A/N: Yeah, I wrote a new story. The series itself is called Dark Desires. You'll see what it's about when I get more published.

Prologue: Chance Meeting

Sonic was, as usual, running, but this time it was not for enjoyment. He'd witnessed a large explosion on the other end of the large plain he was running through, and was going to see if everything was alright. Due to the size of it, he was wondering what could have caused it and how much damage it had done.

When he reached the site, though, all he saw were large scorch marks and a girl. She was muttering to herself about something, going around, picking up small plants from the ground. Her dress was covered in scorch marks as well, and particles of black dust stuck in her long hair.

"Hey, are you alright?"Sonic called.

Her head snapped up. She had been so preoccupied that she hadn't noticed him approaching. "Oh, yeah, I'm fine, if you can believe that."She said, giving a small smile.

"That was a pretty big explosion. If you don't mind me asking, what the heck were you doing?"

She grimaced. "I'd rather not say." At his quirked eyebrow, she added, "You wouldn't believe me anyway."

Thinking of everything he'd been through, Sonic just chuckled. "I've had a mad scientist trying to murder me for years, a two-tailed fox for a best friend, a djinn and a court magician as my companions, and I'm a blue hedgehog that can run at the speed of sound..."He trailed off. "Try me."

"Oh, all right. I was trying out a new bit of magic. I haven't used it before, so it kind of backfired. It was supposed to create a small bomb that I could set off whenever I wanted to..."

Sonic laughed. "I can see how that wouldn't work right the first time. But how did you not get hurt?"

"Shield."

He nodded, and both were silent for a moment, before the girl spoke up again.

"What's your name?"She asked.

"Sonic. Yours?"

"Snow."

They shook hands, smiling. Snow let go first and went back to picking things up. Sonic realized after a second that she wasn't muttering to herself, she was singing. It was in some ancient language he didn't know, but he recognized the song. He'd heard it before, but he couldn't recall where.

Snow stood up, still singing quietly, and dumped the items she had picked up into a basket. She smiled at Sonic and waved as she walked away.

"Nice meeting you, Sonic! I'll see you around."

Sonic waved back. "See ya!"