Days Gone By
Prologue
One night in the little town of Mobius, we meet a kind old man who was just putting his granddaughter Lily to bed. He was a hedgehog, with light cobalt blue fur, and emerald coloured eyes. His granddaughter was a violet coloured hedgehog, with the same coloured eyes as the old man.
Today was a very exciting, but very tiring day. The reason being is because it was Lily's eighth birthday. They spent a whole nine hours celebrating her birthday, and about five minutes ago, the elder hedgehog put his granddaughter to bed, and they were both speaking about how well the day was.
"This was the best birthday party ever, Grandpa!" Lily exclaimed happily. The elder hedgehog chuckles.
"Well, I am very grateful that you've enjoyed this, my dear. Did you love your presents you got today?" asked the elder hedgehog.
"Yeah! Got a new doll from Grandma, Mummy and Daddy have got me a doll house, and you gave me this diamond necklace. Thank you, Grandpa!" she thanked.
"Well, you're very welcome, sweetheart. We're very glad you're happy with your presents." the elder hedgehog replied.
"Definitely the best birthday ever!" she exclaimed happily again.
"Once again, you're very welcome. But it's now time for bed, sweetheart." the elder hedgehog told her.
"OK, Grandpa." Lily replied.
The elder hedgehog tucked Lily into her bed, and then he opened the window a little bit, to let some air in. He was about to make his exit from the bedroom, until he heard Lily call out to him.
"Grandpa?" Lily called. After that, he turned to face Lily.
"Yes, sweetheart?" he replied.
"I don't feel at all sleepy yet. Could you stay with me a little while longer, please? Read me a bedtime story?" Lily asked. The elder hedgehog chuckles.
"Very well, sweetheart. What kind of story would you like to hear?" he asked.
"I wanna hear a love story. Something romantic, and adventurous." Lily explained.
"Alright, so you want to hear Snow White then?" he asked, while he was at the bookshelf.
"No, I heard that one too many times." she said.
"Well, how about Sleeping Beauty? You love this one, remember? Romance, adventure?" he explained.
"I love that story, but I wanna hear something different. Something maybe not a fairy tale, or fiction. Do you have any real stories you could tell me? Like, anything that was based on a real event, which involves romance and adventure? Even if you could just improvise it?" she explained in great detail.
The elder hedgehog sighed, and he thought long and hard for a story to tell her. He kept thinking to himself "What story should I tell her about? Something real, and something involving adventure and romance." Then suddenly, an idea finally came to his head. He knew exactly what to tell her.
"As a matter of fact, there is a story that I remember." the elder hedgehog replied.
"Oh, really? What's this story about?" she asked.
"This is a story about a young man, who had a huge adventure in his life. When he became an adult, things changed his life forever. Something he'd never thought would happen." he explained.
"This sounds like an amazing story so far. So please, who was this child, and what did he do?" she asked impatiently.
"Now that will have to wait until the end of the story. Because if I told you who this boy was, it'd spoil the whole story. But you'll know who he was sooner or later." he explained.
"OK, Grandpa. OK, whenever you're ready." she waited.
"Alright, well first of all, I will explain this whole story from the very beginning. Where he came from, and how he became the man he is today. It all started sixty-eight years ago. Now, let's start from the beginning. It all started like this... " He began.
The elder hedgehog began to tell his story to Lily, which began to have a lot of suspense, but a lot of excitement at the same time. Lily is happy to finally hear a story, which happened for real. And she was excited to hear this adventure, and romantic story.