"Well here we are!" Sonic announced as he and Shadow walked up to Steve's house. Shadow groaned at this.

"Sonic why do we have to do this?" He whined. "We have nothing to do with this kid's show. I want to go home."

Sonic looked at him and smirked. "Do we? I happen to remember seeing you in Blue onesie pajamas watching this very show."

"Shut it! You have no business with what I do by myself!" Shadow growled through grit teeth.

The blue hedgehog snickered. "Just admit you're a big baby and I'll drop it."

"Never!"

Sonic pursed his lips and gave him a "I'm never going to let this go." Look.

Shadow bared his fangs at the blue hedgehog but didn't get a different reaction. Sonic slightly laughed.

The black and red hedgehog stopped and looked toward the door. Sonic decided teasing time was over and knocked on the door. They stood there for a minute before a human man with brown hair wearing a green striped shirt and khaki pants answered the door. "Oh it's you. Thank goodness you're here."

Sonic puffed out his chest. "Sonic the Hedgehog at your service!" He suddenly remembered Shadow and motioned to him. "And this is Shadow." Shadow just stood there folding his arms.

"I know who you are. Come in, come in." The man stepped out of the way and let the two hedgehogs through the purple door into the front room. There was a picture of a bakery on the wall, a big red chair and the wallpaper was peach with orange squiggles on it.

"I'm so glad you two are here to fill in for Blue and I on the show today. Poor Blue is sick and needs to go to the vet."

"It's no problem…eh…"

"Steve." Shadow mumbled.

Sonic smiled at him. "Steve. I'm glad I could fill in for you."

Steve nodded and walked with them to his bedroom where Blue was sick in bed with an ice pack on her head. He walked over to her and felt her forehead.

"She's still warm, just like this morning." He said.

"Bow bow…" Blue barked sickly. She coughed and looked over at Steve with her blue eyes. She looked pitiful.

"Poor puppy…" Sonic said and his ears went down. Shadow just stood there motionless.

"Hopefully it's nothing serious." Steve said. "I hope she gets better soon."

"Us too." The blue hedgehog replied

Steve sighed. "I know you don't feel well Blue but we have to go to the doctor's now." He told her.

"Bow." The blue puppy replied and coughed.

Steve picked her up from the bed and carried her to the front door. "The director will have a smaller version of my outfit and a Blue costume ready for you two."

Sonic smirked. "Oh Shadow won't be needing that, he already has on-Ow!" He rubbed his arm where Shadow had just punched him. He looked over at Shadow's angry stare. "That hurt!"

"Keep your mouth shut or else they'll be more where that came from."

Sonic rubbed his arm and looked away from him to Steve. "Bye Steve, we hope Blue gets better."

Steve nodded and went out the door. The doctor wasn't all that far away so but he would have to take the bus. He walked to the bus stop with his sick puppy in his arms and sat down on the bench that was there.

The director approached the two hedgehogs. "We're about to start filming, get your costumes on quickly." He gave Sonic a smaller version of Steve's outfit which was just the green striped shirt and khaki pants with brown shoes to go with it. Shadow's outfit was just a one-piece sleeper that looked like Blue the puppy; light blue with dark blue spots. One spot in the middle of the left ear, one on the end, another spot on the other ear, a spot on the back and a spot on the left shoulder.

"Why do I have to be Blue?" Shadow asked.

"You like her, don't you, you have a onesie sleeper of her." Sonic asked.

"Well, yes but-"

"Com'on and get ready!"

Sonic and Shadow obeyed the director and got in costume.

"You two read the scripts we sent you right?" The director asked.

"Yeah." They both answered.

"Okay, Sonic, go to the window, Shadow go outside and hide until the voice over kids say: "There she is!" Then you come out, run around a bit and then go through the doggie door."

"Okay."

"Remember to crawl! And don't stand on two feet!"

"Okay."

"ACTION!"

Sonic appeared in the left window of the house in Steve's outfit. "Hi out there! It's me Steve! Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"

"There she is!" The voiceover children shouted.

Shadow hopped out from behind the house on all fours. A voice changer in his costume made his barks sound like Blue's barks. "Bow bow!" He crawled around for a bit and then went through the doggie door the best he could. Sonic then opened the door.

"Hello! Blue and I are so excited you're here! Today is a very special day. Do you know what it is?" He paused for a few moments to give the kids at home some time to respond. "It's the day Blue gets to have a playdate with Magenta!"

Shadow sat behind him like a dog on the floor and nodded. "Bow bow!"

Sonic looked back at Shadow. "Yes! It's going to be so much fun!"

"Bow bowbowbowbowbow!" Shadow crawled to the foreground.

Sonic put his hand behind his ear. "What's that? You want to do something special for the playdate?"

"Bow." Shadow nodded.

"Well then, what do you want to do special?"

"CUT!" The director shouted. "That was a great scene! Take a break to look at your scripts and get some water."

Sonic and Shadow both relaxed.

"Well this isn't as torturous as I imagined it to be!" Sonic exclaimed and walked into the kitchen to get some water. Shadow followed him.

"You're not the one having to crawl on your hands and knees." The black and red hedgehog replied.

Sonic looked at him. "But this is like a dream to you, isn't it?"

"Shut it." He said through his teeth.

"I wonder if we can do all of it in one take?"

"Hopefully If we get lucky."

Sonic got his script and started to reread it. "We're a fourth of the way through."

Shadow nodded and drank some water out of a water bottle.

After a while they got called back to the cameras. Sonic and Shadow got back into place.

"Scene 2 Take 1! Action!"

Sonic looked into the screen as Shadow crawled up fast and bapped the screen with his paw.

Sonic made an O with his mouth. "Oh so you want us to play Blue's Clues to find out what special thing you want to do for the playdate?"

Shadow suddenly blinked and looked around. He crawled over to Sonic and sat on the floor.

"What?" Sonic asked.

"Up." Shadow raised his arms for Sonic to pick him up.

Sonic looked at him, confused. "Uh Shadow, no, remember that we have to go get my Handy Dandy Notebook from Side Table Drawer."

"UP!" He repeated, loudly.

The blue hedgehog looked at the director in confusion. The director shrugged his shoulders, he didn't know about this.

"Uh…" Sonic looked back at Shadow who was pouting now that he wasn't being picked up. Sonic crouched down. "Shadow what are you doing?" He asked.

"UP!" The black and red hedgehog demanded.

Sonic sighed and put his hands under Shadow's arms to lift him up into his arms. "Oh my gosh you're heavy!" He lifted him up and held him in his arms. "Okay?"

Shadow nodded.

What is happening? Sonic thought.