Flowers of the Moonlight

By Boxed Princess

Chapter 1

The gray hedgehog ran down the moonlit path by himself, feeling bullets dodge him. He couldn't help but smile – he had not felt this alive for a long time. With a quick focus, he grabbed the bullets out of the air with his telekinesis and aimed them back at a few robots. Silver flew for a bit, avoiding a fallen tree stump, then ran faster and faced a cliff edge. "Shoot…" he muttered to himself and turned, forcing two robots together and causing a small explosion.

A sudden blow to his side caused the male to collapse to the ground. Grasping his side, he looked up, closing one eye and twitching the other. "Dammit, Eggman Nega…" he grunted, then weakly stood up.

The gray-mustached man rose from his giant robot and grinned cheekily. "I've got you now Silver," he said. "Now about that Chaos Emerald you have…" he said, holding out his hand and expecting him to hand it over. Doctor Eggman Nega let out a cackle as the hedgehog did not oblige to his wishes. He then got back into the robot. "Looks like I'll have to kill you then," he beamed, then pressed a few buttons which launched rockets in the hedgehog's direction.

Silver's life flashed before his eyes. Being born, abandoned by his father, living with his other family. He closed his eyes and was ready to accept his fate. He had never seen his father's real identity, or ever met his mother since she died on the day he was born. Why, why? Why did this have to happen to him?

He felt heat hit his face but no pain. He stumbled back to find that a large tree had grown in front of him, a tall thick redwood. The base was quickly vaporized by the explosion and at the top of the tree he could see a figure stand. The tree fell over, and the figure carefully stayed at the top, maintaining their balance and landing in front of Eggman Nega's robot. He could slowly make out a feminine form in front of him and noticed that her arms were on her hips. He ran forward and the figure made itself clearer now – it was a green hedgehog with green curly hair and (since he was facing her backside) he couldn't make up much but a green skirt with a pink ribbon tied around it, green shoes, and a green tank top. He quickly floated forward and then landed next to the girl. "Who are you?" he asked her.

"Hah." She just simply said. She then moved her arms out and vines grew from the ground. Her eyes and hands began to glow greenish as she rose up, attacking Eggman Nega, severely damaging his large robot which he was in. Vines were pulling the robot down, but Nega quickly broke free, his robot damaged by a few dents and scratches.

"This won't be the last time Silver," Eggman Nega cursed, and flew away with his robot.

"Pardon," he said, grabbing the girl's arm, but she had just then collapsed on the ground. Knowing Silver, he could not just simply leave a girl who had just saved his life laying out in the middle of Selstice city's forest unconscious. I mean – what if Nega came back? He rolled his eyes and realized the sort of situation this had put him in. He moved down onto his knee and picked the unconscious green hedgehog up, then carried her back to his home.

Silver placed the girl down on his bed and let out a small sigh. He had never…really…had a girl in his apartment before. He dropped his head a bit before noticing the girl slowly open her eyes. Her eyes shined in beautiful aquamarine pools which gazed into Silver's golden eyes. She smiled a bit.

"Who are you?" Silver questioned. "You saved my life…and you were unconscious so I brought you back here."

"I'm Leaf," the girl said, wiping her eyes with her green gloved hands and then taking another glance at the boy. She quickly looked around her surroundings and felt for her pocket. "Ah…here it is," she said, pulling out a bag that was sewn together by a child. She moved it up to her nose and sniffed it. "It has incenses from Adabat." She giggled, then placed the small bag in the pocket of her skirt again. She glanced over at the boy opposite from her. "I mean…I…well…I used to be the village's guardian until I helped develop some weapons for self-defense against some dark forces that would show up. And there I go again, telling everyone about my life story. I don't have anywhere to live, basically," she smiled. "But I'd better be off. I'm exploring the world!" she giggled.

"W-wait!" Silver called out, grabbing her arm and turning her around. As soon as he touched her, his fur spiked up, and his cheeks grew red. What is this feeling? She seems so familiar…but I just can't place it. He looked over at her and then let go of her. "You can stay here," he said.

The girl seemed a bit tense at first but then relaxed a bit. "Are you sure? I do not want to cause any trouble," she said hesitantly. "But if that is okay with you…then I guess I shall stay," she grinned.

"No trouble at all, I owe you one for saving my life," he said. "But Eggman Nega will be back. So, the question is, what are we going to do? And will you fight by my side?" he asked her.

Leaf shuffle a bit. "To be honest I'd love to, but I'm not the best at fighting," she said. "I mean, in certain environments, if there is no plant life around anywhere, I can't grow them to save you," she said.

"That's okay," Silver replied. He then ran a hand through his quills and gazed down at the smaller green hedgehog. He couldn't help but find himself a bit attracted towards the individual. She was cute for sure – big blue-green eyes, the way she held her hands together and stood, she was wife material. He smirked a bit and then put his hand down by his side again. "I hope that you can make yourself at home here," he said.

"Father!" the young boy called out. A dark figure rose from the ground and the boy ran toward it. "Father, please come back!" he yelled, running towards the figure. "I'm never fast enough to catch up to you…" he mumbled.

"Some of us are just born that way," the dark voice replied. "You inherited your speed and powers from your mother," he said, stopping and turning around. "Your mother…she's dead because of you, you know?" he snarled.

"No dad! Stop!" he said, clenching his temples and feeling tears roll down his cheeks. "Please stop! I know it's my fault…"he whimpered, then looked back up at the figure. "Why do you do this to me?!"

"Because you deserve it."