Hi~ You probably know who I am lol, but I'm curious, what do you think of ShadowXMaria? I personally adore it as much as SonAmy. Also, would you ever write something cute with Shadow and Maria? :3 Fics revolving around them are super rare lol
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!”
“Yes… and we’ll play hide and seek again.” she nodded, as he looked down one final time… before closing the lid, and turning the mist on to keep him preserved.
