Happy new year from the people who like writing random stuff on computers about Shadow!

Tachi: Or Team…hang on, we don't have a team name.

Speak for yourself, I'm with Team Dark. Or Team Jacob…wait, no one heard that.

Tachi: WE NEED A TEAM NAME!

Disclaimer: FUS RO DAH! *sends it flying*


Chapter 9: Shadow, the…Dragonborn?

Fanfiction Dimension (as you've guessed it)

Swift was sitting on the sofa, currently concentrating on reading a book called Inheritance, which had a picture of a green dragon on it, hint hint.

"I can't believe Eragon married Saphira, and the last dragon egg in existence is actually a Tyrannosaurs Rex egg!" She gasped, as Tachi walked in.

"YEAH! I read that book. I still can't get over the fact that Murtagh is actually Galbatorix in disguise, and Shruikan is his pet demon vampire wolf-dog hybrid!" Tachi announced.

"You know, I hope there aren't any fans of the Inheritance Cycle reading this. Those were some SHOCKING spoilers…" Swift sighed.

"Yeah, it would be a pity if they heard what we said." Tachi nodded wisely. It was now the new year, and the end of the world was nigh in December. But that doesn't matter. What's also cool was the fact it was the Year of the Water Dragon, though you don't celebrate Chinese New Year until February.

Yes, things were very quiet, compared to what happened on Christmas day.


*Flashback*

Tachi raced around the house, with some glittery decorations hanging from her mouth. An angry Commander was chasing after her, not pleased by the fact that his decorations had been stolen by a crazy jackal.

"GIVE ME BACK THOSE DECORATIONS!" He shouted.

"SHINY!" Tachi growled, sounding muffled. Sammy turned to Swift, who was watching TV.

"Tell your irritating canine that I'll shoot her if she doesn't give me my stuff back."

"Hush. I'm looking at Bones. Wow, check out that dead body." Swift pointed at the screen, where a rotting dead body was hanging from a tree. A few crows landed on the corpse and started to pull its eyes out. A disgusted FBI agent watched from the ground, while the woman next to him looked indifferent, despite the crows and the…eye thing.

"Don't you just LOVE Bones?"

"…" Sammy just left the room, leaving a happy Tachi to admire the decorations she had stolen. Right on cue, Akemi rushed into the room.

"Swift! Tachi! Aren't you two helping out with setting up the Christmas party? It's not like I can ask Reimaru and Tsuki to help…they're…you know…under the mistletoe." Akemi muttered the last part of the sentence.

"Doing what?" Tachi asked.

"Doing STUFF that would make this story M rated if we even wrote a description…" Akemi shivered.

"..."

"…I think we should just leave them." Swift muttered.

"HOLY MOTHER OF FREAKING CHAOS! MY EYES!" Sammy screamed in the background.

"DO YOU MIND?" Reimaru roared back.

"It's not MY fault if you demons don't have a sense of dignity and decency! Think of the KIDS!"

*end of flashback*


To cut a long story short, there weren't enough snacks at the Christmas party, and no one turned up. It was probably due to the fact Tachi didn't write any invitations, and Swift would just look at Bones, and freak people out just to see their reaction when they saw the dead bodies on the show.

"You know, we really need a team name…maybe the reviewers have suggestions, or we can make up our own name…" Tachi said thoughtfully, looking directly at the fourth wall.

"Yeah…by the way, did you know, Roran's actually the Incredible Hulk in disguise?"


Gaming dimension

A random person wearing a blue jacket looked out of his window, at the setting sun. There was a picture on his desk, which had Sonic grinning cheerily at the cameraman, while Shadow looked epic with his arms crossed.

"We must stand united against these invaders!" The dude in the blue jacket said, clenching his fist.

"You mean, YOU'LL stand and attempt to look epic in your office, while all the citizens get eaten by aliens?" The secretary commented.

"…Shut up, Secretary."


Cryptic Castle

Else where, Shadow Chaos Controlled outside a castle, and looked around.

"The Doctor must have gone this way…I'll walk into this so not haunted castle, and track him down. It looks like I managed to evade Doom's Eye as well…for once." Shadow muttered, looking up at the eerie castle. There were dark clouds gathering in the sky above it, with flashes of lightening, while a few bats flew around and sinister music and laughter was heard from inside the castle.

"Hmm, something about this place seems a bit…strange. Oh well."

Normal people would scream, and run the *censored* away from that place, but Shadow just simply strutted in. The door slammed shut behind him, and a large spider the size of a Chihuahua dropped down from the ceiling, and advanced towards the hedgehog. Shadow just kicked it away, and continued into the castle.

"This place can't be too big-ah, damn it…" Shadow growled angrily as he saw what looked like yet another action stage. He was about to start the level, but something pink, furry, and furry landed on him and started hugging the air out of him.

"ZOMG, SONIC! I KNEW I'D FIND YOU HERE! Because everyone likes creepy castles!"

"Not…Sonic…" Shadow gasped for air as his face turned blue. The pink fangirl stopped hugging him, and frowned.

"Oh. It's Shadow." She said.

"You need a pair of glasses…" Shadow said, catching his breath. Amy (who else is a big Sonic fangirl?) just sweatdropped.

"Sorry…I just thought it was Sonic. Anyway, I need your help. Cream and Cheese are missing!" Amy shouted.

"Cream cheese?" Shadow wondered.

"No, Cream AND Cheese. They said they wanted to play in the castle, and I haven't seen them since!"

"Wait, you what?"

"Yes, yes, YES! I know, I'm a bad babysitter, and I should be taken into custody for letting a six year old and her pet Chao play in a spooky castle like this! Please, Shadow, save them!" Amy said desperately.

"WHO DO YOU THINK I AM? A DELIVERY BOY? A RESCUER OF INNOCENT RABBITS? Ever since I woke up after that fail of an adventure you call Sonic Heroes, I've been fending for myself!" Shadow snapped.

"Ah, well-"

"I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER *censored* SIDE CHARACTERS IN THIS MOTHER *censored* GAME! JUST LEAVE ME TO MOPE IN PEACE!" Shadow angrily stormed off. Amy was just about to hit him for being a jerk, but then she realised an ancient trick from the dawn of…erm, Sonic Adventure 2.

"Maria." Amy said sweetly.

"Maria?" Shadow pondered.

"Maria."

"MARIA!" Shadow screamed, going into another flashback. Amy just guided him carefully down the path, while he was lost in the flashback.

Many minutes later, Shadow snapped out of it, and looked around, to find Amy and Cream looking at him.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Shadow! You saved my life!" Cream hugged Shadow, who was a bit surprised.

"Erm…Okay then…I'm out of here…"

"WAIT! Cheese is still missing." Amy pointed out. Shadow just sighed. He couldn't tell why, but something was making him act nice.

"I'll go and look for him, and meet you guys outside." He walked off, still wondering what happened. Until he bumped into a TV which had Eggman's grinning picture on it.

"SHADOW! You came at the right moment! The black aliens-

"Black Arms."

"Black Arms, are trying to take over my castle. You must light the five torches, to activate the security systems!" Eggman explained.

"You mean, this castle doesn't belong to the Earl of Drummer?"

"WHERE AM I GOING TO PUT MY HUMAN SACRIFICES?" A random man next to Shadow complained. He was booted off the ledge, and fell screaming into the infinite pit surrounding the path.

"No, the castle belongs to me. I stole-BORROWED it from someone."

"You remind me of a certain jackal who says stuff like that…" Shadow shook his head. If he helped Eggman, he could get a Chaos emerald, complete another part of the Dark story, and maybe gain some of his memories back.

"Well, let's go light the torches!" Eggman said cheerfully, not moving.

"…Doctor, why didn't you enable your TV to levitate or something?"

"I WOULD have. But a certain author sent a certain jackal to pinch some certain machine parts that I REALLY need. The nerve!" Eggman fumed.

To cut another long story short, Shadow had to carry the TV, light the torches, jump over flaming pits, beat off Black Arms aliens, hijack their flying hawks, avoid walls trying to squish him into a fine gooey hedgehog paste, and own some people wearing goat masks, who weren't pleased by the fact that their castle had been taken over. While carrying Eggman's ridiculously heavy TV. No wonder he's called the Ultimate Lifeform.

And then he met his biggest challenge yet.

Shadow peered into the pit of doom, shivering slightly.

"Chao…why did it have to be Chao?" He asked, as the chao walked around in the pit. You may think he was afraid of them. He wasn't, just afraid of the fact that if he even made one of them cry, an angry, vengeful watery dragon of death would come after him, demanding revenge for his worshippers.

Which reminds me. This year COULD be called the Year of Chaos. Seeing as Chaos is a water dragon thing, and it's the Year of the Water Dragon…which is ironic, considering we're supposed to get wiped out by floods, tsunamis and other watery accidents. But back to the story.

"I'm NOT afraid of Chao! I even found that blue blob a few miles back!" Shadow yelled.

"Then I dare you to…CHAOS BLAST THEM ALL!" Eggman cackled from his TV.

"Fine…" Shadow put the TV on a high ledge so the doctor could see, and then jumped into the pit filled with Chao. The small creatures turned to look at him, and then ran over, making sweet 'chao' noises.

"CHAOS BLAST!" There was an explosion, and when the dust settled, there were no Chao.

Just rabid Dark Chao that wanted to rip Shadow's fur and tail off, and make them into delightful souvenirs for fangirls to buy.

"CHAOOO!"

"ARGH! GET THEM OFF ME!" Shadow ran around, with several Dark Chao biting on his ears, and others chomping on his legs. Eggman just chuckled.

Many minutes later, Shadow watched from the other side of the room, as the Chao set up a stall, and sold clumps of his fur to passing fangirls.

"I'm going to miss that fur." He sighed, looking at the many bald patches in his pelt.

"It could have been worse…you could have ended up as someone's stuffed hedgehog, or as a rug on the floor…think of the possibilities." Eggman suggested.

"Yeah…let's get out of here before they get that idea."

So, the Explorers Of Darkness…I mean, haunted castle, continued on their quest to light the torches. But then there was another problem. A dragon, who was actually a huge fan of Shadow, decided to flap down, and chase after Shadow, who was balancing on a rail.

"RAAAAWWWRRRR!"

"WHY ME? WHAT DID I DO IN MY PAST LIFE?" Shadow grinded on the rail, and reached the other side, with the dragon still following. Finally, he had it. Shadow turned to face the fan dragon, as epic music played.

'But, there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is Fluffykins…SHADOUBORN!" A random voice shouted. Shadow stepped up to the dragon.

"FUS RO DAH!" He screamed in the dragon's face. Normally, this would have only worked in Skyrim, but we'll make exceptions here.

"RAWR!" The dragon was blown away by the hedgehog's epic voice.

"I didn't expect that to work…" Shadow muttered.

"Oh well. Mission clear, Shadow! Now go collect your reward, before I change my mind…" Eggman said. Shadow struck an epic pose, and then walked away.


Ah, a nice ending to a chapter. I made references to Skyrim, Inheritance (kinda) and a Choose Your Own Adventure horror book I have. It's called House of Hell, if anyone wants to know.

Tachi: I used to be a normal feral jackal, but then I-

Reimaru: SHUT UP!

That line…anyway, feel free to send in team name suggestions. Review, and enjoy the Year of Chaos!