Thick fog covered the forest ground as the man crunched through the leaves. He seemed impatient on what he was doing as he sped up trying to get deeper in. The moon shone down in its full moon glory as the fog departed a little. The man looked up and turned to the field in front of him. He pulled on the collar of his coat he was wearing covering his face. He murmured something as the fog went back to its normal thickness.

But, this time when the fog dispersed a creature stood there and murmured,

"You awoke me master, I will do your bidding," the figure stood taller in the moonlight. He was an anthropomorphic Hedgehog with black fur and spikes with what seemed to be red detail. The man spoke to the creature and said,

"Yes, your name is midnight. All I want you to do is put your wrath on the impudent beings that live on this so-called planet. To help you, I give you this Chaos Emerald," The man took a green emerald out of his pocket. It shone in the moonlight.

Midnight took the emerald in his glove and said,

"Yes, master," and teleported away. The man stared for a moment at a mountain then snuck away. He walked back out of the forest.

That was two years ago…

Modern day…

"Normal day at the office is anything but normal, but today is…" Swift thought as she leaned back on her office chair waiting for a call. Swift is a red Anthropomorphic Echidna who has braided hair and wears a brown and tan braided leather loop in one of her braids. She wears a white T-shirt with a red chaos emerald on it, and jeans. "Everything is so boring around here. Flame, King, and Falconess are all out shopping by force of Falconess, poor guys. Still, why am I stuck here in the office with the chance of going bankrupt?" Swift leaned back looking at the fan spinning slowly on the cracked white ceiling.

The room she sat in had white all over the place, white walls white chairs, white computers. I think you got the idea.

She got back in a normal position and started playing Solitaire on the computer. She was halfway through the game when the computer beeped and an article appeared on the screen. There was a two-tailed fox swimming in a pool using his tails as a rotor. The words on the top of the screen stated, Miles the Fox Fan Page. Under the article read that the fox had gotten his fourth win in a row in the Metropolis Swimming competition. Swift read on squealing with joy because she knew that her biggest hero could do it. She threw one of her braids of her hair as a costumer came in. She immediately closed the article and looked up.

"Welcome!" she smiled at him. The man looked at her grimly. She felt a little weird but was used to people looking grim in these bad times.

"I have a letter for your company," the man threw the letter on her desk. She picked it up and put it to the side,

"Thanks sir, we'll open it when we are all here," she smiled and the man sort of grinned then turned and headed straight out the door. Swift looked back at the screen and pulled the newsletter out again. "I wonder why Tails went into swimming and stopped doing technical stuff like he used to, and why doesn't he answer any questions from the past…" She shrugged and read on.