sherrydoodlez asked:

Okay, so I headcanon that Shadow occasionally roams the earth solely to admire its form because he and Maria wished to visit earth when they were on the ark. I feel like he keeps Maria's desire to do so and does so in place of her, frequently imagining her being with him. Prompt: Shadow keeps visiting a particular spot near where Amy visits(or same place) and they gradually start to become close by pure coincidence? Tweak it as you like, I want to see what changes you make to make it better 😊

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Been excited to do this one… especially since I'm all about that one-sided Shadamy XD But I'll work on platonic this time, so no worries ;p

Prompt:

'It really is beautiful, Maria… You would have liked it.' Shadow began his normal walk around the lush, grassy plains just outside of City Square. Not only did he despise the city, but he hated the many stares of those who walked by him. Women pulling their children closer, or men giving him wary looks, as if unsure whether to scorn him or simply leave him be.

But this… this route was far from judgment. It was where he could think in peace… a peace he had long since been denied the pleasure of.

The metal on his shoe scrapped against the slightly soggy mud of the greenest grass that waved like ripples on the sea against the earth. Thousands of small hairs… as Shadow tried to describe it.

He would constantly try and figure out ways to describe where he was. As if… she could hear his thoughts.

Where would she like to go? What would she want to know about? The more his thoughts ran wild on the subject, the more quieter the world became… and the greater his melancholy swarmed his chest and left him breathing comfortably still.

He started realizing that he truly didn't know much about Maria. Though she meant everything to him, he had no clue what earth scenery she enjoyed the most.

He made his way over to a waterfall but paused behind some trees when he noticed something moving under the waterfall's downhill current.

Becoming cautious, he peered further into the bush and tree-gaps in front of him… until he saw her.

Amy flipped her hair back, letting the water roll down her open-back dress and raise her head up with a smile as the water tilted down her cheeks and washed the muck of the day off of her.

She kicked her feet out and laughed, before hopping out from underneath the waterfall and giggling a moment as she finished shaking herself free of loose droplets.

She jumped from one rock to another, before growing nervous at the rush of warm, summer wind that revealed a shaded figure in front of her. Seeming to hide in the light forest shrubbery and short standing trees, she braced herself.

"Hello?" She readied her hand to summon her hammer, about to take a step forward, her eyes narrowing down. "Show yourself! Or I'll have to come in after ya!"

"…That won't be necessary."

"H-huh?" She was startled by the voice, as she momentarily lifted her foot she was about to let step forward. "S-Shadow!?"

Shadow walked out from his surroundings, moving aside to avoid tree branches and close, brushy bushes. But as he did so, Amy wobbled in her surprised and fell in, splashing up from the waterfall's pool beneath it.

"You scared me! I was hoping for Sonic!" She spat out some water before staying put where she was, watching him curve around the outside of the edge and look up at the waterfall.

"What are you doing here?" He folded his arms and stared back at her.

"Hmph, I was going to ask you the same thing." She puffed up a side of her cheek, making a sound of disapproval before shrugging it off. "Ah, well. It's a free world." She winked charmingly before swimming over to him.

"Hey! Are you just out and about like I am?" She came up to the edge just behind him, as he looked off and away from her.

"You could say that."

"So you do love to take in the sights!" her eyes shined at this new found discovery. "I knew you weren't all bad!"

He frowned, tsk'ing at her naiveness.

Still… her presence could be useful.

"How would you describe this waterfall?" His attention was pulled back to its sparkling cascades of shimmering, babbling life.

"Huh? The waterfall?" Amy blinked her eyes in confusion, lifting her arms up to the water's edge and then peering over at it's magnificent, curved, and watery stairwell.

"I'd say… it was like a song."

Shifting his head a little aways, he seemed very confused and sighed.

He put a hand to his forehead, rubbing it. "That… makes no sense."

"Hehe! We just see things differently then!" she concluded and got up. "I could also say," she climbed out of the water and began squeezing the ends of her dress out, flapping them a bit but not too much in front of 'company'. "It's rapidly progressing through the many stages of its life." She looked at its many descending rock formations. "The water is one unit, but… you could also see it as individuals."

He wasn't willing to listen to a physiological examination of a waterfall. His eyelids drooped in annoyance at the stupidity of it all.

"The water bends and twists… there's new paths to follow. And some streams take different routes, but they all end up at the same, looooong fall down to the main pool." She followed a stream of water until it finally plummeted down.

He was actually surprised he was still paying attention.

"You see? Each path was carved through centuries of some pieces of water deciding on a different course of action. I think that's wonderful. It's like all the pieces of a well-developed song. There's the main lyrical, and then the many instruments on the side." She glided her eyes down many different avenues the water could take to reach the fall, and then smiled warmly to Shadow.

She placed her hands behind her back and leaned forward a bit, wondering if he was still paying attention. "But if you were Sonic, I would just say it's a rushing waterfall. He'd get the picture."

"…Just… a waterfall…" Shadow thought about that, before looking back to her ducking his head down a moment, glaring… "If you were to describe this to a child… would you use the same, figurative speech? Or the condensed version?"

"Hehe, depends on the child." Amy lightened up from his odd act and decided not to push it further. "What would you say? I bet that's what really counts." She blinked over to him, still cheery as ever. "Or does 'rushing waterfall' do it for ya, too?" she laughed.

"…No. I would describe it a little more. Remark on the light reflecting or the sounds around it." He looked around the area, before back at the waterfall. "It's impressive though… seeing something in so many different ways." He then gave her a playful look, raising an eyebrow up to make fun of her momentarily. "Do you ever wish it was just a rushing waterfall?"

She stopped laughing with a jolt, before pouting and pursing her lips over at him, hunched after losing some of her confidence for a moment. "That seems harsh." She then looked away and her shoulders bounced in glee. "Nah… I wouldn't change it for the world."

As she looked off, Shadow watched the wind pull some more of her wet hair over her shoulders… before she turned slowly back to him, looking more genuine and purer than before. "I love looking at something… with fresh, new eyes every time." She beamed, almost like the crashing of the waterfall, she had spun around with the same, gentle velocity it had taken.

His eyes widened slightly.

"I love looking at something again and again! Till I can fully grasp what it means…"

"What it.. means?" he seemed confused but intrigued. "What meaning?"

"No," she giggled, shaking her head out and spreading her arms to her sides, "I mean… Life." She began to wander a bit off, kicking out her feet and following after the motion with her eyes. "I guess I'm just a kid in that regard too." she gave him one last smile, before taking off.

Accidentally, they kept meeting like that. And every time, Shadow learned a new way to describe what he was looking at.

He thought Maria would like Amy. Her unique outlook on life and the things pertaining to it was something anyone could sit and listen too. Marvel at even. If they gave her enough credit and time to talk it out, that is.

Soon, even Shadow was laughing. And once Amy got him opening up about things, she wouldn't let him close himself off again.

She would walk with him and describe things around her like clouds are like bunnies, women are oceans and men are wildfires, and lastly…

"Shadows… I think shadows haunt where light can't touch."

He stopped then.

"Hmm?" she turned around, used to him brooding to himself for long periods of time, just thinking to himself, but it annoyed her greatly to feel left out of the conversation or moment.

She pouted, slightly turning her head to advance on but keeping her eyes looking over her shoulder at him.

They were up on a narrow hill, and she was doing her best to keep her balance, finding it all a game when-

She started to balance with her arms out again and look down at her feet, humming when he remained looking down until the sun covered his eyes.

"Amy… I think… Shadows are longing for where the light does touch."

She stopped, pulling her arms back in and slowly looking back in a bit of guilt.

"…Shadows can get lonely sometimes… when they're without." She held the back of her hand and pulled them close to her chest, thinking… "But… I think memories are meant to be made and discovered… not just remembered and forgotten."

"What if Shadows are the forgotten memories?" he seemed to be getting a little defensive, but there was a quiet sorrow there…

"No." she turned around, her eyes full of compassion for his words. She shook her head, "No, no, no. That's not true! And you know it's not." She slightly stomped her foot down. "Shadow… There are more people out there that need you to shade them from the harsh sunlight that constantly burns their suntans!" She flopped her arms down by her sides, as he looked up with squinted eyes, utterly confused again.

"…What?" he dropped another eyebrow down and rose the other, attempting to hear her out on this one… as he did all her odd explanations to things.

She held herself a second, before turning to look at the setting sun again.

His eyes were viewable again, so she smiled, lowering her head to fiddle a moment with twisting her toe into the grassy hillside… before closing her eyes and giggling again.

"It can be really hot sometimes. And people do need to cool off… but I don't know how to relate that to you…" she opened them to sweetly address him again. "I… Think I may be at a loss of words… but I do know this. You're a constant, Shadow. You never leave someone's side. You engulf them when they feel alone in the dark. And when harsh lights are drawn on them, you support and hold them up from the back. You never fully dwindle away. You are always a friend. Always watching with the will to help. I believe that much is true." She nodded.

There was an uncomfortable moment of silence…

Before Shadow chuckled.

"Haha…hahaha!" he actually swung his head about himself a bit, before placing a tender hand on his stomach. "Hahaha….Hahaha! A loss of words, you say?"

Suddenly, Amy was full out laughing too.

Their laughter carried across the wind and open plains… until Shadow stopped a moment to look back at her.

'Maria…'

As the sun set, Amy's laughing figure began to slowly fade away.

'Amy is like her namesake. A rose. Red for passion, and gentle with a will for life. A desire to live it to it's fullest. She pulls all into her beautiful way of seeing things. She's not afraid… of darkness… or the light… I can only describe her as… well,… thriving."

Fin~

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