AN: Meet my first official OC!


I'm over this
I'm tired of living in the dark
Can anyone see me down here
The feeling's gone
There's nothing left to lift me up
Back into the world I know

-"Away From the Sun", 3 Doors Down


There are so many things that people take for granted…that I took for granted. I am a Metal Shadow, unit number 1909, or just Metalshadow1909 to the few who I have spoken to since the incident. We were designed by Snively Robotnik, for Robotnik Industries. A pairing of soul and steel, we were created to do anything and everything our master desired. We who were once free became slaves caged in metallic bodies. It was thought that when we were roboticized, we would lose all self-awareness and ability to reason. However, the soul is a powerful force, and many of my brothers used they're new bodies to their advantage. Alas, the effort was in vain, and we were deactivated, the entire Metal Shadow project deemed a failure. We were locked away in a storage facility that may as well have been a mass grave if we were but living. What our creators failed to realize is that, though many are prone to sloth, there are some that over time become…restless. And so, I awoke to find myself in utter darkness, surrounded by others like me, all deactivated. I spent hours trying to wake them, but their souls had already lost hope. I'm afraid they'll stand there forever, dead inside. Fortunately, there were a select few who, like me, still wished to return to the life they once knew. We set out to make our escape from the facility. Luckily, our memory had not been wiped, and we were able to use the information that we had downloaded previously to expedite our mission. Once we were out, we debated what we should do. Should we go back and try to wake the others once again. I was opposed to this theory. The others had already blown out their candles. They were never coming back. Of course, my view was unpopular. I was the only one who knew the truth first hand, and the rest of our troop was to foolish to believe me. Therefore, we parted ways. I walked off into the surrounding forest, away from the fortress, while the others went back. They were all undoubtedly captured and disassembled, but I, I was once again free! And yet…who am I? It was not until I reached a meadow at the center of a clearing that I began to notice a few oddities. I lay down to rest, but I could not feel the grass beneath my back. I stopped to smell the roses, but their scent eluded me! I dipped my hand in the river, and my eyes told me that the water ran over it, but my metallic claw told me nothing! Here I was, free to once again walk among the living, only to realize that I could never truly be one of them! As if to mock me, my mind wandered back to my life before I became what I am today, but I could not remember it! It is like a dream, a pleasant dream that, when you awake, you remember how it made you feel, and yet you cannot remember what it was that made you feel that way! No, my life before is gone forever! This is who I am now. A metal…thing! Neither dead nor alive, for I assure you, this is no life! All that remains for me now is to discover who I once was and hope that I can make something of my wretchedness. To that end, I continue on my way. For until that day, I will be nothing more than the horrid specter that I am now, Metalshadow1909.


AN: This version of roboticization is less along the lines of SatAM and more along the lines of what the Metarex did to themselves. If my plans don't change, Metal will eventually appear in Schism. Speaking of which, Animapolis has it's own official theme song: Hero(The Legion of Doom Remix) off of Skillet's Awake and Remixed EP. Look it up.