Shadow stood in front of a mirror in his room, buttoning up his suit and putting on his tie. He'd never worn a suit before. He'd never even worn pants before. Surprisingly, though, the suit was rather easy to put on. He studied his reflection, only to notice that the door was slightly open, with Sonic's head wrapped round it and peaking into the room. "Sonic, I can see you." He addressed him.
Sonic opened the door fully and walked into the room, whilst adoring a suit just like Shadow's. He stood behind Shadow and began kissing him on the neck. Shadow couldn't help but chuckle as Sonic moved up his neck and kissed his cheek. "You look great." Sonic complimented him after he had finished showing his affection.
"Thank you. You don't look so bad yourself." Shadow replied with a smirk.
"Looks like we really were made for each other, judging by the fact that we bought the same suit." Sonic commented. "I always knew we had similar tastes."
"You know you're not supposed to see me until tomorrow." Shadow responded, turning to look at Sonic instead of his reflection.
"I know, but I just couldn't help myself."
"I thought you were meeting up with Tails and Knuckles. You're not keeping them waiting, are you?" He questioned.
"No, they're not even here yet. But I'll be staying over at Tails' place tonight, so you'll have the whole apartment to yourself, that'll give you a bit of peace and quiet before our big day."
"Huh, tomorrow could not come any sooner. It feels like it's a lifetime away." Shadow murmured.
"I can't wait either, but don't wish today away. Before you know it, we'll have rings on our fingers and we'll be happily married. It's just another step in the adventure of lives." Sonic told him.
"Don't get all philosophical with me. That's my job."
Sonic grinned. "Look at us. Like two peas in a pod. We've come so far." He said, looking at himself and Shadow in the mirror "I never thought I'd be marrying a faker." He added, firing a smug glare at Shadow.
"Faker?"
Sonic chuckled "You say it exactly the same way as you did back when we first met." He commented.
"Some things never change."
"Especially you, grandpa baby." Sonic teased.
The sound of a car horn cut off their conversation. "Well, that's my ride, I better get going." He stated. He then kissed Shadow on the cheek. "Have fun at your stag do and I'll see you tomorrow at the altar. Don't do anything too reckless before your big day."
"I should be telling you that." Shadow responded.
Sonic smiled "See you later. And remember to enjoy yourself!" And with that, he sped out of the room.
Shadow turned back to his reflection and straightened his tie, just to make sure that it was on properly, before following Sonic's lead and exiting the room.
As he made his way over to the apartment door, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, not just about the stag do, since the planning had been left up to the people he was celebrating with, but his and Sonic's big day.
He knew he shouldn't worry, after all, tonight was supposed to be a night of partying and drinking, and just letting go of all his worries or cares.
A group of friends, a party and a lot of drinks. What could possibly go wrong?
Shadow stood outside of the apartment building in the bitter cold with his arms folded.
He had waved Sonic off only mere moments earlier as he had driven off with Tails and Knuckles to celebrate his own stag do. He had looked so happy, his eyes full to the brim with excitement and wonder.
But now Shadow was alone with only the cold night air to keep him company as he waited for his own entourage to arrive.
He and Sonic had divided up their male friends as equally as they could between them. Now he just needed to see if his own combination of friends could give him a good time. He was sure that Tails and Knuckles had planned something really special for Sonic.
"Hey Shadow!" Vector greeted, approaching the black and red hedgehog from behind. The crocodile wrapped his arm around his neck and gave him a noogie. Shadow wasn't very impressed.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, the taxi driver was really slow getting here." He apologised. "Still, are you ready to have the time of your life?!"
"I guess." Shadow mumbled.
"You sure sound like it." Vector responded sarcastically.
The taxi driver honked his horn at them. "Oh come on, you drive here slow but you get impatient with us having a little chat?!" Vector yelled angrily, shaking his fast at the cab driver. He then turned to face Shadow once again "We better get going before he drives off without us." He said, gesturing at the cab with his thumb.
Shadow and Vector walked across the road, with Shadow keeping his hands in his pockets. Vector opened the cab door for him. "Come on, Shadow, turn that frown upside down!" Vector told him. "It'll be fun, you'll see."
"If you say so." Shadow replied as he climbed into the taxi. Vector climbed in after him and closed the door behind himself.
The taxi was a little bit small for Vector, making it so that his head was pressed up against the roof and that he was squished up against Shadow, making the cramped space even more cramped than it needed to be.
Shadow tried to distance himself from Vector as much as the space allowed him. Leaning on the door, he rested his elbow on the window frame, and put his head in his palm.
"Alright, so we're off to a bad start, but it'll get way better, you'll see. This'll be the best stag do you've ever been to."
"It's the only stag do I've been to." Shadow responded, staring out of the window at the passing traffic.
"That's why it's the best!" Vector exclaimed.
And possibly the worst. Shadow thought to himself.
The taxi stopped and Shadow and Vector got out. "Surprise! Welcome to your venue!" Vector said, throwing his arms up in the air as if it was some grand unveiling.
"You've brought me to a bar?" Shadow questioned looking up at the establishment, with it's neon sign and pictures of drinks.
"Yeah, I booked the place for tonight, so only you and I, and the rest of the gang, are allowed in. We have the whole place to ourselves." Vector told him.
"Wow, thank you Vector, it was nice of you to organise this." Shadow replied gratefully.
"Glad you like it, cause I can tell you, it wasn't cheap, I blew most of my rent money on the place."
"I'm sure you'll be able to raise more funds, you always do."
"Heh, that's true. Anyway, we should get inside, they'll be waiting for us." Vector stated, opening the door to the bar and allowing Shadow inside. Once there, they were greeted by the rest of the group.
"Hey, Shadow, good to see you." Silver addressed him with a bright beaming smile on his face.
"Hello, Silver, I didn't know you were going to be here."
"I wouldn't miss it for the world. I'm really glad you and Sonic are finally tying the knot, I was worried that you never would." Silver replied.
"Yeah, we weren't sure if Sonic would ever pop the question." Vector chipped in.
"Wait, you all knew?" Shadow asked.
"Of course we did. Once Sonic told us, we were the ones constantly egging him on. He was just afraid that you'd say no, and for a while he even expected that you would." Vector answered him.
"I guess I surprised him."
"You sure did."
"Hey Shadow!" Charmy greeted, buzzing over to them.
"Hello, Charmy." Shadow responded. "Aren't you still a little young to be drinking?" He then asked.
"Aren't you? I mean, you never age, you look exactly the same as you did when we first met, and that was years ago." Charmy replied.
"Well, technically I am over fifty years old."
"Oh, well, I guess it's better late than never to get married." Charmy said, laughing awkwardly. "Uh, I'm going to go play on the arcade machine, see you around." He added, quickly flying off to the other side of the room.
Shadow glanced over at the bar, only to notice Omega standing beside it. "Omega? He's here too?" He questioned, hurrying over to his robot companion. As he approached, he couldn't help but notice that the bartender, who was cleaning a glass, looked a little unnerved by the blank expression that Omega was giving him. Perhaps he didn't like robots.
Shadow patted Omega on the back to get his attention. "Hey Omega, I'm glad to see you here, I didn't think you'd come to a venue like this, since you can't really drink."
Omega rotated his upper body to face him "Fear not Shadow, for I have a software that can simulate the affects of alcohol. However, I need to download and install it first." He told him in his usual robotic voice.
"Good to hear it. I um... I hope you find the experience... Intriguing." He replied, struggling to find the right words.
"The results will be fascinating."
"Shadow!" He heard someone call his name. He turned around to see Vector sitting at a far table, beckoning him over with a wave of his hand.
"I'll talk to you later, Omega." Shadow told him, before leaving him to it.
"Downloading drunk software..." He heard Omega state aloud as he walked off.
Shadow arrived at Vector's table. "So what did you want?" He asked.
The crocodile quickly got up and moved over to Shadow and wrapped his arm around him, as if he was taking him under his wing. "Shadow, I was think we could get this party started off with a bang."
"What did you have in mind?" Shadow quizzed, taking hold of Vector's arm and moving it off of him.
"I thought we could have a little competition. I'd like to challenge you to a drink off. We'll both take shots. The loser is the first one to forfeit or pass out, and has to give the winner 50 bucks." Vector told him, explaining the rules.
"50 bucks?"
"What's the matter? Are you afraid of losing?" Vector questioned teasingly.
"No." Shadow replied.
"Are you afraid of getting a little drunk? Are you a chicken disguised as a hedgehog?" He continued. He then began to make clucking noises in order to mock him. He even started doing the motions, flapping his arms and pecking thin air.
"Fine, I accept your challenge, but don't blame me when you lose more of your rent money." Shadow replied smugly.
"Confident, huh? Let's see how far that gets you." Vector responded. "Charmy!" He yelled.
The bee turned his attention off of the arcade game he was playing to look at Vector. "What is it?"
"Get the bartender to bring as many shots as he can fit on this table." He ordered. "I have a competition to win."
The two sat down on opposite sides of the table and waited. A few minutes later, Charmy returned along with bartender, who had two large trays of vodka shots. He then disappeared behind the bar and returned with two more trays of shots. The table was full right to the edges at this point.
"Prepare to lose, Vector." Shadow taunted as he picked up one of the many shot glasses.
"We'll see about that."
"May the best man- I mean, hedgehog or crocodile win!" Charmy exclaimed.
Shadow downed his first glass, and the kick that the vodka gave his throat made him immediately regret his decision. He looked over the vast table of shots, knowing that was at least twenty all together. His stomach churned, just looking at them made he feel woozy.
He hesitated before picking up his second glass. It was going to be a long night.
9 shots each later...
Vector had his head rested on the table with his eyes closed. He was currently rubbing his stomach and groaning. Shadow sat opposite him, looking completely out of it. His tie had been undone, and was now hanging loosely around his neck. His black suit jacket had been removed and white shirt was unbuttoned at the top, revealing his white chest fur.
Shadow picked up his tenth glass and downed it as quickly as he could. He then placed it upside down on the table. "*hic* Beat that." He slurred.
"No, I can't... drink anymore. How- how do you do that? I don't get it..." Vector clutched his stomach. "Urgh, I feel sick." He moaned. "You win, Shadow." He told him.
"Hehe, I knew I could *hic* beat yerrrrrrr."
"I don't have any money on me right now, I'll have to give it to you another time."
"Wait-wait-wait, wat are yer talkin' about?" Shadow asked, seemingly forgotten their agreement.
"Um... Nothing. Nothing important. Don't worry about it." Vector lied, taking advantage of Shadow's memory loss.
"Alright. I'mma go git another drink." He stated, getting out of his chair. He swayed for a brief moment, before putting a hand on the table to maintain his balance.
Vector stood up. "Shadow, I don't think that's a good idea, you've already had a lot to drink. Maybe you should lay off the booze now." He suggested.
"You can't tell me what to do. You're not the friggin' boss of me! I am the Ultimate Lifeform, and the Ultimate Drink-er!" He yelled, spitting all over Vector.
"Alright, alright, you can have another drink, just stop yelling at me." Vector replied, wiping the spit off his face.
Shadow staggered over to the bar. Omega was lying face down on the floor, completely passed out, or shut down, or something. His drunk software must have finally installed. Silver was also beside the bar, although he seemed to be sober. Anyone was sober compared to Shadow. He was absolutely smashed.
"Hey Silverrrrr, fancy meetin' you here." He greeted.
"Um, I've been here the whole time, Shadow." Silver responded.
Shadow pulled up a chair next to him and wrapped his arm around Silver, pulling him close. "Yeah, yeah, whatever." He mumbled. "Bartender! Get me a beer in the biggest glass you have" He ordered. "And get somethin' for him too." He added, pointing at Silver.
"Um, Shadow, are you sure you should be drinking? I mean, you're pretty drunk already."
"Sssh" Shadow shushed him, placing a finger on his lips. "Stop talkin', you'll make me laugh. Your voice, it's so silly." He giggled. "It's so whiny and squeaky."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Shadow was wheezing with laughter. "Stop. Stop. Stoppppppp. I can't take it."
The bartender placed a beer in front of him and fired Shadow a look that said 'I probably shouldn't be giving this to you.'
Shadow picked up the beer and began to chug it. After several gulps, he put it down on the bar. "Silver, has anyone..." He stopped, losing his train of thought, whilst drool oozed from his mouth. "Has anyone ever told ya how stupid ya look?" He asked, chugging his beer again. "I mean, your face, your quills, it looks like you have a big friggin' hand on your head." He said chuckling lightly. He then finished off his beer, whilst tightening his grip around Silver.
"'Nother drink please, bartender!"
"Shadow, you're starting to hurt me a little." Silver told him.
"Be quiet, I'm not done talkin' yet."
Vector had been watching from afar for sometime, and decided that he'd seen enough, and proceeded to pull out a phone. After a few seconds of ringing, the person on the other end answered.
"Yo, Vector, wassup?" Sonic greeted.
"Hey Sonic, I think you need to get over here." Vector responded, staring at Shadow as he went on another spiel with Silver. "Shadow is a bit drunk." He told him. 'A bit' being an understatement.
"How drunk?" Sonic questioned. He sounded serious.
"It's hard to explain. You'll have to see it to believe it."
Sonic sighed "I'm on my way." He declared, turning off his phone.
Vector turned off his own and tucked it away. All of a sudden, the door to the bar burst open and Sonic came rushing inside.
"Wow, that was fast." Vector commented.
Sonic raised an eyebrow at him. "Did you really just say that?" He questioned. He was the fastest thing alive after all. It was to be expected.
"Oh, yeah, right."
"Where is he?" Sonic asked, glancing around.
"Over by the bar." Vector replied, pointing at him. "He's had ten shots and at least two beers. I tried to stop him, but he just wouldn't listen. I was getting a little worried, that's why I called." He informed him. "Plus I think he might be strangling Silver at this point."
"I'll go talk to him." He stated, proceeding to walk over.
"I don't think it was such a good idea to have unlimited amount of drinks all to ourselves." Vector muttered.
Sonic paused to look back at him "You think?" He questioned, before continuing with what he was doing.
Charmy flew over to Vector, his wings barely able to hold him up as he body sagged "Vector, I think I drank too much of the bad juice."
"Gosh darn it, Charmy, I told you not to touch it!"
Sonic stood behind Shadow, listening to his one-way conversation with Silver. "Hey Silver, do uh- do you remember *hic* that one time where I kicked you in the back of the head?"
"Um... No."
"Me neither. But from that moment on, we were best friends forever!" He exclaimed, raising his glass and spilling some of his beer.
Sonic placed his hand on Shadow's back. "Hey Shadow." He greeted calmly, moving to the side of him.
"Oh hey Sonic. Me and Silver here were just chattin' about old times, right Silver?" Shadow said, slapping Silver on the back, winding him slightly.
"Sonic, please help me." Silver whispered.
"Shadow, I think Silver has had enough for one day. Maybe you should just leave him be." He suggested.
"Yeah, you're right. Go on, Silver, get outta here, me and my ol' buddy Sonic have got some catching up to do." He stated, pushing Silver aside. The grey hedgehog fell on the floor, but made no move to get back up. Shadow then turned to Sonic and took his hand. "Come on, take a seat." He told him, practically making him sit on the stool. "Bartender! Get this man a drink!" He ordered. "And I'll have a refill." He added.
The bartender arrived back with a drink for Sonic and another beer for Shadow, who immediately started drinking it. "You know what, I was thinkin'. Since we're gettin' married, then which one of us is the female? Cause I don't think it's me." He slurred utter nonsense.
"Woah, you are wasted." Sonic commented. He couldn't stop himself from laughing.
"Hey, I'm still talkin', so shut your mouth. Honestly, so rude." Shadow grumbled. "Anyway, I think you're the female in this relationship." Shadow stated, gesturing at him with his beer.
"Shadow, neither of us have to be 'female'." Sonic informed him.
"Oh." Shadow responded simply, and continued to drink his beer. "Do you think I should invite that old man with the grey moustache to the wedding? Or maybe the black floating starfish? I mean, they're both my dad, maybe one of them could give me away?" He wondered. Sonic marvelled at the fact that Shadow was believing every word that was coming out of his own mouth. It's amazing what alcohol does to a person.
"I don't think they'll be able to make it." Sonic told him. Since both of them were dead.
"What about my brother, y'know, the big lizard?"
"I don't think he'll be able to make it either." He was dead too.
"Well, maybe we could go to that big space station in the sky for our honeymoon." Shadow suggested.
"We can't go to the ARK for our honeymoon, we already agreed that we'd be going to Hawaii."
"We should go there some other time, maybe pop by and see-" Shadow stopped himself, and the stupid grin on his face dropped. "Maria!" He cried, slamming his face on the bar and spilling his drink. He began to sob, while banging his fist on the bar. "Mariaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." He weeped, his voice wavering off as he sobbed.
Sonic rubbed his back comfortingly. "Bartender, do you have any water or tea at all?" He asked.
The bartender simply shook his head in response.
Sonic patted Shadow gently "Come on, buddy, let's take you home."
He got Shadow to put one arm around his shoulders and began to help him walk out of the bar. "I'm taking him home." He announced.
"Do you think he'll be alright for tomorrow?" Vector asked as Sonic was about to leave.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. He's Shadow, he can handle anything." He replied. He then turned his attention to everyone else. "Enjoy the rest of your night and I'll see you tomorrow." He said, before leaving the building along with a still drunk Shadow.
"Huh, this party was ruined even before I could launch an attack." Eggman commented, who had showed up out of nowhere and was sitting at one of the tables.
"EGGMAN?!" Vector exclaimed.
Sonic could hear the sounds of a struggle or fight going on from outside, but he chose to ignore it. He just wanted to get Shadow home.
"Iloveyouman." Shadow said out of no where, though his words were hard to depict.
Sonic chuckled "I know you're drunk, but I'm sure you'd say something like that when you're sober so... I love you too."
"Givesus a kiss."
Sonic laughed. "No way, your breath stinks."
Shadow woke up with the sun shining on him through the window. He lifted his head, only to be met by an awful headache. His head flopped back onto the pillow and he lay there for several minutes.
He then lifted his head once again and glanced around, noticing that he was tucked up in bed. Not only that, but he was undressed too. The most important thing worth mentioning was the tray and note left on his bedside table.
Shadow proceeded to lean over and pick up the note, and began to read it.
"Morning sleepy head,
I know I said I'd stay over at Tails', but I couldn't just leave you in the state that you were in. You were out like a light as soon as you laid down, but I was worried you might get out of bed in the middle of the night and do something stupid. Luckily you didn't, that made my job a lot easier.
I'm sure you probably have a headache right now. No need to worry though, Sonic's here to the rescue! I got you some water and tea, and some aspirin, depending on how bad it is. That should do the trick and clear your headache up in no time.
I also made you breakfast. Hope you like it."
Shadow paused from reading to look at the plate on the tray. It was a smiley face made out of two fried eggs for eyes, a long piece of bacon in the shape of a mouth, beans for hair, and some toast for ears. Shadow smiled back at the smiling dish.
"I assume you're still up for today. You won't let a hangover stop you, will you?
Of course not, you're Shadow the Hedgehog!
Enjoy your breakfast and I'll see you in a few hours. I can't wait to finally marry you!
Love Sonic x"
Shadow put the note down and sat up in bed. He then picked up the tray and placed it on his lap. He didn't need to worry about today, he was sure of it now. After all, he didn't really remember what had happened the night before, but he knew that Sonic would always look out for him, as this breakfast proved it. Shadow would always look out for Sonic. They'd take take care of one another.
A/N - Yo.
Last chapter confused some reviewers, people were unsure about Sonic's motives for staying in Camelot and his feelings towards Lancelot. Lucky for you, I added in a full description after reading reviews, which you can find in my previous author's note. Hopefully that should clear everything up and the next Soncelot will be linked to the last chapter in a way, but Lance won't be dead. That chapter will explain it better. My apologies for not making it clear as I should've, even though I understood it I shouldn't have expected everyone else to.
Moving on, this is the first time I've ever wrote a drunk character. I did a little research before hand, looking at drunk dialogue and how many shots you take before you get drunk. I don't know how it works for anthromorphic hedgehogs but I assume it works in similar ways. I also made an assumption that Vector couldn't get drunk as easily as Shadow, but it made him sick (Vector not getting wasted was really just for the sake of the plot, but that's just between you and me.) You see, I've never drank alcomol (yes, I intended to spell it like that) before, let alone gotten drunk. I've never seen anyone get drunk (you can tell I don't get out much.) so I didn't have any first hand experience going into this, except for the media and all that.
I don't condone the overuse of alcomol by the way, especially anyone underage. I personally can't stand the stuff. Give me a glass of lemonade any day. But this chapter was all in good fun, cause, y'know, comedy.
So, aside from this chapter, I have an announcement to make.
The Sondow shorts will be ending at chapter 35. I've decided to put these shorts on a hiatus so that I can work on other writing projects.
You probably have some questions so I'll answer some that I assume you'll ask.
Will the hiatus be forever? Possibly. I honestly don't know yet, but I may come back to these some day.
What other projects do you want to work on? Well, there's a Sonic game in story form that I've been planning for a while. The Sonadow shorts started out as a little thing to do whilst planning out the Sonic story, since I wasn't writing anything else at the time, but then they turned into a distraction. But that doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed doing them.
Why are you stopping? Because I feel like I've done enough for now. I'm starting to run out of ideas. I knew I couldn't make these last forever and I never intended for them to. I have to move on eventually and do other things.
Will you ever do Sonadow again? Yeah, I might actually do an actual story with linking chapters.
That's all the questions I can think of. If you have any that I didn't address then PM me or leave it in a review.
So what can you expect from the next 12 chapters? Well, they'll be one more Sonic Boom chapter, and another Sonic and Lancelot, as I mentioned earlier. The rest will be modern/main canon Sonadow. Chapter 35 will be a special finale chapter. I don't know how long it will be but I have the plot planned out. I don't want to spoil it, but I'll just let you know that it will bring together every version of Sonadow from the previous chapters. So Sonic, Shadow, Boom Sonic, Boom Shadow, Lancelot, and Classic Sonic. They'll all be in the finale. These shorts will be ending on a high note, I can promise you that.
I'll keep you posted on the whole thing.
So, as always, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and you can let me know what you thought in the reviews. If you have any questions, whether it be the next 12 chapters, or the finale, or anything else that comes to mind, then just ask.
I'll see you all in the next chapter, which is set after Sonic and Shadow's wedding. I can't wait to show you the chapters I have planned for you all.