Pain and Redemption

by Fangs of Lightning and The Chuckinator

Chapter 1: Falling in Love

Sonic looked around his house and smiled. Shadow had agreed to come over for dinner, seeing as he didn't have anything better to do. It was just about time, and he had everything set up. The doorbell rang and Sonic answered it. A smile came to his face as he saw Shadow.

"Glad you could make it," Sonic said. "Come on in."

Shadow nodded and came into the house. Sonic smiled and blushed. They sat on the couch and Shadow spoke. "What are we having for dinner?"

"Chicken. Is that okay?"

Shadow nodded. "How long until it's ready?"

"Half an hour."

"All right. What should we do until then?"

Sonic shrugged and turned on the TV.

"So, how is work?"

"Boring, as usual. It just isn't challenging recently."

"Eggman hasn't done much either."

"Anything interesting happen with your friends?"

Sonic smiled. "Tails recently invented a gender changing machine. I might try it."

"What did he make something like that for?"

"I'm not sure. He wanted to try something different."

"I'd like to see it when you give it a try. That might be interesting." Sonic nodded. Minutes later, the oven beeped and Shadow got the chicken out. They got plates and sat down to eat. Shadow watched Sonic as they ate. "Thanks for inviting me. "

"No problem. Thanks for accepting." Shadow nodded and they continued to eat. When they were done, Sonic looked at him. "Want to do something else now?"

"Sure. Like what?"

Sonic shrugged. "I don't know. I was hoping you had something."

Shadow nodded. "We could see a movie."

"Sure. What are the choices?"

The black hedgehog looked at the movies that were playing at the theater. "Amazing Spider Man 2 and Godzilla." Shadow shrugged. "Whichever you want."

"Let's see Godzilla. "

"All right."

They nodded and left the house. They got to the theater and bought the tickets for the movie. Sonic and Shadow sat down and watched it. After the movie, Shadow stood to leave and looked at Sonic.

"That was pretty cool," he said. "Anyway, I have to go now. I'll see you later, Sonic."

"All right. See you later, Shadow."

He left the theater and looked at Shadow, then walked back home. Once Sonic got back, he yawned. It was getting late. Sonic got in bed and went to sleep. The next day, he woke up and had breakfast, then went over to Tails' house.

"Hey," he said. "How is the invention coming?"

Tails looked over and smiled. "There are a few bugs I need to work out, and it'll be done."

"What sort of bugs?"

"Something's messing it up. Everything I've tested it on so far has had something wrong with the way it looked." Tails shook his head. "I've been going over everything trying to figure out what the problem is."

Sonic nodded. "How long until it's fixed?"

"I'm guessing a few hours."

"Alright. See you then." He ran off to find Shadow. Shadow looked over when he heard him running over. "Hey," he said, looking at Sonic. "What's up?"

"I just talked to Tails about the invention I told you about yesterday. He said it might be done in a few hours."

"Cool. Are you going to test it?"

Sonic nodded. "Yep. He told me I could before he even started building it."

Shadow nodded and followed Sonic. "Why is it that you want to become female?"

"A new experience."

"Will it be permanent?"

Sonic shrugged. "I don't know. I'm hoping not, in case I don't like it."

Shadow nodded and they walked around the city. A few hours later, they came to Tails' house. Tails was in his kitchen, making a sandwich. "Hey, guys."

"Hi. Is it ready?" Tails nodded. He led them down to the basement and turned the machine on. Sonic looked at Tails. "Will this be permanent?"

"I think so. But if you don't like it, you could always just use it again."

Sonic nodded. He walked inside and Tails stared the machine up. Then Sonic began to transform. First, he felt his legs begin shifting. They grew larger, adding more shape to his form. He groaned in pain as he felt his insides begin to shift. The organs in his lower torso were changing, moving around so all of them were in place. Sonic moved a hand over the pain and winced. The hedgehog felt his manhood vanish as a vagina replaced it. Sonic had no idea it would hurt so much. Looking down at himself, he watched as the breasts started taking shape. The quills on his head grew into hair. Soon, the transformation was complete. She walked out of the machine.

"How do you feel?" Shadow asked her.

"A little strange, admittedly. How do I look?"

"You look...beautiful," Shadow said, blushing madly.

Sonic blushed at the compliment, looking down at herself. "You really think so?" Shadow nodded. "Thank you." Sonic looked at Tails. "What about you?"

"It's nice. Do you like that form?"

Sonic thought about it. "I think so, but I need a bit more time with it." Tails nodded and watched the two leave. He had to admit, they would make a good couple if they ever got together. Sonic smiled at Shadow outside. "Want to go do something together?"

"Sure," Shadow said. He blushed. "How about lunch?"

"Sounds great."

Shadow smiled. He was having a strange feeling in his chest and wondered what it was. Sonic glanced down and grabbed his hand without giving much thought to it. She blushed as well and smiled at him. "Let's go," she said.

The two walked to the nearest restaurant. "Does here sound good?" Shadow asked.

"Sure," Sonic said, and they walked inside. The two sat down and ordered. While they waited, Sonic started talking. "This doesn't seem so much different from my male form."

"No, it doesn't," Shadow said with a blush on his face. "You're just more beautiful."

Sonic blushed and looked at Shadow. "So, you thought I was beautiful as a male...does that mean you like me?"

Shadow nodded. "I...I do like you."

"Well that's good."

"What about you?"

"I like you, Shads." Shadow smiled and leaned forwards, kissing her. They stayed like that for a few moments and then broke apart. Sonic smiled and laughed. "I never would have thought we'd fall in love."

The other hedgehog smirked. "Why is that?"

"Our personalities." Sonic looked around for the waiter. "They just seem so different, you know?"

Shadow nodded. "They're not that different."

Sonic smiled and they began to eat. Once they were done, the two went back to Sonic's house.