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I hope you guys like it~

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How do we feel with Rouge having medium/ long hair? Either way, have a wip

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After a whole month saying I was doing the redraw and sitting on the back burner, she finished cooking 😭

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Shadamy week day 7: AU (open ended)

Demon Shadow stumbles across a mermaid who's been trapped for thousands of years in a magical cave.

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"Why is that cave blocked?"

Rouge looked over at him, without having to look which cave he was referring to. "It's a cursed cave."

Shadow's brows twitched as she said that. "We're demons. Nothing will be more cursed than we are."

Rouge chuckled, throwing away the nail file she was using. "Look, Shadzy boy. Its cursed for even us demons. Reports of demons disappearing in that cave have gone on for millenia. Now those iron gates are a reminder of what used to be, and as cruel demons can be, are to save other demons. Now come on, we gotta go. I've an echidna to go bother." Her blue eyes glowed gold as she mentioned Knuckles and she flew away.

Shadow watched her until she disappeared. He looked back at the ominous cave entrance. If there was one thing he hated, it was not knowing things. He flexed his claws, his first attempt at breaking the gate would be slashing them. However, whoever made these gates must've known demons would try to break it, for his claws didn't leave a mark. He growled, quills bristling and his marks glowed. Shadow got on all fours as he felt the energies in the air. Storm clouds gathered as he dug his claws into the rocky ground. "CHAOS... CONTROL!"

Lightning flashed as he teleported from outside the cave into it. His fur was singed, the gate itself smoking a little. Whatever curses demons put on it fought against him, but he was not a weakling. He scoffed and walked into the cave.

It didn't seem cursed to him, and demons would not so easily die. He did, however, find ehat used to be tunnels. Rock had fallen down several of them blocking the way in. He walked over and touched them. Shadow felt the faint demonic energy. So, demons did die here. He would not be the next one. He was about to walk back when he saw another opening, this one further back.

The midnight colored hedgehog walked over to it, putting his hand against the rock. His fur stood on end as he felt- "Magic?" He looked to the inside of the entrance. It was long and dark, but warm with magic. What was the reason.

He began to walk in, wondering what could be at the end of the entrance. Another world? The mobian world? An alternate universe? Shadow kept walking for half an hour when he paused. "Am I even getting anywhere?" He asked himself. He shook his head and was about to turn around when he heard a voice.

His head snapped back to where the voice came from. Was that a woman singing? He heard it again, a haunting melody and the sound of water splashing. Energy renewed, he ran to the source. Soon, a blue light began to illuminate the rocky walls and the floor was wet. He slowed down and let out a gasp as something flew past the exit.

"When will I see the rays of the sun?

When will I walk the ground uneven?

Thousands of years, these walls have seen me cry--"

The blue light turned red and water crashed against the cave walls. Shadow inched forward, his eyes widening at the sight. It was a mermaid. She had rose colored fur and her tail glowed, the colors of a rainbow shimmering against her scales. She was currently facing away from him, but soon turned and continued to sing, until her gaze landed on him.

"It's enough to drive me mad-"

They stared at each other. His heart pounded in his chest. She's beautiful... "A demon?" Shadow blinked. She didn't look angry, rather, confused? Surprised? "It's been many years since Isaw one of your kind."

Shadow's brows furrowed, crossing his arms against his chest. "My kind? So you're responsible for the disappearances?"

She shook her head, floating away from him. "No. I've met many of your kind, thousands of years ago. They all got lost in the tunnels after they met me and promised to come back and set me free. These passages are enough to drive someone mad," her tail flicked, punctuating her sentence.

"Lost?"

She sighed, swimming closer to him. "I'm sure you've felt it, there is magic here. This magic is older than this mountain. One day, this point was the lowest point of the sea. An underwater volcano, now dormant, covered this area in lava forming the mountain. However, the magic prevented the lava from completely covering it."

"That doesn't explain why you're here or the disappearances."

"I'm trapped," she look at him, her eyes flashing red. "Pirates from long ago had a wizard cast a mermaid trap. One where they wouldn't completely die nor escape-- until they were retrieved." She looked at the entrance, eyes turning red with anger. She swam to the entrance as fast as she could to only collide with an invisible wall, water splashing everywhere. Gold particles exploded in the cave. She let out an exasperated breath as she collapsed against the floor. "Many demons like you have entered and left, but the magic is smart. If it learns the intentions of the person entering, it allows that person to enter and leave once. If that person comes back, it distorts the tunnels, making them lost."

Shadow watched as she covered her ears, a fearful expression on her face. "Hearing their screams echoing throughout the mountain as boulders crushed them..." She wrenched her eyes shut. "A storm pushed me to the depths of this cave, thousands of years ago. I haven't been able to escape. You should go, too, and never come back."

Shadow looked down. It was sad, almost. The mermaid didn't seem bad. She was lonely and in solitude for millenia. And it seemed like she wasn't the one directly responsible for the disappearances. He sighed, walked over to her and crouched down. "I'm Shadow. Are you ready to see the outside world again?"

She looked up at him, her eyes sparkling as she realized what he meant. "Really?"

He shrugged, holding out his hand. "It wasn't your fault those demons died. But its up to you if you chose to keep hearing those screams echoing."

She looked at his clawed hand before her gaze met his. She smiled at him, raising her hand. "My name is Amy."

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Shadamy week day 6: Shared interests

Amy is into fixing cars and the adrenaline that come with driving them and Shadow finds out. She invites him to a car show she's going to and he agrees.

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She thumped her fingers against the steering wheel. Maybe taking a back road wasn't a good idea. She thought it was going to get her to the car show sooner but it was about the same time as the regular route. Amy sighed, leaning against the door. The gentle rumble, as well as the rocking back and forth of her car assured her it would be okay, MJ and Bon Jovi in the background however made it feel the opposite. "Well. I should get going."

She reached over for the gear shift when she heard a rumble next to her. "Amy?"

That... that voice. She turned again and there he was. She felt her cheeks heating up. "Shadow! Hey!" She lifted herself slightly from her seat and poked her head out, smiling at the midnight colored hedgehog.

"You..." He eyed the pontiac and she could see the ever so faint look of admiration. "Uh..."

Amy chuckled, "at a loss for words? That's a little surprising coming from you." She gave him a teasing smile and he scoffed, letting go of one of the handle bars and leaning against the cycle.

"Not when I'm with you." Now it was Amy's turn to get stumbled. Shadow smirked as her eyes danced back and forth, her cheeks becoming rosy. "Anyways, is this a rental...?"

That caught her attention. "Excuse me?" She feigned hurt, putting a hand against her chest, shyness gone. "You wound me so, Ultimate Lifeform. This is no rental-- this is my beloved baby!" Along with a few others at home. She took silent pride as she watched Shadow’s pupils dilate a smidge as she revealed that piece of information.

"You're kidding," he said at last, giving her a smirk and raising a brow. Oh, Gaia, was he handsome when he did that-

The pinkette shook her head, smiling. "Not at all, I love to work on cars. It's not common knowledge though, only Tails and Knuckles know that I do it. They come over every now and then to watch, offer advice or help. Now you know too, I suppose. It's kind of my... little get away." She looked to the dash of the Judge and gave it a small rub. She wasn't opposed to Shadow knowing she worked on cars, but she wasn't ready, well, prepared to share that slice of life with him, a little afraid she was going to ruin the image he had of her.

"That's great," came his voice. Her brows shot up in surprise and she looked at him. His crimson eyes held a warmth that rivaled the hot day, making her heart melt. "Maybe one day I'll call you for help if I ever need it with Dark Rider. Or if I just want to see you in action."

Shadow watched as her face brightened up, leaning back out the window. "Anytime! You're always welcome Shadow. I love spending time with you--! Ah!" Amy yelped in surprise as her phone began to ring, she apologized to Shadow and quickly answered. "Uh, yeah? About... Twenty? Maybe ten if I step on it? Okay, calm down, calm down. See you in a bit."

Amy sighed as she hung up and put her phone down. "Sorry, I gotta go." She offered him a sheepish smile. "That was my friend, Rusty. He's a car junkie, like me. He's waiting on me."

Shadow felt his ear twitch and his left hand gripped the handlebar a little tighter. "Oh? Where to?"

"To a car-- hey!" Shadow jumped at the sudden loudness that came from her, but she looked even happier. "Come with me! My car is going to be in a car show, there will be sports cars, muscle," she patted her car, "and motorcycles! What do you say, Shadow? We could even..."

Amy gave him a mischievous smile and the pontiac's engine rumbled in warning, "have a small race there." Shadow watched her, this fluttering feeling in his stomach growing, jealousy forgotten. He returned her smile, inching forward.

"Alright, Rose. Let's go." Amy smiled and blushed hearing him call her Rose.

Amy smiled, leaning back and lightly grabbed the gear shift, jiggling it back and forth ever so slightly. "Do you need a head start?"

Shadow chuckled and revved his motorcycle. "You'll pay the consequences for that," Shadow replied, and Amy met his gaze evenly, no signs of adoration in her gaze. This new side of her excited him, albeit as unexpected as it was.

"Oh, I can't wait to see." The last thing Shadow saw was the rose colored hedgehog winking before leaving him in a cloud of dust. He smirked, turning the handle bars and taking off. Oh, he couldn't wait either.

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Shadamy week day 5: Catching each other

Amy turned super after her friends were injured and she stepped up. As she was giving up after receiving a hard blow, Shadow catches her, ready to murder someone.

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Shadamy week Day 4: Forgotten

Black Doom took complete control of Shadow's mind.

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My favorites that I worked on for shadamy week are tomorrow (don't come after me please😅), day 6 and 7😇

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Shadamy week day 3: Beach episode

Polaroids taken by Rouge, Cream and Sonic. Each one scribbled a little message for them underneath, though Rouge was interrupted by big bro...

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Shadamy week day 2: Pirates (heavily inspired by Treasure Planet/ I listened to I'm Still Here while drawing it)

Amy was excitedly looking at the stars. He didn't care for the ones in the sky because he had the brightest one next to him.

"And you see the things they never see

All you wanted I could be

Now you know me, and I'm not afraid"

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Shadamy week day 1: Rain

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You guys, I hope you like day 2 for shadamy week next week cause OHMYHOSH DID I REALLY DO THAT?? IM SQUEALING at how it turned out. It might not be all that but to me for now its-- wow.

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I thought I was ahead of schedule but turns out I'm not😅 I'm about to be churning these out as fast as I can for shadamy week

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I wrote a little somethin' somethin' for this-- would you guys like a read now? Or wait however unknown number of days until the art drops👀👀

T minus 6 days for shadamy week to start!

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This is what happens after watching fairy movies and Pirates of the Caribbean

fucking Davy Jones and their lines

heres the lil short story idea in me brain hehe

Shadow save her from drowning once thats how they met like lil mermaid she though he was a Merman but she was wrong a bit wrong but he just never corrects her till she finds out for herself.

they would spend alot of time together Amy fell in love first but Shadow would fall in-love harder but never shows it in fear it will only bring her misfortune. He's tried avoiding her many times in hopes shed get bored of him and find someone else but that never happens. She always finds him

Eggman was hunting him because he wanted his heart for something and a Faes wings as well it didn't have to be Amy but he notice her being close with shadow might be enough to draw him out which did work though it almost costed Eggmans life he didn't get shadows heart but he'll be back and Shadow will be waiting so he can take their life for hurting Amy.

Amy will remain in a deep depression from the lost of her wings and no longer being able fo fly she couldn't bring herself to return to her town knowing she could never fly. She couldn't bear to see the reaction her fay friends would have so, she agrees to go with shadow to hunt Eggman down though she's still not sure she can kill him just yet. Shadow choses to hunt Eggman down as soon as he finds out he's still alive even after destroying his ship.

He will feel intense guilt since Eggman only went for Amy because they were close to him he thinks revenge will bring back the warm Smile he fell in-love with all those years ago... this will cause him to be heartless towards anyone whi dares get in his way

sorry not really i love depressing shit

Shadow definitely one of those bioluminescent octopi you know since lives in the deep sea also the inhibitor rings he wears are whats keeping him from going full kraken he will take a more mobian form so he can walk on land with Amy

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T minus 6 days for shadamy week to start!