It was a cold, dark night in a forest. A hedgehog with a similar appearance to

Shadow was sitting alone on a large rock in the middle of a forest. He was black

and wore jet shoes that were the same as Shadow's but had a blue line instead

of red. He also wore inhibitor rings with blue cuffs on them and had white chest

fur. The hedgehog also wore gloves with mysterious blue marks on each one. He

had blue stripes on his arms and legs but a major difference in looks from

Shadow is that the hedgehog did not have any stripes on his spikes. The

hedgehog's name was Black the Hedgehog. He was created 40 years ago as an

extremely powerful life form. Black actually is more powerful than Shadow. But

his backstory is very mysterious and interesting. 40 years before the current

events, a scientist named Sam Turner wanted to create a creature of ultimate power

to help him protect the world from danger in case such an event was to occur.

But the problem is that he couldn't find a sufficient power source. But then a villain

named Darkstar came by. He was a star shaped being with immense chaos powers

and his goal was to assemble a galactic army to takeover numerous planets in the

galaxy. However Darkstar met Sam Turner while he was talking to himself about

creating his life form. Darkstar then offered to help Sam but under a certain

agreement. In order to help Sam, Darkstar required that he gave him the materials

he needs in order to set up an army to take over the galaxy. Darkstar obviously kept

his evil plan a secret. He also said that the life form would have to serve him as well

when he returns to Earth 40 years later. So Sam agreed and Darkstar gave him his

DNA in order to create the creature. As the DNA was placed into a stasis tube, it

quickly grew into a black and blue hedgehog. This hedgehog would become Black

the Hedgehog. Soon after he was completed, the stasis tube was opened and he then

opened his deep blue eyes. Darkstar then left promising that he will return in 40

years. Black had obeyed Sam until Sam eventually died from cancer. Black then went

off to live life by himself. But this was only the beginning of a great adventure that

includes fighting for survival and even some romance as well.