Chapter 1 of Comic Edition: The Beginning of the Longest Day

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The beginning note:

> Originally written on June 17th, 2019. The original title was going to be "Where's That Dumb Fourth Teacher?" before it was changed to "The Longest Day" and then what it is now once the next few chapters were written and I decided to make them all take place in the same day.
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## Appearances

* Scourge
* Manic
* Eggman (Mentioned)
* Fiona
* Finitevus (Mentioned)
* Honest
* Shadow

## **Summary**

The chapter begins with Scourge and Manic standing at the front of a school building in the morning. Manic is holding two sheets of paper side by side, comparing them. Scourge is standing with his back against a wall, frowning with his eyes half-lidded. Manic laughs and remarks on how Eggman went back to get his teaching degree after all. Scourge continues to frown and tells Manic that Eggman was there the year before last. Manic reminds Scourge that he wasn't here back then and thus didn't know before handing one of the sheets of paper, his class schedule, back to Scourge.

Scourge looks over his schedule and finds that he has a class called Advanced Biology third period. Who the teacher is startles him, and he tells Manic to excuse him. He stands up from the wall and adjusts his glasses. Manic asks him what's up, and Scourge explains that he needs to find someone. He sees who he is looking for, Fiona, and runs to meet her atop a hill.

Fiona looks mad, but she and asks why Scourge keeps leaving her at the bus stop. Scourge explains that Fiona told him to keep his distance from her while they walked, and that the shoes he is wearing cause him to walk fast. Fiona tells him to forget about it and asks him what he was going to tell her. Scourge tells Fiona that Doctor Finitevus is the new science teacher at school, and that they need to go talk to Honest about this.

Honest and Shadow arrive at school eight minutes before the bell. Scourge comes running down the hill towards them and halts to catch his breath once there. Fiona stands at the top of the hill, watching them. Scourge tells Honest that they need to talk. Scourge and Honest decide to hide between the buildings. Honest remarks internally on how Shadow and Fiona feel almost like unwanted visitors here since only Honest and Scourge have ever set foot in this hidden area before. She pushes this feeling away though and asks Scourge what he wanted to talk about.

Scourge asks Honest and Shadow if either of them have science classes that year. Honest tells him that she has Psychaotology and that Shadow has Advanced Biology. He tells them that their teacher is Doctor Finitevus. Honest reacts as if she already knows this, and Shadow has no idea who Finitevus is and is confused. Honest says that, since Scourge used to work for him, she thought that Scourge would be excited, or at the very least, somewhat interested in taking advantage of this. Scourge looks appalled at what Honest is suggesting, but Fiona tells Honest that she is right that they are both very excited. She also says that they hope Dr. Finitevus will help them take back Moebius.

This raises a red flag with Shadow's mind, and he asks Honest if that is her goal as well. Honest tells him "yes, but no," and tells him that if he were to read the Comics, it would become clearer to him. Honest then asks Scourge and Fiona to step out so that she can talk to Shadow in private. Scourge reminds Honest that she needs to be quick since it's almost time for first period, and then both him and Fiona leave.

As soon as they're gone, Honest sits down in the grass, and Shadow copies her. Honest tells Shadow that Dr. Finitevus is "a mad scientist who is obsessed with knowledge," and that "his primary goal is to get Knuckles on a dissection table." Shadow asks what he should be wary about when he sees him. Honest tells him that "he is willing to do anything for knowledge, he survived falling off of Angel Island so he's pretty powerful, and he has dark chaos abilities." Shadow stops her there, and Honest tries to explain further but is interrupted by the bell.

The end note:

> This story is going to be a doozy. My plan is to thoroughly look into every single major character in the comics (or, well, just those I deem relevant), and then, in the end, develop a general idea of what characters I need to continue to incorporate into my story. I already know I need Scourge, Fiona, and Rosy because their whole characters depend on long-term relationships, but there are other characters I'm very unsure of. The anti-Tails for instance. Or Doc Fin.
> Thank you so much for reading this, and I hope you continue to stick around. I've got a lot of writing to do.
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