The Silver and Web Series
Episode 1: X-Bot's Chase
Welcome to my next Fanfiction posting! Before we get started, I need to say a few things.
This is an old series and so it might seem a bit different from my newer ones. The first 15 episodes were done back in 2010 when I was not as skilled at story-making, so the later ones are probably better. Some parts of the old episodes might not make a lot of sense, so I'm going to make some notes about them to help you understand them at the end of each chapter.
This series was originally inspired after I watched a playthrough of "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games" for Nintendo Wii, using Silver. The Events Celebration in the first few episodes is based on, but not quite the same as, that game. That's why there are Mario characters there as well. The rest of the series is not based on that game. Also, the original episodes are illustrated on paper, but I'm also typing them up so you can see them. I will make some minor changes to the old episodes but will try not to change them too much.
This typed version is written in a simpler style than what I usually use.
It was the morning of the first day of the Events Celebration, a wintertime competition among multiple characters. Silver the Hedgehog got up, left his room, and went to the main room where everyone was having breakfast. "Good morning, Silver," Cream greeted him cheerfully while pouring a glass of orange juice. She handed the glass to him. "Here you go."
"Thanks!" Silver said.
An Events worker came in with breakfast. "Okay, everyone! Here's breakfast!" she said.
"It will give you enough energy and health to get through the events!" Cream added as the competitors began to eat.
After breakfast another worker announced, "The events are about to start!"
But before Silver could even find out what the first event would be, he heard a voice loudly call out his name, causing him to jump in surprise. He hurried over to where the voice had come from to see Toad standing there with a worried expression. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"It's terrible!" Toad exclaimed, "Someone tore up a room!" He led Silver through the hall.
In the middle of the hall stood a tiny round black spider with four arms and four legs. He was wearing yellow shoes and had light blue eyes. When he saw Silver coming right at him, he let out a shout. Silver stopped and looked down to see who it was. He knelt down to get a closer look. "Don't step on me!" the spider cried out.
"Don't worry, I won't," Silver reassured him, "I'm Silver the Hedgehog."
"I'm Web the Spider. Dr. Eggman is after me!"
Silver placed Web on his head, between two of his quills. "I'll keep you safe. Just stay there!"
Just then, Web said, "He's coming!" and hid behind Silver's quills.
"You have Web with you!" Dr. Eggman smirked as he walked up to Silver.
"Web?" Silver tried to appear clueless.
Dr. Eggman was not fooled. "He's behind your quills." Knowing there was no other choice, Silver turned and ran. "Get them, X-Bot!" Dr. Eggman shouted, sending a square robot after him.
Silver came to a wall and stopped, glaring at X-Bot. The robot used its x-ray vision, seeing Silver and Web's skeletons right through their bodies, as well as the boards through the walls and floor. Placing its cursor on Web, it labeled him as a target. It fired a laser, but Silver ran out of the way and escaped up a staircase.
On the higher floor, Silver hid behind a wall to catch his breath and watched X-Bot pass through another room. "Phew, we lost it!" Web said. Then he noticed a room nearby that caught his interest. "Hey! Look at that room!" he jumped off Silver's head and started to run toward the room.
Silver quickly grabbed Web. "Be careful! It might see you!" Both of them heard a Vrroom... and looked over to see X-Bot charging right at them. The wind caused by its speedy movement sent Silver and Web flying into another room.
"Silver! Are you okay?" Web asked his new friend.
"I think so…" Silver replied.
Web ran into the room that had caught his interest, and Silver walked after him. "Now let's look at that room!" the spider said. He saw a rectangular decoration hanging from the ceiling, grabbed onto it, and swung around. "Wheee!"
"We need to be careful. That robot could still find us here." Silver looked around for any sign of X-Bot. Then he heard a Vrroom! again. "It's coming!" he warned. He dove under a table and Web hid behind the decoration.
X-Bot entered the room but did not look in Silver and Web's direction at first. When it turned around, Silver grabbed a blanket that was lying on the ground near him and flung it over himself to hide himself. Unfortunately, this did not work well. X-Bot turned around and noticed the blanket with a large bump in it; when it used its x-ray vision, it could see Silver's bones right through the blanket. It leapt at him, but fortunately he saw it coming and sent it flying with a psychic blast. Silver jumped up, grabbed Web, and ran out of the room.
"Are we going to get away?" Web was worried.
"I'll try. Just hang on," Silver answered. X-Bot chased after him.
"Look, there's the stairs!" Web pointed ahead at the staircase.
Silver raced down the stairs and came to the skating rink. But when he moved onto the slippery floor of the rink, he slipped and fell, landing in a sitting position. "Whoa! This floor sure is slippery…" he said.
"How are we going to get across?" Web wondered.
"I know! If we can't walk, we'll float!" Silver got to his feet.
"Huh?" Web was confused.
Silver began to levitate over the slippery floor. "I have psychic powers, so I can float," he explained.
"We made it!" Silver and Web said together after they came outside.
Unfortunately, Silver didn't see that there was a ledge ahead and he fell off. "Oh, no!" he exclaimed.
Web knew just what to do. He created a spiderweb just above the ground that caught Silver safely. "Look! X-Bot's stuck in the snow!" he pointed to a large slope in the distance where X-Bot was struggling to move. Soon, it became overloaded and exploded.
"You'll pay for this!" Dr. Eggman shouted as he flew away in his machine.
Web hugged Silver. "Thanks for saving my life. You're the nicest person I've ever met!"
"Aww, it was nothing!" Silver blushed at the compliment.
Just then, Cream found the two of them. "Silver! Web! You're all right!"
"Without Silver, I don't know what would have happened to me," Web said, "He showed me he has a BIG heart!"
Later, as an event was about to begin, Web was cheering for Silver from the stands. "Silver! I'll be rooting for you!" he winked.
Silver winked back. "Thanks. I'll do my best!"
(from February 16, 2010)
Originally, the only food anyone is shown eating in the Events is apples. I guess I couldn't think of anything else because that wasn't very creative. In this typed version I just changed it to "breakfast" where they're eating other things. Also, I didn't name any of the Events workers...I was really bad at naming people back then.
I'm not sure what happened with Toad leading Silver to a torn-up room...
Web can use spiderwebs for different purposes, such as giving Silver a soft landing in this episode.
Unfortunately, I left a lot of things unexplained in my old stories! I try to do better now.