Chapter six: Forgery

Shadow tried his best to ignore Sonic for the rest of the day, but it was hard since Mrs. Anderson seated him right beside the speedy blue hero. As the bell rang, Shadow hurried out the door, ignoring Sonic's calls and pleads for him to come back. He did not get very far, before Frost and his gang caught up with him.

"Hey it's the new kid. What's up Sunshine?" Frost laughed at his own joke.

"Good one boss!" One of his minions chimed in. He was a jet-black hawk with violent colored eyes. He had mostly navy blue feathers with a few gold ones here and there. He laughed. "Should we teach Sunshine a lesson?"

"Yeah a lesson!" Shadow glared at the bright orange hedgehog who stared back at him with innocent baby blue eyes.

"No, that wouldn't make Sunshine fell very welcome." Frost said.

Shadow gave the blue and white hedgehog a cold glare. "My name is not Sunshine, it's Shadow."

Frost grinned. "Oh really? Well Shadow, for newbie's like you we have a special welcoming ceremony." His smile darkened as he beckoned his minions to close in on Shadow. "Alex, Victor? You know what to do."

Shadow turned and ran as the boys began to chase him.

~Angel in the Night~

"Where're you going Sunshine?" Victor chimed in, closing in on Shadow.

Shadow sped up. You know, I am really starting to hate that annoying hawk!

Shadow almost rammed into Frost when he suddenly appeared in front of him.

Frost laughed. "Nowhere to run now Sunshine!"

Shadow sighed as the three boys surrounded him.

"Now the real welcome happens!" Victor chirped.

"Stop!"

Shadow, Frost and his gang looked up to see Sonic standing on a tree branch above them.

"We're just having a friendly chat with him," Frost exclaimed putting his arm around Shadow's shoulder in a friendly manor. "Right Sunshine?"

Shadow smacked Frost's hand away. "It's Shadow."

"Whatever."

"I've seen enough," Sonic said as he jumped from the tree branch to the ground. "Leave."

"But we weren't finished." Frost said, and then grinned. "I have an idea. Why don't you run along now and let the responsible people have a responsible conversation. I sure Mrs. Anderson is worried sick about you."

Shadow gasped as Sonic shoved Frost to the ground. Frost glared at Sonic as he got up and started dusting himself off. Then faster then Sonic could comprehend Frost shoved him back. Sonic let out a choked gasp as the wind was knocked out of him.

"Little brat! That will teach you to-" Frost was cut off as Shadow kicked him square in the back.

This time Frost had the wind knocked out of him, and a bit of blood.

"We have to get him to the doctor, man." Alex cried cradling Frost in his arms. He glared at Shadow. "You're a monster! Look at what you have done!"

"I didn't mean to-" Shadow began to say but the three were already gone. He stared at Sonic's unconscious body. I should at least get him somewhere safe…

~Angel in the Night~

Sonic awoke to the sound of a girl screaming. He smiled. That scream could only belong to one girl. Amy Rose. He gasped when he got to the door. He could hear Shadow's voice! His ears perked up as he rushed down the stairs.

"Who are you?" Amy cried staring at the black and red hedgehog.

"Who are you?" Shadow said, occasionally glancing towards the stairway.

"I am Amy Rose. Now what are you doing here?"

"Well if you must know, I bought Sonic here for-"

"Sonic's hurt!" Amy wailed. She then fixed her eyes on Shadow. "You hurt him, didn't you?"

"I was only protecting him," Shadow replied. Do I really look like the killer type?

"Shadow!" Sonic cried as he jumped on Shadow.

Amy gasped as Sonic pulled Shadow into a bear hug.

"Sonic please. I haven't had the best day," Shadow mumbled.

"But I owe you my life. After all, I was supposed to protect you but you wounded up protecting me. So whatever you want me to do, I'll do it."

"Anything huh?" Shadow thought for a moment. "Go jog around the city."

Sonic blinked. "The whole city?"

Shadow nodded. "The whole city. In addition, to prove you did it, back a souvenir. It can be edible and could be just for you or someone else."

Sonic smiled. "So when do you want the snow cone?"

"When you get back, but that wasn't what I was trying to get at. I need proof, and a snow cone would possibly be enough, that is if you don't drop it, eat it or accidentally sneeze or cough on it."

Sonic sighed. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

Shadow sat down at the table and sighed. He looked around. This place isn't so bad.

The kitchen had teal colored walls and the orange hardwood- flooring was so clean he could see his reflection staring back at him. The table was made of granite, as were the counter tops. There was a stainless steel fridge and stove by the door leading to the living room.

"So how old are you?" Amy asked.

"Almost five and a half," Shadow replied rather blandly, since he didn't really want to converse with the pink hedgehog.

"You're Sonic's age."

Shadow glared coldly at Amy. "Yeah. What's your point?"

"You get to be in the same grade as Sonic." Amy sighed. "He's so romantic…"

And you're so weird, Shadow thought as he stared blankly at the fridge.

"Are you hungry?" Amy asked when she noticed Shadow looking eagerly at the fridge.

"Yeah."

"Well we you could have cereal, fruit, pop tarts…" Amy put her hands on her hips. "We would've had a broader selection if somebody went shopping yesterday. And I didn't even want to ask a certain silver hedgehog to go."

"Will you drop the subject already?" Shadow looked up to see a young silver hedgehog walk into the kitchen. His quills were pointed out in every direction and bounced whenever the young hedgehog took a step.

"Well you could've gone!" Amy exclaimed.

"I was cleaning my room and helping Tails fix the X-Tornado. What were you doing?"

"I was cleaning the club house, minus your room because you need to pick up after yourself."

"Yeah I'm sure that's what you were doing," Silver said sarcastically. He smiled when he noticed Shadow. "Hi, I'm Silver."

Shadow stared at the silver hedgehog.

"That's the same reaction he got from Sonic and Knuckles," Amy said, trying not to laugh.

"Shut up Amy! Nobody was talking to you!"

"That's really your name?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah," Silver said, "but it's weird."

"Why?"

"Well you see when you me from afar I look like I actually have silver fur."

Shadow nodded. "And when somebody looks at you when they're close to you, they would realize that you have actually had white fur."

"Somebody's parents were color blind!" Amy exclaimed as she fell on the ground in laughter.

"What's wrong?" Shadow asked when he noticed the trails of tears running down Silver's face.

Silver shook his head before he turned and ran out of the kitchen.

"Silver," Amy called out, standing up. "I'm sorry!"

Shadow jumped when he heard a door slam. "Why did he start crying?"

"It's my fault," Amy said, "I shouldn't have said that about his parents."

"Where are his parents?"

"They… died in a house fire. Silver was the only survivor. His sister died too." She looked at Shadow and said, "are you noticing something here?"

"Yeah. This clubhouse is for kids without families, isn't it?"

"Correct."

"It's nice out there!" Sonic exclaimed as he sprinted into the kitchen. His handed the snow cone to Shadow. "Here you go." He looked at Amy. "Where's Silver?"

"Upstairs," Amy replied, "crying."

"Tell me you didn't make him-" he sighed when Amy nodded. "Then I'll wait 'til he calms down."

"'Yo, Sonic!" Sonic turned around to see Knuckles walking towards him.

"What's up dude," Sonic said, smiling.

"Hey Sonic," Tails said as he appeared from behind Knuckles. "Do you know where my tool box is at?"

"No. Do you know where you left it?"

"I left it in the workshop yesterday and now I can't find it."

Sonic put his hand on Tail's shoulder. "We'll look for it, okay?"

Tails nodded, his blue eyes sparkling with joy and hope.

Shadow remembered that he still needed his dad to sign his school papers. He pulled the small pile of papers out of his backpack.

"What are you doing?" Shadow jumped when Sonic appeared next to him.

"My dad needs to sign these papers," Shadow replied looking around the room for something to write with. He smiled when Sonic handed him a pen. "Thanks."

"So," Sonic said, standing behind Shadow. "You're going to forge his signature?"

Shadow sighed as he began writing. "Yeah."

Sonic's eyes twinkled with delight and sudden admiration. "That's so cool!"

Maybe it was just him, but Shadow swore he could feel Amy glaring daggers at him.

Yay! I finished! I know it's been a long, long time since I've updated, but, hey I don't spend my entire life in front of a computer. Lol. So comment and, if you didn't already, you should check out my other stories! Bye for Now!