The Past affects the Present

The past

??? Pov

I was looking for a new place to conquer but instead I found ---- and here I thought he was dead. I wonder what he'll say when he sees me?However right now I need to focus on how to take over more land and robotisice more mobians for my army especially my enemy cause if I get him under my control lets just say it would be hard to take me down. I wonder why he left the Freedom Fighters of course I could just ask him when I see him.

Normal Pov

Today Sonic was going to tell Shadow somethings about the past or all of it he wasn't sure but before he left his house he made breakfast for him and Tails. He left his house making sure Tails would be fine for the day and to call him in case anything happens and with that he headed over to Shadow's house.

Shadow Pov

I was in the middle of making my coffee when there was knocking at the door Rouge had gone to answer it and I thought it was no one important since no one was coming over but just then I remebered Sonic had wanted to talk to me then I looked at the door and there was Sonic talking to Rouge. Then Rouge let him in and when he saw me he said "Hi Shads! Hope you don't mind me coming this early" I smiled "Not at all Faker but I assume you dont want to talk here" then Rouge saw me smile even if it were for a few seconds she then said "Look at that Mr.Sunshine actually smiled" Sonic who had already seen me smile before wasn't surprised but he laughed and said "Wow didn't think you had it in you Shadow!" I know that he wasn't surprised but no one knew we were dating which is also why he said my name instead of my nickname he calls me by that when he does say it in front of everyone they all think its just to annoy me and I act like it does annoy me when in reality I actually like the nickname "Well you two have fun I need to go do some stuff bye~!"I know that that usually either meant G.U.N missions or stealing jewelery"Bye Rouge!" Sonic said in his cheerfull voice "Bye" I said in my usual monotone voice "So did you have a place in mind?" I asked him fully aware he would not want to talk here "Well maybe.....Hold on I know! Here follow me!" then he ran off probably thinking I would trace his chaos energy which is what I was going to do then I ran off after him.

Sonic Pov

I ran off without waiting for him why? Cause I know he can track me by my chaos energy so its fine plus I was heading to a place I hadn't been to in a while so I sort of forgot the way. Im geuninely surprised I haven't heard my forms argue even once which you would think is nice since its peacefull but to me that just makes me panic cause they do not stay this quiet normally and when they are this quiet it never meant something good. I could probably tell Shadow about it after all I am planning on telling him my past not sure how much of it but something plus it would be nice to tell someone else of course I could have told Tails but I didn't want to worry him more than I probably already do. It took a while but I got to the place I wanted to go, it was a cave and inside was a waterfall and sunlight came from a hole at the top of the cave but it you had to navigate through a kind of maze to get here it was honestly kind of funny how I discovered this place but thats a story for another time unless Shadow asks me.

??? Pov

I was looking out onto the horizon when ---- came to tell me some news "Hi ---- whats new?" "Hi ---- so remember how you never wanted to meet ---- again" great is this something about ----"Yeah?" "Well we found ---- whereabouts and it looks like ---- is headed ---- way" thats horrible news but oh well guess I'll have to deal with them both *sigh* its going to be a long week

Normal Pov

Shadow had just caught up with Sonic who was enjoying his surroundings but then again they were in a cave with a waterfall and sunlight coming from the top. "Hi Shads glad to see you made it" Although Shadow wouldn't admit it he did have trouble with the maze on the way in "Of course I did...But I know that you wanted to talk about something" Sonic thinking about the best way to start then said "Yeah but...Im not sure how to start so how about you ask some questions" Shadow then told him "How about you tell me....What happened when you were younger or I guess what life was like before you met any of us" Sonic was a hit unsure but said "Well I used to live on an island called Christmas Island the people there were...Not to fond on mobians who were different so you pretty much can guess what happened cause my fur coloring and super speed..." Shadow then asked "Who did you live with?" Sonic replied with "On Christmas Island I lived with Uncle Chuck but I also had other family members however cause of some stupid prophecy or whatever I didnt know of them till I was 7 then they died when I was 9" "What did they die from?" Shadow hoped that wasnt too personal however just talking about your past can be very personal "Well I had a sister, brother, and mom they died from either being killed by robots or being robotisized" Shadow was a bit lost since there wasnt a whole lot of details "Hey Shads..." "Yeah Faker?" "So the whole robot stuff I mentioned with my family was cause I was in a war it ended when I was 9 and I became involved when I was 6" this surprised Shadow however now it made sense why Sonic could fight the way he did cause even though Shadow had been trained to be a living weapon Sonic had been a war.

"I think thats enough for now we can always continue another time" Shadow who wouldn't mind hearing more but didn't want to preassure Sonic or make him uncomfortable but he was surprised when Sonic told him "No its fine plus it would probably help if someone else knew" "Ok well since you want to continue how about we start at Christmas Island and then the war you were in and we can end it when you met Tails since thats where you got to know everyone" "Yeah sounds good! However I'll probably just say an overall rather than go into full detail" Shadow didn't mind "That's fine" then Sonic explained sort of "Ok so at Christmas Island I guess you could say the other kids bullied me and the adults either joined in or did nothing about it and Uncle Chuck would be busy but when he was around he cared for me and he was one of the only ones who cared" Sonic paused to breathe again then continued "As for the war it started with me training with a group called the Freedom Fighters then at some point I ran into my brother Manic and my sister Sonia we then looked for my mom Queen Aleena we found her we were together for a while and we did all this while also participating in the war at some point they were killed as I mentioned and we won the war soon after that" Shadow noticed how Sonic's voice would sound sad with forced happiness into it and his voice would break a few times due to him trying to stop himself from crying and once he finished he looked away from Shadow and had his back facing him "Faker?" Shadow not entirely sure how to console someone since he doesn't do it "Dont w-worry about me Shads just give me a s-sec" Shadow heard how Sonic sounded like he was on the verge of crying which he was Shadow had managed to get a glimpse of Sonic's face and he saw the silent tears that were there he then thought of a way to help him feel better or just relieve some of the sadness.

Shadow walked over to Sonic and hugged him and Sonic was a bit surprised at the sudden hug but was grateful and it was getting harder for him to supress more tears that would most likely lead to him outright sobbing "Hey Faker you know its ok if you want to cry" Sonic then replied with "No i-its not Im S-Sonic The Hedgehog im s-supposed to be a hero and h-hero's dont cry" Sonic really tried to keep his voice from breaking but that proved pointless "Faker on one of the times Rouge was helping me during one of my breakdowns she told me 'crying doesn't make you weak it just means you've been strong for to long' so if you need to cry which you probably do go ahead I wont judge" Sonic knew that he was right and that he could trust him so with that Sonic stopped trying to surpress the tears and sadness and he let himself cry which quickly turned into sobbing but Shadow didn't mind he knows that it helps to have someone there for you and while Sonic does have Tails he knows that Sonic doesn't want to worry him and he is now aware that Sonic has most likely been surpressing his negative emotions this whole time and it was at this moment that he decided he would be there for Sonic no matter what.