Ice Cold Passion

Author's Note: Ok there is like, a lot of Rouge's brothers and sisters so here are some characters and their ages:

Robert- age 33(dad)
Laura-age 31(mom)

Mark-age 21 (Rouge's oldest brother)
Rose-age 16 (sister)
Violet-age 14 (sister)
Martin-age 14(brother, twin of Violet)
Tommy-age 11 (brother)
Rachel-age 10 (sister)
Nigel-age 8 (brother)
Lila-age 5(sister)
Emmy-age 2 (littlest sister)

(They are all bats)

Of course, last but not least, our stars Rouge and Shadow.

Chapter 1

(Rouge's point of view)

I'm almost home. I can see it! The smoke rising from the chimney of my parents' rich mansion! Will my family ever be happy to finally see me! I can't wait.

I finally reached the doorstep, after, what felt like hours of battling this stinging cold ice and snow. I creaked open the door, yearning to see what had happened of the past year I was gone.

"Mom? Dad?" I called out, but there was no answer. The house was pitch black. "Must be sleeping..." I thought to myself. I called out again, "Mom...Dad?" Suddenly, my ears went up in alert as I heard footsteps creaking down my long spiraling stairs. The lights flickered on as I shielded my eyes, only to see my surprised parents starring at me in complete and utter shock. I smiled at them, waiting to see their first reaction.

"ROUGE!" My mom shouted and jumped on me, making me stumble into the couch. She gave me a strong, breathe taking hug, followed by my excited dad. I glanced over to my side seeing my curious 9 other siblings creeping down the stairs to see what all the commotion was. Their faces brightened when they saw me and immediately came to join my parents. To my relief, they finally got off of me.

"Oh my goodness Rouge! We're so happy you are home! We all missed you so much!" My dad cheered. I smiled again.

"Come in, come in dear! You must be freezing! You go take a nice warm shower! Then scoot off to your cozy bed! We'll catch up on things in the morning!" My mom told me, giving me a nudge to go upstairs.

"I didn't destroy your room Rouge!" My 14-year-old brother, Martin, told me with a mischievous grin. I rolled my eyes and went up to my room. I guess he wasn't lying after all. My room was left just how it was before I left. Still shivering from the cold, I took a nice warm shower and went to bed, enjoying my first comfortable sleep I had missed for a long time.

Morning came rather quickly. I chucked my covers off me and sniffed the air. My mom had prepared her famous, home-style pancakes, which I still remember, makes me and my siblings look foreword to every once and a while. I got dressed and scooted down stairs to grab a seat at our huge glass table fit for our big family, with a few seats left over. I smiled at my little sister Lila carrying her pet chao Jade around.

"Get your chao off the breakfast table Lila!" My mom scolded. Lila spit her tongue out at mom and held her chao close. My mom glared at her. Lila put her big bat ears down in fright and let Jade fly freely in the living room.

The breakfast table was, of course, as chaotic as it was before I left. Violet and Martin arguing as usual, and my little brother Nigel flinging maple syrup everywhere. Normally, I would be angry and yelling over the noise, but instead, it made me feel more at home. Things around here hadn't changed a bit.

After breakfast, I ventured outside to my huge, open, vast backyard flourishing with hills, and a frozen pond in the middle. Sparkling, white snow covered it completely in thick layers. I breathed in deeply; I was very happy I was finally home.

The day went by rather quickly and it was 10:30 at night. I spent much time with my family catching up on all the stuff that's happened while I was gone, and all of the adventures that I went through.

"That sounds fun! But scary! What sticks out in your mind the most?" My sister Violet asked me as I walked into the kitchen. The rest of my family was in the living room, watching T.V. "Because I know that face! You have something on your mind. Or maybe...someone?" Violet said, folding her arms and grinning.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked her, pouring myself a glass of hot chocolate.

"Don't give me that innocent talk! Who's on your mind?" Violet asked again, completely confident that I had a particular someone in my head.

"Umm..." I hesitated. "A friend of mine. I haven't seen him in a while. I'm starting to get worried," I replied.

"Who?" Violet asked.

"His name is...Shadow..." I told her.

"The guy from your story?" Violet said, tilting her head. I nodded. I was about to say something until I heard my dad call me.

"Hey Rouge! Do me a favor will ya? Drop by Blockbuster and pick us up a movie! There's nothing on T.V!" My dad complained.

"900 channels and nothing on?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. My dad shrugged.

"Sure why not? See ya in a bit!" I said and headed out the door. The night was still, with only small gusts of wind blowing a few snowflakes in my face. I continued walking until I finally reached Blockbuster. I rented the movie, The Incredibles because I thought it would be something we ALL could watch. After purchasing the movie, I once again headed out the door.

My fingers and cheeks were really starting to get numb. I walked for a bit until I came to an alley.

"A short cut..." I thought, desperately wanting to get out of the cold. I started walking, down the dark, creepy alley. Soon my walking turned into jogging, as what I dreaded finally happened. I heard a series of footsteps coming from behind me. I knew there was more than just one pair. I saw shadows out of the corner of my eyes. My jogging increased into a sprint and my stalkers increased their pace too. I ran as fast as I could until the hood of my sweater was yanked and I was pulled back, falling to the ground. I heard laughing as I looked up. There above me were 5 hooded guys, starring down at me.

"Well, well, look what we got here boys!" One of them said. He roughly picked me up by my neck and pinned me to the wall. I struggled and kicked, but it was no use. The 5 guys held me to the wall. My eyes widened in fear. What would they do to me?