Diapers, Bottles, And Chaos

Hello, I want to write this before I have to go to school tomorrow. Gosh its going to be so horrible now. I was so used to of staying home. I stayed home for over a week anyways Enjoy!

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It was afternoon now. Everyone was outside in the playground. The playground had a couple of old rusted swings. It also had those cheap green slides. There was a sand place where you can make sand castles or something. There was a fence that secured the playground so nobody would be foolish to escape. Sonic and Tails were making sand castles. They always pouted when Knuckles would crush the sand castle. But, they never gave up hope they always would build another one. There goal was to make the biggest and the best sand castle ever. Rouge would try to flirt with Knuckles he would usually get so annoyed whenever she would do that. But, a part of him was use to this. Amy and Cream were swinging on the swings. They usually challenged themselves to go really high and then jump off of the swing unharmed. Shadow would be the lone wolf and hang around on top of the fence. Usually he would just look at the clouds and think of Maria or whatever that came to his mind. Sometimes Amy or Rouge would talk to him. Today though he was just looking out at the scenery. He loved to look at the clouds at first he thought it was useless but, he remembered one time on the ARK he and Maria would look at the clouds that surrounded Earth. Maria always thought that clouds were made out of cotton candy. At the time he didn't know what she was talking about.

"Shadow," a grumpy voice that brung him out of his thoughts.

Shadow pretended not to hear him he just kept looking out at the scenery. Shadow sat leg crossed and he rested his head on his hands. He took this moment to appreciate the warmth on his fur thanks to the sun. The winds blew in his quills making them sway and cooling him off so he wouldn't get to warm. Lots of clouds to look at to keep him entertained.

"Shadow," the same voice said but sounding rather impatient.

Shadow continued to ignore him.

" Appreciate the beauty of nature
Say hello to strangers
Don't be afraid to show your emotions

Live your world of dreams," Maria once said to Shadow.

"SHADOW!," the furious figure yelled.

"Hm," Shadow hummed while still remembering Maria's words of wisdom and still staring at the scenery.

The figure still felt like he was ignored so he punched the fence causing Shadow to almost loose his balance. Shadow tightly gripped the post of the fence so he will not fall. After he caught his balance he glared at the figure dangerously.

"Knuckles what do you want?," Shadow growled under his breath.

"Come down here," Knuckles said pointing at the ground but Shadow couldn't see since he was still in dream land.

Shadow slowly climbed down when he got to the ground he felt cold, unprotected, and mostly confused. The shade made him appear darker to Knuckles but his blood red eyes glowed like a nightlight. Shadow crossed his arms over his chest to save some of the warmth from the sun and to look like he doesn't care. Knuckles grabbed his wrist and tried to walk near the rest of the gang. But, Shadow locked his feet to the ground. Knuckles used all of his strength to pull Shadow. The red determined Echidna managed to pull Shadow a few feet. Shadow wasn't in the mood to deal with this so he chaos controlled back on top of the fence where he was before. He returned to warmth, protection, and slightly loved. He felt Maria's presence in the air. Knuckles finally realized that Shadow was gone.

"Shadow! Come on," Knuckles said while pounding his fists together.

The wind blew making Shadow feel like Maria was coming near him. In the distance he could hear Knuckles ranting about how he was going to beat up Shadow if he didn't come over to where he was.

"Shut up Echidna," Shadow whispered while closing his eyes and trying to imagine Maria once again.

Knuckles decided to give up and he walked over to where everyone else was. Sonic and Tails stopped building the super giant sand castle. Cream and Amy jumped off of the swings unharmed. Rouge just came back from inside and brung out a juice box. She saw Knuckles looking at her and in her response she just winked at him. Knuckles just glared at her.

"Did you bring him?," Amy asked while brushing sand off of her boots.

"Does it look like it Amy," Knuckles growled.

"Hey Knuckles lighten up," Sonic said while looking at Shadow.

Knuckles growled "Shut up Sonic,"

Everyone took at moment to take a quick look at Shadow. Then they quickly looked back at each other. They wanted to help him become more sociable especially Amy.

Shadow was looking at the horizon but, something caught his eye. He saw a beautiful blond girl. She was happily skipping across the meadows. She had aqua blue eyes that shined with life and happiness. She noticed Shadow. She stared at him for a moment then she winked at him and continued to skip and sing a beautiful melody. She was singing a song that he once remembered. Quite alarmed he was he quickly stood up balancing over the fence.

"Maria," He whispered to the wind.

He jumped over the other side and chased the girl who he hoped it was Maria. But, deep in his heart he knew this was impossible. He had to try though, he had to see. He would never know. He quickly ran through the meadows. He was catching up to the mysterious girl.

The others gasped as they saw Shadow jump over the fence. They quickly ran to the fence. Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles climbed the fence. Rouge and Cream flew up to see what Shadow was doing. Sonic, Amy, and Knuckles sat on the fence while Cream and Rouge had sat themselves on top of the fence too. All they saw was a black and red blur running near the meadows. In times it seems like that they don't care about Shadow but, they do. Even though at times they fight with him they still consider him as a friend.

What stood before Shadow was the mysterious girl. Shadow cautiously walked over to her. She was smelling some red roses. She seemed to not notice Shadows presence, yet. She was giggling to herself as she was overjoyed.

"What is he doing," Rouge asked to everyone.

"I don't know," Tails answered.

"But, whatever he is doing its best to leave him alone," Amy said while observing Shadows actions.

The beautiful blond girl had put down the roses.

"Appreciate the beauty of nature

Say hello to strangers

Don't be afraid to show your emotions

Live your world of dreams," She whispered seemingly to know that he was here all along.

Shadow gasped "Who are you,"

She silently giggled to herself "A friend,"

"Come on we have to see what's the matter," Rouge said.

"Yeah, lets go," Sonic said while jumping off the fence and landed on the other side.

Everyone else had copied his actions.

She still had her back to Shadow. Her identity was still unknown to Shadow. Shadow heard someone coming near him. He took a glance to see who it was. He growled under his breath as he saw everyone running towards him. He turned to see the mysterious girl again only to find out that she had disappeared.

"No," Shadow whispered. He felt disappointed, angry, and sad. He seated himself to the ground picking up the rose that the mysterious girl was holding. He carefully held the rose so that the thorns wont poke him

in his skin.

"Hey Shadow what's the matter?," Sonic said while slowly walking towards Shadow.

Shadow didn't reply he kept holding the rose in his hand. Moments later everyone caught up with Shadow. Shadow still stared in awe of the rose…the only proof that he had seen the mysterious girl.

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Ok I bet everyone knows who the mysterious girl is. I mean its not that hard.

Anyway I think this was a good chapter don't you. Sorry if anyone was OOC. Also sorry if they aren't babyish enough. Anyways have a nice day.