HEYA GUYS! SilverLight22 here! Yes it's been almost a month since I have updated. I got a little side tracked but here I am! I've been studying for SAT's and Physics since I absolutely despise it. Algebra II is way more fun than Physics, but that's just me.

So! QUESTION TIME! Which movie trailer has you excited? Power Rangers, Rogue One, or Justice League? I know theres others but I'm just gonna make it short. The Rogue one was nice, being a SW geek myself, but Power Rangers was something I grew up along with as well. That is until they started making other universes. I'm just hoping they'll try to keep it original. Anyone been noticing the people saying Joker and Harley are goals from Suicide Squad? They're not. And for the people that know what I mean, please preach that. Watch the animated series, read the comics, and then for those who don't get it, will understand why.

It just annoys me so much!

Alright that's enough, I think you all haven't been waiting a month for me to chat so...

TO THE STORY!

SILVER POV

~Silver and Sonic's house 6:23 PM~

After knuckles had his whole 'I'm a banana' dare, which I admit was insanely hilarious, everyone decided to go up and pick up the dares for fun. Now I'm not a huge fan of Sonic's obnoxious dares, but I did manage to get a few laughs in. Amy had to drink pickle juice with salt and, here comes the worst part, Sonic's SWEAT. Oh yeah, you can bet your hopes and dreams that she was angry, but she did the dare anyways. And that took serious love, and Sonic already knew that it's not today that he's gonna hear it from her. Cream had to stay in the bathroom with Tails for fifteen whole minutes. Now I'm not gonna say what happened in there, because I literally have no idea what happened in there, but when they came back out, their faces were redder than blood, tomato juice and the color of knuckles spines itself combined. Sonic had finally got his own taste of medicine, because he had to do the ice cold water challenge. Forty times! Tails however, picked truth. The first thing Sonic asked if he's ever kissed a girl. Now I don't know if that's to rub more salt on my wounds, or if he was trying to make Tails blush, but he sure did catch Creams attention. Of course, his answer was no though. I looked at Blaze, but she caught me doing so and blushed.I really hope that this doesn't affect our friendship together, or make it awkward. I mean it was just a dare, so it wasn't passionate, or out of feelings.

"Alright, time for our next victim of the spinzer!" Sonic intentionally punned his own spinner.

It spun for a while until it finally landed by almost a hair next to me, Nebula. Now ever since Knuckles' banana thing, her and Shadow have been kinda eyeing each other aggressively, and I don't mean the romantic and dirty kind of way. I'm talking the 'murderous intent' kind of way. They've also been throwing sarcastic comments to each other throughout the whole time actually. I just hope it doesn't turn into more than harmless sarcasm.

"I'll pick dare, since everyone seems to be picking dares left and right." She stated while putting her hand in the hat.

"Just like a person jumping off a cliff since everyone else is?" Shadow scoffed with a smirk.

"No, more like not afraid to take risks and hide in the Shadows like a certain hedgie." She scoffed back. With the way things look, these two don't seem to get along too much anytime soon, or so I thought.

"So what's the dare Nebster?" Knuckles asked.

"Spend one hour in the closet with-"

Dear Chaos, please, PLEASE, don't let it be me. That's sounds like something Sonic would do. Plus, I also absolutely hate tight closed spaces!

"Shadow the Introverted Hedgehog." Oh crap.

"There is no way in hell, I am spending 3600 seconds with that female." Shadow rejected at first

"I told you, my name is Nebula! And yeah, I wouldn't want to either!" Nebula said.

"Aw c'mon guys, you know the rules." Sonic reminded.

"Like hell I give a damn about the rules, and why the hell am I called 'the Introverted hedgehog'? Was that supposed to be funny?" Shadow questioned Sonic, who was showing the 'I'm screwed' face.

"Well I just guess the ultimate life form just isn't up for the challenge huh?" Sonic please don't.

"What was that faker?" Shadow got up and looked at Sonic's eyes.

"I mean, it's just one hour with her. I mean, it's not like you're going to do anything anyways. All you have to do is just stand there, but I guess that's too much even for you too handle huh?" Sonic grinned with his taunt, and sure enough, it worked like a charm.

"As if! I could stay in there for two hours if needed be. Alright faker, I'm just going to prove how wrong you really are. Let's go Nebola." He grabbed her hand and walked towards the closet. Before doing so, I grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear.

"If he does anything to you, let me know please. Because if he does something to hurt you, I swear I'm gonna-" Before I could finish, should silenced me by placing a finger on my lips.

"Silver, you know me better than that. I can take care of myself, but I appreciate your concern." She last said before following him. Sweet chaos, please let nothing bad happen to her.

"And my name is Nebula, not Nebola you jerk!" We could all hear her loudly speaking at Shadow for purposely calling her that.

"So bro...sure you guys didn't date at all?" Sonic teased with his evil doctor voice.

"SONIC FOR THE LAST TIME, WE. ARE. JUST. CHILDHOOD. FRIENDS!" I swear I want to make that crystal clear with that thick sly skull of his.

"I'm teasing, chill Silv." He tried to recover with an apology.

"I just worry you know? She's like a sister to me. And no offense to you guys, but I don't trust anybody to be with her alone like that. It gets me...edgy." Yeah, me and Nebula were always close as kids. Being alone with another guy always ended up badly, and I can't tell you how ,any times I had to sacrifice myself for her sake. I mean when you're the most hated kid in practically the whole country, I think they'd pick me over her.

"And really Sonic? Taunts?" I said with low enthusiasm.

"Hey, it works every time on him ya know." Now why doesn't that surprise me.

SHADOW POV

I swear, that faker underestimates me too much! I just need to show him how wrong and arrogant he can really be. I just wish it didn't have to be with this annoying female friend of Silver's. I found the closet and locked us inside.

"You know, I don't see why you're so rude all the time." She said.

"I'm not, Miss Nebola." I could really care less what she thinks of me. All I know is the look on that blue idiot's face when he realised that I'm never to be underestimated.

"I am this close to kicking you in the Shadow Zone. My name is Nebula!" When will she shut her damn mouth!?

"Look, I don't care who you are, or what you think. I just want to get this over with and prove that faker wrong."

"Well...do you hate me or something? I just want to know why you act so cold towards people." Why won't she shut up...

"I don't hate you at all. I barely know you to even hate you."

"Then why Shadow?" Man she is persistent.

I sighed and took a few moments to think. The only thing that I could think of was...was...was...

"Maria."

Shit! I didn't mean to actually say it!

"Who's Maria, Shadow?" The blue violet teen asked.

"None of your damn buisness.." I really don't want to talk about 'that'.

"Oh no. You're the one that said it, and now you're going to explain why." Why is she so fucking stubborn!?

I guess I have no choice. I'm literally stuck with this girl for an entire hour, and I somehow manage to slip something I shouldn't even be thinking about. It's just...it's been so long since I've ever even talked about 'her'.

"Alright fine. Maria was...someone I once loved. Childhood friend or something of the relationship you and Silver have. Anyways...me and Maria met in Sunset Greens, the town next over from here. My parents...well they abandoned me, left me on the streets. I was a freak, a failure to them. I was only what, like five, six years old?"

"That's horrible..." I don't need her sympathy. She can keep her comments to herself.

"I don't need your sympathy. Anyways, my parents abandoned me for being a failure and a freak to them. I...I was born with the ability to manipulate chaos energy. Something considered dangerous in Möbius. It's an ability people call 'the Devils curse', one not easily understood, as it has killed many people, both intentionally and unintentionally. Hell, someone such as myself shouldn't even be alive right now, but here I am. When my parents left me on the streets, I was on my own for three years. Being degraded to a common street thug who was only just a kid."

"That must have been really hard on you Shadow..." Again, I don't understand why she keeps giving me her sympathy, I don't need it!

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. It was only then I met Maria. I hadn't eaten for days, and I didn't have any money to buy food. So I went to the nearest grocery store and waited hidden by the entrance. I was planning just to steal some persons wallet and buy it myself, since having a job at the age of nine or ten isn't really logical. There was an old man walking with a small girl, who looked about my age, blonde hair and blue eyes, matching her nicely groomed hair and beautiful dress, into the grocery store. I made a run for the old man's bag but the next thing I knew the girl had chopped me in the neck before I could even get away. I fainted,and when I woke up, I was lying on a couch in a living room. I was clean and I was wrapped in bandages where all my cuts were. Don't ask where I got the cuts from, I don't even remember myself. That's when Maria came by to me and asked why did I try to steal her grandfather's bag. I told her it wasn't any of her business, but then the old man himself came out. Seeing that I was beat, I told him I just wanted money to get food."

"But Shadow, why didn't you just steal the food? Not that I suggest stealing is okay or anything but that's something somebody desperate would do." She said while I could hear her trying to not to slip over any of the items on the ground.

"I'm not some fool. I knew that I had to steal but I'm not going to steal resources when I can steal money. I had at least some morals."

"Yeah, stealing money from an old man is really great and definitely shows you had really good morale Shadow." She said sarcastically.

"Oh shut up. Anyways, the old man wasn't even mad at all. He brought me something to eat and I tell you I ate like I hadn't eaten for years. After that the old man offered me to stay at his place. Well I didn't hesitate because it sure beats sleeping under a cardboard box every night. So that's when my life with The Kintobors began."

"Wait, as in Gerald Kintobor? The Scientist who had recently discovered a cure to Cancer back then?" Well I guess she's not dumb as I thought she'd be.

"Yes, that's him. He helped me find a way to keep my powers restrained so I couldn't hurt anybody. Maria and I got to know each other better, and after summer ended, I finally started going back to school. Gerald became like a father figure to me while Maria...my first love. She cared for me like no one else never would have. My life had finally changed, from downright shit to a normal life. Not even that lasted too long though."

"What do you mean Shadow?" She asked with curiosity.

"Because they were killed. They were killed Nebula. And when I finally thought that I could live a normal life, it was ripped away from me again. It happened when me and Maria were on our way home from school on a sunny afternoon. The day was going great, wonderful I guess. By that time I was living with them for about two years so I was about Eleven years old. When we got home...we found him dead, lying in a large pool of his own blood, drying up by the every second our breaths left our bodies. When Maria went to use the telephone to call the police, some white looking creature appeared. It was small, roughly the size of an eight year old. In an instant I was being levitated in a weird blue aura, and the next thing I knew is that it was choking me. When Maria came back, she saw that I was being attacked and she tried fighting the thing. It let go of its grip on me and the blue aura disappeared off of me. Maria was giving this thing everything she had, and Maria was one hell of a badass fighter I tell you. It was getting tired so I tried to take the oppurtunity and finish it. I snuck into the kitchen and grabbed one of the kitchen knives then ran back to Maria and the thing she was fighting. I tried going in for a kill but..."

"But?"

"He...he saw me coming. I don't know how he knew but he did. He levitated me again, this time forcing my arm attempting to stab my throat. When it lowered its guard, Maria roundhouse kicked it in the face. It loosened its grip on me but I let go of the knife. That was my biggest mistake ever."

"Why? What happened?"

"That thing threw the knife at her chest as soon as I let it go. She fell on the ground and the thing dissapeared without a trace. It was my fault she died. I failed Gerald and Maria. Her beautiful blue eyes like the sky in the shimmering day of fall were closed, permanently. That thing, whatever's it was, was never heard from again."

"Oh my god Shadow..."

"I don't ever want to have to go through that again. I don't try to seem rude. I don't want anyone going through what I went through, for everyone's benefit for their lives. And you...just remind me of her, Nebula." Damn...I didn't expect to...tell her all this...

"But what about Sonic and the others? Aren't they your friends?"

"Sonic and the others were the ones who helped me get back in my feet. Despite his cocky attitude, I owe them my life. That is the only reason why I'm here."

"Shadow..." Again, I don't want her sympathy. She's lucky enough I'm even telling her this. To be honest though, why? I've never told anyone, but here is this girl I just met literally about two hours ago and I'm practically telling her my god damn life story.

"Shadow I-" before she finished I heard her trip over something. Before she fell caught her in my arms.

"Hey Nebola, you okay?" I sarcastically asked.

"I'm fine you jer-!" Before she finished she started getting really warm. When I looked down to see her face, it was bright red, and it took me a literal minute to realize what position we actually were in. Just as I was about to let her go, so she could get some space instead of lying her two hands on my chest fur (god damn it's sensitive okay?) Sonic opened the door.

"Alright Shadow! I guess you proved me wro-" Right when he saw us and how close we were together, Sonic grinned and I hate it when that cocky face of his grins.

"Shadow...you dirty dog. I knew you had it in ya!" Okay that's it, I'm going to kill him. Screw everything I said, I'm going to kill the blue rascal right here and right now. Before I could let go of Nebula, he snapped a picture with his phone and ran off.

"HEY GUYS, YOU WONT BELEIVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" He yelled running down the hallway.

"SONIC MAURICE NOCERE THE FUCKING HEDGEHOG, I SWEAR TO FUCKING CHAOS AS MÖBIUS KNOWS IT IF YOU DO SOMETHING WITH THAT FUCKING PICTURE I WILL END YOUR FUCKING PETTY LIFE RIGHT HERE AND NOW DAMN IT!"

"Catch me if you can faker!" He's a dead blue rat.

And that's a wrap! Shadows story does have meaning here, but I'm sure some of you have figured that out. and it was a small but still a Shadula moment. Buuuut were not quite there yet. Keyword yet :3

No new names yet. And I am still working out a new update schedule but I will be updating regularly again.

Will Sonic show the picture of Nebula and Shadow 'cuddling' in the closet? Or will Shadow get to Sonic first? Until next time!

SilverLight22 out!