Chapter 14: Help From Shadow

The next day, Silver walked downstairs. Sonic was sleeping on the couch, in the same position the dragon had been in. Silver walked up to him, confused. "Sonic?" He asked.

Sonic opened his eyes and looked over at the white hedgehog. "Silver? What happened last night?"

"You turned into a baby dragon."

Sonic frowned. "A dragon? But I was supposed to become a wolf."

Silver shrugged. "I don't know, that's what you turned into."

"That's odd. I'm a werewolf. How..."

The spirit spoke in his mind. "I did say you would be able to take other forms, remember?"

"I do. Was that one of them?" Sonic asked it telepathically.

"It must have been."

The hedgehog sighed and looked at Silver. "What was I like in that form?"

Silver smiled. "Cute."

"Cute?"

Silver nodded. "You were a baby dragon looking for your parents. You had a mental change."

"That's interesting. My mind doesn't really change as a wolf...I just don't have control over myself."

"Is that what you wanted to show us?" Sonic sighed and closed his eyes. When he opened them, they were yellow slits. Silver looked at them in curiosity. "What are you doing?" He asked the hedgehog.

"Showing you what I tried to last night.

Silver nodded. Sonic groaned and began to turn into a wolf. When it was done, he looked at them. They looked at it in astonishment. It looked back and walked up to them, sniffing the two. Blaze watched the wolf in interest. It laid its ears back and growled at her.

Blaze took a startled step back. "Sonic?"

The wolf growled as it looked at the two. Both of them looked at the wolf, worried about what he would do. It growled some more and attacked. Silver froze it with his psychic powers and the two looked at it.

"I think we should get Shadow," Blaze said. "Didn't he say something about being able to help?"

Silver nodded. Blaze ran off to Shadow's as the psychic looked at the wolf. "You are a wild animal," he said.

It growled in response. Silver sighed and shook his head. Blaze rang the doorbell at Shadow's, who opened it.

"What is it?" He asked, crossing his arms and tapping his foot impatiently. "I'm busy."

"Sonic's turned into his wolf form, and tried to attack us."

Shadow sighed. "Lead the way."

Blaze brought him back to Silver's, and showed him where Sonic was.

"Set it down," he said sternly to Silver, who did so. Once the wolf was free, it tried to attack them but then saw Shadow. The wolf sat back and looked at the hedgehog. "It's okay," Shadow said, petting it.

It whined and lay down, putting its head on its paws. Blaze and Silver looked at Shadow in awe.

"How do you do that?" Silver asked.

"I don't know," Shadow said. "Maybe I'm just good with animals."

The wolf whined again and rubbed its head on Shadow's leg. Shadow smiled as they watched it transform back into Sonic. His eyes were still yellow, however, and he had some features of the wolf.

"Good." Shadow pet the top of his head.

Sonic looked at Shadow and smiled, then looked at itself. "Why do I still have wolfish features?"

"I don't know," Shadow said. He looked at Sonic, confused. The wolfish hedgehog continued to look at itself, and then figured it out.

"I guess it's starting to get permanent."

"How long until it does?" Shadow asked as he winced and looked at his own body.

"A few days?" Sonic suggested.

Shadow shrugged. "I guess," he said. "I have to go; I'll see you later."

He walked off, and Silver and Blaze did also. Sonic sighed and sat down, waiting for the full moon that night.