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Prologue – Shadow the Hedgehog: The Richest Thing Alive
Our story begins thousands of feet in the air on a private jet close to the mysterious Angel Island. Shadow the Hedgehog, the ultimate life form and richest thing alive, sits in the plane, piloting his aircraft with the utmost precious and finesse. Where is this jet going? Why, straight at the Master Emerald of course! Standing at the altar is Knuckles the Echidna, guardian of the Master Emerald and the most echidna alive, his arms crossed over his chest with a grin glued to his profile. Once Shadow positions the jet above Knuckles he performs a high-flying loop-de-loop and sends it into a nose dive directly at him. Shadow jumps out of the plane and waits for the red baron to make his next move. The jet approaches at break-your-neck speeds but Knuckles is unmoved. But, once the jet is only 20 feet away from the Emerald, his eyes light up and he jumps straight into the air!
"SHOOORYUUKEN!" yells Knuckles as he power punches the pilot's plane into the stratosphere! Before it flies off into the distance, Shadow performs a sextuple backflip, taking action shots of the plane with every flip, before landing on another floating island a football stadium away from Knuckles's. Seconds later the plane explodes in the shape of Shadow and Knuckles's faces and "PARTY!" right below it. Shadow turned around on the island he stood on and cheered with the rest of his party peeps. The party had begun!
Yes, this island belongs to none other than Shadow the Hedgehog! Being the richest thing alive and the ultimate life form meant he could have the most ultimate of parties and this one is no exception. Everyone who isn't a complete loser is there and if they are there then they aren't a loser for being at the ultimate life form party. The island is filled to the brim with the ultimate swag: a massive pool the size of Hydrocity Act 1, an arcade with all the greatest Shadow games like Shadow Adventure 2 Battle, Super Shadow Brothers, The Last of Shadow, and Shadow Nukem Forever. It also had a massive drive-in movie theatre, a sports center the size of two football fields, and food as far as the eye can see in every room. It's the ultimate place for someone like Shadow the Richhog, formerly known as Shadow the Hedgehog, could live. And when he isn't on his pimp ass island he cruises around in his many private jets, planes, cars, boats, submarines, tanks, and UFOs.
"Great party Shadow!" said Tails the Prower, Sonic's best friend and smartest thing alive, walking in with a junior martini. "But we really should get going, you're going to be late!"
"Late?" questioned the richhog, "late for what? Shadow the Richhog is never late for anything!"
Tails pointed at his watch while throwing his drink off the island and into the ocean because he could. "You know, the community service thing? You have to read to the children and then you're off parole." That's right! Shadow had completely forgotten. "Let's take my plane, it's faster."
"Faster than me?! The richest thing alive!?" yelled Shadow in the purest of disgust and anguish. "I don't think so!" And with that notion he jumped off the island. Tails smirked, said goodbye to the rest of his friends and Shadow's harem of cute grills, and took his plane off the island after Shadow. He didn't have to go far; Shadow was sitting in the water pouting with his arms crossed. Tails laughed and grabbed him on his way.
"You may be the richest thing alive," chuckled Tails, "but you're not the smartest. That's my department."
Shadow goth scoffed. "Whatever. Why are you even taking me anyway? The ULTIMATE LIFE FORM can handle anything."
"Okay, I'll drop you back off then," said Tails. Shadow looked away and pouted some more. "Hah, thought so. Anyway the [REDACTED] government told you you'd have to have someone with you to serve your time right? I figure I'd help out my best buddy and take you."
"You? MY best buddy?" People's eyebrowed Shadow. "I thought you were Sonic's best friend. I heard you even yelled his name whenever you died in the past."
"Those were dark days," shuddered Tails. "And I am but people can have multiple best friends. I'm pretty sure Rouge's best friends with the entire town."
"True…" thought Shadow out loud. "Well whatever. Let's just get this over with. The faster we get this done, the faster I can finally resurrect Maria…" Tails rolled his eyes.
"You know that might not work right?" questioned Tails as they flew through the city past what looked like Shadow fighting himself. "There's no way that you can-" but Shadow cut him off by jumping in front of the plane.
"Nothing can stop the richest thing alive!" said Shadow holding onto the propeller of the plane. Tails sighed and slammed on the brakes, sending Shadow straight through the front door of the elementary school wrists first. Of course Shadow expertly landed using his face as a pole vault before flipping through the air and landing on his face again. Shadow dusted himself off and used chaos spears to pick himself up. Upon ascension he met a familiar face with ears and a poofy dress and tail.
"Hello Shadow!" said Vanilla the Rabbit, mother of Cream the Rabbit and most motherly thing alive. "Are you here to read to the kids?" Shadow thrust his change-filled hands toward the door to the classroom. Then he forced the door open and declared, "No…I'm here to save them!"
20 minutes later…
"WHY IS THIS SO BORING?!" screamed Shadow, throwing the children's book out the window along with the child holding it. "Is this what kids have to read in school nowadays?! School is awful!"
"Shadow…" Tails lamented, "You were reading a children's dictionary. For 5 year olds. They're 10. And you threw a kid out a window, I'm pretty sure that's violating your parole."
"That's okay," laughed Vanilla. "He's only 10, he won't remember it!"
"Whatever…" said the Darkhog. "I've got a much better idea. Gather around children, I'm gonna tell you the story of how I became the richest thing alive!" The children sighed, getting ready for another old person's story, but Tails' eyes brightened.
"GREAT IDEA!" screamed Tails a bit too excitedly. "In fact, why don't I help?" Tails ran out of the room and came back in a Super Sonic second holding what looked like an old fashioned projector with a bobble head on it. "You can use my new invention! It's a highly advanced time viewing device that goes into the mind of anyone and displays memories like movie! I call it the Backflash!"
"So the kids would see how awesome I am AND I wouldn't have to do any work?" Shadow questioned. Tails nodded like a kid who really wanted to go on an amusement park ride after being denied for 3 years because he was too short before but now was the perfect height to ride it. "Sounds okay I guess. Go ahead and do it."
"Say no more!" replied Tails, slamming the machine on the table. The plan worked out for everyone: Shadow didn't have to talk or throw children out windows, the kids got a movie day (A/N: a.k.a. best. day. EVER), Tails had some ulterior motive, and Vanilla could come and go knowing that probably responsible adults were guarding the children. Everyone except the government wins.
"Alright! Time to start the movie!" cheesed Tails hitting the big red button on the side. The lights turned on, the machine whirred to life, and the wall displayed the inner mechanisms of Shadow the Hedgehog just a few short time cycles ago. But what showed on the screen confused all but Shadow for it was cold, desolate, and filled with darkness because a few time cycles ago Shadow the Richhog was no Richhog. No, Shadow the Richhog was actually Shadow the Poorhog, the Poorest Thing Alive.
Chapter end! Wow you actually got all the way through? Awesome, thanks for reading. That was pretty fun for me, I hope you enjoyed this prologue so far! If you did please leave a review and favorite the story for more! Thanks again for reading! Hope to see you back here next time!