22XX December 22nd

[Good morning, Onyx City! Today's the 22nd of December, meaning 3 days left until Christmas! Don't forget to bring out your decorations if you don't have one in your house and have a magical Christmas!]

Groaning, Silver hears the radio while opening his eyes and sits up while yawning.

Putting on his dressing gown and slippers as well as patting his quills, Silver rubs his eyes and walks out of his bedroom, only for his ears to flicker as he hears a shower running.

As curious as he is, Silver pokes his head through the bathroom, seeing a mask with 5 dots on a basket, making Silver himself shrug his shoulders and leave.

Downstairs, the professor is sitting on a sofa, leading to Silver leap over and land next to the professor, right on time to watch a show that features a giant robot.

"Ah, Silver, gerade rechtzeitig! Gunbot has started." The professor is leaning while enjoying the show.

"Really!? That's awesome!" Silver leans forward with hype sparkling in his eyes.

Before the show starts, entering through the door is a robed masked councillor, Five, as she's excited to see it starting.

"You guys know Gunbot too!?" Five asked with an excited tone.

"Yeah! With the earth's defender…" Silver salutes with a speech.

"A worthy pilot will save us all!" Five raise her fist while continuing a speech.

"Und with Gunbot around…" The professor continues.

"Mankind has a saviour!" Silver continued.

"He stops the war!" Five continued.

"He stops an invasion!" The professor continued.

"Gunbot is mankind's saviour!" The trio cheers as they laugh, causing Five to turn instantly while covering her face.

"Uuh… This is so embarrassing." Five whines, realising that she's nerding out with Silver and the professor."

"I mean isn't it great to have hobbies, Miss. Councillor?" The professor asks as he chuckles.

"B- But I… Ugh! Isn't it wrong to do it when I'm in the middle of my job?" Five asks while worried.

"Not really." Silver said as he let her sit down. "I know yesterday's not a good impression, but I'm sure you're different without a mask."

In Five's impression, Silver is someone different than what people describe him as.

Is he really a nuisance? Because he causes a lot of trouble, did he really mean it?

Later.

The show is still going on as Silver, the professor and Five are enjoying a scene where a Gunbot pilot is witnessing his enemy inside of a cockpit for the first time.

A spring popping noise is coming from behind as the professor jolts up and walks towards the sound.

"Ooh! Ze toast is ready."

Finally, the professor returns with a plate full of toasted bread as Silver, the professor and Five are taking each one and eating as Five lifts the mask to reveal her brown skinned mouth.

20 minutes later.

The show ends as Silver stands up and finishes drinking his herbal tea.

Five turns towards the professor, asking a question.

"So where's he going?"

"Silver? Oh, he needs a shower, so he'll be back in a moment." The professor answers with a positive tone.

Then Five stands up and looks through the corridor which leads to the bathroom with a shower running noise.

Before she knocks on the door, Five realises what she's doing is what Silver describes her from yesterday.

As Five clears her throat, Silver suddenly stops the shower water, causing Five herself to jolt up as she thought she was caught.

With the door open, Silver dons a towel around his waist despite being all furred and doesn't wear clothes.

"Five? What are you doing here?"

"Silver. I just wanted to say it… Do you still think I'm a pervert?" Five asked.

"By standing in front of the door? Hmm… Are you even?" Silver is curious about Five's sudden question.

"Huh!?"

"Sorry, but I don't open doors when showering. So why're you here?" Silver asks again while scratching his head.

"Ahem! I just wanted to know more about you. How do you know One's identity?"

"Because he raised me as a kid, doesn't mean he favours me. Many competitions with One being the judge, I lost 70% of the time." Silver admits his history that he found out about.

"Also, about your time travelling shenanigans. I want to know how you knew about Iblis." Five reveals what Silver has been searching for all this time.

"Wait! You know Iblis too!?" Silver exclaimed with surprise. "Tell me!"

As Silver grabs Five's arms, Five shrieks as she accidentally trips backwards, leading to Silver falling.

A crash is heard from the living room as the professor turns around as he says, "Was ist das?"

What happened is Silver finding out he's on top of Five, only for her face to be revealed as a golden furred tenrec with a yellow mark on her forehead, surprising him as he sees her blue eyes open.

"A tenrec? You look familiar…" Silver quietly said, leading to Five to quickly grab her mask until Silver clenches his hand onto her arm. "Wait. I know One isn't the only one I know. Two and Three also took off their masks in front of me. I know One is a hedgehog, Two is an AI lynx and Three is an upgraded model of a gizoid. There's a reason we never tell each other."

To Five's surprise, her colleagues did the same, knowing they never did to other people.

"You're lying." Five is in denial.

"If I was, then maybe you see other kids like me knowing who they are, but never tell." Silver still begs for Five not to cover herself from Silver himself.

After Silver lets go and sits up on his knees, Five lowers her head and sigh.

"Okay, but what about the professor?"

"I'm sure he's okay with that." Silver nods while letting Five stand up.

Appearing behind, the professor stops as he sees Silver and the golden tenrec standing in front of each other until they turn towards the professor.

"Do mein eyes deceive me? A lesser hedgehog tenrec. Fraulein Five, are the councillors like you, like normal people in robes?" The professor asked, knowing it's rude to ask that kind of question.

"Yeah. Ahem. I know it's wrong of me to do this, but I am Gold. Gold the Tenrec. Silver… I'm sorry for placing you guilty." Gold, the tenrec called Councillor Five, apologised.

"I mean I did break a lot of laws, so I forgive. Maybe we should start over." Said Silver while raising his hand.

Gold can tell why Silver isn't as harsh as yesterday, knowing Silver is the type of hedgehog to let other people go if they're not the cause of destruction.

Finally, Silver, Gold and the professor are now on good terms with each other as they're standing together.

"Oh. I need to dry myself, so if you wouldn't mind…" Silver chuckles nervously while covering himself.

"Oh! Um, sure! Just hurry up and we'll discuss what you're on about." Gold quickly turns around in order to not look at Silver putting on his gloves and boots.

As Silver leaves, Gold and the professor are heading back towards the living room until Silver is prepared.

Later.

Gold logs into her laptop while showing Silver and the professor the alternate future where Silver was once from, only for it to reveal some information about Iblis, Soleanna, the princess, the famous Sonic the Hedgehog and the infamous Dr. Eggman.

There's also information about an anthropomorphic cat girl that Silver recognised.

"That's her! My friend!"

"Her? But she's from an alternate dimension from 200 years ago." Gold points out.

"Just like Sonic ze Hedgehog und Metal Sonic. But Iblis? Why does he give me ze heebie jeebies?" The professor shudders at the sight of the creature that is shown in the recorded data.

"It had something related to unknown data. Its only identity is the sceptre of darkness after the events of the Duke of Soleanna's death… Ugh…" Gold fears what happened to the human from the past which led her to shake in fear.

"Yeah. His last words to us, especially the princess, is 'That's a good girl, Elise. Remember, Be brave. Don't cry, no matter what happens. Otherwise, your tears will call forth the flames inside you. Become a strong queen who doesn't cry no matter what happens. And live happily.' Or… that's what he originally said." Silver lowers his head after remembering the Duke of Soleanna's demise over 200 years ago.

Silence as Gold and the professor sees why Silver wakes up knowing all this before he adapted to a new future he's currently in.

"It's time to move on. Your friend might be happier if you move on." Gold pats Silver's shoulder, letting him know that his cat friend is fine in her own dimension.

Silver knows, but doesn't want to accept that he's fine without her.

A few minutes later, Silver is working with the professor on finishing the science project as Gold is watching the duo bantering while working together.

"Hey." Gold speaks out.

"Ja?" The professor turns along with Silver while holding a spanner.

"What is it?" Silver asked.

"I know it sounds weird, but can I help?" Gold asked.

"Sure. We need an extra hand." Silver accepts with a cheerful smile.

"Oh ja ja! Come and join us, Fraulein Five!" The professor also accepts while waving.

"Come on, guys. Just call me Gold." Gold giggles while sitting down next to Silver and the professor.

As the trio worked together on a bunch of creations as Gold is reading the blueprints and following what Silver and the professor are doing.

In the end, the trio are finishing the creation that's been worked on for the science festival.


After all the work they have done, they eat and enjoy different movies and also continue their work, only for Silver and Gold to fall asleep on the table, leading to the professor to watch a hedgehog and a tenrec snoozing after their work is done.

The professor then carries Silver to his bedroom and Gold to the living room, making him stretch himself and head to bed as quietly as possible.

"Guten nacht." The professor whispers and then closes his bedroom door.


22XX December 23rd

The next morning, Silver sorts his gloves and boots, whereas Gold is straightening her councillor robe, pulls a hood up and puts on her mask while staying by Silver's side.

"Sorry, Silver. It's the law. Also I can't let anyone outside know that I'm a councillor." Said Gold.

Silver understands as he opens the door.

"We'll be off, professor!" Silver called while waving.

"Okay! Have fun, you two!" The professor calls with a positive tone.

"Will do! See ya!" Silver moves forward.

"Bye, professor!" Gold does the same after bowing and leaving the house.

As the door closes, the professor sighs and wipes the creations he, Silver and Gold had created together.


Onyx City

In a bright blue sky where the city feels like an entertainment district with different aesthetics, especially a certain area looks eastern, considering the city has evolved Angel Island to a high tech city.

Walking together, Silver and Gold arrive at the marketplace, seeing Orbot and Cubot zooming towards Silver as they panic.

"Orbot? Cubot? What's wrong?" Silver halts with surprise as he kneels down in front of both robots.

"H- H- He's here!" Cubot stutters in fear.

"Who?"

"Eggman Nega!" Orbot reveals the name, only for Gold and Silver to gasp.

After that, an explosion has disturbed the marketplace as humans and anthropomorphic animals are screaming while evacuating.

The marketplace is now set ablaze as a horde of badniks approach Silver and Gold while Orbot and Cubot hide behind both hedgehogs.

"Long time no see, Silver the Hedgehog!" A familiar voice cackles, leading Silver to raise his fists.

"Eggman Nega."