Shadow the Hedgehog
(Adventure Part 1)
By: Shadow21
Its sunset, the pink and gold light soaking the clearing in its pure shine. A dark figure stood on the top of a hill next to a tree, overlooking the city of Westopolis. A hedgehog, black and crimson in color, with red piercing eyes. Large golden rings around his wrists and ankles, red and white hover shoes on his feet. His name is Shadow, a hedgehog created on space colony ARK by the scientist Gerald Robotnik. Today, he's thinking about his past, now that he knows some of it. "I wonder," he thought aloud, "Maria… If you had survived…Would we have been happy?" He looked up into the sky, his question going unanswered. The sun finally went below the horizon, twilight engulfing the city, leaving Shadow in the dark. He closed his eyes, let out a long sigh and turned his back on the city. As he walked, he took out a large, glowing emerald and started to finger it. Suddenly, the emerald glowed violently and heated up, burning Shadow's hand. He dropped it, grabbed his hand, and checked it for any permanent damage. Finding none, he bent down to pick up the emerald, but recoiled as he still found it to hot for his touch. He straightened, crossed his arms across his chest, and then lightly kicked the annoying rock. It skidded a foot or so, and then began to shake violently. It then stood on its tip, Shadow let out a semi-almost astonished "Hmm." Then it started spinning, so fast that it created a giant vacuum. It began to rise rapidly into the sky, stopping a little over the treetops. Shadow spread his feet, uncrossed his arms and tensed his muscles, just in case he needed to jump up and grab it. A bright light surged from the emerald, wide and blinding. Shadow brought up his arm in defense, protecting his eyes from the light. A gentle ringing emanated from the surging light. After about a minute, the light faded and the emerald hit the ground with a light thud. But the ringing didn't end, getting louder and louder. It got so loud that Shadow had to cover his ears to stop his head from spinning. At that moment, one last flash of light illuminated the night, and then faded into nothing. Shadow looked up at the sky and saw a robbed figure slowly falling to the ground. He uncovered his ears, took out his Shadow Rifle and slowly approached the hooded figure. It had fallen next to the emerald; the green glow illuminated the figure a bit. Shadow reached out his hand and pulled away the hood. "It-it ca-can't be…" he whispered. Violent tremors shook through his body, he fell to his knees, the rifle slipping form his grasp. "M-maria…" he whispered at last, as he held her head to his chest.