hey everybody! heres chapter 19! I have not yet decided If i am going to make a sequel... If I do it will probably be a chapter or two shorter than this story. This story will be over soon.

TWINKLE PARK

I can't believe I let them talk me into this! I, Shadow, the ultimate life form, am spending the day at an amusement park! It doesn't make any sense! Shadow thought as he walked to twinkle park with Sonic, Tails, Amy, Cream and Hope.

"So, why was Twinkle Park repaired so quickly?" Shadow asked.

"Well, the black creatures never even attacked it! Plus, people have suffered many losses because of the invasion, and they need a place to come and keep there mind of the tragedy" Tails said.

"That makes sense…" Shadow said.

After a few minutes of walking they entered Twinkle Park.

"Where should we go first?" Amy asked.

"Roller Coasters!" Sonic shouted.

"Shooting range!" Tails shouted.

"Kissing booth…" Amy said staring at Sonic, who took a step away from her.

In the end they all spilt up. Sonic and Amy went on the roller coasters, Tails and Cream went to the shooting range, leaving Shadow and Hope standing together.

"Well where would you like to go?" Hope asked.

"You pick" Shadow said.

"Uh, okay… how about the merry go round?" Hope said.

"Fine" Shadow said.

Shadow went on the merry go round with Hope; he didn't enjoy it that much.

"Where too now?" Shadow asked.

"Let's go on the roller coaster" Hope said.

They went on the roller coaster, Hope was scared and she held on to Shadow tightly. Shadow wasn't even a tiny bit startled when the cart went upside down.

Meanwhile Sonic and Amy had moved on to the arcade. Sonic was playing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fighting game and he was getting the high score. Amy however got bored and she went to hang out with Tails and Cream. Tails and cream were in the food court eating snow-cones.

"Amy, why aren't you with Sonic?" Cream asked.

"He's playing some stupid action-y video game!" Amy said.

"Stupid and action-y!" Tails exclaimed.

Tails ran off to find Sonic and he immediately deposited a dollar and he started playing as the second player character.

Shadow still wasn't having that great of a time, and the worst part was Hope knew, and it was making her uncomfortable around him. Shadow could sense this and he actually felt bad.

The last thing I want is for this little girl to be nervous around me. I guess I should pretend to have a good time Shadow thought.

So after about two hours of pretending Shadow actually began to have a fun time. Later they all met at the food court to have lunch. Sonic was bragging about how he and Tails beat the games high score.

The blue hedgehog sure brags a lot Shadow thought.

After lunch they all took a walk around Station Square.

"Sonic, I notice you have some chaos emeralds" Shadow said.

"Yeah, what about them?" Sonic asked.

"I need them to uncover the secrets of my past" Shadow said.

"But I already told you…" Sonic said.

"I mean the distant past, I need to know about Maria, the professor, and why the ARK was invaded" Shadow replied.

"Okay fine" Sonic said handing him the purple emerald.

This is great I know have four emeralds!

Sonic was about to hand him the blue one when he hesitated and he smiled, "How about me and you race each other for this next one?" Sonic asked.

"Don't waste my time"

"C'mon, scared you won't be able to beat me?" Sonic taunted.

"There is NO ONE I can't beat!" Shadow said he was very annoyed.

"Prove it" Sonic said.

"Fine" Shadow gave in.

"So how about we race around Station Square?"

"Fine"

"Good! Let's go!"

Sonic and Shadow started on the beach while Amy started the count down.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"GO!"

Sonic and Shadow dashed off at amazing speeds, at first they were both running the same speed. They were side by side.

Shadow looked at the 17-year-old hedgehog; he had a cocky smile on his face. For most of the race they were side-by-side, until Shadow tripped on a rock. Sonic dashed ahead, while Shadow quickly stumbled to his feet. Sonic was almost back at the beach which was the finish line. Shadow held high the green chaos emerald.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

Shadow appeared right beside Sonic and the race was a tie.

They were both huffing and puffing but only for a second. "Give me that emerald Sonic" Shadow said holing out his hand.

"Okay fine, I guess you need it more" Sonic said handing it over.

The rest of the day was pretty boring. Amy, Cream and Hope did girl stuff while Sonic and Tails played play-station 2. Shadow stood out on the balcony staring up at the sky. At 10p.m. Hope came out to stare at the stars with Shadow.

They were both silent for a while.

"Shadow?" Hope asked.

"Yes, Hope?" Shadow said without taking his eyes of the stars.

"Thank you for putting up with me at Twinkle Park today" Hope said.

"You weren't annoying, I… I actually had a good time" Shadow replied.

They were both silent for a few minutes.

"Shadow, you know when you first saw me you I thought I was this… Maria?" Hope asked.

"Maria…" Shadow muttered.

"Well… I had an aunt named Maria" Hope said.

Shadow was surprised by this.

"Tell me about her" Shadow asked closing his eyes.

"My mom told me she was, Sweet, Kind but she was lonely." Hope said.

"Why was she lonely?" Shadow asked.

"Well, when my mom and Maria were kids, there parents died in a car crash and they were separated. My mom went to live with her uncle, while Maria went to live with her grandfather onboard the space colony" Hope said.

Shadows eyes popped open. There was no question about it; Hope's aunt was the same Maria that was in his memories.

"My mom said that she died because the government invaded" Hope said.

Shadow looked Hope right in her eyes, "Hope… I knew Maria, your aunt, she died right before me. I do not know much else, except for the fact that she was a friend and her death left a scar on my heart. A scar… that can never be healed" Shadow said sadly.

Hope had a confused look.

"I may have lost Maria… but I promise you that I will never lose you!" Shadow said walking closer to Hope.

Hope understood now.

"Shadow… you don't half too…"

"I must" Shadow said.

Hope hugged Shadow at first he just stood there but eventually he hugged her back.

"Maria…" Shadow murmured.

"It must have been so terrible, to have your only friend killed before your eyes."

"It was terrible" Shadow said.

Shadow turned his attention away from Hope as a jet landed in the streets in front of the apartment building.

Awww... anyways Shadows no longer evil! the next chapter will be up next saturday!