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Silver stopped walking and took a few minutes to survey where he ended up through the elevator. He was in a petite cottage that was picture perfect and he commented to himself, this is a nice place." He crossed his arms as he took another glance around the cottage and somehow got on a completely different topic than the cottage. "You know, I've been with SEGA for around five years already. Shadow got his own game after four years. I should see if I can get one now."

Moving to leave the cottage, the door opened and Silver stopped as Sonic jogged into the cottage. "Heya Silver. Pretty nice cottage I own, eh? The only bad thing about it is that Amy is stuck here, but Tails is here, so I guess it balances out." Remarked Sonic.

"Yeah, I guess," Silver replied, "hey, Sonic. Can I ask you something?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Do you know how long it'll take before I get my own game?"

"No…and I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you."

"Why not?"

"Tsk. It's simple. I don't know if you're worthy of remaining with SEGA."

"What? SEGA says-"

"Silver, Silver, Silver. You poor naïve hedgehog. When will you learn that I AM SEGA?" Sonic cut off and Silver died a little inside from what Sonic was telling him. "Anything that happens at SEGA has to have my stamp of approval. After all, I am their mascot."

"I suppose so." Agreed Silver, hardly believing what he was saying and, as a result, died a little more inside.

Watching Sonic as he ran away, Silver sighed before shuffling out of the cottage, completely disappointed about the conversation. Hopefully, a short walk would clear his mind and restore what parts of him died.

A few hours later, Silver looked at the sunset as he returned to the cottage, the disappointment from earlier nearly gone although the parts of him that died inside were gone forever. Just about to push open the door to go inside, he stopped as he heard Amy and Sonic talking and leaned his ear against the door. "Amy. I hate to do it, but tomorrow…I'm firing Silver from SEGA." He heard Sonic firmly state and Silver felt like he was hit where it hurts the most.

"Sonic. You can't do that!" He heard Amy protest and he felt a little bit of hope that he would be part of the SEGA family still. "That's not fair to Silver!"

"Amy. I have no choice." Sonic replied.

Amy challenged, "Why not?"

"I don't need to explain my reasoning to you," responded Sonic, "tomorrow is Silver the Hedgehog's last day with the SEGA family."

Silver leaned away from the door and sank to the ground sat against it, completely disheartened about what he just heard as it sunk in. "I can't leave SEGA. There has to be someone or something that can help me so I don't get fired from SEGA." He stated to himself and he got to his feet and started to wander into the woods.

Strolling through the woods, Silver looked up at the cloudless sky to the moon and sighed. "Maybe if I stay lost in here…I won't have to be kicked out of the SEGA family. Instead, I met some tragic end." Silver mumbled and stopped as he saw some movement.

A figure appeared on the path he was on and even in the dim moonlight, there was no denying who it was. "Shadow. I need your help," Silver began and the onyx hedgehog raised an eyebrow, "my position with SEGA is in jeopardy and I need help to make sure it isn't and-"

"Don't look at me helping you. I'm not playing a role in this story," Shadow told him as he crossed his arms, "besides, my position with SEGA isn't the one in jeopardy. It's YOUR problem."

Silver started, "Shadow-"

Shadow gave a taunting smirk and the psychic hedgehog clenched his teeth as he flipped his middle finger and swore at the Ultimate Life Form who responded with the same actions that were verbal and involving a rude gesture before skating away. Resuming his walk, Silver thought about the encounter with Shadow and sighed. Sure, it cheered him up when he gave Shadow a taste of his own medicine, but his happiness disappeared when Shadow responded to him and now he was even more upset with his status with SEGA after confronting the onyx hedgehog and his popularity. "Stupid Shadow…" he grumbled and kicked a small rock with his foot. "He always knows how to get under your skin. He must get a kick out of watching people's dreams getting crushed."

Kicking the stone again, he saw it clatter along the ground until making contact with someone's foot. Realizing who the figure was, Silver got ready to take out his anger on Eggman. "Eggman! What are you doing here?" Silver demanded and Eggman waved the hostility off.

"Silver. I noticed you seemed troubled by something. Why are you so glum?" questioned Eggman and Silver relaxed, somewhat confused about how pleasant Eggman was being despite the fact he was going to kick the evil genius's tail.

"Because tomorrow I'm gonna be out of a job at SEGA. The next time I'll be seen…I'll probably be asking "Would you like fries with that?" or something along that line."

"Oh, there's no need to fret about being employed with SEGA."

"Why not? I'm gonna be unemployed!"

"No, no. I'll let you in a small plan."

"I'm listening."

"Amy and Sonic go out for a walk every morning in the field to get some fresh air and take Tails with them. Tomorrow, you be nearby Tails and keep watch of him and I'll kidnap him, run away as fast as I can, you chase after me, I'll drop Tails somewhere, you pick him up, and take him back to Amy and Sonic. They'll think you're a huge hero and will keep you at SEGA because of it."

"Is that really the answer to my problem? Let you kidnap Tails and then I get him back from you?"

"Yes."

"Works for me. I know it's probably not the best way, but I'm desperate enough that I'll do whatever I need to."

"But I'll need something from you in return."

"What?"

"Sonic has all of the Chaos Emeralds. One night, I'll come to the barn and you'll look the other way as I take one of them."

"How's that a fair bargain?"

"You get to keep your job and I get a Chaos Emerald."

"I guess."

"So, do we have a deal?" asked Eggman and Silver gave a debating look, torn between giving up a Chaos Emerald for his job.

"I suppose so." Silver reluctantly agreed, still uncomfortable from the idea of giving an evil genius a powerful object that could potentially help him take over the world.

"Perfect," responded Eggman, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Watching Eggman as he disappeared into the woods, Silver was still troubled by the bargain he made as he turned around to return to the cottage, hopefully not getting lost along the way.

The next morning, Amy, Sonic, and Tails went for the walk that Eggman had predicted they were going for and Silver shuffled behind them, realizing that there was no going back on the plan now. Soon, Amy decided it was time to give Sonic a hug and, as a result, Sonic took off, being pursued by Amy and Silver and Tails sat under a large oak tree as they watched the scene. "Hey, Silver. Wanna do something?" questioned Tails as he looked at the psychic hedgehog.

Looking at the two-tailed fox that was soon going to be kidnapped, Silver answered, "Not really."

"Why not?" Tails inquired.

"Because I don't want to." Responded Silver.

"You're no fun." Tails stated and gave a small yelp of surprise as a huge robot arm snatched him.

Amy and Sonic stopped and saw Eggman floating in a pod, the robot arm clutching Tails tightly as he took off and Amy cried, "Oh no! He took Tails!"

"Don't worry," Silver replied as heroically as possibly as he jumped to his feet, "I'll save him!"

Taking off after Eggman, Silver started to gain on Eggman and the evil genius dropped Tails and Silver narrowly caught him with his psychokinesis. Setting Tails down, the pair watched Eggman as he disappeared into the woods before heading back to Amy and Sonic. "You saved Tails, Silver!" Amy exclaimed. "You're a hero!"

Blushing slightly from the compliment, Silver responded, "Ah, well, it was nothing really."

"Heh. Guess the fact that you're a hero means you get to stay with SEGA." Sonic decided and Silver's eyes grew huge with excitement as he looked at SEGA'S mascot.

"Really? I get to stay with SEGA?" the psychic hedgehog replied and Sonic nodded.

"Yep," Sonic answered as he gave Silver a thumbs up, "you've earned it, Buddy."

Amy, Sonic, and Tails started to walk back in the direction of the cottage and Silver grew a huge grin as he raced after them as he cheered to himself, "Yes! No having to ask "Would you like fries with that?" after all!"

A few hours later, Silver was standing outside the cottage looking at the sun, smiling at his triumph of remaining with SEGA, and heard someone cough. Looking in the direction of the noise, he saw Eggman and the hedgehog quickly jogged to him. "What are you doing here?" questioned Silver. "If Sonic or someone sees me talking to you…I'm screwed!"

"No need to worry. I came to congratulate you on keeping your job thanks to my brilliant plan," Eggman answered, "and to make sure that you kept your side of our bargain."

"No."

"No what?"

"I can't let you take any of the Chaos Emeralds."

"What?"

"Sorry, but it's not going to happen. I'm not going to let you take any of the Chaos Emeralds." Silver firmly stated and Eggman's face turned a bright and hostile shade of red.

"Why you little-" Eggman fumed and disappeared into the forest and Silver immediately knew that Eggman was going to go for a Chaos Emerald.

Pushing the door of the cottage open and going inside, he saw Sonic leaning back in a chair with a set of headphones and Silver snapped his fingers to catch the blue hedgehog's attention. Taking off his headphones, Sonic remarked, "Heya Silver. What's up?"

"Sonic. I gotta tell you something." Silver began.

"What?"

"Eggman's gonna try to steal a Chaos Emerald."

"Huh? Why? And how do you know?"

"It doesn't matter, but unless you do something…he's gonna come tonight and take one." Replied Silver and Sonic crossed his arms as he quickly thought over what Silver was saying.

"Okay. I'll handle it," Sonic told the younger hedgehog, "thanks for the heads up."

Creeping into the dark barn in the middle of the night in the floating pod, Eggman searched the barn for what he wanted. Smiling as he saw the Seven Chaos Emeralds that glimmered in the moonlight, Eggman hit a small yellow button on the pod and a robot arm emerged from the pod and extended to the Red Chaos Emerald, the one closest to him. Just as the arm was about to snatch the precious gem, Sonic appeared out of the shadows and hit the arm with a spin attack, causing it to break off and fall to the ground. "What?" Eggman exclaimed as Sonic waved good-bye before hitting the pod with a powerful spin attack that sent Eggman and the pod flying out of the barn back into the woods.

"And don't try to steal my stuff again!" Sonic shouted and Eggman clenched his teeth as he realized how Sonic knew he was coming.

"That hedgehog told Sonic I was coming! He's going to pay for what he's done!" exploded Eggman and he took off into the forest.

Sitting on a stump in the middle of a clearing in the woods with his violet eyes closed and arms crossed, Knuckles heard a noise and opened his eyes to see Eggman. Jumping to his feet, Knuckles took a fighting stance and interrogated, "Eggman! What are you doing here?"

"Because I need the skills of a fighter as great as you." Eggman answered and Knuckles relaxed as he crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.

"For what?" questioned Knuckles, slightly interested in what Eggman had to say with the compliment given to him.

"I have been wronged. Silver the Hedgehog made a deal with me, but betrayed me in return," Eggman explained, "I need someone as great as you to challenge him to a fight."

Flattered by Eggman had to say about him and his fighting skills, Knuckles agreed, "Oh, okay."

The next morning, Silver was going for a walk in the forest, whistling a happy tune and stopped walking and whistling when he saw a movement in front of him. Knuckles came out of the bushes and Silver questioned, "Knuckles? What are you doing here?"

"I'm challenging you to a fight." Responded Knuckles, pounding his fists together to emphasize his point.

"What? What'd I do to you?" Silver asked, slightly taken aback about how the Guardian of the Master Emerald was being to him.

"You went back on a deal. Be in the field by noon or else I'm coming for you." Knuckles told him and pounded his fists together again to emphasize the point he was trying to make before disappearing into the bushes.

"Man, Eggman must've put him up to it because I told Sonic about him and what he was planning to do," Silver stated and turned around to rush back to the cottage, "I have to find someone to be my backup for this fight."

Returning to the cottage, he saw Blaze sitting against the cottage on the ground and quickly dashed over to her as he exclaimed, "Blaze!"

Looking in the direction of the voice that called her name, the lavender cat saw the psychic hedgehog and replied, "Oh, hey Silver. What is it?"

"Blaze. I need your help in a fight."

"I'm not too sure if that's a good idea."

"Why not? We've fought together before and we've been an awesome team."

"No, it's not that. I've got an awful headache and it's making things slightly difficult to see and my ankle's bothering me for some reason, so I'm limping. I don't think I'm the number one choice to be in a fight right now."

"Please Blaze! You have to! There's no one else who can help me except you!"

"Okay, fine," Blaze agreed as she stood up, "but if we lose…it's your fault."

"Fair enough." Responded Silver and the pair began to make their way to the field.

Waiting in the bushes at noon, Eggman and Knuckles saw Blaze and Silver and when they saw Blaze limping, they thought she was reaching down to pick up a rock for her and Silver to fight with. "Okay, that's a cheap way to fight," stated Knuckles, "I don't like it."

"I'll go up in that tree and you stay down here," Eggman instructed, "that way we can make it a fair fight."

Knuckles nodded and ducked down in the bushes as Eggman scrambled up the tree before the duo saw them. Soon, Blaze and Silver stopped and as they looked around, Silver wondered, "Gee, where is Knuckles and Eggman?"

Feeling an ant crawl onto one of his dreadlocks, Knuckles waved his hand over it to get it off. Blaze only saw the movement of something in the bushes and threw a fireball at whatever moved and Knuckles quickly jumped out of the bushes and out of the way of the fireball. "Forget this! I'm outta here! Eggman's up in the tree!" Knuckles decided and took off in the opposite direction.

Following the instruction at what the echidna told them, the pair on the ground saw Eggman hanging onto a branch tightly and Silver called, "Face it Eggman! Without Knuckles…you're screwed!"

Knowing the young hedgehog was right, Eggman accidentally fell off the branch and crashed onto the ground. Getting to his feet, Eggman quickly raced away and Silver looked at Blaze with a smile. "See Blaze. I was right," Silver bragged to the purple cat, "You were perfect for the fight."

"Yeah, well, you just got lucky." Blaze responded as she looked at the psychic hedgehog with a hand on her hip and Blaze and Silver heard a ding.

Looking in the direction of the noise, they saw a set of elevator doors slide open and quickly sprinted through them before they slide shut.

Sliding to a stop inside the elevator as the doors shut and the elevator began to move, Blaze and Silver saw Amy, Knuckles, Rouge, Sonic, and Tails waiting for them as they looked at Blaze and Silver. "Man, do you have any idea how much it sucked being the only one not in the story?" questioned Rouge, slightly foul about being left out with nothing to do.

"I do." Silver answered and Rouge turned to face the psychic hedgehog and put her hands on her hips.

"Shut up. I don't care about you Silver Boy." She responded and Silver swore at her as he gave the middle finger to the treasure hunter and she responded with the same actions back at him.

"You both are so immature." Blaze commented as the elevator shifted to a stop and the doors opened before the group marched into the next fairy tale.

My comments:

Silver and SEGA: Like I said in Fairy Tale 4, I'm a fan of Silver, so I'm just picking on him for the heck of picking on someone. He's the prime candidate.

The Chaos Emeralds appearing in the fairy tale: I had to bring them in at some point.

Okay, enough from me. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review!