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Sonic opened his eyes to find himself in a familiar dark hallway. He felt the camera in his hand and looked down at it. It was very old, and it had Japanese characters on the bottom, they were worn though and Sonic couldn't read them. His thoughts went back to what Shadow had said, 'use the camera,' he glanced down at it again, what was so special about it? 'Use it to fight against the mansion,' fight the mansion? How could he fight a building? He shook his head. 'Maybe I'm taking this too literally.' Just then he was snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of a door opening at the end of the hallway.

He took a sharp intake of breath as the familiar, slightly transparent, figure of a man came from the sliding screen and entered the hallway. His breath became deep and fast as he tried not to panic. 'Use the camera to fight the mansion, what could it mean?' The ghost slowly made his way towards Sonic. 'Fight the mansion, does he mean, fight this guy? Does that mean there's more like him around here?' He paused, noticing the spirit man was half way down the hall now. 'Well, it couldn't hurt to try.' He raised the camera in front of him, focusing through the viewer so he had a shot of the man. 'I hope this works.'

Just as the man was about to make a grab for Sonic, he pressed the button and there was a flash. It illuminated the decrepit remains of the room, highlighting every rotting feature of the hallway as the man staggered backwards from Sonic, clutching his hands to face. Sonic smiled, 'Yes! It works!' He focused the camera again and pressed the button. The man was sent falling backwards every time Sonic used the camera. Several flashes lit up the room, until the man gave out a blood-curdling scream.

Sonic winced, even if it was someone trying to kill him from beyond the grave, he couldn't stand to hear someone in pain.

The man dropped to his knees, doubling over as though he was in pain. A vortex opened up behind him, and in a strange twisting of light, the man was gone. Sonic stared in confusion. 'Well that was weird,' he walked up to where the man had been, 'but at least he's gone now.' He looked down at the camera in his hands. 'This camera, how did it fight against the ghost?' He looked round at the room, then back again at the door to make sure nothing else was going to jump out at him from behind it.

Satisfied, he made his way down the hall towards the mirror. Once again for some strange reason it caught his attention. He squinted at it, it was hard to see through the thin layer of dust covering it, but he could've sworn it wasn't there last time. He shrugged, 'like anything makes sense here,' and he wiped off some of it with his glove, so he could see his face. He could see himself in the mirror again, he waited for it to change last time.

Nothing happened.

He waited a little longer, but still nothing happened. He glanced at the crimson eyes that stared back at him, why would they just suddenly change colour? Suddenly his image disappeared. His eyes widened, and he peered deeply to find himself, but there was nothing to be seen, until he noticed the pair of red eyes still gazing intently from beyond the reflective surface.

Cautiously, he reached out his hand to touch the image, but as his hand neared the mirror, a black and red hedgehog appeared from inside, and a red-streaked arm reached out to grab his arm. Two pairs of crimson eyes met for a moment and they were warped to a place beyond the reaches of all possibility.

This place, was exactly were he was standing before.

Sonic blinked, 'what just happened? Did anything happen?' Then he heard voices behind him. He turned to see three people walking down the corridor towards him, seemingly oblivious of his presence. These three people consisted of a familiar man, 'that ghost,' Sonic thought as he watched him walk down the hall, talking to another man next to him who looked very prestigious, but the blue hedgehog didn't recognise him. The third person was a hedgehog Sonic instantly recognised, Shadow followed the pair, hands by his sides and eyes fixed to the floor.

As they neared Sonic he could hear small phrases of the pair's conversation.

"You must understand Makito, I am seriously indebted to Professor Gerald, it is my duty to look after Shadow as if he were my own son." The man Sonic didn't know said with a tinge of annoyance in his voice as he turned his head to reveal a pair of icy blue eyes. They didn't focus on anything as he spoke to the man beside him, but wandered off to a random direction.

"I know, but I sense an evil aura around him, one day Sakio, he will turn on us, then the lives of everybody will be in danger." The man who Sonic knew was the ghost he had fought before. His head filled with questions, 'what is going on? The mansion, it's changed, it looks good as new, is this a vision of the past?' He directed his attention to Shadow, 'so he did come here.' He also noticed a familiar object in his hands.

"The camera!" Sonic said softly, then immediately gasped and cupped his hands to his mouth. Shadow's head shot up instantly, staring intently in his direction, but the two men carried on unfazed. Sonic turned his eyes away and heard more snippets of talk.

"He is bitter, but it will pass, he has a good heart and nature, have you not seen him with the children?" The other man nodded.

"Yes, especially that blue hedgehog, he seems to have taken a particular shine to him, a peculiar one that young man, seems to have wisdom beyond his years though." The man with the icy eyes nodded.

"Yes, quiet, but very intelligent, he wouldn't befriend Shadow if there was any reason to not trust him."

"I suppose so, I'll trust in your judgement for now, but I'll be keeping my eye on him."

As this conversation went on, Shadow continued to walk on looking in Sonic's direction, ignoring the words of the men. As they turned a corner by Sonic, Shadow stopped in front of the blue hedgehog. He raised the camera, and took a picture of the baffled hedgehog. He stood frozen as Shadow leaned in near his ear and whispered.

"I'm sorry." With an apologetic look and a small bow, Shadow continued after the men who seemed oblivious to him stopping.

Sonic was confused beyond words, 'how did he see me? Why did he apologise?' He watched as the trio went through a door, and made to run after them when suddenly the scene vanished, and once again he was surrounded by the crumbling walls of the hallway, back in present time. Sonic was facing the way he had meant to run, and by his side was the mirror, now showing his reflection again, blue fur, crimson eyes and all.

He glanced towards the door and gasped when he heard whispered words.

"This way, this way!" He looked around for the source of the voice and jumped when the door suddenly shot open. He took his camera in both hands, ready to fight, but nothing came. After a final look around, he made his way to the door.

The next room was as in bad condition as the last. It was wide, with a doorway in one wall at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Around the walls were placed many pieces of rotted furniture, including cupboards, drawers and some things that were undistinguishable. On one wall hung a colourful piece of cloth. There was a picture on it. Sonic leaned in to try see what it was, but as it did, droplets of red began to drip down, forming crimson trails and they flowed down the painting. The drops turned to a huge swear of crimson across the cloth.

'Blood,' Sonic thought, as he backed away, bumping into a cupboard pushed up to the wall behind him. He jumped and looked behind him, relieved to see it was only the cupboard he'd backed into. He turned back to look at the picture, to see the blood had disappeared, and the portrait had seemingly returned to normal.

He cautiously moved towards it, stopping as the blood began to form again. He stepped back again, and the crimson disappeared. Suddenly he heard a voice behind him.

"Use the camera!" He turned on his heel, but once again, no-one was there. He looked at the picture and raised his camera. 'Use the camera,' he thought to himself. A click later, Sonic had taken a picture of the cloth. Nothing happened. As still nothing occurred, Sonic took a step towards the picture.

For the second night in a row, Sonic woke up, breathing heavily. He looked round, he was back safely in his bedroom. 'Last time…' He shot up out of bed and ran to the bathroom mirror and crimson eyes went wide as he saw one blood red streak running through the centre of his head.

"What's happening to me?" Sonic's voice was quiet in the silent bathroom. "What's going on?"

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