(Authors Note) I'm back! Ha ha that serious thing in my life is fixed up and now I am happier than ever! So Maria was changed. Trey took away her memories and filled her head with false memories. Her outfit is like the white one except black and the skirt area it torn. Her pearl is midnight black now. She doesn't know who her friends are. Trey tricked her into thinking that he would spare the planet. But anyways this is Scarlett telling the story just like Maria did. They are still the same person. Enjoy :D

Chapter Nine

Master had always taken care of me. He took me in when my parents were killed. He says that a black hedgehog called Shadow killed them. I seek revenge on the person who killed my parents. Master tells me that he was kind enough to spare me and raise me. He was like a father to me except the species difference.

We stood on a tall building of a pitiful planet. It was Earth. The place that people were cruel and harmed many. Master said it was my job to get rid of them. He says that my revenge will be complete when I kill the black hedgehog.

"They won't be long, Scarlett." Master spoke in a deep voice. He stared off into the distance. Master spun the clouds into darkness. He played with the shape of clouds. Master began to chuckle softly.

"Master?" I asked curiously.

"They're here." He murmured.

I looked down to the ground. There was a group standing below. A blue hedgehog, red echidna, yellow fox, pink hedgehog, white bat, small rabbit, and a black hedgehog. Anger boiled inside of me when I saw him. Master smirked.

"Go ahead, Scarlett. Remember they will say anything that will make you doubt yourself."

I nodded and leaped off of the building. I landed onto the ground with a loud thud. The sidewalk cracked underneath me.

Shadow's POV

There she stood. My Maria. Her face had the same features. Her hair was black as night and her eyes were a flaming red. She had hatred in her eyes.

"Shadow, is that?" Sonic whispered glancing towards me.

"Maria?" I asked stepping towards.

Maria raced towards me. I leaped out of her way. She slide to a stop and glance back at me with hatred in her Scarlett red eyes.

"Maria, what did he do to you?" I demanded as I dogged another one of her attacks.

"Stop calling me that!" she hissed through her teeth. Her pearl threw black magic at me. I leaped out of the way of the attack. "You will pay for what you did to my family!" she screamed.

"Maria, I won't fight you. He has done something to you! I never did anything to your family." I growled.

"You say nothing but lies!" she yelled kicking me in the gut.

I forced her back with my strength. She was thrown backwards and heaved through a building. She coughed and stood up weekly. Blood dripped down the side of her pale face. The blood was forced back up as her wound was healed. I sighed slightly in relief that I hadn't killed her.

Maria clenched her fist and raced towards me. She yelled out and tackled me. I grunted as we rolled on the concrete. I blocked her attempts to pound her fist into my face.

"LISTEN TO ME! IT'S ME SHADOW!" I yelled out holding her closed fist.

She shook with anger under my grip "That gives me an excuse to kill you now!"

Suddenly she was pulled off of me. Sonic threw her off of me as hard as he could. She soared through the air and slammed onto the top of a building.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" I demanded at Sonic about ready to punch him into oblivion.

"Shadow, that can't be Maria. She's trying to kill you!"

"I ought a-" I growled but then I was interrupted by a family laugh.

There stood the dark spirit standing next to Maria who was pulling herself to stand up.

"This was fun. Now we must go. Scarlett and I have some crimes to attend to."

I squinted looking at Maria. "Maria?" I whispered softly.

She shuddered at the sound of that name slightly. She had tried to hide it but I knew that she was trembling. Maria closed her eyes as hard as she could. She grunted in pain. Once her eyes opened again they were blue.

The safe beautiful blue that I knew so well. The small slits of different darker shades of blue in the color of her eye. It showed kindness and concern.

But then it disappeared as fast as it came back. She blinked them away back to the dark scarlet color of evil and hatred.

Trey forced a black cloud around them the next thing I knew they were gone from sight.

"Shadow, she is still there. It's just that something evil has taken over her." Said Sonic.

"So in order to change her back then you have to kill her full force. Then her kind spirit will return." Tails joined in.

"Let's just hope that is true." Said Amy nodding her head.

"No holding back on destroying her to bring back Maria."

(Authors Note) I know it's short and all but at least I posted it. Also thank you for the reviews all of you have been so nice even if it was something negative of my story. Well I hope to return soon. Bye.