Who knew: chapter 7

Shadow's POV

I sighed as i stood in front of the gates of the palace once again. A shoulder bag hung on my left shoulder. I didn't really have alot of stuff that i owned, so the bag wasn't so heavily filled and overflowing with clothes and other things. I took a deep breath as i was a bit nervous, the reason for me feeling that way was unclear to me. Maybe it was because i knew that moving in here meant getting pregnant of someone who was dead, i do not know.

I walked up to the gate. The guards opened the gate when they saw me coming because their princess had been expecting me. My ears lowered as they stared at me when i passed through the gate. Their gaze made me feel uncomfortable. It made me feel mocked and vulnerable. I hated feeling vulnerable. Especially right before i would be going through a tough situation. Not to mention that this tough situation was actually me being forced to carry the mobians' their next hero because they couldn't save their own behind.

I walked inside the palace and was immediatly greeted by Sally. "ah Shadow! you came after all!" Sally said and seemed happy that someone she couldn't stand in the past was going to live with her. 'it's not like i was given any choice.' I thought and followed her as she gestured me to do so. Probably to show me my room. We walked through the castle's hallways to the wing that contained the bedrooms. Sally stopped in front of a door and opened it. "here's your room." She said with a smile and allowed me to enter. "i hope you'll like you're stay and dinner is ussually around 6 or 7 pm." She said and closed the door behind her as she left.

I sat down on the bed and looked around the room. The room was pretty fancy. The bed was big and comfortable. There was a dresser, a nightstand besides the bed, a closet. The dresser even had a big mirror. Anyone would've loved this room, but i didn't. I knew why i was here and that thought didn't make me feel good about this place. I missed my home already. I was gratefull that i could go home after nine months. Or so i thought, anyway. I don't know Sally that well and for all i know she could be planning on keeping me here even longer so i could feed our future hero. One thing i was certain of in this situation was that i wouldn't like this.

A few hours passed by. I did not feel like unpacking my stuff and just left everything in the shoulder bag that was now standing near the closet. I was laying on top of the bed and tried to adjust to this new room of mine. It wasn't an easy task. I wanted to go back to my own home instead of staying here, but i guess that i had no other choice.

"damn you, Sonic. you better appreciat what i'm doing for you." I growled in anger and crossed my arms in front of my chest and curled up the best i could. I didn't want to part take in this, but the choice wasn't mine to make. It had already been decided for me. This experiment could only work with me. If i didn't participate in this then my life would've been made even more miserable then it already was. That was something i wanted to prevent from happening.

A knock sounded on the bedroom door. "come in." I said and sat up on the bed. The door opened to reveal King Elias himself. "King Elias?" I said in surprise. I didn't think to expect him to come and visit me. "hello, Shadow. just came to see how you were doing. my sister had briefly told me about you arriving here before going to freedom HQ." Elias said and closed the door behind him. "how are you feeling?" He asked. "i'm trapped, i'm a few days away from being impregnated against my will and you ask me how i'm doing?" I said with an unimpressed expression on my muzzle. "right. sorry." He apologized and rubbed his neck. "anyway, i came to tell you that dinner is ready." Elias said.

I sighed. I didn't want to eat dinner. I wasn't hungry and i didn't want to meet the former queen and king from this castle. And Sally was the last person i wanted to see right now. I turned away from King Elias and laid down again. I curled up as much as i could and heard the bedroom door open and close once more as Elias left me alone.