The Shadow of a Rose
Chapter One-
"For all the people on the planet. Give them a chance to be happy.
Sayonara, Shadow, the Hedgehog." The words kept repeating in his mind.
He had made a promise... and he still hadn't fulfilled it. He turned over
again. Why hadn't he just saved her instead? He didn't need to live. She
deserved it more. All he knew was to be vengeful. So lost... so lost in his
own mind. Why cou- "RINGGGGGGGGGG" "AH!" he yelled and fell out of
his bed. Who could be calling at this time? "He-hello?" "Hey." Replied a
feminine voice. "I can hear you tossing and turning in your bed from over
here. It's keeping me up." Rouge... of course. She had been calling him
non-stop for ages... it was getting irritating. "Uh.. okay. Sorry for keeping
you up." "Oh don't worry about it... I stay up late." He could almost see her
winking at her. He shuddered. "Um... yeah. Right. See you tomorrow."
"Okay Big Boy. Night." UGH. Did she have to keep being like that?? His
heart only belonged to one person... But she was dead. Just his luck.
Finally, sleep decided to take over, until his alarm woke him up. BZZZZ.
BZZZZZZZ. BZZZZZZZZZZ. Shadow woke up, turned off the alarm, and
looked in the mirror. The hours he had lost were showing on his face.
"damn..", Shadow muttered. He washed his face and headed out again.
With the light breeze brushing across his face, he looked over to where
Rouge was. She was hitting on Knuckles, and heavily. Knuckles wasn't
getting it. Was he that dense? Shadow chuckled to himself and walked
along. Later, he spotted Amy. Now, Amy was kind of odd, he had never
taken a liking to her, and in yet, it's not like he was against her either. She
just liked that stupid, arrogant, self-centered bastard. Whoa, slow down
there... "I'm not jealous", he told himself confidently. I just hate that blue
hedgehog... he always gets all the attention. Whatever.. Shadow decided
to go back to his place. "What is there to do outside anyways?" And just
as he was approaching his apartment, he felt a gust of wind against his
back. He turned around and saw Amy running to catch up to Tails. He
silently laughed, and entered his apartment again.