I walked down the mahogany stairs and crept quietly into the kitchen to get something to eat. I opened the refrigerator and grabbed an apple, shut the door and jumped . Shadow was leaning against the counter staring at me, I stood there unsure of what to do . I walked over to the table and sat down looking down at my apple. Shadow still kept staring at me, I shifted in my seat uncomfortably . I took a bite out of the apple when I heard the front door slam open. I heard the sound of stomping feet enter and walk into the kitchen. Sonic looked over to me in confusion and then at Shadow who had already was standing a few feet away from him.

"Where's Mia, Shadow? I'm not leaving without her, so you might as well hand her over." Sonic threatened eyes narrowing.

"Get OUT of my house, faker. I'm giving you this one chance to walk out of this house with both feet." Shadow snarled at him fists clenched. Sonic was about to lunge at him when I jumped up and ran in front of him.

"Sonic, I'm Mia." I said shyly looking down. He stared at me for a minute and slowly smiled.

"You look, well you look pretty as a mobian." I felt a hand reach out and yank me backwards. Shadow was standing in front of me , still snarling.

"Back off faker."

"Why are you keeping her here like a prisoner? She hasn't done anything wrong, so let her go."

"She is none of your concern, Faker! This is my last warning!"

Suddenly Sonic leaped over Shadow , picked me up bridle style and ran out of the house. He was running so fast I was getting dizzy, from all the colors and objects whizzing past us.

"S..sonic. Please stop! You're going too fast, please!" I whimpered into his fur. He suddenly came to a halt and carefully placed me down. When my feet hit the ground , my knees began to tremble.

"Sonic you have to take me back, please. He's just trying to protect me."

"Protect you?!? He was threatening you and-"

"That's because he doesn't want the Chaos Emerald to be stolen."

"But what does that have to do with you?" He asked confused as I hung my head down staring at my feet.

"Well…Because I somehow have it inside of me. He's afraid that I'm going to try to run away." I said and sat down on the grass. He plopped down beside me , and took my hands.

"Hey, don't worry about a thing. I'll help you out and you know what, we'll work things out . I guess I should have thought things through before I ran off with you ,huh?" He said smiling a wide toothed smile. His smile was so contagious that I couldn't help but smile also.

"Come on , I guess we should be going , back to shadow's place . And just smile, I'll handle every thing, just leave it to me. " Sonic said getting back up and offering me his hand. I sighed ,took his hand as he scooped me up and took off running back from where we came.

"Sonic, could you please walk?" I said as he ran . I could hear him laughing. I just held on to him and kept my eyes closed the whole time. I had just barely opened my eyes a bit when I saw a black by us. Sonic immediately stopped and put me down. Shadow was standing in front of us arms crossed , face emotionless.

"You sure do have a lot of guts Faker for trying to come back." He said glaring at Sonic then at me. He took a step towards me , Sonic immediately stepped in front.

"I came back, because she asked me to. Unlike you I will do what she wants, I don't force her to come with me." Sonic said lightly tapping his foot.

" Shadow, I already know why you've been keeping her hidden, So don't try to act dumb."

"You seem to be doing a pretty good job of it by yourself, Faker."

"Listen, I want to make a compromise. If you let her hang out with me and my friends then I swear that I'll keep her safe, if I don't then you can kill me." Sonic said casually as if he were talking to Tails or Knuckles.

"So when you slip up, I get to rid myself of you? Seems fair, enough-"

"I won't slip up, she'll be perfectly safe with me. Hedgehog's honor!" He said raising his hand acting silly.

"This isn't just some game, if Dr. Eggman finds out about her the whole world will be in grave danger. And I will hold you to your promise understand ,Faker?"

"Clear as crystal, well I'll see ya tomorrow Mia." Sonic said as he turn around to leave.

"Okay, see ya tomorrow!" I said but I was really saying inside ' Please don't leave me here!', he gave me a thumbs up and ran off. The hair on the back of my neck stood up as I turned around to face shadow. He was just staring at me , not fully angry but defiantly not friendly. I worked up a small bit of courage to ask him something.

"S…shadow, did you really mean it? That I can go with Sonic and his friends?" I said softly.

"Unfortunately, yes. But my threat still stands if you even think of trying to escape ." My heart soared . I could hang out with them , I felt like I could fly . We walked back to the house in silence , but when I got up to my room I did a silent victory dance.


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