Hi everyone! This is part one of three of the characters three day beach weekend! In this part, we see a glimpse of Millie's other side(s?), plus, can Shadow really ever get scared? I know, it may be a rubbish summary, but as I've said before, I'm rubbish at them so meeeeeh! Again, please review and comment or whatever it is, it helps me loads and furled my inspiration to write more! Thank you!

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Before they knew it, it was Saturday. Millie had made it through and been asked to sing the opening song for the next round. The friends finally found out that Leah was Knuckles' new girlfriend and that he wasn't going to change his mind this time. This weekend they were going to spend it at the beach, much to Sonic's dismay. They had rented out a beach cabin on a private part of the coastline, with enough rooms for each of them with a spare room.

The beach itself glowed with beautiful golden yellow sand and crystal clear waters. The occasional crab scuttled across the shoreline, however it always seemed to be looking in Sonic's direction with the hedgehog glaring right back at it. Along the cliff face gorgeous flowers bloomed in many colours and shapes with a bright green background of leaves.

After a short morning snooze Millie woke Saturday morning in her beach cabin bed. Yawning she stretched the length of the bed, pushing the quilt off with her feet. "What a good nights sleep, I slept like a log." She looked out her bedside window to see Tails and Cream already on the beach making sand castles.

'Today I'm gonna try that thing Knuckles told me about. Chi chi chi, time for operating revenge!'

'Chi chi chi' was Millie's, catchphrase, so to speak. She used it mostly when up to no good, planning something like a prank or joke to pull. Millie dressed in a white and pale orange striped swim suite. Decorated with little beaded strings at the hip. She pulled on a pale purple and blue checkered short sleeve shirt and denim shorts over the top.

Millie left her room and headed for the kitchen to have breakfast. After placing the bowl in the sink to be washed later. Millie joined the others outside, making sandcastles with Cream the rabbit was fun! She looked around for Sonic and found him lounging on a sun chair under a parasol.

'Hey Tails, how come Sonic isn't in the water with the others?'

'He doesn't like getting wet, or water in general. Sometime Knuckles and I have to almost crowbar him into the shower then barricade the door until he washes.'

'Wow. Isn't that a bit extreme?'

'Not if you're dealing with Sonic.'

'Why does he hate water so much?'

'Mr. Sonic can't swim. And he won't let anyone teach him.' Cream answered. Millie looked back at Sonic, and giggled. "I wonder if he'll let me teach him? Hehe!"

It was the middle of the day and the sun was hot, even swimming in the sea didn't help. Millie flopped onto the sand next to Leah, exhausted from the heat.

'Man, it's so hot!'

'Then why don't you get yourself an ice lolly?' Leah winked at Millie, the blue cat thought for a moment then realised Knuckles must've told Leah the same thing he told her.

'Ok! I know, I'll get something for everyone!' Millie suddenly found some energy and sprung into the air calling out to everyone.

'Hey guys! I'm gonna get myself a ice lolly, would anyone else like something?'

'Can Cream and I have an ice-cream please, flake for Cream and chocolate sprinkles for me.' Tails asked.

'An orange lolly for me please.' Amy called.

'I'll have the same as Amy.' Leah added.

'Lime soda please.' Sonic asked then Shadow asked for the same.

'I'll just have a coke please.' Knuckles said finally. Millie counted on her fingers what everyone wanted, grabbed her purse then ran up the hill to the ice-cream stand. She came back down a few minutes later with a tray full of stuff. Three cans, two ice-creams in a holder and three ice lollies. Everyone took what they asked for and thanked Millie, she put the tray down and took her own lolly out of the wrapper.

It was a raspberry and strawberry ice lolly with a red and blue stripe swirl pattern. Sitting between Shadow and Sonic under the two parasols she licked the end of it, making sure at least Shadow saw. The plan worked, Shadow saw her lick the end of the lolly and then noticed the colours. He blushed almost as red as the markings on his body.

'You picked that ice lolly on purpose, didn't you?'

'Hm? No. I really like raspberry and strawberry! Just like red and blue slushies!' Millie licked the lolly again, making sure she went from the base to the top.

'Stop that! You are doing it on purpose!' Shadow said frustrated, he felt uneasy and a little turned on by her actions. "How is she able to do that? Only Sonic knows that turns me on!"

'Sheesh! Am I not aloud to stop my lolly from melting? Honestly.' Millie licked it again, then put the top of it in her mouth, sucked the melted juice off and took it out. Shadow could do nothing but turn an even deeper shade of red. Sonic took another gulp of his soda, noticed Millie sucking on the lolly and almost spat out his drink.

'What's up with you?' Millie asked sarcastically.

'Wha-oh, n-nothing. J-just swallowed too much soda!' The blue hedgehog said quickly. Millie repeated the licking actions, both hedgehogs next to her blushing. She knew full well what she was doing and the effect it was having on them both.

'Wow Shadow! You look like you need some sun cream!' Knuckles laughed.

'Shut up!' Shadow scoffed turning to Millie.

'You're so gonna get it later!'

'Whatever for?' Millie looked innocently in the black hedgehogs direction.

'You bloody well know what!'

'I have no idea what you're talking about. Now, if you don't mind, I'm gonna put my lolly stick in the bin.' She waved the bare stick in front of Shadow. He bit down on the end and didn't let go.

'What on earth is that for?'

'Whats to come.' Shadow said with a devious smile. Millie looked scared for a moment then took advantage of the situation.

'Well if you're going to hold the stick in your teeth you can put it in the bin.' She let go and ran over to Leah who was beside herself with laughter at the scene.

'What was that about?' Sonic asked Shadow.

'Oh nothing you should worry about.' Then decided to get his own back for now. He checked to see if Millie was looking then leaned over to Sonic and kissed him. Millie squeaked and blushed, Leah caught her before she fell onto the sand. Sonic however, wasn't best pleased with what Shadow did.

'Hey! Not in the open!' He yelled pushing the other hedgehogs face away.

'Sorry faker, it had to be done.' Shadow shrugged. Sonic turned away blushing, then was surprised by a rubber ring suddenly round his waste.

'Meanie!' Millie stuck her tongue out at Shadow then pulled Sonic and the ring.

'Wah! W-where are we going?!'

'To the water silly! Why else would you need a rubber ring?'

'WHAT?! I DON'T THINK SO! LEMME GO!' Sonic dug his heels into the sand slowing Millie down.

'Stop being so difficult. Don't make me pick you up.'

'You wouldn't!' Sonic protested now trying to walk the opposite way. Millie, fed up with his reluctance to comply, picked Sonic up and threw him over her shoulder, rubber ring and all.

'Not one of your most dignifying moments is it?' Knuckles teased, laughing at Sonic's defeat.

'Oh shut up, knucklehead!' Sonic said grumpily. He could hear the splashing of water as Millie walked into the sea.

'H-how deep are we going?' He asked nervously.

'Deep enough so that you'll float without touching the sand.'

'Ah! Please no! I like to be touching solid ground please!' Sonic could feel the water on his feet, it was lukewarm but still sent shivers down his spine. Millie placed him in the water then swam pushing the ring, just enough so Sonic couldn't put his feet flat on the sand.

'You look so cute in a ring!' Millie chirped.

'I am not amused.' Sonic said unhappy at being waste deep in water. The only thing he liked was the ring keeping him afloat. A small wave rolled up the beach moving Sonic up and down making him yelp.

'Calm down, it's only a small wave.' Amy said swimming up to the pair.

'Well done for getting him in the water. How'd you convince him?'

'Surprise rubber ring round the arms and waste, then I pulled him along for a bit. Eventually though I had to oof him over my shoulder and carry him the rest of the way.'

'Haha! Difficult isn't he!' They both laughed whilst Sonic frantically planned an escape route, however each one required him to leave the ring and swim, which he couldn't do.

'Hey Amy.' Millie beckoned the pink hedgehog round the other side of the ring and whispered something in her ear.

'Really!?' Amy sounded excited.

'Yep! At the same time, ready. One, two.' Then they both yelled,

'THREE!'

The cat and the pink hedgehog pushed off the sand and hugged either side of Sonic, each planting a kiss on his cheek.

'WAH! LEMME GOOO!' Sonic screamed, stuck between the two girls.

'Nope!'
'Never!'

The others on the beach laughed, Leah grabbed her camera and took photo's. She had been doing so all day, getting all the 'important' events. Later that after noon Amy and Millie let Sonic back onto dry land, Leah played a prank by putting a couple of ice cubes down the back of Knuckles' swim trunks and they had a barbecue at dinner.

Millie made stuffed peppers to be grilled, Amy helped with the kebabs and the others helped set out plates, picnic blankets, cutlery and anything else needed. After dinner Millie and Leah cleared away plates, Shadow strangely enough did the pots and one by one everyone went to bed.

Millie was last to bed, switching off all the lights and yawning. In her room she changed into pyjamas manually. A thin green vest top and purple cotton bed shorts.

'It's too hot to sleep under the cover. I'll close the window though, don't want to get bitten by mozzies.' Millie yawned closing the window, she left the curtains open to look at the moons reflection on the sea.

'Almost full, careful of werewolf's.' Shadow said from the corner of the room.

'Eh! Shadow! Please stop sneaking into my room, its rather annoying.'

'I've only done it once before and that was Tuesday.' He paced over and leaned on the bed, he too looked out the window.

'What d'you want?' Millie asked tiresome. Turning, she flopped backward onto the bed, her head landing on the pillows.

'Don't you remember my warning from earlier? Or had you pushed it out of memory?' Millie thought for a bit, then remembered teasing Shadow and his words, "you're so gonna get it later."

'Oh that. I just assumed you were going to tickle me to death of something.'

'That's an idea... But no. I have something else in mind.' He said with a seductive smile on his face. Millie took little notice and giggled, she stretched, bending her head back and pushing her flat chest up. Shadow took the opportunity to position himself over her, an arm either side of her chest and crotch just above hers.

Bowing his head he kissed the middle of her neck. Millie's eyes shot open and she tried to wriggle free but was trapped by Shadow's arms and legs.

'Hey Shadow, get off me please.' She pleaded.

'I don't think so. I'm not finished.' Bowing his head again he kissed the side of her neck and held her gently in place with his teeth. Millie took a short breath and tried to use her legs to kick him off but her knee met with the base of his tail.

'Doing that is only going to help me and not you. But thank you anyway.' Shadow used his arms to trap her torso, she held on to the top of his. They felt muscular even though there was no obvious definition. The ebony hedgehog then ran his tongue from the middle of her shoulder all the way up her neck.

'Sha-dow... D-don't...' Millie pleaded again. Her neck felt strangely numb as if his saliva was a sedative. She could feel him biting again, but was powerless to move under his hot body. Then she felt something penetrate the skin, it didn't hurt but instead just felt uncomfortable.

Millie feared the worst, "h-he's not a vampire is he? I hope he doesn't convert me!"Then Shadow made a quiet slurping sound, she felt the blood being sucked out of her neck.

'Sha-dow...' Millie barely whispered. After a what seemed like hours Shadow let her neck go and put his bare hand over the puncture wounds stopping the blood. Millie felt very light headed and turned to look at Shadow who was now straddling her hips. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth as he looked down at his prey, she moved her hand over his.

'I'm using my chaos energy to heal it so there won't be any marks.' His hand became warm and glowed slightly green. After a minute Millie's breathing went back to normal, but she wasn't back to her normal self. Her iris' became wider and her pupils turned to slits, she managed to sit up somewhat even though Shadow hadn't moved.

Millie put a hand on his shoulder, pulled herself up, then used the other arm to aid her. Bringing her face very close to his she said,

'You're not the only one that likes the taste of blood, chi chi chi.' Millie licked the blood droplet from the corner of Shadow's mouth, her tongue no longer felt soft and instead felt like sandpaper. She moaned in his ear purposefully. The grip on his shoulder tightened, enough that Shadow started to feel pain. "I rarely ever feel pain, so, why does my shoulder hurt? And why did she say blood three times?"

Millie roughly kissed the side of Shadow's neck then bit down hard.

'Ow! Hey, that actually hurts!' He winced at the cats sudden attack. She did not break the skin as he did but laughed softly, letting his neck go.

'Do you really think I'd bite you? You're immortal so your blood is stale and tasteless and anyway, my prey has been chosen.' She pulled back and gave him a sinister smile. For once in many years Shadow felt scared for his own safety and used chaos control to teleport into his room. Millie, simply lay down, and slept.

Back on his own bed Shadow lay down and stared at the ceiling. "That wasn't the girl from Monday, that wasn't the ditzy cat that fell over thin air and had a tendency talk to herself. No. That was someone else. Someone who knew what they were doing and knew they were doing it with the intent of scaring." He turned over and tried to sleep. However, nothing but nightmares poisoned his slumber.

The next morning Millie woke feeling refreshed yet still drowsy. She heard talking in the kitchen and assumed some had already had got up and decided to join them.

'Good morning!' Millie chirped getting a bowl out.

'Good morning Millie. Had a good nights sleep?' Amy replied.

'I think so, I believe I slept like a log, haha! Again.' She turned to the lower cereal cupboard when Amy gasped.

'Whats wrong Amy?' Leah asked walking through from Knuckles' room.

'Um... Millie's eyes. They... Look different.' Amy pointed to Millie as she stood. They were still the same as last night, Leah half gasped then asked Millie if she felt ok.

'Me? I feel fine, why?'

'Well have you seen your eyes lately?' Leah held up a small pocket mirror. Millie gave a sharp drawn breath, covered her mouth and walked backward into the cabinet.

'Er! Um! I... Need to get some air! Back in a moment!' The cat ran for the door, as she opened it she collided with Sonic. They landed on the floor with a loud thud.

'Ouch! You ok Millie?'

'If you hadn't been in my way I would be fine!' Her voice dark and nasty.

'What? You were the one running through the door!'

'Whatever! I need to get out!' Millie stood and pushed past Sonic. "What's with Millie?" Leah, Knuckles and Amy ran to the hall at the sound of yelling.

'What happened Sonic?' Leah asked frantic.

'I came through the door after my run and crashed into Millie. I said sorry but she just snapped. What happened to her? She's usually nice.'

'Sorry but I need to find her! I think I know what's happened.' Leah shot through the door calling Millie's name. Shadow walked out of his room wondering what all the commotion was.

'What's going on?'

'Something's happened to Millie. She got really nasty all of a sudden.' Shadow remembered last night and shook where he stood.

'You've got something to do with this haven't you! You look as guilty as kid caught stealing bread!' Amy said before he could walk back in his room.

'Nothing to do with me. Wha-hey!' Shadow tried to escape the three of them but had his escape route cut by Sonic. He pushed Shadow onto the opposite wall and glared at him.

'What did you do!?' Shadow smirked, he could never seem to take Sonic seriously.

'Well, lets put it this way. I now know that Millie is type AB negative.'

'What?! You mean you-'

'What do you think?' Shadow looked proud of himself. Sonic staggered backward, he knew exactly what Shadow had done and he wasn't very happy.

'SONIC! GET OUT HERE NOW!' Leah hollered from outside. With one last glare he ran outside to Leah. He was met with Millie's lips as the brown cat pushed the two together in a surprise kiss, Millie's eyes turned back to normal from the sudden shock and when Leah let her go she almost fell back.

'Omigosh! Sonic I'm sorry! You know I never meant to shout!' Millie flapped.

'Hey it's alright, you weren't yourself.' He helped her up. Inside Shadow was slowly inching his way into the kitchen, that is until he heard his name be called by someone he definitely didn't want to hear.

'SHADOW! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!?' Millie shouted, a dark aura appeared around her as she quickly paced through the door. "Oh shit!" Were Shadow's last thoughts before he could take another step. An iron like grip landed on his shoulder pulling him back and throwing him into the closest room. He crashed into the wall, not that it hurt much. Then he saw Millie in the doorway, eyes like hell and the dark aura growing. The other three ran to the house and found Millie walking into the room.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Shadow thought as Millie picked him up by the long white chest fur, her hand slid to the base of his throat, holding Shadow in place.

'Hehe, you can't hurt me. You're not strong enough.' Shadow said before regretting his words. Her grip on his throat grew tighter, tight enough that it did start to hurt the black hedgehog. Shadow's eyes widened "crap! H-how is this hurting? Sh-she's not that strong, is she?" He tried to move her arm away but it felt as if it had been welded in place.

Millie balled her other hand into a tight fist and it burst into green-blue flames. Bringing the fist sharply up to his face, Shadow turned away from the flame. Feeling the heat scorch the ends of his fur.

'She's not gonna?' Sonic asked worried.

'Just wait.' The brown cat teased.

The heat from her hand disappeared, daring to open his eyes Shadow saw her let his neck go. He slid down the wall eyes wide, clutching at his heart which he felt pounding against his ribs. Millie fell about in laughter, kicking the air as she tried to breathe between words.

'Bahaha! You, you ac-actually thought! Hahaha! My-my sides hurt! N-n-neko-chan help!' Millie couldn't stop laughing. Eventually Leah managed to calm her down enough so she could breathe, Sonic walked over to Shadow and crouched.

'Hey shads, are you ok? Hello?... Erm, Millie, I think you broke Shadow.' Sonic waved his hand several times in front of Shadow's face and got no response.

'Oh..hehe. Don't worry, I know how to fix him.' She smiled now also crouching in front of the suddenly paralysed hedgehog.

'Hey Shaadooow! What does 'chi' mean?' Millie waited for him to answer, at first there was just a murmur and his eyes became less wide. Then, as if someone had applied an electric shock, Shadow bolted up to a standing position, half glaring and half showing fear looking at the pale blue cat.

'YOU! KEEP AWAY FROM ME! NO ONE, NO ONE HAS EVER MADE ME FEEL AS SCARED AS I DO NOW! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?' Shadows rage shook through the beach cabin, he now did not care whom else was in the room, nor did he care that he'd admitted to being scared for once in his life.

'Wow Shadow! Calm down a bit.' Sonic said stepping back making calming gestures.

'QUIET! How were you able to scare me?!' He lowered his voice at the sound of Cream stirring, but it was still aggressive towards Millie who flinched slightly at his snarling voice.

'Simple. Using the one thing that scares even the bravest of people, or should I say, all those able to feel pain. You might be immortal Shadow but that doesn't mean that the pain receptors in your skin aren't dead. Neither are you because your blood flows, I used the element of fear to get my own back for last night. And anyway, I could never hurt you, that badly, even if it were necessary. That is, unless you're a demon and that's a different story.' Millie's voice was a lot more calm and jokie.

Leah was amazed by Millie's calm mind in front of him, Knuckles couldn't believe the words that came out of her, Amy looked rather impressed at Millie's successive attempt to scare Shadow. But Sonic looked worried, was Shadow going to flip or keep it calm. He feared the worst.

Shadow just stood for a moment, trying to control the rage that so wanted to burst and destroy the igniter. But after a while, he finally closed his eyes and breathed out calmly.

'I'll be in my room for today. So don't expect me out in the sun.' He said in a low gruff tone before chaos controlling to his room. Millie was rather surprised by his response, she had expected him to flip out too.

'Well. That was quite an episode wasn't it?' Knuckles tried to lighten the mood, Sonic turned to smile at the echidna when Tails burst in.

'What happened! I heard shouting and banging! Is eggman back?!' Tails spoke faster than any of the others could make out, by now Leah had dragged Millie out of the room for a "talk" as she put it.

'Haha! No don't worry buddy! If eggman were here we'd ALL know about it.' Sonic laughed.

'Yeah! mainly because you'd have beaten him already!' Knuckles added now laughing.

'Oh thank goodness. Well if it wasn't eggman, then what happened?' He grabbed Sonic's hand.

'C'mon. I'll explain what happened over breakfast.' He said, taking the excited yellow fox to the kitchen. Back outside, Millie and Leah sat against the cabin to have that 'talk' Leah mentioned earlier.

'So. Explain to me what happened last night.' Leah said very sternly, Millie was surprised by her friends sudden tone.

'L-last night?'

'Yes, last night.'

'W-well um... I was going to bed as usual and I started to look at the moons reflection in the water. Then Shadow's voice said 'Almost full, careful of werewolf's'. I got annoyed at him briefly for sneaking into my room again but that soon subsided. I flopped onto the bed and didn't pay any attention to what he was doing, that is, until he kissed the middle of my neck.'

'Carry on.' Leah demanded.

'Okay! Alright! I tried to wriggle free but he had me trapped, then I tried to kick him off but that didn't work either. He then kissed the side of my neck and held be in place by his teeth whilst he trapped my torso. I though it was just going to be another kissing thing but when he ran his tongue along the side of my neck and I feared otherwise.' Leah's eye widened at what she heard.

'I could feel it turn numb, then he bit down again. This time he broke the skin but it didn't hurt, it just felt uncomfortable. Then I heard a slurping sound and I could feel the blood flowing out of my neck. I felt very light headed when Shadow stopped and he healed the bite marks so they wouldn't show. After that, I, don't remember anything.'

Leah thought for a moment, she was definitely going to talk to Shadow sometime today, but then a mischievous smile appeared from under her hands. She could hear Knuckles making his way to the door.

'So, he did something like this.' She turned quickly and flattened Millie's legs.

'L-Leah, what are you doing?' Millie asked nervously, she was scared at Leah's ridiculous mood change.

'Then he did, this?' Leah moved closer to Millie's face, the cabin door began to open and Knuckles started to walk through.

'L-Leah! I don't think you should-mmpf!' She had to stop as Leah feigned a kiss. Knuckles turned and stumbled off the steps, he quickly covered his nose before a fountain of blood erupted.

'What the hay bails was that for!' Millie exclaimed pushing Leah off. Leah stood and brushed the sand off her knees before going to inspect the bloody heap that was Knuckles.

'How's your nose?' She teased playfully.

'I can't believe you did that.' The echidna muttered. The blush was as red as his fur and the dazed look on his face was priceless.

'Oh dear! Knuckles, I'm so sorry. I had no idea Leah was going to do that!' Millie apologised frantically.

'It's ok, I blame Leah for this one.' He replied getting up then giving a playful half glare to Leah.

'Aaww! Does my Knuckles not like me anymore?' Leah feigned a pout, exaggerating large puppy eyes and sticking her bottom lip out. He rolls his eyes, sighs and smiles.

'No, I still like you. More than that even.' And they hugged, Leah cheekily and quickly rubbed at the base of his tail.

'Eeh! What was that for?!' Knuckles gasped in surprise.

'Because I love you!' She giggled and ran off.

'H-hey!' Knuckles made chase.

Millie stood up and rubbed her head. Leah had tried to kiss her as a joke before but the second time felt funny. She sighed and went back inside, the back of her pyjamas were now stained with sand and needed washing but that could wait till they got back to the dorms. Ignoring the ruckus in the main part of the hut she walked back into her own room to get dressed for another day at the beach.