Nebula the Hedgehog belongs to (c) GothNebula.

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At Sonic's room, the vampire male was in pain from being knocked out from his evil doppelganger. His back had dark bruises and a cut which was hard to see though his royal blue color fur. He also has a minor dislocated left shoulder but he keeps saying to himself he's fine but his pink friend doesn't believe him.

"I'm okay. I swear" Sonic said.

"The way I see you groaning and trying to move your arm doesn't look fine to me" Amy said.

"Okay, I'm not fine. The dislocated shoulder makes me nervous to have it snap back to its right position" Sonic admitted.

"I wouldn't dare do it on you" Amy said and took out the wrapped taping bandages, "Now sit up and let me bandage you" She wraps Sonic's torso.

"Man, those doppelgangers are too strong. It's like we are equally matched but they don't have their own shadows" Sonic groans as he sits up while holding his aching shoulder.

"I guess next time we need to switch dance partner" Amy said.

"Your doppelganger was a lot dangerous. Did you see the size of her ax?" Sonic said.

"Yeah, it's the opposite of my hammer" Amy said, "Now hold still" She tries lifting Sonic's arm so that his dislocated shoulder snaps back to its right position.

*SNAP*

"AAAGGGHH!!!" Sonic screamed as it was fixed, "Okay, I think I feel its back in the right position. Thanks" He strained.

"No problem, Sonikku" Amy said, pulling a blanket over him.

"Next time we need to be more prepared" Sonic said.

"How are we gonna do that? We couldn't beat them easily like a mobian" Amy said, handing him a glass of blood.

Sonic accepted it and drinks blood from the cup, "Thanks" He said and puts the glass aside.

"You know, I get this feeling that this mosquito bite must've been something from the beginning" Amy wondered.

"I've been thinking of it too. That's how they came to be" Sonic said.

"Wait, you also had a mosquito bite too?" Amy asked.

"Yeah I did but vampires rarely get bitten" Sonic said.

"What do you mean?" Amy asked.

"That vampires usually don't get bitten by insects and this is an unusual case" Sonic said.

"Do you suppose that mosquito is not actually a real common mosquito? When I felt that bite, mortals don't feel a hard bite from a mosquito" Amy said.

"That can only mean one thing, it's a shapeshifter who bit us" Sonic said.

"But who would do that?" Amy said.

"My guess is Fiona Fox" Sonic said.

"The one that cursed Silver into a ghost?" Amy said.

"Must be because she said to be able to use shadowy clones" Sonic said.

"That explains why she needs our blood to make clones of us. Our dark sides are like our shadows" Amy said.

"Yes but now she may even make more" Sonic said.

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Shadow was in the woods hunting for prey in the morning, he did not want to hunt any animal that is a mother; like he promised to Amy that he won't kill any females that are already a mother.

He then saw a male buck in the woods, "Perfect prey" He smirked and quietly kneels down to sneak up to his prey.

Shadow licks his lips in hunger and launches forward to attack the deer when suddenly a large violet-blue cat bumped into him.

"AAGGHH!!!" They both crashed into each other which made the buck run off.

"Oh, sorry! I didn't see you there" The large cat said.

"You just wasted my meal!" Shadow growled.

"MEEEOOOOWWW!!!!" The large cat jumped in fright as she morphed into a mix between a hedgehog and a werecat, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! No need to get your paws into tight fists!"

"Stay out of this!" Shadow snarled.

"Our prey ran off! I don't want to get into a fight with you! I don't even know you or where ever you came from!" The female werecat/hedgehog said.

"I'm Shadow the Werehog and you are?" Shadow asked her.

"Nebula the Hedgehog" She said her name.

"Hedgehog? You don't look like one" Shadow scoffed.

"I was cursed by an evil witch a long time ago. I'm a werecat but still a hedgehog on the inside" Nebula said.

"So basically werecat/hedgehog hybrid?" Shadow guessed, "Wait, cursed by a witch? A friend of mine was turned into a ghost" He then realized.

"What?!" Nebula got curious.

"My 'friend' Silver was turned into a ghost by a witch and then he was getting help to get solid form again" Shadow said.

"That's terrible. Having a curse is like being stuck with a bad life. But sometimes there is a good life while having this curse" Nebula said, trying to control herself from licking the fur on her arm like a cat, "Though sometimes being a werecat is like hard to control our animal instincts"

"Like what? Throwing up furballs or being scared of a cucumber for no reason?" Shadow chuckled.

"Hey! I do not! MEEEOOOWWW!!!" Nebula meowed in anger.

"Whoa, easy girl!" Shadow shouted.

"Whoops, sorry. But seriously, I do not get scared of cucumbers. And I don't throw up furballs. Anyways, do you live somewhere, puppy?" Nebula smirked.

"I live at a castle but for one thing I'm a full grown werehog" Shadow said.

"Define fully grown up" Nebula said.

"18 years old" Shadow said.

"Heh, you still look like a puppy" Nebula chuckled.

"Hey! I'm not a puppy!" Shadow snarled at her.

"Okay, okay! Sheesh, no need to get so scary!" Nebula held her hands in defense.

"Hmph, not funny" Shadow scoffed.

"Sounds like you don't have a sense of fun, wolfie" Nebula snickered.

"Whatever" Shadow shrugs her off, turning around to leave.

"Talk to the cat tail" Nebula walked past him, brushing her long tail on Shadow's muzzle which made him react in shock at her doing that.

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Sonic was in bed since he felt the need to sleep on beds instead of coffins for a day, "You really do get easily tired whenever the sun is up" Amy said.

"I have to recover. I've been cramped up and I should sleep on the bed for a day" Sonic said.

"I know, Sonikku. Get some rest" Amy pulled the blanket up and before she could leave, Sonic grabs her arm.

"Stay with me, Ames" Sonic said.

"Okay" Amy took off her boots and got into the covers with him, "Sounds like you're worried about me too much"

"It's your well-being I care about, Amy" Sonic said, pulling her close to him, "I made a promise to protect you"

"Yes but I'm 13 years old" Amy said.

"And still young" Sonic said.

"You worry too much, Sonikku. If I were a queen you wouldn't be overprotective too much" Amy said, resting her head on his chest.

Sonic placed his hand on her back, "You're like a sister to Shadow. He worries too much about you too.

"He even said I reminded him of his late mother" Amy said.

"Just because you comfort him" Sonic said.

"Yeah but he's always so grouchy with you. It makes me so mad" Amy said.

"I know, Ames. He's my rival" Sonic said.

"I wish he could be nice to you. I hate to see you two fight" Amy said, drifting off to sleep.