DISCLAIMER - I DON'T OWN SONIC, SHADOW OR THE CAMERA OBSCURA
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Sonic found himself standing in a room full of candles all lined up on a table and flickering gently, lighting up the room with a soft glow. There were two doors, one at each side of the room, and almost immediately Sonic found himself wondering which to go through first, whichever would take him further away from the disturbing room he'd just exited quicker he decided, though at that point the wasn't entirely sure which one that was. His silent question of which one to go through was answered when the one on the right swung open with a huge bang.
Wind blew through it, and when Sonic looked through the now open doorway, he saw that it led to outside, and he quickly ran outside, thinking he'd finally found a way out of this mansion. 'It seems too easy though.' He thought as he ran along the patio. It was too good to be true, he was outside, but surrounded by walls too high for even him to get over, he was still trapped in the mansion.
The wind blew softly around his quills as he gazed round at the garden around him. There were a very trees planted around, from the patio he'd been walking on there was a path that lead through a Shinto gate to a small hut at the far end of the garden. To the side of the hut was a small side path, where there was a door that Sonic could barely see through the dark. When he looked up he saw there was a balcony on the side of the house, giving the perfect view of the garden.
When he looked further up, he could see the full moon perfectly, despite the thick layer of fog that had inexplicably covered the sky in a grey mist. The only sound in the garden was the breeze making the trees sway slightly and the sound of his own quiet breath.
The whole place gave an almost feeling of calm and total peace, a first for the foreboding mansion.
Sonic nearly jumped out of his skin when the silence was broken. He heard an almost silent humming behind him. He turned slowly to see a black and red hedgehog sitting on a bench under one of the few trees in the garden, humming softly and watching Sonic with a calm expression. Sonic found himself returning the gaze without a second thought that the other hedgehog had a certain transparency in its appearance.
They just stood staring at each other until another hedgehog joined them. A slightly younger Sonic walked slowly down the path and sat next to Shadow, who had stopped humming. They both exchanged glances before looking back at the present Sonic, who was now more confused than he had words for.
Suddenly the wind picked up and Sonic closed his eyes against it. When he opened them, the two smaller hedgehogs stood in front of him. He gasped and took a step backwards. Shadow was the one to speak.
"It will become clearer soon." He placed his hand on Sonic's, as a darkness engulfed the trio.
Sonic found himself standing between the younger two, who were watching the new scene which had unfolded before them.
"Watch." Sonic turned his head to see the same two hedgehogs sitting on the bench. Sonic's voice spoke out.
"They don't like us spending time together you know, they'll try stop us being together." Another deeper voice replied.
"I don't care, let them think what they want, they can't stop us from being happy." The blue hedgehog smiled sadly and shook his head.
"But they can, that's why I must leave."
"But, no! Why?" The blue hedgehog stood up and turned away.
"I'm scared for you, some of the people here just need an excuse to harm you, I'm sorry, if there was another way…" He shook his head again and walked away, leaving the other hedgehog staring helplessly after him, tears running down his dark muzzle.
He sat in silence for a few moments, before bowing his head and his fists began to shake with anger.
"They took Sonic way from me, they…will, pay!" A bright flash lit up the entire scene with blinding light, and when it cleared, there was no longer a black and red hedgehog, but a silver hedgehog standing there, rage and pain filling his crimson eyes.
Sonic gasped and turned to the younger Shadow.
"What happened?" But he was gone, and so was his younger self. When he turned back, the garden was back to its dark-induced state, the moss covered remains of the stone bench before him under a dying cherry blossom tree. He shook his head.
"So, it was all my fault that this happened. If I'd have just stayed…" His voice trailed off as they was a creaking noise from the tree. He gazed up, and hanging there from the tree was someone he knew very well, someone he knew better than anybody in the world, and the last person he expected to see.
Hanging from the tree by a rope round his neck, was Sonic.
His eyes went wide and he gasped as the tree groaned under his weight, his lifeless body hanging there, tears of anguish flowing down the pale dead face of his former self. The figure slowly faded away, leaving a small notebook it its place on the stone bench.
Sonic hurried to pick it up, desperate for some answers to this mansion of riddles. Whenever he found the answer to something, a million other questions popped up in the former one's place, the confusion of it all was enough to drive him mad. He flicked through the pages until he came to one with writing on it. The lettering was messy, splotched with tears of a suicidal hedgehog, the message wasn't long, but it was clear.
'I'm sorry Shadow, this is all my fault, if you'd have never met me, you'd be better off now. I gave you something so you'd forget, just forget it all. I want you to live a full life, please don't be upset, and don't seek revenge, just try to live a full life, for me, I'll love you, now and forever,
Sonic the hedgehog.'
The note feel from his hand as he stared at the resting place of his last life. Under the tree was a stone set in the ground, carved into the stone were the words,
'Here lies Sonic the hedgehog, 1800 - 1815 loved friend, he will be missed, RIP.'
Sonic stared at it, reading the words over and over again. Then he heard a voice behind him.
"So young, I'm sorry Shadow, we can never fix this." He turned to see a man standing beside him, Sakio, watching the grave, then closing his eyes as he fell to the ground. Sonic gasped and backed away from the fallen form, looking up slowly.
Shadow stood over Sakio's dead body, his blood covering his tarred body, mixing with the blood of Shadow's other victims. He looked up, for once, just one moment, there was complete understanding.
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Well, confusing enough? I hope so, because that's how it should be, please review.
