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Flashback:The ARK 50 years ago

Footsteps are heard at the end of a long corridor, a blonde human girl can be seen at the end of a corridor, holding hands with an ebony black, crimson red hedgehog. At the other end of the hallway three G.U.N. soldiers yelling at the top of their lungs, "HALT! DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER!". The ebony hedgehog just held the girls hand tighter, the hedgehog cried, "Maria! Where are we going?!" the girl replied, "You'll see, just hang on tight!" They entered a room, with a escpae pod, shadow looked puzzled "Maria theres only one escape pod." "They are after you shadow, not me, so get in there!" she said as she pushed the hedgehog into the pod and sealed it. "Maria! let me out!" cried shadow, Maria simply shook her head. The G.U.N. soldiers entered the room, one of them saying "Hold it right there miss! Don't pull the lever and we'll let you go"

Maria pulled the lever and a female computer like voice started counting down, "10, 9, 8" As soon as Maria pulled the lever one of the soldiers accidently shot her. "7, 6, 5, 4" the computer said. The hedgehog slamed the pod furiously shouting "MARIA! NO!" The girl simply said, "Shadow promise me that you will be happy on earth, make freinds, and don't forget me" Maria said as she fell to the ground with a pool of blood surrounding her, at this point she couldn't feel pain. "NO! MARIA! PLEASE!" the hedgehog cried loudly.

"Sayanara...shadow the hedgehog..." she closed her eyes, she felt herself leave the world. "2, 1" the robotic voice said, and the pod blasted into space with the greiving hedgehog inside."Why Maria? why?" he moaned softly. He slammed the pod once more before he passed out.

End of flashback

Shadow laid with his eyes closed tight. He tried not to think about her, but there was no use. A tear ran down his face, he wiped it away and opened his crimson eyes. 'I need to get mind off this... mabye a walk would help?' the hedgehog thought as he got off a bed, the blue sheets neetly made. He walked down the corridors of the ARK, he turned left and walked down the same corridor he and Maria were runing from the G.U.N., he just had to shed a tear.

He wiped it quickly, he didn't want any one to notice him crying. He turned left again and exited the giant space craft, he stepped into the frosty night and breathed in the fresh air and smiled a bit. But his smile quickly faded as he heard some one saying "Well at least i dont steal jewls for a living, you filthy whore!" a female voice replied "I do not steal jewls! At least i have a job that acctully pays me, you just stand around looking at emeralds!" Shadow reconized thier voice, it was Knuckles and Rouge.

He mumbled to himself "So immiture..." He jumped up into a tree and couldn't help himself but to spy on them. Knuckles roared at Rouge, "I DO NOT JUST LOOK AT SOME RANDOM EMERALDS, THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IF IT-" he was hushed by Rouge, who put her finger on his lips and shook her head saying "Knuckles, honey, no need to get like that" she batted her eye lashes. Knuckles quickly moved away, avoiding the bat's gleaming eyes. The enchidna turned his head slightly and just stared at Rouge quietly.

Shadow couldn't help but chuckle a bit, then the white bat started again, "Look, knuckle head, we need to get back at Amy's place, or we'll freeze to death."

Then the ebony hedgehog relized some thing, 'why would Rouge and Kuckles be doing out here in the cold? Mabye they came frome Angel Isle? No...why would that snotty bat tag along?' He just sat there and thought. But he couldn't come up with a very good reason.

Mean while at Amy's house

"Hey Cream? Ceam? Can you pass me some salt?" a pink hedgehog yelled from the kitchen. A small, cream bunny was running down the hallway, saying, "Coming Amy!" She grabbed the salt and passed it to Amy, who was making some thing in a pot over the stove. Cream looked at the things inside it, it was stew. The little bunny asked, "Hey, whats in there? It smells so good!" The pink hedgehog was about to say some thing, but she smiled and said, "I chopped up rabbit and put it in there" Cream just had a blank expresion. "Im kidding! I really just didn't want to name every thing" Amy said, breaking the silence. She said again "I can tell you whats really in there...Theres-" she was cut off by Cream, who shaked her head and said in a flat voice, " I really dont wanna know now..." She walked out of the kitchen.

"Well, dont complain to me that you don't know what your eating!" Amy yelled across the hall way.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang. The pink hedgehog jumped at this sound. She went into the living room, and found Knuckles and Rouge facing the oppisite way, crossing their arms. "How was the trip? Are you two ok?" The bat just shrugged and smelled the air. "Whats that smell? It smells delicious!" said Rouge walking down the hall way entering the kitchen. Knuckles silently followed, 'Well, if that takes their mind off of what ever happened on that trip, it'll do' Amy followed and yelled to Cream, "Dinner's ready!" Cream came running down the hall way, with cheese at her side. Amy led them to the dinner table, Rouge and Knuckles already sitting down. Amy filled four bowls with stew, and passed them out to her fellow freinds. "Enjoy!" Amy said cheerfuly. "And enjoy i will..." The enchidna said sarcasticly.

Amy just rolled her eyes and said, "Knuckles, how was the trip?" Amy said while eating some stew. Knuckles chewed and swallowed before talking, "It would've been fine if spoiler here didn't tag along!" He said making a mean glare at the white bat. "What ever, I only came to see what happens, cuz i know you love to lie!" They both got up and argued, using cuss words. "WELL YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Rouge yelled loudly.

Amy quickly covered Creams ears, and yelled out loud, " QUIT IT ALREADY! YOU HADN'T HAVE ENOUGH!?" Both the enchidna and the bat sat down, and just stared at Amy. "Well, that was innapropriate! Escpsecially in front of Cream!" Cream just sat there quietly, thinking of what she just heard. The pink hedgehog finished her stew, as the others were finishing theirs. She picked every ones bowl up and put it in the dish washer. She started the dish water and sent Cream to get ready for bed. She sat on the sofa in the living room, where Rouge and Knuckles were sitting quietly. Amy broke the silence by asking the red enchidna, "So, you said that there was a disturbance in the master emerald?" "Yup, i felt strange when that energy wave came..." Knuckles said dryly.

Then a squeaky voice said, "My emerald tracker sensed that energy wave, too" Now the figure came clear, it was a yellow two tailed fox, running down the stairs. "Tails! you didn't eat dinner! Here take this" Amy said cheerfully giving the yellow fox a sandwich. "Thank you Amy, any ways, it was a pretty strong wave...I wondered if some one was using the emreald to...Nah, its not possible.." Tails firmly said.

Knuckles had a puzzled look and asked, "Using it to what?"

Tails replied, "Nothing you need to be concered about" he said reassuringly.

Mean while in an unknown place

The girl woke up, blinking in the bright light. She put her hand in front of her face, making a shadow over her face. She looked around quietly, wondering where she was. "Ah, you have woken up" a unkown male voice said. She turned around quickly and said "Who are you?! Where am I?!". The grey hdgehog replied, "Thats for me to know, and you to find out, Maria Robotnik" His evil grin spread across his face. She stammered, "H-h-how'd you know m-m-m-my name?". "That doesn't matter now, I have a deal for you" Maria looked puzzled, then asked "What is it?" The grey hedgehog chuckled, "I will bring you back to life, in hedgehog form, only if you promise me some thing" The blonde nodded her head slightly, then the grey hedgehog started, "only if you promise to serve me in your new life" Maria hesitated, but she said firmly, "I promise". He smiled evily, knowing what a fool she was. "Just a glimpse of your new self" He raised his hand and a mirror came out.

At first Maria couldn't see what was in the mirror, but she took a few steps foward and noticed what was in it.

It was a honey hedgehog on the other side of the mirror, her face looked puzzled. Her hair was just like Maria's, she had the same old fashoned clothes, every time Maria moved the hedgehog moved with her. Then the grey hedgehog started again, "Aaahhhh, yes this is what you'll look like once i revive you" But then the blonde girl noticed some thing in the back round. It was a short wide mouthed volcano, with some thing green glowing in it. "Whats that?" Maria asked. The grey hedgehog looked at the mirror, and his expression changed from evil grin, to a concerned face.

"You don't need to know!" He said as he motioned his hand down, the mirror disapeared. The girl had a some what puzzled face, but just shruged and forgot about it. The hedgehog started again, "Any ways, I will grant your wish, just don't forget the promise" Maria nodded slightly, then a white flash surrounded her, and she was gone.

End of chapter 1!

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