The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 5~

Silver slowly opened the door and peeked into the corridor. It was quiet except for the noise, that came from the kitchen and the steady beat from Charlene's room.

Carefully, the gray hedgehog closed the door behind him and crept over to his big sister's room. As so often, he forgot to knock and just stepped inside.

Charlene sat at her desk, hunched over her a drawing of hers. Her favorite band's music was playing on her stereo at such a volume that she hadn't even noticed her brother coming in.

"Charlie?" Asked Silver, but got no answer.

"Charlie!?" he repeated, a little louder this time.

Again no reaction.

With a sigh, he approached his sister and tapped her on the shoulder.

A scream slipped from Charlene's throat. Startled, she hit the person behind her and watched her brother fall onto the ground.

For a brief moment, she just stared at the uninvited guest in horror, until she started moving, turned the music down and sat down in front of Silver.

"O-ow," the gray hedgehog groaned. His hand brushed his cheek, which would soon turn red from the inpact.

"Are you okay!? Oh chaos, I didn't hear you come in!" Charlene guiltily put her arms around the younger one and hugged him tightly. Silver, however, felt squished and tried to break free. He pushed the cat lightly, which made her look at him. Finally she let him go.

Silver gave her a pained smile. The hand still on his cheek.

"Charlie ... I'm okay. It wasn't that bad." He tried to comfort his sister. So he gave her a quick hug.

The siblings stayed in this position for almost five minutes, before Silver began to break away from Charlene. With a smile, he rose from the floor, as did his sister.

For a brief moment, he'd forgotten why he'd come into Charlene's room in the first place. He only realized that again when the female pointed it out to him.

"What's up Silv?", She asked curiously and examined the hedgehog closely.

"What?"

Finally he remembered and couldn't help but slap hinself internally. Of course, he wanted to ask his sister about his powers.

"Oh. Well ... you know how to call it when you do things with your hands... Um...making things fly with your hands? ", The gray hedgehog stammered sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck.

Charlene eyed her brother in confusion. Finally she asked, "Do you mean ... telekinesis?"

Silver just shrugged. "Is that what you mean when you let objects float with your hands?"

"With telekinesis, or psychokinesis, you let objects fly with your mind, not with your hands.", Clarified the female. The hedgehog immediately felt the warmth rising in his face. How embarrassing.

"O-oh..."

"Is that what you mean?"

Silver just nodded, which only raised more questions for Charlene. "Why do you want to know?", she asked.

Why? // Oh nothing special. It's just that I probably have telekinesis. No big deal. // thought the younger one and looked away. Then a good idea finally occurred to him.

"It's for a...presentation. We're supposed to pick out a mystical force and give a talk about it ... I thought telekinesis was cool, but I didn't know how it was called." Silver lied and felt his stomach hurt more and more with each lie. It made him sick to lie to his sister like that.