Hey there...thank you for taking the time to read my new story. I love anime and decided it would be fun to write an anime series starring the Sonic characters. I thought it would be fun to put them in high school. I did have to change a few ages to make it work. This story takes place in Japan and in Japan...school starts the first week of April when the cherry blossoms are in bloom. Here I have given them all real names but still use their Sonic names as nicknames. And the star of our show is none other than Amy Rose. I hope you will all enjoy this story called:

AMY ROSE

In

THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

CHAPTER 1

"High School...how bad can it be?"

It was the first week of April and Amy was in her room trying on uniforms. "What do you think of this one Cream?" she asked her best friend Creamella. Everyone called her Cream for short.

Cream smiled, "That one's pretty too."

Amy groaned, "That's what you've said about the last ten I've tried on."

Cream tilted her head, "Well...they're all pretty. What's the big deal anyways? A uniform is a uniform."

Amy gasped trying on a sailor top and pleated skirt. "What's the big deal? It's just the most important day of my life. I'm fourteen now and tomorrow I start high school. High school Cream...with big kids! I need to make a good impression."

Cream frowned, "Don't remind me...middle school won't be the same without you." She hugged a pillow.

Amy smiled, "You'll be fine. Besides, Miles will still be there." she decided on going with the first uniform she tried on; a white sailor blouse with a navy vest and a pleated navy skirt.

Cream nodded, "I know, but only for one more year...then I'll be in middle school all by myself."

Amy spun around in her new dress in front of the mirror. "Yes...this uniform will be perfect. Do you think it makes me look older?"

Cream looked at her, "Uh...do you want it to make you look older?"

Amy smiled, "Of course I do...I'm a high school student now!"

Cream shrugged, "Okay then...it makes you look older." she smiled.

Amy studied her face, "I need some makeup."

Cream looked at her, "What do you need makeup for?"

Amy turned to look at her friend; she put her hands on her hips, "BECAUSE I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL NOW!"

Cream blinked, "Oh...okay. My mom says only girls who want to attract boys wear makeup."

Amy blushed, "Err...what makes you think I want to attract boys?"

Cream shrugged, "Because you wanted to wear makeup. Hey...speaking of boys...don't Nikki and Eugene go to that school?"

Amy blushed more, "Uh...I think so...why?"

Cream smiled, "Didn't you have a crush on him in the sixth grade?"

Amy's face grew even redder, "Who?"

Cream smiled, "Nikki!"

Amy sweat dropped, "Uh...it's getting late and uh...I have to get up early for school tomorrow so...see you later!" she rushed Cream out of her room and towards the front door.

Cream barely had enough time to grab her chao coin purse before getting pushed out the front door. "Oh okay...see you tomorrow after school."

Amy closed the door and hurried upstairs to her room to get ready for bed. She set her alarm, changed into her pajamas and brushed her teeth and hair before climbing into bed. "Nikki...hmmm...I wonder if he remembers me..." she soon drifted off to sleep.

The next morning the alarm went off. Amy woke up yawning then remembered, "Oh yeah...today is the first day of school." She quickly got dressed and looked in the mirror adjusting her matching headband, "Today's the big day Amy Rose..." she told herself before running downstairs, eating breakfast, grabbing her backpack and heading out the front door.

She began walking the three blocks to her school. "I hope I make some friends..." she thought as she finally reached the school parking lot.

A kid on a motorbike pulled into the parking lot almost hitting her. "Hey!" Amy cried out as she jumped out of the way, "Why don't you look where you're going you maniac!"

The kid parked his bike and removed his helmet revealing his black and red striped spiked hair. He wore his uniform jacket tied around his waist. He had cut the sleeves off his shirt. He got off his bike and walked up to her.

Amy looked up at him, 'Oh gosh...he's so tall.' She thought to herself. She swallowed nervously but held her ground, her hands on her hips.

He glared down at her through his dark shades, "What are you doing here kid? You lost or something?"

Amy sputtered, "K...K...Kid? I'm fourteen and I go here!"

He gave her the once over, "Really...could have fooled me." He slid his shades down a bit off his nose and glared into her green eyes. She looked back into his dark mysterious red eyes. She gulped and quickly looked away. He smirked and slid his shades back into place. "Better watch it kid...this ain't elementary school..."

Amy's face grew red but she kept her hands on her hips, "I'll have you know...I graduated from middle school last year!"

He laughed and patted her on the top of her head, "Such spunk for a little girl. Well that's good cuz you'll need it here." He smiled, "What's your name?"

Amy swallowed, "A...Amy...Amy Rose."

"Well Amy Rose...the name's Sean but everyone here calls me Shadow." he locked his bike and grabbed his helmet.

Amy looked up at him, "Shadow...why do they call you that?"

Shadow smirked and leaned over her, "Let's just say...I know how to stay in the shadows when troubles afoot. And if I were you..." he peered down at her and whispered in her ear, "I'd do the same thing." With that he left quickly on his heelys.

Amy blushed and shook a bit from her encounter with him, "Whoa...that guys' scary. I hope I don't run into him again." 'Those eyes...' she thought, 'so dark...so mysterious...' she looked at the front gate, "I sure wish Cream was here with me..." she looked at the school before her, "High School...how bad can it be?" she took a deep breath and entered the school grounds.

Sakura Academy

Once inside she took a look around, "Wow...this place is much bigger than middle school. How am I supposed to not get lost around here?" She looked down at a sheet of paper with her locker number on it, "Let's see here...locker number 839. 839? Where the heck is that?" She began walking down a long hallway full of lockers, "359...405...559...GAW...it's all the way down at the end!" she groaned and kept walking.

When she finally found it, she tried the combination. "Let's see...25...6...32." After several minutes struggling to get her locker open, it finally opened, "Ugh...why do we need lockers anyways? We didn't have them at my last school."

"Oh? What school was that?" asked a deep voice. Amy looked up to see a tall girl with whitish blond hair. She had pretty blue eyes and wore blue eye shadow and had long black eyelashes. The girl was leaning on the lockers.

Amy smiled nervously, "Uhm...E...East Middle School..."

The girl smiled sweetly, "East Middle School? Say...I went to that school..."

Amy smiled weakly, "You did?"

The girl smirked; "Yeah...when I was a baby..." she tipped her head back and laughed. Two girls with her laughed too.

Amy's face reddened.

The girl admired Amy's outfit, "Wow...cute dress...I bet you'll have all the boys looking at you." the girls' friends giggled.

Amy blushed more, "I...uh...I..." she looked at the uniform the girl had on. Her jacket was open revealing a very tight white blouse that showed off her full figure. 'Wow...she looks so grown up.' she thought then looked down at her own dress. She looked like a little girl in comparison.

The girl laughed again. One of her friends shook her head, "Oh Rouge, you're so mean. Come on...we'd better get to class. We don't want to get detention the first day of school."

Rouge rolled her eyes, "Yes mother..." she smiled down at Amy, and "See you around freshman..." she laughed again as the three older girls walked away.

Amy watched them leave. She sighed heavily falling against her locker, 'What kind of school is this?' she thought to herself, 'I've never met anyone like her or Shadow before. They both acted so...so...' just then a bell rang. "Oh no..."

She quickly looked at her class schedule, "English, room 101." she began walking down the hallway quickly looking right to left. "101...101...oh man..." she began to panic as she watched kids walk faster to their classes."Oh why did that stupid girl have to waste my time like that?" she began walking faster up one hallway and down another, "Where am I?" she picked up her pace panicking more as she rushed around a corner.

"HEY! WATCH OUT!" WHAM! Before she knew it, she was sitting on the ground, her backpack knocked off her back and laying a few feet away. The wind was knocked out of her for a few moments and she couldn't speak. A kid with long red dreadlocks stood over her, "Hey! What the f*&% is wrong with you kid...are you f*&%$n blind or something?"

Amy looked up and found angry purple eyes staring down at her, "I...I...uh...um..." she stumbled for words.

"Oh..." he said, "I'm sorry...I didn't know you were f*&%$n stupid too! If you make me late on the first day of school...I'll pulverize you!" he shook a fist at her.

Amy blinked hard fighting back tears.

He glared down at her and actually growled; "They don't call me Knuckles for nothing." he began cracking his knuckles.

Amy cowered before him, 'oh no...what do I do?' she thought to herself. Just then she heard that girl she had met earlier.

"Hey Knuckies..." Rouge said, "I see you've met the freshman here...pretty little thing aint she..." Rouge and her friends laughed.

Amy wished for the ground to open and swallow her up.

Knuckles growled, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that? It's Knuckles...KNUCKLES!"

Rouge laughed and tugged on one of his dreads, "Oh Knuckies...you're such a hot head." she looked down at Amy and winked at her, "See...I told you all the boys would notice you."

Amy blushed and sat there, too shocked to say anything.

Rouge laughed at this and began walking away calling over her shoulder, "Well...see you around...Knuckies..."

Knuckles ran after her, "It's Knuckles you batty girl...KNUCKLES!"

Amy watched them leave. She blinked hard but couldn't stop the tears from coming. She hugged her knees, buried her face in them and began to cry.

A figure with blue spiked hair knelt down beside her, "Hey...are you alright?"

Amy looked up into emerald green eyes, "Please...j. leave me alone." she stuttered after finding her voice. She wiped the tears from her eyes.

He held out a hand to help her up. "But I just want to help you."

Amy looked at his hand then looked at his face.

"It's alright...I don't bite." He smiled warmly at her. She looked back at his hand then cautiously took it. After he helped her up he picked up her backpack, dusted it off and handed it to her. "You're new here aren't you...?"

Amy nodded, "T...today is my first day. Sniff...I'm...I'm a freshman."

He smiled, "freshman huh? Heh heh...I remember my first year. So, what's your name?"

Amy swallowed blushing a bit, "Amy...Amy Rose."

"Amy huh? Well...nice to meet you Amy." he shook her hand, "My friends call me Sonic cuz I'm the fastest runner at this school. What's your first class?"

Amy felt a bit dazed, "Uhm...English, room 101."

Sonic smiled, "Ah...you have Mr. Spits. I'll walk you there so you don't get lost."

Amy smiled weakly, "Th...Thank you...Sonic." she walked next to him wondering if she was going to make it through the first day.

Sonic continued talking but her mind was miles away. "I wasn't always the fastest you know...I used to be pretty slow. But I woke up early every morning and trained very hard to get to be number one on my track team. Well...here we are, room 101."

"Thank you again..." Amy said still a bit shaken up.

"Hey...no problem." Sonic smiled giving her thumbs up. "Well...see you later Ames...I hope you enjoy your first day." he began walking away.

'Ames?' She thought as she waved, "Thanks again." she began to enter her classroom.

"Oh...heads up," he called back, "hope you packed an umbrella." Sonic said before taking off around the corner.

Amy watched him leave, "Umbrella?" she shrugged and went to find an empty seat. She sat down next to a big kid with purple hair.

A man with a polka dotted tie began to write his name on the board, "Good morning class, my name is Mr. Spittsgerald." Spit shot of his mouth when he said his name. Amy understood now why Sonic mentioned the umbrella. She giggled to herself. The teacher approached the kid with the purple hair, "Do you think we can pass my class this year Lenny?"

Lenny smiled, "I have to...my dad said I can't play on the football team this year if I don't."

The teacher nodded then went back up to the front. He wrote some words on the board, "Today we're going to write some sentences using the words (he spoke in English) there, their, and they're."

Amy looked at Lenny, 'Wow...he looks bigger than the rest of the kids in here. I hope I don't have trouble with him too.'

As she thought this, Lenny looked at her. She blushed and looked up at the board. He leaned over and whispered in her ear, "English is sure a confusing language. Why do they have so many words that sound the same?" he leaned back and began scribbling on his paper.

Amy looked at him, 'He's big but he doesn't look scary...maybe we could be friends.' she smiled and began writing the sentences.

After class she gathered her stuff and left. She looked down the hallway as she walked hoping she could see Sonic again. "He seemed really nice."

"Who seemed really nice?" said a familiar voice.

Amy looked up to see Lenny walking next to her. She blushed madly, "Oh...just a boy I met. He said his friends call him Sonic."

Lenny was looking at his class schedule, "Oh...you mean Nikki? Yeah...he's a pretty nice guy. You know he's the only one who doesn't make fun of me for being slow."

Amy gasped, "That was Nikki?" 'I can't believe I didn't recognize him,' she thought, 'or he not recognizing me for that matter. Guess I must have been pretty invisible in Middle school. Well I definitely don't seem to be invisible here.' she groaned.

Lenny looked down at her, "You okay Amy? You've been mumbling to yourself. What class do you have next?"

Amy looked at her schedule, "Basic Algebra, room 315."

Lenny smiled, "I had that class last year, and it's just down the hall. Well...here's my class. See you around Amy."

Amy smiled, "See you Lenny." she began walking away.

He called back to her, "Oh Amy? Just call me Big...everybody else does." he entered his class.

Amy waved, "Alright, see you around Big." she smiled and walked down the hall towards her next class.

The next few classes she was able to find with little problem. Soon the bell rang for lunch. "Lunch time...finally...I was starving." she left her class and went to her locker to remove her lunch box. She pulled it out and closed her locker. "Now where is the lunch area?" She finally found it and walked over to look for an empty table. They were all pretty much full. She groaned, 'I sure wish Cream was here. We always had lunch together.'

She saw Sonic, Shadow and Knuckles and a guy with silver hair at one table. A pretty girl with her long purple hair in a ponytail walked up to the table and sat down. They all seemed friendly towards her, especially the kid with silver hair.

Amy noticed Big was sitting at a table by himself so she began to walk over to him when the white haired girl began waving at her, "Hey there...freshman...over here!" Amy looked over and saw Rouge and the two girls she was with earlier sitting at a table. Rouge patted a seat next to her.

Amy hesitated for a moment, 'Oh what does she want now?' she thought then walked over to her table. "Yes...what is it?" she asked cautiously.

Rouge smiled sweetly, "Well I saw you enter and look around for a place to sit and I thought to myself...awww...poor thing has no one to sit with so I told my friends here that you must come sit with us. Didn't I girls..."

A girl with long wavy hair nodded, "Yes she did." the other one was too busy looking at herself in a pocket mirror to even bother looking up.

Rouge looked up at Amy, "Come on...sit with us..."

Amy sighed under her breath, 'What do I do? Do I really want to sit with these girls?' her stomach rumbled and she decided she would just sit with them so she could eat her lunch. Then she would politely excuse herself and leave. "Alright." she forced herself to smile and then sat down.

Rouge smiled, "I'm Rouge, and this is Wave and Fiona..."

Amy opened up her lunch box, "My name is Amy, nice to meet you." 'Maybe they're not so bad after all.' she thought as she began to eat.

Shadow and Knuckles began to argue over something. Amy looked over at their table and found herself staring at Sonic. 'I can't believe how much he's changed over the past two years.' she thought smiling a bit, 'He looks so much older and more mature. No wonder I didn't recognize him.'

Rouge looked over at where Amy was staring, "Ohhhh...our little freshman has a crush on a junior. And not just any junior...those are the most popular boys at school. So...which one is it huh? Doesn't matter...they would never be interested in a little girl like you. Too bad." she laughed and went back to eating.

Amy blushed and looked down at her food, 'Why does she have to say such mean things? I've never done anything to her. In fact...we just met today.' She stood up.

Rouge looked up at her, "Hey...what's wrong? I was only speaking the truth. They never go out with freshmen...even when they were freshmen. Besides...Silver already has a girlfriend. See that girl sitting with them? That's Blaze. She better not catch you looking at her guy if you know what I mean. Of course...I could have any guy at that table." she stuck out her chest more and pouted her lips. "In fact," she winked at her, "I already have."

Amy felt like she wanted to throw up, "I...I don't feel so good. I think I need some fresh air." she quickly grabbed her lunchbox and left the lunch area.

She quickly found a tree, leaned against it and began taking deep breaths, "My first day of high school and I already hate it." she sunk down to the ground and just sat there staring off into space for what seemed like forever, "How can I possibly compete with a girl like that or any girls I've seen here. They all seem so...so..."

"So... what?" came a gentle voice.

Amy looked up and found Blaze staring down at her. She had the prettiest golden specked eyes Amy had ever seen. 'Oh no...' Amy trembled, 'I hope she doesn't think I was staring at her boyfriend.'

Blaze smiled and knelt down beside her, "I saw you sitting with the terrible trio. And I couldn't help but notice how uncomfortable they were making you. Is this your first year here at Sakura Academy?"

"Yes...I...I'm a freshman." Amy nodded.

Blaze held out her hand and helped Amy up, "My name is Elise...but everyone here calls me Blaze. What's yours?"

Amy blinked hoping Blaze wasn't just pretending to be nice, "Amy..." she admired Blaze's perfect manicure.

Blaze tilted her head to one side, "Well nice to meet you Amy. And don't let those three get to you."

Amy blushed some, "I'll try not to."

The bell rang and Amy jumped a bit. Blaze giggled and patted Amy on the back, "And don't be so jittery. Well...see you around Amy. And tomorrow...you come have lunch with us alright?" She waved and turned around just as Silver walked up to her. He took her hand and they walked away.

Amy watched them leave. She sighed heavily and decided to do her best to avoid Rouge for the rest of the school year.

"Or at least for the rest of today anyways." she mumbled as she went off to her next class.

When the final bell of the day rang, Amy felt exhausted. She couldn't wait to get home and take off her uniform and soak in a nice warm bath. She quickly went to her locker, grabbed her lunch box and headed for the front gate. She groaned when she saw Rouge and her friends standing by the gate. 'Maybe if I don't look at her she won't notice me.' she thought and kept looking straight ahead.

"Well well...if it isn't the freshman..." Rouge smirked stopping her. "We're going to have lots of fun together tomorrow aren't we girls." Wave and Fiona laughed.

Amy's face grew red and she growled under her breath, she walked right up to Rouge and looked at her dead in the eye, "Look here..." she started unable to stop herself, "I am not going to put up with none of your bullshit. So I want you to leave me the f*&%$ alone do you understand?" with that she turned around on her heel and walked quickly away. He heart was racing as she felt her face heat up, 'oh god oh god what did I do...what did I do...' she was afraid to turn around to look.

It wasn't until she was down the block and around the corner that she slowed down. "Why did I have to say that for? That wasn't like me at all..." She jumped off the curve to cross the street and almost stepped into a pot hole full of muddy water, "Whoa...that was a close one." She sighed with relief just as a car came whizzing around the corner and right into the pothole sending water and mud all over her. "NOOOOOOO!" she cried out. She could hear familiar laughing coming from the car as it zoomed away.

Amy closed her eyes and just let the tears come. She lowered her head and kept walking, "Now it is official...high school totally sucks."

Just then another car came down the road, as it came close to Amy it honked. Amy didn't even bother to look up. The horn honked again. Amy grew angry again and turned around quickly, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT NOW?"

The car slowed down and the window rolled down, "Hey I'm sorry...I was just trying to get your attention. But I'll leave you alone if you want."

Amy gasped; the driver of the car was none other than... Sonic. "Nikki...err I mean...Sonic." she walked up to the car, "I'm sorry...I've just been having a pretty bad day."

Sonic looked at her, "Was it raining?"

Amy looked down at her wet muddy self and felt like she was going to die, "N...No..."

Sonic smiled and stopped the car, "Can I offer you a ride?"

Amy couldn't believe her luck. "I'll get your car wet and muddy."

Sonic shrugged, "Eh...I had planned on washing my car anyways. Hop in."

Amy took a deep breath to try to calm her beating heart and opened the door and got in. She closed the door and held her backpack on her lap. 'I hope he doesn't try anything.' she thought as he put the car in gear and traveled down the street.

They drove for a while in silence before he asked about her last school, "Really? Hey! I went to that school too. And so did Knuckles...heh heh...what a small world. So where is your house?"

Amy gave him the address and began thinking of her first day. 'Wow...what a day I've had and here I am getting a ride home from one of the cutest guys in school and I happen to be a total mess.' she groaned silently.

When they finally arrived, Sonic stopped the car and smiled at her, "Well...I'm sure tomorrow will be better for you. It was nice meeting you Amy."

Amy stared at him, 'oh god...is he going to try to kiss me?' she trembled and blushed a bit from the thought. But he just sat there smiling. She grabbed the handle of the door and opened it, "It was uh...nice meeting you too Sonic." she got out and closed the door, "And thanks for the ride."

Sonic gave her thumbs up, "Don't mention it. See you tomorrow." with that he drove out of sight.

Amy stood there for a moment dazed before turning around and walking to her house. She entered it and dropped her backpack on the floor, "Wow...I can't wait to call Cream and tell her how horrible high school is." she went to her room and picked up her phone. She stared at the phone for a second as she thought of Sonic, "but then again..." she smiled, "Maybe high school isn't that bad after all." she plopped on her bed and called her friend.

Cream's phone rang and she answered it, "Hello?"

Amy put a hand on her head, "Cream? It's Amy...you will not believe the day I had."

To be continued...