Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic, Shadow or the Master Emerald...
I am Project Shadow
It's dark, but not because it's night. It's always dark here, it's like I'm blind; I can open and close my eyes and hardly know a difference. As I wander along I can't help but wonder where I lost my way, what I did to end up in this mess. I'm so lost... There's no-one here to see me cry so I can do so at will... I don't have to hide from anyone, although I would give heaven and Earth and the fragmented moon between them to have someone here from which to hide my tears... The fragmented moon... that was my fault too...
I remember you, my angel. Your eyes, your hair, your smile, but mostly the sound of your laughter. As long as I knew you would be there when I finished my lessons I could tolerate them... I could bear to be their pawn as long as I knew I could be with you for a few hours at the end of my days... But then, you deserted me. If they'd have let us be together maybe you wouldn't have had to die, maybe I could have saved you. They deserved the pain I gave them for separating us. I don't regret what I did.
My thoughts betray me again, and they take me further and further from fulfilling my promise to you. Your last wish and I cannot even carry it out. My sobs reverberate off the walls of my labyrinth. The drip of water falling from the stone ceilings echoes with an almost melodic chime, like a melancholy lullaby, mocking and horrific as most lullabies are...
Rock-a-by Shadow on the ARK
The fire will grow
And Chaos shall come
When the ARK breaks
Shadow will fall
There's no-one to catch him
He'll tumble and burn...
Maybe my Guardian could have saved me. He always knew what to do... at least... he always used to... until he abandoned me too... and went to claim his place among the heavens. He promised me he'd never abandon me; that I wouldn't have to be alone anymore. Then he left me behind, left me to get lost alone in this maze. You're wrong my angel, people are selfish; they only do things for their own gain. They don't care about each other, and that means no-one cares about me, and never did. The people of Earth's dreams are filled with greed. I shall teach them the error of their ways. Show my creators what a monster is capable of. I despise them all!
I hate this place. I've been wandering for what feels like days. I can't tell you how long it's been; without the passage of sun and stars across the sky I can't discern the number of the hours. In this blackness I have to feel my way, my hands cold against the wet rock. Shadow is that exists in places where light cannot reach, evil is what remains when you take all that is good out of a creature. The scientists tried that, and I'm what they came out with. I am a weapon, I backfired, so then they created Them, and instead of one monster they have many, but none quite like me; I am The Original... I am one, I am many, I am nothing and I am everything I am Project Shadow, and I shall destroy them all!
I am coming to you my angel... and my Guardian... but first I must do what I was created to do.