Chapter 7
Hey guys, sorry for taking long with the Shadamy sex scenes, but don't worry, after all it is a shadamy story. It will be in an interlude or another chappy. hold on tight, suspense might be on the way.
3 years Later…
"Un garde!"
"Un garde, beat that, Knuckles!" chirped the little green eyed hedgehog as he and his godfather have a pretend sword battle.
"Ha, nice try, kiddo," Knuckles bragged, "But be quick, hyah!" He quickly jumps out of the way and Matteo falls on the ground. He then says,
"Hey, no fair! You're taller than me."
Knuckles then got soft and said, "Hey, now. Don't turn blue, someday you'll be tall and you can challenge me before you know it, ok?"
"-sigh- Yes, Knuckles."
"Good, now let's go find your mother."
"Alright." Matteo replied as he got off and brushed the dirt off his pants and tunic. Knuckles waits a bit and the silver hedgehog catches up with his echidna godfather.
As the two leave to find Amy, Amy and Julie-Su were on their way back from foraging to see Knuckles and Matteo. Amy, now 18, has now fully grown. Her body no longer frail, but flexible and strong. Her quills reached up to her tail, her figure changed from a square to a perfect hourglass figure and her face was fuller and no longer small and childish. She was now a young woman, a young, warrior princess. As they walked, Julie-Su then says, "Wow Amy, it has been three years already and after being with you all this time, I could barely recognize you."
"I have changed, haven't I?"
"Yes, you have and a lot."
"I guess I have, looking at Matteo, I truly did change. But when I look at Matteo, I couldn't help but think about Silver at times."
"Silver would be proud. Matteo is well behaved, and you never did placed a hand on him."
"I never will dare to do so. I think it's cruel, even though my parents did that with me, gives me no excuse doing so with Matteo. I don't want to inflict pain, "
"Yes, you don't want that."
"You think Silver is watching over us?"
"I hope so. He must be so proud."
Amy sniffles, "I hope he is." She then calms down a bit and says, " Now we must get a move on, or else Matteo and Knuckles will worry over us."
"Let's go." As Amy and her ally keep walking, they don't realize that Ivan and Espio were on their tail. Ivan was very angry at his captive for not conceiving his child.
"Why that little bitch, she didn't conceive. Well, it won't matter, I'll just rape her again."
Espio then says, "Shh Ivan, look, it is Xena."
"The All mighty Xena. I'll take her down, while you are to kill the child." Ivan commanded as he watches his prey. Espio didn't go far to find Matteo, who was hiding in the bushes from Knuckles. As the knight watches the toddler, Shadow was on a treetop, munching on an apple and is wrapped up in his thoughts.
Well Ivano, I still haven't found Amy, but I can't give up yet. I hope a miracle happens for I can see her again, hear her angelic voice, and feel her soft fur on mine. But for now I pray.
As Shadow sighs, he hears rustling in the bushes. He gets down, puts on his helmet, and when he gets to the bush, he sees a small silver hedgehog with green eyes, who looked at him in fear.
"Kn-Kn-Kn-KNIGHT!"
"Shh, it's ok. I am an undercover knight. Don't worry." Shadow replied as he took his helmet off.
"Ok, sir. If you say so."
He gives a small grin to comfort the child and they hide. From a distance, Shadow sees Espio, taking out two arrows, a bow, preparing to shoot. Shadow realizes that he was aiming for the kid and shouts, "Hey kid, watch out!" and yanks him away from the shooting point as Espio fired, but missed.
"Merda! I was close to getting that kid! Argh, now where did they go?"
Shadow puts his helmet back on and he along with the hedgehog ran for their lives, Shadow faces another problem, the posse.
Knuckles snapped, "Let Matteo go!" and Julie-Su grabs a harpoon. Shadow puts the child down and then hears a sound from a distance. He knew what it was and ducked. It was a chakram. As the chakram ricochets, he thought where could it have come from?
He then sees the chakram going back to its owner, Amy. "Guys, let me handle him…alone. I hope where ever the other knights are, they will remember me through his death." She seemed dizzy and couldn't recognize Shadow's Black armor.
Amy then takes out her sword that killed Silver and prepares to fight Shadow. Shadow sees that it was Amy. He couldn't believe it, he just couldn't believe it was her. He was blown away by her beauty, only for him to get a blow to the face, being punched by Amy.
"Step aside guys, things are going to get ugly. HYAH!" Amy then charges Shadow head on with her sword in hand and prepares to shank his chest. Before Amy made her attack, Shadow kicks the sword out of her hands, only for Amy to fling her chakram, cutting the knight's leg slightly.
"Had enough, Knight?"Amy huffed.
"I see you haven't changed your character, just your looks." Shadow replied and he winks at the warrior, causing her to be angry and charge him again. He needed a way to get Amy to wake up and realize who she was attacking, so he got a plan. As Amy charged, he quickly does a back flip and gets Amy in a headlock, using his legs. He then says,
"Amy, Forgive me."
"What-" Bang. He uses his helmet and knocks her out.
Five Minutes Later….
"Maman, Maman, Maman."
(Translation: Mom, Mom, Mom. In French)
Amy wakes up and touches her head and groans, "Ugh, what happened." She then realizes the knight was gone and no where in sight.
"Where's that knight, I'm not done with him yet!"
Then, the knight she fought against, jumps down from a treetop and says, "Oh, you mean this knight." He then takes off his helmet and grins. It shows a black and red hedgehog she knew and loved. It was Shadow, now a young adult hedgehog on a mission.
Amy was shocked to see him and didn't hold back her tears. "Sh-Sh-Shadow?!"
"The one and only." He reassured. She then jumps up and hugs her life-long friend, not holding back the tears.
"I'm so glad to see you again, Shadow!" Amy cried.
"Me too, Amy. It has been four years since I saw you. And if I may ask, who is that child?"
Amy was hesitant to tell Shadow who Matteo was, not knowing the outcome. But she knew she had to tell the truth, for she had never lied to Shadow or her friends in her life. She took a deep breath and answered, "He's Matteo, and… he's mine."
Shadow looks at Amy and her child and says, "Nice name for him, after the Gospel?"
"Yes."
"Well, Amy, it's been a while, and we have a lot to catch up."
"You know it."
"But not here, there are knights after you, the child and me."
"Why you, Shadow?"
"I refused to capture you."
"Why won't Scourge leave me alone?"
"He's power-hungry and will do anything to make sure you are locked in the palace."Shadow, Shadow, Shadow, what to do with you, oh wait, I'm now going to kill you."
Shadow stays on guard and as Espio prepares to aim fire, Shadow realizes that he was aiming for Matteo, not him. Shadow quickly dives and with his shield, blocks the arrows from attacking them.
"You dare to interfere, Shadow?"
"Oh, like attacking a child is what a knight does. You know nothing of being a knight, you are a disgrace!"
"Look where it is coming from, a disgrace himself."
"At least I have dignity, you have nothing! Attacking a child, come on!"
"As if it matters to me, I work for King Scourge. I'm sure he'll be glad to see you and welcome you, princess, with open arms, literally!"
Shadow quickly thinks of a plan. He takes out a beautiful red gem and shouts, "CHAOS…CONTROL"
And in the snap of a finger, the posse and Shadow are gone. Shadow took them to downtown Rome, where Amy knew she and her group were not welcome.
"SHADOW, WHY ARE WE HERE!"
"Amy, do you want to be a true blue warrior?"
"Yes, I do."
"Then part of being a warrior is that you must face your past, no matter how much pain or joy." Shadow replied coolly and he hands Amy his hooded robe so nobody could recognize her.
They walk by the palace and Amy sees no change in it. She says, "The Palace Still looks the same."
"Just that you aren't there."
As they walk by the Abbey, Amy says, "We had good times here, didn't we, guys?"
Shadow sighs and says, "Yes, like the day we first met and when we had a mud pie fight."
"The fight no, but the first day we met, of course."
Flashback… (Shadow and Amy.)
One nice, quiet morning, a young black and red hedgehog walks into the Abbey Courtyard, he sees a petite and frail pink hedgehog, who was in a white dress, rhinestone combs in her quills and elbow length gloves, smelling roses. She looks up and sees him on the other side of the courtyard and decides to give a greeting.
"Ciao, il mio nome è Amy Rosa, principessa di Roma. Che cosa è il vostro nome?"
(TRANSLATION: Hi, My name is Amy Rose, Princess of Rome. What is your name?")
"The name's Shadow, Shadow the Hedgehog.I am here to sophisticate myself to be a knight."
"Nice to meet you, Shadow. You have all the luck, I really want to be a warrior like Joan of Arc."
"But you're a girl. Girls can't fight, it's rediciulous!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah!"
Then Amy marches up to him and pins him down on the mud and begins shoving his head in mud.
"Had enough? I don't care if my dress gets a mess."
"Ok –ugh- I-ugh- get it. OK."
Amy gets up and is back to her sweet innocent self. She smiles at him and hands out her hand and says, "Friends?"
"OK." He replied and they shook hands, only for Amy to pull him in for a bone-crushing hug. "The Best of Friends."
End of Flashback…
Shadow looks back at Amy, who is now a young lady, no longer the little girl he protected from harm. He realizes she is now 18, mature, more beautiful than ever, graceful and now a young mother. He knew she had changed and wanted to know more of her since she ran away. He knew her since childhood, but the last three years he knew she changed and that his love for her is stronger than any god or creature in their realm. He looks up at the sky and sees the sun going down and says, "We better leave. Knights ransack Rome in search of you. I have a friend who can hide us, and I think you may recognize the two."
"Well, let's go. Matteo must be tired." The others agreed and they left for a building. As they go up the stairs, Amy couldn't help but wonder who could they be, and how do they know Shadow. She looks at him and he gives off a small grin and she blushes and smiles back. When Shadow opened the door, Amy sees a certain squirrel she met back near the Vatican.
"S-Sally?!"
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