Wow. Frankly I didn't expect to get reviews so soon… but I have to say thanks to the five people who did, so thank you! You gave me motivation not to ditch it!

Annywho on with the story!


Before they reached the girls front door, they stopped suddenly as she stuck out her hand. "Oh sorry I forgot to tell you! My name's Eileen. What's yours?" she asked as the ebony hedgehog reluctantly shook her hand.

"My name's Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog." He told her, while somewhere in the world a fangirl died of excitement.

"Well then Shadow, come on inside dinners almost done!" Eileen pushed open a screen door to reveal a well lit room with a large mahogany table in the middle of it, a person slightly taller than Eileen with short black hair stacking food on a pair of plates placed on either side of the round table.

"Come on in Eileen, I'm about to serve dinner!" the older woman told Eileen, not noticing the stranger in the house. She walked over to what Shadow assumed to be the refrigerator, and then paused. She looked back at Eileen, eyes squinted slightly. "Eileen… who is that?" she asked, pointing a trembling finger toward the hedgehog. She then realized who it was and grabbed the girl, pulling her away from a now very confused Shadow. "Eileen! That's that hedgehog from the news! They said it might be lethal!" she whispered urgently into her daughter's ear.

Eileen rolled her eyes and pulled away from her mom, returning to Shadow's side. "Mother, this is Shadow. I met him in the treehouse, I guarantee you he isn't dangerous in any way."

The hedgehog smirked slightly as he heard this. If only they knew…

"Besides, he's been traveling alone without food, just let him stay for dinner, please?" she begged her mom as Shadow stood there awkwardly scratching behind his head, not knowing what to do.

Eileen's mother's shoulders drooped slightly as she sighed. "Well alright. But how do you know this… things name anyway?" she asked.

Shadow widened his grin. "It may have to do with the fact that I can talk." He stated, waiting to see the woman's reaction. He made sure and caught her as she fainted right then and there.


While her mother was out cold, Eileen told Shadow all about her mom Linda, her Dad Simon, who had to go off to fight in the war, and how she went about living every day. She explained to him the concept of school, which he had never heard of, and what she did for fun every day. Shadow soon found himself fascinated by the simplicity of these 'humans' lifestyles. On Mobius he usually worked 24/7, following Dr. Eggman's every order.

They heard a groan from the bedroom where Shadow had put Eileen's mother. He glanced over to see her leaning against the doorframe, looking at the black hedgehog. "You're really him, eh? The one from the news." She asked him once again. "It's funny, on TV you appeared more… blue."

Shadow's head snapped up. Did she just say blue? "Could I see the footage please?" he asked her, his eyes staring straight into hers.

"W-well sure thing, I'm sure it's still on the news." She walked over to the television and switched it on. The news came blaring on as Shadow jumped.

Eileen gave him a funny look. "Shadow," she said "you look like you've never seen a TV before."

He looked up at her. "It's a long story but no, I haven't."

Her mom jumped up, startling the hedgehog once more. "here it's on it's on!

Shadow looked at the picture, only to look away in disappointment. He could see the trail of fire and sparks flying out of the slightly blue-black blurs shoes. A small tear slid down his muzzle. "That's all I need to see." He said coldly, brushing away the tear.

Eileen looked at him with worry. "Shadow what's wrong?" she asked him.

The way he saw it, he had no choice but to tell these people his story. He told them about Mobius, Dr. Eggmann, Sonic and his friends, the Chaos Emeralds, his inhibitor rings, and then came to his previous fight with Black Doom. "But in this world," he explained, pulling out the lifeless emerald, "my gem holds no power. So, therefore I am stuck here. If that had been Sonic he might have had a Chaos Emerald and been able to take me home." The only thing he didn't explain was Maria, that he just couldn't tell.

There was a moment of silence as the information sunk in to Eileen and Linda's brains. Then, Eileen's mom got up. "Well, if you're stuck here, you might as well enjoy yourself! I bet you're hungry after running all that way! The least I could do is give you a nice meal before you try to find another way home." She told him with a warm smile.

He got up. "Thank you for your hospitality, but I really should be going. The sooner I get home the better. After all Black Doom is still on the loose. There's no telling what he might do to Mobius…" he said to them, heading for the doorway. "Goodbye Eileen." He said with a small smile in her direction.

As he started to walk out the doorway, a shape charged at him, pinning him to the ground. Eileen sat on top of him, looking into his eyes. "Shadow, at least stay for dinner. You've been without food for a couple of days now after all."

Shadow grimaced. "How is this girl so strong?" He thought to himself. Then something occurred to him. Maybe he was just exceptionally weak, what with the emerald losing its power and all. In that case, he didn't want to be unprotected out in the middle of the night in a strange world.

"Well, I guess I can't argue with someone sitting on my back now can I?"


Yup. Its decided. I am defiantly keeping this my #1 priority.

hehe. about the bit of humor in the begining of this chapter... I had just finished a Chapter of my Parody so I hadn't switched gears yet. Sorry bout' that.

Also as a side note, if you think of any chapter names, put them in a review and I may name them that. Naming chapters is my Achilles heel in writing. I would give that person credit, of course.

As usual, R&R!

That's a Dinosaur, signing out.