Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the characters in this story. There. I said it. I don't own Amy, Shadow or Sonic. They are © Sonic Team.

Author's Notes:: I dunno. Something I just randomly came up with.

-Innocence-

Amy Rose was going out for a little shopping around the city. She dressed in her red dress, put her headband on, and finally, her shoes. She opened the door, ready to head out when she heard a small sound by her feet. Curiouly, Amy looked down to find...

"A baby?!" She yelped. "What the....Wait a minute....This baby looks slightly familiar...." Amy looked at the baby, studying its feautures. Black fur, with red on quills, a little patch of white fur...

"Shadow!" Amy exclaimed excitedly. She screamed, the baby seemingly imitating her, screaming its heart out. She then stopped screaming, picking the child up, rocking him. "All righty, hush hush, sowwy fo' scaring joo, widdle baby Shadow..." Shadow seemed to calm down, hearing her stop screaming, now using a quiet, calm voice.

//I gotta get Sonic!// Amy thought. She went back into the house. //Guess my plan for shopping is gonna have to be put aside...// She sighed, ploppinh down near a telephone, Shadow lying on the couch seat next to her.

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Sonic raced down the hallway, picking up the phone.

"Hello? Sonic speaking!"

-Hello, Sonikku? It's Amy.-

Sonic sighed. "Whadda`ya want?"

-I discovered something on my doorstep today.-

"...And...?"

-Sonikku...- She took a deep breath...

"...Well...?"

-IfoundShadowonmydoorstepthismorningasababypleasehelpmetakecareofhim!-

Sonic facefaulted, falling to the floor with the phone. "What?! You gotta be kidding me!"

-Sonikku, this is no joke!-

"Bu-bu-bu-but....HOW?!"

-I dunno. He just showed up on my doorstep. It's a good thing I didn't step on him....-

"YOU ALMOST STEPPED ON HIM?!"

-Nevermind, Sonikku. Just come over here and help me!-

"Aaaalllrrriiiggghhhtt, be there in a flash!"

-Thanks, Son-

She was cut off by Sonic knocking at the door. Amy smiled upon seeing Sonic again.

"Alright, then, where's Shadow?" He asked.

Amy pointed to the little ball of quills and fur on the couch. "Right over there."

"Heeeeyyyy! Shadow! You really are alive!" Sonic exclaimed, eyes widened as he layed eyes upon the black hedgehoglet.

Shadow looked up curiously at Sonic with huge crimson eyes, and whacked Sonic upside the head with a rattle that came with him. He laughed cutely at Sonic, who had a bump on his forehead from being hit. Amy giggled lightly at them.

//Even as a baby, Shadow wants to make fun of me or kill me...// Sonic thought, rolling his eyes at the baby before him. //...Still, how the heck did this happen? Maybe he was programmed to do that if he should ever 'die.' Rebirth...//

"Sonikku! Can you stay here with me and help me take care of Shadow? I promise I won't do anything while he's here!" Amy said, jade eyes pleading.

Sonic could not resist the expression on the sugary pink hedgehog's face, giving into her. "Yeah, yeah. But don't you dare try anything!"

"Alright..." She mumbled.

"But I warn you; I don't know much about takin' care of babies."

"..."

"What?"

"I don't really, either."

Sonic stared at her disbelievingly. "Grreeeeaaattt....."

Amy then got a bright look on her face. "Let's take parenting lessons!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Sonic screamed with such force that it knocked Shadow down, Shadow now imbedded in the couch seat he was sitting on. Shadow looked as if he were about to cry, already huge eyes getting seemingly bigger, watering.

"AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Shadow let out the hugest, longest, and loudest cry Sonic and Amy had ever heard. Sonic put his two index fingers into his two ears, which did not quite work, due to the size of his ears.

"MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STTTOOOOPPPPPP!!!!" Sonic tried to yell over the noise. "Amy, PICK HIM UP!"

Amy rushed over to Shadow, picking the child up. He immediately stopped crying upon seeing her again, cooing and gurgling like a cute little baby. She tickled him, giggling as he clutched to her finger.

"Sonikku, ya wanna see if Shadow'll let you hold him?"

"Ah, well, I dunno...." Amy just put Shadow into his arms.

Shadow pouted upon seeing Sonic, looking towards Amy with a pleading look, as if to say, 'Take me back, take me back! Help me, he's gonna bite meeeee~!'

Amy didn't quite understand it, and within a few minutes....

"WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sonic nearly dropped Shadow to cover his ears, but knew that Amy would kill him. He tried to do what Amy did, rocking Shadow back and forth, trying to talk to him sweetly.

"Awww, Shadow, c'mon! I won't hurt `ya, you kyuuute widdle bay-bee!"

"AAAAAAAIIIIIYYYYEEEEE!!"

"....Shadow, please stop cryin' for Daddy Sonic...."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWAAAHHHH!!!"

"Shadow, please shut your-!"

"Sonikku, not in front of the baby!" Amy scolded, waving a finger in Sonic's face before scooping Shadow away from him.

Shadow sniffled, calming down in Amy's warm arms again. "Awww, whose a kyuuuuuutttteee widdle baby hedgie?"

"Awah?"

"Aawww, daz right, Shadsie is, Shadsie is!"

"Eihehe, goo!"

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I'll just end it right here for now. Wait for chap.2!