Two females were standing on the edge of a cliff looking over a small town. About 30 miles above the town there was a floating island. The females were two different species. The first girl is a yellow and pink hedgehog. The other girl is a ice-blue Echidna. Their names were Sveta the Hedgehog and Melody the Echidna.
They were looking for some people to join their group. Everyone in the group has to have a dark, sad, lonely, or evil past. Sveta was actually based on the ultimate life form Shadow the hedgehog, but she killed her creators because they wanted her to destroy Shadow and take his place as the ultimate life form. She took one look at his picture and immediately fell in love. She couldn't even think about killing him so she killed the people that told her to kill him.
Melody was half Echidna and half Siren. She could play both the flute and the harp. But she had been raised a whore. Ever since she was eight she had been forced to seduce men for information. The reason she didn't get pregnant is because her siren blood killed all sperm that was not Siren or Echidna. She hated doing it so she killed the person who made her do it, then she killed all the men she'd had to have sex with.
When Melody found Sveta they found they both had freakish powers. Melody, being part siren, could enchant people with her music and singing. Sveta had psychic mind powers, Magical powers, could see both living and nonliving objects entire pasts by touching them, and the same powers Shadow had.
They decided to find people with horrible pasts and make a team no.... a family to stick by each other for eternity. They were looking for Shadow and they'd heard gossip saying he was in this small town, staying with Sonic the hedgehog. They both despised Sonic. So he saved people from some stupid doctor. But did he save people from rapists, murderers, and other people making peoples lives miserable for their own sick pleasure. They hoped Shadow would come with them. They had four chaos emeralds and decided to give them to Shadow as a welcoming present. They knew he wouldn't come easily. So Sveta also would try to find out his enter past for him. Even if he didn't remember she could still find out, then she could show him his past. They knew he wanted to know his past.
The plan was for Melody to sing the town asleep then take Shadow to a safe place. Then work from there.
Melody cleared her throat and started to sing a song to put the town to sleep...

(this is 'Mordred's lullaby' by 'Heather Dale')
Hush child, The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep

Guileless son,I'll shape your belief
And you'll always know that your father's a thief
And you won't understand the cause of your grief
But you'll always follow the voices beneath
Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me

Guileless son,Your spirit will hate her
The flower who married my brother the traitor
And you will expose his puppet behaviour
For you are the proof of how he betrayed her

Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me

Hush child, the Darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Guileless son,Each day you grow older
Each moment I'm watching my vengeance unfold
For the child of my body, the flesh of my soul
Will die in returning the birthright he stole

Loyalty loyalty loyalty loyalty
Loyalty loyalty loyalty only to me
Hush child, The darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep
Child, the darkness will rise from the deep
And carry you down into sleep

When she was done you could actually hear snores from where they were standing.
"Good job Melody."
"Thanks Sveta. Now let's get moving."
What they didn't know was that Melody's singing doesn't work on other Echidnas and it so happened that The Echidna Knuckles happened to be living on the floating Island and heard the song. He knew something was amiss. So he went down to the town to see everyone asleep. It was strange. He thought'I wonder what has happen to all the people. And what was with that song I heard.'
As he got closer to Sonic's house he heard unfamiliar voices. 'Somebody is in Sonic's house,' he thought worriedly. He crepes into Sonic's house to see Sonic sleeping on the couch while eating a plate of chili-dogs. He didn't know to be amazed or freaked out at the fact that he can eat chili-dogs while asleep. He let out a laugh. He put a hand over his mouth hoping nobody heard him. Then his danger sense went crazy. He turned to see a frying pan come slamming onto his face then everything went black.
The girls were amazed. Someone was awake, an Echidna of all things. They had thought Melody was the last one.
"I heard there was somebody on the floating island guarding a giant Emerald. He must be the guardian." said Sveta.
"Can we take him with us? Check out his past." said Melody holding Shadow over her shoulder plus two more chaos emeralds. They now had six chaos emeralds.
Sveta Put her hand on his head and concentrated, she let out a gasp at what she saw.
"He holds a more tragic past then us put together. I'll take him you keep hold of Shadow. The guy's name is Knuckles. He almost never leaves the Emerald unguarded. We should go up to the island and wait for him to wake up there."
They nodded. They went outside and Sveta used Chaos Control to teleport up to the island in the sky.
When they got to the ruins they saw a small house. They went inside to see a bed in the corner and a kitchen like part on the other side. There was also a door which they presumed was the bathroom. They set Shadow in a chair and put Knuckles on the couch.
"Melody look what's on the table." On the table was the last Chaos emerald.
"Sweet. Now we have all seven."
They heard a moan and saw Knuckles was stirring awake.
"Sveta get out of the room. He might trust an Echidna more then a hedgehog." Sveta nodded and took Shadow and the emeralds outside.
Melody watched Knuckles wake up. He was calm at first. Then he remembered what happend. He look around to see he was in his house. He then spotted Melody. He was shocked; because right in front of him was not only a female Echidna, it was an ice-blue colored Echidna. Echidna's were normally red, yellow, orange, or in-between colors. But never had he ever heard of a blue Echidna. Much less an Echidna all together. He had a mix of shock and anger because he bet she was the one who knocked him out.
"Who are you. Why are you ice-blue. Most Echidnas are Red or something like that? And was it you that hit me with a frying pan?"
She giggled at his confusion.
"My name is Melody. I am not your normal Echidna and I didn't hit you with the frying pan. My friend Sveta did."
"And where is your friend?"
"Outside dealing with Shadow."
"Shadow?! Was it you that put the town to sleep? If so why? And why is Shadow here."
"Let me explain from the beginning. But only once Shadow is awake so I only have to say it once. Hey Sveta is he awake yet?"
"Yes. Can we come inside. It's funny how confused he is."
"What is going on women?!" shouted Shadow.
"Shadow you should treat women with respect." said Knuckles who was rased to respect woman.
"Knuckles, what is going on?" asked Shadow as he walked in with Sveta.
"I have no clue. One minute the hole town was asleep and I was checking out your house to see if something was wrong. Then I saw Sonic asleep eating chili-dogs. I laughed then got hit in the head by her." he pointed at Sveta.
"Moi?" she asked innocently. "Yes you." said Knuckles angry now standing up.
"You two sit down and we'll explain everything."
Once they sat down Sveta started her story.

A/N: CLIFFHANGER!!!!! if I get 4 reviews I might continue. I do not own anybody 'sept Melody and Sveta. R&R. Aqua Girl