Narrator's POV

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Asked a female voice. A black hedgehog and a beautiful blonde girl sat in a wide field of daisies, watching the clouds go by. Her fingers was intertwined with a gloved hand.

"Yes... The most beautiful thing I've seen." Said the owner of the gloved hand.

"Oh Shadow! I still can't believe you're here...one thing I don't get is why you're up here. You're not exactly immortal, but not easy to kill. And you still had a lot more before you came here."

"It was Tails, but I forgive him. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be up here with you." The black hedgehog smiled at the blonde girl. His smile faded, he looked away and laid down with a hand behind his head, the other at his stomach.

"What's wrong Shadow?" Asked the girl.

"Nothing..." Answered the black hedgehog. He began putting as Maria began rubbing his chest fur.

"Shadow, you can tell me everything you know that, right?"

The black hedgehog took his stare from the clouds and placed it one the girls smiling face. He sighed and looked back at the clouds. "Well, it's complicated... I don't know how to explain this."

"I'll understand, just tell me. I won't judge."

"Well, you see... I had a change of heart, and I'm not in love with any girl...but a guy." His cheeks flushed red. "And that guy is Scourge. He's so caring and loving. I feel so sad for leaving him. I've been secretly spying in him and well...let's say he's not doing very well."

Maria kept her attention on the black hedgehog as he began explaining.

"It's like...like he's walking in a tightrope. He struggles to gain balance, but he succeeds to gain it. He keeps leaning to one side too much, which causes him to fall, sometimes his rope snaps too; but he fixes it. He finds his way through things, which shouldn't be done. He should just face them, and accept them. I just... I just wish I could go back with him. It's silly really..." The black hedgehog closed his yes sighing.

"Oh Shadow, I'm sorry to hear that. I bet you do miss him. I would do something if I could, but I don't about those certain things." Maria responded, an idea sprung into her head.

"It's fine. I'll just have to get used to it." He sighed.

"You know Shadow, it's getting kinda late... Maybe we should go to bed." Maria faked a yawn.

"Aren't you coming?" Asked the black hedgehog.

"In a minute. I want to watch the sun go down. I'll catch up with you in a while." She said.

"If you say so..." The black hedgehog stood up and kissed Maria's cheek before walking away. She watched him disappear before she stood and ran over to the Hall of Knowledge. There she grabbed a thick book and began to scan it.

Meanwhile the black hedgehog was tucked in bed staring at the stars of the night. It almost felt like he could touch them. He sighed and closed his eyes.

Not long after falling asleep, there was a loud knock. He sat up. "Maria?" He asked. He removed the covers from his body and walked through the hallway and to the door. He opened it and gasped at what his eyes fell upon. "Scourge?" He asked.

"Shadow..." The green hedgehog opened his arms wide to receive a hug. The black hedgehog was about in tears, he opened his arms and ran to his love. H tried to embrace them, but he was grabbed by Scourge and thrown to the ground.

"Scourge?" He asked. The green hedgehog had a blade in his hand.

"You shouldn't be here." He whispered before he raised the blade.

"No! Wait-"

Ruby eyes shot open as their owner shot up from the bed. His breathing had become heavy.

It was only another dream... Just a dream...

He looked at the alarm, it was only 1:34 in the morning. He fell back on his bed and sighed, falling back asleep on the comfy bed.