#mariaxshadow

A picture that’s taken me some time to  finish it’s of SA2 flashback but more my way

I would love too! But which one? lol, don’t make me make these decisions!!! ahh!! okay, I’m going with platonic…

Prompt:

Shadow stood upon the Space Colony Ark, and folded his arms, looking down over the earth.

He held his peace, as his mind throbbed with memory flashes.

Maria… her warm smile as she described the earth,…. but before that… what had occurred?

He squinted his eyes, straining for some form of memory.

“Shadow?”

Shadow opened his eyes, almost convinced the voice wasn’t there.

He turned around.

Amy stood, and suddenly his eyes widened as memory returned to him.

“Shadow?”

Shadow turned around, “Maria? You were told to rest.” He unfolded his arms, almost out of respect.

She giggled, and walked slowly up to him, her hands out together in front of her, hanging down gently as she smiled to him. “I wanted to see Earth once more. So that when I close my eyes… I can watch it in my dreams.” She looked up, showing such love he couldn’t comprehend in her eyes as she stared at it.

“The world… is so beautiful, Shadow. So full of promise and wonder… just like you.” she then turned to him, and her smile beamed like sunrays.

How could she look at both the body of mass and water, … then look to him with the same look of awe and love?

“…I don’t understand.” Shadow admitted, and turned away, as if ashamed or embarrass to admit that to her. “I can’t see how something so different and distant could be so treasured.” It was unreachable to him. Meaning unfathomable.

She seemed understanding, and nodded, “One day, Shadow. You’ll also have memories.”

He looked back to her.

“And those memories…” her voice drifted off as she turned back to stare a minute more at the slow rotating planet she called home. “…Will last with you. And you’ll cherish them. And you’ll never want to lose them.”

She then bent down and placed her hands on her knees. “Promise me, Shadow? You won’t forget a single moment you’ve ever had with me?”

“I… I will try, Maria.” Shadow leaned back, but nodded, as though a knight to a princess.

She tilted her head, and giggled. “Good. Trying is enough. This life is all about striving for the better. It’s not meant to be remembered in shame and strife. But for the joys of living, and the love of life.”

The memory faded as fast as it came.

“Shadow?” Amy held a closed hand up to her chest.

He stared at her, before turning away. “I have no intention of leaving this place.”

She frowned, before Tails and Sonic came charging in.

“Amy!”

“He said he won’t leave.” Amy looked sorrowful, turning to her friends as Shadow closed his eyes.

Now all their voices were annoying…

He just wanted to stay here… quietly…

“Shadow! G.U.N’s trapped your mind in a simulator to control your body outside your consciousness!”

Shadow’s eyes widened, and he turned around. “What!?”

“You have to get out of here!” Sonic stepped forward, showing he may use force if that wasn’t convincing enough.

Tails nodded to him and spoke again, looking to Shadow, “Please, Shadow! We can’t control the chaos your using! It’s going to destroy everything!”

“..Everything..?” He looked down, thinking of Maria.

Amy then stepped forward, and lightly took a chance to reach for him, but hesitated as he looked up, and smiled to him.

“Shadow… I know this is like your home. But Earth is where it all started, right? It’s Maria’s home.”

Shadow felt a shaken noise get stuck in his throat, as his heart was pricked at her words…

She took a second chance… and placed her hand on his shoulder.

Both Tails and Sonic looked amazed by her bold approach, and looked to each other, before back to her.

“Will you go? Can you do it, Shadow?”

He looked down, not reacting to her movement.

“…” he closed his eyes.

“Shadow…” the angelic voice rang in Amy’s stead…

“..I will defend this world.” he rose his head, full of resolve. “It’s what Maria would have wanted.”

He then removed Amy’s hand, “Even from me.” he gave her a softer look than she was used too, but it made her happy to see he wouldn’t fight them on doing what was right.

He looked to Tails. “What do I do?”

“There’s actually a type of mental ‘off-switch’ within this illusion! But it may be emotionally straining…”

“Show me.” Shadow narrowed his eyes.

“Right.” Tails looked determined to succeed, and held his fists out together, parallel to the other, and ran off to show him where to go, as he followed.

Amy went to follow, before she was stopped by Sonic’s hand. “Wait..!”

Amy turned around, a little shocked, “Huh?”

He smiled to her, “You sure know how to get a man going. What was with that ‘pat on the back’, back there?”

He took his hand back and folded his arms, just curious.

Amy tilted her head, not sure why he was curious, but smiled sweetly to him, hanging back to speak with him.

“Everyone needs a gentle push.” Amy chimed. “I figured… he was really happy here.. with things he was used to seeing.” she looked down, trying to empathize with Shadow. “He probably felt very peaceful here… like it was his own personal haven… Here… was where his heart is.”

Sonic watched her explanation, and nodded in understanding.

“I see… you sure do understand people’s hearts, Amy.” he gave her a thumbs up. “Nice job!”

She loved the praise! And hopped a little from side to side before nodding and giggling. Her hands in fists up by her face, looking cute.

“Alright, let’s go help Shadow get out of here!” He waved her on and ran past her, as she was a little surprised he took off without her, but knew he was expecting her to keep up.

She took off after him, her usual swaying run that Sonic would make fun silently to himself.

Oh, yeah! I’ve seen those shades before! ;Db pretty epic!

My opinion? I love their bond they have, but as for romantic, I don’t support animals and humans :( I barely do out of species lol! But that being said, I do see the big influence she’s been in helping Shadow choose good, I just don’t see it as a ‘lover’ but more as a ‘Guardian Angel’ in a sense.

I could write a respectful and cute ‘motherly’ type of prompt? No problem! And hey, you might see it different than that, but that’s up to you and your enjoyment purposes ;)

Prompt:

Shadow skated down the Space Colony Ark, and skid around a corner. He didn’t seem to need to be moving urgently, but he was.

Suddenly, as he passed by a closet, he heard something tussle and looked back.

Skidding around, he walked casually up to the closet, and folded his arms.

“…Ehem.” he cleared his throat.

“Oh! Oh, dear! I-I’ve been found!”

Maria stumbled out of the closet, hopping on one foot as she did so with her hands out to catch her if she fell. She had lab coats all over her from her grandfather, and even some gentlemen’s hats on.

She looked embarrassed and smiled cutely to Shadow, though slightly curling inward in her nervousness.

“I… I suppose I’m not the greatest at this game, am I?” she giggled, a tiny sweat drop dripping down her face.

“…I never understood the purpose of.. hiding and seeking… what fun is there in wandering around aimlessly when the other could be by your side, enjoying your company?” he gestured his hand out, before she bent down and giggled, holding a hand up to her mouth.

“Oh, Shadow. Don’t you see?” she kindly look to him. “As you miss the person you’re searching for, you long for them. And while you look, that feeling of wanting to find them, and see them again, simply grows and grows! Then you just get so excited! It makes finding them all the more worth it.”

“…I’d rather remain by your side always… Maria.” Shadow looked up, still not smiling as we usually knew him to be, but there was more genuine innocence in his eyes.

“Oh, Shadow!” Maria bent down and hugged him, making him unfold his arms and blink a moment, not sure how to react to this. “That made me very happy!”

“…What… are you doing?” he looked back to her.

She pulled away, and put a hand up to her mouth, holding in another giggle at how little he knew about the world and it’s customs.

“That’s called a ‘hug’, Shadow.” she loved playing teacher, and got down on her knees, placing her hands on them, and then holding them out for him. “You start with your hands.”

He looked at the action, before back to her and seeing her smile, as if to encourage him to participate.

He held out his hands.

“Now what?”

She beamed.

“Now, we spread them out, like this.” she held them out.

He mimicked her.

“Then, we do what I just did. And we embrace!” she leaned forward and hugged him, placing her head on his forehead.

She giggled, “Not so confusing now?”

He lowered his hands to her shoulders, and ducked his head. “No… it’s nice.”

She pulled away and rubbed his head. “It is nice… isn’t it?”

Later, Gerald had prepared a lunch break, and Maria commented that she would of liked to cook for everyone, but Gerald insisted.

They had a small talk at the table, before Gerald mentioned something about the future, and Maria held a sorrowful smile.

Later that day, Shadow was walking down a long row of neverending window screens, where Maria could watch the universe unfold before her.

She had her hands behind her back, that same pained look in her eyes, but gentle smile.

She was so strong, dying from such a powerfully consuming disease, and yet… she could smile through it all.

Shadow looked up at her, growing concerned in her silence. “Maria?”

“Hmm?” She closed her eyes, the windows of her soul, and smiled down to him. The last thing she would allow Shadow to see was pain and suffering inside her.

“..What troubles you?” He stopped walking, looking more serious. “You barely ate. And your silence is disturbing. Is something wrong?”

His care made her happy, after all, he was meant to be her miracle. The very lifeform that would save her from this curse.

She never saw it as a curse though, she always considered it another adventure to take with a stride.

She bent down, “I’m alright, Shadow. But as grandfather mentioned… my family… I… I suppose I started playing hide and seek within my memories.” she didn’t know how else to describe it other than that.

She leaned up and turned back, angelically, towards the long windows.

“You see, Shadow… I’ll never be able to get married.”

He seemed confused by the jargon, looking up at her, and folding his arms.

He looked down to earth.

“I’ll never be able to have a family… or be a mother… or go to school… I can’t see my family anymore… besides of course, my dear grandfather.” she smiled to Shadow.

“And of course, you Shadow. You’re my family as well.” she bent down to hug him, and he fidgeted a moment, but allowed her to do so.

She sat down and began to stroke his head, leaning her own against it as he listened to her further.

She closed her eyes, relaxing… “You are to be a great help to the world, Shadow… I feel selfish.. thinking that perhaps… you are my miracle and mine alone! I would never allow myself to keep you like that, but I would like to be someone very special to you.” she leaned up, and grinned down to him again.

“Would you like that, Shadow? After everything is completed… would you like to live with me down on Earth? We could be a family! Me, you, Grandfather… it would be like a dream.” she placed her hands together as if saying a prayer, ducking her head down.

“…Maria..” Shadow lifted a hand gently to her face, and pulled her chin up with a few of his fingers.

He smiled.

“I would like that very much.”

She beamed, and hugged him again.

Later that night, the two sat in the hallway, up against the wall, as Shadow was fast asleep in Maria’s arms.

The experimentation were done for that day, so Gerald Robotnik started walking along the Ark, admiring the cosmos, before looking to see his granddaughter and Shadow.

He blinked in surprise, before smiling like a proud father.

Maria was stroking his head, humming to Shadow as she leaned her weary head against his.

Gerald walked over, and placed a hand on her head.

She blinked her eyes open slightly and looked up to him, smiling.

Gerald carried Shadow to his containment pod, and Maria watched as he lowered him in, and hooked him up.

“He’ll need to recharge for some time.” Gerald stated, and looked back to Maria’s worried expression.

“Don’t worry my dear. Hohoho!” Gerald placed a hand under her chin, trying to cheer her up. “He’ll be up and running around before you know it!”

here we are never forgotten colored