Looking around, a small purple hedgehog yawned in her hospital crib, and let out a small gurgle. Noticing the open space around her, she lifted up a small unclothed hand and reached, testingly, to her left.

She found herself slapping against a clear surface, which stung her hand, yet she didn't mind, she was too curious. Her emerald eyes scanned the perimeter, and she was most fascinated by another crib next to her, where a red hedgehog lay with black highlights in her bangs and quills.

Rapping against the glass, the lavender hedgehog tried to grab the attention of her russet companion.

The russet looked up, and she cooed silently to the lilac, whom cooed back, and the two giggled simultaneously, then their eyes widened when they saw their hands.

Surprise struck them as they looked at their bodies, and then each others' more carefully.

Suddenly, a loud burst could be heard from the edge of their vision, and they both looked and saw two figures running towards them. Suddenly, the roof of the room came off, and a bright light mixed with a darker shadow closed over them.

"You will NOT steal Violet, Eggman!" came a voice, and a blue hedgehog, gloved fists clenched, green eyes like pools of acidic rage, shouted at the shadow, which materialized as a giant metallic robot that held a large, egg-shaped man who was laughing menacingly.

"Oh-ho-ho-ho Sonic, Sonic, Sonic …" the Eggman laughed, and Violet saved the two named into her head. 'So-nic … Sonic … E-gg-ma-an …' yet she couldn't save her own for some odd reason.

"Nor will you take my niece, Scarlette!" The other figure shouted the name of the red hedgehog, and Violet saved that name also.

"Shadow, you too?" Eggman shouted, naming the red and black hedgehog with fiery red eyes burning with rage and distinctive white chest fur.

"Oh well …" the fat man sighed, then grinned evilly and smashed a button with his fist, while shouting, "I'll just have to terminate both of them!"

Several pincer-like mechanisms shot from the giant robotic ship and grabbed the two hedgehogs.

Shadow and Sonic then immediately leapt into action, and sliced through the arms. After teaming up, sudden bullets fired, but the two leapt on them with super speed, and climbed to the girls.

After the two babies were retrieved, Sonic looked to Shadow, who nodded, and they raced directly towards Eggman, who yelped in terror.

After the two crashed through the glass, Shadow grabbed him by the collar, while Sonic raced up and kicked him off. "You two!" he screamed, and fell, plains foiled once again, and crashed straight through a roof into his personal, reserved jail cell.

After the two had cleaned off, checked the girls, and went back to Amy's room, she picked up Violet. "Thanks Shadow, for helping save my baby …" the rosy hedgehog smiled, and stroked her baby's soft fur.

Shadow sweat dropped and rubbed the back of his head. "O-oh it was nothing …" he tried to stammer, but Amy kept smiling, and stared at her daughter, then looked at the ebony hedgehog. "And, in your honor, we'll name her Maria."

Sonic smiled, and patted Shadow on the back, who only stared, stunned, with a new gaze at the small purple hedgehog.

This was the start of a new generation.

"Maria. Jean. HEDGEHOG!" Amy Rose called, hands on her hips as she wore her light pink quills in a bun, her sun bleached light blue skinny jeans, dark red t-shirt, and unclothed feet fixed with the rest of her body and figure in an aggravated posture.

Amy had on a white and red cooking apron, was holding a spoon in her right ungloved hand, and head flour and dough smeared here and there, to show she had been cooking, and quite recently.

"Yes?" a sudden lavender blur raced up to her, sending her off balance for a moment due to the amount of wind power it produced.

"Did you eat all of your father's chilidogs?" the pink hedgehog smirked.

Maria crossed her arms behind her back, straightened up, drooped her ears, slightly stuck out her lip, widened her eyes, and looked at her mom innocently.

"No." she said … then burped.

"Aha!" Amy cried, and said with a laugh, "I caught my thief. You're lucky Sonic isn't here, or he'd be steaming …" she then walked away, and continued stirring the cookie dough she had been making.

Maria sighed and wiped off a sweat drop, but, when she had turned to leave, Amy said, "Ah-ah-ah ..! You have to help me clean after I'm done! Be back by one thirty-five!" she smirked, and Maria sighed, nodded, and left.

Once outside, the fifteen year old lilac hedgehog looked around, her messy quills running down her back and ended at her tail. She cracked her knuckles and wondered if Scarlette was up to going for a swim, when someone placed their hands over her eyes.

"Guess who!" came a deep male voice, and Maria laughed, saying, "Is it you, Spike?"

The hands were removed, and blue eyes met green. "You guessed right!"

Maria tapped her foot, loving the sound that the old running shoes of her father made, her hands were in black skater gloves, and she wore an oil-stained light green tank top and regular blue skinny jeans.

Spike looked much like his father, shadow, except he was white, had silver streaks, and electric blue eyes, which he mainly inherited from his mother, Rouge. Plus he wore Silver's old boots due to being the hedgehog's young apprentice, yet he had on black skater gloves that were rimmed with telekinetic blue around the finger holes and palm holes, and gold at the ends. Sort of like what Silver might've worn as a teenager.

Grabbing her boyfriend's hand, Maria smiled, then stuck a finger in his chest fur, saying, "What's that? A flea ..?"

Gasping, Spike looked down … and his nose met Maria's finger.

"Hey!" he said, rubbing his muzzle, and messed with Maria's ear, and she laughed. "You had it comin'!"

Another mobian then walked up, her distinctive russet and black fur plus her black gothic bangs matched her outfit, which was a black shirt tucked into red skinny jeans and she wore black and red boots plus similar gloves as the other two.

"Scarlette!" Maria cried, racing up and hugging her best friend.

"Maria!" Scarlette cried back in an imitating way, and everyone laughed.

The three then made their way to the lake, talking about how they were going to spend the day visiting as many spots in town that they could, and then they would dance the night away in town square in front of the fountain; after all, it was the first day of their first festival in the city because they were finally old enough to attend, and it still lasted for five days.

Little did they know, though, that, at the end of the five days, this festival may change their lives … forever.

A/N: Okay, I know it seems kinda suckish, but PLEASE do not flame! I promise it'll get interesting, just give me time, I was hanging on a line here and running out of inspiration! Thanks if you do find it interesting! Oh, and I'm accepting OC's, I'll give disclaimers! Scarlette does not belong to me! She belongs to AgentOfRedAndBlue! I accept OC's by PM due to the rules and guidelines!

~Fortune