I am Shadow the Hedgehog. A research experiment... gone deadly wrong. I've caused so much destruction... I should never have been created.

This is who I am.

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Prologue

"Come on professors! We mustn't fail this time!" A plump man with a huge mustache yelled to his fellow workers.

"Just a little bit more..." The old man whispered to himself as he clicked on a keyboard rapidly. The scientists around him were pressing all kind of switches. As all of this was going on, electricity was traveling towards the middle of the room. All of a sudden, the currents stopped and the scientists looked at each other.

"D-Did it work...? Professor Robotnik." A young man next to Robotnik asked in a shaky voice.

"Lets go and check." Robotnik made his way towards the middle of the room. The smoke cleared away to reveal a large capsule with green liquid inside. But, there wasn't just liquid inside, inside there was also a tiny hedgehog. The monitors started to beep as it moved it's little paws.

"A-Amazing!" The scientists cheered. They have finally done it. They have finally created a life form, with their own hands. Robotnik smiled at the small hedgehog, proud with what he has done.

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A young girl sat in a wheel chair as she watched the planet Earth. She had fair blonde and hair and bright blue eyes. She was wearing a long dress that matched her eyes.

"Maria, dear." Robotnik spoke out to her as he came through an automatic door.

"Grandfather!" the girl spun around her wheel chair, "What brings you here?"

"Oh my dear, I've finally done it!"

"You didn't get hurt again did you?" She asked him in a worried voice as she rolled towards him.

"No no! Of course not. I finally made it." Robotnik said proudly as he raised his gloved hands which had an animal on it. It was a small curled up hedgehog. Maria stared at the creature with fascination.

"Is it a boy? Girl? Did you pick a name for it yet?" She asked her grandfather excitedly.

"Of course not! I wanted you to decide that. And it's a boy" The plump man said to her kindly.

"Can I hold him?" She asked, "I mean... will the quills hurt?"

Robotnik looked at his grandchild. He finally saw her happy, he achieved one of his goals. "It won't if you treat him very gently. Try not to grip the little fellow to hard or your hands will bleed."

The professor handed the small hedgehog to Maria. He gently placed him on the girls hands and she brought the creature towards her eye level.

"What should we name him?" The girl studied the hedgehogs oddly colored black quills.

"Well, we can't exactly call him 'Fluffy!" The old man joked. His daughter giggled lightly.

"How about we name it 'Shadow.'" She offered.

"Shadow?"

"Well, look at it's quills, grandfather. They remind me of the shadows."

"Oh, all right." Robotnik agreed towards the strange suggestion of a name.

Maria noticed the quills move. She gasp slightly and Robotnik moved towards her side to see what was happening. The tiny hedgehog slowly unraveled itself, only showing it's face.

Maria smiled and gently said, "Welcome to the world, Shadow the Hedgehog."

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So yeah... prologue over. Gimmie your thoughts people! And yes, Shadow is just a regular non-mutated looking hedgehog XD I do not have a beta reader so sorry if it's crappy.