Chapter 9: Discussions

It had been five minutes after Mephiles left and Shadow was in the living room with Sonic and Silver.

"Were you happy to see your brother, Shadow?" Silver asked.

Shadow nodded. "Very surprised, as well. I thought he was dead."

The gargoyle smiled. "What do you think about him being a wolf?"

"That is also a surprise. One that I don't like."

"What don't you like about that?" Sonic asked the ghost.

"My brother has the body of a feral wolf," Shadow said.

"Has he been one before?" The gargoyle asked. "He told me that he used to be able to shapeshift."

Shadow shook his head and crossed his arms. "He probably did, but I don't remember every form he shifted into."

"He did tell me that he's been wanting a mate."

"Mephiles always had been interested in finding that special someone."

"Say, Silv," Sonic said. "What do you think about being a gargoyle so far?"

"Annoying, but interesting."

"Have you figured out any of your new powers yet?"

"Sort of."

"Like what?" Sonic asked.

"Well, I can fly," Silver told them. "It's pretty cool."

"Sounds like it is."

"I haven't figured out any other powers yet but Mephiles did tell me that I'm immortal now."

"Gargoyles are immortal?"

"Apparently," Silver said, and then sighed. "I wonder what Blaze will think..."

"She'd be worried about you," Sonic said.

"I would call her but I don't think that a phone would fit in my hands now."

"I'll call her for you," Sonic said.

"Thanks, Sonic," Silver replied.

"No problem. I can even put her on speaker so you can talk to her."

Sonic dialed Blaze's number and put it on speaker. Blaze answered seconds later.

"Hello," Blaze said.

"Hi, honey," Silver greeted. "How are you?"

"I'm great."

"Hey...something came up while I've been here. I've become an immortal gargoyle."

"What? How?"

"A witch named Fiona, Shadow's sister, transformed me."

"Why? What did you get into over there?" Silver explained everything that had happened, from Fiona trying to murder Sonic causing her to permanently transform him to finding Mephiles as a wolf and reuniting him with Shadow. Blaze was silent for a moment, and then spoke. "That is quite the adventure. You will be coming back after it's done, right?"

"I plan on it," Silver said.

"Good. We'll figure something out if you're still a Gargoyle."

"Thanks, Blaze. I love you."

"I love you too."

"What have you been doing while I've been gone?"

Sonic smiled and set the phone on the table, then walked out of the room so they could talk. "I really hope we can get him back to normal," he said to Shadow.

"Curses like that are very hard to break," Shadow told Sonic. "Especially when they've changed someone's being altogether."

"There's a way. There's always a way to reverse a curse."

"Well, Silver's only been a gargoyle for a day."

"So? Like you said, it's only been a day. He might hate it later, and I would rather know a way to change him back than force him to stay like that when he doesn't want to be."

"I'll look into it," the ghost said with a smile.

A few minutes later, Silver walked into the room where Sonic and Shadow were. "I finished talking with Blaze."

"What did she say?" Shadow asked the gargoyle.

"She just wanted to catch up on what's been going on in both our lives."

"That's good. Say, what was it like being a statue this morning?"

"I don't really remember it. I guess you could say it was like being asleep."

Silver smiled, and Sonic yawned. "I need to get some sleep," he said. "See you guys tomorrow."

They bid him goodnight. Sonic went to his room and yawned again before falling asleep in bed.