Bear with me for the next week or so, there will probably be no more updates after this for a while…
Disclaimer: I do not own Shadow or any other Sonic Team characters that may be mentioned in this story, SEGA does.
Onward!
Shadow's eye twitched slightly with annoyance. "Cat food. You plan on feeding me cat food?" he glanced up at Linda, who scratched her head.
"I read online that hedgehogs love cat food, but then again you are no ordinary hedgehog are you…" she said with a slight laugh as she dumped the brownish clumps into the garbage.
The hedgehog shuttered. "If it's no burden I'll just have what your having." He told her, ignoring Eileen's laughter from the other side of the table.
She set down a plate full of strange foods that Shadow hadn't even ever dreamt of, let alone eaten. He prodded a heap of fluffy yellow-white with a fork, butter running down the sides of the mountain of… whatever they were. After some explaining from Eileen Shadow now knew what the foods he saw were called: Mashed Potatoes, Peas, and Carrots, the last of which Shadow knew as Creams favorite snack. After stabbing at one of the small green spheres for a while, the hedgehog gave up and instead tried the 'Potatoes'.
A vein pulsed in Shadow's head. "Please. I am not a zoo exhibit, so therefore there is no need to watch me eat my… meal." He looked down at the plate, not sure if it even deserved that title.
Eileen quickly looked away, and her mother gave a small chuckle. "S-sorry Shadow." She said, gulping down a large bite.
After dinner Shadow looked outside. "It's getting dark, I'd better be heading off." he turned to Eileen and Linda. "It's been a pleasure, thanks for the meal."
"Wait Shadow!" Linda called out to him. "It is getting pretty dark, so you should just stay here for the night! We have an open bedroom upstairs after all."
Shadow hesitated. "You have shown me enough hospitality for a lifetime and I thank you for that. But now I must go, I have to find a way home."
Eileen thought for a second, then got an idea. "We could always help you look for a way home!" she looked at him and smiled sweetly. "After all my dad left behind his plane that he always used to dust the crops!"
"A bird's eye view would make it easier to find whatever it is I'm looking for…" Shadow thought aloud.
Linda smiled. "Well then it's settled! Here I'll lead you to your room!" she placed a hand on the hedgehogs shoulder and led him up a flight of stairs, and into a small room with one octagon-shaped window and a small bed.
He smiled at her. "Thanks again for your hospitality." Then it struck him. This was the first time he had been polite or nice ever since… Maria. He found that he liked it and thought, maybe being stuck on this strange planet hadn't been a curse after all. He then swept the thoughts away, shutting the door behind him and sitting on the edge of the bed.
After hours of tossing and turning, Shadow leaped out of bed, eyes wide with fear. The clock on the wall read 12:07. It had been the same dream again. He walked over to the window, staring at the wide open field outside. The hedgehog then flung it open, clutching his head in anger. "Why does this vision continue to haunt me?" he whispered as to not wake up Eileen or her mom. Shadow jumped out, landing in a crouch on a small grassy hill.
As he sat there, staring up at the moon, he couldn't help but think that maybe there was no way back. What if he was stuck in this foreign place forever? He sighed as his head drooped. The probability of that being true was sadly greater than him going home. Shadow felt a hand on his shoulder and jumped as Eileen sat down next to him.
"I know you think there's no hope left Shadow, but we can find you a way home, I'm sure of it!" she told him, a smile growing on her face. They sat there in silence for a while, admiring the full moon that loomed above their heads when Eileen broke it once more. "Shadow?"
"Hm?"
She looked up at him. "When we met yesterday, you called me something, what was it?"
The hedgehog looked at her for a moment. "Maria…" he told Eileen. He looked back up to the moon.
"Is that someone from Mobius?" she asked, her curiosity growing. When he nodded Eileen asked Shadow to say who she was.
The ebony hedgehog went on to explain everything about her, everything except the last moment he saw her… living that is.
Eileen smiled once more. "She sounds nice, you're lucky to have her." Shadow nodded his head in agreement. "I'm sure you miss her greatly Shadow, but don't worry, once you go back you can see her again."
A small tear slid down the hedgehog's cheek, wetting his lap as it seeped into his quills. "Yea. I do miss her." He looked down to see Eileen's head resting on his lap, her breathing heavy as she slept. Shadow sighed. Her actions, her looks, everything about her reminded him of Maria.
As Shadow looked on across the field, he felt something in his chest. Hope.
Annnd that's all! Sorry, but like I said I can't update for a while longer, so please stick with me!
Also, a little add on to the Disclaimer; the whole thing with the cat food is from Sonic X, which also belongs to SEGA.
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-that's a dinosaur, signing out for a while.