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Chapter 1: The New Kids

There we were. Disoriented in middle of the school cafeteria looking like idiots. We both knew no one was looking at us, but it felt like someone was. I looked down at my tray and looked at my chicken teriyaki and piece of bread. It made my stomach grumble. "So where do we sit, smart guy? It was your big idea to eat in here, so now get us a place to sit!" Said my brother standing next to me. "Shut up, Shadow"

I spotted a table at the corner of the cafeteria with some free seats on it. I smirked in victory as I began to walk towards it. Soon enough, I felt my brother waking behind me. I looked down at other students as I phased their tables and saw that they were starting at me. I guess its not so hard to bring attention when you have both your ears pierced, you're wearing only black clothes, black backpack, spiked bracelets and have your hair spiked up. My brother, on the other hand, was wearing khaki shorts with multiple pockets and a white collar shirt with a red backpack.

When we finally got to the table, the first thing Shadow did was sit his butt down on one of the free seats. The people at that table were having a conversation, but stopped when Shadow sat down and turned to look at him. "Shadow!" I hissed making him stand up.

"I'm sorry about my brother. We were just wondering if we could sit here" I said loud enough for all of them to hear me. "Oh its okay" said a pink hedgehog with green eyes. "Yeah don't sweat it. You guy's can sit here if you want" said a blue hedgehog sitting at the end of the table closest to me. He had a lovely smi-

Wait, what?

I suddenly began to feel nervous in front of him...a-and all these people too that is. Shadow and I sat down. "So, are you new?" Asked a red echidna with people eyes. "Well yeah" I responded with a nervous chuckle. "Where do you come from?" Asked a purple chameleon quietly. "Well um...Robotropolis" I answered uneasily, rubbing the back of my neck.

Then they all gasped. "Robotropolis! The south?!" Gasped a yellow fox who was wearing glasses. I looked around the table and saw a purple cat, a white bat, a rabbit, and a mongoose gasp along with everyone else who had spoken before.

"What? What if we come from the south? I don't see the problem" said Shadow, finally speaking after five minutes of just sitting there.

"Nothing!" began the mongoose "its just that I always thought people from the south were violent"

"B-b-bullies" added the yellow fox. I raised an eyebrow in confusion and turned to Shadow to see the expression on his face. He smirked and looked at the yellow fox. "Well its not all that black and white, we just beat up someone who is smaller than us"

"Shadow, stop it" I warned glaring at him. "So this is your brother Shadow. What's your name?" Asked the blue hedgehog next to me. I felt nervous, but not as nervous as before. It was probably because I wasn't good at meeting new people. Yeah, that was it. "I'm Manic" I responded with a smile. He smiled back and said "I'm-

"He's Ogjivile Maurice hedgehog" said the red Echidna interrupting the blue hedgehog who's weird name I has already forgotten. "Knuckles! D-don't listen to him, I'm Sonic"

"I'm Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails, well except for teachers" said the yellow fox adjusting his glasses. "I'm Amy, and this is my best friend Blaze" said the plink hedgehog hugging the blushing purple cat. "Mina Mongoose right here!" Said the mongoose waving excitedly. "I'm Espio and that's Rouge" said the chameleon and pointed at a white bat next to the red echidna. Knuckles, I think. "I'm Silver" said a white hedgehog shyly.

"A lot of names to remember" I said with a chuckle. "Knux, Tails, Espio, and Silver. Its time" said the guy with the weird name. They stood up as he said that. "But Sonic-"

"No buts" said Sonic. "Manic you and your brother have to come with us"

"Why do we?" Asked Shadow. "C'mon, Shadow let's not be rude" I said as I followed Sonic and the guys out the cafeteria. "Okay, so if you are going to hang out with us, one of you will have to pass our initiation test" said Knuckles. "And who said we were going to hang out with you?" Growled Shadow. "C'mon, Bro they're just trying to be nice. Besides they're the only people who have talked to us all day" I said to him. "We are?" Asked the yellow fox. I kept in forgetting his name, but his waging tails reminded me of his nickname.

"Plus we really really really want you to hang out with us, Manic. A-and your brother too" said Sonic excitedly getting odd looks from the rest of the guys. I looked at Shadow and he gave me an annoyed look. He rolled his eyes at me and sighed "fine, but you do whatever they want you too"

The white hedgehog looked at me and said "Okay, so for the first challenge will be...um...uh..."

"Hug that alligator girl over there" said Espio pointing at the girl. I nodded and began walking as I began to think about what Shadow had said. Where this guys really being nice, or where they just taking advantage of the new kids? I guess I would have to find out on my own.

I finally reached the green, scaly female a while later and took a deep breath. Then I wrapped my arms around her awkwardly. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Said a very raspy choice. I,looked to my left and saw a huge crocodile with his arms crossed, glaring at me.

I gulped and ran as fast as I ever ran before. Adrenaline ran through my veins as my heartbeat increased massively. My legs would usually tire easily, but now I couldn't even feel them. "You'll pay for this!" Yelled the croc. I passed by many students, pushing some of them out of the way and getting cussed at in the progress.

About a minute later, I reached a tree and climbed it mind absently. I looked at the croc as I hung from a branch and bend my legs when he tried to bite me with his enormous jaws.

Many people began to father around us and it made me feel threatened. I had to act fast before this guy bit me! There had to be a way.

"Come down here and fight like a man!"

I grabbed the chain that hanged from my pants and unhooked it. I jumped on the crocodile's back and held his snout shut with my right hand as I tried the chain around it with my left. After that I got off him and pushed him to the ground. I ran away, but crashed into someone in the progress and fell. I looked up at the guy I had crashed into as I rubbed my forehead. "S-Sonic"

"Manic! You okay?" Asked the blue hedgehog offering his hand. I took it and pulled my body off the ground. I thanked him as I started dusting myself off. "Dude are you okay?" He asked worriedly. "I think so" I responded. I turned around and saw the croc and the chameleon approaching us with smirks on their faces. The crocodile had taken the chain of his snout and had it on his right hand.

Uh-oh

"Vector wants to tell you something" said the purple chameleon. "Thank you, Espio" said Vector. "Look kid I wasn't really gonna bite ya, it was just part of the initiation" he said. "I guess I should apologize" I began, "I just acted out of instinct"

"Its okay" said Vector. I swear I'm sure I won't forget that name after this incident. "We should get going" said Espio. "I'll see you guys after school" he said before walking away with Vector. Knuckles, Tails and the white pothead soon joined us and began to speak all at once.

"One at a time! You'll scare him" said Sonic grabbing my shoulders and squeezing them a little, making me feel an odd sense of warmth in my stomach. Then again it could be the fact that I didn't eat when I had the chance. "I can't believe you did that to Vector!" Said the white hedgehog with a marijuana leaf on his head. Tails looked at me excitedly and wagged his twin tails as he said "Yeah! It was...it was just so!...so"

"Awesome?" Suggested Knuckles. "Yes! Awesome" he agreed excitedly. "Yeah. That was pretty cool" admitted Sonic. "But we're not done with the initiation just yet-"

RRRIIIIIINNNNGGGGG!

"Aaannd that's the bell" said Knuckles. "Tails and I gotta get going, see you two after school for the second part of the initiation" he said. "Bye!" Said Tails waving.

"What's your next class?" Asked Sonic. I took my schedule out of my pocket and looked at my classes. I had German first period, Algebra second, Arts and Animation third, Biology fourth, Physical Education fifth, and English sixth. I secretly hoped that Sonic and I would have at least one class together. Only because he seems like a nice guy, you know. "I've got P.E. next with Mr. Bulldog" I answered. "What a coincidence" Sonic said with a smile. "Me too, let's go. I'll take you to the locker room" he said and began walking.

"Do you have your locker yet?" He asked as we walked side by side, trying to avoid bumping into other people. "Yeah I already got it" I responded loudly. "I have my clothes in my backpack" I responded proudly. "Good"

We walked for about five minutes through a large crowd of loud students. Sonic and I finally reached the boys' locker room. The disgusting smell of sweat and jockstraps filled my nostrils as I walked inside, but tried to ignore it. After all what was I expecting it to smell like, flowers?

I took out my schedule and read the name of my locker and my combination. The problem was that I didn't know where it was at. "Do you know where your locker is at?" Asked Sonic stopping his steps. "No,I don't, but I do know its locker E-66" I responded trying not to look at done of the guys that were getting dressed nearby. "What a coincidence! That's right next to my locker, follow me" he said with a smirk and began walking. I followed him, giving quick glances aground me. I just hoped no one noticed.

We finally got to a group of lockers. A big rectangular one, which stood vertically, and a square one with a lock. They were both labeled E-66. "You put your backpack and your school uniform in the big locker while in class and after class you put your PE clothes in your small locker. You take the lock off you're small locker and use it in which ever one you need" I heard Sonic's voice say. I got dressed and put my backpack and uniform in my big locker and headed out with Sonic.

It turns out Sonic and I also had English together. Sonic told me that we were going to his house for the second initiation test.

We were outside the school waiting for everyone else to get out of class. "So what's the test about?" I asked curiously feeling my tail wag. "Oh you'll see"

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I gritted my teeth as I tried so hard not to moan as a hand caressed my tail. Arousal and pleasure ran through my as the hand kept playing with my tail. I was at Sonic's house, laying on my stomach on his bed. Everyone else was there and was witnessing this.

Sonic's sister, Sonia, had agreed on piercing my tail as the second test. According to Sonic and Blaze she was a 'professional', which I find of because she is a sophomore.

Suddenly, a sharp pain filled my tail as a piece of metal pierced through the flesh. It hurt, but not enough for me to actually want to scream or anything like that. "There" I heard Sonia say, "but just to be safe, don't sit for a couple of hours"

I got up, jumped off the bed, and landed on my feet. "Well, did I pass?" I asked Sonic. He chuckled. "Are you kidding? You didn't even make a sound when you got it pierced!" He exclaimed looking amazed. "Of course you are in" said Tails. "Looks like I'm done here, I'll be in my room" said Sonia before leaving the room. "Okay, so now what?" Asked Shadow looking annoyed with his arms crossed.

"We should celebrate?" Says Rouge not sounding so sure. "Yeah, we should go to the park" suggested Cosmo excitedly. "Y-yeah! Let's go to the park!" Agreed Tails almost too eagerly. "Yeah and I can push Blaze on the swing!" Squeaked Amy. "Please don't" sighed Blaze.

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So all of us walked to the park. I honestly wasn't looking forth to it. In Robotropolis, all the parks were full of graffiti and delinquents. There was no grass and the trees were always dry, sometimes there were drug dealers on the job. and there was always that creepy guy taking pictures of nearby children before their mothers took them home after spotting him in the bushes. Why were these people so excited about going to the park?

"Manic, Maaaaaannniiiic, Earth to Manic" Sonic's voice broke through my thought brusquely. "What?"

"We're here"

This couldn't be possible. This place actually has healthy trees, and grass, and benches that were actually stuck to the ground. There was no graffiti and no delinquents. "Woah, this is so nice and clean" I said randomly. Amy and Blaze had already gone to the swings,.Knuckles and Rouge were sitting on a bench, and Tails was waking around with Cosmo. I looked at Sonic, who was already looking at me, and smiled. "This place is quite nice, I expected something else" I said. "Well, what did you expect?" Sonic asked with curiosity screaming in his eyes. I decided not to ruin the moment and responded "I'll tell you later"

"Where are the crack dealers?"

But of course, if I didn't run the moment somebody had to. Sonic and Espio turned to Shadow and gave him an odd look. "What?" He asked as if didn't know his question was completely inappropriate. "What do you mean what?" Asked Espio in return.

"Why the fuck are looking at me like that?! I just asked a simple question!"

"Shadow please calm down"

"Don't fucking tell me to calm down! I know I'm not a freak!" Shadow yelled bringing people's attention upon us and making a scene. I knew I had to try to calm him down, even though I knew I wouldn't be able to. "We never said you were a freak" said Espio looking concerned. "Yeah" agreed Sonic. I looked atthe bench Knuckles and Rouge were sitting on, then at the swings and found them empty. Then I saw Blaze, Amy, Rouge and Knuckles approaching the scene.

"Bro calm down, you're not a freak" I said in a low voice. "Well I'm still a freak, but not as much as you are",returned my bipolar brother. I sighed not really knowing what to do. "You seem stressed out, Shadow" said Amy, who probably learned his name because of how many times I've said it within the last five minutes. "Yeah, maybe you should go home" added Blaze.

I secretly hoped that Shadow would not choose to go home, who knows what chaos he could cause along the way!

"No thank you, I'm calming down" Shadow said with a smirk. I had a bad feeling about that smirk. "This sure reminds me of Jason's party" said my brother.

That bastard.

"Shadow, its getting late and we should probably go home, sorry gu-"

"And remember when you disappeared with Adam in his bedroom? You were so wasted out of your mind-"

"Shadow! You said you wouldn't bring that up ever again! You promised!" I said angrily. Even though I was getting angry, I was slightly embarrassed. I didn't want my new friends knowing about it. He smirked. "Promises were meant to be broken, especially one about your homosexual brother losing his virginity"

"SHUT UP, SHADOW!" I yelled pushing him. I had lost it! Anger pumped through my veins, along with adrenaline. I could feel it flow through my body and controlling my every muscle. And I let it. I let it fill my with its evil, and it made me feel powerful temporarily. Invincible, just for a while.

"Did...did you just push me?! Did YOU just push ME?!" Yelled Shadow pushing me back. "G-guys please, th-there is no need for violence" I heard Tails say, but I was too furious to care. "What are you going do about it?" I asked challenging him. I smirked and threw a punch at his face with all my strength, making his head turn sideways from the impact.

He looked at me and tries to charge towards me, but was stopped by Knuckles and Espio. I figured this was my chance to attack, but was soon stopped by Silver and Sonic.

Shadow broke from Espio's and Knuckles' grip easily, but decided to walk away and go home instead of attacking me. "Don't you dare go home" I heard him say. I had been in this situation before and I knew better to do what Shadow said.

"Great, now where am I going to stay for the night?" I wondered out loud. At that point, Silver and Sonic had already released me from their grip and were by my side. I looked at a nearby bench and decided that that could be my bed for the night.

"You guys should get going, its getting dark" I said breaking the awkward silence that surrounded us. "But what about you? Asked Mina looking concerned. "Don't worry, I'll just sleep over there"I responded pointing a the bench. "You mean you'll sleep here? In the park?" Asked Knuckles with an amused look on his face. I honestly didn't understand why they were so shocked,I meanpeople did that all the time at Robotropolis when they ran away or stuff like that.

"Oh no no no no no, you're stating with me!" said Sonic with a toothy grin as he laid his hand on my shoulder. "Sonic, mom will never allow it!" said Tails. "We'll just get there before she does" Sonic said. "You guys better get going, or everyone's parents will be suspicious" said Sonic.

Everyone said their goodbyes and left a couple of minutes later. That left only Sonic, Tails, and me to discuss this whole staying over thing. "We have fifteen minutes until mom gets home, do you want to stay with us for the night?" Asked Sonic offering my his hand.

"But Soni-"

"Ignore my little brother on this one" he added. I chuckled and took his hand. "As long as I don't get into any more trouble, then that's fine by me"

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Long story short: Sonic have me a piggyback ride to his house. There was no car in front of garage, so we knew their parents weren't home yet. He put me down while he took out his keys and opened the door. Tails was behind us with his arms crossed not looking so happy about the situation. And just when I didn't think this situation could get worse, Sonic decided to open the door and carry me bridal style all the way to his room.

"Dude! Th-this is gay! Put me down!" I complained as I tried to break free. We finally got to his room in what seemed an eternity later. "Fine, if you say so" said Sonic, then he threw me on the bed. I sat up and saw both Tails and Sonic laughing uncontrollably. I was pretty sure my face was as red as Knuckles'.

"Kids, I'm home!" Yelled a woman who I assumed was Sonic's mother. "Stay here, my parents will get mad if they know your here" said Sonic in a whisper and was about to leave but I stopped him. "What if I have to go?" I asked. Sonic stood still for a couple of seconds as if he did not understand what I had meant until Tails elbowed him and whispered it to him. "Oh! Of course, here" said Sonic as he made his way into his closer and pulled out a blue bucket. "Why do you have a-?"

"Don't ask"

"Sonic, mom's coming" whispered Tails looking slightly frightened. "Hide under the bed" whispered Sonic. I rushed to the bed and slipped under it as fast as I could. I had expected it to be messy and dirty underneath Sonic's bed since his room was so clean, but it wasn't. There were only a couple of shoe boxes which I could use to hide.

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I had nearly fallen asleep underneath Sonic's bed. I wasn't sure of how much time had passed, but it felt like hours. I saw the door open, but I didn't see anyone's shadow. Weird.

"Chao chao!" I heard little Chao very happily. Sonic had never told me he had a Chao, I just wished it didn't find me. Suddenly, I felt something warm being hit against my leg. I looked down and saw the Chao doing something rather inappropriate to my leg. 'Dafuq?'

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Sonic came into his room a couple of minutes later, right after the horny Chao had left. I only recognized him by his shoes. I was about to get out but he sat on the bed, making it difficult for me to make my escape. Then I saw something fall around his ankles. His pants.

"I'm still here you know!" I said angrily getting out of the bed through the opposite side. "Shhh! Keep your voice down!" He hissed as he stood up and pulled his pants up. "I was just gonna change! You think wrong"

"We'll uh...okay then" I responded and began to crawl underneath the bed. "Where do you think you're going?" Asked Sonic with a mocking tone of voice. "Going to sleep" I answered simply. "Oh no you're not, not down there our you'll get sick" Sonic said. "Then what do you expect me to do?" I said confused.

He hesitated. "Sleep on my bed" he answered. I was sure he was kidding, but that was weird. Yelling someone of the same gender to sleep on your bed with you was weird. I shook my head and decided to answer quickly to not raise any suspicion. "Nah, I'm good, goodnight"

Sonic got up, turned of the lights, and laid in his bed. "Goodnight, Manic" he answered with a yawn. "Oh and Sonic?"

"Yeah?" He asked sounding half asleep already. "Thank you"

"That's what friends are for, isn't it?"

So there's the first chapter ^_^ let me know what you think, please