GUESS WHO'S BACK!

BACK AGAIN!

Hehe, sorry for the sudden disappearance guys. Just dealing with RL trying to kidnap me and drag me off to act like a "actual human being" or something like that...

And school. *shivers* 'Nuff said.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoy and I'll see you all at the end!

DISCLAIMER: ...If I owned Sonic, why would I be writing fanfiction about him?


Maria knew that she had made the right choice, even if the hedgehog's screaming plead still rattled around in her head as she pulled the lever. As the shot rang out. As the escape capsule was ejected down to the blue gem of a planet below.

She HAD to save him. Shadow. The one who she saw as a brother in everything but blood. The one who had bee her best friend, her first friend. The one who gave her a reason to smile everyday.

The choice had been easy.

Her chest burned and she could dimly feel the wetness of it as she bled out. She knew she was going to survive this...

A small part of her cried out, wishing and begging, and pleading. Because, Chaos, she wanted to LIVE. She wanted to feel the grass beneath her feet and the breeze playing with her hair. She wanted to bask in the sunshine and see the ocean. She wanted to explore the world and discover all its secrets.

Maria smiled. It was a tired smile. Sad. Resigned. It was a smile those who were dying wore, knowing that there was nothing to be done, even if their desire to stay among the living hadn't expired. The world slowly faded around her.

She supposed it wasn't the worst way to go. She could have slowly died in the whitewashed hospital room she'd sadly become so familiar with, with Shadow watching on helplessly... Yeah, she preferred it this way, even if it was a little more violent then she wanted.

Maria just hoped Shadow would be okay. She knew that he would beat himself up over this, even though it wasn't his fault. It was her's. Her choice. Her decision. It was the first time she'd taken her own life in her own hands, and she'd used it to shield him. She didn't regret it.

Her fingers and toes were numb, her body starting to cool. She gazed down at the blue planet, where Shadow would be, imagining running through the green, grassy hills, having adventure after adventure, just like in the story books she liked to read.

She let go, breathing her last, with a small smile on her face.

…And blinked open her eyes, many, many years later, to see a royal blue hedgehog's charcoal eyes slowly change into a startling vivid green. The eight year old, because the hedgie couldn't be older than that, blinked rapidly as if he might be seeing things, and tilted his head when she didn't disappear, confusion evident.

"Who... who are you? And how did you just appear like that?"

Needless to say, she was just as confused as the little hedgie in front of her.


Until further notice, these are going to be short. Oh, chaos are they going to be short... *winces sympathetically*

They might get longer, or just certain chapters will be longer than others, but Idk. Whatever ball inspiration decides to chuck at my head...

Well, I hope you all enjoyed, and I'll see y'all next time!

Like it? Love it? Hate it? Lemme know!

~Hawk