." The purple hawk behind her pointed out.
The ebony hedgehog turned to her partner. "She put it on wrong, Gale. It'll come off easily and she can't swim."
Gale the Hawk, 14-year old daughter of Jet the Hawk and Wave the Swallow, grinned. "You wanna flip their canoe over and say it was an accident?"
"Gale!"
"I'm kidding. I'm not immature like my brother."
"But aren't you the same age?"
Gale frowned, "Why does everyone assume we're alike just cause we're triplets? No; J.J. is a prideful moron and Rider is a naïve genius. I'm nothing like them."
"Okay okay, just asking." Luna rolled her eyes.
There was a moment of silence before Gale spoke again. "So, why'd you choose to be my partner? What about your sister?"
The striped hedgehog's eyes wandered over to the shore where a 13-year old red hedgebat with black streaks in her ponytail was lounging. She waved when she caught Luna's gaze. "Um, Ruby's not the competitive type, usually."
"So...she's the steal the trophy kind of girl?"
"You could say that. Besides, you want to beat Tempest just as badly as I do."
"Canoers! Are you ready?!" The elder squirrel called.
"No." Tempest squeaked.
The camp director must not have heard her, because she started counting down. "3-2-1 Go!" She blew her whistle and the teams were off.
Except one; as one of their rowers dropped her paddle.
"Tempest!" Carmel shouted. "Why'd you drop your paddle?"
"I didn't mean to!"
Thorsten turned around and gave her a superior grin.
The purple hedgehog gritted her teeth; she didn't want to lose to anyone, least of all that red numbskull and his sister.
"Carmel, give me your paddle."
"What?! Why?"
"Just trust me."
The Cream Fox didn't even get the chance to say no; The Purple Blur reached back and snatched it away. "Wait!"
Tempest rowed so fast they might as well have been on a speedboat. Thor's smug face was left in the dust; or spray, I suppose.
It wasn't long before Lunar and Gale were the only ones ahead of the pair. The purple hawk turned to see how far behind the competition was, and gaped when she saw the speedboat.
"Outa the way, losers!" Tempest called as she sped past her rivals. She gave a triumphant laugh, victory was hers!
But Luna had noticed something the purple hedgehog hadn't. "Tempest! Stop paddling!"
"So you can pass me? No..." Her paddle hit a giant rock in the water, and the whole canoe flipped.
Lunar was on her feet in an instant, and dove into the water. A second later, Carmel surfaced and started looking around. "Tempest?"
Then the fox noticed a blue lifejacket drifting across the water. "Tempest!"
The purple hedgehog surfaced in front of her; gasping for breath and clinging to the black hedgehog who'd rescued her.
"I told you to stop paddling." Luna chastised.
Tempest winced. "Sorry. Thanks for the save, Loony."
"Did you think I'd let you drown? That would be a stupid way for Sonic's daughter to die." She paused. "On second thought, it's about time his family looked stupid."
"DON'T YOU DARE!"
Luna smirked, "Come on, you waterlogged rat, let's get back to shore."
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A glorious sunset was painted across the sky outside cabin seven's window, but Luna didn't feel like appreciating the beauty.
When she'd dragged Tempest back to shore, everyone had immediately crowded around them; worried about Sonic's daughter. But what they also did was yell at the hero. Everyone blamed her for Tempest's unexpected swim, accused her of sabotaging the lifejacket, and hated her for no reason at all.
The black and pink hedgehog sighed, what had she ever done to them? In fact, what had her dad ever done to anyone?
"Loon?"
Luna turned to see Tempest framed in the doorway. She sighed, "Hey Temper."
"You okay? I saw how the other girls were treating you."
"I'll live. I've been insulted worse."
"Um, yeah." The purple hedgehog looked over her shoulder then back at her friend. "So, there's a dance party going on right now over in the clearing, and I was wondering..."
"No."
"Have you ever considered that maybe the reason nobody likes you is because you never give them a chance to see the real you?"
Luna looked back at Tempest, who gave her a reassuring smile. "Come on Loony."
The black hedgehog felt a smile of her own forming until...
"Hey Tempest!"
The purple hedgehog turned and Luna's mouth slipped back to its comfortable frown.
A black and white lemur smiled up at the famous hedgehog. "Everyone's been dying to hear you sing, you should come join us."
Tempest smiled back and fingered the crystal medallion hanging around her neck. "I'll be there in a sec. I was just about to convince Luna to come join the party."
The lemur frowned. "That would kill the party. Just leave her and come have fun." She left.
The purple hedgehog's glare followed her all the way to the bobbing lights of the gathering. "Jerk."
"No. She's right." Lunar admitted. "You should just go ahead without me."
"Excuse me? You gonna let a bully like that push you around?!"
"I wasn't planning on going anyways, it's fine." When Tempest still didn't let up, the ebony hedgehog sighed. "I promise I'll come with you to the next one, okay?"
The purple hedgehog nodded. "Okay, if you're sure." And sped off so fast the door nearly ripped off from the wind.
Lunar was left alone, but that was okay. She was used to being alone. In the distance, Tempest shouted something into her magic microphone and the crowd responded with loud cheers. Why wouldn't people cheer at her like that? Why would she and her siblings always be outcasts?
*Start playing Waiting in the Wings from Tangled the Series. And imagine the scene how you like as I cannot type the lyrics and cue her movements. If you want her movements, read the chapter on Wattpad*
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Day 2
"I know many of you aren't artists, but everyone can find a way to express themselves through art; one way or another." The grey porcupine explained. "Just paint how you're feeling."
Thor considered this then went and grabbed a can of blue paint. Without further ado, he dumped the whole thing on his canvas.
"Um, Mr. Echidna?" The camp director asked uncertainly. "What are you doing?"
"Expressing myself."
The elder mobian examined Thor's work. "And how does wasting a can of pain express how you are feeling?"
"Well, I'm feeling kinda blue today for a number of reasons: I'm frustrated I lost the canoe race, I'm sad Tempest almost died, then girls were constantly asking me to dance with them last night." He paused, then admitted. "I also really need a drink of water."
His sister, who was painting nearby, could barely contain her laughter. "You were thirsty, so you poured a container of blue paint on a canvas?"
Thorsten rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Well, when you put it like that..."
Tempest normally would have cracked a joke about Thor's questionable decision, but she was too busy watching a nearby Loony and ignoring the echidna completely.
"Psst. Loony."
The striped hedgehog didn't turn, but one of her ears flicked; indicating that she was listening.
"Look at this."
Lunar looked over then turned quickly away, trying to resist a smile. It was an amature drawing; but Tempest had managed to paint stick figures of her and Luna singing on a stage.
The purple hedgehog grinned, "I heard your song last night, you have a really good voice. There's another party the last night here; what do you say we ditch the wings and make this painting a reality?"
Luna shook her head and opened her mouth, but before she could get any words out...
BOOM! Smoke filled the air as a miniature bomb went off in the center of the clearing.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Ugh, Ilene!" Tempest called. "Will you just leave me alone, dang it!"
The 19-year old human women with long red hair and a red suit leaned over the side of her father's egg-mobile and squinted at the purple hedgehog. "Did you just say 'Dang it?'"
"Yeah, you got a problem with that? What on Mobius are you doing here; I told you I didn't want to be disturbed while I was at camp!"
Ilene shrugged, "Dad says that what's inconvenient for your enemy is convenient for you."
"Alright, fine. Let's get this over with."
The daughter of Dr. Robotnik clicked a few buttons on her ride and a small army of badniks popped out of the forest.
Tempest spin-dashed into the nearest motobug followed closely by Luna obliterating a row of beebots with chaos spears.
"Hey Loon! Let's rap this up quick, chaos kick."
The black and pink hedgehog nodded and jumped back in a crouch. Tempest rolled into a ball and spun towards her friends. Luna charged up her leg with chaos energy and kicked the purple hedgehog into the army of bots, with explosive results.
Scrap metal flew in every direction along with all the canvases and paint. The hedgehog's high-fived as Ilene flew off into the distance.
"Guys!" Carmel shouted; interrupting the celebration and dripping red blue and yellow paint. "Couldn't you have finished that battle in a less messy way?"
"Uh, sorry." The girls apologized.
A messy Thor looked between the two, annoyed. "Okay, which of you is Tempest and which of you is Lunar?"
Turning to each other; the friends learned that instead of getting doused in multiple colors, they'd both been covered from head to toe in a dark green paint.
"I'm Luna." The hedgehog on the right said, wiping at her quills to uncover the pink streaks.
Tempest just kept staring at her friend; an idea forming in her head...
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After everyone had gotten cleaned up from the incident earlier, they were given free time to...waste how they wanted.
"Lunar." Tempest said, sitting next to her friend who was brushing through her wet quills.
"Hmm?"
The purple hedgehog smirked. "I have an idea."
"Whatever it is, I don't want to hear it."
"So, you know how our dads look really similar? If I remember correctly, your dad framed my dad for a robbery."
"Tempest, I really don't think I want to know where this is going." Luna stood up.
"And earlier nobody could tell us apart because of the paint. It reminded me of a movie I once saw..."
"Just be quiet." The black hedgehog started toward the door. "I'm gonna go grab an ice cream sandwich, you want one?"
Tempest stood up. "How can you think of your..."
"Don't you dare finish that quote!"
The purple hedgehog shook her head. "But it's such a good idea! Nobody will hate on you if you look like me, and I'm sure I can handle a few weeks as you."
"Tempest! This isn't a movie! This isn't even for a good reason like in that movie, this is pointless!"
"Come on! I teach you to be me, you teach me to be you; and you get at least a few days without any suspicion or hate on you."
Luna paused, then turned. "Alright, when do we start?"
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Me: If you can guess the movie before I get the next chapter up, you'll get a shoutout.
Sonic: Why are my daughter and the daughter of my worst rival planning on switching places?
Me: Cause it's funny. And as for the list, it's really short. I just have another special "episode" part I'm planning for a later time, and want to work with the OCs personalities to plan that.
I need strong OCs who are either orphans or have special skills (ordinary or otherwise).
6 of these will have very important parts to play in those chapters. And one of these 6 will become a main character. So my favorite of your OCs will gain that role. And the other 5 will be semi-main characters.
I'll come up with other roles and list them next chapter, but for now...
Me + SSS Hedgehogs: Bye!