Hi guys! Long time, no update. . I know that I haven't been updating much of the recent story I was working on. I can plainly say that I've lost interest in writing it. A lot has happened since I last updated...But I am hoping this story will make up for the lack of absence. I have matured a lot as a writer and I am also hoping it shows. Of course like in the description, this is a remake of the Shadow the Hedgehog game and I promise you, it will be just equally awesome. =) I would like to apologize about the closeness of the lines. -.- I have been trying to split them up and it just refuses to. Please bear with it.

Remember to review, no flaming.

Characters belong to:

Luna the Cat belongs to Luna Angelus (Me.)

Shadow and CO. belongs to SEGA.

All That Remains

Prologue- Introduction to Disaster

Standing on the rooftop of an abandoned three story building smack dead in the center of Westopolis stood a sky blue cat clad in an all-black attire: a tank top with the G.U.N. in an army green logo across the chest, jeans, leather gloves with green straps that reach up to her elbow, boots that matched her gloves are knee high with a thick medium sized heel. She was equipped with two 9 mm. pistols on her waist and a serrated kabar blade on her right upper leg.

She stood at 3'3" height with a curvy frame; she had long, straight, black, with the exception of a green bang, hair that reached down her lower back, hypnotic leafy green eyes that were hidden behind a small pair of square framed glasses.

She took a deep breath before looking up to the sky; it was turning out to be a beautiful dawn she thought as she placed her hands on her waist. She turned her attention to the horizon of the city where she saw a single blossom tree standing before a forest upon a hill.

She saw someone standing beside it now. Out of habit, she pushed the glasses a little further up her nose to try and get a better view of this person. She couldn't exactly make out who it was from where she stood, so she gave up and slid the glasses down again upon the tip of her nose.

The wind began to pick up now, carrying her hair now with it. She groaned slightly before she reached into her pocket of her jeans and pulled out a pony and placed it between her teeth as she gathered up her hair. She then used the pony to tie her hair up into a neat ponytail.

She noticed that the sky grew dark moments later after the wind picked up quite a bit, growing dark with clouds that seemed to be…Spiraling over the heart over the city? She placed a hand on one of the holstered guns, sensing danger from this.

The clouds split open and creatures emerged from within the heart in groves and groves of creatures that had crimson and pitch skin. Creatures of all sizes came out of that mysterious cloud: large gigantic creatures that were about the size of two trucks put together, smaller creatures that was about human sized, and finally those that took off with flight around the city.

She cursed silently as she saw this happening before pulling out a pistol before baring her fangs slightly before saying, "Just what I needed today."

The coolness of the morning east wind blew, carrying with it a newspaper that made it's way to the outskirts of Westopolis. Swirling and spiraling in it's dance on the wind before plastering itself for only a moment on a leg that belonged to a black hedgehog with red streaks before floating away, flying skyward now and away from the hedgehog.

Crossing his arms while he stared out at the city, deep in thought now.

Shadow the Hedgehog...Why does that name haunt me?

He raised a brow for a moment at the thought.

It's the only thing I can remember...And that gruesome image.

He flinched at the memory of him and a little blonde girl with blue eyes and dressed in a simple but pretty baby blue dress running down a metallic corridor before entering a room and they quickly turn to face their assailants who were dressed in combat suits with the G.U.N. logo stamped on them. One of the men lifted their gun and the little girl looked at him before she reached out towards Shadow…

BANG!

MARIA!

He opened his eyes as the memory subsided.

"Who am I...And why can't I remember anything? And...Who is this Maria?" He asked himself as he began to delve into deep thought again.

Just as he did this, the clouds turned black overhead began to spread out fast before him, reaching over the city and at it's heart it formed a blackened vortex.
It opened up, the light of the lightning illuminating the vortex for only moments before it began to pour out creatures of all sizes and shapes with crimson and black skin like his own.

He scowled at the scene as the creatures landed and began to create destruction in the city.

"Hm, look how pathetic they are," He turned his back to the destruction now and began to walk away. "I don't have time for these humans." He said as he took a few steps away.

"Shadow…" A dark, ominous voice called out to him which paused him in his footsteps. He raised a brow before he turned around to see a giant starfish-like creature floating before him with six legs and a giant reptilian eye embedded in the middle of the body. The eye began to glow an iridescent red as a massive being materialized before him.

The being was transparent, wearing robes of black with these large spiked shoulder pads that was outlined with gold that connected together at it's neck, large medallions with strange pendants hung around it's neck beneath the piece, it's skin the same color as those of the creatures. It bore three crimson eyes that resembled the same as the starfish creature, two large spikes that were tipped with crimson on either side of it's head, about six miniature spikes atop it's head as well. It had no noticeable mouth on it's face and it had massive hands that only had three fingers with large claws.

Shadow was impressed by this sentinel's presence.

"As you can see," It began, it's voice was deep, dark, and male. "The day of reckoning will soon be here," He said as he moved both his hands to emphasize his point. Shadow raised his brow as he spoke. "Find and bring the seven Chaos Emeralds to me as promised." He finished as he crooked his arm to beckon to him slightly, his claw closing over his chest.

"Huh?" Shadow began as his eyes widened a bit in question. A million questions began to fill his head now. "Who are you and how do you know my name is Shadow? And what the hell are you talking about?" He asked. The being vanished before his eyes and the starfish creature flew off. An explosion went off before and behind Shadow to stop him from pursuing after it. As the smoke subsided, he was unharmed by the explosions, though more questions now filled his head.

"Just what was that about?" He asked as he now looked at the city where the creature headed. He crossed his arms as he began thinking about his next move. "If he knows the truth about who I am...Then like it or not, I have to believe him," Unfurling his arms as he lifted his hand before him and closed his fist as he came to a decision. "The only way I am going to get the secrets to my past is to find those Chaos Emeralds!" He exclaimed before he ran off towards the city to begin his search.

*~*End of Prologue~*