Sonic had lived with his Grandmother for quite some time now. His parents had died while they were on a business trip. He didn't remember his parents much, so he wasn't really impacted when they died. His grandmother was a very nice woman. Every year at Christmas, she'd make all the kids in the neighborhood hand-maid stuffed animals, a special talent of hers Sonic always said.
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"Hey Grams…can I have my Christmas present now?" Sonic asked jumping up and down. It was barely Christmas morning and Sonic was already bugging his Grandma.

"Not this year Sonic…why don't you open one of your other presents?" She suggested an alternative. Sonic just looked at his Grandma with wide eyes…she never EVER did this….for the past 17 (ish) years of his life she had always given him his stuffed animal…why stop now?!?

"G-grams…you're joking right?" he asked as she pulled out a sheet off cookies from the oven. "oh don't worry about it Sonikku-chan…now go run along and open a present" she said with a smile. He just frowned a little and walked to the living room and sat by the Christmas tree. His grandmother came in with a plate of cookies only a few minutes later and sat down on the couch in front of the Christmas tree. Sonic then gave a small smile as he reach for a small box shaped present. He ripped the bright colored wrapping paper off to revile a small white box, he opened it and inside was a small heart shaped locket on a silver and gold linked chain. It looked rater girly to Sonic, but it was from his grandmother….she's all he had left. He smiled and hugged her

"Domo arigato [thank you very much Grams" Sonic said as she hugged him back.
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It was around 9pm, and Sonic and his grandma walked around the neighborhood and gave the kids their stuffed animals. The children adored them, they were well made and of a good quality.
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It was around 9:45pm when they had ran out of stuffed animals and out of children to give them to. So they walked back to their house Sonic helped his grandma to the couch and sat next to her.

"Sonikku-chan, I'm sorry I didn't give you your present earlier, but I wasn't sure you'd like it" She explained with an unsure face.

"what do you mean…I love everything you make…" Sonic said slightly confused. His grandmother gave a slight nod and pulled a white box off the floor and handed it to Sonic, it was around 2 ft. tall with a red ribbon on it. He opened it and it was a stuffed animal like he'd always gotten. He pulled it out into the light an noticed it was a doll… 'nani[what?' his grandma had never given him a human stuffed animal. He looked it over it was in bad shape and rather dirty…it's hair was red and black, really messy, it wore what looked like a black choker, it had no shirt on and had what looked faintly like a burn mark…'Shad….I can't make the rest out…' Sonic thought he then continued looking over the doll. It wore shorts and had bandages around the left foot and right leg. He frowned a little but then smiled "Domo Arigato Grams"

"I'm just glad you like it" she said with a smile. He sat the doll down next to him and pulled a small box from his pocket and handed it to her. She took it and opened it, inside was a glass rose and a golden locket on a golden chain. She looked like she was about to cry.

"G-grams…w-what's wrong?" he asked worried.

"it's nothing Sonikku-chan, I love it" she said with a smile and hugged him and he hugged her back.
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Sonic was in his room, it was about 2 AM and he was still trying to figure out the doll. His grandma never gave him dolls, always stuffed animals…why the sudden change? And why did she care if he liked it or not.

"maybe it meant something to her" he thought aloud to the ceiling above him. He had placed the doll on his dresser, cause it had a musky smell to it. He sighed and held the locket his grandmother gave him and looked at it 'this is-' his thoughts were cut off when he heard a soft thud. He sat up in his bed and walked slowly to his door and opened it. "Grams?" he walked into the darkened hall and stood at the top of the stairs. "GRAMS!!!" he ran down the stairs and kneeled next to his grandmother, she had fallen down the stairs. "GRAMS?!?!" he was in tears now shaking her slightly, she slowly opened her eyes and smiled. "y-y-you're ok….I'll call for help" he said as he pulled out his cell phone.
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"don't worry Sonic, your grandma's going to be fine" the man in the uniform told him. Sonic nodded slowly and walked over to his grandma. She took his hand and he smiled.

"don't worry grams, you'll be fine" she smiled

"I love you, and I'll miss you" She said with a slow sigh

"me to Grams….me to" he said as the people hoisted he into the vehicle and shut the doors, one man came back out and jogged up to Sonic. "hm?"

"you're grandmother, she said….." he paused to breath "she said to call it 'Shadow'"