The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 7~

"Such a jerk. How much I hate him...", Silver muttered, while at the same time leaning on the sink so as not to fall over. He was trembling with fear. He also had the feeling that his legs would give way any moment under his weight.

Scourge had ambushed him during the first break and, as one would expect of him, Silver had fled from him.

He'd outran him for the time being, but the question was: could he avoid him for the rest of the day?

With all the panic the young hedgehog felt, he completely forgot that his friends were waiting for him in the schoolyard. However, that was his least problem at the moment. He was still struggling to calm his pounding heart, although it no longer felt as if it was going to jump out of his chest at any moment.

Only when the door to the washroom was opened did he jump up in alarm and, as if by reflex, tossed the bottle of liquid soap at the person.

"Ouch! Damn Silver, are you out of your mind!?", growled a familiar voice and the gray hedgehog recognized it as Shadow.

Startled, he stared at the black hedgehog, who picked up the bottle and put it back on the sink. At the same time, he gave his friend an angry look, so that the younger boys stomach turned into knots.

"I-I'm sorry, S-shadow ...", Silver stammered intimidated and then picked up his backpack. While he threw the said backpack over his shoulder, he took another glance at the older hedgehog.

At the same time he wondered what Shadow was doing here. He also wondered if he was safe walking next to his friend.

// Scourge wouldn't dare attack me with Shadow around ... would he?//

He stared lost at the black hedgehog, almost as if in a trance. It wasn't until Shadow waved his hand in front of his face, that brought him back to reality.

"What...?"

"Tell me, are you okay, kid? You've been drifting of a lot since Friday.", Shadow asked, looking at the shorter one for a moment and then away again as if it was dangerous to look at Silver.

Silver's ears twitched at the question, surprised. Shadow had never really asked about his wellbeing.

At first Silver wanted to ask him where the sudden change of heart was coming from, but then let it rest. So he replied with a quick "Everything is fine", with which the older one was initially satisfied and followed his friend to the school yard.

It was quiet on the way to the place, where the others were waiting. In addition, the younger hedgehog stayed close to his friend.

At some point, however, Silver couldn't stand the silence any longer, so he tapped Shadow and stopped immediately.

The black hedgehog turned around at the sudden contact and looked into the golden eyes of his counterpart, which flashed curiously at him.

"Tell me Shadow ...", the smaller one began and at the same time fixed his gaze on the older one.

"What did you do in the washroom?"

At that question, Shadow visibly winced. It was clear to him that this question did not want to go unanswered. Especially not since his friend was so curious. Silver's childlike manner was kind of cute. But that, the black hedgehog would never admit.

"And?" Silver pressed on. Expectantly, he looked at the taller one, who quickly looked away. Shadow turned around and threw a simple "It doesn't matter." in the air. Finally he continued on his way.

Silver looked after him confused, but then realized that his friend was walking on without him and finally ran off too.

"Shadow, wait!" He shouted down the hall, causing a couple of Mobians to turn to them. The gray hedgehog, however, tried to ignore that as best he could.