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It's been about two weeks now and Sarah seems to fit in well with the crew. She made Cream happy and went shopping with her and Amy, since she was in a need of new clothes, and bought cute little tea cups for Cream and her stuffed animals. She and Amy get along fine; although it is no secret she is still loathing her.

About now she is watching TV on one of the two couches on either side of it. Shadow is on the other couch, and seems uninterested, but never seems to do much else. Right now his emotion reads, 'boredom' and 'distaste'. 'Must be because there was a kid commercial that came on.' Sarah decides to walk up to him and place her head in her hands, elbows on the couch, looking up at Shadow, only about a foot away.

"What are you doing?" His emotion now read 'confusion'. This pleased her a bit.

"Oh.. just admiring your beauty is all." Staring at him longingly, causing him to look bothered. "Oh come on, you're flattered, you know it." It was fun to act cocky every once in a while.

"Me? Not at all. Your form of flattery isn't pleasing me at all." Crossing his arms across his chest.

"Huh, what if I said you were the most gorgeous hedgehog I've ever seen, would you be flattered then? I don't like you at all, but I can't help but stare at you." By this point she was done putting up an act and was just being truthful. His emotion read 'shocked' and 'flattered'.

'Well, what do ya know… it worked.' With that she smiled even more and put his acting skills up to the test.

"So you're not flattered at all?"

"Not one bit." He put on his signature scowl.

"What if I said that one of my gifts was reading one's emotions? Would you be telling me the same thing then?"

"What kind of gift is that? I'm not flattered or even slightly interested in what you have to say to me." He turned his head away closing his eyes, trying to ignore her now.

"Such harsh words… it's a shame they aren't honest." On that note, she hopped up and left to the kitchen, calling out to Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

Shadow was left in more confusion, trying to ignore the fact that she knew exactly how he just felt. 'She must be bluffing. No one has a power like that.'

"You guys! Wanna play video games? I bet I'll kick all your butts!" Sarah shouted out as they showed up.

"Oh! Oh! I wanna play! You're on!" Sonic yelled as he ran to the TV, turning on some fighting game.

"Tails? Knuckles? It's 4-player, we can all play you know."

"I guess I'll play a round or two, I need a break from my new invention." Tails said as he walked over to Sonic and the TV, sticking out his tongue, smiling."

"I think I'll sit this one out. I'll watch and see who loses, and play the winner." As he stuck his thumb at himself, smirking, eyes closed.

"Get ready to get your butt kicked by me then!" She then ran to the game system and started playing with Tails and Sonic. Shadow continued to sit on the couch as his show got interrupted by them. So he watched Sarah curiously, wondering how she could be so mature one minute, and the next act as immature as the others. And for some reason, her face seemed so familiar to him, but he just couldn't grab onto whatever it was that was bugging him. Maybe it would be worth it to get to know the new pest, and find out her origin.

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It has been another week and Sarah has found herself pretty good friends with everyone there, except of course Shadow. This was bugging her; she was determined to get to know him, no matter how stubborn he was about it. She couldn't help but remember his face from another time. Maybe she was thinking of someone else… So she devised a plan.

"Hey Shadow?" They were the only two in the house at the time, since Cream, Amy, Sonic and Tails decided to go to the beach for the day. Knuckles was back at Angel Island, protecting the Master Emerald. Sarah soon found out the whole story based on it, and the mystery behind it and the seven Chaos Emeralds. They said for the longest time now, that they only had six, and haven't been able to find the last one in forever now. Maybe this was because a certain someone needed to use one when she cast Chaos Control before crashing into the Earth…

But Sarah decided to stay at the house so she could have a chance to possibly bond with Shadow. No one in the house understood why she would want to be stuck alone with him, but she insisted they go without her. So here she was, standing in the kitchen where Shadow was propped up on the counter drinking coffee.

"What?" He observed her as it was the first time he's really looked at her today. She had on purple jeans with black flats and a black camisole with purple lacing on it. She seemed to have her make-up on heavier today, and had a simple black headband to compliment her outfit.

"I think it's about time I tell you where I'm from, and how I know you."

"You know me?" He kept his annoyed look on, but couldn't hide the fact that he was curious with what she was talking about now. Especially since she could read his emotions anyways.

"Yeah, see I've been living for the same amount of time as you. Created by the same person, Doctor, so I call him. See the problem is though, I was an embarrassment to him. Something he did not intend on creating. Although the man had a good heart and good intentions, I did not fully live to his expectations. That's where you come in."

"So what you're saying is that, I was created after you? I was the improvement of you?"

"To put it vaguely, yes." She was embarrassed with how he put it, but it was true. She was living proof that the Doctor could only accept perfection.

"After he created you, he put me to sleep again. And I was woken up only to find myself flying through space, heading towards Earth so I used Chaos Control with the chaos emerald I had."

She pulled out the purple jewel, and set it on the table.

"I only realized that it belong here when all of you talked about the 7 chaos emeralds and their power. So I'm giving this to you, so it can be back in its place. I'd rather not take the credit for finding it either, as for now I only want you to know my true story."

"Fine, I'll make up some story as to how I found it."

"Thanks." She then smiled and moved closer to him, making him uneasy, because no one dared to get close to him. Yet she was brave enough to.

"You know, in a way we could be considered related. But we're not, which is a good thing because I find you too attractive to be your sister or something." With that she smiled sweetly and he set his coffee down to talk some more.

"So what are your powers? And how come I'm apparently perfect and you're not?"

"You're lucky I don't take that into offence." She winked then continued her explanation.

"Basically I'm super strong like Knuckles and can move pretty quickly, but nothing too special besides reading people's emotions. Oh, and being able to use Chaos Control, like you. I guess you could say I was the practice creation from Doctor. Once he realized he could do so much more with one being, he put me to sleep again, because you were enough for him."

"But did I ever see you myself?" His expression was now actually looking puzzled, and he wanted to find out more. Never was he this interested in someone before. Probably because she was the closest thing to him possibly out there.

"Well, I used to sneak around the base and look at you when you were going through testing. You know how Doctor likes to test the full potential of his creations." She said inwardly and chuckled to herself.

"I must be honest, that is the most interesting story I've heard in a long time. Possibly because you could maybe understand what I've gone through then, unlike the others."

"I'm sure if you opened up to the others they'd understand everything. From what I know, they know quite a bit about you anyways."

"Maybe at this rate we could possibly be friends." And with that, came a simple, but endearing smirk.

Deciding to lighten the mood and move onto another subject, she hugged him quickly and said, "I knew you'd understand!" with a huge smile on her face.

"Wanna go somewhere? Little brother?" she said in a mocking tone.

"Not if you call me that again. I'll ensure you can't speak again if you do" His scowl returned.

"Oh how threatening! Please, you know you like it!" Her mocking tone still apparent.

He sighed inwardly and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"How about somewhere to eat?"

"Sounds fine to me, but I'm picking the place, last thing I want is to end up at the mall or something and then get some restaurant I hate."

"Haha, I wouldn't do that to you! Not unless I was mad at you or something." She stuck out her tongue and dragged him along outside where Shadow then ran them off somewhere to spend the afternoon.

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