The title was supposed to say new sonadow story coming soon(ish) but that was too long. Oh well.
Hey readers.
I'm here with a special update!
So I haven't posted a chapter in about... 6 weeks? But that's because I've been working on something. If you like Sonadow... Which you probably do or you wouldn't be reading this, then you'll love this project. Basically, I'm writing an origin story of Sonic and Shadow's relationship! But with a twist. But I can't tell you what it is yet. The story is not really related to these shorts, and doesn't refefence them in any way. It's written in a first person past tense perspective, told from the POV of Sonic, Shadow and another chatacter I won't name just yet, to go with the 'twist'.
I previously said that I would put the Sonadow shorts on hiatus at chapter 35, but I've decided that I'm going to continue with the Sonadow shorts until I run out of ideas. The only difference is that there will be longer breaks between chapters. These shorts/drabbles are taking a back seat to other projects, and I'll be working on the shorts in between projects. So when can you expect the actual 27th short? Well, I... Uh... Don't actually know. It depends. I have started writing it though. Same goes for the Sonadow origins (that's not the title, it's just it's codename). I'm not going to put a date on it just yet. Once I've finished all the chapters I'll release them in a span of a few days. Not back to back as that is a bit overwhelming, perhaps two days in between. We'll have to see.
I may not be able to give you a release date but what I can do is give you a short preview from chapter 1. Give you a little taster of what's to come and if you're interested in seeing that story. Here you go:
Sonic's POV
Shadow and I haven't always seen eye to eye.
We were rivals the day we met, and continued to be rivals for some time. That was the case, at least, until a few years back when we decided to settle our differences and ended our long-winded, and seemingly endless battle to come out on top of the other.
We became friends.
That's what we set out to become anyway. That's what we were to each other at first. But then something changed. I got to talk to Shadow on a regular basis, and I got to understand him better. He told me so many things about himself, and I saw a side of him that I had never even seen. He always seemed so calm and collected, strong and smart, when in reality, he was a tortured soul who had spent the majority of his life being controlled. He valued friendship more than anything, and would protect those that he cared about no matter what. I admired him for that. I admired him for everything he stood for.
I don't know when my feelings for him changed.
Maybe deep down they had been there all along and I had only noticed when I got to know the real him. It's hard to say.
I tried to ignore them at first. It was the simplest solution that I could come up with at the time. Sadly that didn't quite work out for me, as my feelings for Shadow never went away no matter how much I tried to bury them. Whenever I was around him I could feel my heart beating faster, almost as if it wanted to burst out of my chest. Even when I didn't see him, he was always on my mind. He was the only thing I thought about and every moment with him I would cherish.
But I was afraid. I had considered telling Shadow how I felt, but I doubted that he would want to take the relationship further. He saw us as friends, but I wanted so much more. I wasn't even sure what more I could possibly want from him. What else could I hope to gain from our relationship? Didn't I already have enough? Maybe it was just my desire to have my feelings returned by him. But that was never going to happen. So I didn't breathe a word about it. Which, for me, was one of the hardest things to do. And yet, I was worried that he would discover how I felt about him. That he would find out about my little secret and end up rejecting me.
Apart from Shadow himself, that fear of discovery and rejection was a lingering thought.
In an effort to forget about my feelings for him, I decided to stay away from him. We talked too often, and it wasn't doing me any good. We drifted apart for a short amount of time. A few months, I think. Did it help me overcome my feelings?
No.
In absence, love only grows stronger. At least, that's what I've heard. It was true in my case.
After ceasing all contact with Shadow, I managed to have some time alone to collect my thoughts and understand my feelings better. I realised that I had to stop letting my emotions get the better of me. Shadow and I were pretty close at that point, he would understand, and with a bit of luck, he would feel the same way. With a bit more time to myself, I plucked up enough courage to tell him how I really felt.
Unfortunately, he had something important to tell me as well...
And that's all I really have to say. Hope you like the preview and want to see more. Let me know what you think of the project. I'll delete this update whenvever I post the real chapter 27. But for now, I'm going back to work on Sonadow origins. I'm really looking forward to showing you the final version. See you soon!