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File 3- Nari (Lost)
Entry 4- Catch me? Catch you.
"Miserie?" Miserie shook her head and opened her eyes. She was in a small house. She was on a bed, and across from her bed was another bed. The room smelt strange like…what was that thing called…a flower? Shadow was standing over her. He looked worried. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I think." She looked at herself. Her arms were bandaged. She saw blood through the bandages. "What happened?… Shadow are you hurt!" She looked at Shadow. He smiled.
"Me, hurt? Don't lie to yourself." He said, shrugging. "You got hurt though. I think you just got bruised. But these people put Big Band-Aids on them, so…"
"Oh. So they're little. Maybe just teensy cuts." Miserie nodded. Then she smiled. "They were very nice to save us. Should we go thank them?"
Shadow sighed. "Do what you want. As long as they don't tell anyone where we are, it's all good."
"Really!" Miserie cried. "Alright!" She hopped out of the bed she was lying in. "Are you coming, Shadow?"
"Nah." Shadow said. He closed his eyes. "I'll just stay here. They'll be happier to see you."
"Eh? Oh come on, Shadow. They'll love you, just like I do!" Miserie said.
"Sure they will." Shadow said, nonchalantly.
Miserie shook her head. "Alright. I'll go out there." She said. She walked towards the door. It was like Maria's. It had a doorknob.
Miserie opened the door and left the house. She was near the edge of the island. There was water below her. So this was a floating island. Miserie was so absorbed by this that she didn't hear someone walk up behind her.
"Neat, huh?" said a feminine voice.
Miserie jumped and turned around. It was… a fox. With two tails. Just like her. "Uhm, hello?" She asked, looking at the fox. She was only a little older than Miserie was. In fact, she looked more like a guy than a girl. She had a purple Mohawk and blue eyes, but orange fur. Her ears were pierced, three in the left, two in the right.
"Yo." The girl said. "My name's Rhonda. You can call me Jo. You into rock? You look cool. You'll have to change those clothes though."
Miserie smiled. "I'm sorry." She said, shaking her head, "I'm not into rock…yet. And My name is Miserie."
"Miserie, huh? That's a cool name." Rhonda said. "My name sucks. 'Rhonda'. What kind of rocker has the name Rhonda?"
Miserie laughed. "You're funny, Rhonda." She said.
"Yeah?" Rhonda looked proud of herself. "Well, you know us foxes, right?"
Miserie shook her head. "I've never seen anyone who looks like me. Just Shadow." Just Shadow and Maria and the Professor.
"You haven't? Oh yeah. You came in the spaceship. So you must have been up there on Space Colony Ark!"
"Yes, that's where I was." Miserie replied.
Suddenly, Rhonda got excited. "Have you seen him! Have you seen Miles?"
Miserie took a step back. "Miles?" She asked.
"You know! He's a fox too! Looks just like us! He was up there too! He's our hero!" Rhonda said. Her blue eyes were wide, and she sounded so happy to hear from Space Colony Ark.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Miserie said, shaking her head. "I just woke up. I wouldn't know. I'm so sorry."
"Just woke up? You have amnesia? Don't worry, we've got medics for that. Come on, lemme show you." Rhonda took Miserie's arm, but Miserie shook her head.
"I'm…I might not be…what you think I am." Miserie said, slowly. She looked up into the sky. "I don't know where I'm from. I don't know who I am." She looked at Rhonda. "It's not because of…amnesia. It's something else."
Rhonda widened her eyes again. "Deep." She said. Then she paused. "Well, you should come see the Ancient Ones. And you should see Miles pictures! I love Miles." Rhonda said. "He's the only one of us- well, other than you- who didn't grow up with us. And there's so much you need to know! I'm glad the Ancient ones have already passed the law, and you're staying."
"Staying?" Miserie asked. "What are you talking about? Did Shadow already say I was staying? We're staying?"
"Shadow? Oh you mean that hedgehog. No, he has to leave. We can't have him here. The Hero will be coming soon. The hero is Miles, you know. The Ancient ones said so. They've got mystical powers and such." Rhonda laughed. "I can just play the guitar. But they can tell fortunes!"
"No!" Miserie said. "I can't leave Shadow! He…" Rhonda grabbed Miserie's arm.
"Hurry! Rosemary is Tails' mother! She has all his pictures! She's sent him a letter too!" Rhonda smiled. "He's like a rock star to me!"
Miserie widened her eyes as Rhonda pulled her along. It was so slow. Miserie sighed. "Which way?" She asked.
"What?" Rhonda asked.
"Which way to Rosemary's house?"
"That way!" Rhonda pointed to her left.
Miserie took Rhonda's hand. "We're only gonna see his pictures and then I'm going home. I'm going with Shadow, you got that?" Miserie said, and with that, she dashed off to the left. As she ran, Misere looked at the people she past. Foxes. All of them were foxes! How could there be so many of…herself? And they were all so different, all so…
"STOP!" Rhonda said, loudly.
Miserie skidded and stopped in front of a flower patch. A quaint cottage was behind the flowers. "Is this it?" she asked.
"Yeah! Hey, you're not even breathing hard. That was a pretty long run you know, and you did it pretty fast. While lugging me. You've gotta be like, super strong."
Miserie shook her head. "Nope, not super strong."
"Come on." Rhonda said, shaking her head. "Rosemary lives here."
Miserie followed Rhonda inside. It was a big cottage, probably having five rooms. The room they were in was yellow and only had a table, a door leading to a closet, a white staircase, and two hallways.
"Mrs. Prower? It's Rhonda!" Rhonda called.
"In here." Said a quiet voice. Miserie followed Rhonda to another room. This room was big, but it was full of…girls?
An old graying fox was sitting in a rocking chair, with a newspaper framed above her fireplace, behind her, looking like the newspaper was over her head. A boy fox was in a plane in the picture on the newspaper. Plenty of girls were sitting on the floor, staring up and the picture and the old fox.
Rhonda sat down, but Miserie saw something in the picture from a far. Slowly, she walked over to the old fox.
"Hello, dear." The old fox said. Whispers around the room. Miserie ignored them.
"Hello, Mrs. Prower." She said. "My name is Miserie. I'm not from here. I'm from Space colony Ark."
The whole room burst into conversation, gasps, and even glares. Who was the girl fox who had been in the space colony, and why was she here? All questions Miserie ignored.
"Miserie?" Rosemary said. "Such a strange name. Who are your parents?"
Suddenly the room was quiet. Miserie swallowed.
"I have no parents. I don't know them. I've lived with Shadow since…well. Shadow must know your son. I know he's been on Earth before. I'm sure he met your son. Can I…can I look at the picture on the newspaper? There is something there…I want to make sure."
"Please go on." Rosemary said, nodding. "You must know something."
Miserie reach up and took the picture down. She stared. The hedgehog…the hedgehog in the picture…if it hadn't been for his spikes…he would be… "Shadow…" Miserie breathed. She turned the paper over and scanned the back. The newspaper on the back was yellowing, like the picture. She found Shadow's name. "This…Shadow knows this." Miserie said, quietly. "Project Shadow. Just like…Project…Miserie."
"What did you say, dear?" Rosemary asked.
"I said, Shadow knows all about this, I think. I'm not sure if he remembers. I'll get him. I'll get Shadow and"
"NO!" Rosemary said.
"NO!" the room of girls chorused.
"Not the evil hedgehog. He will die, just like the other one! That is Miles' duty!" Rosemary said, strongly.
"Not the evil hedgehog! No!" The room chorused.
"You must realize that thing's evil!" Rosemary said.
"Shadow? Evil?" Miserie said, just as strongly. "Shadow isn't evil! He's my friend! He's not mean! There's nothing wrong about him! I can't do this! I'm leaving!" Miserie turned around, but Rosemary took her hand.
"No, please stay." Rosemary said. "Never mind the hedgehog."
"He has a name!" Miserie protested. She shook Rosemary's hand off. "And I would like to leave. Good bye, Mrs. Prower." With that, Miserie turned and left the room.
"The Picture!" the room behind her gasped.
Miserie looked down at her hands as she was leaving. The picture? Yes, she hadn't put it down. She put it on the table, and shook her head. Worshipping a picture. Hero indeed. Miserie knew she must leave.
She thought as she raced back to the house she had awoken in, 'They will try to keep me here. Can they catch me? I wonder…Shadow, will you let them keep me?…Evil?…Shadow, are you…'