That day it rained, hard, hard enough that it woke Shadow up. He lifted the lid of his coffin to check what time it was. It was Noon, much too early for him to be up, but he couldn't sleep. He opened the lid all the way and sat up. He looked around at his room. There were metal posters on the walls and clothes all over the floor. He yawned and picked up his phone but cringed at the bright light coming from the screen. He noticed that there were new texts that he hadn't checked yet and opened the lock screen. He had been added in a group text with Sonic, Kris and Amy.
S-The fight this morning was brutal
A-I know, I didn't watch it.
K-Me either.
S-Someone videoed it and put it on YouTube that's how I saw it.
A-Sonic, why didn't you stop them? Somebody could have gotten killed!
S-I tried! Shadow doesn't listen to anything I say! He has a superiority complex that all vampires seem to have.
A-Sonic!
S-Amy, you have to admit it's true.
K-Guys, you know that Shadow is a part of this group text, right?
S-Who invited him?
A-I did, I'm the one that started this group text in the first place.
S-Amy why?
A-Because! He's my friend and I can invite whoever I want to!
Shadow made a huffing noise and started to text.
SH-I can see everything you text Sonic
Someone started to text and there were three dots appeared.
S- Shadow it's like, noon, What are you doing up?
SH- What are you doing up?
S-I can't sleep.
K-Hey Shads
SH-Hey Kris, how's it going?
K- Good. Good news! Ky said he'd let me talk to you in person.
SH- That's great
A- Please tell me you didn't kill Jet
S- He didn't, me and him went to the skate park.
A- Thank Satan!
K- Hey you guys, how about we meet up tonight at the graveyard.
KY- Hey guys.
K- Why are you up?
SH- Oh Satan…
KY- Shut up Shadow
K- KY remember what you said to me
KY- I know…
A- I think that's a great idea Kris. We'll do it tonight. We can just hang out. Bring games and stuff.
S- That sounds cool, okay.
A- I think we should invite Silver and Blaze too
S- What about Tails?
A- He can come too
K- I'm getting tired. Bye you guys.
EVERYONE- Bye.
S- I better get to sleep too.
A- Good day
Shadow looked at his clock again. It was 12:20. He yawned. It was time for him to try and get some sleep too. He put down his phone, laid down and put the coffin lid back in place.
That night Sonic woke up and transformed into his werewolf form while in the shower.
"Dammit. Now I gotta brush this shit." He complained and turned off the water. He got out of the shower and got a towel. He knew how Tails would get if he shook himself dry. Sonic looked at himself in the mirror. A very wet wolf stared back at him.
"Hey Tails you wanna go to the graveyard?" Sonic called to his friend as he walked into the kitchen.
The fox sat at the island with a cup of coffee. "Sure Sonic." He answered.
Sonic got a donut out of the refrigerator and took a bite out of it. "Say, aren't you a bit young to drink coffee?"
"How about I do what I want and you just be quiet?"
Sonic swallowed his bite of donut. "I can still take back my graveyard invitation."
"No Sonic! I never get to go anywhere! Please!"
Sonic chuckled and ate the rest of the donut. "You aren't scared, are you?"
"Of course not, but vampires…" Tails shivered.
"Tails, you've been around both Amy and Shadow and they have never done anything to you. Why are you afraid?"
"I don't want to let my guard down."
Sonic rolled his eyes. "Come on…"
An hour later Amy was on her way to the graveyard with Sonic and Tails.
"It's nice that we get to hang out like this together." Amy said.
"Yeah, I brought my favorite squeaky toy." Sonic held up a fox dog toy and pushed the squeaker inside of it making it squeak.
Amy smiled. "That's so cute Sonic!"
"Yeah but why does it have to be a fox?" Tails grumbled under his breath.
"It's a fox because it reminds me of my best buddy." Sonic nudged Tails.
"Still."
They neared the graveyard and snuck in through the rusty old gate. Sonic almost got stuck because he was too big but Amy pulled him out of the gate. Shadow and Kris were already there waiting for them, sitting on two headstones.
"It's about time you three got here." Shadow got off of the headstone and walked over to them with Kris following him from behind. "What took you guys so long?"
Sonic gave Amy a look. "Somebody wasn't ready when we got to her house and her mom thought that I was her boyfriend so she made us stay so that she could ask questions."
Amy puffed up her cheeks. "Well aren't you?"
"What have you been telling your family?"
"None of your business!"
Sonic stepped away from her. "Anyways, that's why we're late."
Shadow nodded. "I didn't get grounded, surprisingly."
"O RLY?" Sonic asked. "Dammit, now I'm spouting old memes."
Shadow looked at him weirdly. "Yeah…I just got my DS and my laptop taken away."
"Oh, so no more Pokémon?"
"Shut up."
Kris' ears perked. "Shadow, you play Pokémon?"
Shadow's cheeks started to turn red from embarrassment. "Yeah…" He answered quietly.
The wolf's eyes lit up. "I love Pokémon!"
"You do?" He asked.
She nodded. "Yup! I have games from every single generation!" Her tail started to wag.
Shadow smiled a bit. "Wow, you're a big Pokefan then."
Kris nodded again. "I am!" She started to pant excitedly and impulse hugged her boyfriend.
"Whoa! I can see that!"
Amy watched the interaction between the two. She looked over at Sonic. She wished that they could be that way without him running away. Sonic sat down and scratched himself with his foot. He wasn't even paying any attention! Amy nudged him.
"Sonic." Amy wrapped her arms around the werehog and Sonic just sat there.
He isn't running away or trying to wriggle his way out of it. Weird. She thought. Amy released him from the hug and he didn't move. She looked at his squeaky toy on the ground. Maybe… She picked up the toy.
"Sonic, you want the squeaky?" She asked him in a baby voice. "You want the squeaky?"
Sonic's eyes shot to the toy in her hand and he suddenly turned into a puppy. He started to pant and he jumped around.
"Go get it!" Amy threw the toy far away and Sonic ran after it. She smiled. So cute!
Shadow watched the werewolf run after the toy. "I told you he's a dog, but you didn't listen to me."
"Your girlfriend's a dog…" Tails mumbled.
"Tails!" Amy shouted.
Shadow quickly had him by the collar of his shoulder cape. "What did you just say about her!"
The fox suddenly couldn't breathe, he squirmed and tried to get out of the vampire's grasp but he wouldn't let go.
"Answer me." Shadow demanded.
"Shadow stop it!" Kris cried. She ran over to him and tried to pull him away.
Sonic came back with his squeaky toy. "Hey what's going o- SHADOW!" He dropped his toy and got right in Shadow's face. "Let him go." He growled.
Shadow hissed at the werewolf and dropped the fox on the ground. Tails scrambled to his feet and hid behind Sonic.
"This is why I hate vampires…" He said quietly.
"What the Hell were you doing to him?!" Sonic's voice boomed.
"He called Kris a dog!"
"Dude she is a dog!"
"She's a wolf! And he was disrespecting her, and nobody I care about gets disrespected on my watch!"
"Shut up you bloodsucking leech!" Tails shouted.
Amy gasped and everyone went silent.
"What did you just call me?" Shadow finally asked.
"Tails no." Sonic pleaded.
"You know what? I'll say it again. I hate vampires!" Tails shouted. "They're always parading around like they're hot shit and the only thing they do is terrify me!"
Shadow looked at Sonic. "Did you have something to do with this?"
"N-no."
"Sonic thinks so too! Right Sonic?"
"Tails!"
Shadow's claws started to get longer. He grabbed the werewolf by the shoulders. "So you've been teaching him to hate vampires eh?"
"No!"
"Yes you have!"
Amy stood there with her hands over her mouth in shock. Could he really have?"
Sonic shook Shadow away from him. "I have to go now!" He started to run away on all fours. Tails trailed behind him. "Sonic!"
Shadow stood there, steaming mad. Kris and Amy stood together trying to process what just went on. The male vampire turned around. "So, you guys want to do something or what?" He asked.
"I brought Uno…" Kris answered and held up some Uno cards.
Shadow slapped his sides. "Great, Uno. Let's play and try to forget what just happened." He sat down on the ground. "Gimme the cards, I'll deal them." He got the cards and dealed out seven for each person
"Shadow," Amy asked. "Do you think Sonic doesn't like vampires?"
The male vampire put down a card. "I don't know Amy. Who else could the kid be learning those things from."
"Television." Kris answered. "That could be one place." She put down a green two.
"Yeah…" The female vampire put down a blue two. "I think I'm having second thoughts about going with him to the dance now."
"But isn't that what you wanted to do? You love him." Kris replied.
"I know but with what just happened…"
"I can understand what you're talking about." The wolf was waiting for Shadow to put down a card.
"Yeah…" Shadow put down a card. "Kris, you still don't want to go to the dance, right?" He asked.
"I've been thinking about it."
He nodded. "But I have this strange feeling that I'm forgetting something today."
"Hey guys!" Silver appeared over the hill. "Sorry I'm late! I had to help with dance stuff!"
"Dammit I forgot! I was supposed to help today…Welp, too late now."
Silver walked closer to them and Blaze was behind him. "What are you guys doing?" He asked.
"Playing Uno." Kris replied. "You wanna play?"
"He can play next round." Shadow stretched himself out. "I'm on a roll."
"Hey…" Blaze said quietly.
"Hey Blaze." Amy smiled at her and offered a seat next to her. The cat sat down and watched the Uno game.
Shadow smirked. "Hey Silver, have you asked Blaze out yet?"
"Shut up Shadow!" Silver said through his teeth. "I haven't asked her yet!"
"Well, she's here, why not do it now?"
"Not in front of everybody!"
"Ok, but you better hurry. Sonic's got his eye on her."
"Grr…"
Amy put her hand on Silver's shoulder bone. "Let's not start something else tonight."
Silver sighed. "All right…" He and Blaze watched the rest of the game and just as Shadow promised, they got to play the next round, but Shadow won two times in a row.