I sat next to a tree, my blue eyes filled with tears. I had just been in a fight with my step-dad. We're nothing alike,he has no hair and an orange mustache, I have shorter black and crimson quills, he is a guy and I am a girl, oh and lets not forget that he is human and I'm a hedgehog. It was sun set, I just ran away and was still upset. I gathered sticks and leaves and built a fire. I was staring at it for quite some time

/flashback\

"demon why have you done this" dad yelled

"dad it wasn't my fault it was.."

"don't you blame this on me. You chose not to do it" my green boyfriend yelled out before I could finish.

"Why don't you just go to your room, Demon? Your grounded" my dad yelled so I did and I gathered some things and left

/end flashback\

It wasn't even my fault.

I wore a blue shawl, a black jacket, and an army bag. Under that a tight black shirt and blue jean flairs. I pulled a small blanket out of my bag, laid it on the ground, took my jacket and shawl off. I rolled my jacket up and laid it on my blanket. I took my shawl and wrapped it around myself. I sat next to the fire,still crying, trying to get warm. "Nobody cares about me"I said to myself.

Then I heard a low,mysterious voice say "Join the club." I looked up and saw another hedgehog. He was black and crimson like me except his quills was spiked up with black hair and crimson streaks and my quills was down with black hair and the bottom was ever changing crimson. He sat beside me, his eyes staring into the fire.

"who are you?" i asked hoping to get a straight answer. "i am the darkness in the light, the figure in the dark, the shadow on the wall for that is who i am. i am the ultimate life form SHADOW." 'shadow why does that name ring a bell' I thought to myself

we sat in silence for awhile until he asked "who are you?"

"i go by many names" I told him "demon-wolf is my main name."

"may i just call you demon?" i nodded "what makes you think your not loved?"he asked.

"my step-dad told me i was a wimp because i didn't kill some guy. he also told me he should have just let me on the streets to die. before you ask i don't want to say his name.... what about you?"

he looked at at me with his soft red eyes then looked up at the sky. "i lost a dear friend in Space Colony ARK. i hope you don't mind but but I'd rather not say who and how." Just then we heard the sound of a twig snap. "anyway I'd better get going." and with that he got up and ran at top speed,which I'd say was really fast. with my fire just a spark I laid down, pulled my shawl over me, and fell asleep.