Chapter One
Author's Note: Well, here's the first chapter of my new fic! Hope you like it. Like always, nothing belongs to me except for Sam and the plot. Now Sam is based on me.
Sam was an ordinary 16-year old human girl who went to a big school. That is, until one day when she met a strange hedgehog by the name of Shadow. Today, Sam was at school—in the auditorium, to be exact—and she sat in a chair; people stayed away from her because she was hated in that school. While the principal went on about a boring safety speech, she was away in her thoughts. Shadow had assigned a mission for her, promising her that if she did exactly what he said, she would be free from this school and all the people that hated her. Now that she thought about it she wasn't so sure she wanted to do it. Her mind was stuck on what he had said.
"Place the bomb I've given you in the school—it doesn't matter where, because it all ends the same—and get out as fast as you can. But remember one thing: do it before school ends, and do not fail me."
"But why?" she'd asked.
"Don't ask questions, just do it."
Sam looked up at the clock in the auditorium. She had twenty minutes before school ended, and she got up from her seat.
"May I go to the restroom?" she asked her teacher.
"Sure, Sam," the teacher said. She headed off to a restroom in the middle of the school; she figured that would be the best place to put it in. She took out the bomb from her backpack and stuck it under one of the sinks and set it for ten minutes. Then she ran out of the school. Immediately she felt guilty; she turned back and grabbed a student that was walking by.
"Quick! Call the bomb squad! I saw a bomb in the restroom, the girl's restroom in the middle of the school!" she said urgently. The frightened student nodded and used her cell phone to call the bomb squad. She made her way away from the school. Later she learned that the bomb had been stopped before it could explode. She didn't want to go back to her new home with Shadow right away. Soon enough, she couldn't find anything as an excuse not to go back home. She sighed and headed toward Shadow's big house.
Outside by the front door, waiting for her, was an angry-looking black- and red-furred hedgehog. She gulped as she made her way up to the house. He tossed her a small article he had found on the net.
"Care to explain this, you traitor," Shadow snapped. She looked at the article and sighed. Shadow grabbed her shoulder harshly.
"When I tell you to do something, you do it, you don't go feeling guilty and ruining my plans," he said, trying hard to remain calm.
"I'm sorry, Shadow. Maybe I'm not ready for this," Sam said. Shadow looked at her for a second.
"You have to be ready for anything in this world, Sam," Shadow said. She nodded and then looked at the ground.
"Am I in trouble, Shadow?" she asked him softly.
"Yes, you're in big trouble. I don't take betrayals lightly, Sam. You must be punished," Shadow responded as he steered her into the house. Sam suddenly felt scared. Shadow steered her in front of a door. Knuckles passed by at that moment, and she gave the red-furred echidna a fear-filled look. Sam had already met Shadow's two other teammates who happened to live in the same house. She and Knuckles had become friends.
Once in the room, Shadow turned on the lights. She gasped. It was a torturing room, but Shadow called it his 'punishing' room. She stood by the door, shaking from fright as Shadow looked for something to punish her with.
Shadow didn't say a word throughout his search. Then he finally found what he was looking for, and he turned around. Sam gasped as she saw a black leather whip in his hand, and she froze with a shocked expression on her face. Shadow took her arm and led her to an empty wall. There where two chains nailed to the wall, and he tied her wrists to them. Then, once he had her wrists fastened, he began to beat her with the whip mercilessly. The whip bit into her clothes and skin. Sam lost count of how many times he had beaten her. After a while, Shadow wordlessly untied her wrists and took her up to her room, leaving her in Knuckles's care.
A/N: Dun Dun Dun! How'd you like that chapter, my beloved readers? Remember to review on your way out—I love your reviews! They absolutely make my day! And stay tuned for the next chapter!