The Silver and Web Series
Episode 4: Halfway Point

One morning, Silver woke up when he heard Web calling his name. "Silver! Silver! Are you awake?"

He looked at the clock and discovered that it was already later than usual. "AAH! I overslept!" he exclaimed.

"Silver! We're going to be late!" Web kept calling for him.

"I'm coming!" Silver replied. He got up and left his room, where Web was waiting for him.

"Come on!" Web said. He dashed toward the main room.

Silver chased after his spider friend. "Hey! Wait for me!"

In the main room, one of the Events workers was standing at the podium. "Hello everyone. As you may know, today marks the halfway point in the festival."

Meanwhile, the unkind Events worker was watching from just outside the room. Hmmm, this plan should work, he thought with a smirk. A huge quadrupedal creature named Darkswirl came up behind him. Darkswirl was covered in purple fur with tan paws and turquoise eyes. He had large furry ears, a short furry tail, sharp fangs, and a round black gem on his forehead. Following the worker's command, he charged forward into the room and roared at Silver and Web. They tried to run, but he grabbed them.

Silver saw the unkind worker standing there and glared at him. "So you're the one behind this! You don't deserve to be in the Events!"

"Don't you dare talk to me that way! Darkswirl!" Darkswirl tightened his grip on Silver, but he managed to free himself using his psychic power and sent a beam at Darkswirl. But the creature merely absorbed the attack and shot a beam from the gem on his forehead. Web created a spiderweb that wrapped around the beam, evaporating it. Then he escaped from Darkswirl's grasp.

Silver, who was using his powers to float in midair, caught Web. "Are you all right?" he asked him.

"I'm fine," Web answered.

Another beam came straight for the two of them, and Silver dropped back to the ground to evade it. "Run away," he told Web, letting him back onto the ground, "I can handle this myself."

But Web was reluctant. "Don't do it! You'll get hurt!" he said.

"Just leave!" So Web obeyed and ran away.

"All right, you're asking for it!" Silver said to Darkswirl as he began to glow. He sent a beam at him, but his psychic power appeared to have no effect on the creature.

"Ha! You are no match for me!" Darkswirl taunted. He shot a beam, but Silver used his powers to stop it in its tracks. Darkswirl changed his direction and began to charge at the Events worker, who rode on Yoshi.

"You can't do this!" Silver jumped onto Darkswirl's back in an attempt to stop him. The creature roared and flailed, but his uninvited rider held on tight. So he began to glow, sending Silver flying off his back. Silver landed on his feet and noticed that Darkswirl was now surrounded in light. "What?!" he exclaimed in surprise.

When Darkswirl stopped glowing, his appearance changed and he became even stronger. Now he had larger ears, a longer tail, a green gem on his forehead, reddish-pink eyes, claws, and wings with yellow markings. He stood on his hind legs and roared.

This is going to be a tough battle…but I can do it! Silver thought with determination. Darkswirl shot a powerful beam at him, and he shot a beam right back. But Darkswirl's beam was more powerful and disintegrated Silver's beam. The hedgehog used his psychic power to stop the beam but struggled under its immense strength. When he managed to evaporate it, he was sent backward by its force. This creature is really strong! he thought, My only hope is my most powerful attack. But it drains my energy, which is already running low…I can't waste it!

So Silver tried to send blasts of psychic power at Darkswirl, but he jumped right over them and smiled evilly. Silver fell to his knees, glowing less brightly. "Ugh…my psychic power…is weakening," he panted, "I can't…fight much longer!"

"Silver!" a voice called out right then.

Silver looked over to see Tails standing beside him. "Tails!" he said.

"Use this!" Tails tossed a purple cone-shaped jewel to Silver, who caught it, "It's a Magic Jewel. It's like a Chaos Emerald, but it's from Capia."

"Capia…?" Silver looked at the jewel with curiosity. The Magic Jewel glowed, restoring Silver's energy and making him more powerful, allowing him to overcome Darkswirl. And so, the creature was defeated with the help of the Magic Jewel. The rest of the Events went peacefully. Soon came the last day…

"I'm sorry, Silver, but you didn't win because you didn't do some of the Events…" Cream looked sad at first, but then she smiled, "but you did win this, because you did so many brave things." She placed a medal with a picture of two wings on it around Silver's neck.

Silver took a look at his medal and smiled. "Thank you, Cream. I'll never forget this. And thanks to Web too!"

"Actually, I should be thanking you," Web said, "Without you, I would have never made it!" And so, the Events had a happy ending.

(from February 26-March 2, 2010)

I made Darkswirl, Capia, and the Magic Jewels. Capia is a magical and unique world which actually appears in multiple series I've written. More will be revealed about it and the Magic Jewels later.

The reason I did not show much about the second half of the Events is because by the time I finished this story, it was already March and so the time for wintertime Events was about over.

Capia is pronounced kayp-ee-uh.