River
So sorry, serious writer's block on these two.
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The forest had a river, and in that river there was usually a little floating silver object.
Usually a boy.
Silver the Hedgehog was playing in the river, catching globs of water with his powers and releasing it, sometimes creating his own whirlpools. He looked so happy and carefree that Blaze smiled.
She had her legs pulled up to her chest, her eyes half closed in the afternoon light. She hummed to herself, tail twitching, ears folded back, with that content smile only cats could pull off.
"Blaze?" Silver said in a sing song voice. "Don't you want to come swimming?"
Every time he asked, and every time she just shook her head.
"Please?" He wheedled, smiling, eyes glimmering like sunshine.
"No, thank you." Her answer was always the same, and always she had that content cat smirk.
"Why not?"
"I don't like water much."
"You don't like heights much either." He pouted.
"Hmm." She hummed in reply; eyes closed now, the content smirk widening. She knew Silver wouldn't force her into the water, because he never had before. He was very predictable.
Silver sulked, floating in the river, feet caught on a rock so he wouldn't float away. Blaze, with her eyes closed, didn't see the sudden smile on his face.
"Didn't you tell me to push for what I believe in?"
"Always." She replied, her tone amused.
"Well, what about…now?"
She opened her eyes at this time, mildly surprised. "What?"
She saw his hand twitch, just the faintest motion in the water. Suddenly, an invisible force shoved her in the back, and down she fell into the water from her perch.
SPLASH!
She kicked her way to the surface, spitting out water, her ears folded back in annoyance.
"Silver!"
He just laughed, swimming circles around her, floating on his back.
"See? I pushed for what I believed in!" He snickered, and his friend splashed him with water.
Silver shook his head, blinking water from his eyes. "See? You're having fun already!"
Blaze sighed, shivering faintly, not from cold but because she disliked the water itself.
"Oh! I've got an idea!" He smiled. "Can you make a hot tub? Just heat the water up!"
"It's summer." Blaze said skeptically.
"Please?"
"Fine, fine." She shot off a thin stream of fire, which died before it came into the world, and instead heated the water in a burst of heated bubbles. The temperature jumped up about forty degrees, and Silver caused a whirlpool to swirl around the depths.
"See? We need to relax sometimes, not worry about saving the world."
Blaze nodded absent mindedly, leaning against the edge of the river. She knew his young shoulders shouldn't have to bow under the weight of the world…
"Silver?"
"Hmm?"
"I'll do this more often, I think."
He smiled. "Cool."
"And…next time…I'll bring a suit."
