Return of a Memory (chapter 1)

Shadow and Amy walked through Station Square, Amy linking arms with him lovingly, and he gave her a slight smile. They were in love. One of those loves like you may find in fairytales, the love that everyone wants. Shadow may have caused earth much pain, and many deaths, but she forgave it all, and she loved him for his heart. She had always been annoying like a child, and naively chased after Sonic for most of her life, but earning his love somehow matured her, and now they had been together for a solid year. The couple shocked everyone, but they didn't care. They just wanted to be together.

"That was a great movie huh?" Amy asked as she looked up into Shadow's happy red eyes with a grin.

"It's very much like you. I thought the movie was fine. But mostly anywhere you choose is nice. You have very good taste." Shadow said with a gentlemanly smile.

A happy blush lit up Amy's face, and she snuggled closer to Shadow.

"I love you Shadow…you're so kindhearted…."

"As I love you…."

"…..Hey….Am I as precious to you as Maria was?" Amy asked a bit timidly.

Shadow looked down at her in slight surprise, she had never asked such a question before….

"You cannot replace Maria, and Maria cannot replace you. I have places for both of you in my heart. Don't worry." Shadow replied

"…Well…ok, that's logical enough! What does it matter anyway? So long as we're together…." Amy said as she held him tightly, causing him to feel almost uneasy.

Amy's cell phone suddenly rang, and music began to play. Quickly whipping out her phone from her purse, she heard Tails on the other end.

"….Um….we have a message from Eggman….and it's apparently for Shadow. Only he can open to the lab as soon as possible…" Tails said on the other end.

"You got it!" Amy replied as she hung up.

"What is it?" Shadow asked.

"…Eggman's got a message for you, we need to go to Tails' workshop." Amy said urgently.

Shadow pulled out his green chaos emerald, and pulling Amy close to him, he chaos controlled them to Mystic Ruins.

The pair walked into Tails' workshop, where a large Eggman symbol was shown on Tails' huge computer screen. Shadow walked to the tv, and it ordered a voice recognition. Shadow said his name into Tails' microphone. The voice was accepted, and the message played.

"Dear Shadow, You will give me the chaos emeralds as soon as possible. I will use them to build my own more stable version of Eclipse Cannon!" Eggman bellowed on the screen.

"Who the heck is he kidding?! Why ask Shadow such a dumb question?!" Sonic exclaimed from the back of the room where he had been standing.

"I think you may want to rethink any schemes as well Shadow, I have someone you might want to see!" Eggman said as the image changed.

Shadow's red eyes widened as he looked up at the computer screen. It was a girl, with pale skin, and soft blonde hair, with a blue headband to keep her hair out of her face. She wore a blue dress, and blue flat shoes. Her blue eyes, deep as the ocean, held a worried gaze.

"….Maria?" Shadow whispered quietly in shock.

"It's exactly who you think it is. I found her just after she died on ARK, and preserved her body! I used the power of the chaos emerald I once had, to bring her back to life! You'd best do as I say Shadow, or history will repeat itself!" Eggman exclaimed as the transmission flipped off.

"That bastard!!!" Shadow exclaimed as he pounded a fist on the metal table before her, causing a slight dent.

"Shadow….was that really Maria?" Amy asked uneasily.

"….yes Amy. The girl that you saw…that's Maria. Everyone…I…" Shadow clenched his teeth, it was so overwhelming.

"Shadow, don't worry on chaos emeralds. Just break in the old fashioned way!" Sonic said with hope, trying to lift his friend's spirit up.

Shadow looked to Sonic, partially thankful, and very uneasy.

"….Let's go now. I have to save Maria. I won't make the very same mistake twice!!"

Without even waiting for the others to follow, he ran out of the workshop, already knowing where Eggman was. Sonic did his best to follow, leaving Tails and Amy behind. Tails looked to Amy, who remained silent. She had a serious look in her eyes, which Tails could not depict. He assumed she was probably just feeling left out, but truthfully, that wasn't the only reason.

Sonic ran after Shadow as he raced through the jungle of Mystic Ruins, past the Tikal's dilapidated temple, and to the end that overlooked the waterfalls. There was the entrance to one of Eggman's older bases that still remained in operation, and he followed Shadow as he ran into it. They entered the main hall, which had been revised since the days when they used to visit it. Eggman himself stood in the center, Maria beside him, held back by robots.

"Shadow!!" she exclaimed as she saw his face.

"Maria!!" Shadow ran to her, but was pushed back by a laser force field, which lightly burned his skin on contact.

"Hey Eggman!! You shouldn't be so mean!! You told us she's your cousin! Give her back!!" Sonic exclaimed as Shadow rose angrily to his feet.

Shadow's eyes burned with intensity, he wouldn't allow anything to harm Maria! Maria's eyes widened as Shadow gathered energy around him.

"…Sonic, I want you to grab Maria and run. I'll follow latter."

"What?"

"CHAOS BLAST!!!!!" Shadow exclaimed as the room exploded around Shadow, breaking the force field and giving Sonic enough time to grab Maria from the robots that held her.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Another good story idea!! PLEASE REVIEW!!