(I don't own sonic. I don't want to be sued. I really don't want to be ripped apart by SEGA and Sonic Team.)

"First mission, first spaceship, first getaway from mom, first crush…"

I looked to my aquarium.

No fish resided there any more.

All sold.

"Moe, Larry, Curly, even Lucy. All sold."

"I'm gonna guess those were your fish."

"Yeah."

I bowed my head in sorrow.

"Even Lucy."

I sighed.

"Well, now you have me."

Stella smiled.

"Yes I do. And I wouldn't trade you for the world."

I hugged her.

"I brought the ice cream."

Shadow intruded upon our motherish/daughterish moment.

"Thanks da…"

"Call him dad and I will hurt you."

"Okay. Shadow."

We took our drumsticks gladly.

"Remember when you had that nightmare?"

Shadow was leaning up against a bed post.

"The one where you died?"

"And you woke up screaming, crying, and sweating all at the same time?"

"Uh huh. I remember that."

"Ya know, before you came along Maria cared for Tiavinah like she does for you now."

Shadow said waving his drumstick at Stella.

"Except she was always much more curious. Mainly curious about Shadow. That's why she knew so much about him when you asked."

It was odd sitting there talking about the past with Shadow and Stella.

But I sorta liked it.

"She used to be pretty shy, not as shy as you, but shy none the less."

Shadow had a bit of ice cream running down his chin.

"You got a bit of shmooca on your chin."

I pointed.

"Shmooca?"

Shadow said, wiping off the ice cream.

"Yeah, shmooca, gunk, stuff. It all means the same thing."

I shrugged.

"Does it now? I've never heard that word before."

"Oh, come on. You must have. I say it all the time."

"It's true."

Stella vouched.

"Well not around me. I've never heard it before."

"Whatever you say."

I finished my ice cream and licked off my fingers.

"So… what else happened here?"

Stella had to know everything about Shadow and I.

Even if it killed us.

"No more. It's 1:00 p.m. If we start talking about that again we won't stop until it's 11:00 p.m. Breeze wouldn't appreciate that."

I got up and left.

The two followed me.

"Hi, Maria."

I stopped.

Stella slammed into me and Shadow slammed into Stella.

We fell like dominoes.

"Johnny."

I said resentfully picking myself up off the floor.

"What do you want?"

I gave him a glare that could turn people to stone.

"I… don't know."

"Then MOVE!"

I shoved him out of the way.

"Breeze is here!"

I heard Haley scream.

"Shadow! Run!"

Haley laughed spitefully.

"Hey, Breeze."

I leaned up against the doorway wall.

"Come on in."

Breeze saw Shadow.

"One moment."

Shadow took off running and Breeze ran after him.

Stella ran to go watch.

5…4…3…2…1!

"And he's down!"

Stella called.

Breeze came back.

"Hey there."

Breeze was smiling brightly.

"Heh. I'd tell you what's up but you probably do want hear it."

"Go on, tell me."

"Nah. You don't wanna know."

"Just tell me."

"No."

"Tell me. I wanna know!"

Works every time.

I smiled.

"Okay. People have gone missing and if they come back they can't remember who they are or anything. They all have A-shaped scars on their backs. Yesterday there was debris wave that's causing a bit of suspicion. Everyone thinks Shadow and I are Stella's foster parents but that's about it. Oh, and Johnny's back."

"Isn't that the kid who fell off his bike and twisted his ankle and you couldn't tell his mom 'cause you kept laughing so I had to tell her?"

"Yeah, that's Johnny. Oh, wait, now a day he's called"

I paused for emphasis.

"The Johnster."

I rolled my eyes.

"Same old Johnny."

"Hey, Maria, what's this?"

I ran to my room to find Stella on my computer.

"Born of fire powered by rage."

I put my hand over her mouth and turned off the computer.

"There are some private things on that song, lil' star. Best they stay private."

"Oh, I already read the song. I even pressed the listen button down at the bottom."

"Well Breeze would kill me for what I have put down on that song."

"But it's not about Breeze, it's about Shadow…s. Shadows 'cause they like, scare you at night and stuff."

Stella ran off.

I smacked my head on the computer desk until I thought I would pass out.

"Come, sit with me, tell me about your fear of Shadow, I mean Shadows."

"I don't care whose kid she is, if she let Shadow read that she's grounded for the rest of eternity… and then some. So… did you bring your wolf?"

Breeze has a wolf.

She's scary like that.

"No but I should've. I could've had her maul Johnny."

"I would've enjoyed watching that."

I smiled at the thought.

"EVERYONE HOLD ON TO SOMETHING!"

Amy screamed at the top of her lungs.

So I grabbed my bed.

Breeze was on my bed to she didn't think it mattered much.

WHOOSH!

The whole ship rocked.

"What in the…!"

I screamed.

About two seconds later the storm ended.

I ran to go find Stella.

On my way out the door I said,

"Come on, Breeze."

I found Stella clinging tightly to Shadow.

I picked her up.

She getting all the attention a 3 year old would.

I didn't mind giving her parental protection and attention.

I rather enjoyed it.

In fact, I might as well have been her mother.

Her parents shipped her off to school when she was 3.

Stella went to boarding pre-school, elementary school, and Middle school.

Then Breeze and I found her and took her in.

But that's good 'cause she has an element too…death.

"Nice song Maria."

Shadow smiled slyly.

"Tell me two lines from it."

I knew he hadn't heard it.

"I am Maria controller of fire; I have always been yon passing liar."

I kicked him.

"Ow!"

Then he started laughing.

"Does…"

Stella started.

"Yes, he does that a lot."

I grumbled.

"We get that all the time."

Breeze said shaking her head.

(Is it too girly? Please, I'd like to know. I need a bit more feed back. Well, more like want I don't really need it but want sounds mean. And if my friends have read this and they haven't reviewed they will pay for that with their lives.)