Ok, Spiders here. For all of you who had already read the story and saw a notification, YES! I did alter a few things as I just didn't like how things felt...rushed. So, I went back and fixed everything I could and I will no longer be working on this story. So, no more chapters, no more updates, nothing. I will still respond to reviews if I can, but I won't be posting anything new for this story. It's done.

So, for all of the new people who hadn't gotten this far yet, Thanks for making it to the end! I hope you enjoyed the story. Yes, that twist probably through a few of you for a loop, but hey. It didn't come completely from nowhere. Shadow was different after all before...well, "Shadow".

Also, I WILL NOT be doing Season 3. It's done, it's over. no more. This is where I feel is the best ending. I had originally intended to, but I could never get past say, episode 3. It would just seem like I'm continuing JUST for the sake of continuing.

one of the original ideas I had were to replace Amy with Blaze in this story but ultimately decided not to as Blaze is to much like Shadow to get any real interactions between them. (Both distant, straight to the point, etc.) and we didn't need another Knuckles.

For the Shadow Saga, I had wanted to use Shadow Android (Looks almost exactly like Shadow, but with yellow where Shadow is red) but decided to do something else in the form of Metal Shadow. I think I made the right choice.

So, some of my favorite Chapters I wrote were
Fighting Robotnik: Part 2 (Ch.12)
Setting the Stage (Ch. 18) (Special thanks again to gwencarson126)
Showdown (Ch. 19)
A Better Tomorrow (Ch. 25)
Metal Vs. Mettle (Ch. 27)

Again, Special Thanks to BlazePyro and gwencarson126. These two have supported this story since chapter 1, heck they've been around since at least the third day this story was written.

Also, since I'm updating this story a bit, shout out to Libra-no-ninja9. I can't type to you directly (I don't know why it won't let me.) but yes, I did read all of your reviews and I say thank you.

And finally, here's the original finale to the story.

The setting is the same. Maria was reverted to being 17 again as space time reasons (Or hey, as an adult. take your pick)

Shadow (As he was not revealed and healed yet) was shot out of the cannon with his rings off and in super form. He froze time in that one part of space, making sure that nobody would get hurt but he wasn't heard from. It had been a few weeks since anyone had seen or heard from him.

Maria was sent the letter from Tails, saying he figured out how to send her home and she decided to take it for the sake of both worlds. By now, she was told of Shadow's past, but never saw him until

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Maria was launched into the air, watching the timer run down until she was sent back to her own planet. A small tear fell onto her cheek as she remembered Shadow, how he sacrificed himself. What stung the most was that she never go to say goodbye...

"BOOM!" She heard faintly as she looked out the window, watching as a dust trail was kicked up and a blue dot poking out.

"He's alive..." She whispered, then her pod shook as she saw the timer closing in on zero. She looked back at the ground. "Sayonara...Shadow. And farewell to you..." She said as the pod burst into the stratosphere, disappearing to send her back home.

Back on the ground, a blue hedgehog stood at the top of a cliff, staring into the blue sky. "So long Maria." He said softly as he turned around to reveal his emerald green eyes. "Nothing ever stays dull around here. Thank Goodness. Now..." He said as he revved his legs into a figure 8 "Let's find that next adventure!"

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And that's that. That's all. Thank you so much for reading all the way through. And hey, this is not my only story. If you want more from me, check out my other stories. Until then catch you next time.

Oh, and uh, play Fist Bump again. Just for good measure.