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Sorry it took so long, but things became hectic in my life that resulted in losing time to update.

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Silver stopped walking and paused to look around and figure out where he was and what was going on. Seeing a large red barn, he crossed his arms and commented to no one in particular, "Well, I guess I'm on someone's farm…now what am I supposed to be doing here?"

"Silver! Over here!" he heard a familiar voice call and turned to see Blaze sitting on a wooden fence, waving for him to come join her.

Uncrossing his arms as he jogged over to her, Silver asked, "What are we supposed to be doing here?" He noticed three assorted colors of Flickys perched on the fence next to her. "What's with the Flickys?"

"I don't know." The Guardian of the Sol Emeralds answered with a small shrug. She jumped off the fence and put a hand on her hip. "And I'm not sure what we're supposed to be doing here-"

One of the Flickys pointed at Silver with its wing and began to chirp as though it was laughing and the other two joined in. Realizing they were laughing at him, Silver gave a disheartened sigh and Blaze gave a disapproving look at the Flickys. The Flickys picked up the hint and flew away and Blaze turned to face Silver who gave another sigh. Giving a small encouraging smile to Silver, Blaze told him, "Don't listen to those guys. They're just talking big to impress each other."

"Thanks Blaze. I…" Silver trailed off as he heard someone howling with laughter and the pair turned to see Knuckles coming towards them.

"Holy macaroni and cheese Blaze! Where'd you find this guy? He's got to be one of the funniest looking guys I've ever seen!" commented Knuckles, still howling with laughter as he pointed at Silver.

Seeing a crowd of Wisps join in and start to imitate the Guardian of the Master Emerald, Blaze clenched her teeth and scolded, "Hey! Don't be so mean to him because he isn't like the rest of you!"

"Thanks Blaze, but I know when I'm not welcome." Silver responded and Knuckles stopped laughing.

"Yeah, you better run." Declared Knuckles as he picked up some small rocks and threw one of them at Silver's head.

Giving a small cry of pain as the rock hit him square in the face, Silver snapped, "Hey! That was my face!"

Dodging another rock thrown at his head, Silver turned around and ran away as fast as he could as he got hit by more rocks.

Weaving through the trees of a forest, Silver levitated down to the ground and sat down on a stump to rest for a bit. After he ran until his feet ached, he decided he still was not far enough away from the torture at the farm, so he also decided to use his psychokinesis to continue his escape. Soon, he regained feeling in his legs, got up, and strolled down the path. "Why did Knuckles say I was so funny looking? And why was he throwing rocks at me?" Silver wondered.

Hearing a rustling noise, he halted to a stop and took a fighting stance. Relaxing as he saw something black burst spring out of the bushes, Silver silently swore when he realized who was in front of him. Brushing some leaves out of his quills as he strutted to Silver, Shadow greeted, "Well, am I relieved I found you. I've been looking for you."

Having a bad feeling from the joy in Shadow's tone and the smile on his face, Silver replied, "Uh, what is it Shadow?"

Stopping in front of Silver as he crossed his arms, Shadow continued, "I've been extremely concerned about you."

"Really?"

"Of course. I didn't get to be the first one to mock you in this story."

"Uh-"

"So, now I insist that I make it up to you by taking a role in this story."

"Shadow. If the only reason you looked for me it's so you can play a role in this story by insulting me…forget about it. It's not gonna happen."

"Oh, do let me take part in this story. I'll gladly be making it up to you."

"Uh, no Shadow. That's okay."

"Oh, but I insist."

"Shadow. I'm getting mocked enough as it is. I don't need you to add to it-" started Silver.

"Oh, I won't be too harsh. It's nothing a few therapy sessions won't solve. After all, they do have a point," Shadow began with a cocky smirk on his face, "there are very few who can look as good as me."

Annoyed with Shadow's narcissism, Silver made a rude gesture and said some obscene words at Shadow and Silver stalked away from the Ultimate Life Form, eventually speeding up into a run as he saw Shadow return the same actions back at him. Once he was sure he put enough distance between himself and the Ultimate Life Form, Silver slowed down to a walk and gave a sigh as he commented, "Can this day possibly get any worse?" He heard the echo of thunder, saw a flash of lightning, and felt rain pelting him. "I just had to say it, didn't I!"

Shielding his head as it began to rain harder, Silver ran to huddle under the shelter of a large oak tree. Shivering as he tried to warm himself up, Silver sighed again and attempted to make himself more comfortable so he could fall asleep and just hope tomorrow would be a better day.

The next morning, Silver slowly woke up and yawned as he stood up and shook himself dry. He had never been so miserable before in his life. His stomach was grumbling the whole night, the place where he slept had a stick jabbing him in his back the whole time, and despite being in some shelter…he still got drenched. Hearing the sound of someone cheerfully humming, he looked to see Tails casually strolling his direction carrying a brown paper bag and Silver's mouth started to water as he caught the scent of food. Seeing Tails come up to him, the young fox smiled and greeted, "Hi Silver."

"Oh, hey Tails. You gonna make fun of me too?" Silver dully responded and Tails gave a confused look at the hedgehog's reaction.

"No. Why do you assume I'm going to make fun of you?"

"Well, when I met Blaze, the Flickys with her laughed at me and so did Knuckles and some Wisps and Knuckles threw rocks at me, so then I ran and I met Shadow and he began to verbally assault me, so I ran from him and I spent last night cold, alone, and wet. Since everyone else made fun of me, I figured you would."

"Well, don't worry. I won't."

"Thanks. It helps to know someone's nice to me." Replied Silver with a small smile.

"And if you want…I can share my lunch with you," Tails offered and he held up the paper bag, "it's not much, but it'll do."

Silver nodded and the pair sat on a couple of stumps nearby. Opening the paper bag, Tails gave Silver half a sandwich and a chocolate chip cookie and the other half of the sandwich and another cookie to himself. After eating in silence, Tails stated, "So, I've been thinking about your story and what your problem is and I know how to fix it."

"Really? How?" questioned Silver with a hopeful look on his face, clearly glad at this statement.

"What you need is some more friends to boost your confidence level sky high." Answered Tails and Silver took the young fox's words into consideration.

"Okay, sounds simple enough," Silver replied, "how am I gonna do that?"

"Don't worry. I'll help you." Reassured Tails with a smile and Silver smiled back.

"Okay Tails. I'm trusting you with this." Agreed Silver as the pair stood up and walked down the path to search for new friends for Silver.

Stopping at the edge of a lake, Silver and Tails saw a Dark Chao napping on the other side of the lake and Tails proclaimed, "There you go Silver! There's a friend for you! Remember, don't forget to smile and be pleasant."

"Got it Tails." Silver replied with a nod and became surrounded by a teal light as he used his psychokinesis to float across the lake.

Reaching the halfway point of the lake, Silver stopped as he saw the Dark Chao notice him and give a particularly hostile glare. Debating whether the Dark Chao would really take a moment to accept his friendship, Silver turned about and landed on the ground in front of Tails. "What happened? Why didn't you go ask to be his friend?" Tails interrogated and Silver sighed as he crossed his arms.

"Yeah, that Dark Chao didn't look too nice. I swear it looked at me like it was going to maul me or something." Silver answered and Tails gave a look that said he was not sure how to react.

"Okay, I suppose that's fair enough," replied Tails, "well, then there's no point in standing around here talking about it. Let's keep looking."

Resuming their walking, Silver started, "You know, I wouldn't be doing this if people wouldn't laugh at me because I'm so funny looking. What I don't get is why does everyone say I'm so funny looking?"

"Well, your quills are different from the other hedgehogs and-" began Tails.

Silver cut off, "Tails. Please don't answer the question. It's probably better not knowing."

"Okay. We'll just keep looking for someone to be your friend." Tails decided and Silver nodded as they continued their search.

A few hours later, Silver and Tails stopped as they saw Rouge sitting on a tree branch as she painted her nails and Tails stated, "You can try talking to Rouge. She'd be a good friend to have."

Looking at Tails with wide eyes and a shocked look on his face, Silver exclaimed, "Are you serious? No way! She'll just be cruel! She'll steal what little confidence I have and stomp on it dead until it's a pulp!"

"Never know unless you try." Responded Tails and Silver gave a small yell of surprise as Tails shoved him towards Rouge as she finished with her nails, put her gloves on, and jumped out of the tree.

Walking towards the treasure hunting bat, Silver greeted as pleasantly as he could, "Hi Rouge."

Seeing who was greeting her, Rouge pursed her lips as she put a hand on her hip and replied, "What do you want?"

"Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with me-"

"Hang on a sec. Are you asking me out on a date?"

"Heck no!"

"Good. If you were it would be pointless because I could never be seen in public with you."

"Why?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"What?"

"Oh man! I cannot hold it in any longer!" Rouge replied and she burst out howling with laughter.

"What's so funny?" questioned Silver, half-terrified at what the female treasure hunter's answer would be.

"You! Oh my gosh! You're the funniest looking guy I've ever seen!" Rouge choked through her laughter as tears started to run down her cheeks.

Watching Rouge as she doubled over, holding her stomach as she laughed even harder, Silver gave a depressed look as he shuffled away back to Tails. "So, how'd it go?" questioned Tails and Silver gave him a death glare that said 'Are you really asking me that?'. "That bad huh?"

"Told you Rouge would be cruel. I just got confidence stolen away and stomped on until it was pulp." Silver answered and Tails sighed at the psychic hedgehog's response. "This is hopeless. I'm not gonna find anyone who's gonna be my friend."

"Well, I'll always be your friend if that makes you feel better." Reassured Tails and Silver gave a small smile.

"It does. Thanks Tails." Silver replied and the pair pounded fists before they returned to their mission of finding a friend to Silver.

A few hours after the emotionally scarring encounter with Rouge, Silver and Tails were passing through a small town, someone pointing and laughing at Silver the whole time. After what seemed like hours, the duo finally escaped town and Silver remarked, "Well, that wasn't horrible at all. No one would stop laughing or pointing at me." He thought about the experience a little longer. "Well, I wasn't the only one on their minds. Everywhere we go, we hear people talking about this Sonic guy. Who is he?"

"Didn't you know? He's the most popular guy at SEGA." Tails answered.

"Wow. Maybe I'm what he is."

"Uh, well, I usually do know what Sonic is, but I can't for this story. I guess that's how it goes."

"Oh, bugger. Oh well, it doesn't matter. This is hopeless. I'm not gonna find anyone who's gonna be nice to me."

"Well, I can help. There's a farmhouse not too far away from here. You'll be welcome there no problem."

"What about you?"

"Uh, well, me not so much."

"Why?"

"There was sorta an incident and we don't get along so well." Tails replied. They stopped and Tails pointed at a quaint pink and white farmhouse. "It's right there."

Slightly hesitant to go somewhere Tails was not welcome, Silver started, "I don't know. Maybe I should-"

"C'mon. You won't get turned down," Tails cut off, "go on now."

Taken by surprise as Tails shoved him towards the farmhouse, Silver wished he had some Liquid Courage as he shuffled up to the farmhouse and knocked on the door three times. As the door opened, Silver gave a slightly surprised look as he saw Amy and before he could get a word in, Amy began, "Oh Silver! You poor thing! You must be lost if you got here!" She pulled him inside. "I'll make you a nice hot lunch and you can tell me everything!"

Over the next few weeks, Silver stayed with Amy and enjoyed the warm meals and bed he had. Lying on his bed, Silver looked out the window and sighed as he waved at Tails who was sitting on the wood fence a fair distance away from the farmhouse. It would be perfect if he could go outside and talk with Tails, but Amy made it clear that going outside and associating with Tails was strictly prohibited. Giving another sigh, Silver commented to no one in particular, "It's really nice here, but I kinda miss hanging out with Tails." He took a few minutes to think of what his options were. "Screw this. I'm busting out of here."

Getting to his feet, Silver made sure the coast was clear before he crept out of the farmhouse and made a break for it. As he raced past Tails, Tails questioned, "Where are you going?"

"Away from here! C'mon! Let's go!" Silver shouted back and Tails smiled as he hopped off the fence and flew after the psychic hedgehog.

A few months later, Silver smiled as he grabbed a handful of snow, rolled it into a ball, and threw it at Tails. Fall was uneventful; the only things that happened were more jeering at him and more talk about Sonic. He and Tails did manage to get their hands on scarves and spent a lot of time tobogganing down a hill or playing in the snow. Choking on a mouthful of snow as a snowball Tails threw at him exploded in his face, Silver shivered and looked at the now turning grey sky. Obviously, Tails noticed the sky and declared, "We better get to shelter."

Nodding in agreement, Silver and Tails before to trudge through the snow banks towards the barn where they crashed for the cold harsh nights. Shielding his eyes as it began to snow hard, Tails saw their destination and smiled. "Well, we're nearly there Silver." He informed. He heard no response and stopped as he turned to face the ivory hedgehog that was now passed out in the snow. "Silver!"

Shaking the hedgehog gently, there was no response and Tails gave a slightly panicked look. Seeing the barn, he gave a determined look and rushed as fast as he could to it. Rushing into a barn, Tails saw a group of Hero and Neutral Chao and cried, "Please! I need your help!"

Instantly, the Chao joined him and they journeyed out into the blizzard to Silver and slowly, managed to drag him through the snow to shelter. Closing the door behind them, Tails gathered the Chao around Silver and gently shook him again. After a few minutes, Silver's eyes opened and he sat up, rubbing his head. "Whoa. Where am I? And how did we get here?" he asked drowsily.

"You're in the barn and we were walking here when you passed out. So, I got the help of these Chao to get you here," Explained Tails, "but the main thing is that you're okay."

After the incident, Silver and Tails decided that it was a smarter idea to stay inside instead of going outside and spent their days hanging out with the Chao until spring came. Waving good-bye to the Chao, Silver and Tails walked away from the barn and suddenly, they both halted to a stop as they saw a cobalt hedgehog wiping some dirt off his red and white sneakers. "That's him! That's Sonic!" Tails proclaimed and Silver grew a huge smile on his face.

"He's a hedgehog…just like me! Maybe I can be as popular as him!" Silver exclaimed and went over to the World's Fastest Hedgehog.

Seeing the pair come up to him, Sonic greeted, "Hey, what's up Guys?" He crossed his arms. "Have you seen those doors? It's getting close to the end of the story and I-"

Cut off as all three boys heard a screeching noise, Silver, Sonic, and Tails saw the subway doors opened and rushed through them before they closed.

Stopping as the subway doors closed behind them, the subway began to move and Silver looked between everyone. "Well, after I saw Sonic…I felt a million times better about my looks." Remarked Silver and Sonic's head perked up.

"Hey!" replied Sonic. He turned to face the psychic hedgehog with a suspicious look on his face. "You sayin' I'm funny looking?"

"No! I'm not saying that at all! I'm saying you look awesome, so I could look awesome too!" Silver reassured and Sonic crossed his arms.

"Good. Otherwise…I'd have to slug you." Sonic told the psychic hedgehog who gave an innocent smile.

Obviously, the comment still triggered something and Silver gave a death glare as he looked at Knuckles." "Knuckles! I oughta do something to you for throwing those rocks at me!" Silver huffed.

"Like what?" challenged Knuckles, clearly believing that Silver was only bluffing.

Giving a slightly evil grin, Silver held out his hands and Knuckles clenched his teeth as he began hitting himself repeatedly, resulting in several snickers from the others. A few minutes later, Knuckles finished hitting himself and Silver faced Rouge. "And I oughta do the same to you Rouge." Declared Silver and Rouge's lips pursed as he turquoise eyes narrowed.

"If you try to pull that stunt on me…I'll beat you down so bad you won't be able to move for a few weeks." Rouge retorted and before Silver could give a response, the subway came to a stop and the group trudged out the doors into the next story.

My lone comment:

Poor Silver. He was so unloved.

Okay, so that was the chapter, hoped you enjoyed it, please review, and happy holidays!