"Dark Scientist"

Disclaimer: Shadow, Gerald Robotnik, and Maria Robotnik are © to SEGA. I own Shadow's parents.

Chapter 1: The Past

It was a happy day for the Hedgehogs. Shalita and Shadow Hedgehog just got married. They met each other while at a movie, and fell in love at first sight. Shadow was a blue hedgehog that had a white patch of fur on his chest, red eyes and red stripes on his quills. Shalita was a black hedgehog with green eyes, and wore a blue skirt and a white long sleeve shirt.

They then had a baby 2 years later. They had no name for him yet. But he will soon as they thought.

One day.

The Hedgehogs were having lunch one day, when there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it." Said Shadow. He walked to the door and opened it. "Who are you?!"

There was a man that stood there, robots behind him. "Good day, Mr. Hedgehog."

"Who are you?! Why do I have to ask again?!" Shadow snapped.

"Gerald Robotnik, the world's leading scientist." Said the man.

"Who is it Shad-?" Shalita came into the room and gasped.

"Get them!" Gerald yelled. The robots behind him ran into the house, attacking Shadow.

"Shalita! Get our son and hide somewhere safe! I'll take care of these thugs!" Shadow yelled, breaking a few robots.

"Shadow!" Shalita yelled, as Shadow was shot, and he fell to the ground. Shalita ran up the stairs with her son, they hid in a room, and then looked at her son.

"Shadow... I will call you Shadow, after your father." Shalita said, looking at the little baby hedgehog that had tears coming down his eyes.

" ." said the little Shadow. Shalita gave him one last hug.

"Sayonara, Shadow, thee Hedgehog. "she said. The robots broke in and shot Shalita, Shadow fell to the ground crying. That's when a young girl went up to him and picked up Shadow, which calmed his crying. Shadow looked up at her, you guys problebly know who it is Maria Robotnik.

"I do not like what my grandfather has done to your parents. I guess that we're alike now." said Maria.

"?" Shadow tilted his head.

Gerald walked towards the Space Transporter and teleported Maria, Shadow, and himself to the ARK.

Gerald worked hard; he took a lizard before he left Earth. He was testing it, he couldn't risk loosing Shadow. Maria was always with Shadow, playing and feeding and caring for him. They loved each other. Maria couldn't think of what Shadow would be like enhanced. She didn't want this to happen; she loved Shadow just the way he was. It was once day that Gerald finished enhancing the lizard. It was no longer tiny, but was huge! Shadow sometimes got scared of seeing him and started to cry, but Maria was always there for him.

Then, the day that Maria dreaded came. Gerald took Shadow from her, and that made her upset.

"Maria," Gerald said. "I promise that Shadow will be a good friend when he is still advanced, okay?"

"Okay." Maria sobbed. Gerald patted her head and walked into his lab.

He was working on Shadow for days, weeks, months, and then a year. Shadow was different, he had red marks on his eyes, he had jet soaps on his feet, and most of all that surprised Maria, and he was the size of a normal teenage hedgehog. Shadow was ageless now. Maria was 12. And finally, Gerald finished Shadow. Shadow didn't recognize Gerald, but he recognized Maria. They were then bigger friends than before.