"Amy! What are you talking about? She is not my daughter!"

"B-but she can't be anybody else's daughter, Sonic! You're the only one who could be the father!"

"It's impossible! Just look at her! Who does she remind you of?!" Sonic yelled as he pointed at the little bundle Amy held securely in her arms. Amy shook her head in disbelief as tears streamed down her face. She looked up at the enraged hedgehog as she pursed her lips to say something but held them back.

"What?" he yelled. " What were you going to say? Were you going to admit it?!"

"No…" she whispered, "Shadow can't be the father…I love you Sonic…I would never-"

"Yes you would!!" Sonic cut her off.

"Sonic please listen!" Amy pleaded as she set the baby down in crib.

"I know you Amy! I think I know you well enough by now…" He looked away and rubbed the back of his head uncertainly.

"I thought I could trust you! After all these years I admit that I love you, and you go off with Shadow!" He turned his back to her, cursing loudly.

"I love you too, but please liste-" but she could not finish her sentence before Sonic hit her and she fell to the ground. She looked up at him in disbelief as she rubbed where he hit her. More tears came as she realized Sonic would not believe her. She weakly got up and leaned on the crib.

She looked at her daughter lovingly. She gently picked her up, careful not to wake the sleeping hedgehog. She stroked her quills that stood up like Shadow's only instead of red streaks, her's were pink. Her motherly smile turned into a sneer of hate as she looked at Sonic. He only glared back.

Still carrying the baby, who was wrapped in a blanket, Amy headed for the door. The chilling night air hit her as she opened it. She held her daughter close, for the air not to harm her. She looked at Sonic as she stepped out.

"Sonikku…"

"Amy just leave…and…don't come back." He slammed the door on her. She jumped slightly at the loud noise. She didn't want to leave, of course she still loved Sonic…but she knew this baby wasn't Sonic's…

She shivered as she stepped onto the cold ground, still wearing a nightgown. The wind blew her now waist long quills around her. She could feel her daughter shiver.

"Oh, don't worry," she said soothingly, "we'll get through this." Amy continued walking through the cool winter's night.

Eyes seemed to be watching her as Amy and her daughter walked through the black night. Amy looked around uncertainly, wishing she knew where she was. Her bare feet soon touched the cold ground of cement. She tried looking for where she was, but to no avail. She found a park bench, under a streetlight, and wearily sat down.

She cradled her daughter, humming a soft lullaby. The young hedgehog seemed to smile in her sleep. "I should really think of a name for you." Amy said quietly to the sleeping baby. "You do look a lot like Shadow…maybe…Midnight? No, how about Nightshade. Ugh, no not that either…" Amy looked up to the starry sky, hoping it would help her think of a name. "I need the perfect name for you…" After a moment of thinking she gasped as a name came to mind. "Maria…"

It seemed to fit her daughter. She smiled happily, silently rejoicing in the name of her baby. "Maria it is then."

"Aww, how sweet. Check it out guys. Mommy and her baby." Amy gasped as she instinctively stood and ran a few steps before turning to the voice. She held her daughter close as three creatures emerged from the darkness. A large dark gray wolf with cold blue eyes came forth first, closely followed by two other different colored wolves.

They encircled Amy, laughing at her and sometimes jumping out at her to frighten her.

"What do you want?" Amy asked, shivering from fright.

"Oh, just a little…fun." Chuckled the white wolf.

"Please leave us alone!"

"Why should we? We live by our own rules." Said the brown wolf. The gray wolf howled and Amy jumped, causing them to laugh. They seemed to be getting closer and closer to Amy. She looked around nervously, trying to gather her best scream.

Before she could open her mouth, the gray wolf slapped her face.

"Don't even think about it pinky."

"No one would probably be able to hear her anyway boss."

"We can't take our chances." They all looked back to Amy, rubbing her face that was hit for the second time that night.

"Why are you doing this to me?" she questioned

"Cause we can." Chuckled the gray wolf. Amy just stood petrified, not knowing what to do. She looked down at her daughter to see if she was all right, who awoke from the commotion and began to cry. Her child was, of course, all right but only a little shaken up. Amy wrapped the indigo blanket closer around the baby as she tried to shush her. She looked back up to see the wolves closer to her than she remembered. She seemed oblivious to the fact that she could bring out her hammer at any moment and defend herself and her daughter. Her mind was filled with too many thoughts to think.

"I need to get out of here!, I need help, I can't let them hurt my daughter, Sonic, no…He won't help me or Maria. Oh god, somebody please…!"

"Help!" she finally managed to scream. She was then was struck to the ground, again, by the leader of the pack.

"I thought I told you to shut the hell up!" he yelled. Amy simply ignored him as she continued calling for help, all the while, shielding her baby from the kicks and punches she was receiving from the pack.

"Please, somebody help!"

"Will you shut up!" the brown wolf screamed in rage as he kicked Amy in the head, thus making her pass out. Maria continued her crying, even more scared, finding her mother not moving or comforting her.

"What should we do with her now?" asked the crystal white wolf.

"I say kill her and leave her here, the kid too." Replied the dark brown canine.

"Good idea. I'll do the honors." Said the leader with a devilish smirk. He grabbed a knife out of his back pocket. His grin grew wider as he prepared to kill.

Maria's crying grew louder as if knowing what they were doing. She clung to her unresponsive mother hoping she would awaken. The gray wolf scowled, getting annoyed by the continuous yelling and crying. He was aiming for Maria first. He lifted the knife above his head, and shot it down towards her…

But it made no contact…the attacker saw a hand had his wrist before it stabbed the defenseless child. He looked up to find a pair of dark and sinister blood red orbs staring down at him. His dark blue eyes widened as the creature grabbed his neck tightly, blocking his air from coming in. He felt his feet come off the ground and the knife fall from his hand. When the knife fell, there was no sound that indicated it ever fell. Then, he noticed that the black creature held it tightly in his grip and held it dangerously close to his face. He heard his followers gasp in surprise.

The black creature turned toward the two other wolves with rage in his eyes.

"If I were you, I would run, or I'll have to kill both of you too." He said in a dark and threatening tone. The two wolves took one step back before running at full speed, forgetting about their leader. He turned his attention back to the wolf he held in his grasp.

"Now, I don't feel like killing you, so I'll give you a warning." His eyes narrowed as he held the cowering wolf's neck tighter. "Harm this girl again, or anyone for that matter, I will kill you. That's a promise." He held the knife to the wolf's cheek. He pressed it slightly against the skin causing blood to ooze out. He then released the wolf and watched as he quickly scampered away into the dark.

He then quickly went to Amy's side. He rolled Amy onto her back and saw her face had cuts and bruises, along with other parts on her limp body. But what really startled him was the crying baby that held tightly onto Amy's arm. The little black hedgehog looked at him with tears clearly shown running down her face. He looked back at Amy and shook her a bit, trying to wake her.

"Amy, answer me, can you hear me?" he asked gently, although he expected no response. But to his amazement her eyes fluttered open and a look of recognition appeared on her face.

"Shadow? Did you…?" She gasped as she noticed the slightly blood stained knife he held in his hand. He followed her gaze to the knife and looked back at her.

"Where did you get that knife?" she asked, quite nervous.

"They were about to kill you and your…baby with it." The ebony hedgehog replied. Amy then noticed her daughter snuggling close to arm, sucking her thumb thoughtfully. Amy quickly picked Maria up and held her close, humming the same lullaby from earlier all the while, motherly kissing her baby's head.

"Thank you so much Shadow. Thank you." She said to the hedgehog, who was looking thoughtfully at Maria. Amy noticed him staring at Maria and giggled. He looked at her, obviously wondering why she was laughing.

"Quite a resemblance, don't you think?" she asked the dumbstruck hedgehog.

"You didn't even know I had Maria, did you?" He looked up at the mention of the baby's name.

"I guess you didn't know her name was Maria either." Shadow looked back at the baby, who was staring back at him. Her shining ruby eyes looked at Shadow in curiosity. She reached a tiny hand toward him. Amy only watched in wonder as Shadow hesitantly extended his own hand to hers. She gently gripped his index finger and squealed with delight. Shadow chuckled slightly at the child's amusement before he hind returned to his side.

Shadow got to his feet and looked at Amy, questions ,obviously, were needed to be answered. Amy, weakly got to her feet and leaned on Shadow, needing help to support herself. He gently took Maria from her arms and held onto Maria, while Amy was slightly swaying from side to side.

"My head…" Amy tried to explain, but was too dizzy to say more.

"Don't worry, just hang on." He said before revealing a glowing green chaos emerald. Little Maria buried her face in Shadow's white fur on his chest, not wanting any bright light. Shadow squirmed slightly, not used to holding a baby. He looked at Amy who was now leaning heavily on him. He lifted the chaos emerald above his head…

"Chaos Control!" in a brilliant flash of light, they were gone.

Booya!! First Fanfic here!! So what do you think?