Green Hills

(Third-Person POV - 10 years later)

*It was a sunny day in Green Hills Montana. A grown human man with short brown hair, peach skin, clear blue eyes, & wearing a beige and black police uniform, & a pair of sunglasses. The patch for his agency is sewn on the sleeves just below the shoulders was sitting in a police car next to the sign welcoming visitors to the town. He was holding a speed velocity gun, waiting for speeding cars*

Tom: Come on, one car? *he started playing with the gun a bit* I'm bored!

*Just then, there was a call on the radio*

Wade:*off-screen* Tom, do you read me? Are you there?

*Tom picked up the microphone & answered the call*

Tom: No, Wade, I'm actually on a yacht in Barbados. With Rihanna.

Wade:*off-screen* OMG. That's amazing. Please send pics.

Tom: No, Wade. I'm at the speed trap.

Wade:*off-screen* Already? How did you get back so fast? Barbados is in the ocean!

Tom: Hang on, I think I got something. *he pointed the gun at a passing turtle* Hey, buddy! Where's the fire? Got kids living around here! *the turtle just kept walking* I thought it was kinda funny. Sorry. *he took off his sunglasses for a little while & a blue streak went past him. his gun beeped. he looked at it. he was confused when it said "296"* What?

*A blue face appeared behind him as he checked his gun. Another blue streak went past him. this time his gun said "300." Sonic appeared behind him again & silently cheered when he saw his speed. Just then, Ayla appeared & pulled him away by the ear. Tom got out of the car to take a look around. He noticed something glowing in the grass. He went to investigate & found a blue quill*

Wade:*off-screen* Tom, we need you down on Main Street. There's been a violent gang shoot-out. *Tom got back in the car & drive back to town. Wade laughed on the other end* Just kidding. A duck stole a bagel. But they do need it back.

*Meanwhile, the turtle was still trying to cross the street. It was inches away from it's destination when a car came towards it. It was very close to being flattened by the tires when a blue streak suddenly grabbed it. It a 15 year old Sonic wearing his white gloves & mismatched shoes that were completely worn out; a left greenish-gray sneaker & a right white trainer with tape around it. A 14 year old Ayla appeared next to him on a hoverboard (which which used to be an old hoverboard that she found in the trash), that was actually hovering in the air*


(Ayla's POV)

Sonic: Whoa, buddy! You almost got yourself killed out there. What are you, some kind of adrenaline junkie? *he petted the turtle's with his finger* t must be rough being slow all the time.

Ayla: I'm just glad he's okay.

Sonic: Tell you what. Today is your lucky day. Hey, sis, wanna race?

Ayla: Sure. You're on.


(Don't Stop Me Now by Queen)


*We raced down the highway, Sonic holding the turtle*

Sonic: Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Have you ever felt so alive?! *he spread his arms out* This is great! You're doing amazing!

*Suddenly, the turtle flew out of his hand*

Ayla: AH!

Sonic: Oh geeze!

*He quickly zoomed back to catch it & came back to me*

Ayla: Good recovery.

Sonic: Thanks. Last one back is a rotten egg!

Ayla: Yeah, and the first one gets to eat it!

*We sped through the foothills*

Sonic: Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Ayla: Yee-haw!

*Then we stopped in forest & Sonic put the turtle down*

Sonic: Let's keep this our little secret, okay? You never saw us. We were never here.

*I rolled my eyes & looked down at the turtle*

Ayla: See you around, little buddy.

*Then we sped off. We made our way to our home, which was at the base of a tree. Once there, we jumped down the hole, which was the entrance, & Sonic started running around doing various things. Singing into a hairbrush, breakdancing, jumping rope with himself, & playing a guitar balloon as he swung on a tire swing. I just sat down & started reading*


Ayla:*off-screen* So what did you expect?

Sonic:*off-screen* Two dirty little hedgehogs eating berries and struggling to survive? Think again. Because we're are living our best life on Earth. We've got a library.


*Sonic was reading a mountain of old Flash comics & I was reading "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin*


Sonic:*off-screen* A home gym.

Ayla:*off-screen* Which was an old dryer we got from the dump, that I had fixed.


Note: This version of Ayla is a technical genius, almost as smart as Tails.


*Sonic was running in the dryer like a treadmill & I was doing sit-ups*


Sonic:*off-screen* And a state-of-the-art security system.


*Sonic swung around some nunchucks until he hit himself in the face*


Ayla:*off-screen* Well, sort of a security system.


*Sonic then played ping pong with himself. Just then, he missed the ball & bumped into the pouch of rings Longclaw gave us & the rings spilled everywhere*

Sonic & Ayla: Oh no!

*We rushed to pick up the rings*


Sonic:*off-screen* And if we're ever discovered, we'll follow Longclaw's instructions and use our Rings to escape to a new planet.


*Sonic picked up a map that came with the rings & one of the rings. He then threw one & it expanded, revealing a forest of mushrooms on the other side*


Sonic:*off-screen* A nice, safe world filled only with mushrooms. Gross, smelly mushrooms.

Ayla:*off-screen* Yuck!


Sonic: I hate mushrooms.

Ayla: Not unless they're on pizza.

Sonic: True.


*Later, we stood on a cliff overlooking the town of Green Hills*


Sonic:*off-screen* But let's not worry about all that! This is Green Hills, the greatest place on Earth. These are our people, and, dare I say, we're their lovable space creatures.

Ayla:*off-screen* Well, I don't know about that. We always stay hidden, so how you say we are their lovable space creatures.

Sonic:*off-screen* So what if they don't know we exist?

Ayla:*off-screen* I guess.


*We zoomed into town & up to the roof of the town hall, to do some people watching*


Sonic:*off-screen* My favorite person is the Donut Lord, protector of this town and defender of all creatures, big and small.

Ayla:*off-screen* His real name is Tom.


*We watched Tom help a duck & her babies cross the street*

Tom: Morning! Donald, Daisy, Daffy.


*We went to Tom's house, where his wife, Maddie, was coming outside to do some yoga (a grown human woman with long black hair, brown skin, brown eyes, & wearing yoga clothes)*


Ayla:*off-screen* My favorite person is his wife, Maddie.

Sonic:*off-screen* I call her Pretzel Lady.

Ayla:*off-screen* She's really nice and a doctor for animals.

Sonic:*off-screen* And strangely was born without bones.

Ayla:*off-screen* It's called yoga, Sonic.


*We copied her yoga moves*

Sonic: Ouch, ouch, ouch. *I, on the other hand, was able to pull it off without any problems* Showoff.


*In a local pub, an old man showed some guys a bad drawing of me & Sonic. They just laughed at him. He even showed it to Tom, but it didn't look like he believed him*


Sonic:*off-screen* There is one person in town who's actually onto us. He calls me the Blue Devil!

Ayla:*off-screen* And he calls me the Guardian Angel, since I'm always getting him out of his own traps when he fails to catch us.


Crazy Carl: I almost caught them last night.

*It's true. That night, Sonic was zooming around him, setting off all the trap he had set for him. Then he got caught in a rope trap & was hanging upside down from a tree*


Sonic:*off-screen* Say hello to Crazy Carl. We have fun together.

Ayla:*off-screen* You mean you have fun with him. I'm worried about that poor old man.


Crazy Carl: I know you're out there! And I know you're real!

Sonic:*off-screen* No, we're not!

*I quickly got him out of the trap & disappeared into the woods before her actually saw me*

Crazy Carl: Thank you, Guardian Angel!

Ayla:*off-screen* No problem!


Ayla:*off-screen* One of my personal favorite things about this town is Miss Perkins' Dance Academy.

Sonic:*off-screen* Sure. If you like wearing tutus.


*I made my way to the back of the building, climbed up a tree, & in through a window. I accidentally knocked some equipment over as I tip toed to a room with a one-sided mirror. On the other side, there were teenagers all stretching for class & gossiping. None of them could see me. As I took off my hoodie & backpack, a girl with blonde hair came up to the mirror & put on lipstick*

Teenage Girl #1: Hey, Natalia. It was a tragedy when you and Joey broke up. Seeing him must feel like getting dumped all over again.

Natalia: Joey and I will be together again before the Homecoming Dance.

*Just then, the teacher walked, clapping to get everyone's attention*

Miss Perkins: Good afternoon, class. It's one thing to dance with your feet. It's another to dance with your heart. Let's start with some sun salutations. *we all stretched out arms up & brought our arms down a few times* Inhale and exhale . . . And inhale and exhale.

*Just then, a cool looking teenage boy knocked on the side of the door. One of the girls turned to him & shrieked*

Teenage Girl #2: Oh my god! It's Joey Evens!

*I felt my heart skip a beat. It was Joey Evens. A famous celebrity who grew up in this town, if you can believe it? He was back in town to host a contest to find the next big talent*

Joey: Hey, what's up?

Miss Perkins: Joey. Joey. Joey, as I live and dance, *she hugged him* I'm so glad you had the time to stop by.

Joey: How could I say no to you, Miss P?

Miss Perkins: Girls and boys, I know all of you are planning on enrolling in his talent search contest. So, I thought you might like to learn some moves from the man who made them famous. Joey Evens.

Joey: Okay, how you guys doing?

Class: Great!

Joey: Yeah? You ready to show me what you got? *he took off his jacket & threw it to the side. two of the girls caught it & started to fight over who would put it on a chair* Okay, nice. I'm gonna start off the combination. I'm gonna show it to you slow and then we speed it up, okay? Follow me.


Just that girl- another cinderella story - Drew seeley and Selena Gomez by Solo Han on YouTube


Joey: Five, six, seven eight. Hit, one, two . . .

*He started showing off some of his moves & everyone followed along. I followed them from behind the glass*

Sometimes feels like everybody wants something from me

Joey: That's right.

You don't understand I can only be one person

Joey: Five, six, watch me.

That's Joey

Joey: One, two. Three, four . . .

I got game

Got fame got everything in this world I need

(But the girl)

Joey: Seven and eight. One, two . . .

I don't know her name

Joey: Five, six, and seven, and eight.

'Cause I've only met her in my dreams

Joey: One, two.

But I'm gonna find her 'cause she's

Just that girl

*Two of girls started stepping on each other's toes*

The one that's dancing through my mind

Just that girl

Joey: Let's just do the whole thing up to tempo, you ready?

The girl that I've been trying to find

Joey: Okay, you're energy's about a five, I need a ten. Here we go.

*We started going faster. But I was still able to keep up*

Just that girl

Her style's crazy she's a dime

And it's almost like I could see her

She's just that girl

Something happens when you groove

Earth beneath you starts to move

It's so bad I'm looking at you

'Cause she's just that girl

Crazy how you work that frame

You and me

We could change the game

What's your secret

What's your name

That girl

Joey: Okay, okay. You guys got the moves down. That was great. Why don't we do it again? But just, we'll break it down, do it a little slower. So that you can put your own style on it. And make it your own. We'll start in the same spot. Here we go, ready? And five, six. And five, six, seven, eight.

*We did the same dance again, but I added my own moves every time Joey got close to the mirror*

Sometimes feels like everybody wants something from me

You don't understand I can only be one person

That's Joey

I got game

Got fame got everything in this world I need

(But the girl)

I don't know her name

'Cause I've only met her in my dreams

*At one point, Natalia got close to Joey & started dancing like they were doing together, even though Joey wasn't moving*

But I'm gonna find her 'cause she's

Just that girl

The one that's dancing through my mind

*He moved away from her & slide back to the mirror. I followed his movements, adding my own style to it. At one point, it felt like he could see me, but I knew he couldn't*

Just that girl

The girl that I've been trying to find

And it's almost like I could see her

She's just that girl

She know she's just that girl

She know she's just that girl

That girl baby, just that girl

She know she's just that girl

She know she's just that girl

That girl baby, just that girl

Joey: Okay, one last time. Five, six, seven, eight.

The one that's dancing through my mind

Just that girl, the girl that I've been tryna find

Just that girl, her style is crazy

She's a dime

And it's almost like I can see her

She's just that girl

She know she's just that girl

She know she's just that girl

That girl baby

Just that girl

Joey: Nice. Now, if you guys can dance like that in the contest, we're gonna have some serious fun.

*Everyone clapped. I joined in. Suddenly, my cell phone started ringing*

Miss Perkins: What did I say about cell phones in class?

Ayla: Oh! *I quickly ran to my backpack, opened it, & answered my phone (which was one of two old flip phone we had found while dumpster diving & I had fixed)**whispering* Sonic, what!?

Sonic:*off-screen* Hurry up! Today's garbage is out at Mama Leone's Pizza!

Ayla:*whispering* Okay, okay! I'll see you there!

*I quickly snuck out*


Sonic:*off-screen* Movie night is my favorite.

Ayla:*off-screen* Mine too. Especially when it's fantasy movies.


*Sonic had his eyes closed & fingers crossed as we peeked into the window behind Tom, Maddie, & their dog, Ozzy*

Sonic: Please, please, please, please. *the title of his favorite movie, Speed, appeared on the screen* Yes! Keanu! You are a national treasure.

* I rolled my eyes*

Ayla: Whatever.

*The main character, Jack, appeared on the screen talking on a phone. A burning bus was behind him*

Jack: When I find you -

Howard Payne: Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on the bus.

Sonic: "Pop quiz, hotshot." It's a classic line.

*I rolled my eyes again*


Sonic:*off-screen* Basically, we're like a family. Even though we haven't met yet.


(Third-Person POV)

*In an Psychiatrist office, Sonic was wearing glasses, holding a clipboard & switching back and forth between the swivel chair & the lounge chair, acting like the doctor & the patient. I was sitting in another chair, watching my brother act like a dork*

Sonic:*German accent* You don't zink your prolonged isolation is making you a bit crazy, perhaps?

Sonic: Crazy? Me? No way, Doc. You got me all wrong.

Sonic:*German accent* And despite all these so-called friends of yours. Deep down, you and your still rather lonely? Perhaps afraid you'll be alone forever?


*We both left the house, feeling left out*


Just That Girl - Drew Seeley