Ah, all of you readers thought I was dead, didn't you? ::sweatdrop:: Well.... I'm not. I'm alive and writing a new Sonadow fic! ^-^
Anyway, this fic mainly tells about what happened to Shadow... the way I see it, of course.
*****WARNING!!! MAJOR SONADOW AHEAD!!*****
PLEASE, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SONADOW, PRESS THE BACK BUTTON ON YOUR BROWSER. **::NOW::**!!!!!
For God's sake, please listen to me and PRESS THE BACK BUTTON if you DO NOT LIKE SONADOW.
Going on, the story is in Shadow's POV. I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or anything related to it.
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"We did it, Shadow... we did it."
Sonic and I were floating in space, staring at the ARK that was at a safe distance from Earth. Yes Maria, I fulfilled your promise.
The golden hedgehog, still in his super form had one of his arms around my neck. He was supporting me. He knew I was weak. I breathed in a sigh of relief.
A few minutes past by when Sonic said something. "Shadow? Shadow? Are you all right?" Sonic said as I slowly started floating away from him.
"Sonic..." I murmured softly. Suddenly, I collapsed and Sonic came rushing to my side.
"Shadow!! What happened?!"
"I'm... I'm losing energy...." I slowly started floating towards the Earth's atmosphere, my speed getting faster every second.
"Shadow!!" Sonic screamed. "Grab my hand!!"
I don't even have enough energy to lift my hand up. I was just lying there, falling towards the Earth's atmosphere. My speed increased dramatically, and I started falling. Sonic chased after me.
I sort of flung myself into the atmosphere. I knew what would happen if I died... I would see Maria again.
... Maria...
I haven't seen her in a long time. I wanted to be with her again. But part of me is saying that I should turn back... fight for survival... but I'm not listening to that part of me.
I want to be with Maria now.
I felt the burning sensation race through my body, burning my spines. Crimson blood covered my entire body. Suddenly, from in front of me, Sonic stopped moving. He saw my burning body. He knew that I had entered the atmosphere. He didn't come in for me. I don't blame him... he'd die trying to rescue me.
"No, Shadow!" Sonic choked. For some reason, he tried to enter the Earth's atmosphere, but quickly flew back as he was burned just as his arms touched it. Blood raced down the golden hedgehog's arm.
I could see tears forming in his eyes. Hot tears blurred my vision of my friend and rival.
I saw tears on his face, I heard him scream my name in pain. "SHADOW!! NO!!!"
My body was burning more rapidly now. "Maria... this is what you wanted, right? I kept my promise that I made to you..." I finally whispered, as I fell towards Earth. Sonic's painful screams of my name were the last things I heard as my life finally ended.
-
As my eyes fluttered open, I found myself in a beautiful green garden. I saw a lovely face appear in front of mine. Maria? Is that you? I know that face anywhere... those blue eyes. I saw my reflection in those eyes.
"Maria?" I asked in a low whisper.
"Yes, Shadow, it's me... Maria!" the girl said in happiness.
"Maria!" I said, sitting upright. "Oh, it's really you... but wait, if it's really you... then... I... I..." I stuttered, trying to think.
Maria sighed. "I'm sorry to say this, but Shadow... you're, um, well, how can I put this in a nice manner..."
"I'm dead, aren't I?"
Maria laughed lightly. "Um, yes, you are."
I was feeling two different things: Sadness and happiness. Don't ask me how someone can feel those two things at the same time, they just can. Sad, because... well, obviously, I'm dead. Happy, because after 50 long years, I finally got to see my best friend, Maria Robotnik.
"Shadow, I missed you greatly..." Maria said, pulling me into a hug. I hugged back, saying that I too had missed her. "It's great to see you, Shad. You haven't changed."
"Neither have you, and I don't think you will, not even after 50 more years." we both laughed, and I got up. I looked around, smiling at the beauty of the garden I was in. "Where exactly are we?"
"We're in the Garden of Heaven. Not really an original name, but it works." she smiled, and I grinned back.
"How did I get here?"
"Grandfather got news from God, that you... er, passed on, and God told Grandpa to bring you here. So he did. Then he told me, and I ran as fast as I can here. I saw your body lying down in this spot, and I waited an hour for you to wake up. But it was worth it."
I couldn't stop smiling at Maria, and she just couldn't either.
-
For 5 wonderful days, Maria and I spent all our time together, never leaving each other, not even for a minute. But by the 4th day, I've been sort of depressed.
One day, I asked Maria if I could be alone just for a while.
"Maria, it's not that I don't want to be with you anymore, but I'd like some quiet time by myself..." I told her.
She nodded in response and said, "Okay. I understand." She walked off, looking over her shoulder at me. I walked over to a tree with many branches and leaves and sat down. Then, I lay down at looked at the sky. Hm, how could there be a sky here in heaven? Oh well... no one knows.
Ah, look at the sky... a clear blue day.... blue.... that color reminds me of a certain hedgehog. I sat up and leaned against the tree, tilting my head to the side. There was a little blue jay sitting on a patch of grass, looking up at me. I smiled at it and reached over to it, opening my hand. The bird flew on my index finger, and tilted it's head. It looked so innocent.
As innocent as that certain hedgehog was.
My smile immediately turned into a frown and I looked at the grass. The blue jay flapped it's wings and flew away, into the sky. It's looks like I'm alone again.
I wonder how Sonic reacted when I fell to the atmosphere, I asked myself. Well duh, he was crying. Crying... but, why? Why would he cry for me?
"Didn't Sonic notice how evil I was in the beginning?" I wondered out loud, looking into the sky.
But we had teamed up in the end... and I never knew that I had fallen in love with him before that event. His innocent green eyes... I would give up everything just to be with him again...
Oh Sonic.... now I regret wanting to die.
I regret being evil.
I regret wanting to destroy Earth and all it's inhabitants.
And I regret... that I never told you how much you mean to me.
A few tears slid down my cheeks. I touched them lightly. Tears? I'm... crying. But I was created. I was made by a human. I'm like a robot. Robots don't cry. Robots don't have emotion.
But I'm crying. So that means I have emotion. And that I'm not a robot. Robots don't fall in love anyways.
Nobody knows how I've been crying every night for your love. For your touch. I almost melted in your arms when you held me after we had Chaos Controlled the ARK farther away from Earth. But you only held me because you knew I was weak.
That doesn't mean you love me.
I've never thought about ::this:: before. I love you, Sonic. But does that mean you love me back?
I don't think so.
I mean, YOU'RE Sonic the Hedgehog. World-renowned hero. You're probably in love with Amy. She's a good girl, just for you.
But why am I thinking this? I should be thinking that you should love me. I don't understand. I don't understand any of my feelings.
I don't even know why I'm acting like this. I am Shadow the Hedgehog. I face the world seriously with no emotion whatsoever. But now... but now I feel that my emotions just spilled all over the place. I wasn't myself when I was on Earth. I knew I had to be serious and tough to get Eggman to go with my plans.
I didn't want to act like that.
I wanted to be myself. Maria always told me that I was a caring, helpful, and intelligent hedgehog... always curious, and always wanted to know about everything around me. I wanted to be like that. Ever since I step foot out into the streets of San Francisco I wanted to know more about the buildings. The architecture. The people. I went to the park. I wanted to know about nature. I've never seen any plants before.
But I'm getting way off topic. How does all this relate to you, my blue-furred friend? Well... I.... I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all. My feelings and emotions are just complete chaos. There's only one, single thing that I know for sure. One thing that I don't have to question. And I know it's true.
I know that I love you.
Deeply.
Whole-heartedly.
But what can I do? Nothing. I'm dead. You're alive. We can't meet unless ::you:: died. But that won't be for a long time.
"No possible way for us to see each other again...." I murmured softly, more tears crawling down my face. I lied down, and began dreaming of you. That's all I can do.
Dream.
Hope.
Soon, I fell into an uneasy sleep.
-
Someone was shaking me awake. "What?" I murmured as I sat upright. I expected to see a pair of glistening blue eyes but saw some dark tinted glasses instead. "Professor Gerald...?" I asked.
"Hello Shadow. I haven't seen you since the incident at ARK. You're still the handsome hedgehog I created."
Smiling, I got up and asked where Maria is. "She's at the house. Preparing lunch. She wants to have a special lunch for you."
"Oh. That's very nice of her."
"Yes, she is a sweetheart, isn't she?"
We started walking towards our house in Heaven. Then, a question struck my mind. "Professor?"
"Yes, Shadow?"
"Was I... was I really created?" Professor Gerald paused. But he never answered. I decided to get off the topic since he obviously doesn't want to talk about it. "Um, what's Maria cooking?"
This question, he answered. "Something very good that you'll surely enjoy."
I nodded absentmindedly and we continued our walk to the house.
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There's the intro.
All right, let me get something straight first. I already wrote the entire story, 'kay? I just don't want to post all of it at the same time. Also, when I finished chapter three, I noticed that it was twice as large as chapter one and two. So, I split some parts in chapter 3, moved them to chapter 2, and made chapter 1 a little bit bigger. So, I'm sorry if I leave you at strange spots at the end of a chapter. o_O
Other than that, R+R!
-Avina
Anyway, this fic mainly tells about what happened to Shadow... the way I see it, of course.
*****WARNING!!! MAJOR SONADOW AHEAD!!*****
PLEASE, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SONADOW, PRESS THE BACK BUTTON ON YOUR BROWSER. **::NOW::**!!!!!
For God's sake, please listen to me and PRESS THE BACK BUTTON if you DO NOT LIKE SONADOW.
Going on, the story is in Shadow's POV. I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic or anything related to it.
---
"We did it, Shadow... we did it."
Sonic and I were floating in space, staring at the ARK that was at a safe distance from Earth. Yes Maria, I fulfilled your promise.
The golden hedgehog, still in his super form had one of his arms around my neck. He was supporting me. He knew I was weak. I breathed in a sigh of relief.
A few minutes past by when Sonic said something. "Shadow? Shadow? Are you all right?" Sonic said as I slowly started floating away from him.
"Sonic..." I murmured softly. Suddenly, I collapsed and Sonic came rushing to my side.
"Shadow!! What happened?!"
"I'm... I'm losing energy...." I slowly started floating towards the Earth's atmosphere, my speed getting faster every second.
"Shadow!!" Sonic screamed. "Grab my hand!!"
I don't even have enough energy to lift my hand up. I was just lying there, falling towards the Earth's atmosphere. My speed increased dramatically, and I started falling. Sonic chased after me.
I sort of flung myself into the atmosphere. I knew what would happen if I died... I would see Maria again.
... Maria...
I haven't seen her in a long time. I wanted to be with her again. But part of me is saying that I should turn back... fight for survival... but I'm not listening to that part of me.
I want to be with Maria now.
I felt the burning sensation race through my body, burning my spines. Crimson blood covered my entire body. Suddenly, from in front of me, Sonic stopped moving. He saw my burning body. He knew that I had entered the atmosphere. He didn't come in for me. I don't blame him... he'd die trying to rescue me.
"No, Shadow!" Sonic choked. For some reason, he tried to enter the Earth's atmosphere, but quickly flew back as he was burned just as his arms touched it. Blood raced down the golden hedgehog's arm.
I could see tears forming in his eyes. Hot tears blurred my vision of my friend and rival.
I saw tears on his face, I heard him scream my name in pain. "SHADOW!! NO!!!"
My body was burning more rapidly now. "Maria... this is what you wanted, right? I kept my promise that I made to you..." I finally whispered, as I fell towards Earth. Sonic's painful screams of my name were the last things I heard as my life finally ended.
-
As my eyes fluttered open, I found myself in a beautiful green garden. I saw a lovely face appear in front of mine. Maria? Is that you? I know that face anywhere... those blue eyes. I saw my reflection in those eyes.
"Maria?" I asked in a low whisper.
"Yes, Shadow, it's me... Maria!" the girl said in happiness.
"Maria!" I said, sitting upright. "Oh, it's really you... but wait, if it's really you... then... I... I..." I stuttered, trying to think.
Maria sighed. "I'm sorry to say this, but Shadow... you're, um, well, how can I put this in a nice manner..."
"I'm dead, aren't I?"
Maria laughed lightly. "Um, yes, you are."
I was feeling two different things: Sadness and happiness. Don't ask me how someone can feel those two things at the same time, they just can. Sad, because... well, obviously, I'm dead. Happy, because after 50 long years, I finally got to see my best friend, Maria Robotnik.
"Shadow, I missed you greatly..." Maria said, pulling me into a hug. I hugged back, saying that I too had missed her. "It's great to see you, Shad. You haven't changed."
"Neither have you, and I don't think you will, not even after 50 more years." we both laughed, and I got up. I looked around, smiling at the beauty of the garden I was in. "Where exactly are we?"
"We're in the Garden of Heaven. Not really an original name, but it works." she smiled, and I grinned back.
"How did I get here?"
"Grandfather got news from God, that you... er, passed on, and God told Grandpa to bring you here. So he did. Then he told me, and I ran as fast as I can here. I saw your body lying down in this spot, and I waited an hour for you to wake up. But it was worth it."
I couldn't stop smiling at Maria, and she just couldn't either.
-
For 5 wonderful days, Maria and I spent all our time together, never leaving each other, not even for a minute. But by the 4th day, I've been sort of depressed.
One day, I asked Maria if I could be alone just for a while.
"Maria, it's not that I don't want to be with you anymore, but I'd like some quiet time by myself..." I told her.
She nodded in response and said, "Okay. I understand." She walked off, looking over her shoulder at me. I walked over to a tree with many branches and leaves and sat down. Then, I lay down at looked at the sky. Hm, how could there be a sky here in heaven? Oh well... no one knows.
Ah, look at the sky... a clear blue day.... blue.... that color reminds me of a certain hedgehog. I sat up and leaned against the tree, tilting my head to the side. There was a little blue jay sitting on a patch of grass, looking up at me. I smiled at it and reached over to it, opening my hand. The bird flew on my index finger, and tilted it's head. It looked so innocent.
As innocent as that certain hedgehog was.
My smile immediately turned into a frown and I looked at the grass. The blue jay flapped it's wings and flew away, into the sky. It's looks like I'm alone again.
I wonder how Sonic reacted when I fell to the atmosphere, I asked myself. Well duh, he was crying. Crying... but, why? Why would he cry for me?
"Didn't Sonic notice how evil I was in the beginning?" I wondered out loud, looking into the sky.
But we had teamed up in the end... and I never knew that I had fallen in love with him before that event. His innocent green eyes... I would give up everything just to be with him again...
Oh Sonic.... now I regret wanting to die.
I regret being evil.
I regret wanting to destroy Earth and all it's inhabitants.
And I regret... that I never told you how much you mean to me.
A few tears slid down my cheeks. I touched them lightly. Tears? I'm... crying. But I was created. I was made by a human. I'm like a robot. Robots don't cry. Robots don't have emotion.
But I'm crying. So that means I have emotion. And that I'm not a robot. Robots don't fall in love anyways.
Nobody knows how I've been crying every night for your love. For your touch. I almost melted in your arms when you held me after we had Chaos Controlled the ARK farther away from Earth. But you only held me because you knew I was weak.
That doesn't mean you love me.
I've never thought about ::this:: before. I love you, Sonic. But does that mean you love me back?
I don't think so.
I mean, YOU'RE Sonic the Hedgehog. World-renowned hero. You're probably in love with Amy. She's a good girl, just for you.
But why am I thinking this? I should be thinking that you should love me. I don't understand. I don't understand any of my feelings.
I don't even know why I'm acting like this. I am Shadow the Hedgehog. I face the world seriously with no emotion whatsoever. But now... but now I feel that my emotions just spilled all over the place. I wasn't myself when I was on Earth. I knew I had to be serious and tough to get Eggman to go with my plans.
I didn't want to act like that.
I wanted to be myself. Maria always told me that I was a caring, helpful, and intelligent hedgehog... always curious, and always wanted to know about everything around me. I wanted to be like that. Ever since I step foot out into the streets of San Francisco I wanted to know more about the buildings. The architecture. The people. I went to the park. I wanted to know about nature. I've never seen any plants before.
But I'm getting way off topic. How does all this relate to you, my blue-furred friend? Well... I.... I'm not sure. I'm not sure at all. My feelings and emotions are just complete chaos. There's only one, single thing that I know for sure. One thing that I don't have to question. And I know it's true.
I know that I love you.
Deeply.
Whole-heartedly.
But what can I do? Nothing. I'm dead. You're alive. We can't meet unless ::you:: died. But that won't be for a long time.
"No possible way for us to see each other again...." I murmured softly, more tears crawling down my face. I lied down, and began dreaming of you. That's all I can do.
Dream.
Hope.
Soon, I fell into an uneasy sleep.
-
Someone was shaking me awake. "What?" I murmured as I sat upright. I expected to see a pair of glistening blue eyes but saw some dark tinted glasses instead. "Professor Gerald...?" I asked.
"Hello Shadow. I haven't seen you since the incident at ARK. You're still the handsome hedgehog I created."
Smiling, I got up and asked where Maria is. "She's at the house. Preparing lunch. She wants to have a special lunch for you."
"Oh. That's very nice of her."
"Yes, she is a sweetheart, isn't she?"
We started walking towards our house in Heaven. Then, a question struck my mind. "Professor?"
"Yes, Shadow?"
"Was I... was I really created?" Professor Gerald paused. But he never answered. I decided to get off the topic since he obviously doesn't want to talk about it. "Um, what's Maria cooking?"
This question, he answered. "Something very good that you'll surely enjoy."
I nodded absentmindedly and we continued our walk to the house.
---
There's the intro.
All right, let me get something straight first. I already wrote the entire story, 'kay? I just don't want to post all of it at the same time. Also, when I finished chapter three, I noticed that it was twice as large as chapter one and two. So, I split some parts in chapter 3, moved them to chapter 2, and made chapter 1 a little bit bigger. So, I'm sorry if I leave you at strange spots at the end of a chapter. o_O
Other than that, R+R!
-Avina