22XX December 21st

Angel Island, Onyx City

In a utopian city, the sky is dawn, the snow is falling, the birds caress in their nest on the tree, the humans and anthropomorphic creatures are roaming together as Christmas is near as Christmas shopping has currently progressed.

"Gang way!" A silver furred hedgehog yelled as he landed on his hand and feet, catching other people's attention.

A silver furred hedgehog named Silver the Hedgehog dashes past other people, even raising his arms to cover different objects in green aura which causes a bike to move away from a delivery man, a crate knocking another man out and a baby's pushchair to slip off of a mother's hand.

"My baby!" A walrus mother exclaimed.

Silver hops onto many objects to avoid other people's blockage as he leaps off the edge of the baby's pushchair and lands near the mother walrus by giving it back to her.

"Sorry, ma'am." Silver chuckles nervously while walking and turns to run.

"Hmph! You should be!" The mother walrus snaps, seeing Silver rushing forward.

Turning around, Silver hops on a bicycle as a rabbit boy halts out of shock and runs towards Silver on the bicycle.

"Hey! Give it back!"

"Sorry, kid! I'll give it back to you!" Silver puts the pedal to the metal as he spins the pedal as fast as he could, moving away from the rabbit kid and slides on the road.

Panting, Silver then uses his psychokinesis on a wooden board and bricks to make a ramp, only for him to launch so high that he landed safely with the cost of his lower region.

"Gh! Ow…" Now's not the time to slow down the pain and keep moving as Silver is at his final stretch.

As the bicycle slides to a halt, Silver parks it near a fast food restaurant, grabs his lower region and limps as fast as he could while saying "Ow" every step.

Opening the door, Silver pants, only for him to stop as a muscular dark skinned man shouted "SILVER!"

"I- It's okay, boss! I'm not late this time!"

"It's not about being late, it's about these people!" The boss points at a horde of faceless military people in black as their emblem has a G on them.

"Oh poop." Silver realised he messed up as he's about to turn around.

"Hold it right there. Silver the Hedgehog, as the Guardian Unit of Nations, we hereby place you under arrest for illegal crimes." One of the G.U.N. members called as the other two handcuffs him immediately to prevent Silver from using his psychokinesis.

"Um, is it about me being a nuisance to the people again, then I'm sorry." Silver apologises.

"Actually, it's about the illegal use of time travelling."

"Wait, what!? Hold on a moment, you guys aren't around at that time! There's no way you know about this!" Silver exclaimed.

"Silver the Hedgehog's history, December 21st: Time travel to Soleanna 200 years ago. The council will judge you to see if you did some illegal action." The other G.U.N. soldier reveals Silver's data through a tablet.

"Hold on a moment! Boss, they're lying! Right!?" Silver protests as he wants his boss to help him.

"I don't know if it's true or not, but let them decide if you did or not!" The boss waves his hand as Silver yells out.

While being taken to a truck, Silver realised how things are taking an immediate sharp turn for the worst, finding out the rabbit kid got his bicycle back and the crowd are staring at Silver with displeasure.


An hour later, Silver is waiting in a cell as he's sitting on a bed, looking at the window with bars as the sky is blue.

Appearing in a cell is a white and turquoise cloak with a mask with a single yellow dot, standing in front of the bars as he remains silent.

"Silver." A cloaked one said.

"Huh? One?" Silver lifts his head towards the cloaked one known as Councillor One.

"Hm. Looks like you're in trouble. Care to explain why?" One asks.

"I was accused of time travel illegally." Silver pointed out.

"I see. Release him. We're going to have a talk." One ordered.

"Sir." A G.U.N. guard salutes and press disable the cell, releasing Silver as One approaches Silver himself.

"Come with me." One turns around as he leads Silver away from the cell and moves towards a certain place.

Later, both Silver and One marches past the children as Silver sees the anthropomorphic children playing football with each other.

As the duo are walking through the corridor, both girls are giggling which has Silver watching them standing by the library door and then follow One.

The more they walk, the more Silver sees more people doing their business, even he sees a bunch of people his age studying like they're in school.

Finally, they're here.

In the office, a robot, E-123 Omega, waves as he moves the chair.

"YOUR SEAT, COUNCILLOR ONE."

"Omega, can you not do that?" One asks as he sighs.

"WHY NOT? IT'S TO RESPECT THE COUNCIL." Said Omega.

"Yes, but don't treat me like a master and treat me like a friend like you always do." Said One.

"SORRY."

"Ehh… I guess you don't like being treated special, huh." Silver chuckles, seeing as councillors do have hobbies outside of running a city.

As One takes a seat, he points down, letting Silver take his.

With both Silver and One sitting in front of each other, One holds out a pen as he writes down a sheet.

Silence.

"So… Why am I here again?" Silver asked.

"To explain why you're accused. Silver, it's logical that you answer what you have done." One sounds calm while waiting for Silver to explain his history.

"I mean, none of you are there because the future was destroyed by Iblis." Silver points out.

"Iblis? Never heard." One speaks regarding Iblis.

"Well, it was caused by the one named Mephiles that looks exactly like Shadow and he and Iblis became Solaris." Silver explains the reason he time travelled.

"Solaris… The one that causes chaos between past, present and future?"

"Yeah! That's the one!" Silver jumps as he was right.

"Omega, are there any records about Solaris?" One said as Omega's eyes flash.

"SCANNING… THERE ARE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF SOLARIS, BUT THERE NEVER WAS ANY RECORDING ABOUT THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SOLARIS." Omega confirmed, causing Silver to drop back down on his seat.

"Hm… Silver, people think there's a bias between you and I because I raised you as a kid." Said One.

"Excuse me?" Silver halts.

"Remember, the loss of your parents and you being an orphan to us. Remember how I taught you to use your chaos powers carefully."

Silver stops and envision himself as a kid and a black hedgehog in a robe teaching him and raising him as if he's being a father.

"I guess so, but that doesn't…"

"However, I believe that you weren't lying either." One points out.

"Huh?" Silver is dumbfounded by what One said.

"Our home is constantly in danger, so whatever happens, the future must be remedied. You're dismissed." One concluded.

"Does that mean I'm free to go!?" Silver jolts up with excitement.

"No." One bluntly said as Silver moans.

Afterwards Omega waves while crafting an origami bird.


At the courtroom, Silver is sitting at the centre as 5 robed council members are looking down, all wearing matching dull turquoise-hooded robes with seafoam trim, just as Silver knows what One usually wears.

In other words, they're the Onyx City Council.

"We must begin our court. Silver the Hedgehog, do you have anything to say before we judge you." The one with 2 yellow dots on the mask, Two asks.

"No, ma'am." Silver lowers his head, realising the one person is not enough to prove his innocence.

"Then it's settled. Let our judgement begin." One calls while raising his arms.

Starting with Five, "Guilty!"

Then Four, "Guilty."

Then Three, "Not guilty."

Then Two, "Not guilty."

Now it's a 50-50 chance as Silver grunts, knowing that One is neutral about Silver's actions, raising the questions about why he is doing all this.

"I hereby decree that Silver the Hedgehog is…"

Silver can hope and pray that One truly believes his actions, making him look down.

One points at Silver with his final conclusion speaking out.

"Innocent."

"Huh?"

"What? You can't be serious?" Four asks as he nervously chuckles.

"Something sparks the truth behind Silver the Hedgehog. If there's any evidence, then whether or not he committed an illegal crime, one must justify one's action and explain his reason why." Two explains.

"Agreed. Whether the history is true or not, we cannot leave it undiscovered. The possibility of parallel timelines is actually influenced by the chaos emeralds, hence a power called 'Chaos Control.'" Three explained, raising his mechanical arm, releasing some of the chaos energy as the council members remain silent.

"Three is correct. Silver, you're free to go." One said.

"Really!? I can do whatever I want!?" Silver gasps while standing up.

One nods which had Silver raise his fist with joy.

"All right!"

"But there's a caveat." One raises his finger.

"Eh?"

"One of the council members is going to be watching you until your innocence is final." One continued.

"Wait, that means you want one of them to stalk me?" Silver asks, uncomfortable that his whole life is under surveillance.

"Not stalking, but will accompany you until the end of the session. As much as I hate to do this, but we received a lot of complaints because of you. This is a mistake…" One is also on the same boat as he has to do this to the boy he cared for since Silver's childhood.

Silver can tell why being a nuisance is doing damage to his reputation as a child of the council.

"Five will accompany you for the time being." Two said while raising her arm, leading to Five exclaiming.

"Wait, me!? B- But I…"

"It's okay. Remember, you need something simple to start with." Two calmly said while patting Five's shoulder.

"Or just babysit him like a baby." Four suggested while leaning on the chair.

"That's enough, Four. Silver, is there any opinion you have to say." Three asked.

"Yeah, uh… Wouldn't that make her a pervert if I'm in the bathroom?" Silver asks.

"Just leave. Remember, no funny business. Understand?" One warned.

"Yes, sir." Silver nods as he leaves.

"Five, you follow."

"Okay…" Five couldn't complain as she lowered her head and walked to follow Silver out of the courtroom.

In the end, 4 councillors are watching as they see a hedgehog and a fellow member leave together.

"Welp, time to hit the hay! Let me know if something's interesting." Four stretches himself while leaving the three to stand.

"Bias towards Silver, huh. Aren't you going to tell them that it's untrue?" Two asks as One turns and leaves.

"Just leave it. He has accepted the public accusations." Three shakes his head as Two watches One walking away as Omega appears and walking alongside him.

2 councillors are silent as they prepare to leave as they left one of theirs to keep an eye on Silver.


Back outside at the fast food restaurant, Silver arrives as he's ready to work.

Until a box is in front of him.

"Boss?"

"Nothing personal, kid. You see, things change since we have new employees to permanently take your place." Said the boss, twitching after seeing what Silver had done earlier.

"So what you mean is…"

"YOU'RE FIRED!" Slamming the door after yelling and interrupting Silver's words, the boss is enraged at what Silver has done.

Sighing, Silver is now jobless, realising that he needs to find another one for his home.

"Great…"

Behind Silver, Five is hiding behind the pole, watching Silver slumping back home with the box he's carrying by hand.

She can tell why Silver was fired from his job.

Following Silver, Five is hiding so he doesn't discover what's behind him.


At the marketplace, Silver stops as he sees both robots selling sweets to the children as the children wave along with 2 robots.

"Enjoy your candies." A red circular bot, Orbot, calls as a farewell.

"Yeah! And don't do drugs kids!" A yellow cube bot, Cubot, calls.

"Oh, for the love of… Cubot, you dunce, there is clearly no drugs in our candy! Do you want us out of business!?" Orbot snaps while shaking Cubot.

"What? Are you sure there aren't any?" Cubot asks.

"No, they're… Oh forget it." Orbot sighs, knowing Cubot's idiocy will be the death of him.

"Hey, Orbot. Hey, Cubot." Silver calls while approaching the duo of robots.

"Hey, it's Silver! Hi, Silver!" Cubot waves with excitement.

"Oh? What brings you here, Silver?" Orbot calmly asks while placing his hands together.

"Well, funny story… I was fired." Silver answered which led to both robots gasping.

"How did that happen!?" Orbot wants to know what's going on with Silver's job.

"Me illegally time travelling is what happened." Silver reveals his crimes as Orbot and Cubot are shocked to hear.

"How horrible!" Cubot is horrified about why he's been fired.

"Well I never! You time travelled to save your future and that's all that matters!" Orbot can tell that the system is unfair to those that tried to save lives.

"You can work for us selling candy drugs to the kids." Cubot offers as Orbot sighs.

"You know there's no drugs here, right?" Silver asked which had Orbot nodding.

"Don't mind him, he's just a slow thinker." Orbot says while letting Silver work with the duo.

To Five's surprise, Silver is working to assist a couple of robots while selling sweets.

It's as if Silver's working for a living while attempting to get paid.

A few hours later, Silver has the money for his hard work in selling as many sweets as he could with Orbot and Cubot.

"Thank you for assisting us, Silver." Orbot bows and then slaps Cubot's head to remind him.

"Oh! Thanks, Silver! You're a hero." Cubot bows as Silver laughs.

"It's no problem. I mean the marketplace is kinda lively too. If you need anything, call me!" Silver waves, as Orbot and Cubot did the same.

"Farewell, Silver. May we meet again." Orbot said and then sorted out more sweets for sale.

"Man, Silver's kinda nice." Cubot is glad to see Silver helping the duo.

"Cubot, when we get home, I need to check your memory to see you're not forgetful." Orbot pulls a hand gesture using a spanner to look inside.

"Sorry." Cubot apologises.

Five remains silent while walking by Orbot and Cubot, watching Silver running home with the money given to him.

"A councillor!?" Orbot exclaimed as he and Cubot hugged each other.

"Please! We don't have any drugs! I swear!" Cubot panics.

"Oh, so now you're saying there's no drugs in the candy! Next time get it straight through that tin head of yours." Orbot scowls while looking at Cubot.

"I'm not here to suspect you two. I just want to know about Silver." Five said while seeing a marketplace being crowded.

"Oh? What's this? Interested in this fella, are you?" Orbot asks, curious to know Five's interest towards Silver.

"N- No! I want to know about him!" Five snaps as Orbot and Cubot sigh with relief.

"Silver's a nice fella. He's been helping us every time he sees us. He's our friend." Cubot explains who Silver was.

"Indeed. You could say he's a strange chap, but a very kind lad. I'm sure you'll understand." Orbot explains.

Five understands both robots' points of view, seeing as Silver is someone she didn't expect him to be.

Who is Silver and why did he change the past, even though nobody but him knows about the different future timeline?