Chapter Seven

Sonic opened the door and let Silver, Blaze, Tails and Cream inside. They all walked into the kitchen, sat down and began talking. The first questions to be asked were what exactly happened to Silver. Silver told them what really happened, Silver sleeping on the cliff, Shadow threatening him, when he jumped and how he found his way home, but left the voice telling him to jump out. As Silver finished everyone became quiet as their questions had been answered.

'I'm going to kill Shadow!' Tails suddenly said, breaking the silence.

'Wait a second Tails, what Shadow did was bad, but we can't go and hurt him. We need the Elder, Knuckles, to support us before Shadow can be brought to justice' Sonic replied.

Blaze shook her head and said 'No dad, Shadow took it too far. I don't care if we have support or not, but I agree with Tails.' 'Just don't jump the gun alright? Wait and I will talk to Knuckles tomorrow and Shadow will be in trouble' Sonic replied. 'Fine' Tails huffed.

Tails and Cream both knew that they were beginning to overstay their welcome and silently agreed that it was time to leave. 'I'm sorry, but I have to be going home. See ya later Blaze, Silver' Tails said, getting up. 'Same here. Bye Blaze. Bye Silver' Cream said.

'Good bye Tails, Cream' Sonic said. 'Bye' was all Blaze said. 'See you both tomorrow' Silver said. As Cream and Silver left, Silver left to clean the blood off himself.

'Blaze, I won't say that I know what you are going through, but just calm down.' Sonic said. 'No…' Blaze muttered. 'What did you say?' Sonic asked.

'NO!' Blaze shouted. 'I LOST MUM AND I ALMOST LOST SILVER TODAY, HOW CAN YOU EXPECT ME TO CALM DOWN!' Blaze broke out in tears as Sonic hugged her.

As Sonic planned to visit Knuckles, both the village elder and his friend, someone was already visiting him.

Knuckles was silently reading in his home as a knock came at his door. 'Come in' he said. The door opened and in walked Shadow.

'Shadow, I have been hearing a lot about you lately, most of it bad' 'I know Elder, but there is something that you should know before you do anything' Shadow said.

'You tried to run someone out of our village and almost killed him, what else can there be to it?' Shadow told Knuckles the whole story including the parts he threatened Silver and when Silver leapt off the cliff. 'So you're telling me that Silver jumped off the cliff himself? Do you have any proof?' Knuckles asked, skeptical.

'No, I don't have any' Shadow replied. 'Well, either way this is more helpful than anything I had hoped for' Knuckles said. 'What do you mean?' Shadow asked. 'Do you know the plague going through the village at the moment? The townspeople believe that Silver is connected to it, but without any evidence I can't act on it. It did start around the time he came here. If it is true that Silver survived a fall from the cliff, then we may have something to go on. What would the fall be, 2, 3 miles?' Knuckles said.

'No normal person would be able to survive a drop like that…' Shadow said. 'Exactly. Silver must have done something and even though we don't know what, we can use it as a connection to the plague and we can act on it' 'But what will you do?' Shadow asked.

'We will have to sacrifice Silver so the plague will be lifted' Knuckles said. 'Now, go and gather the townspeople and we will discuss whether or not we can act on this. Also, please keep Sonic, Silver and Blaze in the dark' 'Yes Elder' Shadow said, leaving the building to gather the townspeople.

Uh oh, something bad is happening. Sorry to leave it like this, I'll try to post the next chapter soon.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!