Author's note: …I have a bit of explaining to do. This is the first chapter I published as a 14 year old. I was simply 13 when it all began. And I am 15 now. Let's continue.
Just as quickly as I had talked to Amy, it had gotten overcast outside. It looked like it would rain soon, I hurried back to the apple orchard.
But yet another strange sight was before me. There were only the trees that were about as tall as me. No apples. So I tried walking away.
Yes, I tried. But, as you are probably thinking, I never got away. A bag went over my head. It was the same material as the bag Shadow had carried the Chaos Emeralds in...
My legs were picked up by a cold hand... I mean FREEZING hand. A bunch of fumbling happened as I tried to free myself, but I failed once again. Whoever this was finally managed to seal me into the bag.
At first, I figured that Eggbutt was taking another crack at defeating Sonic.
"Ha," I said to myself. "This is nothing!" That's what I thought.
That is, until my eyes traveled to the tiny holes in the material (this bag was sewn). As the bag moved, letting me know that my kidnapper was walking away with me, I looked out.
The legs of the culprit were blue, and near the bottom was something that looked like some kind of bluish-whitish crystal fur. I knew most of the people on Mobius, and this was not Dr. Ivo Robotnik, aka Dr. Eggman.
I screamed.
*Sonic's POV*
I was just minding my own business at my mansion, making a salad out of local produce, when I heard a scream. This one was lower-pitched than Bella's scream, but not by much.
At that moment, I heard hurried thumping as Silver came speeding downstairs. He paused at their end, his face displaying more concern than I had ever seen out of him.
"Yes, I heard it, too," I said nonchalantly, although inside, I was freaking out nearly as much as he was.
He ran out faster than I had ever seen his legs take him. This was when I suspected that Zathia was in trouble. I was very worried.
*Silver's POV*
My concern had me racing out the door. Hearing Zathia scream like that scared me, as she was the love of my life. As soon as I had gotten home earlier in the day, I dramatically resolved that I would always look out and be there for her. And the next time I saw her, I would divulge that promise.
I was so concerned that I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings... alright, I ran face-first into a tree. As I sat there, waiting for the pain to fade away a bit, I saw him. Mephiles was carrying a sack of some kind. And in it was... a fox?!
Despite the nauseating pain still in my head, I ran towards him.
*My POV*
It was dark and depressing in that sack, although it was actually very roomy. And the material was very comfy.
I still wanted to be freed, though.
Once again, I looked out. I looked out at my kidnapper, and sure enough, I was correct. I looked up at the evil face of Mephiles the Dark. I was wondering what everyone wanted with me, but I had to infer that it had something to do with the power of my voice... My thoughts, thanks to the next thing I saw, became happy.
There he was, running towards us. He looked mad, and I mean mad. Silver had arrived in my defense again.
"Silver, huh?" said a bone-chilling voice, who I assumed was Mephiles. I was dropped. At last, I was able to step out and stretch. But to my horror, a battle had started nearby. Nobody was winning or losing at this point, but it looked like that would change at any moment. Thanks to Silver's telekinesis, things were flying everywhere. A huge tree branch almost hit me. Mephiles' ninja moves would have Espio in a rush to train harder. Silver tried everything, but Mephiles just kept on dodging with style.
There was a crowd forming. How stupid these, erm, "people" were. They were less than about 20 feet away from this battle, and like I said, things ranging from the size of a leaf to the size of a park bench... wait, Silver did actually launch a park bench, hitting Mephiles in the left arm.
The crowd was growing. The battle was getting pretty violent. At this point, my brain automatically started formulating a plan of action. Silver and Mephiles were only getting more threatening, and the crowd was not gonna move.
I had to do something.
Eventually, the plan was complete. It was a long shot, but I had to try it. To my luck, Mephiles landed right in front of me. So I attempted to grab his leg. He ran away too fast, making me fall over. I was embarrassed at first, but wasn't when I saw that all eyes were still on the fight.
I had finally come up with the correct strategy.
At that moment, Mephiles was running toward me. It all happened so fast that I can't really go into detail... When Mephiles got to me he just swiped me into his arms and kept on running. Just like that.
I didn't bother struggling (he had me in a pretty tight hold). I looked back. Silver... he looked ready to sprint, but he wasn't moving. Mephiles was running so fast that in less than a second, all I could see was the evening sunset reflecting on the meadow behind.
*Silver's POV*
In less than a second, he was gone. With my girl.
I was so enraged that I wanted to hit something, whether it be with my hand or my foot.
Remembering my secret promise, knowing that Mephiles was taking her to a place where teleportation would not work, with all the speed I could muster, I bolted in the same direction.
*My POV*
I considered using "Reflection" to take this speed of his away. But there is something I figured out. A loophole.
The song only worked for special powers. Regular physical abilities, such as speed and strength, were immune to the power of my voice.
Think about it. What would Shadow's motive have been to beat Dr. Eggman up if he had lost the ability to, perhaps, feel? Exactly.
I was considering using the song anyway, but then I remembered things I've heard about Silver's pace. I've heard that he's quite sluggish... and who knew if he was even going to bother attempting to rescue little old me? I mean, when I looked back, he was just standing there. But if Sonic or somebody else came to rescue me, I would use the song for sure.
I soon looked down and saw that Mephiles was walking onto a gravel sidewalk. Darkness soon surrounded us as we went into a fortress. When he turned around to close the door, I got a good look at where I would apparently be staying.
At least Wilfre's fortress had lighting. And Wilfre's brick walls were more clean and pleasing. The hall that I was seeing now looked ancient. Well, at least this place had windows, and the only light breaking the darkness was the beautiful glint of the moonlight, giving some of the wall a dark blue shade. The walls... oh, they left everything to be desired. Parts were chipping off, and there were cobwebs and spiders scattered about. I almost wondered how Mephiles could live like this.
He turned back around and started walking down this lonely hall. The moon was huge and bright. It was a long hallway, and Mephiles was walking kinda slowly, so I passed many windows and got a good look at it. In the moon, I could almost see Silver's face... I was positive that I could. The face was looking at me as if to say "Hang in there, Zathia. Everything will be alright." It gave me hope, somehow. Silver's face in the moon... fascinating.
I took one last look before I was shut into a cage. Mephiles, instead of walking out, sat in a red armchair nearby.
*Silver's POV*
I soon encountered the heart of the forest. I had lost my way earlier, but somehow, I knew the direction to head. I soon got tired and had to rest by a pine tree for the night. Before I closed my eyes, I looked up at the moon.
My heart was messing with my vision. I swear I saw Zathia's face in the moon. It brought me great peace. Her image seemed to be saying "Try your best, Silver. I believe in you." She was my everything, so I decided that I would press on tomorrow.
*My POV*
"I wield the truth," said Mephiles. "as to why you have gone through all that you have since the day Wilfre's spirit possessed you in front of your middle school."
"You lie," I snarled. "But go ahead. Humor me."
"You see," said Mephiles. "The gods of our world have been watching over you and your niece since you were 9 and she was 4."
At this point, I knew he wasn't lying.
"Go on," I said.
At 14 and 9, they finally decided that Earth was not worthy of your presence. The evil of Earth brought you here."
I was shocked. Until he finished telling the truth, I had not realized that I was actually being treated unfairly on Earth.
But this is the one thing that confused me as Mephiles got up and walked out.
If I was being treated unfairly on Earth, and Mobius is supposed to solve that, why are all these bad things happening to me?
All I could think was that Silver may have been the solution to all my problems all along. I mean, I loved him with all my heart and soul. He was all I could think about.
Lucky for me, right by my cage, there was a small window with 2 simple steel bars installed. The moonlight was giving everything in this room a pretty blue shade as well.
I looked out, still able to see Silver's face in the moon, quietly singing random lyrics to a beautiful, sad mental tune, wondering about my reason of being here and what would lie ahead in my life as Zathia the Fox, on Mobius.