Commencement, Part 1 is the ninth chapter of the fifth series of Sonic The Hedgehog: House of Iblis.
Overview[]
While Sonic and his friends are getting ready for graduation, Amy visits her sister in Soleanna's Psychiatric Hospital. And the arrival of three incoming freshman shakes Soleanna.
Included Characters[]
Cream the Rabbit
Doctor Eggman
Mighty the Armadillo
Honey the Cat
Ray the Flying Squirrel
Rosy the Rascal
Synopsis[]
"Rosy is your sister?!" Tails exclaimed.
"Yes." Amy said. "She's four years younger than me."
"So, she's twelve."
"Yup. She was the one you saved on Little Planet all those years ago Sonic." Amy told him.
"What? I always thought it was you!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Well, you saved me from Metal Sonic back then, too." Amy said.
"I joined Gaia to try to help her." Amy said.
"What do you mean?" Sally asked. "Where is she?"
"Soleanna's Psychiatric Hospital. After you met her, Sonic, she was never right after that. I think Metal Sonic did something to her brain." Amy said. "I'm going to visit her tomorrow."
"But, we have school." Knuckles said.
"I, kinda dropped out, remember?" Amy asked.
"Right..." Knuckles said.
"Good night, guys." everyone said.
The next day, Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, Cosmo, Julie-Su, Big, and Marine were in Beta's classroom.
"Our...class...valedictorian...is...Tails...Prower. Congratulations...." Beta said.
Everyone cheered.
The bell rang.
"And...that...marks...your...final...lesson." Beta told them.
Everyone returned to their houses. Sonic, Knuckles, Tails, and Big cheered.
"Can you believe we're graduating?" Knuckles asked.
"Nuh uh." Big said.
Big went into his room, and yelled.
"Big what is it?" Sonic asked, going inside.
"New roommates!" Big yelled in excitement.
Knuckles and Tails went in too.
"Newbies..." Knuckles said.
"Hi. I'm Ray." the squirrel said.
"I'm Mighty." the armadillo said.
"Nice to meet you guys." Sonic said.
Sally walked into the kitchen.
"Hyahh!" a girl yelled, pinning Sally down.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said.
"Um, who are you?" Sally asked.
"The name's Honey." she replied.
"I thought you were Ray." Honey said. "He can be so annoying sometimes."
"Well, well, look who's back." Sonic said. They all went downstairs, and saw Eggman.
"Um, hello, everyone." Eggman said.
"Eggman! You're back!" Sally exclaimed.
"Hello, Eggman. It's nice to have you back." Chip said.
"Um, who are these people?" Julie-Su asked, referring to Mighty, Ray, and Honey.
"Incoming freshman. The junior high's having a case of bedbugs, so they're in early." Eggman explained.
Amy, Shadow, and Cream walked into Soleanna's Psychiatric Hospital.
"We're here to see Rosy." Amy said to Nurse Lisa.
"Right this way." she said.
"Rosy, you have a visitor." Nurse Lisa said through the door.
The three went inside Rosy's room.
"Hi, Rosy." Amy said. "How are you doing?"
Rosy was catatonic, not saying anything.
"No! She was supposed to be fine after I helped Gaia!" Amy exclaimed.
"Amy, she'll be okay." Shadow said.
"Let's go." Amy said. "She's not gonna talk."
"I'm sorry, Amy." Cream said.
"Lost Hex....Lost Hex is coming." Rosy said.
"What? What did you just say?" Amy asked.
Rosy smiled at her. Then, she fell asleep.
Amy, Shadow, and Cream returned to Gaia House later that night. There was a feast full of cookies, cake, pizza, and other food waiting for the seniors.
Suddenly, the lights went out.
"I'll go check the main fuse." Eggman said. Chip came with him.
"Alright, guys. Let's go into the cellar and finish this party." Sonic said.
They all followed him down, bringing food with them.
"This is where Chip spends his time." Cosmo said.
"I don't think Chip would like us down here." Ray said.
"Why? You scared?" Knuckles asked.
"N-no, it's just.." Ray said.
"Come on. I'm hungry!" Mighty said. He ran to the food, and started eating it.
Sonic ran up the stairs, followed by Tails and Sally.
"Why do you think the lights went out?" Tails asked.
"I don't know." Sonic said. "But we need to find out."
Eggman and Chip walked back inside.
"Well, if it's not the main fuse, I don't know what." Eggman said. "By the way, thank you for letting me stay here while Iblis House is getting rebuilt."
"Wow." Sally whispered. "Eggman sure got a knock on the head. It's like he's a completely different person."
"Hey, where are all the kids? And the food?!" Chip exclaimed.
"Hmm." Eggman said, checking the cellar door. "Unlocked."
They started going down the stairs.
The kids heard them, and began to hide. Amy and Cream hid under a table with Mighty and Ray. Shadow hid on the other side of the wall. Julie-Su and Knuckles hid under the stairs. Big ducked, still completely visible. Cosmo and Marine hid behind Big.
"Well, well Chip. Looks as if someone's had a party." Eggman said.
"And they didn't invite us!" Chip exclaimed.
Suddenly, the lights went back on.
"Everyone, back upstairs!" Chip yelled.
Mighty, Ray, Amy, Cream, Big, Cosmo, and Marine went back upstairs.
Honey walked down the stairs.
"Oh, hi guys. What happened to the lights?" she asked.
"We don't know." Eggman said.
"Oh..." Honey said. She went back to her room.
"Chip, did you know that Gaia House and Iblis House were built at the same time?"
"No, I didn't. Why?"
"I feel as if there may be a connection. Perhaps something was unearthed in the wreckage of Iblis House that has some connection to Gaia House." Eggman said. He opened up a newspaper article of the Soleanna Times. It was dated back to 1922.
"The current Duke of Soleanna built the two houses using stones he discovered in an unspecified area." Eggman said.
"Maybe there's a disturbance at Iblis House." Chip said.
"Yes. We shall check after the graduation ceremony." Eggman said.
They went upstairs. Knuckles, Julie-Su, and Shadow got out of their hiding spots.
"We should tell Sonic." Knuckles said.
They went upstairs and told Sonic, Sally, and Tails.
"Let's check it out tomorrow." Sonic said.
The next morning, Amy went to the Soleanna Mental Institution.
"Hi, I'm here to see Rosy." Amy said.
"Oh, you just missed her." Nurse Lisa said.
"Excuse me?" Amy asked.
"She passed her psych evaluation last night and left this morning." Nurse Lisa told her.
Amy went back to Gaia House.
Honey was sitting in the lounge, talking to another girl. She wore an orange headband, green and white shirt, yellow skirt, and blue shoes. She saw Amy, and smiled.
"Hey, sis. Guess what? I'm enrolled in the Soleanna Academy now."