It's that time again. It's time for Icy Knuckles to do it big. See, what inspired me to do this is this: I've read a few high school fanfics, and so far, I'm not impressed. I've decided to do my own to show fanfiction how it's done. Granted, there are some very good fics out there, but the overall majority doesn't capture the essence of high school. Take it from a senior who knows. See if you like this one. And yes, romance will be included. High school just isn't high school without it.

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It's 7:00 in the morning. The rays from the sun are shining through the window. The sun has risen after its long slumber last night and feels fully refreshed and reborn. This morning was a peaceful morning, or it would be if a certain echidna would stop snoring so loud. This year was his last year of high school. He was eager to get it over with, but as you already know, everyone is a little run-down on the first day.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Knuckles' alarm clock had sounded. It was time for him to get up and finish off this last year. Knuckles was not having it, though. He hit the snooze button and turned over and went back to sleep.

Elsewhere, two blocks away, two of Knuckles' friends were up and ecstatic about school. One was a blue hedgehog and the other was an orange fox. Sonic had just finished cleaning up his room. As soon as his room was clean, well clean enough to walk through, Sonic went down the hall to the bathroom to take a shower. He turned on the water, made sure it wasn't too hot, and got in. The water rushed through his quills and rushed down his neck to his shoulders and back. It felt as though his troubles were being washed away. Sonic closed his eyes and thought about what surprises were in store for him this year. Maybe he would ask out that cute cheerleader. That prissy chipmunk didn't look too bad either to him. He continued to daydream as he continued to shower. After about thirty minutes, he turned the showerhead off. Then, he exited the shower and got a towel out of the drawer and wrapped it around his waist after drying himself. His quills were dripping wet and hanging down lower than usual because of the water within them. Sonic shook his head to get all the water out of his quills. Afterwards, Sonic walked back to his room. He noticed that the door to his brother's room was slightly ajar. Sonic looked inside to see that Tails had left his room. Sonic went back to his room and got dressed. For his first day of school, he wore a regular white tee and denim jeans. After he was dressed, he took out some gel and a comb and fixed his hair from its current frizzy state. After that was done, he exited his room and went downstairs. Sitting in the kitchen with a glass of orange juice and a piece of toast was Sonic's brother, Miles Tails Prower. This was Tails' first year of high school. He had finally reached ninth grade, and was anxious about joining his older brother in the high school world.

"Good morning, bro," said Tails with a smile on his face. He looked like a little nerd with those bifocals, and it didn't make it any better that he wore his clothes like a gentleman. Tails' attire consisted of those bifocals, a white and blue polo shirt, and khaki pants. His khakis were held in place by a belt. His pants were up on his waist, and his shirt was tucked in.

"What's up, Tails?" said Sonic as he went and got some orange juice from the refrigerator.

"I'm fine. I can't wait for today to begin. New people, new things to learn, and the best thing is that I'm with my big brother."

Sonic finished off all his orange juice before he spoke. "Sounds great."

Sonic was a little ticked off at the fact that his brother and sister, Manic and Sonia, were going to college in Westopolis. He really hated that. School really hadn't been the same without them, but he was managing. They called each other all the time, but it wasn't the same without them actually being here.

Sonic checked his cell phone. It read 7:42.

"We'd better get going, Tails, or else we'll be late for our first day," said Sonic.

He could hear Tails hurrying up in the kitchen. Within seconds, Tails was standing in front of Sonic with his backpack on.

"I'm ready to go!" said Tails happily.

Sonic couldn't help smiling at Tails' sunny disposition. It reminded him of when he was that age. Sonic and Tails exited their house. Tails followed Sonic to the garage, where Sonic's blue Chevy Camaro was parked. Sonic got into the driver's seat with Tails riding shotgun. They threw their backpacks in the back. Sonic had failed his driving test twice, once for thinking that the R meant really fast, and the other time for parking the car up a tree. He finally got his license after some training with Manic. Now, he had his own set of wheels. He knew that one day he would have to teach Tails what Manic taught him.

Sonic pulled out of the driveway with ease, put the car in gear, and gave it some gas. Now, they were finally on their way to school. Sonic turned on the radio. He kept turning until he came to a rock station. He and Tails jammed all the way to school (Sorry, I'm not a huge rock fan.). Going down the streets, Sonic past Knuckles' house and saw that his red Ford Mustang was still in the driveway. Sonic chuckled to himself.

"That Knucklehead's going to be late on his first day," he said.

They continued to drive until finally they reached Station Square High. It was a fairly large school. The entire school plot took about 50 acres of land. Those 50 acres include the football field, soccer field, baseball field, parking lots, field house, band hall, etc. Sonic checked his cell phone. It read 8:13. He sighed. Thankfully, traffic had been slow today. Since school didn't start until 8:20, he was on time. Sonic found a park on the second row of the parking lot. He parked next to a black motorcycle with flames on it. He knew all too well who that motorcycle belonged to. Sonic and Tails exited the car. Normally, before school, kids would hang out in the parking lot, but today, it wasn't that crowded. He saw some familiar faces like Sally Acorn and Mina Mongoose. They both were sitting on the hood of Mina's corvette. Mina was wearing a tank top and Capri's, but Sally dressed a little more stylish. She wore clothes you'd expect models to wear. Today, she had on her Armani suede boots and a tight, collared shirt with a little cleavage showing. She was the popular one.

Sonic saw Shadow talking to a couple of hedgehogs and went over to where they were hanging. Tails followed.

"Hey, Shadow. How's it going?" asked Sonic.

"It's going okay, I guess," replied Shadow.

They talked for a few more minutes about general things just to catch up. Tails just stood there, not really knowing what to say. After a few minutes, the bell rung, signaling that it was time for first period.

"Let me see your schedule," said Sonic to Tails.

Tails reached in his pocket and pulled out a sheet of paper. He handed it to Sonic.

"Okay, your first class is Mr. Wilson for English I. Go upstairs and he's the second door on the left," said Sonic.

"Thanks, Sonic."

Sonic, Shadow, and Tails, with the other two hedgehogs, headed for the building. As Sonic was about to go in, he heard a sound system bumping. He already knew who it was. You could always hear Knuckles from a mile away with that new system he got for his Mustang. Knuckles was just now making it to the school. He sped around the parking lot and found himself a park place. Afterwards, he dashed up the steps and into the building. Knuckles ran around until he found his Biology III class. As soon as Knuckles entered the class, the bell rung. Knuckles was out of breath from all the running. He took an open seat in the back of the room next to Shadow.

"Overslept again, huh? You pulled that shit last year," said Shadow to Knuckles in the back of the class. Luckily, other kids were talking, so the teacher didn't hear Shadow curse.

"I made it, didn't I?"

Suddenly, a brunette hedgehog turned around. She waved and winked at Shadow. Shadow returned the wink and gave her a flirty look. She lightly giggled before turning around in her desk. Knuckles looked over at Shadow.

"How do you do it?" he asked.

"I'm just naturally talented," said Shadow smugly.

Knuckles shook his head and faced forward as the teacher closed the door and began lecturing.

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In Tails' class, everyone had to get up and say a few words about themselves. When it came Tails' turn, there was some laughter. He stood up.

"Nerd!" yelled some guy under his breath. The class burst into laughter. Tails felt nervous.

"Hi! My name is Miles Prower, but everyone calls me Tails."

"Geek!" yelled another guy on the other side of the room under his breath.

Tails felt shame. He managed to conjure up a few more words, and then he sat down. As he sat, more laughter continued. Tails did not say anything else the whole period.

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Elsewhere in another classroom, Amy sat in front of Mina and Julie-Su. She had her back turned to them, but he was all ears to what they were saying.

"Oh my god, Shadow is so fine. If only he would give me the time of day," said Mina.

"Girl, why are you even interested in that ebony hedgehog? He's with a different girl every day. Face it, the guy's a whore," said Julie-Su.

"I know that, but he doesn't love them. I'm sure that I can make him love me if only he would give me a chance."

"Take my advice: you'll only end up heartbroken in the end."

Julie-Su turned her head towards the front to notice that Amy's head was slightly askew.

"Are you listening in on our conversation?" asked Julie-Su.

Amy turned all the way around.

"Why would I be interested in what you two are doing?" asked Amy.

"It's pretty obvious that you're jealous of us. We're better than you at everything. The only reason you even made the cheer squad is because the cheerleading coach had pity on you," said Julie-Su.

"I'm jealous? Sounds to me like you're jealous that I made the cheer squad instead of you."

Julie-Su scoffed.

"Turn around and stop listening in on us or you'll be sorry."

Amy turned around with a slight grin on her face. This victory was hers.

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At lunch, Amy found Cream. They both sat and ate lunch together. Amy and Cream both had brought their own lunches. They could not stand government food. They both agreed that anything that the government pays for isn't worth a dime. Amy had a tuna fish sandwich, a celery stick, and a diet coke. Cream had herself a pimento cheese sandwich, some carrots, and yogurt.

"So, how do you like it here so far?" asked Amy. Cream was also a ninth grader like Tails.

"It's going just fine. It's just so many people here and it's so noisy."

"That's high school for ya." Amy smiled. "Met any cute boys yet?"

"Well, I've only been here half a day; so I really haven't had the chance to look around yet," said Cream with a slight blush.

Amy and Cream were having a great conversation when they were suddenly joined by Rouge and Tikal. Rouge and Tikal were best friends, like Cream and Amy. All four of them were friends, however, except sometimes Rouge and Tikal did not hang out with Amy and Cream because Amy and Cream were too "nice" for them at times. Tikal was like Rouge's sidekick. You'd always find them together.

"Hey, girls. How's your day going?" asked Rouge, taking a seat next to Amy. Tikal sat across the table next to Cream.

"Hey, Rouge. It's okay. I'm just asking Cream about boys."

Rouge seemed intrigued by this. This was evident by her raised brow.

"Does she already have a crush?" asked Rouge.

"No, Rouge. I don't."

"Boys are easy picking. Act like you want them and they're easy picking."

"Are you sure that your breasts have nothing to do with that?" asked Amy.

"Hey, I can't help it that I'm blessed."

Sally, Julie-Su, and Mina walked across the cafeteria right pass the girls. Sally and Julie-Su gave them a slight look, then turned to look straight as they passed by. Mina never looked their way at all.

"Bitches!" said Rouge. Tikal, who had been quiet the whole time laughed at this.

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Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles grabbed some cafeteria food and headed for a table. They found an area that had only one person eating there and sat next to him. He was a silver hedgehog with two long quills going back while the rest were arranged like a fan on his forehead. He had rings on his wrist and wore black and blue shoes. He wore an orange basketball jersey and black Girbauds. (A/N: Girbauds are a brand of jeans).

"What's up, guy? We haven't seen you around here before," said Sonic.

The silver hedgehog looked up at Sonic.

"I'm new. Today's my first day at Station Square High."

"I'm Sonic and this is my little brother, Tails, and my good friend, Knuckles."

Knuckles did his handshake with the silver hedgehog. The hedgehog caught on very quickly.

"Nice to meet you all. My name is Silver," he told them.

"Them Girbauds are off the chain," said Knuckles.

"Thanks! I got them at the mall a few days back," said Silver.

"I might get myself a pair," said Knuckles.

"What school did you attend before here?" asked Tails.

"I went to Emerald High in Triopolis," said Silver.

Knuckles looked up and around after biting his ham sandwich to see Shadow nibbling on the neck of a pink fox with long hair. Knuckles nudged Sonic in his side and pointed at Shadow.

"Look at him," said Knuckles.

The pink hedgehog was giggling uncontrollably.

"He's going to catch something," said Sonic.

Shadow decided that he was finished with that girl and got up. He headed over to where Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, and Silver sat. He took a seat next to Tails.

"Who's the new guy?" asked Shadow.

"My name is Silver."

"Oh, that's good. Man, that fox got some sweet neck," said Shadow.

"We saw you," said Sonic. "What's her name, anyway?"

"Ummm, you know what? I forgot to ask her her name," said Shadow. "I'll just call her 'Monday.'

"Monday?" asked Tails.

"Monday."

"Are you ready for football tryouts?" asked Knuckles.

"Are you serious? I am so ready to show off more of my god-given talent," said Shadow.

"Cocky as ever." Knuckles turned to Sonic and Silver. "How about you guys?"

'I don't think so. I'm not the football type," said Sonic.

"What's the matter? You scared?" asked Shadow.

"No! I just don't want to."

"Yeah! He's scared," said Knuckles. "How about you, Silver?"

Silver gave thought to it. He knew that being in a new place, he needed to do something to get him some notice and reputation. This could be perfect.

"I'm in," he said.

"Good! At least we know that you're not a pussy like Sonic," said Shadow.

"I ain't scared. You'll see. I'll be there, and I'm going to rock."

"We'll see, Sonic. We'll see."

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The last class of the day for Tails was Biology I. He entered the classroom and sat in the left corner of the room. Cream came in the room and sat in the desk to his right. She noticed that he did not look all that happy and decided it best to cheer him up.

"Hi there," she said.

Tails looked up. Was she talking to him? Except for Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, and Silver, no one had spoken to him all day. Why was she?

"Hi!" Tails said it as if he was very pleased to meet her. The truth of the matter is that he was.

"My name is Cream. What's yours?"

"Tails."

"It's nice to meet you, Tails," said Cream with a friendly smile. Then, she turned to face front. Tails let out a small smile. It seemed like he has made a new friend.

The teacher was a short, scrawny old koala. She was only a few inches taller than Tails and Cream. She started class by explaining class procedures. It was a boring lecture. Tails could hardly take his eyes off his new friend. She was the only new person that showed him any kindness since he came here. She wasn't bad looking either. The teacher lectured on.

"Every one of you will have a lab partner. I'll be pairing you up myself."

She went around the classroom, pointing and designating. "You and You. You and You. You and You." When she came over to Tails, he looked at her. "You and You." She pointed at Cream. Tails' heart just melted right there. That was exactly what he was wishing for. He finally has a reason to look forward to school.

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Okay! Chapter 1 is complete. I have so many ideas for this. I'm going to make this the best story I can make. Please R&R ASAP. Chapter 2 will be up shortly.