I bent down to pick up the chao, and it snarled at me, so I drew my hand
back. This time I tried to pet it and said, "I'm not going to hurt you."
This chao looked different from any that I've ever seen. He was black with
tiger ears, but his arms, feet, and tail were like a leopard's. On his arms
were big purple bruises, like he had been abused, but I didn't know
anything about him, so I could have been wrong. The chao stopped growling
and let me pet him. "What's your name?" I asked.
He had something in his hand and gave it to me. It was a little gold circle with 'Echo' carved into it. The ID tag looked as if it used to be connected to a collar or something.
"Is your name Echo?" I asked him. He nodded 'yes'. "Are you lost? Do you want to find your owner?"
Echo backed away from me. "I guess not." I said and picked him up. His fur was all wet and dirty, so I decided to take him home with me. I walked back home, instead of running because I didn't want to scare Echo.
By the time I got home, he was asleep in my arms. He must have not had much sleep while he was out on his own. I had only been walking a few minutes and he was already knocked out.
When I walked inside, Rouge and Sonic were talking to each other. They were too low to hear but they sounded serious. Rouge looked at me strangely, "I thought you needed rest, Shadow."
"I decided I wasn't that tired." I answered. "I went for a short walk, but now I'm going to my room." I walked back upstairs with Echo. I don't think Rouge even saw him. I put a clean towel on my bed and laid him down on it.
I guess he was more tired than I thought. It was almost three hours later before he woke up. "Are you ready for your bath, Echo?" I asked him. He looked up at me and made a weird happy sound, so I took it as a yes.
I carried Echo into the bathroom and set him on the floor. The bathtub was too big for him; I filled the sink up and then placed him in it. As I was scrubbing him, I saw a scar from the tip of his left ear to the middle of the back of his head that I hadn't noticed before. "Where did you get that from?" I asked as I dried him off. When I was done, I wrapped him up in a towel and brought him back to my room. He fell asleep again, so I decided to lie down too. I was getting kind of tired....
He had something in his hand and gave it to me. It was a little gold circle with 'Echo' carved into it. The ID tag looked as if it used to be connected to a collar or something.
"Is your name Echo?" I asked him. He nodded 'yes'. "Are you lost? Do you want to find your owner?"
Echo backed away from me. "I guess not." I said and picked him up. His fur was all wet and dirty, so I decided to take him home with me. I walked back home, instead of running because I didn't want to scare Echo.
By the time I got home, he was asleep in my arms. He must have not had much sleep while he was out on his own. I had only been walking a few minutes and he was already knocked out.
When I walked inside, Rouge and Sonic were talking to each other. They were too low to hear but they sounded serious. Rouge looked at me strangely, "I thought you needed rest, Shadow."
"I decided I wasn't that tired." I answered. "I went for a short walk, but now I'm going to my room." I walked back upstairs with Echo. I don't think Rouge even saw him. I put a clean towel on my bed and laid him down on it.
I guess he was more tired than I thought. It was almost three hours later before he woke up. "Are you ready for your bath, Echo?" I asked him. He looked up at me and made a weird happy sound, so I took it as a yes.
I carried Echo into the bathroom and set him on the floor. The bathtub was too big for him; I filled the sink up and then placed him in it. As I was scrubbing him, I saw a scar from the tip of his left ear to the middle of the back of his head that I hadn't noticed before. "Where did you get that from?" I asked as I dried him off. When I was done, I wrapped him up in a towel and brought him back to my room. He fell asleep again, so I decided to lie down too. I was getting kind of tired....