Muhahaha my second chapter! Thanks for all of those who reviewed, and I hope you do the same for this chapter.
Note: I also re-wrote this chapter, as I will every chapter. ^_^
"Huh?" was all Niki and me could say.
This guy must've been nuts! I wouldn't be surprised given the fact how hard I hit him.
"Shadow the hedgehog." The boy repeated starting to get annoyed.
"Okay, it's one thing to sneak into our house, it's another to lie about who you are!' Niki yelled over my shoulder before instantly ducking back down.
"It's not a lie." The boy hissed, stepping towards us.
" AH! Stay away." I threatened, holding my stick up once more. The boy, realizing we saw him as a threat, stepped back. I nodded in approval at him. "Now, I don't know why you're here 'Shadow', but you're not allowed to move from that spot." My voice wavered a bit out of fear. I really had to learn how to stay calm more.
The so called 'Shadow' smirked, obviously amused. "I am the strongest being alive, and you're saying I'm not allowed to move? What are you going to do, hit me with that little stick of yours?" he chuckled.
"She's done it before." Niki pointed out.
"And I'll do it again." I hissed. Shadow shrugged, suddenly growing bored of the topic.
"Just tell me where I am and I will leave you in peace." He announced. Niki and me blinked in surprise. He seriously didn't know where he was?
Glancing at my sister, she shrugged, not sure what to do.
"Oh well..." I trailed off as I made eye contact with 'Shadow'.
The color of his eyes, they were so familiar.. They were like Ambers. Perfectly orbed Ambers that matched with his hair perfectly. I remember seeing those eyes so many times before. They were Shadow the Hedgehog's eyes. That can't be possible though.
For one thing, Shadow isn't real, he's a cartoon. Shadow also isn't human, as is name Shadow the "Hedgehog' clearly stats.
Maybe I hit him too hard? It was very likely that I might of caused some brain damage when I hit the guy off my bed.
"Does your head hurt?" I asked gently, sort of feeling bad for hitting the guy. He may of been a robbing theif, but he seemed as confused as we were.
'Shadow' glanced at me, realizing what I meant. Slowly reaching up to rub his head, he shrugged. "It's fine." He said quickly, looking right into my eyes. Something flickered in his eyes, but he quickly hide it.
"What are you doing?" Niki hissed in my ear. "He just broke into our house."
"Yeah but… how did he get into my bed without me noticing?" I said in a hush tone as 'Shadow' ran his fingers through his hair.
He froze. 'Shadow' slowly looked at his hand and blinked. It was a human hand. He blinked again, this time a little more panicked.
"Where's a mirror?" he snapped.
"Huh?' I looked back at him.
"A mirror." He repeated, this time a little more harshly.
I stared at him, deciding to be a little kind. "In there.' I announced, pointing to the bathroom across from my room. In a flash he was passed us and in the bathroom.
Niki and me looked at each other in surprise. "He couldn't be." I mumbled before I followed him. Niki followed closely behind me as we stepped into the bathroom, where 'Shadow' was closely examining his face.
Now that I could actually see him, I examined him more closely. He was probably 18 or so. Around 6,1.
Confusion and fear filled his Amber eyes as he stared at himself.
"What the hell did you do to me!" he snapped turning towards Niki and me. We flinched.
"W-We didn't do anything, I just woke up and you were there." I stuttered, gripping my hockey stick tight.
Not seeming to by our excuse, he stormed near us. "Then why am I here, why am I like this?" He hissed angrily, causing Niki and me to back out of the bathroom.
"I-I don't know." I stuttered, pushing Niki behind me. I held my stick up with my shacking hand, trying to keep it steady.
"I don't believe you." he growled, reaching out for me. I squeaked, slapping his hand away with my stick.
"I... I don't know!" I screamed, making Niki and him jump in surprise. "A-All I know is that I went to bed and when I woke up, you were there. I'm sorry I can't answer any questions you have, because I can barely answer any of my own. So, just stop freaking us out!"
The hallway fell silent. Niki stared at me over my shoulder, completely shocked. Shadow's expression was the same. Slowly lowering his hand, his looked away from us.
"Okay." he said slowly, for the time being believing our story. Relief filled Niki and my eyes. Slowly lowering the stick, I smiled softly.
Maybe this was really Shadow? The way he reacted right now was enough to convince me oddly enough. It still didn't make any sense though. This couldn't be Shadow, because Shadow was from a game/cartoon. Yet here he was, standing in front of me!
I narrowed my eyes at the thought. If this was the real Shadow, how would we be able to tell completely? He could be tricking us, waiting for us to turn our backs on him. People were pretty messed up in this world, so it could happen.
"O-Okay... Shadow." I said slowly. "You can't be real." I announced.
Shadow turned to me, folding his arms. "Why is that?" he scowled.
"You're not real." I answered. "You're from a video game."
"And cartoon." Niki added from behind me. I nodded.
Shadow raised his eyebrow at us, confused. "Video game?" he questioned.
I nodded. "Come with me." I said slowly, backing up against the wall so I could slide past him, towards my room. Niki quickly followed. Shadow, deciding to trust us for the moment, followed.
When we entered my room, I handed Niki my stick. She grabbed it, and held it threateningly towards Shadow as I began to rummage through my games and movies.
"I wont hurt you." Shadow scowled, clearly annoyed on how distrustful we were.
"Counting on how you were about to attack us in the hall, I can't believe you." Niki pointed out. Shadow flinched a bit, but didn't disagree.
"Found it." I announced, pulling out Sonic X, and a few other Sonic related games and movies. "This is why you can't be real." I said over my shoulder as I rose to my feet, holding out the cases. Shadow slowly approached me, staring down at the cases.
His eyes widened in shock at the pictures. "You've been watching me?" he growled.
Niki sighed. "No moron. Those were made by different companies, we just bought them. They are for children's entertainment. Alex, put one in." Niki suggested, holding the stick towards Shadow. I nodded, and quickly rushed to my GameCube. I grabbed the Shadow the Hedgehog game, and put it in.
"You're name is Alex?' Shadow asked as he stared down at me, glancing with mild interest towards my GameCube. I stiffened a bit, nodding.
"Y-Yeah." I muttered.
"What about you." Shadow motioned towards Niki, who jumped in surprise.
"Oh, m-me? I-I'm Niki! Nikolet KuroBara!" Niki fumbled, slowly lowering the stick. "Just call me Niki though, cause Nikolet is so formal." Niki paused, realizing she had let her guard down. Snapping back to attention, Niki held the stick towards Shadow once more.
Shadow rolled his eyes, still seeing no threat in the measly stick.
Once the TV was turned on, Shadow paused to stare at the screen. When the game had loaded, Shadow blinked at the beginning main Title. "That's me." he blinked, narrowing his eyes at us.
"Here." I said, handing him the controller. He stared at it confused, and I realized he had probably never played a game before."Never mind, I'll play." I said, pressing the A button. Shadow slowly looked back up at the screen, staring in shock.
Niki, seeing the shock in his eyes, lowered the stick. "It can't be..." she murmured.
As the beginning cut scene began, Shadow slowly sat down next to me. Glancing at him nervously, I realized... this could be the real Shadow. They way he stared at the screen, with such confusion and shock, it was like he didn't even know who he was anymore.
Also, the voice actor of 'Shadow the Hedgehog' in this game, had the exact same voice as the Shadow right next to me.
"So... You're saying, I'm not real." he asked slowly, not looking away from the screen. Knowing he had seen enough, I paused the game.
"To be honest, I would answer 'yes', but right now, I'm so sure." I admitted softly.
After that, I showed him every Videogame, TV show, and poster I had. I even showed him a few of my plushies, which he commented on. "That weird that you have dolls of me."
I think I was as red as a tomato at that moment, but I digress.
Within a few hours, we had finished with almost everything.
"I've seen enough." Shadow suddenly announced. We flinched, staring at him. We had dropped the stick a long time ago, but didn't feel the need to grab it now. After a short pause, Shadow continued. "I don't know if what you are showing me is true, and it doesn't explain why I am here or why I look like... this." Shadow motioned towards his human form. "I feel like, I can trust you though." Niki and me grinned widely. "That doesn't mean I will turn my back to you two. This whole thing is suspicious, so I'm not letting you two out of my sight." Shadow hissed quickly.
We both nodded in understandment.
"Fine with us." Niki shrugged. "It's just..." Niki sniffed. "So cool to meet you!" she squealed, lunging for Shadow. I quickly held her back when Shadow jumped into a fighting position.
"You'll have to forgive her, she's a fangirl." I laughed nervously.
"You have no room to talk Alexandra, you're a fan girl too." Niki pouted. I glared at her.
"You're full name is Alexandra?" Shadow inquired. I flinched, glaring at Niki furiously for revealing my full name.
"Y-Yeah. I don't use it often though, So just call me Alex." I rubbed the back of my neck nervously.
"Alexandra." Shadow repeated. "Sounds fine to me. Why not keep it?"
I paused. "Eh... well... It's long and complicated, and no one ever remembers it, so it's easier for everyone to just call me Alex." I shrugged.
Shadow frowned nodding. I frowned back at him, slowly looking past him towards my clock.
3:15
"Oh geez, it's late." I gasped, pointing to the clock. Niki gasped.
"I have my track meeting tomorrow!" she cried, jumping towards the door. When she left, I looked towards Shadow, who stared back at me.
What should I do? I can't just kick him out! There is no way he has a place to stay, and will probably end up sleeping in a tree if I let him go. He could stay here. We have plenty of room. What if mom and dad came home though? That probably wont happen any time soon, but still. I would need a story for them.
I rubbed my eyes when they suddenly blurred with exhaustion.
I'm too tired to think of that right now though. One night is fine... maybe he can stay more.
"Shadow." I said, smiled. Suddenly feeling nervous, I ran my finger through my hair. "If you want, you can stay here tonight." I announced.
Shadow, thinking over the offer carefully, frowned.
"Since you probably don't have a place to stay tonight." I added quickly. Realizing I was correct, Shadow nodded.
"If you insist."
I grinned, oddly enough, thrilled that he would be staying. "H-Here." I stuttered quickly, leading him out the door. "You can stay in the guest room. Niki!" I called.
"Yeah?" she said, from her room.
"Shadow is staying here." I announced.
"Wahoo!" came a cheer before silence. I chuckled a bit as we entered the guest room.
It wasn't big and just had a closet, single bed, and a table. Shadow stared around for a moment before he walked towards the bed and sat down.
"Well um… good night. Come get me if you need anything. T-There are spare blankets and pillows in the closet." I said awkwardly as I started to close the door.
"Alexandra." he said. I froze, my hand coming to a stop just enough for Shadow to see half of my face from the door.. "Thanks."
I probably looked like a tomato then. "N-No problem." I stuttered as I closed the door. I placed a hand on my heart as I walked down the hall.
"You like him." Niki said with a sly smirk as I passed her room. I stiffened and looked at her. She was laying down in her bed, eyes closed, innocently 'asleep'.
"I d-do not." I stuttered my face red. Niki's smirk widened from her slumber. I glared at her.
"Good night." I hissed before I walked into my room. Before I could close the door I heard Niki hushed voice from the room next to me. 'Do you think the others might be here too?"
"Others?" I asked silently.
"You know, Sonic, Tails… and knuckles." Niki said, excitement clearly in her voice. Niki had always been a Knuckles fan, and for her to have a slight chance at meeting her hero was a dream come true to her.
I shrugged. "I don't know, but I'm betting we'll find out soon." I said before I closed the door. My only question was.
If they are here, and real for that matter, how did they get here?
And here we go. The end of the chapter. And for all those who didn't know Alex's last name KuroBara means "Black Rose". I hope you all review and I will up-date soon