Extra! I made an extra story bit for The Journey, thank you Celestial the Hedgird for your review because that's what gave me this inspiration! I hope it's okay that I change your character a bit and give her a little history to fit the story.

-Edit- I fixed some of the spacing and bold! Because it sucked and was difficult to read!

Disclaimer: Sonic and all related characters do not belong to me, Celestial belongs to Celestial (obviously) Rage belongs to Golbezandcrew.

"aren't you special?" Smiled an old gray female hedgehog wearing a worn out pink dress, she gazed lovingly at the younger hedgehog in front of her. The younger hedgehog smiled with joy and twirled around in her new hand-made green dress and matching sneakers, her name was Frol and she had just turned six that day. She was a brightly colored yellow hedgehog, her color matched her personality well. Her quills was plaited down in two ponytails on each side of her head and her emerald eyes sparkled with joy. An older white male hedgehog wearing black trousers and a blue T-shirt came into the child's room and pet Frol's head, messing up her shorter quills reaching her chin.

"Happy birthday Frol." He smiled and crouched down to her height, she gladly gave him a hug.

"Thank you papa," She let go and hugged the female hedgehog. "Thank you mama." She stepped back and spun on her toes.

"May I go play outside?" Frol asked.

"Of course." The mother nodded and smiled as the young hedgehog skipped out the door, she continued to skip into the living room and got to the front door. She stood on her toes to reach the high door knob and turned it, the door opened and she was immediately shoved aside and fell onto the grass, she gasped. A bunch of animals with guns rushed inside.

"Mama! Papa! The bad people! They're here!" She yelled and heard gun shots inside, an animal dressed in a GUN uniform kicked Frol and pointed a gun to her head.

"Don't shoot."

Frol began crying and sat up and looked up at the creature, another one stood beside.

"She might come in handy."

Frol could only see the animal's silhouette because the sun was in her eyes but she could tell this long eared animal had just stopped the other from shooting her.

"Tell me, what is your name?" It said in a neutral tone, making it impossible to tell what gender it was.

"F-Frol..." She murmured and rubbed away her tears with a balled up fist.

"Not anymore. You are now Celestial."

Along the streets of a city. Time, 2am

Celestial walked along the empty streets, she had changed considerably and was now a black hedgehog. Thanks to some DNA experiments, she was a hedgehog and a bird. She had pale pink wings on her back and bird feet, her black quills reached her shoulders and her eyes were that of a bats. She wore a blue tank top and a short blue skirt, mainly to show off her figure. Her eyes were the color yellow, she also wore black gloves.

Celestial was currently dwelling on her past.

Memory

"What a freak! She doesn't belong with us!" An animal wearing a GUN uniform yelled and shoved Celestial against a row of lockers, a few items clattered to the floor. Celestial had just come back from the lab and they had already started picking on her. There were three of them, all dressed in the GUN uniform. They circled her and punched their fist into their hands. Suddenly, from behind a row of lockers, the silhouetted animal approached them. The three troops noticed it and readied themselves to attack, but they barely got to try as the animal punched them with such force they were sent flying and crashed into the wall. They got up with a few groans and ran off. The animal walked up to Celestial and held out its hand, Celestial took it and was lifted off the floor and onto her feet.

"Don't let them pick on you, you're better than they'll ever be." The animals voice was calm and comforting, Celestial nodded but tears were already prickling her eyes.

"T-They called me a freak..." Celestial sniffled and looked to the floor and wiped away a tear with a balled up fist. The animal shook its head and abruptly pulled Celestial into a hug, Celestial began to cry.

"You're not a freak, you're special, just like me. Don't worry, shh." The animal shushed and Celestial calmed down and looked up at the mysterious animal, why is it she could never see the animals face?

Back

Celestial stopped walking and reached into her top and pulled out a small mobile phone, it was pretty high tech and worked as a video phone as well. The phone rang and she pushed the middle button and brang it to her ear.

"Celestial." She answered.

"You're close. Now, read the instructions in your pocket and report to your nearest high officer to get your gear." Celestial knew this was the mysterious animal which had cared and defended her countless times, she knew to listen carefully. The mobile beeped, indicating that the animal on the other end had hung up, Celestial put the mobile back in her top and put her hands in her pockets to find the instructions. Finding a piece of paper, Celestial read it.

Step 1: Get a large bowl.

Step 2: Crack two eggs into the bowl.

Step 3: Mix eggs with dry ingredients.

"Oops, wrong paper." Celestial scrunched up the piece of paper and tossed it aside, she then reached into her pocket and produced yet another piece of paper.

The piece of paper looked a bit worn like someone had made countless mistakes on it and rubbed it out, Celestial unfolded it and began to read.

-Go down the street 2 blocks, across the street is a bar, inside is an officer you know, he'll give you the gear you need for this mission.-

Celestial folded the paper and put it back in her pocket and pulled out a cigarette, she began walking and stuck the cigarette in her mouth.

'You don't smoke.'

"I know, it's just something to chew on." Celestial knew she was talking to herself but she would usually have the best conversations with herself. She took out the cigarette and threw it in a nearby bin. Celestial looked up to the sky, since the streets were always so empty, she didn't need to watch out for anyone getting in the way. The sky was its graceful blue, no clouds touched its perfection. Celestial sighed loudly and looked to the empty shop windows along to where she was walking, they were all empty and dusty. She walked the two blocks but only noticed because she felt something strange, it was unexplainable, but she turned to look at a bar across the street. 'Teh Bar' the sign on the roof said, the H looked like it had gun holes in it, Celestial shrugged and crossed the street and entered 'Teh Bar'.

"Hello?" Celestial called as she entered the dimly lit pub, someone was sitting at the bench with its back to Celestial. It turned to face her and she saw it was Rage the raccoon, someone she had met previously during a mission. He looked the same as usual, he had purple fur and cat-like ears and echidna-like eyes. He had black stripes above his eyes, two on his tail and on the end of his ears. He had white chest fur too.

"Good afternoon, I was told you were coming. Here's your gear." Rage stood up and held out a black back pack to Celestial, she walked over to him and took it.

"Your next mission is in there too, there's also two grenades, one handgun and a pair of binoculars... I also added something." Rage said and Celestial opened the bag to scan through it, what Rage had added was three little shurikens, she spotted a note and picked it out.

"Thanks." Celestial threw the back pack on and turned on her heel and walked outside, she unfolded the note, it was in the same condition as the other one but readable all the same.

-Go to the Shinrana Jungle. There is a home there with a black hedgehog named Shadow.... Kill him.-