By the time I found Sonic, it was already dark outside. He was asleep on grass in a huge field. But he didn't look like himself anymore. He looked almost entirely like Shadow now, but his quills still pointed down, and instead of red stripes, the stripes were his original sapphire color. His eyes weren't completely narrow, they still looked a little bit normal. And the sock-like cuffs on his gloves and shoes were turning black with a red stripe in the middle; no doubt those stripes were going to turn into pieces of fabric later. His shoes were still the same though, but they probably weren't going to stay the same for long. Also, his skin was tanner. I already knew what he was going to look like when he finished his "malformation." I picked him up and realized that the glow-in-the-dark liquid was no longer visible. I wasn't really sure who to call him anymore. Sonic… or Shadow? I kind of got my answer when he began to wake up. "Silver…?" I heard Sonics voice say. Thank god. "Sonic? Are you alright? What happened to you?" I asked, trying not to sound like I was panicking. "I'm cold…Silver…" He said to me. As soon as he said that, I felt a raindrop on my nose. "Nuzzle up, it's a long way to Emerald City." I told him.