DL: This is a remake that I have made for the 'Shadow the Hedgehog' game. I have added my characters and my plot, and some other things, too! And here's Shadowpaw!

Shadowpaw: What the…I got hit in the head and suddenly, I'm here…where am I?

DL: And here's Shadow, too! Come on out, Shadow!

Shadow: What the…I was blindfolded and put into a box, and when I woke up after the sleeping gas wore off I find myself here! How'd that happen?

Shadowpaw: (backs away from Shadow) keep away from me!

DL: Oh, shut up, Shadowpaw, we all know the secret already!

Shadow: What secret?

Shadowpaw: Oh, nothing! DL, put the chapter up!

DL: Fine… (whispers) you like Shadow…

Shadow: What?

Shadowpaw: (kicks DL behind backs) Let's get this story going! (smiles)

Chapter 1

An Odd Start

The park was quiet; a few children played with a Frisbee, a couple walked down the sidewalk, and a dog barked at a bush as a squirrel took refuge in its branches. A fish slapped the surface of the pond as it escaped from a heron. Many people came in and left. A black figure walked into the park. His black fur and red striped spikes stuck out like a fish out of water. He walked past the couple, who stopped and stared at him. The kids stopped, too, and watched him walk away. The dog stopped and backed away from him.

Shadow the Hedgehog…

Shadow closed his eyes as he walked in the park. He thought of the past, or at least what he knew of it. He only remembered a distant memory, as if it was a very old thing of the past. He knew nothing else, other than his name. Shadow the Hedgehog… He stopped by an oak on a small hill and stood there, deep in thought. His thoughts were interrupted suddenly when a vortex appeared above the calm city. He watched as strange monsters fell from the sky, and crashed into the streets below and caused havoc. People screamed and ran to hide from the destruction.

Shadow turned away, smirking. "I don't have time for these pathetic humans."

Suddenly, he heard a voice. "Shadow…" He turned, and saw a floating star-like creature with an eye in the middle. Its eye glowed, and a hologram appeared. A floating black monster with three eyes and a flowing robe floated there. He repeated, "Shadow…" Shadow stared at him, confused and curious. The black creature moved its arms while it spoke. "Gather the Chaos Emeralds, and bring them to me, as you promised." Shadow raised an eyebrow. "How do you know my name? And what are you talking about?"

The hologram disappeared, and the floating eye flew away. Shadow tried to follow it, but explosions clouded his vision, and by the time the dust cleared away, it was gone. He looked down, and wondered. "What was that all about? And what did he mean 'as I promised'?" Suddenly, he heard a shout. He looked around, and a black cat with white paws and tail tip came running towards him up the hill. He frowned as she stopped in front of him, panting. She shook her head and looked at him.

"Shadow, we need help!"

He looked, confused, and she waved at the city. "You need you to help us save the city! Come on!" She pulled his arm, and he jerked it away. "Why should we help them?" She crossed her arms and looked at him. "We have to help them! They're defenseless!" Shadow looked away and shrugged. "So?" The cat glared at him and grabbed his arm again. This time, she held on tighter, and managed to pull him out of the park.

Shadow finally slipped out of her grip, and glared at her. She glared back with equal intensity, and he finally sighed. "Why do you even follow me?" She crossed her arms. "I do not follow you! I just happen to find you coincidently." Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Everyday?" The cat growled and crossed her arms. "Are you gonna help, or what?" Shadow sighed again, and she smiled and pulled him along. "I knew you'd agree!"

He shook his hand out of her paw and ran ahead. She smirked and ran a bit faster. She kept up enough to be five seconds behind him and had enough room for cannon shot to fit in. Which happened, incidentally. She stopped and ran around the beam, and saw Shadow had stopped because of another one. He ran around it, and saw Sonic fighting a hulking monster. Sonic slammed into the monster again, and it fell down, dead.

Sonic turned to Shadow and said, "Hey, Shadow! Long time, no see!" The cat ran up behind him, and Sonic smirked. "I see Shadowpaw's still following you." Shadowpaw (the cat) crossed her arms and looked away. "I am not! I just knew he'd help us! Isn't that right, Shadow?" Shadow looked at Sonic and shrugged. Sonic shook his head. Suddenly, another beam shot a few yards away from them. They looked at each other, and Sonic said, "Well, let's get rolling!"

He ran off, and Shadowpaw ran off after him, trying to keep up. Shadow frowned as he ran after them, trying to remember how he exactly met them. He met them a long time ago, but he also met them before he lost his memory. He shook his head as he ran too close to a beam. He had to pay attention to the matter at hand. He ran through the enemies, over crumbling streets, and past the GUN soldiers, until he almost ran into Shadowpaw. He swore under his breath, and he saw she was staring at a floating eye.

He got in front of them and the eye saw him. "Hurry, Shadow, and get the Emeralds." It flew off, and Shadow ran off, Sonic and Shadowpaw after him. Shadowpaw yelled at him, "What did that freaky eye thing mean, Shadow?" Shadow barged through a monster, and picked up its weapon. He stopped and turned to her. "I don't know," He said as he shot down a flying hawk-like creature. "But I'm going to find out."

He charged head on with the monsters, and, with the help of Sonic and Shadowpaw, he destroyed anything in his way. He ran along a building with Sonic, as Shadowpaw grinded on a rail with a makeshift snowboard (in other words, a skateboard with no wheels). As he fell down to the ground, he saw the eye flying away. He touched down, and ran after it. Sonic followed him, killing any stray monsters he didn't kill. Shadowpaw kept up somehow, helping Sonic.

Soon, they ran into dead end. They looked around, and Shadowpaw pointed at some GUN beetles. They jumped up and bounced off of them to a ledge. As soon as he got there, he saw the eye zoom off. He followed it, determined to find out what the creature meant by his promise, and why he needed the Chaos Emeralds. Then, as he defeated what seemed to be the last monster from the vortex, Sonic pointed to something flying in the sky. Shadow squinted. A black tank-like ship was flying low over the highway, planting bombs and dropping off more aliens.

He ran after it, and Sonic smirked and followed. Shadowpaw picked up a Sub-Machine Gun and ran after him as well. They shot at the monsters that terrorized the GUN soldiers, and kept up with the tank. Suddenly, a bomb exploded, and the street beneath their feet crumbled. They fell onto a lower street, and Sonic sighed. "We'll have to find another route to follow."

Shadow looked around, and saw a huge garage door at the end of the street. He ran towards it and pulled it up. They ran in, and as soon as the door shut, a black hawk and a group of monsters attacked a bunch of GUN soldiers. Shadow and Shadowpaw took care of the soldiers, and Sonic went after the hawk. Shadow rammed into a monster, and as it fell backwards, it shot to its right. Shadowpaw saw it and leaped out of the way, and it hit the monster she was fighting.

Finally, they got out of the garage, and they saw the black ship flying away. Shadowpaw smirked, and ran back into the garage. Soon, she rushed past on a GUN motorcycle, laughing. "I'm sure GUN won't mind if I borrow this!" Sonic and Shadow soon caught up, and they ran after it, Shadow shooting at it, since he was the only one with a gun left. Soon, a green glow surrounded the ship, and Sonic started attacking it. Soon afterwards, the glow disappeared, and Shadowpaw jumped off the bike and slashed at it with her claws. The ship's engine broke, and it crashed into the street.

Shadow smirked, and Sonic patted him on the back. "Nice aiming back there, Shadow!" Shadowpaw punched the air with triumph, and turned around. She yelped and hid behind Shadow. He looked behind him, and saw a monstrous sight. A giant monster with huge bat wings and a huge eye, which glowed a green, was flying behind them. When it noticed them, it shrieked. Shadowpaw covered her ears, and Shadow smirked at it. Then, the eye floated in front of them.

The hologram of the three-eyed creature appeared, and it said angrily, "You incompetent fool! How dare you side yourself with the doomed! You shall pay with your lives. Meet my Black Bull!" It disappeared, and the 'Black Bull' flew towards them slowly. Sonic laughed and ran up to it. Suddenly, the Bull spit a ball of fire from its mouth at Sonic. He shouted and moved out of the way. Shadowpaw winced as Sonic hit a wall.

Shadow rolled his eyes and started to shoot it. The Bull looked at them, and slowly flew towards them, shooting fire at them. Shadow and Shadowpaw ran, and kept shooting at it. Shadow ran out of ammo and dropped the gun. Shadowpaw looked at the Black Bull. "It didn't even flinch!" She said as she jumped over the remains of a car. Shadow looked around and quickly grabbed a gun. He hid behind a car and aimed at Black Bull. He looked around, trying to find a vital spot.

Suddenly, a gray blur flew through the air. It hit the Black Bull right in the eye, and it reeled back and shrieked. The gray thing fell in front of them, landing on its feet. When it stopped, they could see it was a gray squirrel with an army vest on and a pair of samurai swords in his hands. Shadowpaw groaned. "Great; Kussia's here to steal all of the fun. See me jump for joy."

Kussia rolled his eyes. "You were hiding behind Shadow, so don't you start on me, Shadowpaw." She started to say something back, when the Black Bull got up and shrieked. They looked at it, and Kussia pointed at its eye. "That's the weak point; it really hurt him badly when I stabbed him with my sword next to the eye, so think how it would feel in the eye!" Shadowpaw saw a bunch of black hawks, and ran over to them. She jumped onto the highest one, and waited. Sure enough the Bull turned to her and shot fire at her.

She jumped and grabbed onto its face. It tried to shake her off, and she crawled along its face to its eye. She held out her paw to Shadow, and he threw her the gun. She aimed it at point-blank range, and fired. The Black Bull fell to the ground, writhing on the ground in pain, and Shadowpaw jumped off and threw Shadow back his gun. Sonic gave her a thumbs-up. "Nice aiming, Shadowpaw!"

She smirked. "Nah, anybody could've done. Now, come on!" Sonic shook his head. "I've gotta go help Tails find some park or something. When we find it, he'll get you the coordinates and help ya. But I'm gonna go take a nice short rest." He ran off, and Shadowpaw shook her head. "Cocky…if he wasn't on the good side…" She sighed. Shadow started to walk off. Shadowpaw looked at him questioningly and ran up to him.

She stood in front of him, and he stopped. Shadowpaw crossed her arms. "Where are you going?" Kussia stood a few feet away, watching. Shadow looked away and didn't answer. Shadowpaw waved her paw in front of his face. "Hello? Where are you going?" Shadow looked at her suddenly, and she flinched. He scoffed and walked past her. She growled and grabbed his shoulder.

Shadow spun around. "What do you want?" Shadowpaw glared at him. "I wanna know where you're going." Shadow glared back at her with equal intensity. "I'm going to take a walk." She crossed her arms. "Then I'm going with you!" Shadow groaned. "No, you aren't. You are going to stay here and wait for Tails." Shadowpaw gaped at him. "No way! I am not gonna sit here and play dumb. I've gotta do something! I'm going with you!"

Shadow sighed. "Fine, whatever." Shadow walked off, and Shadowpaw grumbled and followed him. Kussia shook his head. "No matter what the situation, they always have time for bickering. What a couple of flirters." He sheathed his swords and followed behind them, sneaking behind trees and hiding in the bushes.

Shadow walked back to the park. By now, it was littered with debris and had enough holes to hold a lake full of water. The place was deserted, except for a couple of birds still hanging around the pond. Shadow walked down the same path he had walked only half an hour ago, with Shadowpaw walking beside him. She was quiet, for once, so Shadow was grateful. She just walked beside him, looking at the damage the monsters had caused.

Soon, he came to the hill that he had been standing on by the oak. He walked up the hill, and leaned against the oak. Shadowpaw sat down cross-legged on the grass beside him. They both looked over at the ruins of what used to be the city. A cold breeze ruffled their fur as they gazed at the smoke rising from the wreck. Shadowpaw broke the silence. "What were those things? Where did they come from?"

Shadow shook his head. "I don't know." Shadowpaw crossed her arms and looked up at the sky with her amber eyes. "Well, wherever they came from, we better send them back!" She smirked. "They're pushovers. We can take them. What else can they possibly do?" Shadow looked up at the dark sky. "Who knows, but we better hope they don't do it, whatever it is."

Shadowpaw sighed as she stretched out on the grass. She stared up at the leaves on her back, watching them sway to and fro. They were quiet for a long time; the silence overwhelmed any other sound. Finally, Shadowpaw sat up. She got up on her paws and stretched her legs. Shadow shook his head. "You can't sit in one place for too long. You're just like that fake hedgehog."

She stopped and looked at him. "Just because of the fact that that's true doesn't mean you have to exploit it." Shadow sighed, and she shook her head and lay back down in the grass. She sighed again, and started to roll downhill. She smirked and laughed as she sat up, dizzy from rolling. Shadow rolled his eyes, and Shadowpaw ran up the hill and did it again. And again. And again. And…

Finally, Shadow said as she ran up the hill (again), "Why do you keep doing that?" She looked at him and smirked. "It's fun!" Shadow raised an eyebrow, and Shadowpaw's smirk got wider. "Maybe if you tried it, you'd like it!" Before he knew what was going on, Shadowpaw ran over and pushed him down the hill. He rolled down, and when he stopped he stood up and walked up again, wobbly. Shadowpaw was on the ground laughing and holding her stomach.

Shadow glared at her, and she laughed even harder. He growled and kicked her, and she rolled down the hill. Kussia watched from behind a tree as she stopped at the foot of the hill and ran back up. She tackled Shadow, and they both rolled down the hill, kicking and punching each other. When they got to the bottom, they sat there, their heads spinning. Shadow shook his head and glared at her, but Shadowpaw just grinned and punched him.

He ignored her and stood up. He tried to walk away, but Shadowpaw grabbed his foot and pulled him down. He kicked her in the nose, and she sat there, grabbing her face. He grinned and walked away. But, he heard her running towards him. He ducked, and her fist barely missed his head. He jumped up and avoided her kick, but she scratched his arm and he grabbed it by instinct.

Shadowpaw glared at him, and he glared back. "Oh, it's on now, kitty." She hissed, and they flew at each other. Kussia snickered as they tried to kill each other. Finally, they stopped and stood there, panting and glaring at each other. Suddenly, they heard rustling. They immediately got into battle positions, but lowered their fists when they saw it was Tails. He was panting, his tails drooping behind him.

Shadowpaw glared at Shadow, but he ignored her and said to Tails, "So? What are we gonna do?" Tails handed him a map, and Shadow examined it. He looked up at Tails. "An amusement park?" Tails nodded. "Eggman has taken almost all of the world's rings and hidden them in his amusement park. We need to get them back, pronto!" Shadowpaw looked over Shadow's shoulder at the map. "Why do we have to get some dumb rings from Egghead? What about the monsters?"

Shadow, though, rolled up the map and threw it to Shadowpaw. "Let's go." Shadowpaw fumbled with the map, and she gaped at Shadow. "But what about those creepy monsters? Aren't they our top priority?" Shadow turned to her. "If you don't want to come, go help Kussia destroy what's left of the creatures." Shadowpaw stood there, staring at him. Finally, she smirked. "There's no way you're leaving me with Kussia! I'd rather collect five thousand rings than spend five minutes with him!"

Shadow walked past Tails. "Then let's go!" Shadowpaw ran after him, and Tails sighed. Shadow waved at him, and he propelled his tails and zoomed after them. He couldn't help thinking about why Shadowpaw followed Shadow around. Why follow him? Doesn't she have something better to do? He passed Shadowpaw and flew after Shadow. Suddenly, Shadowpaw ran up beside him. She smirked at him, before gaining on Shadow and leaving Tails behind.

He frowned. How can she be that fast? Oh well, we better hurry up and get there, before the day passes by. He revved up his tails and ran off after them.

Commentaries

DL: Wasn't that exciting? And all of the characters I really care about are in the first chapter, too!

Shadow: You had me sit back and hand Shadowpaw the gun so she can steal all the glory and I just sat in the sidelines and clap?

DL: Umm, pretty much, yeah.

Shadowpaw: Cool! 'I'm sure GUN won't mind if I borrow this!' That's awesome!

Shadow: Do you really roll down hills for fun?

Shadowpaw: (glares at DL) No, I don't. She just put that in there so I appeared weak. She's just jealous that I can kick her butt any day!

DL: No you can't! You can't even beat Kussia up for dead, so how do you expect to beat me?

Kussia: (walks up) What's that supposed to mean?

DL: Oh, nothing…except that I can kick your furry tail easily!

Kussia: Oh yeah? Do you wanna test that theory out?

DL: Yeah! Bring it on!

Shadow: (gets in between them) Hey, how come Shadowpaw can keep up with me when I'm running?

Shadowpaw: Because I am 'da best cat dare is'!

DL: Because she's learned to run fast enough to follow you.

Shadowpaw: That's not true!

Kussia: Please ignore them and review before something bad happens…

Shadowpaw: YOU HAD ME ROLLING DOWN A FRICKIN' HILL!