(Mobius Middle School; Thursday, April 24th - 12:45 pm)

A blue hedgehog (11 years old) and a brown bulldog (12 years old) are sitting outside the principal's office for a fight that happened during lunch. Brian, the brown bulldog, stole the blue hedgehog's money for lunch and pushed him down to the floor. Maurice, the blue hedgehog, got up from the floor and yelled at Brian for taking his money. Brian ignored Maurice and called him, aloud, a 'little shit'. The blue boy used as much power as he could and pushed the bulldog into other classmates causing their food to fly and hit the bulldog on the way down, making Brian very angry. And just like that, the fight broke out for six to seven minutes before Ms. Karen, the orange fox that teaches English, stepped in, and told the boys to head to the principal's office. Now we are sitting outside of the office with Brian covered in food and Sonic covered in bruises and a black eye.

Now strength-wise, Maurice is not the strongest boy around. He is short with tan arms and muzzle. He is also a slight bit pudgy, but everyone teases him about being fat. The only person in the entire school that is Maurice's friend is a girl named Amelia Rose or Amy.

Brian is kind of tall for a middle schooler that some teachers think he is in high school. He is covered, head to toe, in brown fur and is about an average height and weight.

Not too fat.

Not too skinny.

He is the main bully of the school. If you mess with him, he will make you pay for it whether it's before, during, or after school. He has been bullying Maurice since second grade and with each school year that passed, it has gotten worse. It started out with simple name-calling and stealing pencils then grew into fighting and tearing up his homework.

"You can come in now." Mr. Jones, a black cat, ordered them to come into the office. The boys came into the office and sat down in chairs in front of the principal's desk. Disappointment was written all over his face as he looked at the two boys. "You two…have been in here more than I can count." He got up and stood in front of the boys with his arms crossed. "I've already called your folks to come down here." He turned his head toward Brian with anger. "Brian…you've had been in countless of fights in this school. All of which have involved you fighting Maurice."

"It's not my fault that he doesn't know how to defend himself. Maybe if he stood up for himself and stop being a scared little bitch, -" He struck a nerve in both Mr. Jones and Maurice, but the principal beat the blue one to the punch.

"That is enough out of you, Brian! I have given you chances to better yourself in this school and I have had enough of it!" As soon as he finished that sentence a firm knock was heard from the door.

"Come in." Brian's parents, John (black bulldog) and Rebecca (tan bulldog), and Maurice's mom, Aleena (purple hedgehog), came through the door. "Good afternoon, parents. How are you today?" "Fine, Principal Jones." John answered. "Did they fight again?" Aleena already knew the answer considering her son's face is bruised and that black eye is swelling up, but she wanted to make sure.

Mr. Jones just sighed and answered, "Unfortunately, Ms. Hedgehog. It happened during lunch and, from what other students told me, Brian took Maurice's lunch money and pushed him down to the ground. Then he called your son a, excuse my French, 'little bitch' before Maurice pushed him into other students which is why Brian has food on him." He went back behind his desk and sat down before continuing. "This is the sixth fight they had in the school year and we are not half way through. So, I have decided giving Maurice three days out of school suspension -"

"Aw man."

"Sorry Maurice, but you started the fight. You have to face the consequences." The blue hedgehog then crossed his arms and slouched back in the chair.

"Now for Brian…If I can be straightforward to you, Mr. and Mrs. Bulldog, your son has been a thorn in my side for the longest time in this school. He has been in my office more times that I can count and not all of them have been between him and Maurice. So, unfortunately, Brian is expelled from this school."

"WHAT?!" Brian jumped out the chair and yelled from the news he just heard. "You can't do that to me!" "I can and did, Brian. Even after all the chances that I gave you to be better, you ignored my warning and stayed harming other student. I'm sorry, but it has to be done." Mr. Jones explained.

Brian's parents were upset but understood the reasoning behind it. "We understand, Principal Jones. Well, guess we have to put you in another school, Brian." Rebecca replied with an upsetting tone. Then Brian turned his head toward Maurice with fire in his eyes. "You! This is all your fault that I got in trouble!" Maurice looked at him like he hit his head on a rock. "I didn't get you in troub-" "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

"Brian!"

"Why can't you be like everyone else and stay out of my way!"

"Brian!"

"All these years have been wasted on you because you can't get stuff into your head. I'm done with your stupidity!"

"BRIAN!"

With that Brian punched Maurice in the face causing him to fall out his chair. All the adults got caught off guard for a moment but quickly came back into reality as Brian was still punching Maurice's face and kicking his stomach multiple times. Brian's dad dragged his son away from Maurice while Maurice's mom helped his son get back up from the floor. "Brian Xavier Bulldog!" His mom is nothing short of heated from her son behavior. Hearing his full government name and his mom yelling caused him to freeze and look at her. "You have been hurting others for too long. We are going to put you in a boot camp, so you can get your act together, young man! Now we are leaving!" With that, they left leaving Maurice and his mom in the office with Mr. Jones, who was slowly rubbing his temple after what has happened.

Aleena looked toward the principal and tried to bring some calmness in the room. "Principal Jones…I apologized for what happened." With a hand held up and in the calmest voice he can come up with, "No, it is okay. I can now put all this crazy stuff behind me now that Brian is not in this school anymore." Aleena nodded and her and Maurice walked out of the office and drove straight home.

(Hedgehog's House - 1:30 pm)

"Ouch! That hurt."

"Hold still so I can clean this cut, bro."

"Listen to Manic, Maurice."

Maurice is currently getting his cut and bruises tended by his big brother, Manic, and big sister, Sonia. As he walked into the house, Manic (13 years old, green hedgehog w/ a messy hairdo) and Sonia (14 years old, magenta hedgehog) turned and almost had a heart attack from seeing their little brother's face. While Maurice was sitting on the sink, Manic is sitting on a chair from the kitchen and Sonia was getting out the first aid kit from the cabinet. When they started asking questions about his injuries, Maurice ran upstairs to his room and shut his door. Upset and embarrassment washed over him as he started crying into his pillow that he sleeps on every night. After ten minutes of crying, someone knocked on his door and slowly opened it. Sonia and Manic came to calm him down and clean his wounds that he has received from another harsh day at school.

While they were cleaning his wounds, they couldn't help slightly stare at the scar that was over his right eye. Starting three to four inches above his eyebrows, the jagged line went over his eyelid and ended in the middle of his cheek. It is already clean and everything, but it will definitely take a while for everyone to get used to, especially Maurice.

"So, lil bro? What happened in order for you to come home looking like a pin cushion?" Manic asked after a moment of silence. Maurice looked at him and explained everything from the cafeteria and the impromptu fight in the principal's office. "Now because I started the fight in the cafeteria, I'm suspended for three days." His broke started to crack as soon as 'suspended' left his mouth.

Sonia turned on her nurturing big sister attitude and went to hug the youngest of the three. "Maurice don't cry. It's not your fault that you are suspended. Brian took your lunch money and pushed you. If anything, he started the fight because all you did was protected yourself." Manic got up from his chair and wen to his two siblings and hugged Maurice with Sonia. Maurice slowly started letting his tears fall and sobbing. "What did I ever do to him f-for me to de-deserve this?" Manic's and Sonia's heart was breaking hearing and seeing their sibling like this. "Don't worry, bro. We may not know what goes on inside his head, but what is very true is that we always got your back. Let someone step up and we promise, we won't let them touch a quill on your head." Manic's reassurance made Maurice feel slightly better and he looked at his big brother and sister while they still hugged.

"I love you g-guys so much. I don't know what I would do without you." Sonia and Manic smiled at the blue hedgehog and did a massive group hug.

(Hedgehog's House - 9:40 pm)

After dinner and clean up, the Hedgehogs were finally asleep.

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Except for one.

Aleena stayed up after she made sure her three children were asleep. She made herself a mug of green tea and sat on their fluffy tan sofa.

"James…your kids have grown so much. I want them to stop growing so I don't have to let them go." She let out a soft chuckle while looking inside her mug. "I wish you were here. Not just for me. Just for you to see them. Maurice looks just like you in every way possible."

CRACK!

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CRACK!

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BOOM!

Aleena dropped her tea and stumbled off of the sofa. Two hedgehogs in all black broke the door down and instantly looked at her with fire in their eyes. "Well, well, well, what do we have her?" One of the men got close to Aleena's face and stared in her eyes. "I found two more guests to join us." The other came walking down the steps with Manic and Sonia tied up with their hands behind their backs and his shotgun pointed at them. The one in front of Aleena laughed and stood up with his hand in the air. "It's a fucking family reunion in here. Put those two ass swipes next to her and tie her up."

The shotgun man threw Monic and Sonia next to their mother and started tying her up. After he was done, they both went to do a clean sweep of the two-floor humble abode. While they both were messing stuff up in the kitchen, Aleen started whispering to her kids.

"Where's Maurice?" Aleena asked

Sonia whispered back, "We didn't have time to get him out before they came upstairs. He's hiding under his bed." Manic added, "We told him not to move or make any noise until we told him to."

Aleena was still worried about her youngest child but was glad to know that the two criminals haven't found him.

"Nothing on the first floor, huh? How about we check out the second floor again? Just to make sure we didn't miss a little dumpster fuck." The three family members on the floor gasp lowly. They knew. Maurice has to get out the house and fast. Manic and Sonia looked at each other and slowly gave a nod as Sonia began to scream.

"MAURICE, GO NOW!"

BOOM!

With a shotgun bullet in her head and her eyes open, Sonia fell to the floor. Manic almost threw up but he knew he had to get his little brother to go. "MAURICE, RUN OUT THE HOUSE! DON'T LOOK BAC-" With pistol bullet in his heart, Manic fell next to his sister. Aleena already started crying as soon as Sonia was killed in front of her.

Then out of nowhere, a blue streak came downstairs, knocking the two criminals over in the process. The streak stopped showing Maurice in his black tank top, red basketball shorts and his red and white striped shoes. He saw his older siblings laying dead next to each other and cried waterfalls. "Manic! Sonia! No this can't be happening!" He ran towards them and wished he was in a nightmare. The two people who raised him with his mom are gone because they wanted to keep him safe.

"Maurice – Maurice, come here, please." He looked over at his mom who was crying and has the siblings blood splattered over her. Maurice walked up to his mom and hugged her for dear life. "Maurice, I need you to run as far away as possible from the house, do you understand me?" He looked up at her shocked with tear stained cheeks. However, before he retaliated, Aleena beat him to the punch. "I don't w-want any back talk right now. I need you to run, NOW!" The men slowly started to wake up and grabbed their guns.

"GO!"

Maurice knew he had no choice but to flee. He gave his mom one last hug. "I love you, mom."

"I love you too, sweetie." She lightly kissed him on his forehead. Then he ran out the door before he got hit with bullet. "FUCK! I KNEW THAT LITTLE FUCK WAS STILL HERE!" The man with the pistol turned around towards Aleena and got into her face once again. "Where is he going?! WHERE?!" In her calmest voice she could muster, she answered. "I don't know. Even if I did I wouldn't tell either of you."

SMACK!

With a big red handprint on her face, Aleena fell to the floor and didn't plan on getting back up. If she was going to die, she not going to give these guys the pleasure of beating her. She soon started to smell gasoline. She looked up and saw them destroying the fireplace and putting some of the fire wood and ripped up newspapers around the house and poured more gas on top of it. The man took out a matchbox and lit a match before staring at Aleena with his cold ice blue eyes.

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"Say hello to James for me."

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He dropped the match and waved at the purple hedgehog.

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As the fire slowly came up to her, she replied with a solemn tone.

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"I will."

BOOM!

Maurice heard the explosion and turned around to see a massive fire in the distance. He instantly knew it was his house that was producing that fire. He wanted to go back. He wanted to beat up the two criminals that killed his family, but he knew that he had no chance against them. He has speed, but he can use it well if he doesn't have any strength. Instead, he turned away and ran like his mother told him to. Dropping a trail of tears along the way.

Yes, this in an intro. Yes, this was long as hell to type up. Yes, I got a new story idea. No, I did not die even though life wants me to. XD I was listening to Zack Hemsey's song, Vengeance, and got an idea for a story. That is how I come up with stories, tbh. I listen to a song and have a visual of the story in my head. Now writing it out, I may not be the best at, but I hope you guys enjoy it, nonetheless.

Thanks for reading.

See you in the next chapter.