Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and the rest of the villagers sat around a fire. "We have prepared you crocodile scales, crocodile nails, crocodile eye balls, crocodile tails, and ginger root. And for desert is Hippopotamus butt," Shadow said with his hands raised in the air. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles's eyes widened.

"So much for a delightful dinner," Knuckles mumbled.

"Go ahead and eat! We made it special!" Shadow said excitedly, as he gave them bowels. Tails picked up a ginger root and slowly bit it. He chewed then spit it out. It tasted dry, bitter, and it tasted like dirt. "I knew you would like it! I just got finished pulling them from the Earth," Shadow explained. Tails kept spitting and wiping his mouth, trying to get the taste out of his mouth. Sonic slowly picked up a hand full of crocodile nails and put it into his mouth. He chewed then started choking. Tails patted his back.

"I can't breathe!" Sonic exclaimed, as he held his neck. Tails kept patting his back.

"I knew you would like it, Sonic!" Shadow exclaimed happily. Sonic stopped coughing and breathed deeply. Knuckles picked up a crocodile eye ball and bit it. Some kind of juice spilled on Knuckles's tongue. He dropped the eye ball and started spitting and coughing. Tails patted his back. Shadow smiled brightly at them.

"Time for the desert!" Shadow said and pushed the hippopotamus butt towards Sonic. Sonic picked up a dagger and slowly cut a piece of the hippopotamus butt. Sonic bit it and started chewing.

"It's kind of good..." Sonic said through the chewing. Tails and Knuckles were disgusted.

"I put fresh stuffing in it," Shadow told him. Sonic kept chewing.

"What's the stuffing?" Sonic asked.

"Military ants," Shadow replied. Sonic spit his food out and started choking.

"I knew you'd love it," Shadow said. Sonic swallowed hard and sighed.

"Yeah................." Sonic said.

After an hour of Shadow telling stories about how he got used to the Amazon, Shadow decided to walk around with them. "Hippopotamus is very good," Shadow told them. Sonic just nodded and Tails folded his arms. Knuckles scratched his head. "I have a hippopotamus out in the back if you want...."

"NO!!!" Sonic shouted. Shadow looked at him. "I mean, no. We're really tired and we would like to go to sleep," Sonic said with a small smile. Shadow nodded.

"Of course," Shadow said. "I'll show you to your hut,"

Shadow stopped in front of a small hut that stunk badly. When they walked inside the smell was even worse. Tails held his nose and so did Sonic and Knuckles. "What's that smell?" Tails asked.

"That's fresh hippopotamus dung and urine," Shadow answered.

"How did you get it?" Sonic asked, sounding disgusted.

"I found one using it and I took that chance," Shadow replied with a grin. Tails started gagging so did Knuckles. Sonic kept a hold of his nose and stared at Shadow. "I prepared it just for you, just for your arrival. I knew you guys would be staying for a couple of weeks," Shadow told them.

"I ain't staying for a couple of weeks, I'm leaving tomorrow!" Tails exclaimed.

"So am I," Knuckles agreed.

"They're just playing with you Shadow, don't listen to them," Sonic told Shadow. Tails and Knuckles glared at Sonic.

"Oh, okay, see you tomorrow my friends," Shadow left their hut. Tails and Knuckles looked at Sonic, still glaring at him.

"Why did you do that?" Tails asked.

"Because, we don't want to hurt his feelings now do we?" Sonic asked, as he sat down.

"Feelings, Shadow? Shadow doesn't have any feelings," Knuckles told Sonic.

"Well, it looks like he does now," Sonic answered.

"Tomorrow Knuckles and I are leaving and that's that," Tails sat down beside Knuckles.

"Yeah, I can't stand this. Shadow is crazy and now he has a new name, Shad Shua," Knuckles said.

"You'll need my speed to get through the Amazon," Sonic warned them.

"We don't need your speed, I can fly above it," Tails told him.

"And I can glide and fight," Knuckles said. Sonic shook his head.

"Speed is better," Sonic said. Tails and Knuckles sighed and then after a couple of minutes they happened to fall asleep.

Sorry for the short chapter. Please review.