Chapter One

The Accident


"Hey Sonic."

"Oh, hi Shadow."

Sonic the Hedgehog was resting on the grass, watching the sunrise. It was a Sunday morning. He loved Sunday mornings. Everybody was off from work, and it was so quiet in his hometown of Sonic, South Island. He was such a great guy, such a hero; he had a town named after him.

He lived next to his friend Shadow the Hedgehog, an unnatural life form made from DNA of a hedgehog and the original ultimate life prototype. He was the ultimate life form. After an awakening, fight, adventure, accident, and some confusion over the past year, he finally decided to find a place to live and give up all this "adventure" stuff.

Sonic and Shadow had been friends for he past couple of months. Funny, how you can make friends with one of your former worst enemies.

Sonic sighed. "Great day, isn't it?" He said. He wasn't good at bringing up subjects, which is why it was usually Shadow that started most conversations.

Shadow snickered. "Well, Sonic, the sun isn't even up yet. There may be a blizzard for all we know!"

"Yeah, I guess you're right. It might even rain...."

"DUCK!" Shadow yelled.

Sonic looked puzzled. "Rain ducks? PLEASE tell me you were joking."

"NO, DUCK!" Shadow ran off.

"Shadow? Where are y---"

Sonic woke up. What was he doing? Where was he? Where was Shadow?

"SONIC!" Shadow ran over to him. He was at a hospital, in bed, with a cast on his leg.

"Shadow? What happened?" Sonic was scared; he'd never been in an accident like this before.

"Remember when I said 'duck'?" Shadow began.

Sonic looked at him strangely. "That raining ducks joke?"

"It wasn't a joke. Some ray shot you from out of nowhere. You landed weird on your leg and broke it. I tried to help you, but it was too late... I called the hospital, and you were out cold for five hours."

The doctor stepped in. "It seems you are awake now."

"Yes," Sonic said, "But I'm pretty drowsy."

"It's just your medication." The doctor said. "And is that hedgehog over there your friend?"

Sonic nodded.

"He saved your life. You were bleeding so much when you got here, if it wasn't for him, you would have bled to death." He cleared his throat. "Well, I'll be back in 2 hours to run some more tests. Rest up."

Sonic looked at Shadow, with a look that did all the talking, but he spoke up anyway. "Thank you.... Shadow."

"No problem, bud. I.... I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay Shadow."

Sonic looked at him one last time. Why hadn't he noticed those blood red eyes before, and how great it was to look into them? He hit himself to knock himself out of the daydream while Shadow left the room.

"Could I lo… nah." Sonic went back to sleep.

A/N : Well, there's the suckiness of chapter 1. This'll get better later, when Shadow says that he was the one w-- oops, don't want to give to much away! ;)