Shadow walked past the Headmaster's office, dragging his blanket on the ground. He stopped and looked inside the room. The Headmaster was looking down at some papers on his desk. Shadow turned to walk away.
"Do you need something?" The headmaster asked.
"No, not really." Shadow answered and yawned.
"I've caught word that you've been going outside at night."
"I'm sure you want to tell me no like the others." Shadow hissed, getting very annoyed.
The headmaster folded his hands. "It's for your and everyone's safety."
"Listen, I am a grown man, I can take care of my goddamn self. It's so annoying!"
Shadow's eyes started to glow red from his frustration.
The Headmaster sat back and put his hands up.
"Calm down! Okay, I know, it can be annoying, but if you just follow the rules while you're here you won't have to be told over and over like a child."
"Great." Shadow walked away from the door but was stopped by Sonic pushing Amy in a wheelchair at the end of the hallway.
"Nice little almost temper tantrum there Shadow. Fitting since you're dragging a blanket around." Sonic teased.
"Shadow went for a punch at Sonic but Sonic dodged the swing.
"What would Rouge say?" Sonic asked, still teasing.
"Rouge isn't here!" Shadow shouted.
"Well where is she, I want her to see her man like this." Sonic continued. "Your girlfriend would love this."
Shadow's eyes started to glow again, his claws started to show and his fangs started to get longer. He was ready to attack.
Yuki walked down the hallway, ready to give her report to her adoptive father, though she'd rarely called him "father". She noticed the yelling in the hallway and sped up.
"What's going on here?!" Yuki shouted as Sonic turned to run and get Amy to safety.
Shadow growled at her.
"Yuki gasped and instinctively got out her Artemis rod.
The Headmaster ran out of his office.
"Sonic what's wrong with him?" He asked.
Sonic turned around. "I was teasing him about his behavior and I mentioned his girlfriend. Shadow I want you to chill the out right now! Really, Rouge would be disappointed in you for not controlling your temper! This is dumb!"
Yuki tried her Artemis rod just to see. She lightly tapped Shadow on the shoulder with the end of it. There were sparks
Shadow hissed at her and held his shoulder in pain. Yuki tapped him again but this time with more force. Shadow dropped to his knees and slowly breathed. He winced in pain and his fangs shrank to normal size and his eyes' glow dimmed.
"Well, that worked." Amy commented as she watched Shadow curl up.
"Artemis worked?" Yuki gasped. "Is he…?"
Sonic picked up Shadow and gave him to Amy.
"I'm so sorry. He gets mad easily and I like provoking him. I'll take him back to bed."
"That would be a good idea. Sonic I would like to speak with you later. About him." The Headmaster said in the doorway.
"Okay." Sonic answered.
Yuki stood with Artemis and looked at Shadow curled up into a ball. She shook her head.
"Yuki, did you want to talk to me?" Headmaster Cross asked his daughter.
"Yes." Yuki answered "I did."
Yuki walked inside the office.
"Yuki, where is Zero?"
"I have no clue, he left earlier."
Sonic put Shadow in a bed in an extra room that nobody was staying in. Shadow groaned in pain.
"She fucking shocked me with that stupid rod!" Shadow tried to yell.
"Shadow I have no idea what that rod is but you need to chill with that eye glowy, fang thing that you do when you get angry.
"I'm not a flipping vampire for the last time!" Shadow shouted.
"You are in denial, everyone knows back home." Sonic pulled up the blanket and threw it over Shadow. "I have to go talk to Headmaster Cross now" Sonic walked out of the room.
Sonic walked down the hall and saw Yuki standing outside the office. Sonic smiled at her and nodded. Yuki opened and held the door open for him. Sonic walked inside and sat on a loveseat. Yuki closed the door
"I'm glad you're here Sonic." Headmaster Cross welcomed. "I have something serious to talk about."
"Let me guess what it's about. Shadow?" Sonic said with his hands stretched in the air.
"Yes." The Headmaster answered. "I wanted to ask you because with the events of tonight and Artemis working on him, I suspect that he may be a vampire."
"Artemis?" Sonic asked leaning forward.
"Artemis is Yuki's weapon. It is designed to electrify and only work on vampires. She has it for protection."
Sonic twiddled his thumbs. "On the question of whether Shadow is a vampire: We don't really know, he does have vampiric traits. But since that thing worked on him our suspicions look right. Huh."
Headmaster Cross sat back in his chair.
"But don't tell him that he is, he gets angry." Sonic added. "He is big in denial about it."
"I can hear you asshole." Shadow appeared in the room by the window. "Okay, maybe I am a vampire, so what?"
"It's important because we need to prove that vampires and humans can co-exist." Headmaster Cross answered.
"Well I don't like humans that much. I simply tolerate them. I won't ever like them after what they did to me."
"Well, our vampires try. Would you like to spend a night in the Night Class to see?" The Headmaster asked, getting up out of his chair.
"No."
"Com'on Shadow it'll be good for you." Sonic said.
"Would you like a little uniform?" The Headmaster asked, suddenly happy.
"No."
Sonic pushed Shadow forward away from the window. "He'll go!"