The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 13~

It was the middle of the night, but he was wide awake.

The clock showed that it was 4:20 in the morning and Silver felt no signs of going back to sleep anytime soon.

"My sleep rhythm is completely destroyed..." he muttered and pulled the covers higher.

Last night he fell asleep and a few minutes ago he opened his eyes again. Now he was unable to go back to sleep and it annoyed him immensely.

Not only was he wide awake, his thoughts were also running wild about all that he had experienced and the worries that were spreading inside him. So the gray hedgehog was sure that either way, he couldn't get some more sleep.

A sigh escaped him as he turned onto his right side and hugged his teddy bear.
He was sure that his parents would send him to school today.

In terms of health, he was no longer sick. The headache was gone, thank chaos, and the fever had subsided since yesterday morning. Unfortunately, that now meant that he was fit for school again.

And that was Silver's biggest nightmare right now. He still didn't want it to be true that Sonic and Knuckles had confronted Scourge.

He knew, however, that they only meant well, but they shouldn't have done that. Silver knew that Scourge would only be angrier now and the gray hedgehog shuddered, when he thought about how his bully would confront him today.

At first he had the idea to just avoid the green hedgehog. However, it quickly became clear to Silver that this was almost impossible. Unless he didn't go to school.

He sat up abruptly. That was the idea!

//No! Get that out of your head, Silver! You can't just skip school. You can't...// he told himself, trying desperately to shake the thought off. But for some reason, it wasn't working the way he'd thought it would.

His fear was bigger than his reason.

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There was a soft knock on the door of the room. As if the person behind the door was careful not to wake him up.

But Silver was wide awake.

He sat up slowly and rubbed his eyes. He had spent the last hour and a half lying in bed in complete silence.

"Silver?" Whispered a voice behind the door, that was gently pushed open. The person turned out to be Lauren, who came to wake her son up for school.

Silver remained on his bed and looked awkwardly at his hands, which were firmly gripping his covers.

Lauren sighed and approached the young hedgie, before daring to stand by his side and stroking his back soothingly. However, it didn't help the tense hedgehog.

"Silver...you know you can always talk to us, right?"

Silver nodded and finally looked away. However, the hedgehog couldn't tell his mother. He just didn't have the courage to do so.

"Silver...what's going on?" Lauren asked caringly, hugging her son. The younger one, however, remained silent.

"Silver..."

Again no answer. This time, however, the cat saw her sons ears twitch. But it didn't change anything in Silver's position.

"Well...then tell me when you're ready..." Lauren finally gave in and stood up. She left the room, but looked again at her son, who did not move. Sighing, she disappeared from the door frame.

Only now did the hedgehog stir and drag himself to his feet. He couldn't really complain because he wasn't tired. It was much more the worry and fear that sat deep inside him and gave him a stomachache.