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Chapter 6

Meanwhile, back at Amy's party, everyone was wondering why Sonic had gone. Amy and Shadow came back indoors. Knuckles went up to them.

"Hey you guys. Do you know where Sonic went?" he asked.
"He left?" Amy replied.
"Yeah, just a few minutes ago."
"Hmmm..well that's not unusual for Sonic, you know." said Shadow.
"Yeah, but he could've at least said Goodbye first…" Amy said, a bit disappointed.

A few hours passed and it was soon time for the guests to leave. One by one they wished Amy a Happy Birthday and went out of the door. Knuckles and Rogue were the last to go. (Tails was still unconscious on the chair)

"Do you want us to take him?" Rogue asked, pointing at Tails.
"It's ok. He can sleep over." Shadow replied.

They said their good byes and shut the front door behind them. Amy looked at her table full of presents and smiled happily. Shadow put his arms around her, from behind.

"So, what d'ya wanna do now?" he asked subtly.
"Well, my inner child is telling me to open those presents. But my adult side…" she replied.

Shadow smiled, but then he remembered Tails.

"Oh wait. What about Tails?"
"He'll be OK, except for a hellish hangover tomorrow. But he'll live. Come on let's go upstairs." She said and started up the stairs, toward her bedroom.

"I'll be there in a few minutes." Shadow called up and watched his Amy disappear to the upstairs landing.

Shadow went back outside, onto the balcony, and looked up at the night sky. The moon was bright, as no clouds obstructed it. The stars sparkled, like jewels in the sky.

"I wonder why you left so abruptly, Sonic." He thought to himself.
He continued to stare into the sky, for a moment, taking in the beauty. Then he went back inside and quickly went upstairs, to his beloved Amy.


Back at Sonic's apartment, there were no lights on. The only light, in the room, was that which shone through the window, form the moon. Sonic was now kneeling in the middle of the floor, his head hung down and his arms flopped at his sides.

His bed had been moved, so it was no longer at the wall of his Amy Shrine. Instead, it was now sitting at the far right corner of the apartment, on it's side.

The moon shone on the wall, where Sonic's photographs had been, illuminating his shadow onto it. Pieces of the photographs lay all around him. His broken present was still lying by the balcony door, shattered.

Sonic slowly lifted his head, staring at his shadow.

"Why do you mock me?" he said darkly, to the shadow. He looked away, closing his eyes.

"I'll get rid of you…" he said, under his breath, as if he didn't want his shadow to hear him.

He stood up, sighed and walked to his kitchen, noticing that the shadow was following him. Ignoring the shadow, he opened his cutlery draw and brought out a horrifyingly big butcher knife. He held it up, so that the moonlight bounced off of it.

Then, Sonic slowly walked back to his room, and saw his shadow once again.

"Take this…you TRAITOR!" he yelled and stabbed the wall, in hope of killing his shadow. As he stabbed at the wall, big dark cloud slowly surrounded the moon, stopping the light. Sonic's shadow faded and Sonic stopped, breathing heavily. He let go of the knife, which stayed stuck in the wall. He was now sat on the floor. He looked up and saw that the shadow had gone.

"Serves…you right…for mocking me…" he said, catching his breath. "But you weren't the Shadow that I'm after…"

Sonic then stayed up for most of the night, formulating a plan for getting rid of his backstabbing nemesis. He scribbled note down on paper, most of the time he doodled the words "Traitor" or "Did Shadow die" all over the paper.

After a few hours had past (AN: so now it's about 4am) Sonic had done it. He grinned manically.

"You say you have your own place in Mystic Ruin…well then, I guess I should come and make a house call…" he laughed evilly "Now I've got you, Shadow the Hedgehog!" he yelled.