**Note: Okay… like I've said before, this is my first time writing with these characters so PLEASE bear with me…. Also, I guess I always wanted to see Shadow as the protective older brother sooo… yeah…
I don't own the characters! (Except the OC)
Enjoy! ^_^
Chapter 1: Memories
*50 years ago*
The Ultimate Life Form and Maria Robonik stood quietly as they observed a stasis tube that contained another hedgehog. The hedgehog was just like Shadow, except that this one was a female.
"Who is that, Maria?"
"That's Project Shadow 2. Grandfather thought you might get lonely since you're the only hedgehog here… so you can say that's your sister."
"Sister?"
"You know… Family. Like me and grandfather."
Shadow looked at the hedgehog that remained asleep, "She looks like me… why?"
"Grandfather used your DNA to create her."
The black hedgehog didn't say anything else. He just stared at the one that would be his sister. He put his hand up against the glass, "Maria, if I'm the Ultimate Life Form… is she the Ultimate Life Form too?"
Maria gave him a curious look, "I guess so…"
"What is her name?" he asked.
"She doesn't have one yet… Why don't you give her one? After all, you're her brother."
Shadow thought for a moment, "Well, I'm Shadow and she's my sister…. So I believe the ideal name for her should be Luna."
Before Maria could say anything, the emergency alarms went off and then they found themselves running. The next thing Shadow saw was Maria being mortally wounded and him falling from the ARK down to the earth.
"Maria!"
The black hedgehog sat up on his bed as he woke up from another of his dreams. His door opened and the lights turned on. At the doorway stood his best friend Rouge the Bat. She had a worried look on her face, "Another nightmare?"
"No… I… did Dr. Eggman find anyone else when he found me?"
That took her by surprise. She thought about it for a moment, it had been a while but she was sure she could remember at least something. "No, I don't believe he did. Why? Did you remember something?"
"I… no, I didn't. Sorry to have waken you." With that, Shadow laid back on his bed and closed his eyes.
Rouge, however, stayed at the doorway for a while longer. She still wore that worried look on her face as she looked at Shadow. This was the fifth time this happened, him waking up in the middle of the night with a scream. She was worried about him.
After ten minutes, when Rouge was sure Shadow was once again asleep, she turned off the lights and closed his door. She hoped that they could talk about this in the morning.
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During breakfast the next morning, Rouge's worry grew even more as she noticed that Shadow was merely picking at his food. He seemed dazed, like if he hadn't slept all night and as if he was in another world. When he did manage to put some food in his mouth he seemed to hesitate before actually eating the food. 'Is he sick?' Rouge thought.
"Luna…" Shadow mumbled as he took a sip from his coffee that was going cold.
Rouge raised and eyebrow, "Who's Luna?"
At the sound of her voice, Shadow's train of thought was interrupted. He blinked twice before looking up at his friend, "Hm?"
"You just mumbled that name. So, who is Luna?"
"I really don't want to talk about it."
The treasure hunter let out a sigh of disappointment. She wanted to know what was bothering him, she knew Shadow was very secretive and rarely spoke about his problems, but they were friends and if she could help him in any way she would. "Please tell me, Shadow."
He hesitated for a moment. He didn't like to talk about his personal life unless he wanted some answers, but Rouge was his best friend. He felt that he could tell her almost anything.
Shadow let out a sigh and looked into his coffee mug, "Luna is my sister."
Rouge's eyes grew, "What? I didn't know you had a sister!"
"Neither did I… I remembered her last night."
That explained why he had woken up in the middle of the night.
"Is that why you asked me if Eggman had found anyone else?"
He nodded.
The treasure hunter gave him a gentle smile; he was probably full of sorrow now that he remembered his sister and didn't know where she was, although he was very good at hiding his emotions, other than anger.
They remained quiet for a moment. Then, Rouge snapped her fingers and the sound made Shadow look up at her. "Let's look for her!"
"Huh?" he gave her a surprised look.
"I'm sure we can find her."
"You think so?"
She gave him a reassuring smile, "I'm positive! Now, do you remember how she looks like?"
He nodded, "She looks like me… only she has breasts."
Well, that wasn't what Rouge thought he would tell her but it worked.
"Does she have a certain way of speaking? Like an accent?"
He shook his head, "G.U.N. invaded the ARK before she could take her first steps out of the stasis tube."
"Oh… so, she's like a baby?"
"I guess you could say that."
She began to think for a moment. If they were going to find Shadow's long lost sister, they were going to need help. "Should we ask Sonic and the others for help?"
"No. The faker has a big mouth and he'll tell the whole city before we know her whereabouts."
"But, don't we want to find her? Maybe people have seen her."
Shadow folded his hands across his chest and gave her a serious look, "I don't want the G.U.N. Agents after my little sister."
He had a point. G.U.N. would probably capture, examine, and experiment on the poor girl before asking questions. "Fine. We'll look for her ourselves." She finally said.
"She must still be in the stasis tube… unless someone found and released her."
She nodded, and then something came to her mind, "Wait! What if she's still in the ARK?"
Shadow shook his head slowly, "I doubt that."
"Why?"
"Because when I returned to the ARK I didn't see her there."
She snapped her fingers, "Then it's settled. We'll have to go where Eggman found you and check the surrounding areas."
"I agree." He was about to get up when Rouge's glare stopped him.
"But first, finish your breakfast."
**Okay… how was it? Hopefully not so bad… I'm hoping not at least… well thanks for reading and please review! (If it wasn't that good please don't kill me with harsh comments)**
