Chapter 1: A Phantom Hedgehog

Mobius

Shadow ran through thick forests of Mobius, trying to shake the blue hedgehog, Sonic, off his tail and find the seventh Chaos Emerald before his cocky counterpart.

"Give it up, Shadow! The Chaos Emerald is mine!" Sonic called from behind him.

"I'm not giving the Emerald to the Dr.,Sonic. Why do you persue me?" Shadow asked him.

"Why should I tell you, you traitor!" Sonic screamed at him, picking up the pace.

He really sees me as an enemy, does he? Well then, I'll give him something to be worried about. Shadow thought, spinning around and letting his air shoes stop him. Sonic skided to a stop mere feet from him.

"Just give me the six Chaos Emeralds that you have, Shadow, and you will be relieved of your charges against the Blue Empire," Sonic said, stepping closer to Shadow, his hand outstreached.

Shadow narrowed his eyes and backed away from the blue hedgehog, shaking his head.

"I answer to no one, Sonic. Chaos Control!" he called out, pulling out the purple Chaos Emerald and letting its energy carry him to where he suspected the seventh Chaos Emerald was.

"Oh no, you don't!" Sonic cried, grabbing Shadow's leg before he had a chance to disappear completely.

Flash! Whump!

Shadow landed gently on his feet as Sonic landed hard on his stomach. The black hedgehog looked at his stunned adversary, then turned and ran to the Chaos Emerald that he sensed was near by. Sonic was up and after him in a heartbeat.

Chaos Control! Flash! Ahhhhhhhhhh! Bing!

Amity Park

As Danny, Sam and Tucker walked home from school, they were greeted by a most untimely specter, Skulker.

Danny sighed, annoyed. "Don't you have anything better to do?"

Skulker looked at him, obviously puzzled. "What do you, Ghost Child?"

"I could ask the same question," Danny said, turning into his ghost form.

"I want nothing to do with you today, but I want to get away from the Evil one, and you might want to do the same." replied the ghost, disappearing.

"What was that all about?" Tucker asked.

"I don't know, but I think we'll find out soon," Danny replied.

"Danny! Sam! Tucker!" Lia and Nino said in unison, running up to the trio.

"Did you..."

"...hear what happened?" they asked, alternating as they spoke.

"No," the trio said in unison.

"Well, word on the street is..."

"... that some blue alien-thing is..."

"... running loose and claiming that he's..."

"... gonna take over the world." Nino finished.

"Wait. WHAT?" Sam asked.

"Some guy wants to take over the world," Lia said plainly.

"Oh." Danny said, then asked, " And so what have the cops done about it?"

"Nothing, yet they..."

"... can't catch him, because he's..."

"... too fast." Lia ended that time.

Just then, a black mass of something came out of no where and landed on the ground next to Danny in a three-foot-wide crator. It was a black hedgehog.

End of Chapter 1: A Phantom Hedgehog

Author's Note: You probably know the drill by now, I only own Lia and Nino.

Author's Quiz: Yup, I'm still doing quizzes. Here's one for the Sonic fanatics: What system did Shadow first appear on?