My name is Shadow. Shadow the Hedgehog. I've been searching for them. Don't tell me you don't know. You know perfectly well what I'm looking for. Unless if you've been inflicted with this horrible curse as well, I'll assume you know. I'm searching for a lost race. The Drayans. There's no such thing? You're wrong. You're all wrong.

Shadow sat up in his bed. Just a day before there was a Drayan. Long black hair, emerald green eyes, emerald green wings... They are real. They can't just disappear. He thought to himself for a second. What else did he remember? As he thought, he realized something. He couldn't remember anything other than what he already thought...

"What happened to me... Why can't I remember...? Is there really a world where the Drayans exist?" he questioned himself.

No point in sitting in bed trying to find answers all day. I should go ask someone about it. If I can't remember, surely someone else will remember.

Shadow hopped to his feet and ignored every weak joint he felt that screamed for him to jump back into the bed and go back to sleep. He then wondered why he was feeling so sore. It didn't matter. He ran through the door and looked around. At least, he could still remember what his house looked like. Did he have any friends?

Faker.

The name just came to him. Who was Faker? A blue hedgehog zipped through his mind and then disappeared like lightning. A blue blur. Shadow knew he had to speak with this blue blur named Faker. Why was he named Faker? Was that even his real name?

Shadow, you have to quit asking so many questions.

Reluctantly, he stepped outside. There was no sunlight. It was still night with the stars twinkling above them. He began to hover-skate his way to Faker's house. He had no idea why he was skating on hover shoes or how he knew how to. Probably just out of habit. What was more alarming was the fact that he knew where to go. He banged on the door to Faker's house.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

He heard someone yawn from the other side of the door. A blue hedgehog opened the door. He looked like he just woke up. His eyes were baggy and he had green eyes. He was about the same height he was and wore red, buckled shoes. He yawned again.

"Shadow, why are you bugging me in the middle of the night...?" asked Faker.

Shadow cleared his throat. "I can't remember anything... It seems like you know me best so I came here. You were the only person I could remember," Shadow explained.

Faker sighed. He opened the door wider and retreated towards the living room. A yellow fox was asleep on the couch and opened one eye slowly. His eyes were a bright blue and he had two tails. He looked just as familiar as Faker.

"Tails, we have an early bird who wants to know who in the world he is... Help me out here...," Faker groaned. Faker then flopped onto the other couch. The fox sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Well... Okay... Shadow, couldn't this have waited until morning?" asked the fox.

Shadow shook his head. "I made it my first priority to talk to somebody who's actually smart about this."

The fox, who Shadow remembered to be named Tails, looked over at Faker who was already back to sleep. He sighed again. "Fine... What do you remember?"

"I remember how to do things, I remember who I am, and I remember a certain race of people...," Shadow explained.

"What people?" asked Tails.

"The Drayans."

Tails looked at Shadow sideways. The Drayans? "I've... actually never heard of them...," Tails explained. He looked up the Drayans on his laptop. "Uh... You mean the humanoid aliens that originate from the Delta Quadrant planet Drayan that was discovered by the USS Voyager in 2372?" asked Tails looking at one site.

"Explain humanoid. Do they have wings?" asked Shadow.

"Uh... No," Tails explained.

"Then that's not them! Nobody remembers them other than me?! There was a Drayan just yesterday! She has long black hair, green eyes, green wings, etc! She can't have disappeared!" Shadow hissed.

"I'm sorry Shadow, but I think it must have been just a dream...," Tails told him.

"What's today's date?" asked Shadow.

"April 18, 2018...," Tails replied.

"2018?! It's 2016! Two years... What happened?!" demanded Shadow.

"What? It's been two years since 2016! You must be really tired... Maybe you should take a nap or something... Go to bed! It's three in the morning!" Tails snapped.

Shadow paused. No wonder he couldn't remember anything. He probably wasn't conscious through the two years. Maybe he was asleep for two years. That would explain his weak joints and muscles. Maybe his memories faded away while he was asleep...

As soon as he had these thoughts, a face flashed into his head. Dr. Eggman. The good doctor probably would have some advice for him... Another question popped into his mind.

"Tails, when was the last time you saw me?"

Tails thought for a minute. He got an odd look on his face. There was something wrong. He couldn't remember the last time he saw Shadow. "I don't remember..."

"At least, tell me where I've been! What happened!?" demanded Shadow.

"I don't know! I don't know what happened to you or what happened to us! I don't know!" Tails finally yelled.

Something was wrong. Dangerously wrong. Shadow stumbled out of the house and ran towards Eggman's base. However, when he got there, it was abandoned. Shadow found a sign on the ground that read: Sonic the Hedgehog finally defeats Dr. Eggman once and for all! The old doctor has been banished from this planet and now lives in space where he'll no longer harm us. -July 25, 2017

Shadow set down the sign. The one person who could help him was gone. All hope seemed lost. However, he then remembered his house. If he lived there, surely there must've been something there that could help him. He began to make his way there.

"What in the-?!" Shadow yelled.

He was looking at the spot his house once was. It was gone! There was a sign on the ground there too. It read: Project Shadow reboot failed. The explosion occurred here where the Ultimate Creature 2.0 project failed. After attempting to recreate the Shadow that was lost, Dr. Eggman tried to recreate Shadow only to fail. Was banished to space as a result. Warning: High radiation levels have been detected on the property where the explosion occurred.

Shadow stared at the sign. He shouldn't even exist. Maybe it was his existence that was making everyone forget... If he didn't exist, then who was he? Was he Shadow 2.0? Why did Tails and Faker recognize him as if he had talked to them only the other day? What was happening?

He knew that there was no choice for him now. He lost everything. There was only one race that could solve this. It explained why he wanted to find them. Perhaps to set things right. He just had to find them. The lost race of the Drayans...