Shadow the Hedgehog- System of Defection
Chapter 1: Prelude to Destruction
Shadow the Hedgehog stood still nearby a tree, looking over a cliff that led downwards to the city of Westopolis. As he looked out to the horizon, a newspaper was blown by the wind, and got caught on SHadow's left leg. '"Fire-In-The-Sky" Celebration! 50 year return of Black Comet!' read the main headlines of the newspaper, and it was once again blown away by the wind, never to be seen again by Shadow.
Shadow looked down and thought, '"Shadow the Hedgehog"... Why does that name haunt me? It's the only thing I can remember. And that gruesome image..." Shadow closed his eyes and his head stretched back a bit, still looking downwards.
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A young girl was running away from some soldiers with handguns in their hands, until she reached a dead end. This girl turned around, and the soldiers stopped, aiming at her head. She turned towards Shadow, and then she looked back at the soldiers. "Maria!" A gunshot went off.
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The flashback ended directly after the gunshot, and Shadow opened his eyes. "Who am I... and why can't I remember anything? And... who is this "Maria"?
Suddenly, red clouds began to cover the sky over Wesopolis, and the entire sky was soon engulfed by these eerie red clouds. A hole opened in the clouds, and several hundred aliens began to drop down from the clouds, and Shadow just stood watching. Several human screams were heard echoing throughout the area. "Hmm, look how pathetic they are. I don't have time for these humans."
"Shadow..." Shadow began to walk away, but stopped after hearing his name, when a form of a leg-less alien appeared in front of him from a projection from an eye. "As you can see, the day of reckoning will soon be here. Find the seven Chaos Emeralds, and bring them to me - as promised."
"Huh? Who are you and how do you know I'm Shadow? And what are you talking about?" Shadow questioned the projection.
The eye only floated away, and left behind only its name. But only on a small piece of its tentacle like 'arms'. Shadow picked this up, and read the small bit on it, which was not in English, but somehow Shadow understood the writing immediately. 'Black Doom'
"Just what was that all about? If he says he knows the truth about who I am, then like it or not, I have to believe him. The only way I'm going to get the secrets to my past, is to get those Chaos Emeralds!" Shadow said as he dashed off into the besieged city.
A/N End of the first chapter, and yes I know it was short, but this is only the intro part of the story. The part where this becomes a self insertion is not until chapter 3.
