In a gust of wind city high,
news of an ARK whisper by.
A lone Shadow in the distance stands parallel to the sun,
haunted by a girl and the echo of a gun.
"Who am I? What is my purpose? And who is this Maria?"
Suddenly above the city in an ominous clouded sky,
foreign creatures fall upon the earth's surface,
committed to destruction throughout the doomed Utopia.
Then with disgust the Shadow did turn away,
"I have no time for these humans, there is no need to stay."
But before he could rush off and disappear,
in his presence a monster with a hologram appear.
An alien of three eyes, a tattered robe, and wealth upon his chest,
looked down upon the Shadow with a message for his guest.
"Shadow the hedgehog, we meet at last.
I have a favor of you to ask.
Bring me the 7 chaos emerald is your task.
In return I will tell you your past."
The hologram was then no more and the creature fled.
"So he can reveal what troubles my head?
I'm not sure if he is to trust but there is no other way.
I'll do as he said, the emeralds are the price to pay."
Then without another word he zoomed into the urbans,
where scream and chaos could be heard from the city's civilians.