On Broken Wings ch.2

Shadow stared at the plate in front of him. He didn't know what it was that was on his plate so he poked at it with his fork.

"It's fish." Shadow tilted his head at the cat.

"Fish?" Shadow repeated.

"Haven't you ever had fish before?" This made Shadow look down. Big looked at the guest.

"I don't know." the dark hedgehog said quietly. Neither said anything for minutes.

"Oh! I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Big, it's nice to meet you." Shadow looked up curiously. "What's your name?"

"My name?" Shadow thought but nothing came to him.

"It will come to you in awhile. What do you remember?"

"Water."

"Yeah, I found you in water. Anything else you remember?" The dark one shook his head solemnly. "You can stay here as long as you like." Big said after a few minutes.

They had just returned home, just out of Station Square. Knuckles returned to Angel Island and the others began to live in Tails' workshop. It had been expanded a few weeks before the Ark incident. Tails, Sonic, and Amy lived in the workshop now. Cream and Cheese appeared on their doorstep a few days after they had returned. So they received 2 new roommates. Rouge flew off somewhere and Eggman disappeared. No one said anything about Shadow though everyone thought about what had happened.

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"I'm going out." Amy called back inside the workshop.

"Amy! Wait! I want to come too!" Cream ran out to her with Cheese fallowing. They had become good friends very quickly. "Where are we going?"

"Have you ever met Big?" Cream shook her head. "Well, where going to his house! He's really nice."

"Yay! Cheese, we are going to meet a new friend!" Amy giggled with he friend.

"I'll race you!" Amy ran off on the path that lead close to Big's house. You had to walk through a small bunch of trees to get to the clearing where Big lived since the path didn't go the whole way to his house.

"Amy! You're a lot faster then me! Wait up! I'm tiiiiired!" The rabbit said stopping and gasping for breath. Amy also stopped running.

"We're almost there." Amy said while pushing away some branches. Cream and Cheese fallowed slowly. Amy looked back at them while walking toward the clearing. "It's right h---" She stopped at the site she saw.

"Amy! You should have held that branch longer...Amy? What are you looking at?"

"I don't believe it...It's...Shadow." She saw him sitting on the roof of Big's house, looking at the sky and the trees. Amy ran as fast as she could to him.

"Shadow! Shadow! You're alive!" She cheered. Shadow looked down at her in a sort of dumbfounded expression. Amy's cheery mood slowly dissipated. Big has heard her and came outside with Froggy.

"Amy!"

"Big!" She jumped and hugged him when Cream and Cheese walked up. "These are my friends, Cream and Cheese."

"It's nice to meet you two." He said cheerfully.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Big!" She regained her energy she had lost from the race with Amy. Shadow watched the whole thing curiously.

"By the way, that is my guest." Big began while pointing to the one on the roof. "He doesn't talk much."

"That's Shadow!"

"You've met?"

"Yeah. But everyone thought--"

"So that's your name." Big called up to the dark hedgehog. Amy looked at him then thought about what Big had just said. She decided not to tell him they thought he was dead.

"My name is--Shadow?" Shadow stared at the pink hedgehog. He didn't remember her or the name.

He jumped down to where they were. It was only then when Amy noticed the bandages that had some blood that had soaked through. Amy winced but it was so quick no one noticed it. However, Cream decided to say something.

"What happened to your head?!" Amy smacked herself in the face as Shadow's eyes moved to focus on the ground. Her friend didn't know when to not talk. To teach her a lesson, Amy stepped on Cream's foot and before Cream could say anything, Big did.

"Let us go inside." He walked into the large doorway, which he needed because he was a very large cat after all. The two girls and the choa followed close behind along with Froggy.

Shadow was about to do the same when a bird's song caught his ear. He looked for where the sound was coming from and found that there was a small yellow bird on top of a weeping willow tree. Shadow stared at it for several seconds before turning to go inside. He looked over his shoulder every five seconds to see the bird as he walked. When he wasn't paying attention, he rammed into the doorframe.

"Shadow, you ok?" Amy said while giggling which made Shadow blush.

"Ye-yeah." Shadow was different then before. She didn't want to ask anything to Shadow so she searched for Big who was working in his kitchen.

"Big, can I talk to you alone?" The cat blinked at the question as if not understanding.

"Sure, Amy." He led her to the one bedroom and he closed the door.

"Shadow's acting...different." Amy was looking out the window trying not to face Big who closed his eyes.

"I found him while I was fishing. He got caught in my line." Amy shot her head toward him. "His head was injured as you saw but like I said, he doesn't talk much. I don't think he knows much either." Amy lowered her head then raised it when she heard Cream and Shadow talking.

"See, this is a choa! Cute, huh?" Cream was trying to explain choas to Shadow. Shadow blinked at the creature then poked it. "Hey! Don't do that!"

"O-oh. I'm sorry." Shadow seemed confused but sincere. He looked at Cream a little surprised.

"That's ok. Hey, have you ever been to a choa garden?"

"Choa garden?"

"Yeah! They are places where there are lots of choas!" Shadow kept quiet. Had he ever been to a choa garden? "Well if you haven't I should take you. It's fun!"

"Ok." He smiled a little. He liked this little rabbit. She was so happy and carefree. Big and Amy came in soon.

"Shadow," He turned to the one who said his name, Big. "Amy wants to take you to see the others."

"The others?"

Amy took over, "My friends." She seemed happy but Shadow was still very confused. He just went along with it and nodded. They all walked outside and waved good-bye to Big and Froggy then continued toward Tails' workshop. This gave them all time to think a little, especially Shadow.

'It's like I know most basic things but not much about this place or myself.' He sighed. 'I have no idea of anything before Big found me except when I was in the water. How did I get there? I wonder if Amy and her friends know. I wonder if I want to know...' He looked at the path he was walking on. For some reason, everything about this planet was strange to him. And it wasn't just because he couldn't remember anything.

"How are you doing, Shadow?" Amy snapped him out of his thoughts.

"I'm fine." He assumed she meant his head. He touched the bandages slightly to see if they were coming off or not. Big put them on tight so they were fine. They all continued walking and wondered what the reactions of the others would be.