Hello everyone and welcome to my first story! :D Yes, it may seem sucky at first, but it may get better along the way. ^^' Thanks for reading this and please review so I know how good of a job I am doing! And as already stated in the title, this is a Sonadow story so if you don't like this ship, please kindly leave and find another story to read! I don't need unnecessary flames! XD Please enjoy! :3

A Sonadow Story:

Hero's Heart Corrupted

Chapter One: Mysterious Drop-off

It was another bright, normal day on the planet of Mobius. Birds were tweeting, the sun was shining, and our blue hero of Mobius was slacking in his house with his friends. He had been given the day off from 'being the hero', since Dr. Eggman had been taken care of that day. Sonic and his friends were at his house, chilling as already stated.

Everyone had somehow managed to come. Tails, who already lives there; Knuckles, who had the convincing of Rouge to stop guarding his precious rock; Rouge, having free time from her missions from GUN; and even Shadow, who was dragged there also by Rouge. They were all sitting in the living room, watching the news for anything interesting. Unfortunately, there was nothing.

The Fastest Thing Alive himself was flicking through the channels, a bored expression on his face. The house was very comfortable, despite how messy it was. The floor was mostly made of beautiful light brown hardwood flooring, other than the living room, with light blue walls and snow white ceiling. There was a cobalt blue couch in the middle of the living room turned toward the corner where the black plasma flat screen TV stood. In front of the couch was a nice glass table for them to set their drinks, snacks, and other belongings on. Hung on the wall were pictures of mostly Sonic and Tails together, sometimes their other friends, and a shelf near the front door full of Sonic's awards and trophies for his heroism. The front door stood out, being a snow white color along with the ceiling. The living room had a nice beige carpeting that was littered with dirty socks and other carelessly tossed things at some corners and spots along the walls. Next to the couch was a nice stand that held a blue sapphire lamp on top of it for late night reading (obviously having to be used by Tails mostly).

All five Mobians were crowded around the TV, the same bored expressions on their faces as Sonic. They did not even seem to change it when a disturbingly loud bolt of lightning was heard from outside. The only one who seemed to make a reaction to it was Shadow, turning to the window to see the light droplets of rain hitting on the glass in the beginning of a storm. The sun was no longer visible and the birds had stopped tweeting. He turned back to Sonic to see that the blue hedgehog was getting very annoyed. Tossing aside the remote after turning off the TV, the blue hero let out an irritated sigh.

"Ugh, there's nothing to do here! Even fighting Egghead again sounds more exciting!" He complained, the others nodding in agreement with his statement. Another bolt of lightning caught their attention that hit close to the house, all the Mobians turning toward the door with the same bored expressions. Shadow sat up from his seat on the floor, since the couch could only fit up to three to four people and that he did not want to sit on the couch anyway, and moved toward the door. The black hedgehog opened up the door and took a look outside. He grunted as he saw that the rain had grown way more harsh than when he looked outside from the window last time. Moving back inside, he sat back at his spot on the floor.

"How is it, Shads?" Sonic questions on the couch, looking down at the elder hedgehog.

"Not something I like, that's for sure. The rain is really difficult out there, and I didn't bring a Chaos Emerald with me here. It looks like it's going to get even worse, so I don't think any of us will be leaving here tonight," Shadow calmly replied, although he was really disliking the fact that he will have to stay at Faker's house.

"Sometimes, I don't even think you can live without your precious little Chaos Emerald," Sonic chuckled and stood up from the couch. Shadow gave the cocky hedgehog a solid, dark glare as his rival strode over to the kitchen, smirking as he disappeared behind the door frame.

The kitchen seemed to be the only tidy room in the whole house. The flooring was lined with glossy white and beige checkered tile. The walls were painted a creamy color, having some pictures of Tails and the blue hedgehog hanging on them. Next to the door frame was the fridge, which was white, and a counter next to it to the left and connecting to the wall. A stove was a little ways away from the counter, leaving room for the trash can. The dishwasher was to the left of the stove that was an off-white coloring, the stove being a shiny light gray. Above everything but the fridge were cabinets, holding plates, glass cups, pots and pans, baking accessories, etc. In the middle of it all was a nice spruce brown colored circular kitchen table with four chairs circling around it. The chairs were very comfortable, having padding to support the back and the bottom of the person who sat on the chair. The chairs were also made of black fabric, adding to the comfort. Next to the dishwasher was the back door, leading to the porch.

The Blue Blur opened up the fridge in search for something edible. A loud bang was heard from behind him, causing the blue hero to instantly look up from the fridge and whip his head around in the direction of the noise. He saw nothing out of the usual. Curious, he moved to the back door and opened it, looking outside. At the foot of the door held a small package made of brown paper, like what they use for brown paper bags. The patio was a large expanse of hard-wooded flooring and had a thick metal roof to block out the rain, so the package wasn't wet except for a few drops on the way there from where it came from. There was nothing on the package to indicate where the package had come from. The blue hedgehog picked up the mysterious object and took another look around. Nobody. Sonic shrugged and stepped back inside his house, not noticing a dark shadow looming out from the corner of the house from the outside.

Sonic walked a little faster back to the living room with his friends and jumped back on the couch in the middle of Tails and Rouge with the brown package still in his hands.

"Hey Sonic, what's that?" the yellow kitsune tilted his head to the side and pointed at the package questioningly. That being said, everyone else in the room turned their head to look at the blue hedgehog, who was expecting that, but decided to play dumb.

"What's what?" he said sarcastically and smirked.

Narrowed eyes.

Sweat drop.

"Okay, okay, chill out, guys! I was in the kitchen trying to get something to eat until I heard a very loud noise that came from outside. I went over to the back door and looked outside. This was the only thing out of the ordinary out there," Sonic points at the package as his smirk disappears off his muzzle. "There was nothing else out there." Everyone just stood there with blank faces and he sweat-dropped again.

"Sonic, please tell me this is just one of your pranks you pull on us frequently," Tails spoke up and everyone seemed to agree with his statement with a nod.

"Guys, I am serious! And also, your prank isn't due until later." The blue hedgehog pouted and crossed his arms over his chest like Shadow does. Speaking of Shadow, he was now right behind him leaning on the back of the couch with his forearms.

"Honestly Faker, you should pull these less often," The black and red streaked hedgehog scoffed with a disinterested look across his stoic face. The blue hedgehog soon continued to rant about him not pranking them and saying he was being honest.

Truly, Shadow believed him. Although the Faker was a pretty big joker and someone you could not easily take seriously, you could tell he was on his serious side now. The black hedgehog only pushed him so he could watch The Blue Blur embarrass himself even more. Shadow just liked to see the blue hedgehog like this. It was pretty amusing in all honesty. Seeing his rival thrash and get aggravated made Shadow almost want to burst out laughing like Sonic would do if one of his friends did something embarrassing. But being Shadow, all he did was smirk and rarely let out a small, deep chuckle. The Ultimate Lifeform soon snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of stomping sneakers hit the hardwood floor, echoing into the kitchen again.

Shadow turned in the direction of the kitchen door frame to see a glimpse of blue spines disappear behind it. The black hedgehog soon followed and saw the blue spines go outside from the back door. He followed again and stepped outside on the patio, Sonic sitting in a nicely carved wooden rocking chair. Noticing another copy of the chair next to Sonic's left, he sat in the chair next to him.

The blue hedgehog did not even bother to look at his rival as he stared at the back lawn, deep in his thoughts. He still held the brown paper package in his arms protectively like it was a precious artifact. The steady raindrops from the storm pounded on the metal roof above them, giving a calmer nature in this kind of situation. Shadow soon began to get into his own thoughts as well as he listened to the rain and rocked quietly in his chair.

Shadow could not help it, but when he looked at Sonic now, he somehow looked at the moment less… annoying, peaceful you could say. The blue hedgehog looked less alert with his usually pricked up blue ears softened, free from tension, and his muscles relaxed. It was like his rival was not the big hero and did not need to watch out for anything. The Ultimate Lifeform soon realized how much stress Sonic must go through. Sonic always had to have his guard up in order to be ready for an unexpected attack. It seems like just letting his guard slip for only a millisecond could cause great devastation in most cases. He had to watch over his friends to make sure nothing happened to them, whether it be something small or tragic. His carefree personality was nonexistent in these thoughts. No matter how hard he tried to hide it, the blue hedgehog had more responsibility than any job could ever give you. Shadow actually began to give a little respect to his rival, although he would never admit that aloud.

The black hedgehog snapped out of his thoughts again when he heard his rival's voice.

"Hey Shads, you alright?" A gloved hand belonging to the blue speedster waved in front of Shadow's face and he blinked, realizing he had been actually staring at Sonic the entire time. Dammit Shadow, the black hedgehog cursed before focusing on The Fastest Thing Alive again.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Shadow replied dryly and turned his head away from his blue doppelganger to watch the raindrops hit the grass below them. Sonic shrugged and looked in the direction Shadow was looking at, letting out a deep sigh that seemed to release even more tension as his shoulders sagged. Another silence, but this time, it was pretty awkward. Both tried to come up with something to talk about.

"So, do you believe me or you still don't?" Sonic turned to Shadow and Shadow did the same.

The blue hedgehog held up the brown paper package in front of him and Shadow took it from him. They both sat absolutely still, staring at the package like something was going to pop out of it. Shadow decided not to answer that question because it may give his rival the idea that the black hedgehog was becoming soft. What if he was? And if he was, why? He put that thought in the back of his mind and moved his gloved hand to the side of the package, where it was the easiest place to open it. Sonic's emerald eyes followed Shadow's gloved hand, waiting for it to reveal what was inside the mysterious package.

~End of Chapter 1~

So how was it? Good, bad, the best story ever? XD (I wish -.-) But thanks for giving me a chance in reading my first story and there will be more chapters along the way! :3 And please review so I know how good of a job I am doing!