Silver looked over at the purple cat, gulping at the thoughts of his memories from his world's version of her. She stood and stared back at the white hedgehog. What was he staring at?
"Nice to see you again, Mistress Blaze," the King greeted. "This," Mephiles then gestured towards Silver, "is our legend. He goes by the name of 'Silver.'"
"Ah," said the female cat. She walked over to their table and sat down next to them. She noticed Shadow's eyes and raised a brow. "Oh my, what happened to you, Shadow?"
Shadow looked at her. "Scourge," he answered.
"He went into one of his mental spells again on the way here." Mephiles added in.
"So, you brought the snake here too?" She asked, not really too thrilled about it.
Mephiles nodded and took a sip of water from his cup. "I had to; he was the one who even told me about the jewel."
"Right," Blaze then looked up at Silver, who was trying very hard not to stare up at her. She just smiled. "Shy person, huh?" She asked.
Silver looked up at her and smiled back. "It's not only that," the nervous hedgehog said, "it… It's just that you look so much like my friend from my dimension… Well, actually, I think that your this dimension's version of her."
"Really?" She then sat up. "Well, I guess the others weren't kidding about you being from another world."
Mistress Blaze then turned to look at the King. "So," she began, "I will take a guess that you will need my help finding the temple, right?"
"Yes," Mephiles nodded.
"Lucky for you, then, that I did a little more research in the village's library." said Blaze.
"What have you found?" The king asked, sitting up straighter in his wooden chair.
Out from her bag that the cat carried, she pulled out a small book. "In this book, it says that there is a passage that only Silver can open, up in the mountains of the Bad Lands."
Moe's eyes widen. "The Bad Lands? Why on world of Magia would the King's Grandfather hide the passage there? It's where all the vampires and witches live for crying out loud!"
"Most likely he did it so no one would ever think of looking for it." Blaze said, putting the book away. "But look, I know it's risky, but the vampires have been real silent or have been seen for a very long time. It was almost like they vanished in thin air. The only thing there we would worry about is getting lost."
"Hmm.." Moe looked at Felicia, then back at the others. "I don't want my Granddaughter going there, knowing how our luck has been lately; we'll end up having to fight with a few blood suckers."
"I can always stay here and wait for you guys to come back." Felicia suggested.
"Yes, that way she can't be harm." Blaze smiled at Moe. "But like I said, we don't really need to worry about them."
Moe sighed, "I don't like it, but I guess I will just have to suck it up and deal with." Shadow chuckled at the old man.
"When do you want to leave, Blaze?" Mephiles asked, yawning just a bit.
"Early," she said, "Perhaps before dawn."
"Then I will go let Scourge know before I go to bed." The King said, standing up. "Good night, everyone. I will see you all in the morning." Quietly, the tired King walked out of the dining room and down the very small hall.
"I would suggest that the rest of you go to bed as well," said Blaze. She stood up. "I will stop by early tomorrow morning."
"Very well," said Shadow. "Good night, then." Blaze waved a bit, and walked out the door. Felicia stood up and picked up the empty bowl left by Mephiles.
"Anyone wants more soup and not let it go to waste?" she asked walking over to a sink, placing the bowl down.
"I guess I will help finish it off." said Moe, handing his bowl over to her. The young wolf took it and walked back over to the pot, scooping up the last bit of soup into it. She gave the bowl back to her elderly grandfather, who happily drank the soup.
Shadow yawned and stood. "Might as well go to bed, myself." he said.
"Need any help getting to your room, Shadow?" Silver asked.
"No," Shadow shook his head, "but thank you, anyways, Silver." Like his, brother, he also walked out of the dining room and then into his bedroom.
Silver lightly tapped his finger on the table, very bored, but strangely not even tired. He stood up and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going, Legend?" Moe asked, looking up.
"I'm going outside to look around the village some more." He replied. "And I think I'll look up at the stars tonight while I'm at it."
"Well, don't stay out for too long, boy," Moe said. "You definitely need your sleep too tonight."
"I will, Sir. So don't you worry." Silver said turning the knob on the door.
"If you don't, I'll find you." The old man chuckled. Silver smiled and rolled his eyes as he walked out. To Silver's surprise, a lot of people were still out in this time of night. Mostly guards, who paraded around the town looking for danger, but apparently he wasn't the only one who wanted to go star gazing. Not too far ahead of him, stood Mistress Blaze.
"Like to watch stars too, huh Mistress Blaze?" Silver asked, slowly walking over to her. She turned her head to him.
"Oh, hello again, Silver." she said. "And yes. Almost every night I try to go outside for a few minutes to look at them." She then turned her head back up at the sky. "They're amazing, aren't they?" She asked.
Silver stood next to her and stood directly up. Millions of stars were scattered across the beautiful night sky. "Yeah."
"You know, most people like to try to make out shapes in clouds..." she turned to look at him. "I like making things through the stars."
"Really?" Silver looked at her again. "Like constellations?"
She nodded at hm. "Yes, but my own, I would say." She pointed up one group of stars, and tried tracing her fingers over them. "I like to think this one as a small child."
"Ah, I see. That's pretty good." Silver chuckled.
"So, what makes you want to look up at the stars, Silver?" She asked with a smile still on her face.
"I don't know," the white hedgehog shrugged. "When I was a little kid, I used to think they were cool to look at." Silver looked around to see if there was a bench to sit on. One was right behind him, so he took a couple steps back and sat down. Blaze did the same. "But I think it's pretty creative when you make your own constellations. I don't think I've ever seen a person do that... Of course, where I come from, there weren't a lot of people around do to the world being in complete ruins."
"Ah, it's nothing too special." said Blaze. "It's not that hard. It's the same thing when you make objects out of clouds, it's just more linear using stars, it would seem."
"Yeah," he said, looking back up at the sky.
Blaze stared at him for a moment, and then smiled. "Try it."
Silver chuckled, "Okay, I'll try." He stared at the sky, studying it. Then, he smiled. Like she did before, he drew out a shape. "I think these stars look like a heart."
"Nice start." She said, looking up with a smile. She yawned and stretched a bit.
"Tired?" Silver asked, looking back down at her.
"Just a bit, but I don't want to go back yet." She said.
"How come? You look pretty tired."
"It's because I like talking with you. You seem very sweet and interesting to me." She smiled at him. Silver chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
"R-Really?" He asked. "Nah, I think I can be boring at most times."
"Has anyone told you that, Silver?" The purple cat asked.
"Well, no, not really.." the shy white hedgehog replied.
"Then how do you know that you're boring? You're only boring if someone has told you."
"Well, uh, thanks, Blaze.." He chuckled lightly. He yawned and stretched his legs and arms out just a bit. "Well, I think I should go back and go to bed. More travel tomorrow... Yay."
"Aww.." Blaze then gently pet the top of his head. "Alright, Silver. Sleep well tonight, then, and have pleasant dreams." She stood up. "It was very nice meeting you."
"You too," the hedgehog said back.
"Goodnight." She waved good bye to him again, and walked away.
The tired hedgehog rubbed his tired eyes and stood up, walking back towards the cottage to rest up for the night.