Shadow and Maria

Chapter 6

Thing's begin

The next morning…

Sonic: (yawn) "Morning already?" Sonic said with a yawn.

Sonic climbed off the roof and walked inside of the mansion.

Tails: "Morning Sonic. Have a good sleep?" Tails asked with a smile.

Sonic: "Sure was. Hey where's shadow?"

Mr. Tanaka: "Shadow went out with Mrs. Maria to show her around the city." Tanaka explained.

Sonic: "Oh then I'd better catch up with him." Sonic ran out of the house to search for Shadow.

Tails: 'I wonder what Sonic has to ask Shadow?' Tails thought to himself

Meanwhile in Station Square…

Maria: "Wow I can't believe I finally get to be on earth after so long! What was the first thing you did when you got onto earth Shadow?"

Shadow: "Err."

(Flashback)

Shadow: "I promise you Maria… Revenge!"

(End of Flashback)

Maria: "Um Shadow?

Shadow: "I'd rather not talk about it." Shadow said in a low and ashamed voice.

Maria: "I'm sure what you did wasn't that bad." Maria said trying to cheer him up.

Shadow: "You'd never forgive me if you knew."

Maria: "Try me Shadow."

Shadow: "Ok fine. I tried to help Doctor Eggman destroy the planet."

Maria: (Gasp).

Shadow: "I did it because Professor Gerald tampered with my memories. So I felt like I wanted revenge on what happened to you."

Maria: "Well then I guess it wasn't your fault then huh?" Maria asked Shadow with a smile.

Shadow lowered his head to think "No. I guess not. I never thought of that. Probably because I had amnesia for a while after." Shadow said in a thoughtful voice.

"You had amnesia?" Maria asked him.

"Yeah you see. After that whole trying to destroy the Earth thing I helped sonic stop the biolizard from pulling the space colony ark into Earth. But Because of it I almost died. If it weren't for Doctor Eggman I probably would have. But when I was awakened from the capsule that the Doctor had been keeping me in while I was recovering I found that I didn't have any memories from before I awoke." Shadow explained. "I don't know if the Doctor purposely gave me amnesia just so I wouldn't betray him. Or if I got it after the battle on space colony ark."

"How did you get your memories back though?" Maria asked Shadow.

Shadow looked up at Maria and said. "Did the Professor tell you about the Black Arms?" Shadow asked her.

"Yes. My Grand Farther told me about them and what they intended to do." Maria told Shadow with a worried look.

Shadow lowered his head again. "Well their the reason I got my memories back." He told her. "Black Doom the leader of the Black Arms tried to get me to give him the chaos emeralds. But Sonic and his friends told me about what they were trying to do. But Black Doom took the emeralds from me regardless. He used a special gas that paralyzed us. But I broke free from it and gave chase. It was at that moment that I finally got my memories back. But Black Doom tried to use the DNA of my blood to control me. Luckily the Chaotix activated a recording of Professor Gerald telling me that it was a terrible mistake to make contact with them. Because of that I was able to break free from his mind control and go super shadow and destroy him. After that I decided to leave my past behind me." Shadow finished explaining and raised his head again.

"Well I'm just glad that you're alright." Maria said

"Yeah. You to-" Shadow stopped in midsentence and stopped walking. "I-I can't believe I forgot." Shadow said in a worried tone.

"Forget about what Shadow?" Maria asked in a confused voice.

"You-your sickness!" Shadow reminded her.

Maria's smile turned into concern when Shadow reminded her about her sickness. "Oh right. That." Maria said looking down with a sad look on her face. "I had been so happy to be on Earth after so long that I completely forgot about that."

"What's this I hear about a disease?" Said a voice from behind them.

Shadow and Maria turned around to find a small boy that was wearing red armor and had a yellow sword.

"Who are you?" Maria asked the boy.

"My name is Luneth. But everyone calls me Onion Knight or kid whichever one they prefer. But I'd much rather be called by my real name." Luneth explained.

"Yeah that's nice" Shadow said not interested. "Now what did you want?"

"Oh I couldn't help but over hear you two talking about some type of disease." Luneth told them.

"Yeah so?" Shadow said impatiently.

Suddenly they felt a small gust of wind pass them "What do you want Sonic?" Shadow asked knowing that it was him.

"Hey Shadow! I was wondering what you think about the offer that Zidane made to us." Sonic asked Shadow with a smile.

"Well I don't entirely care." Shadow answered him with a frown.

"So you guys are the ones Zidane saved from Kuja." Luneth said with smile.

Shadow turned to face Luneth and frowned at him. "Yeah. So what?" Shadow asked and getting annoyed now.

"Uh nothing." Luneth said quickly.

Sonic looked at Shadow with an angry look now. "Hey don't get angry at the kid. He was only curious."

Shadow turned to Sonic now. "That doesn't matter he should mind his own business!" Shadow said now yelling.

"Well excuse me but this is my business." Luneth told them. "Now what is this disease?"

"Well its call Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome." Maria told Luneth. "Or NIDS for short."

"Hm… Never heard of that before." Luneth said. "But I'm sure she can cure it."

"Huh!" Shadow said with a very surprised reaction. "That's not possible NIDS is incurable!"

"That may be so. But I'm sure cosmos can use her power to cure it." Luneth explained with a smile.

"Cosmos?" Sonic said with a thoughtful look. "Isn't she the Goddess of Harmony that Zidane told us about?"

"Yes she is and I'm sure that if you guys helped us stop Chaos she'd gladly cure it for you." Luneth happily explained.

Shadow thought for a minute then answered with "If that's true then I'm all for joining you guys then. Anything to help cure Maria."

"Great! And what about you Sonic have you decided?" Luneth asked happily.

Sonic gave him his trademark smile and thumbs up and said "You bet! But let's go back to Chris' house and tell the guys."

"Ok. Come on Shadow." Maria said happily.

"Ok. Everyone stay still. CHAOS CONTROL!" Shadow teleported them back to Chris' house.

Meanwhile at the Thorndike mansion…

"Sonic! Where are you!" Amy yelled

"Amy please don't yell when inside." Cream asked

"But I want to know where Sonic went!" Amy Complained

"You know you could have just asked me…" Tails said

"You never said you knew!" Amy argued

"CONTROL!" Shadow and the others appeared

"Whoa you could have warned us Shadow." Sonic said

"Sonic there you are!" Amy said clinging onto Sonic.

"Amy please." Sonic said embarrassed.

Amy finally let him go after a few minutes. They called everyone over so they can tell them all what they have decided to do. First knuckles arrived, then the Chaotix, then Rouge, then Julie-Su who glared at Rouge when she walked in, then Sally, then Rotor, then Antoine and Bunnie, and surprisingly Big. After everyone was ready Sonic introduced Luneth and explained to everyone that didn't know about the war and told them about Maria's sickness and told them that Cosmos would cure her if they helped them stop Chaos.

"So then I have decided that we should join them in the war since it seems to be the only way to cure Maria. So what do you all say?" Sonic asked everyone

Everyone accepted to join in. They couldn't just sit by and watch Maria's sickness get worse and not do anything to help.

"Great!" Luneth said "Hey I know! How about we throw a welcoming party for you all. It would be a great way to get you all introduced to everyone in the team."

"That's a great idea!" Sonic yelled in agreement.

"Me, Amy, and Cheese can decorate the house and help with the food!" Cream said.

"While Me, Tails, Sal, Antoine and Bunnie can get anything we need from the store including decorations and drinks!" Sonic said

"Then it's settled I'll tell everyone about this and get them ready for tomorrow." Luneth said "I'll see you guy's tomorrow at the party. Bye!"

"Bye Luneth!" Everyone said

"Come on cream cheese let's get started!" Amy told cream and cheese.

"Ok Amy. Come on Cheese!" Cream said happily

"Chao chao!" Cheese replied and followed Cream into the kitchen.

"Then I guess we'd better get everything we need from the store." Sonic said to them. "Come on guys!"

At the mall…

"What do you guy's think we need?" Sonic asked.

"That's just like you Sonic." Sally said while looking through the foods. "You always get yourself into things without thinking."

Sonic gave a nervous smile at Sally and got back to look for food and drinks.

"I found the punch aunt Sally!" Tails said putting it into the shopping cart.

"Thanks Tails." Sally said happily.

"What exactly do we need for zis party?" Antoine asked.

"Well Tails already found the punch. Just find some good food and decorations." Sally answered.

At the Thorndike Mansion…

"Hey Chris." Amy said "Do you have any leftover decorations anywhere."

"Well I think we keep them up in the attic." Chris answered. "I'll go get them." Chris Walked up the stairs and down the hall until he came across a door in the ceiling with a string and a ball attached to it and pulled on it to reveal a room and the door had stairs attached to it and climbed up the stairs. "Now where are those decorations?" Chris asked himself. "Ah here they are Chris started to pick them up when he saw something near the back of the attic. He went towards it and picked it up. He couldn't see it very well so he turned on the light. Now that he could see it better he saw that it looked like a doll of tails. Except it had a sting attached to in with a gem on the end. "Huh. I don't remember ever getting a doll of Tails." Chris said to himself. "In fact I don't remember there ever being any toys of Sonic and the guy's." Chris suddenly heard a whisper in his head. 'CaN YoU FeeL ThE SunSHinE?' Chris dropped the doll, grabbed the decorations, ran down the stairs, and slammed the door shut. Chris hurried but to Amy, Cream, and Cheese. "I hope I was only imagining things." Chris said to himself.

"Chris there you are." Amy said sound relieved. "And you found the decorations!" Amy waved her hand in front of Chris. "Um… Chris."

"Chris what's wrong." Cream sounded worried.

Chris suddenly snapped out of it. "Huh what?"

"You blanked out there for a second Chris." Amy told him.

"You look like you've seen a ghost." Cream said.

"Uh. It's nothing." Chris assured them. "Let's just get back to decorating ok?"

"If you say so." Amy said with a curious and worried tone.

20 minutes later…

"Hey Guys were back!" Sonic said when walking inside.

"Hey Sonic! How did the shopping go?" Chris asked.

"It went good we got anything we thought we needed!" Sonic said cheerfully.

"But where's everyone else?" Cream asked.

"Oh I went ahead. There coming slowly." Sonic answered

Amy walked up to him with a concerned face. "Huh. Amy what's wrong?" Sonic asked her. She signaled him to come closer.

Sonic leaned his head closer to listen. "Sonic I think something's wrong with Chris." Amy whispered to him. "He came down from the attic because he was getting decorations and he just completely zoned out for a minute. He looked scared of something."

"Ok. I'll go talk to him." Sonic whispered. "Thanks Amy." Sonic gave her a smile and thumbs up. Amy smiled and blushed at this. Meanwhile Sonic walked over to Chris hopefully to find out what's bothering him. "Hey Chris."

"Yeah Sonic." Chris said

"Amy Told me you zoned out on her after you came down from the attic. Is something on your mind pal?" Sonic asked in a concerned tone.

"N-no it's nothing Sonic." Chris answered.

Sonic looked at his face and he didn't look ok. "Chris I know when one of my friends are lying to me to cover something up. Please Chris you can tell me anything."

Chris thought for a minute "S-something just spooked me really bad up there. That's all." Chris assured Sonic.

Sonic stared at him for a minute and said "O.K then." Sonic said uncertain of what Chris just told him.

After 10 more minutes Tails, Sally, Antoine and Bunnie finally made it back. "Sugar hog yo'all could have waited for us." Bunnie said in an annoyed tone.

"Sorry but you know me I just can't stay slow for a second." Sonic said in a happy voice.

Sonic looked at the clock. It was now 7:30 at night and the place was decorated. "How much more do we have to do till you guy's think it's ready for the party tomorrow? Sonic asked.

"Well we still have some more food to finish making. But other than that were done!" Amy explained.

"Cool then I'm gonna hit the hay. See you guys in the morning." Sonic said going out to lie on the roof like normal.

"Ok good night Sonic!" Tails said.

"Night!" Sonic said.

'Hmm. What an interesting day. Can't want for tomorrow though.' Sonic thought to himself before he fell asleep.

The next morning…

"(Yawn) Morning all" Sonic said sleepily.

"Morning Sonic." Sally said.

"Luneth and Zidane came here again last night after you went to sleep." Tails told him.

"Huh really? Aw man." Sonic said disappointed. "What where they here for?"

"Well…"

{Flashback}

"Hey guys good to hear you've accepted my offer!" Zidane said.

"Oh hey you guys!" Tails said happily

"Good news. Everyone agreed to come." Luneth explained.

"Great! And we'll have everything done by the time you all get here tomorrow." Chris said

"Good to know." Zidane said "We'd best be getting back before they notice were gone. See you guys at the party!"

"Ok. Bye you two!" Amy said.

{End of Flashback}

"Glad to know everyone's coming" Sonic said. "And is everything ready for tonight?"

"Sure is Sonic!" Amy answered while walking up to him and whispered. "So what was wrong with Chris?"

"He told me that something really spooked him up in the attic. I'm gonna go check it out in a minute." Sonic whispered to Amy. "Hey Chris."

"Yeah Sonic?" Chris asked.

"I'd like you to come with me for a minute." Sonic told him.

"O-ok." Chris said.

Chris followed Sonic up the stairs, down the hall till they reached the entrance to the attic. "You said that something really spooked you in the attic right?" Sonic asked Chris.

"Y-yeah." Chris answered him.

"Well then let's go up there and find out what it was." Sonic said pointing to the attic. Chris didn't want to tell him about the doll of tails that he found up there and followed Sonic. Sonic pulled down the stairs to the attic and they proceeded up to the attic. It was dark. Sonic had just barley grabbed the light switch. "So where was this thing that scared you Chris?" Sonic asked him. Chris pointed to the back of the attic. Sonic went to have a look. After a few minutes Sonic went back to Chris and said "Whatever it was…" Sonic looked back "It's gone now." After that they left the attic, closed the door and went back to the others. Sonic walked towards Amy and said "Whatever was in that attic, it left last night."

"I hope Chris is gonna be okay." Amy said concerned.

There day when by as normal till that night.

5:30 that night…

"They should be here any minute now." Amy said. "Where is Sonic!"

"He went out for his usual run." Tails said.

"Well if he doesn't get here soon he's going to be late." Amy said with a frown.

"Who's gonna be late?" Said a voice behind her.

"Sonic of cause!" Then she turned around to find Sonic sitting on the couch next to her. "Sonic! When did you get here!

"Just now." Sonic responded.

"Well don't make us worry like that. And where's Shadow and Maria!" Amy yelled.

"CONTROL!" Shadow and Maria appeared in front of them.

"Where'd you two disappear to last night?" Sonic asked.

"Space Colony Ark." Shadow answered. "I had remembered that professor Gerald had suit for me and a dress for Maria just in case we had a party or any occasion that we had to have a suit for." Shadow was wearing a Black and red suit while Maria was wearing a light blue dress, Sonic was wearing a dark blue and light green suit, Amy was wearing the same dress she was wearing at the party on the blue typhoon, Chris was wearing a white suit, Cream was wearing a dress similar to Amy's but it was peach and orange colour.

Sonic was too distracted because of Shadows shoes to hear what he was saying. "Hey Shadow! You're not wearing your hover shoes!" Sonic said.

"I decided not to. I didn't want them to start by accident." Shadow replied.

"Alright then." Said Sonic. "So when exactly where they coming?

"They said somewhere around 5:30 and 5:45." Tails Said.

They waited another 5 minutes for them and finally...

"Hey guy's sorry were late."Said zidane

"No need to be sorry you had 10 minutes left."Tails Replied.

"Come on in guy's!" Said Luneth signaling there friends to come in.

To be continued...