Prologue
Invitations and dice
Shadow sat up abruptly, blinking rapidly. "Why the hell was I dreaming about that?" Shadow rested his forehead on the palm of his left hand. The dream was undoubtedly disturbing, even moreso because it was a strangely warped version of one of his memories. He stood, as quietly as possible. He didn't want to wake up his "guests". Sonic, Tails, and Rouge had appeared on his doorstep the previous night and had begged him to let them stay. So he had let them, Sonic hadn't even been an annoying bugger, which was unusual.
Shadow cleaned himself up and went down the stairs as quietly as was possible. In the kitchen he left the light off, he had brought down some night vision glasses G.U.N designed, he was testing them, they could also give heat readings, Shadow smirked a little as he remembered how he'd watched Vector "persuade" Espio to investigate a G.U.N project by going invisible then getting close and reporting everything back. Shadow had followed each step of his cautious progress and had then stopped him and taken him back to Vector.
He got himself some water and emptied the glass. Then he looked up, he had heard something. He went into the front hall, completely black. He blended in to the walls perfectly. The whole house was either red, black, or a really pale blue. The blue had surprised Rouge at first, then she had gotten used to it. All in about four seconds. Shadow saw a plain crimson envelope sitting on the floor in front of the door. A letter? At this hour? Shadow picked it up and slipped into the living room. He opened it and two dice fell into his hand, as well as a letter, of sorts. The dice were black with red spots. The letter was a dark red, so dark it almost seemed brown. There was a white burst near the bottom, and a yellow skull at the top left corner, and the bottom right corner. There were various symbols all over the page. The text was yellow, and the text formed a sideways V. Shadow read it aloud to himself quietly.
"'Fantasy is an escape from this world, reality is a game we play with one ultimate prize, happiness is something to achieve every time you turn, love is a requirement in the game of life, kindness is a gift that can only ever help you and the reciever, roll the dice and make your move.' Hmph. Well whoever sent me this didn't know how to spell "receiver"." Shadow shook his head, then re-read the last line. "Roll the dice and make your move eh? Well let's see what this elaborate joke is then." Shadow took the two dice in his hand and tossed them.
Before they hit the floor the dots on the dice became letters. D and O. The yellow text on the letter shimmered then disappeared. It was replaced and Shadow read that.
So you have decided to play the game
And this time it was your choice, or was it?
Shadow snorted, "This was a joke." But before Shadow could make another move, more text appeared.
To advance to the next platform you must go
To the place known as the place of the Drowned Ones.
"Drowned Ones?" Shadow frowned, then picked up the dice, they became two dimensional and he put them in the envelope, as well as the letter. He took them to his office. He had two offices, one in G.U.N HQ and one in his mansion. He turned on the computer. He quickly found the location of Drowned Ones. He sat back, eyebrow raised. "How appropriate."
Authoress note: O_O WOW! I made a background in GIMP then got the idea for this, I totally rock.
Disclaimer: Here she goes again....... *grabs dizzy pills*
Authoress: Your dizzy pills were created by you from a foul mixture of curry, banana, chocolate milk, vinegar, and.......
Disclaimer: No need to tell them that.
Authoress: *raises eyebrow* Oh? Well anyway..... I don't have a DeviantArt account or I would have posted the background on there. :) The V shaped text was just for fun, it's more like a slightly distorted V. XD
Disclaimer: *edges away from Authoress*
Authoress: *looks puzzled* Why are you edging away from me Disclaimer?
Disclaimer: Because near the end of every Authoress note you wallop me.
Authoress: WHY YOU.....!!! *grabs steel megaphone*
Disclaimer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....!!!!!!!!