Chapter 2: Shadow and Melody Meet

Disclaimer: Did you not read the one in Chapter 1? I still don't own Sonic, Shadow, or anyone. I own Melody and nothing else. I don't even own her outfit! I didn't make up the design of her T-Shirt. I have that shirt. Ironically enough, I'm wearing it right now. (anime smilie face). Yeah. And in case you were wondering, I own a similar necklace too. Back on topic, I own Melody, her personality, her likes, her dislikes.....whao. I'm starting to sound like Tails in the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie......I DON'T OWN ANYONE!!!! Except Melody.....
Shadow awoke to find himself lying in a rather comfy bed in a room with the walls tinted a faint shade of dark green. To his left was a small wooden table with a chair, and to his right was a window, where he could see that he was in the woods near the edge of a lake.

Shadow tried to gather his thoughts. The last thing that he remembered was sinking in deep water of some kind. "It couldn't have been the ocean," he thought, "I was able to see without my eyes stinging from any salt. Then there was that otter coming toward me. After that, I don't remember anything." At that moment, a water droplet dripped into his eye. Shadow couldn't move his head from exhaustion, so it was hard to see the wet washcloth on his forehead. He then realised that there were washcloths on his wrists and ankles, and that his shoes, gloves and bracelets were missing.

Shadow groaned as he tried to answer the many questions racing through his mind. How in the world did he survive falling from space? Was he even alive? If so, where was he? And where was Sonic? Did he survive? Did anyone survive?

He heard the door creak open and saw a teenage girl walk into the room. She had straight light brown hair that went past her shoulders, and brown eyes to match. Her shirt was light blue and had a stick person with sunglasses and a giant smile on. He was floating in an orange inner tube. Below the picture were the words "Life is good". She had dark blue shorts, sunglasses on top of her head and a silver necklace with arrows pointing every which way. She actually looked kind of like a tourist with her tan.

She had a bowl filled with water and what looked to be like more washcloths. She walked slowly, so as not to spill the water. She put the bowl on the table beside Shadow and knelt down. "How are you feeling?" she asked.

Shadow didn't know how to respond.

"If you're not up to talking," she said "that's fine. You were running a bit of a fever, so I'm trying to keep it down with the wet washcloths."

Shadow groaned again. He appreciated everything that she was doing for him. The wet washcloths reminded him of the water that he was in a while back and he needed to get cooled off. He allowed the teen to replace the washcloths that were now warm, and enjoyed the cold shock that ran through his body when the new ones were put on him.

"Would you like me to stay?" the girl asked. "Blink to tell me. Once means yes, and twice means no."

Shadow felt like he was looking at a 6 year-old, the way she said that. At first he wanted her to leave, to be alone with his own thoughts. But he then felt like he might need her for something. He wasn't sure what, he just had a strong feeling that it might happen. He blinked once.

" 'Kay then," said the teenager, sounding slightly relieved. "It's about 10:30 at night, so you should try to get some rest."

Shadow blinked once again.

The girl giggled. "Alright then. I'll stay 'till you fall asleep again. Is that okay?"

Shadow blinked again.

"OK," the teen said. "You might be here for a while, so I might as well introduce myself now. I'm Melody."

"Melody," Shadow thought. "Nice name."

"I'll be right back," Melody told the hedgehog as she got up and grabbed the old washcloths and put them in the big bowl. "I need to put this stuff back in the kitchen."

Shadow quietly watched Melody leave. "Alright," he thought, and the black hedgehog let sleep overcome him.

Melody came back looking eager to tell her patient something. "Hey," Melody said. "I thought that I . . ." She then realised that he had fallen asleep. Melody smiled. "Good night then," she said as she quietly closed the door behind her.