Totally forgot to update this on FF. Oops. Sorry guys...

Changes in the Water Level

Shadow flipped through the pages of the diary, not caring if this was an invasion of privacy.

June 10th

Time passes as I sit around, supposedly guarding the Sol Emeralds. But is it really worth it? Anyone that even wants them are simple thieves with nothing better to do and those greedy of power.

Blaze~

July 1st

This marks my fifth year in reign. It's idiotic that I'm still a princess even if they have no complete castle went full out with a celebration, naming it the 'Soul Festival'. The streets of the village were crowded with people. I hate it.

Blaze~

Shadow smiled. Blaze was never a fan of crowds and honestly, he wasn't either. It made all the sense to him that they were close friends. He skimmed over the next few entries, searching for the ones that were written around the time his group had arrived at the Soul Kingdom.

September 11th,

Silver reported that a group of hedgehogs had stopped by the local inn, calling them his 'big brothers'. They seem like good people from what I hear. I overheard the maids gossiping about this red striped 'Shadow', calling him a motherly figure.

I hope to meet these people.

Blaze~

Shadow blinked. 'Do I really give off the mom vibe?' He thought to himself.

Shaking the thought from his mind, Shadow continued reading.

September 15th,

Those hedgehogs have asked for me to join them in their little group. Honsetly, I can't say no. It seems I could have freedom for once instead of being watched constantly and being considered a role model. I can be who I want to be.

And the maids were right. Shadow is a motherly figure. He dotes on Silver too much.

"I do not dote on Silver!" Shadow exclaimed.

He stuffed the diary into his bag for safe keeping and went to the nonfiction section of the bookstore.

"Aunt Rouge! I want that one!"

"Which one honey?"

"The big brown one covered with sapphires!"

Shadow watched Rouge pull a stool over to stand on. She grabbed the book fron it's high shelf and handed it over to the young fox. Shadow stared at the cover. It had sapphires on the top and bottom and in gold, it was titled "History of the Water Kingdom".

Wait. Since when was there a water kingdom?

"Tails. Let me borrow that book real quick."

The fox handed it over with a slight pout on his face. Shadow flipped to the table of contents and from there, went directly to the 'Alliances' section.

The Water Kingdom had a close relationship with the Soul Kingdom.

Blah blah blah. Shadow skimmed over the page, searching desperately for the word Fire.

It is known that three brothers had once traveled together. Each decided they would settle down and create a kingdom. When the brother of the Fire Kingdom felt that he wasn't powerful enough, he set out to destroy one of the kingdoms, the Water kingdom being the closest. Now all that is remaining are a few knights and a small village.

List of Survivors:
-Sir Mephistopheles
-Sir Lamorak
-Sir Lancelot
-Sir Mordred
-The Mage
-And a few unnamed villagers

List of the Dead: -Sir Galahad -Lady Percival -Sir Gawain
-Lady of the Lake
-Gerald Robotnik

The rest of the list was smudged but that was enough information for Shadow. Maria's grandfather was killed by those disgusting people of the fire kingdom.

Shadow grabbed Tails and made a beeline to the door. "I'll be taking this as my payment for those chores!" He said, leaving Rouge by herself, surrounded by books.

Shadow barged into the house they lived in and ran up the steps, his metal boots clanging on the ground. Tails chased after him but unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough and ended up going to Silver's room to see what the hedgehog was up to. Shadow's gloved hand shoved the door to his room open.

"SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!"

Said blue hedgehog looked up from the book he was reading with Cosmo. Shadow was breathing heavily and in his hand was a book open to a page about the fire kingdom. Sonic stared at it blankly.

"The meaning of what?"

Shadow threw the book straight at Sonic's face. The book hit and landed on the ground with a thud. Cosmo carefully picked it up and flipped to the table of contents. She stared at it for awhile before flipping randomly through the book. Her fingers stopped on the page Shadow originally was on and skimmed over it, absorbing all the knowledge.

"Prince Sonic, you may have not noticed but your kind is not welcomed here."

Mephiles was appearing from the ground in the spot where Shadow's shadow (oops) was. He put an arm around Shadow in an attempt the angered hedgehog down. The black hedgehog's pupils were getting smaller and smaller. Shadow gripped onto Mephiles's coat, trying desperately to hang onto reality and not going into a full out rage.

"T-take him away from me." He breathed out. "TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME!"

Cosmo backed away from the prince. She pushed the closet door open and rushed back to the other children. There was the sound of the door locking behind her.

Silver appeared behind Mephiles followed by Tails. The markings on Silver's gloves were glowing white.

"It's a shame really." Mephiles shook his head. "But we can't afford to keep you here."

Mephiles snapped his fingers and on command, Silver moved his hands, directing the palms towards the prince. An aura surrounded him and Sonic attempted to move but there was no chance. The psychokinesis was too strong for him but he continued to struggle no less.

"IT'S NO USE!" Silver laughed maniacally. (So sorry. I just love this line. It's so hilarious.)

The blue hedgehog frowned and just waited to be thrown out. He watched as Silver brought him outside, got the carriage ready, and roughly placed him down inside, locking the doors from the outside. With a snap of his fingers, Mephiles returned all of the prince's belongings to the carriage and brought his men outside.

"Have fun on your trip home prince. We won't miss you."

And with a snap of Mephiles' fingers, the carriage and the prince were gone.

I'M SO SORRY FOR THE SHORTNESS! The next one will definetly be longer and more interesting. Yeah so I based the names off of the SatBK game. Whatever. I can't think okay?