"W-what? N-no, I...I didn't... How... d-do you know...that?" Silver stuttered, shocked. He avoided eye contact, which Lauren pointed out indicated that he was very much lying. And it made her mad.
"Silver, the school called today and asked me why you weren't there!" Lauren narrowed her eyes angrily. "What do you have to say about that?"
The gray hedgehog remained silent and only looked at the ground. He didn't know what to answer and he just didn't want to tell the truth. So he turned around and walked upstairs in silence.
Lauren just stared after her son. What has gotten into him?
Sighing, she sat down on the couch.
Silver's heart was as heavy as a stone as he went up the stairs. He wanted to tell her, but he just didn't dare. So he opened the door of his room and immediately threw himself on his bed, as soon as he had entered.
Again, tears ran down his cheeks. He hated lying to his mother so much. It hurt his heart and gave him stomach ache.
Silver stared at his hand, which lit up again. His room was bathed in a turquoise light. The gray hedgehog stared at his hand. Was it brighter than yesterday?
Carefully he looked around his room to see what he had made flying this time.
His breath stopped when he saw how not only one, no even two, books were flying in the air. Wasn't it always just one object? Why suddenly two?
/A-are my powers getting stronger? / he thought, horrified, and jumped up. / No, no, no, not worse! Then I can't hide it anymore!/
Silver winced noticeably when he thought, about how his family would react when they saw this. He couldn't let that happen. But how was he going to keep hiding his powers, when he couldn't control them?
Sighing, Silver sat down on his bed again and waited for his powers to stop by themselves, since he couldn't control it anyway.
But why actually? Sonic had also managed to get his speed under control, as did Knuckles with his strength and Shadow with his chaos powers.
Although Shadow was a bit different again. He could control his ability, but was by no means a master at it, like Sonic with his power. Was it exactly the same with Silver?
If so, he still had a long way to go.
"Silver, we need to talk."
There was a knock on the door. Shortly afterwards, it was opened. Lauren pushed the door all the way open and stepped inside. Silver, however, showed no reaction. He looked out the window and remained silent while the cat tried to start a conversation with him.
"Silver, why weren't you at school today?" She asked with a sharp undertone that made Silver shudder. He knew that tone all too well. Now he was in trouble, even if that had been clear to him before.
"Silver, answer me.", Demanded the cat and pulled her son lightly on the arm. But the hedgehog didn't move.
"Silver!"
Now Silver couldn't hide his fear any longer and he winced. In spite of everything, he didn't move, just lowered his eyes.
Lauren's gaze gradually softened again and she gently stroked the young boys arm.
"Silver, we can talk about anything, but you have to cooperate for that."
The hedgehog just shook his head and got up. "You don't understand! And now leave me alone!" He growled angrily. All the fear that had built up in him earlier, had suddenly disappeared and had been replaced by anger.
"Silver, don't you dare raise your voice against me! Who do you think you are?!" Lauren got up from the bed and went to her son. The hedgehog, in turn, turned away so as not to have to look at her.
"Just leave me alone! I want to be alone! You don't understand it anyway!" Silver snapped at his mother and crossed his arms over his chest with a growl. "Just go go and leave me alone!"
"You don't tell me what to do and what not! I'm still your mother!"
"I don't care! Go away, I don't want to speak to anyone now! And especially not to you!", Silver yelled and whirled around. There was such hatred in his eyes, that it made Lauren nearly flinch. What has gotten into him?
Despite the grief that spread through her, she looked at the young hedgehog seriously and said: "You're grounded for an indefinite period of time. First learn how to talk to your mother!"
Finally she left the room and closed the door behind her.
Silver was seething with anger. He stomped his foot on the floor and yelled something you never thought you would ever hear from him.
"I hate you!"
Hardly a second later the gray hedgehog realized what he had said and was startled. In disbelief, he closed his mouth in the hope of being able to take back what he just said.
He didn't want to get angry, nor did he want to yell at his mother. Silver didn't know what had gotten into him, but he just couldn't stop himself.
He didn't hate his mother, he loved her.
He wanted to talk to his mother, he just wasn't brave enough.
He didn't want her to go, she should stay.
But now it was too late. What's said... was said and he couldn't take it back. Weeping he got up and opened the door of the room.
Immediately he ran into the living room and snuggled up to his mother, who was sitting there next to Charlene on the couch.
"I-I didn't want to say that! I'm so sorry!" Whimpered the gray hedgehog and closed his eyes while sobbing.
"Silver..." Lauren sighed, clearly upset. "...Go to your room. We'll discuss that later."
"B-but..."
"Silver, I said: go to your room."
Immediately the hedgehog slipped off the sofa and crept upstairs, back to his room.
There he threw himself on his bed and let more and more tears run down his cheeks. His heart was heavy with grief and the feelings of guilt began to weigh down on him with every passing second.
He had upset his mother and he deeply regretted it.
"Why...would Silver do something like that?" Charlene whispered stunned and looked at the floor. "He has a problem and we have to make it clear to him, that he can talk to us, whatever it is!"
"It's not that easy Charlie..." Lauren replied, looking at her daughter. "Silver just doesn't speak and...he immediately yells at you, if you pester him with it for more than two minutes."
Charlene looked out the window and suddenly got up. "Then I'll talk to him."
Before she could leave the living room, however, Lauren got up and held the younger one back.
"No Charlie...let him be..."
"But mom ...!"
"I said 'no' Charlene."
Said sighed and nodded in agreement. "Well, okay..." Finally she went to her room and threw herself on her bed.
She could swear she heard someone cry.
Silver eventually fell asleep from exhaustion, but it wasn't a good night's sleep.
"N-no...I...I love you guys..." he muttered in his sleep, while he had the worst dream he could ever imagine.
His family hated him and they wanted him out of their way.
Silver turned restlessly in bed and hugged his teddy bear as if his life was depending on it. Tears glistened in his closed eyes and ran down his cheeks.
The gray hedgehog was trembling all over, when he awoke. Weeping, he snuggled into his blanket. More tears ran down his cheeks.
He felt miserable.
Charlene layed awake in her bed. She hadn't managed to get some shuteye yet. Sighing, the cat turned around in her bed and closed her eyes.
Then she noticed the soft sobs of a certain hedgehog.
The siblings' rooms were exactly next to each other. This enabled the two teenagers to hear exactly when someone was crying in the other room.
Charlene wanted to block out the crying first, but couldn't reconcile that with her conscience. So she finally got up and crept down the hall to her brother's room.
When she opened the door, the heartbreaking sobs of Silver hit her right in the face. The gray hedgehog was lying in his bed, facing the wall.
The cat crept up to his bed and sat down on it. Finally she pulled the younger one into a hug. Despite the darkness in the room, Charlene could see the tears in her brother's eyes.
Silver snuggled up against his older sibling, who stroked his back soothingly. Meanwhile, she whispered something in his ear that made the hedgehog sit up and take notice.
"I could never hate you."
Silver let go of his sister and stared at her in disbelief.
"You have to talk to us, Silver. And if you don't want to talk to Mom or Dad, then at least talk with me. I won't tell anyone either, that'll remain our secret.", The cat whispered and took her brother's hand.
Silver, however, shook his head vigorously. No, he couldn't even tell his sister. The fear was deep inside him again and didn't seem to go away anytime soon.
Charlene sighed but nodded. "Well, Silvy, then okay... But you have to tell us. Just remember one thing: I love you, no matter what." With that she hugged the hedgehog, who sadly huddled up against the older one.
The cat stroked the young hedgies back in the hope, that this would bring him to sleep. At the same time, she hummed a tune in his ear.
In the warm embrace of his sister, his worries seemed to pass for a few minutes at least. Silver visibly relaxed in his sister's arms and he sighed contentedly.
Charlene layed herself and Silver carefully into the bed and pulled her little brother to her. Finally she pulled the covers over her body and kissed the hedgehog's forehead.
"Sleep well, Silvy. I love you."
Silver unconsciously began to smile. Cuddled up to his sister, sleep came over him at some point and he fell into the realm of dreams.
"Charlie...?"
The cat just hugged her brother even more and buried her nose in his spines.
"Charlie..." the voice repeated.
Finally the said opened her eyes and looked down. Silver was snuggled up against her, his golden eyes gleaming at her.
The cat immediately stirred and sat up. "Are you okay?" She asked, although that question was totally unnecessary since Silver was obviously not okay.
Silver shook his head gently before coughing. It was probably not a good idea to fall asleep in the woods yesterday. The rain and the unusual cold that occurred mid-may, had clearly affected him.
His throat was scratching, he could barely breathe through his nose and the gray hedgehog could swear that he had a fever again.
"Oh dear, you got it bad...", Charlene whispered worried and looked at the clock.
5:30 am. She would have to get up now anyway, so she got out of bed and opened the door to the room.
Just as she was pulling the door open, someone pushed against it.
"Oh, thank chaos, you're here.", Lauren said and looked around. "What are you doing here?"
Charlene turned and looked at her brother. "Silver cried terribly, that's why I stayed with him. And mom? I think he caught a cold."
Lauren stared at her son, who was turning tired in his bed.
Finally she went to him and put a hand on his forehead.
"You have a fever again...", she sighed and got up. "I'll be back later, you will sleep for now. And Charlene? You will get ready for school, please."
"Okay mom. Bye Silvy, get well soon!", Charlene shouted and left the room.
Silver stared at his mother. He felt that guilty feeling again. Slowly the tears came back to him.
"I... I'm so... s-sorry, mommy... I-I didn't...want to y-yell at y-you ..." He tried his hardest to not bursting into tears again.
Lauren pulled her son into a long hug. "I'm sorry too, Silver ... I shouldn't have gotten so mad straight away."
Silver stared at the cat in front of him. "But... I'm so obnoxious... You're not to blame..." he whispered and looked at his hands. "I don't want to be like this...
I'm...I'm just scared... "
=Hello everyone, I'm back!A new chapter for you, I hope you enjoyed it! 3About today's chapter:Silver is sick again, oh dear. I really don't give this boy a break at all. xDWill Silver finally reveal it in the next chapter? Who knows. x3Thank you for reading. Love you guys! 3XxSilver_Lea_EngxX