It was unbearably cold. Breath crystals formed if you breathed through your mouth or nose. They knocked into each other and almost screamed. "Who's there?!" They both cried out at the same time. But they relaxed at the sound of the other's voice. The small hedgehog's name was Darren, the girl's was Sally. "I thought you were one of Perfect Chaos's soldiers!" "Me too!" Don't shock me like that!" They giggled nervously. Stress got to them easily, giggling like they were only stealing cookies seemed to relieve it.

Darren rubbed his arms, "It's so cold in here." He moaned. "Way too cold." Agreed Sally.

"They should get a heater in here."

"Yes, they should."

"Sally?"

"Yes?"

"Do you think there is really something hidden here?"

"Yes I do. What better place to conceal something from people than in a place that's abandoned and freezing? No one would think of looking here."

"Especially while heaters remained foreign. And what do you mean "no one would think of looking here"? You did."

Sally laughed, "Yeah, I suppose I did. Are you sure we've checked EVERYWHERE Darren?" "There's only two passages we haven't checked, one, because it's blocked up with a load of ice and part of the ceiling caved in. The other is just way too dusty." But Sally's mind had already gone into high gear, "Of course! But if they had something in there for many years there would be a lot of dust in there!" "Yeah.... a housekeeper's nightmare." Said Darren.

Sally laughed, "Oh come on! We're just taking a look!" Darren reluctantly followed her down the passage. It got even colder as they went. Darren was rubbing his arms furiously, "Ugh. Do you think this place ever heard of warmth?" Sally's teeth were chattering. "N... n... nope!" "Sally, shouldn't we turn back?" "Oh don't give me the "you humans are delicate" thing again. I can fend for myself just fine!"

"Yeah, against physical enemies, not ones like cold." "Oh shut up." Said Sally smilingly. Darren got panicky as he heard a small noise, maybe they'd been discovered. "Sally..!" "Quiet Darren! You're okay you big baby. I just stubbed my toe, that's all." Darren calmed, then his panic immediately flared up again, "What's that?!" Sally bravely went forward, "It's just a dusty old capsule Darren." "There's a slot at the top. Where's that chaos emerald we brought?" "In your pocket."

"Thank you." She pulled it out and put it in. It was glowing dully when she put it in. But the glow got brighter, and brighter, and brighter. Suddenly they were in a dark space, floating. "Sally?!" "I'm here Darren!" "Who are you?" They twisted around and around, but couldn't see anyone. "Who are YOU?" Asked Sally. "I'm Shadow the Hedgehog." A hedgehog who was black with red streaks, and some white chest fur came into vision as if he was surfacing from water.

"I'm Sally, this is Darren." "How did you get here? I've slept for years and no one has come. How did you happen to find me? And where is my body at the moment?" "What do you mean "where is your body"? Are you a... a ghost?!" "No. I'm not. But at the moment I'm in a slightly comatose state. I've no idea where we are." "Well.... you might have been in that capsule we saw." "Hmmmm.... then you must get back there and wake me." "Why should we?" Asked Sally, crossing her arms. Shadow smiled, "Because I can help you. I'm the Ultimate life-form." "Huh, pretty big boast from a hedgehog." Shadow chuckled at Darren's remark. "Are you not a hedgehog yourself? And I was not born if you are wondering. I was created."

Sally's eyes widened. "Oh Darren! Didn't you ever read the history books? Shadow the Hedgehog was the greatest creation of Dr. Gerald Robotnik!" Shadow blinked, "Glad to know that he's remembered." "Alright Shadow, we'll get you out of the capsule. But how do we get back?" Shadow pointed to their feet, they looked down. Golden light radiated from their feet, cords stretched into the darkness. "Follow the lines. You'll get back. I'll wait for you." He disappeared. Sally and Darren looked at each other. They hoped this was a dream, if it was, it was one rather scary dream. "Please let this be a dream." Darren thought to himself as he took the rope in his hands and started pulling himself down... down into the light that was becoming evident with every pull.

Why I decided to re-write my story I shall never know! ^^

Disclaimer: Oh god........ you've still got a lot of left over author ideas don't you?

Yup! *shuts Disclaimer in box* And I now know who was drawing the evil eye under my bed so I got writers block.

Disclaimer: *muffled* Hey!

Yeah that's right. R&R tell me what you think of this new and improved prologue for Shadow vs. Perfect Chaos. ^^ I'm completely re-writing the story.