The sun had set and the stars sparkled brilliantly in the night sky.

All was calm and quiet in the forests of Emerald Hills, even as the fates of two hedgehogs were to cross...

SONIC P.O.V

A blue hedgehog scurried through the darkness, old leaves and fallen twigs crunching beneath his feet. His eyesight was poor, but his sense of smell was incredible... so much so, that it led him unerringly towards his favourite food.

Suddenly he paused, halting in his tracks and going deathly still. He had happened upon another scent. There was another hedgehog nearby, he was certain of it!

SHADOW P.O.V

The black and red hedgehog had been out for a moonlight stroll, but his peaceful thoughts had been shattered by the intruder on his solitude. Through the brush ahead of him he spotted a blue hedgehog... He'd seen this hedgehog before, of course, but had never paid him any real attention. After all, they were ordinarily doing their own thing, going about their own business and so forth. But tonight their paths had crossed, and this gave the black and red hedgehog pause.

SONIC P.O.V

The blue hedgehog had curled into a defensive ball, displaying his quills, but after a few minutes of inactivity he unfurled and cautiously approached the scent of the other hedgehog.

BOTH P.O.V

Coming face to face, both hedgehogs sniffed each other for several moments before deciding that neither posed a threat to life or territory. This decided, they each scurried off into the undergrowth in search of grubs and other delicious nightly treats.

Such is the life of a hedgehog.

Coming Soon: The Real Adventures of Knuckles the Echidna