Goddess of the Moon

By Boxed Princess

Chapter 1

The silver hedgehog stood under the moon, her black hair shining vividly and her dark blue irises capturing the liquid moonlight of the great satellite above in the heavens. She could feel her spirit lift up from the ground as she, with her telepathic powers, floated upwards, smiling. She rarely smiled and for once she could feel all the pain in her chest and mind go away. She was finally free.


Selene had woken up from her dream. She felt an ambience in her surroundings. The female hedgehog got up and grabbed her bag to go to school, which she dreaded. She often found herself lost in thought as she entered the school, her dark eyes empty and lifeless. She was always seen as the ghost girl, and everyone would avoid her. A frown was on her lips as she entered her class.

"Come on, Selene, maybe if you tried harder you'd actually be liked by people!" her sister, Aurora, would remind her on a daily basis. It would drive Selene mad, as her ears would lower and she'd just roll her eyes but not say anything. In general, she would not say much to anyone except to herself.

Selene finally got through her classes and she walked out by herself. She took another way home, unlike the usual route. Poor Selene always walked by herself, since her sister always had her popular friends by her side. The tall skyscrapers always overwhelmed the hedgehog, and she had to get away from it. She walked through a few streets until she reached one of the larger bridges of Central City. She walked up the railing and looked down, seeing the large amount of water below. "If I just jumped, I'd die like that," she whispered to herself, leaning forward and gazing down. "From this height, it's like hitting concrete." Selene's lower lip quivered as she inched forward. "No one would even care if I was gone…" she whispered. "Nobody knows that I exist in first place…"

Selene climbed over the safety railing and stood on the edge, one of her hands holding onto the edge. She glared down, her eyes widening. I might just follow through this time…

"What are you doing?" A dark voice called out for her and Selene's ears flicked toward the direction of the origin of the voice. A black hedgehog with red stripes stood, his arms crossed, a serious expression on his face. "Why do you want to be dead?"

"I'm already dead," Selene said emotionlessly. "I've been dead for many years," she whispered, inching forward and feeling tears drip down her cheeks. "Just leave me alone…" She then moved forward, getting ready to let go, before a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back over.

"I can't let you do that," he said simply, and without her consent he had grabbed her by the waist and pulled her over. The dark hedgehog felt a slap go across his face, followed by a red mark. "You're a bit feisty, aren't you?" he growled, setting her down. "Selene, I can't let you kill yourself."

"How do you know my name?!" Selene yelled, beginning to panic and looked over the rail again, but then her face was grabbed by the dark hedgehog. "Please…let me just die…" she said, falling to her knees and then covering her face. The dark hedgehog too went onto one knee.

"You go to the same school as I do," he answered. "I'm Shadow." He then moved a hand to her shoulder and noticed her shaking. "Selene…I have to protect you," he said. "There is a future ahead of you that is nearly unavoidable. It leads to darkness, and if I let that happen, the world can possibly be destroyed…" he said in a calm manner.

"What?!"

"It's complicated," he replied, lifting her up to her feet again. "Come, I'll bring you home," he said, offering his hand but avoiding eye contact with her. "Just trust me on this," he whispers, then smirked a bit, which was out of character of him. "How fast can you run?" he asked her.

"Not that fast…" Selene mumbled.

"Then you'll just have to sprint." Shadow took Selene's hand and sprinted forward, going at an extremely fast pace in which Selene had to almost hop to catch up to him. As soon as they arrived back at the Phoenicia Mansion, Shadow stayed in the dark. "I know you're feeling suicidal," he said. "But…just do me a favor…" he said. "I know you don't know me well but just wait until prom, please…" he asked. "I want you to go with me."

Selene's cheeks brushed red. "Sh-shadow!" she stuttered, then felt a smile cross her lips. "Will do!" she said, then turned away. "By the way, it's best if we aren't seen together," she said. "My parents are really protective of me." Selene waved bye to him and as soon as she turned around, a huge smile was on her lips. She didn't feel like a ghost anymore…someone noticed her!