54 years ago.



Proffessor gerald was working on a new progect. "Grandfather, were is Shadow?" The proffesor turned around. "I Don't know. I think he's training," "thank আপনি grandfather." She started to walk away. "Maria, do আপনি always have to play with Shadow? Come here." Maria walked to the proffessor.
IN SHADOW'S ROOM.
"Maria, আপনি should have been here দ্বারা now." Footsteps came closer. Shadow heard a faint knock. "Come in." It was maria. "hi Shadow" her smile was as ussual. Shadow never wanted her to stop. "Were have আপনি been?"
Maria looked up. "Grandfather is making a suprize." Shadow chucled. "Well what is it?" Maria looked down at Shadow. "It's a suprize silly." Shadow knew she wasn't gonna spill it. "Well at least arrive sooner." He huged mria and kissed her on the cheek. Maria laughed. "I Will" She kissed him on the lips.

OF Course sonic stood up knowing it was shadow down there. I mean, who else would be up at this time of night. GOD it was hard to live with shadow and vector. He still could remember the agreement to live with them. Sonic walked downstairs, assuming shadow was fiddiling around with the tv, but paused at the sight of a tear forming in shadow's eye.
"Shadow couldnt be..."
Sonic decided to hang back for a minuete.
Shadow hated to see maria cry, supressing his own tears, he tried to focus on the fact that maria was here now.
But he couldn't.
All he wanted to do was to cry, just as he had for all theese years now, but now আরো than ever.
He managed to force up a simple, "Maria, don't cry."
It wasn't any use holding back anymore. For the first time in 56 years, a tear steaked across shadow's face.