I want to say my first real memory was when I was five and I met someone. Mom, Dad and I were out in the back yard. I had to be careful not to bounce my ball too far or too high since Mom didn't want anything to happen to our cherry tree. Plus… there was the forest that was right behind us. Nowadays, the forest isn't a problem, more like a second part of the backyard since I'm older now.

Anyway, I rolled the ball to Dad expecting him to kick it when I felt a gust of wind. When I turned around, I saw a family. They were hedgehogs like us. One was ebony and his quills stuck up kind of funny with red stripes in them. He scared me. Something did not seem right with him. The lady looked a lot nicer. She was a blonde and her quills were really long. She wore nice blue sun dress. She was really pretty. Then here was a boy about the same age as me. He was dark like the scary looking one and had a head of hair instead of quills. At first, I was confused that he didn't have quills but I kind of liked his hair. He had a light blue stripe in it that looked kind of cool. His eyes were blue too.

"Shadow! Maria! Caleb! What a surprise." Mom exclaimed as she got up and gave the blonde lady a hug. Mom and Dad knew them somehow. I stayed back and watched the grown-ups for a bit.

"Yeah, how ya been?" Dad said and held a hand out to the darker hedgehog who kind of looked at it funny before shaking my dad's hand with a weird smile.

"Hi Amy, Sonic." Maria said.

"We've been fine." Shadow answered my dad.

"Annie, you remember Shadow, Maria and their son Caleb right?" Mom asked as I walked closer to her.

I looked at them and then looked at my parents as if they were crazy. I couldn't remember any of these people. And I'm sure I would remember the big scary one. I shook my head no and said, "Nope."

"Caleb, Honey, do you remember Sonic, Amy and Annie?" Maria asked.

Caleb looked at my parents and then looked at me. "I don't think so Mother."

The grown-ups looked a little disappointed. I was just weirded out that he called his mom "Mother."

"Oh well, you were probably too young to remember." Mom sighed. "Why don't you and Caleb play with your ball while we talk a little huh?"

"Okay Mama." I said. I looked around trying to find it when I felt another gush of wind.

"Is this it?"

"Ah! You scared me." That Caleb kid somehow came out of nowhere. My hand was on my heart and I looked at him kind of surprised and scared.

"I'm sorry, I scared you. I just wanted to know if this was your ball." He held my ball closer to me. I calmed down and wondered how he did that.

I said, "Yeah, that's it, but how did you find it so fast?"

"I have super speed like my father."

"What do you mean?" I looked at him not believing what he was saying.

"I mean I can run really fast. My father can too."

"That's weird…"

"How so?"

"I know my dad runs really fast but he never said that others can run fast like him."

He shrugged, "Maybe he forgot to say it."

"Maybe…" I looked him still not believing him though.

"Father said there was someone like us somewhere, I didn't know it was your father." He looked at the grown-ups for like a second and then he looked back at me.

I looked at me ball and I got an idea. I still thought this was weird so I wanted to test him "So-o-o, if I throw my ball as far as I can, you can get it back in seconds?"

"Yes." He nodded.

"All right, let's see you prove it."

"Okay, where are you going to throw it?" He asked.

"Past the cherry tree by where the forest starts." I pointed. "Are you ready?"

"Are you sure you should throw it near the forest?" He looked at me funny.

"Yeah, it happens all the time." Dad would get it for me every time.

"Okay then, I'm ready."

I threw my ball as far as I could. He ran near the forest and caught the ball before it could hit the ground.

"Woah." He really can run super-fast. He ran right back and surprised me again. "Oh!"

"I'm sorry, did I scare you again?"

"No, just surprised me." I waved my hands in front of me. "But that's really cool. How long could you do that?"

"Since I could walk actually."

"That's seriously cool."

"Can't you run fast like your father?"

"No, not even close." I shrugged and looked at the ground. "I've tried a lot but I guess I can't run fast." Every day I would try to out run Dad at bath time but I never could. He always caught me after two seconds. I looked back up at him.

"Oh," He looked at my ball disappointed. But then he looked at me with a sorry look on his face. "I'm sorry,"

"Aw, it's okay." I smiled a little. "I wish that I could but I don't let it bother me. I tried as much as I could and that's all that really matters. Mama always said to be glad to be who you are. So I'm glad to be me."

He looked at me and smiled a little. "That's nice. I guess I'm glad to be me as well." He looked at the ball and then looked at me. "Would you like to throw the ball again?"

"Uh…sure, I can't throw it any farther though."

"That's fine, I just like to catch it." He smiled a little and shrugged.

I smiled back. "All right then, get ready! I'm not telling you where I'm throwing it this time."

He smirked and said, "I'm ready when you are."