Stepdaddy: chapter 10
Sonic's POV
The nightmares kept bothering me. No, they were to real to be nightmares. Nightmares are just fragments of one's imagination. But these two seemed to real to be nightmare. Were they memories? If they were. To who did they belonged to? They weren't mine, that was for sure. I didn't even recognize the figure who's eyes i was seeing through. Yet, the figure seemed familiar.
I sighed as i tried to concentrate on my homework for school. I was sitting at the dinner table. Shadow wasn't near me. He was probably doing stuff that ghosts do in their free time. Mom and Scourge were in the hallway. They were talking about something. What, i couldn't hear. They were whispering. So i wasn't able to hear anything through the small opening that the door left. All i knew is that it probably wasn't good.
"is something bothering you, honey?" My mother asked as she took a seat next to me at the table. "no, not really." I said and concentrated on a writing exercise. "that seems like a pretty difficult exercise." She told me as she briefly scanned the page of my english textbook. "no, it's pretty easy." I replied and resumed my work.
It was pretty silent after that. Strangely enough a bit awkward. I didn't know why there was such a tension between us. I didn't do anything wrong, so what was the reason behind the awkward tension? "honey, has your friend, Shadow, talked to you lately?" My mom asked. That's when all the piece fell into place and i saw the reason for the awkward tension. Scourge had put my mom up to asking me about Shadow. She must've told him about my 'imaginary' friend that i told her about almost 7 months ago now. And he must've figured out that the one i had been talking to was that 'imaginary' friend. But did he also know that Shadow was the one behind the radio prank?
I looked up to her and denied that i had ever spoken a word to him. "no. no, i haven't." I said. "are you sure, honey? it's okay to tell me." My mom said. She knew i was lying and she tried to convince me to tell her the truth, but i couldn't. It was obvious that Shadow didn't Scourge for some still unknown reason and it was obvious that Shadow had been playing some mean pranks on him for quite a while now. Even though it was mean, he must have his reasons. So i didn't see a reason why i would rat him out to my mom and her boyfriend.
"mom, really, i haven't been talking to Shadow." I said with a reassuring smile and resumed my homework. "okay, honey." My mom said and got up from the chair. She dissapeared back into the hallway. Probably back to her boyfriend.
"i'm running out of time." A voice suddenly said. I jumped a little since i hadn't expected it. I looked at my right and saw Shadow standing closeby. He was watching the door that lead to the hallway. "what do you mean?" I asked a bit nervous. He was talking as if he could dissapear for good any minute now. "Scourge told her about what has been happening at his house and here with the radio. they're starting to suspect that it's not just an imaginary friend you have." Shadow said. "so, you mean they will try to get rid of you?" I asked and Shadow nodded. "before this i had all the time of the world, but now my time is limited." He said. "i have to hurry." He said.
"Shadow?" I asked and he turned to my instead of continuesly staring at the hallway door. "you have to tell me what happened. if you do, then i can help you." I suggested. If he was so short on time, then i needed to help him as much as i could. Ghosts stay amongst the living when they have regrets. If that's why Shadow was here. Then i needed to help him lay those regrets to rest so he could move on.