A/N: So, according to the wonderful KagamiPINKAgreste, today is Hedgehog Day, so I figured, why not do a fic with some of the best hedgehogs ever?

It was a mild, sunny winter day at Rouge the Bat's mansion, and Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose were walking up to the front door. Earlier today, both of them had gotten invitations to a party, but neither one knew exactly what the party was about, though they brought foodstuffs, Sonic bringing his famous chili dogs, and Amy bringing lemon torte. Sonic commented on the party:

"I wonder why Rouge would want to invite us to this party, but not Tails, Knuckles or any of them cats."

Amy shrugged. "I dunno, but if it means Shadow's going to be there, I'm fine with it." She smiled.

"Well, I have been gettin' along with him better recently, so…"

Suddenly, Sonic and Amy's Hedgehog Senses tingled.

"LOOK OUT!"

Sonic and Amy jumped out of the way as a loud bang and a blinding flash of light boomed out of nowhere, followed a second later by another one, and when a third one appeared, so too did Silver the Hedgehog, carrying a Sicilian-sized pepperoni pizza.

"Silv, what are ya doin' here?" asked Sonic.

"I dug up this invitation in my timeline that said to arrive at Rouge's mansion on this date and time."

Amy's eyes widened. "Wait…Rouge invited you to this party as well?"

Silver nodded. "She did, although I'm wondering exactly what this party's about…"

Sonic smiled. "Who cares? Any opportunity to party with the hottest mama in Mobius is good in my book!"

Just then, Sonic, Amy and Silver's Hedgehog senses alerted them to someone else coming, and they saw a Regal Black 1971 Buick Electra 225 sedan pulling up. Out of the car stepped a light gray female hedgehog with a tan muzzle, belly and arms, aqua green eyes and long bangs on her forehead. She wore a black midriff-revealing tube top, white gauntlets with aqua green cuffs and silver bracelets, aqua green spandex shorts and blue/aqua/white knee-high leather boots with black cuffs and black toecaps. She brought a 12-pack of Vernor's ginger ale.

"Hey Venus!" Amy waved at the other hedgehog.

"Ames…you know this mama?" asked Sonic.

"Of course! Venus the Hedgehog is part of my Fuzzy Puppies Meetup group!"

Venus waved at Sonic. "I'm also Shadow's sister! You must be the famous Sonic the Hedgehog!"

Sonic dropped his jaw. "That I am, but…Shad didn't say nothin' about havin' a sister!"

Venus giggled. "Well, I'm technically not his biological sister, more a good friend of his who sees him as a cool older brother!"

Sonic's smile returned. "Oh…I dig!"

Silver smiled. "That makes sense. A friend of mine from my time has an adopted sister, too. Oh, I'm Silver the Hedgehog, by the way."

"Nice to meet you, Silver! Amy's told me about you before!"

"Really? What did she say?"

"She said you were a very sweet guy who was committed to his goals."

Silver blushed and averted his gaze. "Well, I try…"

"Come on, everyone!" Sonic motioned to the group. "We can't keep Shad and Rouge waitin'!"

Sonic went to the front door and knocked, and shortly thereafter, Rouge answered the door dressed in her business tycoon outfit from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.

"Well hello, my dear hedgies! Please, come on in!"

Rouge led everybody to the kitchen/dining room, where Shadow the Hedgehog and E-123 Omega were waiting.

"Hey Shadow!" said Amy and Venus at the same time.

Shadow smiled. "Hi Amy! Hi Venus! Glad you two could make it!"

Shadow gave Amy a kiss, and both her and Venus hugged him at the same time. Sonic took a picture of the whole thing.

"So anyways, Rouge, what's this whole party about?"

"Well, glad you asked, Big Blue! Today is Hedgehog Day!"

Sonic scratched his cheek. "Heh? Don't ya mean Groundhog Day?"

Rouge ruffled the quills on top of Sonic's head. "No silly, Hedgehog Day!"

"Believe me, Sonic, I was surprised to find this out too, but I looked it up, and it's a real holiday," said Shadow.

"SHADOW IS TELLING THE TRUTH," said Omega. "MY DATABANKS INDICATE THAT HEDGEHOGS WERE USED TO PREDICT THE COMING OF SPRING CENTURIES BEFORE GROUNDHOGS BECAME STANDARD."

Sonic smiled. "Well, how 'bout that? Rouge havin' a whole holiday just for us hedgehogs! That's reason enough for me to celebrate!"

"Yeah!" said Amy. "Mind if we dig in?"

"Not at all!" said Rouge. "Let's party!"

Everyone started serving themselves food and were about to dig in when a buzzer sounded and a synthesized voice chimed in over the PA system:

"Unrecognized visitors at entrance. Please confirm identity."

"I'll get it!"

Rouge headed for the front door, while everyone else's Hedgehog Senses tingled.

"Shad, you sensin' what I'm sensin'?"

Shadow pulled out his Smith & Wesson Model 29. "I am."

Venus pulled out a Ruger SR1911 Night Watchman. "Me too."

"Shad, Venus, you two come with me. Ames, Silv, Omega, be ready to back us up."

"Right!"

"AFFIRMATIVE."

Sonic, Shadow and Venus quietly headed downstairs in case an intruder was trying to attack Rouge, while Amy, Silver and Omega remained at the top of the stairs. Rouge opened the door.

"Can I help you two hedgies?" asked Rouge.

"Yeah Sexy, we got word there was a party goin' on for us hedgehogs," said a familiar male voice.

Rouge frowned and put her fists on her hips. "And who invited you two?"

"Relax, mon amour!" said another male voice. "We come in peace! Shadow agreed to allow us to visit if we rescued his precious Amy! Oh Shadow, you can put away your .44, by the way!"

Rouge smiled. "Will you excuse me for a moment?"

Rouge closed the door and was about to head upstairs when she saw Sonic, Shadow and Venus standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Shaddy, do you know anything about the two hedgies standing at the door?"

"If they are who I think they are, and if they're not concealing a bomb or poison or anything, then yes, I did agree to let them come over, as much as it sucks to admit that."

"OK, just making sure."

Rouge headed back to the front door, while Shadow looked at Venus and nodded, and brother and sister put their handguns away and headed back upstairs with Sonic. In the meantime, they overheard Rouge opening the door:

"OK, come on in!"

Sonic and co. were about to chow down again when the two other hedgehogs joined them:

"Excuse me, Blue, but you wouldn't be startin' this party without us, would ya?"

Standing there carrying a huge bowl of an unidentified dip was none other than Scourge the Hedgehog, and carrying two six-packs of San Pellegrino Aranciata Rossa was a hedgehog who looked exactly like Shadow, except the stripes on his body, his eyes and the trim on his gloves and Hover Shoes were colored pink instead of red.

"Scourge! I shoulda known a jive turkey like you would try to crash this shindig!" said Sonic.

Omega also pointed a Gatling cannon at them:

"INTRUDERS DETECTED. BATTLE MODE ENGAGED."

"Relax, Blue, Pinkow and I ain't here to cause trouble; we're just here for the Hedgehog Day party!"

"Scourge is right," said Pinkow.

Speaking of pink, Amy couldn't help but notice Pinkow:

"OH MY DAMN CHERRY BLOSSOMS!"* Amy put her hands on her cheeks. "He looks like Shadow, but he's PINK!"

Pinkow smiled. "So Shadow, I never would've imagined you would've had a Rosy the Rascal of your own!"

"Yes, but please don't touch her without my permission."

Pinkow raised his hand. "Relax! I wouldn't dream of it!"

"Come on, Pinkow," said Scourge. "Let's quit yappin' and eat!"

"Oh, you're so impatient, Scourge!"

Everyone proceeded to eat, though Sonic couldn't help but wonder about what Scourge had brought:

"OK, Scourge, lay it on me: is that stuff poisoned?"

Scourge swallowed a bite of a pulled pork sandwich. "Sonic, if my famous spicy chicken dip was poisoned, your Hedgehog Sense woulda told ya."

Sonic paused. "Oh. "Anyways, let's dig it!"

Sonic opened the bag of Tostitos, dipped a chip in and ate it, upon which his eyes widened:

"Whoa, this is some hot stuff! What's in this?"

Scourge chuckled. "Only the hottest: my famous Pepper X sauce!"

Sonic smiled. "Groovy! Hey Shad, ya gotta try this dip!"

"All right, Sonic; pass it over."

Sonic passed the bowl of chicken death to Shadow, who dipped a chip and ate it.

"This…this is probably the best hot dip I've eaten! Scourge, maybe you're not so bad after all."

Scourge raised an eyebrow. "Heh? That dip was supposed to be an atomic gut buster!"

Sonic smiled. "Unfortunately for you, I spent years of my life developin' an immunity to extra-spicy foods, sucka!"

Scourge sighed. "Blue, Black…you two win again."

Shadow, meanwhile, was really going at the dip, much to Sonic's chagrin:

"Hey Shad, don't bogart the dip! Pass that stuff over!"

"If you insist, Sonic."

Sonic took the spicy dip from Shadow, and he started taking his share, much to Silver's chagrin:

"Um…may I please have some of that too?"

"Believe me, Silv, you don't want this stuff; it's way past hot."

Silver frowned. "Well, what if I do? I'm not afraid of a little spice!"

"OK, it's your funeral, brotha."

Sonic passed the dip over to Silver, who dipped a chip in and ate it. Unfortunately for him, within seconds, the spice hit him like a bullet train:

"OH MY GOD! IT'S TOO HOT!" Silver breathed fire. "HELP! SOMEONE GET ME SOME WATER!"

"No Silver!" cried Amy. "Here, eat this ice cream instead!"

Amy handed Silver a gallon tub of cookies & cream ice cream, which he began to scarf down like a madman. He'd managed to consume half of it before he stopped:

"OK, now my esophagus feels like it's frozen solid. Still, better than that atomic spiciness."

Scourge, meanwhile, was laughing about the whole thing, much to Silver's annoyance:

"That wasn't funny! I could've been killed!"

"Yeah, I oughta kick Shadow's ass for inviting you!" said Amy.

"Oh Rose, lighten up! He survived, didn't he?"

"Hmph!"

Amy crossed her arms and cocked her head away, only to catch sight of Sonic and Rouge making out:

"Um…Silver, do you mind breaking those two up?"

"Not at all."

Silver attempted to use his psychokinetic powers to pry Sonic and Rouge apart, but it wasn't strong enough.

"It's no use!" said Silver. "Not even a hydrogen bomb will get them apart!"

Amy, Venus and Shadow let out a simultaneous sigh, while Scourge commented positively on the development:

"Man, that's really freakin' hot! Makes me wanna whip out my hog!"

Pinkow put a hand on Scourge's shoulder. "Later, Scourge. Besides, you have Fiona for that."

"Oh, right!"

Scourge and Pinkow continued to have a good time at the party, while Amy, Shadow, Venus and Silver shook their heads. Omega, however, remained neutral to the proceedings. Regardless, it was a party to remember.

*The phrase "OH MY DAMN CHERRY BLOSSOMS" is a registered trademark of KagamiPINKAgreste, used with permission.

Venus the Hedgehog was originally created by Greybullet/SaberA2/RedHadal

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