Skating.
Shadow felt his feet slide out from underneath him for about the fiftieth time that day and subsequently toppled over, quickly stretching his arms out to catch himself so he didn't land face first on the ground. He cursed under his breath and wiped his palms off before standing back up to try once more. He knew that in a few minutes he'd stack it again, and the thought of that made him shudder (and hope to God that no one was watching him at the moment), but he pressed on anyway. Still, it didn't stop him asking himself why the hell he was doing this to begin with.
Oh right, Maria.
She had told him that if he mastered them that they'd be really useful and would also help perfect his agility and reflexes (not that he needed to do that, he was the Ultimate Lifeform after all). To be honest, he didn't give a damn about them, but she had been so insistent that he try them so he couldn't bring himself to refuse and thus disappoint her.
His feet started to wobble again and panicking he made a grab for something to steady himself on. Unfortunately this sudden movement made his feet fully slide out and as there was nothing much to hold onto, he ended up falling straight to the ground. He let out a grunt of frustration; Shadow the Hedgehog did not like failing at anything, let alone something that should be so simple! Seriously, all he had to do was alternate his arms and legs, which wasn't that different from walking, and he should be able to do it. But no, every few metres or so, his legs would jerk out and he'd flail around like an idiot before landing on the ground.
Goddamn, he was never going to get the hang of these "hoverskates".
This one is super short, so sorry. I hope it's still decent enough. I got the idea yesterday whilst out rollerskating because I was sucking majorly at it. Surely Shadow wasn't just created with the ability to skate really well (actually, he probably was, therefore this chapter = redundant, but it doesn't seem like the sort of thing that Gerald would think about), and he would have had to master it sometime.
I hope I wrote Shadow okay, I haven't had much practise with him.
