My mate

Sonic's POV

I usually had no idea what happened when the other me was out in the night. I always woke up near or in that same cave. More times then not with blood coating my fur and teeth. I was shocked and disturbed beyond believe the first few nights. Knowing that my other self could kill another living being so easily and mutilate it's body beyond recognition was more than unnerving to me. It was terrifying. Every morning i woke up feeling terrified that i had hurt, or worse killed, one of my friends or my family members.
The stress that fear brought along with it became to much for me to bear. Even though i got used to waking up with the metallic taste of blood in my mouth, the fear for my beloved ones didn't fade. Eventually the stress and my other form took a toll on me. I had sleepless nights, sometimes my body would be covered in injuries, i started to lose fur.... The list went on and on.
I made a stop to the vicious cycle by making a difficult decision. I just got up and left. I couldn't even tell anybody goodbye because i was to much in a hurry to leave. The only sort of goodbye i had left was a short, but heartfelt note. I'm certain that my family and friends were worried about me and were missing me, but i couldn't go back. Not after what happened.
The last straw that broke the camel's back and made me leave was my last night inside my appartment. every evening, as the sun was about to set, i always locked the heavy locks on my front door to keep anyone from coming in and me from getting out. The locks helped little against my enormous strenght, but it was only a temporary solution.
That night my neighbour had decided to pay me a little visit. He was a very cranky and elderly human. He had a dislike for me because i was quite an energetic young adult who started his first year at college. He could barely handle the fact that i came to live in the same building as him. Coming to live in the appartment next to his was apparently another reason for him to hate me. before me nobody had managed to live in my appartment for longer then half a year. I managed to live there for two years before finally leaving, but that was because of my vicious alter ego and not because of the elderly man like many poeple thought.
The walls in the appartment building were very thin. My loud screams from the transformation and the frustrated roars and growls from my other self not being able to get past the heavy locks, were heard by the man. Every morning when i was recovering from changing back into my old self, thankfully not covered in blood if the beast didn't manage to break out, my neighbour came banging his fist on my door. He would yell early in the morning to lecture me with curses and insults. I paid little attention to him as i was to busy licking my mental wounds from the agonizing change.
It went on for months like that. That night the old man had enough of it. He came walking to the door in the middle of my night as my werehog form was destroying all of my belongings out of frustration from not being able to escape the room that was already way to small for the big bulky form that was my body. I had been clawing on the door to get out. The rage made it easier for me to break through. The man was simply on the wrong place at the wrong time. Once the door had been broken down, it didn't take long before my animalistic growls were the only sounds in the hallway.
The next morning i woke up with my fur covered in blood that wasn't my own close to a familiar cave that the werehog had made his home. The old man's unrecognisable corpse was lying not to far away from me. I used my speed, that i was well known for in the town that i grew up in and became well known with in the city that i had been living in, to get back to my appartment before anyone would wake up.
After i had freshened myself up i saw other occupants from the appartment trying to figure out what had happened. They looked at me as if i was some sort of dangerous two-headed freak. I acted completely oblivious, but it didn't help the look of fear. The old man's appartment was empty, my door was broken down and there was blood on the carpet and walls. They knew that i often argued with the man when he got angry for small things and that i had a mutual dislike for him. Now the man was gone and the hallway splattered with blood. What was there not to fear?
As soon as they left, i had written that note and left before the cops came. Ever since then i had been living here in the forest near the cave like my alter ego wanted me to. Every morning i woke up with dried blood sticking to my fur that was rarely my own. It was either from an animal, a human or a mobian. Every morning it was the same ritual. More times then not, i was certain that i had lost my sanity. As months and eventually four years passed by i found the disturbing morning ritual to not bother me anymore. As if it had become a part of me. Waking up one morning and, instead of blood and a corpse lying on the green grass and moss near me, finding a beautifull young woman lying in my arms was new. Saying that i was shocked, would be a serious understatement.
My upper body shot up into a sitting position and i instinctivly moved away from her. As the shock wore off, i finally got myself to crawl towards her. She had fur as black as the night and streaks on her quills and limbs that were as red as blood. I checked her body for any wounds. There weren't any. She was completely fine. I breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed the back of my neck. That is when i realised the significant lack of clothing on her body. A new wave of fear cursed through my system. I noticed the white substance trailing down her thight. I felt myself frozen in place as the realisation of the probabilty of having ruined a girl for the rest of her life dawned on me.
Her body moved as she was arousing from her sleep. My heart stopped beating in fear and i had the urge to run and hide in the cave. If she were to run back to the city and tell everything to the police. I would not only have severe missing person and murder cases on my head, but also the rape of a young girl. The female hedgehog sat up tiredly and visibly sore. She looked around in confusion. Her ears flattened against her skull. Without a doubt remembering what had happened the night before. I tried to quietly move away, but she heard the rustling of twigs and leaves behind her and turned.
Her deep crimson eyes met me emerald ones and my heart skipped a beat. In both fear and awe. I expected her to burst in tears and scream at me as her face contorted into a panicked and fearfull expression. But that didn't happen. What happened instead surprised, shocked me to the core, as i could not believe what she did.
Her eyes were wide, but it wasn't out of fear. It was out of surprise. And not even in a bad way. "No way.... You're a werewolf?" She asked in a soft voice. The voice wasn't filled with disgust and fear. It was filled with wonder and kindness. And possibly something else? "W-werehog actually." I answered softly and hesitantly. After fours years i wasn't used to having my voice used for talking. "Werehog?" She repeated. My eyes widened even more when she started to smile. She was smilling! At me!
"Are you okay?" I asked and carefully moved closer to her. I expected her to move away in panic, but she didn't. In fact she moved even closer. I was hesitant in touching her and try to place a hand on her shoulder in a comforting gesture, but i retreated my hand. "Of course i am. You didn't hurt me." The young woman answered and stuck a hand out towards me. She placed a hand on my chest. Her fingers buried into my fur as she stroked it. "It's alot softer and shorter now." She stated.
My ears flattened. Why was she behaving like this? She should be scared out of her mind! And yet here she was. Sitting calmly in front of me. Curious about what my pelt felt like now. My eyes trailed down as i got a closer look at her. They couldn't help themselves and stopped on her well endowed chest. Her gaze tore away from her hand that was buried in my fur on my chest and looked up to face me. A sly grin made it's way on her muzzle. "Like what you see?" She asked and moved her face closer to mine. Ours noses were inches from touching eachother. "Huh..... uhmm." I hummed as i didn't know what to say. I certainly liked what i saw, but i couldn't tell her that. Not only because it could be considerate rude, but also because i couldn't get any words to leave my lips.
"You're so adorable. I'm so happy that the monstrosity that kidnapped me yesterday didn't turn out to be an old pervert." The ebony hedgehog said and placed her hands on my cheeks. My ears flattened again as the word 'monstrosity' had rolled over her tongue. She noticed and her happy attitude turned gloomy. "I'm sorry, i didn't mean to offend you." She said and pressed her nose lovingly against mine. What was with her loving attitude?! I, or rather the monster that was my other self, had ravaged her body and she was acting like she was okay with it?!
"What're you saying?! I should be the one to apologize to you! I was the one who.... you know..... did that awful thing to you!" I told her loudly. "Please don't. You didn't hurt me. Honestly! I even liked it. Believe it or not, your other self was quite a gentlement. As much as a gentlemen as you can get when you're such a big beast." She said to try and convince me otherwise as she brought her hands down on her lap. "You really don't mind?" I asked and she shook her head.
I smiled carefully at her and she smiled back. She was taking this to easy. If i was her i would be panicking and beating the crap out of the culprit. Or atleast run away to tell the cops. But here she was. Sitting in front of me with a smile on her tan muzzle. "You know, i would love to know your name since i'm going to be stuck with you." The young woman said. "My name?" I repeated and she nodded. I guess that i was pretty curious for her name aswell, but what did she mean with 'going to be stuck with you'? She could ran away anytime she could and i was not going to stop her. Not in my normal form atleast. "It's.... Sonic." I said reluctantly after a while. "Sonic huh..... I bet that means you can run really fast." She said as if she was talking to a little child. She must've noticed that i was feeling uncomfortable and tried to calm me down and, even though it was as if she talked to a child, it helped me relax. "You have no idea." I answered with a nervous chuckle.
"My name is Shadow." The young woman said. "Shadow.... It's beautifull. It fits you." I complimented her. "Thank you!" Shadow said. Her smile seemed to become even brighter then it was before. "No problem." I answered. I felt my nerves slowly calming down.
"What did you mean?" I asked and Shadow looked at me in confusion. "You said that you were stuck with me now. What did you mean?" I asked. "Oh that." The dark feminine hedgehog said. "You don't remember anything from yesterday night?" She asked. "I never remember what happens when i'm not myself." I explained. "Well..." Shadow said while a blush came on her cheeks. "My boss was giving me a ride home yesterday. I was in heat and he tried to take advantage of me. Thankfully, he wasn't the only one attracted to my heat as your more animalistic side was aswell. He saved me from my boss and...well... he mated me." Shadow told me. The blush never left her cheeks. "In heat? My other self had sex with you while you were in heat?" I asked shocked upon hearing the news and Shadow nodded slowly.
It was then that i noticed something. Shadow had told me that she had been in heat only yesterday. And yet there was no scent present to attract me to her. She wasn't pregnant, was she? "Are you okay?" She asked when i had gone quiet and just stared in front of me in shock. "Huh....y-yes, i'm fine." I answered and felt my shock slowly wear off. Shadow's ears flattened in concern. I wondered if she realised the possibility of a cub growing inside her soon. "You do know that this means you could be pregnant of me." I slowly said and watched her for any kind of reaction. "That's what i meant with being stuck with you." She said.
My ears lowered. I guess Shadow really wasn't staying here on her own will. "What's wrong?" The said hedgehog asked and looked at me in worry. "You know. If you don't want to be here, than you can go home." I said. "But i don't want to." She said and smiled. I don't understand her! She had been taken here against her will and now that she was free to go home she wants to stay? I guess that being mated by a werehog was much more effective than i thought it was.
"Oh come on, Sonic! Believe me. I truly want to stay with you." She said and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Are you sure?" I asked and wrapped my arms around her lower back. "Of course i'm sure. I love you." Shadow said and placed her lips onto mine. I was completely taken by surprise. Shadow was falling in love even faster than Bella from Twillight did. And that's saying something! But than again. Was it because of last night that she was feeling this way? Had my werehog alter ego mark her as his? Or better yet, ours? I truly hope so. I'm sick of being alone.