| abstract | - One day, at Grunterbax High, Kirby, Sonic, Peewee, and Link were sitting in the cafeteria, enjoying lunch while they complained about their classes. "Ugh...Health Ed was terrible today! Mrs. Greevil's insane, I tell ya!" Peewee lamented, putting his head in his paws, his overlarge, speckled ears flopping onto the table. Link just shrugged. "We already know she's insane," he said. Peewee sighed and straightened his round glasses. "True...but still...!" Suddenly, Peewee was interrupted from his rambling by a voice. "Hey, guys!" it said. The group of four turned around to see Sally and Zelda waving at them. The boys waved back as the two princesses joined them at the table. As usual, Zelda sat next to Link, and Sally sat next to Sonic. The Mobian hedgehog smiled at his girlfriend. "Hey Sal," he said, nuzzling her happily. She giggled and nuzzled him back, blushing slightly. "You two really shouldn't be doing that," said Kirby, raising an eyebrow. "What if a G-Cop sees you?" "Ah, lighten up, Kirby," said Sonic, waving an impudent hand at him. "I mean, it's not like we're making out or anything. That'd just be gross." "Yeah, Kirby," Link said teasingly, picking up and throwing a pickle slice at the pink star warrior, who promptly caught it in his gargantuan mouth and swallowed it whole, grimacing soon afterwards. "Yeecchh, that wasn't a dill pickle." The Hylian hero grinned. "Besides," Sonic continued, leaning back in his chair and putting his arms behind his head. "If they did see, they would have come walking over here." "You mean like now?" asked a sudden, almost taunting voice. Sonic nearly fell out of his seat while the others jumped and looked around frantically for the source of the voice, finally laying eyes upon Principal Grunterbax himself. The school tyrant continued to leer at them; a real ogre of a man (no, I'm serious), he was tall and heavyset, with yellow eyes, warty skin and three short horns extending from his head. A G-Cop was standing at his side; it bore some resemblance to the SWATbots under Robotnik's command, but with a large letter "G" imprinted into its chest, as well as a different chassis design. "Don't think your public display of affection went unnoticed, Mr. Hedgehog," he said, crossing his meaty arms. "Those things are forbidden here!" The G-Cop standing next to Grunterbax produced two pink slips of paper from a slot on its chest, and gave one to both Sonic and Sally, the former of who was gritting his teeth and fuming. "After school," said the principal, smirking. "Do not try to skip out of it, or else." And with that, he and the G-Cop left. Sonic had the detention slip clutched in his left hand, which was shaking with fury. "I'm getting so sick of Grunty!!" he cried, slamming his fist upon the table. "Too right," Peewee agreed, nodding sagely. "This is so ridiculous," muttered Sally. "He can't have seen! And even so..." "Enough," Kirby said suddenly. Everyone turned to look at him, slightly confused. "We're not taking this anymore," he continued, hopping up onto the table. "But...what could we do? We can't just leave school," said Zelda. "We don't have to actually leave. We're going to start a resistance. I believe you're familiar with this, Sonic, Peewee and Sally?" The three Mobians nodded. Kirby smiled. "Good. Then it's settled. From now on, we stand against Grunterbax as a team." "Haven't we always done that?" asked Link, looking rather confused. "True...but now, we can recruit others to our side." "Wha...?" "That's a part of being a Freedom Fighter," said Sally. "You find others who are also oppressed, and willing to fight for their freedom." "Ohhh." "So, what do you say, you guys?" said Kirby. "I say yes!" said Sonic. "Me too!" "Yeah! The six friends cheered. And thus the resistance began. Later, after school, Sonic and Sally were in the detention hall, sitting in one of the room, on opposite sides. Sonic sighed. "This is so ridiculous!" he groaned. Sally looked at him. "I know," she said. “But what can we do? If we try to leave, we’ll get into worse trouble.” "Oh come on, Sal. This guy can’t do anything worse than what Robotnik did to us back on Mobius...I mean it's not like he's hiding a Roboticizer in his office or something..." A sudden tapping noise got their attention. Turning towards the small window at the back of the room, they saw Link standing there, waving. "Link!" Sonic said, getting up. "What are you doing here?! What if Grunty or one of his goons sees you?!" "Sorry," the teenage Hylian whispered. "Kirby just wanted me to tell you guys that we’re holding a meeting away from the apartment. Don’t want Grunty catching on." The hedgehog facepalmed. "He couldn’t have waited until after detention?!" "Guess not." "Look," said Sonic. "Just get out of sight before someone sees you. We don’t need anyone else getting a detention." "Right-o," said Link, getting up and running off quickly. Sonic sighed, turning to Sally. "It’s like Robotnik’s coup d’état all over again, Sal," he said. "Lord knows we don’t need that again," she replied, rolling her eyes. Later, after Sonic and Sally got out of detention, the gang reunited at the local park. They sat near the big willow tree, which was a popular haunt for them, and the site of most of their major discussions. It was also a great place to just hang out and watch the world go by. "Okay, you guys," said Kirby. "The first thing we gotta do is come up with a name for ourselves. Any suggestions?" "How about 'The Tyrant-Trashers'?" Peewee said. "Grunty’s a tyrant." "The 'Evil Principal Smashers'!" said Link. "I like the 'Freedom Patrol'," Sonic said. Kirby simply shook his head. "They’re good suggestions, but we need something...more," he said, sitting back and thinking. Just then, Manik and Lank (the respective younger siblings of Sonic and Link) popped out from behind the tree, making everyone else jump yet again. "We came up with a good name!" said Lank, looking excited. "Let’s hear it, then," Kirby said. The two youngsters smiled. "The Anti-Grunterbax League!" they announced proudly. Everyone stared at them for a few seconds. Then they all looked at each other, starting to smile as well. "I like it," said Zelda. Sally smiled and nodded while Peewee, Link and Sonic voiced their agreements. "Then it's settled," said Kirby, smiling as well. "We are now the Anti-Grunterbax League!" And there was much rejoicing.
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