I woke up this morning and slowly got out of bed. I look at my calander and realized that it was my birthday. I run to my closet and grabed a blue halter top and a pair of blue jeans with holes in them. I then walk into my bathroom and take a quick shower. After I'm showered and dressed I grab my phone and MP3 player. I walk outside and see two of my friends, Dalton and Matt.

"Hey Melissa." Dalton says to me. I walk right past him, not really paying attention to anything he said after that.

"Uh... Missy?" Matt says.

I look back at him. "Yes?"

"Did you even hear us?"

"Uh... no?" He does a face palm while Dalton walks up to me.

"We said Happy Birthday."

"Oh. Thanks."

He gives me a strange look. "Why don't you seem that excited about it?"

I shrug. "I don't know. It doesn't really mean anything."

He grabs my shoulders and looks into my eyes. "It's about them, isn't it?" I look away from his captivating blue eyes and don't respond. He lets me go and I start to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Matt asks.

I stop and turn around. "I uhh... don't know..."

He does another face palm.

"Sorry..." I whipser and look down at my feet and feel myself blush.

"Come on, let's get going." Dalton says as he starts to walk to his vehicle.

"Where exactly are we going?"

"That's up to you."

"I don't know where I wanna go..." I whisper.

"Just get in my car and you'll decide when we get there."

I nod and climb into the backseat. Dalton and Matt climb in. Matt suddenly reaches into the glove department and pulls out a pair of sunglasses.

"You left these in here last time." he says as the tosses them back at me.

"I was looking for those. Thanks dude." I slip them on as we ride off.

We arrive at Dalton's house. He looks back at me and I give him a bewildered look.

"I thought that it was up to me as to where we go?"

"It is. But I gotta get something real quick."

"Mkay. But I'm getting out." I say as I open the door.

"Suit yourself."

I sit the hood of the car while Dalton goes inside his house, followed by Matt.

I look up at the sky and watch the clouds roll by. I sigh out and look towards the woods that are nearby. I don't know why, but something inside me told me to go in there. I jump off the car and walk towards the woods. I stop in front of the first tree and look back at the house. I sigh then walk into the woods. I start to wander around aimlessly. I take in a breath of fresh air and let it out. I sigh and keep walking until I reach a clearing.

I stop when I see the strangest looking rock in the middle of the clearing. I walk up to it cautiously and pick it up. I start to examine it and realize that it looks like a blue Chaos Emerald. It suddenly starts to glow bright and make a loud ringing sound. I close my eyes and try my best to cover my ears while holding the gem. Then I black out.

I hear birds chirping and I slowly start to open my eyes. I find myself looking directly into the sun and shield my eyes because of the brightness, even though I was wearing sunglasses. I slowly start to sit up and get an intense headache suddenly. I groan out loud.

Strange. I think to myself. This seems a lot like the beginning of the music video for When It All Falls Apart by The Veronicas. I look around and find myself in the clearing of a forest. All that's missing is a bed and a massive hangover... although this headache feels a lot like a hangover. I continue to look around and realize that something looks different.

Why do these woods look different? I look down at myself and realize that I looked different. I see a lake and run over to it. I gasp at my reflection. I wasn't a human anymore. I was a hedgehog. I had blue fur and yellowish-gold highlight in my quills which was as long as my hair when I was a human. I say purple scar like markings on my arms, legs, and stomach. I take off my sunglasses and notice that my eyes were still hazel green, but they also had a purpleish tent to them. I lift up the quills over my right eye and saw that I still a scar over it. I was also wearing the same thing I was wearing before but they shrunk to fit me. I also noticed that I was a couple inches shorter.

"Wha? What the hell happened to me?" I look at the Chaos Emerald. "Why am I a hedgehog?" I look into the Emerald and see my human refection. I shake my head and pocket the emerald. I start to wander around the woods aimlessly since I had no where else to go.

After a few minutes of walking, I arrive in what looked like a city. I start to wander around, looking at all the buildings and stuff. I begin to feel a little nervous because of the number of people walking down the street, so I turn into an alley. I keep walking until I hear a voice. I turn around and see a male cat with black fur and deep red eyes that sent chills down my spine.

"What are you doing in my alley?" He asks.

"I...uh..."

He starts to walk up to me and I start to back away slowly in fear. He backs me into a wall and pins me into it.

"Well, now that you're here, we could have some fun."

I begin to feel afraid as I start to struggle, but his grip on my arms tighten. He then kisses me as I continue to struggle. I then knee him in the gut and he pulls back and holds his gut. I take my chance and run off.

"You bitch! Get your ass back here! I wasn't done with you!" I look behind me and see that he's following me. I start to speed up in hopes that I can outrun him. I stop when I come up to a chain link fence.

"SERIOUSLY! Why do they put these in the middle of a freakin' alley!" I turn around and see him getting closer to me. I jump up on the fence and start to climb. Then something grab my foot. I look down and see him. I scream as he pulls me down and looks me in the eyes angerly. He then slaps me.

"You bitch!" He growls. He slaps me again and I begin to feel tears in my eyes.

"Stop... please!" I cry out.

He pushes me to the ground and I hit my head hard on the cement. He then starts to kick me and I slowly start to lose sight of what was happening.

"Leave her alone, Shade." He stops suddenly. I look over and see familair looking green hedgehog walking over to us.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Manic." the newly named Shade says.

Manic walks up to him. "What do you think you're doing to this poor girl."

"I was just having some fun."

"By beating her up?"

"Uhh... well..."

"Your fun is over." Manic suddenly punches Shade in the face. He flies into a wall and hits his head, blacking out instantly. Manic then walks over to me and kneels next to me.

"Are you okay?" He asks me.

"Uh..." was all that would come out of my mouth when I tried to talk. He then lifts me up bridal style and soon enough, I black out.