I really wasn't liking the other story I was writing, so I've decided to start a new one with my own bunch of fancharacters. :TailsSmile:

This story should be filled with humor, drama, romance, etc. if I do it correctly. :P

Hope you'll enjoy it. ^_^

Chapter 1:

I walked into school with a proud smile on my face. Eleventh grade had just begun, and I knew it was going to go well. I had straight-As last year, all the teachers loved me, and I’d gotten a ton of girls’ numbers. Yep, I had a feeling this year would be the same, only better. As soon as I stepped inside with my cool shades on, a million girls rushed up to me.

“Sup girls.” I said. They all sighed with happiness. One of them ran up to me.

“Hey H.A…..” She said sly fully.

“Hello beautiful.” I said in a cool tone.

“Wake up!” She yelled in my ear. I jumped back started.

“What the hell!?” I yelled back. She walked up to me again, she slowly started to look like my mom for some reason.

“What up you lazy bum!” She yelled again. I was completely confused, but it all started to make sense.

I awoke in my bed, and shook my head. Just a dream, of course. My life couldn’t be that perfect. As I got out of bed, I let out a loud yawn. Apparently today actually is the first day of Eleventh grade for me. I really didn’t want to go in actuality. That dream was complete bull to me. I stumbled to the shower, stripped down, and jumped in. I had forgot to warm up the water in my sleepiness, and was greeted by freezing water. This caused me to fall over in surprise.

Soon enough, the water warmed up, and I could finally shower in peace. Of course, peace doesn’t last very long in this household. I heard the door open, and someone began to brush their teeth.

“Hey Shawn…” I said quietly, knowing it was him. “Can’t you see I’m in the shower?”

“Come on! It’ll only take me a minute to brush my teeth!” He groaned. I rolled my eyes in the shower.

“Whatever.” I said. Shawn really loved to pull tricks on me just because I was his brother. Sometimes he was awesome, but most of the time, say 99% of the time, he’s a pain.

“O.K….I’m done.” He said, and then turned the hot water in the sink on and left the bathroom. This caused the water in the shower to cool down and I was once again greeted by cold water.

“****it Shawn!” I yelled as I just shut the water in the shower off. I was finished anyway.

“H.A.! Watch your language.” I heard my mother yell from down the hall. I growled angrily. Shawn always got the better of arguments or anything. If he did anything wrong, it was clearly my fault for no apparent reason.

“H.A.! Where are you? Breakfast is getting cold!” My mother yelled.

“I still need to get dressed!” I yelled back, wrapping a towel around myself. I was still dripping wet, so I tried to shake some of the water off my fur, which made it all puffed up.

“Great….just what I needed…” I sighed. I hated having to comb my fur down. I was a guy, and only girls should have to comb their fur. I just stared at myself in the mirror while doing so. I looked at my two tails in the mirror and sighed. It just felt so weird to be one of the only two-tailed foxes in the word. I felt like a freak. Even my dad thought I was a freak.

“H.A.! Come on!” My mother yelled again. Her voice had started to annoy me over the years. It wasn’t getting any better I can tell you that.

“Still busy!” I yelled back. When will adults figure out that teens need more than six minutes to get ready?

“Well, the school bus is going to be here in a few minutes and you’re still not ready!” She said. She got me on this one. I woke up late this morning, took a long shower, and to top it all off, I spent five minutes fixing my fur. Not a good way to rush in the morning.

“Alright, alright!” I said running to my room. While opening the drawers with one hand, the other was brushing my teeth at the same time. All I had time to throw on a was a white T-Shirt and khaki pants. There was absolutely no time to choose my clothes. I suddenly heard a honk outside.

“H.A.! That’s the bus!” My mom yelled, once again.

“Crap…..” I said out loud. No time for breakfast, I guess. As I sprinted out the door, I grabbed my red coat and threw it on. It was pretty chili for September. Thankfully, I caught the bus in time, and threw myself into a seat in the back, where I was greeted by my only two friends, Ian and Dwayne.

Dwayne and I had been friends since only last year. He was a orange hedgehog, and only moved here recently. Unlike most people, he didn’t make fun of me because of my tails. In fact, he thought it was really cool, and would always hang out with me and Ian.

Ian and I had been friends for as long as I could remember. Grade school was the worst time ever for me. Everyone would call me a freak and make fun of me. Needless to say, I didn’t have any friends, except for Ian. He would always be at my side. In fact, he looked a lot like me. Red fur, yelled tipped tail, and was virtually my height. The only major difference was the fact I had two tails, but he didn’t care. Unlike Dwayne even, he didn’t say anything about my tails. It was like he didn’t even know they were there, but I liked that. It made me feel a little normal anyway.

“So….everyone…explain your summers!” I said looking at them. “We all know I did absolutely nothing.”

“Of course….H.A. you lead a very boring life. I mean there‘s nothing special about you or anything.” Dwayne said in a very sarcastic tone. I growled.

“Not very funny….I hate it when you just bring my tails into a conversation. It’s virtually like making fun of me.” I said rolling my eyes.

“Heh…my bad.” He said with a weak smile. “Well….my summer was pretty cool….I got hooked up with a girl.”

“No kidding?” Ian said with a curious glance.

“Yeah…too bad she doesn’t go to Mobius High. She’s home-schooled.” Dwayne said with a sigh. “I only get to see her on weekends.”

“So…what’s her name?” I asked, really wanting to know.

“Trish. She can be very spunky at times as well. I like that about her.” He started to laugh. “Oh! And she HATES the romantic type of stuff, which means she’ll probably hate you H.A.”

“You make that sound as if I want to meet her.” I said stiffly.

“You don’t?” Dwayne said with a bit of sadness. I chuckled.

“Of course I do. You think I wouldn’t want to meet my friend’s girl?” I said. “I’ll come down some weekend to see her, unless you plan of bringing her to your house or something.”

“Well, that is the plan.” Dwayne said with a thumbs up. “Most likely this weekend, by the way.”

“Alright, alright! My turn to tell a tale!” Ian said bumping in.

“O.K….what did you do this summer Ian?” I said with a smirk.

“Absolutely….nothing!” He said with the most enthusiasm possible. It made all three of us laugh hysterically. Before we could even tell, the bus had already arrived at school.

“That was quick. Oh! Guys, we gotta check each others schedules out, even though you’re the little one in the group Ian.” I scoffed.

“Shut up! I’m only one grade down from you guys.” He scolded back at me.

We looked at each others schedules, seeing what classes we have together. Miraculously, Ian had a few classes with me, only second and fourth period, and Dwayne and I had the first 4 classes together, second period being study hall. We all we satisfied by the set-up. It could have been worse. We could have had no classes together at all.

“I’ll see you guys inside.” I said waving, as I walked to my locker. Then, I decided to give my schedule a closer look.

“Let’s see. First period is chemistry. That sounds like fun. Messing with chemicals, creating awesome stuff. I’ll like that.” I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going while reading. “Second period is study hall. I have that with Dwayne, so we can pal around.” I was unknowing walking toward someone. “Third period is gym. God I hate gym…..” Then, I bumped into the person. Their books went flying, and I found myself on the ground.

I shook my head. “My bad….I wasn’t looking where I was going.” Then, I stopped talking. I looked over at the person I had bumped into. It was a cute blue hedgehog girl with pink bangs. She had a red head band on her head, and sky blue eyes. My heart just pounded loudly, and I rushed over to help her pick up her books.

“I’m so sorry! Let me help you pick these up.” I said nervously. She chuckled.

“It’s alright…I wasn’t looking where I was going either. “I’m Kari.” She said holding out her hand.

“I’m H.A.” I said shaking her hand, then handed her the books.

“That’s an odd set of initials for a name.” She said curiously.

“It’s a long story. Trust me, you don’t want to hear it.” I said.

“Well….I’ll see you later then.” She said.

“Wait! Why do we compare schedules or something. It would be cool to know when to see you.” I said, blushing a little.

“Aww…that’s sweet of you. Sure, let’s take a look.” As we compared schedules, I noticed that hers was almost the same as Ian’s.

“What grade are you in?” I asked.

“Oh! I’m a sophomore.” She said. “What about you?”

“I’m a junior.” I answered. “Only two more years in this place, then I’m done.”

She giggled. “I assume you don’t like it here.”

“You got that right, for a couple of obvious reasons.” I said, wishing I hadn’t said that.

“Like what?” She asked curiously. I froze up. She hadn’t noticed my two tails yet. What if she hated me? What if she called me a freak too? I couldn’t like a girl I liked call me a freak, it would hurt too much. I sighed, and took a chance.

“Well…..look.” I spun around quick, and she saw my two tails. Her eyes opened wide.

“Two tails?” She started to laugh. I frowned sadly. I knew she was gunna start making fun of me. To my surprise she said something else.

“Is that all? That’s funny. How could something small like that make you hate this place?” She said. I felt happy when she called it a ‘Small’ thing.

“You’re not gunna make fun of me, or call me names because of them? Everyone else does.” I said looking down.

“Well, those people are wrong and are real big jerks.” Kari said. Involuntarily, I hugged Kari after she said this. She thought it was weird for a stranger to hug her at first, but she hugged back.

“Thank you…” I whispered into her ear. “You don’t know who much it means to me to hear you say that. I’ve been bullied, beaten, and shunned my whole from it.”

Kari was a bit frightened by the fact that it caused me that much pain, but she tried to change the subject. “Well…shouldn’t we be getting to our lockers?”

“Right.” I let go of her and we headed to our lockers. When I got to mine, I looked at her, and saw she was standing right next to me.

“Our lockers are right next to each other?” I asked. She nodded.

“Isn’t that cool?” She said smiling. “Now we can really get to know each other.”

“Uhh….yeah….th-that sounds cool.” I stuttered. Wait, why am I stuttering? I can normally talk fine around girls, but her….I find myself stuttering.

“So, H.A…..I gotta ask….” She started.

“Don’t tell me.” I interrupted. “You wanna know about my tails right?”

“Actually, no. I want to know what you think about my hair.” She said.

“Your hair?” I said confused. “Why?”

“I just got it dyed yesterday. I know I like it, but I want to know what other people think.”

I smiled. “I think it looks amazing, but…why should you care about other people’s opinions, when you know yourself you like it?”

“That’s some pretty good logic, H.A. Where do you get that from?” She asked. I blushed.

“No one actually…I kinda…make up a bunch of things that I follow.”

“Like what else?” She asked.

“Of course, the number one thing on my ‘List’ is smoking, drinking, and so forth. I will NEVER do anything like that. Why should I waste time doing things that are just going to hurt me later on in life, you know?” I said.

“Wow….I’ve never heard someone your age say something like that.” She giggled. “That’s cute.”

I blushed once again. “Well…uh….” The bell rang suddenly, thankfully. “Shoot! That’s the bell. I’ll see you next period!” I ran off to class. Kari laughed again.

“He’s something else.” She said walking to her next class.


There you have it. Chapter 1. Thanks for reading and it should be updated soon! :TailsSmile:

Nice chapter, Ash! I liked it!

Sorry I didn't notice this sooner. That was an entertaining story, I usually just read the first couple lines of stories then just leave.

Thanks. I'll update as soon as I get back from North Carolina, where it has been raining a lot. >_>

It's about time I updated this fic. :twink08: (I love these new smilies.)

Chapter 2:

The first class of the year never seems to move fast. Especially since I wanted to get to second period as soon as possible. For some reason I really wanted to talk to Kari. She was probably the first girl I ever met who didn’t ridicule me for my second tail. Not to mention, she was very cute. She was just on my mind all the time throughout the class. Suddenly, I got a whack to the back of my head.

“Ow!” I said holding my head. I look over and see Dwayne laughing.

“Dude…you were completely day-dreaming.” He said with a grin. “What the hell could you be thinking about on the first day of school? Missing summer already?”

“No…..” I said rolling my eyes.

Suddenly, the announcements came on. I could not believe who’s voice I heard through the speakers.

“Welcome to the first day of the new year everyone!” Kari’s boomed throughout the school.

“Kari is saying the announcements? I’ve never seen a new kid do them before” I said out loud.

“Who’s Kari?” Dwayne asked, and me just realizing I said that out loud.

“She’s just a girl I ran into before I came to class.” I said like it was nothing. Dwayne grinned though.

“Oh….so SHE’S the one you were day-dreaming about?” He let out a quick chuckle. I hit him in the arm.

“Was not! I just met her in the hall.” I said back lying.

“Admit it! You like her. There’s nothing wrong with that.” He said laughing.

“H.A.! Dwayne! Be quiet during the announcements!” The teacher shouted at us.

“Sorry…” We both said, as Kari finished up with something about a school dance. I wasn’t really paying attention to it.

The rest of the class period continued to take an entirety. The clock just laughed at me, going as slow as it possible could. As much fun as chemistry will be, I was bored out of my mind right now. All the teacher was talking about was stupid safety procedures and other things. To me, he was just rambling on about useless nonsense. I glanced back at the clock. Still five more minutes till the class period ends. Why is it going so slow? When will this guy just stop talking? Give us the rest of the period to talk to our friends or something. That would make the time go faster, I hope.

“H.A…..” Dwayne whispered.

“Hmmm?” I looked over to his attention.

“Kari and H.A…..sitting in a tree.” He chuckled again. I just rolled my eyes and turned back around.

“You are so immature Dwayne….” I mumbled. “You could at least try to act your age.”

“You sound like my mom.” He let out a loud laugh. The teacher glared at him once again.

Finally the bell rang, and all the kids rushed to leave class, including me.

“Why the rush? Miss your girlfriend?” He snickered.

“Just drop it!” I snarled back.

I didn’t want to say it, but Dwayne was right. I really wanted to see Kari again, and now I could. Next period should be very enjoyable. As I walked to my locker, I saw Kari at hers, and my stomach felt light again. I tried to ignore it, and walked over.

“Hey K-Kari…” I said slowly. She turned over and looked at me.

“Hi H.A.” She said smiled.

“How was first period for you?” I asked.

“It was O.K., I guess.” She said putting some books away in her locker. “What about you?”

“Very very boring. I think I could have died of boredom.” I said. Kari giggled.

“Well, I hope you don’t. You’re fun to talk with.” She said back.

“R-Really?” I said, happy with her statement. She nodded.

“Let’s go to class. I wanna learn more about you.” She said grabbing my hand suddenly. I was a bit startled by this, but followed her to class. As we entered the room, I was greeting by Dwayne’s attitude again.

“So cute…holding hands.” He snickered. I just rolled my eyes.

“That’s Dwayne.” I said sighing. “He can be a jerk sometimes, but he’s one of my only friends. I’m sure you met Ian last period, right?”

She nodded. “He helped the time go by faster. We talked about random things all period.”

“Cool.” I said.

“You know….you can let go of my hand now.” She said giggling. I blushed and let go of her hand first, and tried to make an excuse for it.

“Hey….you’re the one who grabbed my hand first.” I said trying not to stutter.

“Yeah, but…you didn’t seem to care that I did.” She said back. Wow she was good. I don’t think I could beat her in an argument.

“So…what did Ian and you talk about last period?” I asked curiously.

“Oh, just how our summer was basically.” She said as we sat down.

“I take it you talked much more than Ian.” I chuckled.

She giggled. “No. He actually had a pretty interesting summer.”

“What else did you talk about?” I asked. Kari wondered why I was asking all this. Hell, I didn’t even know.

“Not much really.” She said. I decided to stop asking these random questions and stick with normal ones.

“So….what did you do during the summer?”

“Well….we spent the last two weeks moving out of my house. That was a load of work.” She said as I watched Ian walk in the room.

“Sounds cool.” I looked over at Ian and waved. “Yo!”

“Hey. How was chemistry?” He asked.

“Boring as hell. Ask Dwayne. He’ll tell you the same thing.” I said.

“Heh….oh hi Kari.” Ian said.

“Hey Ian!” She said happily as she stood up and gave him a hug. I just looked away at the sight of this. Ian sat down by Dwayne to talk, and Kari sat down by me again.

“So…..um….you two got to know each other pretty well last period I assume, right?” I said.

“Ian’s a great guy. I had a lot of fun chatting with him last period.” She said smiling.

“Oh….cool….oh! I heard you on the announcements this morning.” I said trying to change the subject. Last thing I wanted is her talking about how awesome some guy is.

“Oh yeah. I don’t know why the principal came to me, seeing as I’m a new kid here, but I accepted the responsibility. How was I?” She asked.

“Very good. I might actually listen to the announcements this year.” Kari giggled again.

“You and Ian are so very alike with your witty comments. Did you listen to them this time?”

“Nah…I didn’t know you were going to be doing them. I’ll make sure to listen to them tomorrow.” I said smiling.

“That’s sweet of you.” She said.

“I did here the last thing about a school dance though. Thing you could repeat that for me.” I said grinning. Kari took out a piece of paper and cleared her throat.

“Friday is the Welcome Back To School Dance. Make sure to bring all your friends and family. Admission is free. The Dance starts at Six.” She recited from the paper.

“Very good. You should consider be the announcer next year as well.” I said.

“So….are you going to the dance?” She asked me. My stomach felt light again at that question. I know where this could be possibly leading.

“Eh…I…I never go to school dances.” I mumbled. Kari gave me an odd look.

“Why not?” I just pointed at my tails. “Oh…..”

“I sometimes wish I never had them.” I sighed.

“I think you would be even more weird being a fox with no tails.” She giggled.

“True! You got me there.” I laughed.

“But seriously….don’t let people just push you around because of that, H.A.” She said.

“I try not to think about it. I bet I could take being a geek or something and get pushed around by people because I at least have other geek friends. But….with this second tail….EVERYONE pushes me around.” I said with a sigh. “I mean…I have three friends in this entire school of over two-thousand kids. Those are pretty bad numbers.”

“You’re friends are better than everyone else though.” She said. “Just because they hang out with you.” I felt a sudden build in happiness from her saying this. It’s like everything she says to me makes me happy. Wow, I just love this girl. Wait….did I just say love!?

“Th-thanks….you know….b-back on the subject of the school dance.” I stuttered. She looked at me weirdly.

“What about it?” She asked. I cleared my throat.

“I was just wondering….would you….” I needed to just ask this and it get it over with. “Like to go to the dance with me?”

She started at me with a straight face. It was silent for a minute or two, but she faunally spoke. Her answer, I did not like. “Hmmm….you know Ian asked me that same thing last period.” My mind was just screaming here. Ian!? No no no no no! Is he moving on to her? This is bad…very bad!

“Oh….I see….” I said with my head down.

“But I turned him down.” I lifted my head back up.

“What?” I said surprised.

“I’d love to go with you.” She said with a smile. I smile appeared across my face.

“Really?” I said with a cheery tone. “But…why turn Ian down?”

“I dunno. You and Ian are so very alike but….” She put her hand through my hair. “There’s something about you that I like.” And the winner of the happiest person on the planet contest? H.A.! Take a bow!

“So…it’s a….it’s a…” I stuttered.

“Date? Yeah…it’s a date.” She said smiling. Suddenly, the bell rang, and we all got up to leave.

“I’ll see you later at lunch?” I said. She nodded as she left the classroom. Dwayne ran up to me really quick.

“So! What did you to discuss?” Dwayne asked with a smile. “Marriage arrangements?”

I elbowed him in the stomach. “Well, I’ve got a date to the school dance Friday now…if that was really what you were asking.”

“****…really? I stop the joking around for bit to tell you that that is awesome.” Dwayne said, giving me a high-five.

“How about you quit the joking forever instead of “Just for a bit?” I asked.

“We can’t be miracle workers.” He said. “Next up gym right? I bet you’re so excited for that.”

“Oh yeah….great…” I said sarcastically. “Ian? Come on, you’re gunna be late to your next class.”

He stood up. “Dude….how did Kari said yes to you when you asked her to the dance?” I knew where this was heading.

“Look…don’t worry about it too much, bro. There are hundreds of girls in this school. I’m sure one is bound to want-”

“A sexy guy like myself?” He said interrupting me with a grin. I rolled my eyes.

“Well, I wasn’t going there, but yeah.” I turned back around. “Now let’s get going to class. I don’t want to be late to gym. That’s like death.” Dwayne nodded as we ran off to class. Ian still stood there. He was not happy that Kari turned him down, and gladly agreed to go to the dance with me.

“God ****it…I’ll never understand girls. She even said herself that H.A. and I are like the same person…whatever. She probably has some stupid fetish for two-tailed animals or something.” He laughed as he left the classroom. “Yeah…that’s it.” Ian’s never even thought of making fun of me or my tails ever in his life. Even though he was alone and no one heard him say this, it’s still not a good sign that he said it.



Well, there's the chapter. Hopefully number three will come quicker than this one. :tsmile02:

Sorry for the time I took, but it's very good.

This fic is very interesting- much, much more interesting than most other ones I've seen.

I'm definitely looking foward to the next chapter. Keep this up~

Wow, my updates on this are so long. :lol: I SERIOUSLY promise to update sooner next time.

Chapter 3:

As the day went on, the word spread about me and Kari going to dance very quickly. Why would it spread so fast? Well, it was pretty obvious. I was the freak of the school after all. Kari was walking down the hall before lunch and noticed a lot of girls whispering to each other, eying her, and giggling. She just rolled her eyes as she continued walking. There was no reason for her to get involved, until one girl said something out loud.

“Look! The new girl and the two-tailed freak are going to the dance together, how sweet! Maybe they’ll get married and have little freak children!” A lot of kids started laughing then. Kari might have been a patient person, but this pushed her over. She just walked up to the girl and it the argument began.

“What’s your problem!? What’s all of your problem!?” Kari yelled. She was obviously very angry at everyone there.

“Come on, Kari. The two-tailed fox?” Another girl said. “You’re like, one of the more popular girls at school already. You could have any guy you want to the dance, and yet you’re taking the freak to the dance?”

“Stop calling him a freak! Just because he has another tail doesn’t make him some monster or anything!” Kari yelled. She almost looked like she was crying.

“Why don’t you go with Ian?” Someone else asked. It’s like no one was listening to Kari at all.

“Oh yeah! That’s a great idea, even though he hangs out with him.” As the gossip started back up.

“Yeah, but…he’s cute, not like that freak H.A. at all.” Kari slammed a locker closed and everyone immediately looked at her again.

“Look…while you all think it’s funny to gang up on someone because they’re different, it’s not right.” She said in a more calm tone.

“You’re never going to get through to them Kari.” Ian said walking up. “Kids will gossip and gang up on kids. It’s high school. It happens all the time.” Some girls sighed when Ian walked up, even if he was against them in this argument.

“I know….but….” She sniffed and her eyes looked a little puffed up.

“Aww…is the freak’s girlfriend gunna cry?” Some guy said, before I whacked him in the back of the head.

“You guys done tormenting her yet?” I asked. No one answered as I continued walking down the hallway. “Thought so.”

I’ve never been more pissed off at my school in my life at this point. Treating me like dirt was one thing, but doing it to Kari now because we’re going to a stupid **** dance? I just wanted to shoot all of them right there, but I knew I shouldn’t stoop to their level of stupidity.

“Hey Ian.” I said walking over. “Are you alright Kari?”

She nodded. “God…I need to knock one of those girls out before the end of the year.”

I laughed. “Sounds like a plan.” Everyone gasped. “Jesus Christ people….quit the eavesdropping.”

“I love your new girlfriend H.A. She’s so fun to mess with.” Some kid said. Apparently they don’t stay quiet for very long.

“Yeah, but nothing is as fun as messing with the freak himself.” As the talk continued, Ian, Kari, and I just left and headed for the lunch room.

“Are you sure you’re O.K., Kari?” I asked. She clearly looked like she wanted to cry right now.

“I’ve just….never had everyone gang up on me at once. I felt so hopeless because there was no one on my side.” She said, wiping her face.

“Well…that’s what I’ve been talking about to you. I’m on my own in school whenever Ian or Dwayne aren’t around.” I put my arm around her to try and comfort her.

“Speaking of which, where is Dwayne?” Ian asked.

“Knowing him, he’s probably already eating lunch. Oh, by the way, Ian, have you had any luck finding a date to the dance?” I followed up. It would be a relief for me if Ian had found someone so I don‘t have to worry about him trying to get the Kari, which I was pretty suspicious of.

He shook his head. “I’ve been turned down countless times. I guess no one likes the ‘Best Friend of a Freak.’” He put his hands up to emphasize the last part. Kari couldn’t help but be confused by his answer. The girls that were making fun of her all said that Ian was cute, and would be great to take to the dance, even though he hung out with me.

“Anyway…I’ll catch you guys in the lunch room.” Ian said walking away.

“Ummm…H.A…” Kari said.

“Yeah?”

“You realize your arm is still around me.” She said with a slight laugh.

“Righy, right!” I said taking my arm off of her real quick and my cheeks got slightly red. “Glad to know you’re still in a good mood.”

“How do you get through everyday like this, H.A.?” Kari asked. “Constantly teased, with no one on your side.”

“One word.” I said turning her toward me. “Ignore.”

“Ignore?” She questioned.

“Exactly. You ignore them, and the amount of talk about you stays lower than if you interfere. While it doesn’t solve the problem, it keeps it to a minimum.” I said.

“Haven’t you ever tried to get people to stop?” She asked.

“Look…you saw what happened when you interfered right? It just got worse and worse.” I grabbed her hand. “Come on, let’s get some lunch.”

Kari was very surprised at my tone. She was also very surprised that I had grabbed her hand this time. Hopefully it didn’t freak her out or anything. I know I liked her, but I don’t know if she had the same feelings or not. We grabbed lunch and sat at table. Of course, it was just the four of us.

“Welcome to the table of losers, Kari.” Dwayne said smirked. Ian smacked him in the back of the head.

“Dude, she just went through some huge thing in the hall. Be a little nicer, m’kay?” He said. Dwayne felt a bit guilty.

“My bad….what happened?” He asked, still shoveling his face full of food. How he eats like that, I’ll never know.

“Well….word spread fast about me and Kari going to the dance together….and well….you know how people are.” I said.

“So…you’ve become an outcast, eh? I know how that feels….last year I went through the same ordeal. Don’t worry though. You’ll get used to it.” He swallowed his food. Yes, he had food in his mouth the whole time he said that. “I actually enjoy it. Makes me feel closer to Ian and H.A.”

“You definitely don’t act it, Dwayne.” Ian said, as he started eating. “How….much food did you get anyway?”

“Oh, just three lunches.” He responded like it was nothing. I smacked myself in the face.

“Wow….I can barely hold down one serving of this school’s food….yet you can somehow handle three.” I muttered. Kari was giggling at the whole conversation. “You enjoying our usual conversation?”

“Yes…it’s funny to watch you guys just ramble on about stuff.” She said smiling.

“You know, Kari….I’ve been confused all day about this.” Ian said. I quirked an eyebrow at him saying that.

“You know how I asked you to the dance, and you turned me down?” Ian! Stop right now! My mind was freaking out. I don’t want an awkward situation here. “Well…I just want to know why you took H.A.’s request and not mine.”

I sighed really loudly. “Dude….you basically just shot me in the back right now.”

“H.A. has a point, Ian.” Kari said. “That was pretty rude to ask that right in front of him.”

“No offense, seriously. I’m just curious.” He said.

“I’m not answering the question Ian.” She said stiffly. That made me smile.

“Why not?” I’ve never seen Ian like this before. He’s really trying to push Kari for some reason.

“Because it’s my personal business.” She said again, very stiffly.

“Come on, now. You just don’t want to say you like H.A. or something.” He snickered. Now, he was really starting to get on my nerves too.

“Could you just drop it and live with the fact I turned you down?” Kari had raised her voice. Wow…she was really getting mad at him. Ian started laughing.

“Oh…this is hilarious….I bet it’s some fetish for guys with two tails or something, right?” My mind just exploded. Ian, of all people, just insulted me. For so many years, he had never even spoken or said anything about my tails, but he had just made a joke about them right in front of me, and directed it at Kari.

“What was that!?” She yelled, and several students looked over at our table. I stood up.

“Do you mind leaving the table?” I asked. Ian stood up as well, his eyes directly at mine.

“Make me.” He said.

“Guys, guys! It’s alright! Settle down!“ Dwayne said, trying to deal with the situation.

“You want to take this outside?” Ian said smirking at me.

“Gladly.” I couldn’t have cared less if he was my friend at this point. The way he was acting was seriously out of line.

“Look! Ian and the freak are going to fight!” Someone shouted.

“Really? I thought they were best buds.” Some kids were gossiping around already. I just sighed and sat back down.

“It’s seriously not worth it. You wanna be an ***, Ian? Congratulations, you are one now.” I said with a lot of anger in my voice.

“Seriously, it was just one thing. Calm down, man.” Ian said sitting down as well. “I was just joking around.”

“Don’t give me that!” I said in a raised voice. “You’ve never once said anything about my tails. Good or bad. It’s like you didn’t care that I had them. This is the first time you have ever said something about them. Not only that, but now you’re trying to cover it up like it was a joke.” I stood up and looked at everyone in the cafeteria. “So! Where have I heard that before, huh!? Picking on someone because they were different and then calling it a joke afterward because you went too far?”

No one in the cafeteria said anything. They all just sat there, staring at me. I didn’t care. I knew tomorrow would be the same as today if I shouted this out or not. Tomorrow is basically a year in high school gossip.

“Over-reacting freak…” Someone said under a cough. I took my tray of lunch and tossed it as their face, nailing them dead on.

“Anyone else want a lunch in their face? My friend here has bought a dozen-”

“Three.” Dwayne interrupted.

“Whatever! A bunch of lunches!” I shouted. Kari was probably the most scared of anyone. She just never saw this side of me. She didn’t even think there was this side of me. In fact, a few minutes ago she just got a lecture from me about ignoring the people who make fun of me. I was breaking my own rule per say, but at a good reason. My best friend had joined the fraught himself, over a girl.

“H.A….please….this is just too much.” Kari said softly. I took a deep breath.

“…..Maybe you’re right….I’m probably over-reacting….” I said sitting back down.

Some kid sighed in relief. “Thank god his woman was there. I thought that freak monster was gunna kill us.”

“That’s it.” I stood up again. “I’m done.” I put my hands in the air and just started to walk out of the cafeteria.

“H.A…..” Kari said. I didn’t say anything. I just continued walked until I was out of sight. Kari stood up this time.

“I hope you’re all happy!” She yelled. “Especially you Ian!” She looked at him angrily. “See the reason I turned you down now?” Before he could answer, Kari left the cafeteria after me. Everyone just started eating again as if nothing had happened, while Dwayne and Ian were left baffled.

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I need to give a warning and say this chapter has a few curses in it, but TTP has the censoring. I'm still giving a heads up though.

Chapter 4:

I didn’t know why I got so worked up. I didn’t care. I just wanted to get out of that place. Normally I could ignore all that, but Ian just made it one-hundred times worse. When I walked past my locker, I just punched it as hard as I could, leaving a huge dent in it, which caused my hand to start hurting. I most likely did something to it, but again, I couldn’t give a ****. Suddenly, I heard a voice yell from behind me.

“H.A.! Please stop!” Kari said running toward me. As much as I liked her, I didn’t want to talk to anyone at the moment. I just opened the doors of the school and left.

The fall day was very beautiful. People love to go outside and appreciate it. How come no one would appreciate me? Was I ever mean to anyone? No. Did I ever do something stupid to make me stand out? No. I’m a nice guy. I like to try and be the best person I could be, and for what? Be shoved aside because I’m different? It should be those kids at school who should be in my place right now. Treating people badly shouldn’t give you praise. It should make you the bad guy.

After a few minutes of walking, ending up at the park, and noticed how a few people were giving me looks. I guess adults can be as bad a kids when it comes to accepting someone who’s different.

“Mommy….why does that fox have two tails?” Some toddler asked their mother. I just stopped walking and froze there. The mother knew that I had overheard.

“He was probably born that way honey, but it’s not nice to point people out because he’s different.” That made me feel a least a little better. Too bad things were just going to get worse.

“Yo! Freak!” Someone shouted. My ears just cringed at the sound of the voice. It sounded like a teen who had not just smoked five packs of cigarettes a day, but ate the ends after finishing them. “Nice tails!”

“God…now is not the time to be messing with me, buddy.” I said turning around, only to be greeted by a gang of five kids, all foxes. The guy who spoke was a red fox, like myself, only his fur was ruffled up and had a much paler color. “Oh…you have friends…great.” I said sarcastically. I could tell I was in deep. Upon further observation, I noticed that the kids behind him had some sort of weapon in their hands. More bad news there.

“You know….we don’t like your kind around here.” He said. My eyes open wide.

“What do you mean ‘My kind?’” I asked.

“Oh sorry…there isn’t a ‘Your kind’ since you’re one of a kind. Freak!” He said and started laughing, as everyone else behind him started to laugh. I noticed that a lot of people in the park were starting to leave. I guess these guys had a reputation of starting up trouble. I would have loved to sock this guy in the face right now, but I couldn’t take the risk of being beaten down. I had to leave, and fast.

“Boss….when do we get to hit him!” One of his mindless minions asked.

“Shut it! You can when I say!” The leader yelled. He obviously was a great leader of a gang.

“What the hell do you want with me anyway?” I asked, realizing that that was a bad thing to ask.

“We are here to punish you.” He said with a smirk.

“What did I do to get punished? I just met you…wait…I haven’t even met you. I don’t know you and you don’t know me.” What the hell was I saying!? Why wouldn’t I just shut up and get out of there!?

He started laughing. “What did you do!? What the hell are those **** things right behind you?”

“Two tails. Your point? I didn’t ask for them.” I said, again asking myself why I haven’t ran at this point.

“Didn’t want them? That’s O.K. I’ll rip one off for ya!” His crazy friend yelled as he charged at me with a knife. Now my heart was pounding. I jumped out of the way as fast as could as the kid fell over missing me and dropped the knife.

“****it! Hold still!” He yelled as he grabbed for the knife. I kicked him in the head before he could grab it, sending him backwards onto the ground. This didn’t go over so well with the rest of the group.

“Oh! A fighter! Alright guys, let‘s make a game of it!” The leader said with a smile. “Whoever is the last one to hit him has to buy drinks for everyone else. Have at it!” As the other three foxes charged at me, I turned around as fast as I could and made a run for it. This was probably the scariest situation I had ever been in in my life.

As I ran down the streets, I prayed that I’d see some form of police to help me here. Of course, as my luck showed, I got something else.

“H.A.! There you are!” Kari yelled as I ran up to her.

“Kari! Run!” I yelled. She just looked at me confused, until she saw the gang of foxes following me. The light switch in her head turned on and she started running as well.

“H.A., what happened?” She asked as she caught up to me.

“I…have….no idea.” I said, clearly tired from running already. “I was just….walking around….and they…just showed up.”

Suddenly, I tripped and stumbled to the ground. I felt a sharp pain go through my ankle in the process. One more point to bad luck. What else could have gone wrong at this point? Wait, something else could. I noticed that we had run into an alleyway with no exit. Just perfect.

“H.A.!” Kari said alarmed as she looked at my ankle. “Are you alright?”

“Get out of here! You don’t know what they would do to you.” I said. I didn’t want to see her get hurt. As the gang of foxes caught up, their leader stepped in front and started laughing.

“Oh! You have a girlfriend, and a cute one at that! Perfect! This will be so much better than beating you down!” He said with his cynical and annoying laugh.

“Kari! Forget about me and go!” I yelled. This time with much more energy and I stared into her eyes.

“I couldn‘t.” She said back to me, but she hadn’t noticed that two of the foxes snuck behind her and grabbed her arms. Alarmed, she struggled to get free.

“Let me go!” She yelled kicking her legs around.

“Kari!” I said trying to stand up, but I felt that sharp pain in my ankle again and fell to the ground.

“Oh this is priceless!” The leader said, again with a smirk. I really wished someone could shut this guy up. He had to be the most annoying person I had ever seen and I had only known him for like five minutes. “Poor little freak boy can’t save his girlfriend.”

“Don’t call him a freak!” Kari yelled. This felt like school all over again, except there were bigger stakes here.

“Boss…she won’t stay still!” One fox said.

“I got it….” He said walking up to her. He stared her in the eyes and held out a pocket knife to her neck. “Stop moving.”

“No!” She yelled and spit in his face. He didn’t take that very kindly.

“Errr…..” The fox mumbled wiping his face. He turned back toward her and yelled. “You…*****!” Then smacked her hard across the face. Thank god he didn’t use the knife, but this guy was no weakling either. The hit left Kari standing with a few tears falling from her face. I had just about gone over the edge in rage at this point.. I stood up and leaned against the nearby wall.

“Put her down!” I said in a very demanding tone. They all just looked at me and laughed. God, I hated being treated like crap.

“Tell you what.” The leader began. “You can have her back after we’re done with her.” He began to caress Kari’s face. I couldn’t stand to see this happen right in front of me.

“No!” I yelled. “No! No! No! No! No!” I screamed over and over. The leader was just hysterical at how angry I was getting over it. That was it though. I had to say something quick. “Do anything you like to me! ******* kill me for all I care! Just leave her alone!”

The leader looked at me and actually thought for a bit.

“Boss! He’s got a point. Forget screwing this girl! I wanna kick someone’s ***!” The same guy I kicked in the head said. He had a giant bruise on his head from where I hit him.

“Yeah! I’ve been dying to hit something all day!” Another fox said.

“Alright…have at it guys. You can let her go.” The leader said as the two foxes dropped Kari. I was relieved to have her out of this, but now I was a goner. The group walked up to me, and fortunately, one of the guys spoke up.

“Boss, is the bet still on?” He asked. The leader looked at him.

“Bet?”

“Yeah…last guy to hit him, buys a round of drinks.” He said. The leader smiled.

“Sure, why not.” He snickered a little. “I guess it’s the fastest guy who wins now.”

“Let me at him first!” One guy yelled as he pushed forward, but another fox grabbed his leg and pulled him to the ground.

“No way! I got first dibs.” The fox that I kicked jumped in front.

“I still need to kick his *** for kicking mine first!” He yelled in his annoying little voice.

“Guys!” The leader yelled. “We’re a group! We don’t need to be fightin’ each other.” The leader looked around. “Hey….where did he go?”

“I think he got away boss!” A fox yelled.

While they were all fighting each other, Kari sly fully picked me up and made a run for it.

“Geeze! You’re heavy, H.A.” She said.

“Thanks…I appreciate the compliment.” I said sarcastically.

“I think we lost them.” She said, setting me down. Afterward, she took off my shoe and sock to take a closer look at my ankle.

“Please don’t tell me it’s broken.” I said in a worried tone. She sighed in relief.

“No…it’s just sprained. It should be fine in a day or two.” I also sighed in relief. The one time I actually want to go to the school dance, and I don’t want it to be ruined by something stupid like my ankle.

“Want me to walk you back to your house?” She asked.

“Wait…school isn’t over yet though.” I replied.

“You honestly want to go back there?” She said giggling.

“Pfft…yeah right. And sure, you could help me get home. It would take me forever on this ankle.”

On the way back, I was almost certain that she liked me. I mean, not only did she stand up for me against the entire school, but she chased after me after I left, and even stood by my side when those goons ambushed me. I was still too afraid to ask her if she liked me. Something in my mind wanted me to wait, just in case. Sure I could live with her rejecting me, since we’d still be friends, but her vibe around me would never feel the same if that happened. After a long quiet walk, and also getting lost in the process due to my terrible sense of direction, we reached my house.

“Thanks for helping me get home.” I said with a smile.

“You’re very welcome.” She replied.

“Would you like to come inside or something? You probably don’t have anything to do today right.” I said. “Since we…like skipped school.”

She giggled. “Yeah, I’d love to come in.”

When we opened the door and I saw my mother, I knew the world was gunna come crashing down. She had a very surprised look in her eyes, and I bet she wanted to know why I left school so early.

“H.A.!” She shouted. I gulped.

“Yeah….” I asked, expecting the worst. Instead, I heard the most insane response that I never ever in my life expected to hear.

“I have some news.” She started. News? What?

“I just got back from the doctors office today…..and…well….” She paused for a long time. Come on woman! Stop with the suspense already!

“You’re going to have a new baby brother or sister!” She said hugging me. My eyes just grew huge.

“W-W-W-W-What!!!!???” I shouted in complete surprise. Kari hugged me tightly once my mom let go.

“That’s awesome H.A.! Babies are so cute!” My mouth was hanging so low I was expecting my chin to hit the ground. Then came the question I was expecting.

“Now that that is out of the way H.A….why are you home so early, and who is this?”

I shook my head to get out of a state of shock, and began to tell my excuse.

((Excuse my belated-ness... please))
I actually kinda completely forgot about this for awhile. But anyways, I hope you eventually have the next chapter up. Dang, there should be a rule here for fics and comics; about how you have to have at least three issues done before postage.

But that was a compliment, lol... x3 But seriously, I should bring something like that up to the staff. XD

aw, though sometimes it's alright to have a little verbal vulgarity; at least if it's used in the appropriate situation(s), and it doesn't end up making them sound like sailors. xD

I mean, I don't mind almost completely G-rated fics... well, erm, actually, in some cases, those tend to drive me insane just a little.

But enough of my rambling.

Yeah, I should update more often, but I've just been SO busy lately with college and everything else I'm doing. I'll promise to finish the next one ASAP.

It's been too long since I've updated.

Chapter 5:

Well, once I explained myself and the situation, my mother’s expression was definitely surprise. It wasn’t because I was nearly killed by a gang, or left school early. Nonono, it was a different reason.

“You have a girlfriend!” She shouted happily. Kari and I both cringed at the word “Girlfriend.” Both of us just started shouting and waving our arms in the air.

“Whoa whoa! Slow down mom! I just met her today. Let’s not get carried away here.” I didn’t notice it, but I was blushing extremely hard right now.

“Yeah, we’re just regular friends.” Kari said in a calmer tone than my own, hardly without embarrassment either. My mother gave us both a look.

“Uh huh….sure….” She smiled. I sighed and changed the subject. It was my turn to ask a question.

“Mom….care to explain the whole…baby thing?” I asked. I was simply not expecting something like this to happen, ever. Was my mom seeing someone new behind my back? I hoped so because if it was my father….I don’t know what I would have thought.

“Well…I ran into your father a couple weeks ago.” Of course it was him. “We talked for awhile, and I really noticed a difference in him. He seemed calmer, and less ill-tempered.”

“That’s because I wasn’t around to up his temper.” I rolled my eyes. Kari looked at me confused.

“H.A….please.” My mom scolded. “Anyways, we spent the night out-”

“I thought you had a late meeting that night.” I interrupted.

“H.A…don’t interrupt.” She said to me in the same tone. “So, after a nice dinner, he invited me over to his place where the magic happened.” I just closed my ears, not wanting to hear anymore.

“And you’re never going to see him again, right?” I asked with lots of hope.

“He’s coming over for dinner tonight.” My mom said. Not what I wanted to hear.

“Mom, please….it’s going to be a disaster.” I whined. “You know dad and I don’t get along.”

“H.A. I do not care how much you dislike him.” My mom scolded at me. “I love him, and that is what matters. He’s coming over whether you want him to or not.”

I just sighed. At least it couldn’t be worse. I thought.

“Excuse me.” Kari asked. “Miss….um….”

“Just call me Harriet, sweetie.” My mom interrupted. “There’s no need to be so formal.”

“Oh…um…do you mind me staying until dinner?” Kari asked. I cringed at that statement. Kari does NOT want to meet my father.

“Not at all Kari.” My mother said. “You’re our guest.”

“Thank you.” She said with a smile. I put my hand on my face. This dinner is going to fall apart, very fast.

With everything cleared up between me and mom, Kari and I headed to my room, which was a mess of course.

“You’re so…organized H.A.” She said giggling.

“Ha ha ha…I have trouble keeping up with it, O.K.?” I said, until Kari noticed something.

“H.A….how long have you been able to walk on your ankle?” She asked.

“Well….I….just now?” I lied with a smile that gave it away. Kari tapped her foot for the truth.

“Alright, alright…I was able to put weight on it on the way back to my house.” I said putting my hands up. “Is it that big of a deal?”

“Having me bring you home? Oh I see what it is.” Kari said giggling. “That’s cute.” I looked at her a bit worried.

“What are you talking about?” I said with a fake laugh. I was a bit afraid that she might have noticed that I loved her.

“The messy room, and me basically carrying you home. You’re just a lazy fox.” She said pushing me on my bed playfully, and laughed in the process.

“Oh, is that so?” I commented back, and felt relieved inside. “Well, this lazy fox isn’t too lazy to fight back.” I stood up, grabbed her, and threw her on the bed. I enjoyed myself my own laugh, before she grabbed me.

“What’s the big idea?” She asked me, looking directly at my face. “I could have gotten hurt.”

“Don’t give me that. You did the same to me.” I smirked. She rolled her eyes. Suddenly, I heard the front door open. My heart stopped, thinking it was my father. I then heard my little brother’s voice.

“Who was that?” Kari asked, standing up.

“That’s my little brother, Shawn…..he’s a demon child.” I said, ironically since my dad called me the demon child. My comment made Kari giggle.

“Come on….he’s just a kid. He can’t be that bad.” She said pulling me up. “I want to meet him.”

“Sure….whatever, you go ahead.” I said, but Kari tugged my arm and forced me out to the living room. Why is she forcing me around so much? I thought.

We headed out toward the living room, and the aching sound of Shawn’s voice, most likely from hearing the baby news from my mother, and also the news about my father.

“Dad’s coming over! That’s awesome!” Shawn said excitedly to mom. I rolled my eyes. Suddenly, he turned to me.

“H.A.! How come you ditched school? Everyone at school was talking about you leaving.” He said, which actually shocked me. Normally the school just tends to forget I’m there.

“Long story. Don’t tend to tell someone like you.” I said in a bossy manner.

“H.A….be nice to your brother.” My mom said in her own bossy manner. “Why don’t you show Shawn your girlfriend?”

“For the last time, she’s not my-”

“Ooooooh! H.A. has a girlfriend! H.A. has a girlfriend!” Shawn teased at me. I was ready to beat the living crap out of him, but with Kari around, and of course, my mother, I could not do such a thing. Kari, on the other hand, just giggled.

“He’s really cute.” Kari said, kneeling to reach his height. “How old are you, Shawn?”

“12.….why?” He asked. “You don’t have a thing for little boys, do you?” I swear to god, I was gunna kill that kid one day.

“No, I just wanted to know how old you are.” She said, a bit confused at his response.

“Well, now you know. Nothing changing that, girl.” He said, sticking his tongue at her.

“The name is Kari, actually.” She said, actually getting annoyed at his attitude.

“H.A….” Shawn said, completely ignoring Kari. “How come you’re dating a hedgehog instead of a fox? That’s just stupid.”

I almost lost it. “Shawn….I swear to god…..shut the f-”

“H.A.! I will not tolerate that word in this house!” My mom shouted. “And Shawn….please be a little nicer to our guest.”

“Yes ma’am….” Shawn said as Kari stood up.

“What an annoying brat.” She whispered in my ear. I chuckled that she agreed with me.

“So, when is dad supposed to be coming?” Shawn eagerly asked, a question I did not want to know the answer to.

“Be patient, Shawn.” My mom ordered. “He should be home in a couple hours.”

“H.A….you wanna go for a walk or something?” Kari asked me, quiet enough so that my brother or mother couldn‘t hear. “I feel a bit uncomfortable here, no offence.”

“None taken, I feel uncomfortable here, and I live here.” I responded. “And sure, a walk would be nice.”

Kari and I both headed for the door, before my mom stopped us.

“Where are you two going?” She asked.

“We’re just going on a walk to pass time.” I answered.

“Oh…be sure to be back before dinner.” She said.

“Really? You’re not going to go out of your way to stop me after I ditched school or anything?” I said, really confused at her tone.

“I just don’t want to get in the way of you and your girlfriend.” She said with a smile. I just sighed.

“Sure…whatever….we’ll be back later, alright?” I said opening the door.

“Have fun you two.” My mom said.

“Yeah! Have fun K-I-S-S-I-N-G.” Shawn said giggling. I just shook a fist at him before leaving.

“Man! I am so glad to be out of there.” I said closing the door. Kari just nodded at me.

“So, H.A….what is this whole thing with your dad? Did he beat you as a kid or something?” Kari asked me. I just let out a loud sigh.

“It’s a very long story…..and of course like everything else…has to do with my two tails. I don’t want to talk about it.” I said.

“Come on….I wanna know.” She said.

“I really don’t want to.” I said again.

“Come on.” She said, elbowing me jokingly.

“The answer is no.” I said with a serious tone.

“Come on!” She said again, jokingly. She was having fun with this. I, however, was not.

“I said no already!” I yelled at her in the face. “I don’t want to talk about it! Can you please just drop it!?”

It was silent for awhile.

“S-Sorry…..” She finally said.

“You should be….” I said looking away. What the hell was I doing? I thought I cared about Kari. I shouldn’t be attacking her like this, so I turned back toward her.
“I’m….sorry I yelled at you like that.” I said quietly.

“It’s fine. I shouldn’t have pushed you.” Kari said.

“No. It’s not. I shouldn’t have yelled at you because…..” I almost let out my feelings right there, but Kari interrupted.

“Alright, drama-boy, enough with the mushy stuff.” Kari said sticking her tongue at me. I smiled.

“Whatever.” I said back.

“What do you wanna do till dinner anyway?” Kari asked.

“How about we ditch it?” I said. “I haven’t seen my father in years; I don’t plan to any time soon.”

“H.A….be serious….” She said.

“I am being serious.” I said back. “I. Do. Not. Want. To. See. My. Dad.” I said slowly and clearly.

“Come on.” Kari said. “You’re constantly complaining about him, and yet you don’t want to tell me why.” She grabbed my arm. “It’s like you want to tell me, but you don’t at the same time.”

“The man is evil, Kari….let’s leave it at that.” I said, trying to pull my arm back, but she wouldn’t give.

“Your mother seems pretty happy to have him come back.” She said. “He can’t be that bad.”

“My mom doesn’t give two ****s about me when he’s around.” I said finally getting my arm back, and started walking away.

“H.A! Come on!” Kari said running after me. “You’re overreacting.” I stopped walking.

“Overreacting?” I echoed her words. “You think I’m overreacting?” I turned around toward her. “You have no clue what I’ve been through as a kid. You have no idea what my dad has done to me. You….just….don’t know..” I looked away from her again. She put her hand on my shoulder.

“Then let me know.” She said softly. I don’t know what it was about her, but she just pulled it out of me.

“Alright….you really want to know why?” I said, still not facing her. She just nodded.

“O.K….” I began telling the tale.

When did I last update this? *Checks the date* Whoops! Guess I forgot about it...hehheh....

Well, this chapter is about H.A.'s past and his relationship with his father. Hope you all enjoy it.

Chapter 6:

My parents were a very happy couple in the years back. They were just like any other young couple; new to marriage, happy to have each other for the rest of their lives, and had so much planned for the future. One thing they didn’t plan on was me. The news of my mom being pregnant shocked both of them. Of course, after the initial shock, came the happiness of having a child in their lives.

My father at first glance looked like some huge business man; always had his hair done nice, always wearing a suit, and so on. The reality was he was just some guy with a dead-end job, which even I never knew. All I know is that our family was in a lower-middle class society. He worked hard, even at a minimum wage, and was likeable by nearly everyone. Great personality, great looks, hell, why else would my mom fall for him?

It was only a short nine months before I came into this world, and my family would change forever. For some odd reason, my parents decided to have me delivered at home. The same was done for Shawn, and I’m assuming it’s some sort of tradition that I don’t know about. Anyways, when I was born, the first thing that my father noticed, before even checking what gender I was, was my two tails. This angered him to a point to where my mother didn’t even know who he was anymore. This is where it’s a possible miracle I’m still alive. You’d think my father would have killed me right there; to put the “Freak” out of his misery. Instead, he just shouted a very hateful sentence.

“My son is a freak!” His lungs roared. My mother panicked, attempting to calm my father down.

“Hector please!” She yelled, forcefully taking me from the maniac that was my father. “This isn’t like you! It’s only an extra tail!”

“You’re right.” He said, and my mom calmed down. However, the tension grew again with his next statement. “We could easily remove it.”

“Never!” My mom gasped, holding me closer for worthless protection. “He’s our son, and we will love him for who he is.”

“I’d rather worship the devil himself, than take care of that…..Hell Spawn!” My father shouted yet again. My mother started to cry, which caused me to start crying as well.

“H-Honey….please….” She begged with tears running down her face. “Why not? He’s your son. He’s your flesh and blood!”

My father didn’t respond to her pleading or questions. Only a few minutes had passed since my birth, and my household was already a wreck. Some miracle I was. The front door opened, and my father was just about to leave before my mom stopped him.

“You are going nowhere Hector!” She shouted as she grabbed his arm. “Whether you want to or not, you are going to LOVE this child!” This broke my dad’s last bit of patience.

“Love that ‘Hell Abomination?’ That should be his name then! There! I named him, and you can take care of him! I want nothing to do with it!” He ripped his arm from hers. “And there’s not a **** thing you can do about it.”

“By hating him, you hate yourself!” She shouted back at him, trying to make some sense in her words. “You created him. He’s your son!” She repeated over and over, until my dad finally snapped.

“It’s YOUR FAULT ‘It’ is here like this!!!” He yelled in an even louder voice, and slapped my mother across her face. The entire room went silent besides my crying. My father walked out the door and slammed it closed.

My mother’s nose was now bleeding, so she grabbed a tissue and wiped it. She then went on to hug me close, trying to calm me down.

“Shhhh…it’ll be alright.” She said softly into my ear. “He’s gone…..” She paused. “He’s gone….oh God, he’s actually gone!” She burst into tears once again, but I stopped crying. I had no reason to cry, even if I was an infant. It was my mother’s turn to cry now.

A few minutes later, my mother had finally calmed down. “You know what?” She said to me while wiping her face off with a tissue. “I’m glad he’s gone. You’ll be much more a man than he’ll ever be.” One would think my mom was crazy. I mean, she was talking to an infant for crying out loud! Yet, what she was saying to me actually made sense.

“You still need a name, and my husband’s idea for your name just won’t do.” She smiled. “Why not just make it H.A.? Do you like that?” She asked, knowing I couldn’t possibly respond. “H.A. it is then.” She said happily. Was it possible she was this happy that my father left, or maybe it was just a mood swing from just having birth not too long ago?

Four years later would be the next time I would ever see my father. He walked into the house without knocking, and my mother noticed him as soon as he walked in. They both just stared at each other, until I came running around the corner and hugged my mom’s leg. My father immediately stared at me. When I saw him, it scared me to see him staring at me like that.

“M-Mommy….why is that guy looking at me?” I asked, as a sudden fear built inside me.

“It’s nothing, H.A. Go and play now, O.K.?” She replied. I just nodded and ran off.

“So….you named it H.A.?” He said walking closer to her. With every step he took, she took one back. “Don’t call him an ‘It.’ He’s my son, and you don’t deserve to be his father anymore.”

“Good.” He smiled.

“Why are you here, anyway?” My mother asked.

“No reason, it’s my house after all, right?” He said walking around the living room. “I just missed the place a little. Of course….” He turned back to my mom. “I missed you much more.” He went in to kiss my mother, and for some reason, she accepted.

“Oh…honey…why can’t you just pretend to love him at least? We could still be a family.” She asked, and if I was there to hear that, I would have been disgusted with her for asking it.

“We’ve been over this before. Four years ago to be exact.” He said holding her close.

“He needs a father.” My mother said, contradicting her own statement that was said only a minute ago. I could overhear them talking, and hid far away to watch. I didn’t know who that guy was and yet he was kissing my mother and holding her close.

“Give him a chance.” She continued. “He’s a very good boy. He never acts up, has any tempers, or anything. He’s a lot like you…well, what you USED to be.” She pushed him away after that statement, and he didn’t take it very lightly.

“I couldn’t give a **** if he was the king of Mobius! That freak would make me look like a laughing stock if people knew I was his father!” He yelled. I looked at my tails. I always knew it was weird of me to have two tails, but my father made it seem like people would hate me for it. It was at this time, I ran out crying to my mom. I just bolted toward her as fast as I could when the tears started to escape.

“Mommy….am I a freak?” I said crying into her chest.

“Nonono honey….you’re just different. In fact….” She stared into my dad’s eyes. “You’re BETTER than everyone else. Having two tails is a gift you should cherish…O.K.?” She looked back at me. I just gave a slight nod.

“Don’t feed him lies.” My dad said. “It’ll only make him crash harder when he goes to school, and gets ridiculed by the other kids.”

“So you actually care about him now?” My mom asked, noticing he called me a “Him” instead of an “It.”

He said nothing in response. All he did was roll his eyes. “How about we try to catch up on things? Just the two of us.” He asked my mom.

“What about H.A.?” She asked, looking back down at the crying little kid that was me.

“We’ll get him a baby-sitter.” He said.

“Well….alright.” My mom said carefully. “I’ll admit….I did miss you, too.”

With that, my parents got back together, but still lived separately. Shawn was born a year after that, and I noticed something very different my father’s behavior. He would always play with Shawn, and leave me out of the picture. Even my mother began to grow away from me, and that’s when I vowed to be the best person I could be, just to get my parents attention. I did well in school, never acted badly; I even stayed away from drugs and alcohol when I became a teenager. Still, I felt different from everyone else.
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“My life hasn’t changed much since then, but now you know what’s up with me and my father.” I said to Kari, who was baffled by the story.

“That’s…so sad…” She said looking at the ground. “You know….we could ditch your family’s dinner if you want.”

“That would be very nice, but…..I don’t think I would go through with it. My mom would kill me.” I said rolling my eyes. Kari laughed.

“Well, that settles it then. It’s almost time to eat anyway.” She said, and we headed back to my house.

Give this man a round of applause! Very well done, I like the theme, he's a lucky little man, a girl on the first day of school, 11th grade or not, I'm pathetic, I'm in 7th and I'm a normal kid, but no girl would ever date me it seems. *sigh*

Anyways, this has given me an idea, just an idea, not saying anything more, but maybe we could make this a role-play or new fan-fiction, with all our characters in it, and called TTFF High, or we could resurrect that once-failed School role-play.

Anyways, great story, as I emphasized earlier, more updates, please.

Oh, wow, I just now realized you updated the fic. XD

I'm definitely looking foward to the next chapter. ^_^

It's a very well typed story you have there, but I don't like the whole "high school" theme. I try to stay a way from that matter, since I hate everything high school related...

The story is still good though. So don't get me wrong. ^^;

I had a very mild high school life so, to me, high school wasn't that bad.

What's this? An update! O_O

Chapter 7:

I would have paid someone money to make the walk back to my house take longer. I haven’t seen my father in years, and I wanted to keep it that way. Unfortunately, fate can be a *****. It always seemed to grab me by the neck with both hands, and shake me violently until I stop breathing. I started to wonder how the night would go with my dad. The last time I saw him was when I was twelve; just a small kid who still didn’t understand why he was being picked on his whole life. Now, I was a full grown teenager. I viewed things with a different perspective, and understood my “Gifted Curse” with a developed mind. I could even argue with my dad, rather than being yelled at the whole time like I was a baby who couldn’t talk. A grin grew across my face with the thought of talking back to my dad. Maybe this night wouldn’t be so bad after all; taking all the years of holding back my anger and throwing them right back in my dad’s face.

Two blocks till we would be back at the comforting hell that was my home. After thinking of things to say to my dad, I ran into a problem. Kari was going to be at the table. I may have told her about my past, but this was the real deal. How would she feel when she sees me screaming at my father will pure hatred in my eyes? There’s no way she would look at me the same way again. Things have been going so well between us in just a day, and to screw it all up to get back at my father would be the most idiotic thing I would ever do in my life. Still, she didn’t mind my blow-up back at school, and the hatred behind that was rasher than this; and yet, I felt like arguing with my dad would be the wrong thing to do.

Only a block left now. Something grabbed my hand; it startled me until I realized Kari had grabbed it. I turned to my right, and stared into her eyes. ****, she was so beautiful. Her dark blue hair that made the most beautiful ocean look like mud, the red headband she wore that matched the color of my fur; must be her favorite color, and her sky-blue eyes staring directly into my own. I really wanted to tell her my feelings right there, but I held the thought back in my mind. It was too soon. It was far too soon. We’ve only known each other for a day, and for most people, that was only enough time to become an acquaintance. However, Kari and I had become good friends. We went through a lot that day; more than most people would go through in their entire high school life.

“H.A……you’re squeezing my hand.” She said slowly, as if she wasn’t trying to interrupt my deep thoughts. My cheeks turned slightly red. I hadn’t realized it, but I had begun to sweat. I quickly took my hand away from hers as I didn’t want her to get her hand wet. She’d think something suspicious of that.

“Oh!” I replied suddenly. “Well….maybe I’m just a little worried about how the night is going to go.” That would have been a lie, but my house soon came in plain sight. Now, I actually was worried. After much thought, I decided to let the night go. I wasn’t going to do anything crazy toward my dad. He was going to come and yell about how terrible I was, I would sit there completely ignoring his remarks, he would leave, and then it would be over. I played the scenario over and over again in my head, until we reached the front door. Before opening it, I checked the driveway for my dad’s car; it wasn’t in sight. I let out a small sigh of relief and slowly opened the door. It always seemed that the less you want to be heard, the door does the opposite. I’m surprised the door didn’t just scream “Hey everybody! H.A. is home!” when I opened it. Surely enough, my mother heard Kari and I come in.

“There you two are.” She said with a smile. I had no idea why, but she was really excited to have my dad come over for dinner. What she saw in that ******* was beyond me. “Dinner should be ready in about twenty minutes. How was your walk?”

“Enjoyable. It’s a nice day, isn’t it Kari?” I said with a fake smile.

“Oh yes. The sunset is beautiful. You guys get a much better view of the sun here than my house.” She said playing along with me. If my mom knew that I was originally planning on ditching dinner, she wouldn’t let me leave my room till I was out of high school.

“That’s nice to hear.” My mom said walking back into the kitchen. The smell coming from it made me glad I didn’t skip dinner. I was hungry, and my mom was a great cook.

“What are we having?” I asked without even realizing I had said it. The smell just left me ever so curious.

“Nothing special, just spaghetti and meatballs.” My mother replied.

“I don’t eat much Italian food.” Kari said. “Is it good?”

“You haven’t lived till you’ve had my cooking.” My mom said with a grin.

I had to interrupt. “Yes, yes. That’s very nice and all, but Kari and I need to get ready for din-“

“I cook a little bit myself. Do you mind letting me help?” Kari asked, interrupting me.

“No problem, dear. Just come into the kitchen with me and I’ll show you a few pointers.” My mom said, adding her own little flare to her voice. I put my hand on my face. It looked like I was stuck doing nothing till dinner. Not unusual to say the least, but I wanted to chat with Kari before my dad arrived.

It was only a few minutes later that my father’s car parked into the driveway. I heard the car door slam closed, and with that, my heart started to beat faster. I felt like going to my room until dinner started, but I decided against it. I wanted the first person my dad to see was me. So, I leaned against the wall in the living room until he came inside.

What I saw when the door opened didn’t surprise me. He looked the same as he did the last time I met him. It always felt like my dad never aged, at least in my eyes anyway. Still, something did look different about him in size. Since I grew a lot in the years, I was actually a half foot taller than him, and more built to add on to the comparison. Long story short, if there was a fight between me and my dad, you’d be safe placing all your money on me.

I purposely had my tails sit in front of me, so that they could be in plain sight for my father to see. He gave me a quick glance, but then walked into the kitchen. I never took my eyes off of him. Doing so would make me feel insecure and I didn’t want him to think that. Kari had already left the kitchen before he had entered. Somehow she came out of my bedroom.

“When did you leave the kitchen?” I asked, a little confused about her whereabouts.

“Your mom was already finished with everything, and I thought you were in your room already.” She replied. “Is your dad here yet?”

“He’s in the kitchen.” I said sternly back to her. Kari didn’t say anything for awhile after that. She looked me in the eyes again. It was like she was trying to communicate with me telepathically.

“So…..did you two talk to each other?” She asked.

“Nope.” I said sternly yet again.

“Did he even look at you?” She asked yet another question.

“A glance, but that was all.” I said still leaning against the wall.

“Why didn’t you talk to him?”

“Well, I wanted him to speak first.”

“You expected him to talk first? After what you’ve told me, I would be surprised if he did that.”

“I would have talked first, but I didn’t know what to say.”

“Well….you’ll have all of dinner time to talk to him.” That was the last thing she said before my mother called use in for dinner. I lifted myself off the wall and walked into the dining room. My dad was already sitting down, waiting for his food to be served to him.

“Look at him. Treating my mom like a slave. He’s just sitting there waiting for his food.” I said to Kari with a big of anger in my voice.

“We’re all doing the same thing, H.A.” Kari said with a little chuckle. “You just need to chill out a little, O.K.?” I let out sigh.

“You’re right, let’s get this over with.” I said, taking the further seat from my dad; Kari sat next to me. My mother and Shawn sat at the other end of the table, leaving my father to keep his one side by himself.

The dinner started off completely silent, but I noticed my dad looking over at Kari every chance he could get; even after every bite of food. It wasn’t long before he spoke those words I wish he would never ask.

“Who is that girl sitting by him?” I almost chuckled at him not saying my name. My mom tried to answer.

“That’s H.A.’s-“

“That’s H.A.’s girlfriend!” Shawn blabbed out. My father almost immediately spit out his food. The dinner table became silent once again, until he started laughing hysterically.

“Oh….that was a good one, Shawn. ‘Him’ having a girlfriend? Man, I’d be seeing meteors falling out of the sky right now if that were true.” I looked over at my mom who said nothing. My head shook in disgust at her not sticking up for me, but then Kari spoke.

“Oh….is that so?” She said standing up. I looked at Kari. I really wanted her to sit down and forget she even said anything.

“What is your name, miss?” My dad said, still with a grin at Shawn’s remark.

“Kari.” She said, still looking at my dad with concern.

“That’s a nice name…..now…who are you really?” He asked again.

“I’m telling you dad! She’s H.A.’s girlfriend! It’s not a joke!” Shawn interrupted yet again. My dad didn’t take that as a joke the second time around.

“Are you ******* kidding me!?” He yelled when he stood up.

“Honey! Please!” My mom said covering Shawn’s ears.

“There is no way that……that thing could have a girlfriend! And to make things worse, she’s a hedgehog for crying out loud!” He yelled, and then pointed a finger at me. “I don’t know what kind of psycho world you live in, but there’s no room for hedge-fox babies here. I want her out of this house!”

“**** it dad! Shut up!” I said standing up. “I don’t care if you talk trash about me, but leave my friends out of it. What the hell did she do to deserve to be kicked out of this house?”

“It’s my house, my rules.” He said grinning.

“**** you!” I cussed at my dad. “You haven’t been here in five years, and as far as I’m concerned, I can have whoever the hell I want here! And F.Y.I., she isn’t my girlfriend, she’s just a friend. O.K.? Can you get that through your thick-headed skull, you *******? Huh!?” I don’t think I’ve ever been that pissed in my life. Kari looked at me and saw the person she saw back at school the same day. My dad looked in my eyes, and sat down. He knew he’d been beat. I sighed, and sat back down myself. My mother took her hands off Shawn’s ears, and Kari also took a big sigh.

“What just happened?” Shawn asked.

“It was nothing, honey.” My mom said. “H.A. and daddy are just…..catching up.”

“I want to catch up with dad too!” He whined. “I just hope he doesn’t start yelling at me, too.” My dad chuckled at his comment.

“Don’t worry, son.” He said. “We can catch up after dinner alright? I’m sorry I haven’t been home in awhile.” The way he said it saying that made me sick to my stomach. The way everyone was treating the situation like my dad and I didn’t even fight made mean feel very, very sick.

“May I be excused?” I asked my mom.

“But you’ve hardly eaten anything.” My mom said.

“I’ve suddenly lost my appetite. It’s the strangest thing. However could it have happened?” I said with the most sarcasm I could pull off. I could tell my dad was getting angry again, but I was betting inside he was relieved I was leaving the table.

“Alright, alright.” My mom said giving in. “But, you better not be eating any midnight snacks, H.A.”

“Right, whatever.” I said rolling my eyes. “I’ll see you in a bit Kari, alright?”

“Alright, H.A.” She said, with a worried look on her face. As I left the table, I could hear everyone begin talking again. This time, it was all casual, and there were no awkward, silent moments. Without me at the table, everything was normal.


To be continued!


As you can see, my writing is definitely getting more defined. My English professor at college is a genious when it comes to writing. (He's a professional writer.) I've broken a lot of bad habits (Being too broad, overusing the word just, and other things.) thanks to him.

It's up on fanfiction.net now. Chapter 8 is up there.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5000586/1/Mobius_High

Awsome.... Just awsome....

i think Snowey and .H.A would be good friends. (He gets teased about his two tails' too.=P)