For the longest time, I didn't know who I was. I didn't know why I had been born, or where.

I could only remember my name, Shadow the Hedgehog.

I had memories of a girl named Maria. These are what hurt the most.

I went in search of the seven Chaos Emeralds. A Demon called Black Doom told me that they were the key to finding out about my past.

In the end, I discovered that I'd been made with Black Doom's DNA, as an atempt to save Maria by Doctor Gerald Robotnik.

The military agency G.U.N. thought I was too dangerous and came to shut down 'Project: Shadow'.

I tried to save Maria, but she sent me down to Earth from the ARK, and was killed by the G.U.N. soldiers.

This led to me being in a coma for fifty years.

Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik found and released me.

During the following events, I met Sonic the Hedgehog and the many people I could call my allies. I may not approve of them, but I have to tolerate them.

In the end, we stopped Black Doom, with the help of my 'friends'.

There was more events than I have time to explain before then. Like my presumed 'death' after falling off the ARK.

Things were pretty sound after Black Doom was gone.

For a while. Untill Eggman came back with another scheme.

That led to us meeting the hedgehog girl named Eternal, and her deciding to help us.

I rejected her at first, but Sonic was open to her assistence.

Yet, I felt like she understood me.

She turned out a great help to us all, and I don't mind calling her my friend now.

But there's still that gap... The hole in my heart that I've had for so long...

The gap that was never there when I still had Maria...