Project Shadow

Chapter IV

It was now the next morning and the sun started to shine through the skylight onto the ebony hedgie's eyes. Shadow started to flutter his eyes open, the light making him squint. After his eyes adjusted, the crimson-streaked hedgehog sat up and looked around, and looked over at the spot in the bed next to him. He didn't see the azure hedgehog next to him. This made Shadow look around more and the blue blur was getting dressed. He was already mostly dressed, he was just putting a shirt on. The blue blur felt eyes on him and he looked behind him and saw Shadow looking right at him. Shadow then looked away.

"Sorry Sonic," Shadow said while looking out the window, "I didn't mean to stare like that." This made Sonic just smile.

"It's fine Shads, no need to be sorry."

After a minute or two, the blue blur was done getting dressed.

"I'm gonna go downstairs and see what Tom and Maddie are making for breakfast," Sonic said as he walked towards the stairs that lead down from his attic bedroom, "You can choose whatever from my closet you like or whatever fits you."

Shadow nodded to let Sonic know he understood. The blue blur then gave the ebony hedgehog a soft smile and walked down the stairs.

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After a couple of minutes of Maddie teaching Tails how to cook pancakes, breakfast was ready. Everyone in the house sat down at the table, except for Sonic.

"Hey, where's Shadow?" Tails asked out.

"Oh, he was picking out clothes from my closet to wear," Sonic stated, "I'll go check on him."Sonic turned around and was about to start walking toward his room, but Shadow slowly walked from behind the corner. Sonic stopped as he watched the smaller hedgehog try not to trip on the dark grey sweats that he put on that were too long for him. He was also wearing a faded cornflower-blue Sonic (the restaurant) t-shirt that was also oversized. The azure hedgehog gave a shy smile at the ebony hedgie.

"Is this all right to wear Sonic?" Shadow asked while looking up at the blue blur."Y-Yeah that's fine!" Sonic said with a smile, "But today we can go clothes shopping for you."But this is quite comfortable."

"Yeah, Shads but you can barely walk in my sweats, they are covering your feet completely."Shadow looked down then back up and nodded, "Yeah, you're right."

Sonic chuckled and motioned for Shadow to sit down at the table. The ebony hedgehog slowly walked over to the table, still trying to trip on the sweats that were covering his feet. He sat down at the only empty chair and looked around.

"Hey Sonic, where are you going to sit?" Shadow asked and looked over at the blue hedgehog that grabbed his plate off the counter and started eating while standing up.

"Well since you came yesterday, we didn't get another chair for you yet. But it's okay I can just stand up and eat and you can sit down." Sonic continued to eat.

Shadow looked down at his pancakes and grabbed the fork that was next to his plate. Then he... sat there.

"Shadow, are you okay?" Maddie asked.

"What do I do with this metal pointy thing?" Shadow asked, examining the fork. Maddie let out a quiet chuckle, "you use it to eat your food."

Shadow then softly poked the top pancake with the fork and then looked back up at Maddie."I'll help you out Shads," Sonic said setting down his now empty plate on the counter.

The blue blur walked over and stood behind the smaller hedgie, put both his arms around Shadow, one on each side, and grabbed Shadow's right hand with his right, and the left hand with his left. He then started guiding Shadow's hand to cut the pancakes with his knife while holding down the pancakes with his fork. After they successfully cut pieces off of the pancake, they took the fork out of the pancake, then showed the ebony hedgie how to stab the pancake with his fork. After this final step, Sonic let go of Shadow's right hand but kept his left hand on Shadow's left.

"Now, just put the pancake in your mouth, just be careful not to bite the fork." Sonic smiled. Shadow looked at the piece of pancake on the fork and slowly brought it to his mouth. He then opened his mouth, put the pancake in his mouth, and slowly slid it off of the fork. He then started chewing it, making his tail wag.

"Wow. This Earth food is absolutely amazing." Shadow said, still chewing his pancakes, continuing to wag his tail.

Sonic smiled and let go of Shadow's other hand and stood up straight.

The ebony hedgehog got the hang of using the silverware quickly, and finished his pancakes before anyone else, even before Knuckles. This surprised everyone.

"You must've been hungry Shads," Sonic said as he collected Shadow's plate and silverware, taking it to the sink to clean it.

"Yeah, I'm not sure when the last time I ate was," Shadow said as he looked over at Sonic.

After the azure hedgie finished cleaning the plate, he looked over at the small hedgehog and gave another warm smile. 

Sonic had never seen another hedgehog before, it was just him and long claw when he was growing up. He never got to know what happened to his parents, so seeing another hedgehog gave him a warm feeling in his heart.

"So Shads, since you're new around here, how about I show you how to have fun here on Earth?" Sonic asked.

"What is 'fun'?" Shadow slightly tilted his head.

"Oh!" Knuckles lowly yelled out, "You're going to love the fun!"

This made Sonic chuckle. He then walked over to the small hedgie and held out a hand to him. 

"Knuckles is right, you're going to love it." 

Shadow's face slightly turned red to where it was barely noticeable. He then reached out his crimson-streaked hand and placed it into Sonic's peach-colored palm. The ebony hedgie then stood up and was about to start walking but he was abruptly stopped by Sonic who decided to pick the smaller hedgie up bridal style.

"Hang on." Sonic smirked, making Shadow wrap his arms around the bigger hedgehog's neck.

And with that, the azure hedgehog jogged to the front door, opened it, then sped off toward town, leaving just a blue streak behind.

Tom sighed as he stood up and walked over to the front door and closed it.

"I hope they don't get in trouble," Tom said as he walked back to the kitchen table and looked at Maddie, Knuckles, and Tails.

"I'm sure they'll be fine," Maddie said with a warm smile.

"Yeah," Tails started, "Knuckles is the troublemaker."

"Hey!" Knuckles grunted, making the others laugh.

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Hey guys, sorry for the delay in chapters and also so sorry for such a short chapter after waiting this long. Thank you for being patient! I just started my spring semester of college so I will be busy but I will try and make time to keep writing. I will try and maybe update more often but with shorter chapters so I can at least get something out. I currently have drafts of chapters for all my books but I just need the motivation to complete them. Thank you again and I hope to have another chapter out soon!

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