SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG

Disclaimer: I do not own the Sonic characters, just the OC's

Chapter one: Who Am I?

Over a month has passed since Sonic and Shadow united their powers to defeat the Final Hazard on the ARK. Ever since that day, Sonic has been traveling the world, but it wasn't for fun like it usually was. After the battle on the ARK, Kumori had revealed the truth to Sonic and that Amy was still alive somewhere on Earth. Ever since then, Sonic has been running across the globe, hoping to find her. But this story is not about Sonic.

In the far city of Westopolis, Shadow stands on a hill just outside the city. Things weren't right with him and his memories. His mind was abuzz with the confusion of determining which of his memories was real and which were lies. He also was curious about the differences between him and his prototypes, Kumori and the Biolizard.

Then, the wind blew by with a newspaper being carried by it. As the newspaper was about to pass him, his eyes caught a particular article and quickly grabbed it before it got too far away for him to reach. 'Fire-in-the-sky Celebration, 50 Year return of Black Comet!' he read from the paper out loud. "Black Comet, that name seems familiar somehow, probably nothing." Shadow thought as he allowed the paper to be taken by the wind once more.

"My mind so very confused, now more then ever. I am slowly forgetting everything I once knew about my past. I can hardly remember anything that happened over 50 years ago, except for those times with Kumori and Maria." Shadow thought. He smiled as he remembered the times he would spend with Kumori and Maria, just watching the planet below them.

---Flashback---

Shadow watched the Earth as Kumori taught him everything she knew about it, that she learned from Maria. "Maria told me that the Earth is made up of mostly water and that when the sun sets over the horizon, the sky is filled with a beautiful array of colors." Kumori told him. "Wow, Maria is lucky to have lived on such a planet." Shadow said. "yeah, maybe we'll visit there someday." Kumori said hopeful "Don't count on it." Shadow said

Just then Maria walked in. "Don't say that shadow, I'm sure you'll go there someday." Maria said to him. "According to Professor Gerald, that won't happen anytime soon. The government is afraid of us and they will try to kill us." Shadow explained. "But that doesn't mean you have to stop dreaming, does it?" Maria asked. "No, I guess not." Shadow said.

"Maria. She was always a dreamer." Shadow thought. Shadow looked to the city in front of him and thought how much Maria would have wanted to visit the planet she loved so much. Shadow knew that the reason Maria had been sent to the ARK was because of her illness and could not travel to Earth, for her grandfather thought she would die if she did. "It didn't matter. In the end she died anyway." Shadow thought as he remembered how she was killed by the G.U.N. soldiers after sending Shadow and Kumori to Earth.

Another thing that was bothering him was about him and his prototypes. Sure, they were created by the same person for the same reason, but Shadow was different then the other two. The first prototype created by Professor Gerald was the Biolizard. The most obvious difference between the two was the fact that it was a huge lizard monster and he was a small speedy hedgehog. Unlike Shadow, the Biolizard used a life-support system to survive, but it could use the power of the chaos emeralds like him.

The next prototype was Kumori. Kumori was the closest experiment to Shadow in many ways. First off, she was a hedgehog like him, had super speed like him, and had eternal youth like Shadow as well. But despite the similarities, Kumori was different because she couldn't use chaos magic like Shadow or the Biolizard. "I don't understand. Why am I different from the other two? Just what exactly is the truth of my origin?" Shadow asked himself.

As Shadow pondered these questions, blood red clouds began to form over the city of Westopolis. The clouds open themselves up and an amazingly large amount of black demonic aliens fell from them. When the aliens first landed on to the ground, they started to destroy everything in sight without even showing the slightest bit of hesitation.

Shadow watched as the alien were destroying the city and not planning on letting them continue their rampage. "If those alien freaks think they can come destroy my planet, my home, then they got another thing coming." Shadow proclaimed. Shadow was about to run into the city and eliminate the alien invaders until his ears caught the sound of a demonic bone-chilling voice. "Shadow…"

Shadow looked behind him and saw black-purple octopus like-alien with a large, bright red eye floated towards him. The alien stopped and its eye glowed to show a hologram of, what Shadow thought, was the alien leader. The leader was a floating black, three-eyed alien with two red horizontal horns. He wore a brown and golden robe with a chain around his neck and various jewels all around his robe. The figure looked to Shadow and seemed somewhat pleased by his arrival.

"As you can see, the day of reckoning will soon be here. Find the seven Chaos Emeralds, and bring them to me - as promised, Shadow." The alien said to Shadow. Shadow was shocked and confused at how the alien leader knew his name and wanted him to bring him the most powerful items in the entire world. "Alright, who are you and give me one good reason why I should do what you say!" Shadow shouted. The alien leader looked at Shadow strangely, thinking he was joking. But he wasn't.

"I am Black Doom, leader of the Black Arms." Black Doom stated. "The Black Arms?" Shadow questioned. "And I do happen to have a good reason for you to obey me." Black Doom told him. "Oh yeah, What?!" Shadow asked with anger. "You wish to know the truth about you origins, do you not? Find and bring me the seven chaos emeralds and I will tell you everything you want to know." Black Doom offered. Shadow shocked to learn that this black monstrosity could hold the answers to the very questions he wanted answered.

Shadow was about to ask Black Doom how he knew anything about him, but was unable to as the hologram disappeared and the eye floated away. He was ready to chase it until a few random explosions caused him to lose his balance. Shadow got back on his feet with a look of determination in his eyes. "He knows something about my origins, then like it or not, I have to do what he says. That means I must find the seven chaos emeralds!" Shadow said. Shadow ran off into the destroyed city to begin his hunt the emeralds and his secrets.

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