Guardian Of The Forest (A Shadow X Reader Fanfiction)

Chapter 6

"My place, Shadow brought you here to keep you safe from G.U.N. About time Shadow realised their bad side, I've never really liked them."

"Your... Place?"

"House, home, whatever you want to call it really." He took the plate from the small table and munched on the weird looking food, "Shadow said you'd be hungry when you woke up, guess you aren't a fan of chilli dogs though."

"It looked putrid..." The (a/t) muttered, "What... Is it made of?"

"That is an excellent question, one I have no answer for." The blue blur swallowed his food, looking around the room, "Made in some factory, probably something gross, but otherwise a delicious delicacy. You should really try one."

He held another up, as if pulling it out of thin air, and handed it to the (a/t) again, "Just a bite at least, so that Shadow won't get mad at me for not feeding you."

(Y/N) held it lightly, it felt disgusting in her hands. It smelled weird as well, and although her subconscious was telling her not to bite into it, she did anyway. At first it was okay, had a strange crunch to it (which (Y/N) believes is the white squares on top), and didn't taste too bad.

Until the heat spread through her mouth. She let out a whine and covered her mouth, coughing lightly. The chilli dog fell from her hand, but Sonic caught it quickly and patted her back.

"Guess you don't like chilli...?" He asked as she let out a louder whine. Why did her mouth burn so much? Chilli? What is that?

Sonic was gone in a second, before standing next to her with a cup of water, he handed it to her gently and she drank it quickly. At first it didn't seem to help, but eventually the burning went away. Still she covered her mouth, it felt all tingly and weird now.

"I'll uh... I'll just make you a sandwich." Sonic chuckled, "What do you normally eat?"

"I..." She thought for a moment, "Do you eat different things to me?"

The hedgehog only shrugged, "Probably, a lot can and probably has changed in over 150 years. I wouldn't be surprised if you hunted for your food back then."

The (a/t)'s eyes widened, what did he say?

"1... 150 y-years...?"

"Yeah." The hedgehog blinked, before turning to her as if realising something, "Oh... Shit... Shadow did say you didn't know yet..."

(Y/N) stood straight, looking around the area quickly, "It's been 150 years?!"

"Hey hey, calm down." Sonic stood as well, holding his hands up, "Just sit back down, I can get Shadow and he can- Hey!"

The (a/t) pushed past him, running through the strange building, the house. Where did she go? Where could she? Spotting a door, the (a/t) ran out into the open and cringed at the bright sunlight, it was starting to set over the forest.

150 years.

She looked around her, taking in the surroundings. The area didn't look familiar to her at all. Where was she? How could she get back? Where was her family?

"Hey!" The blue hedgehog walked outside, waving his arms, "It's getting dark, you could get lost if you keep running!"

She ignored him and headed towards the forest. She had to get home, no way had it been 150 years. No way had she survived that long, surely it had only been a few weeks, maybe a month or two. These people are crazy!

"You idiot!" Shadow yelled behind her, the sound of something being hit made her flinch, "Stay here, I'll get her."

The (a/t) kept running. Tears started to appear in her eyes. Where was her home, her mother and father? What about her grandmother? They must be worried sick. Or worse... No, it can't have been 150 years, they are still here!

Something grabbed her arm and she yelled, trying to pull away from her captor.

"Calm down." Shadow stated, his grip tightening, "(Y/N) it's dangerous out here."

A tree branch flew down and caught onto his torso, pulling the hedgehog away from the shaking (a/t). She wiped her eyes and kept running. She had to find her family, her home. (Y/N) hadn't even thought of them until now, how could she be so selfish?

The upset Mobian tripped over, but instead of hitting the ground a net of tree roots caught her, slowly rapping themselves around her in an embrace. She wiped her eyes again,

"It h-hasn't... It can't be..." She curled up in the net of wood, "M-Mumma... Pappa..."

A tear fell down her cheek and she curled up tighter, her tail tucking and ears pinning back. Footsteps sounded close by and the roots slowly unravelled, lifting the crying (a/t) off the ground and into furry arms.

"Come on..." Shadow's voice was quiet, for once calming, "Lets go back... We have a lot to talk about..."