The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 17~

His plan was set.

Tonight, he would sneak out and hide in the woods. At least until he had the courage, to tell his parents about his powers. Until then, he would hide in the forest and train, because his ability didn't leave him one quiet minute anymore.

Silver worried about this fact, but he didn't know why they were suddenly so strong. Was it his fear? Worry?

Did his negative feelings cause fluctuations?

Silver sighed as he put a warm hoodie in his backpack. There were also two blankets and his teddy bear. He would have gladly taken a pillow with him, but his rucksack wasn't big enough. Especially since he also had to take food with him, if he didn't want to starve.

But he didn't want to get them until his family was in bed.

His knees were trembling a bit. Running away in the middle of the night, without leaving a message? Silver was already feeling guilty, but his fear drove it away. He would sneak out, tonight...and hopefully not get caught.

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The crescent moon was bright in the sky, when Silver got out of bed and crept to his closet. He took out a jacket and slipped it over his shoulders. Finally he took his backpack and carefully opened the door to the room.

Everything was quiet. So he assumed that his family was already asleep.

Quietly, he crept down the hall and padded silently to the lower floor. From there, it was only a few steps to the front door.

If he hadn't remembered, that he still had to take his food with him.

Silver quickly went into the kitchen and put the food in his backpack, that he had prepared a few hours before, when his family didn't watch.

Suddenly he heard someone coming downstairs. Frightened, the hedgehog hugged the lunch box and hid in the storage cupboard. He closed the door behind him and hoped, that he didn't get caught.

Through the small slit in the door he could see his mother who was getting something to drink. Lauren took a small bottle of water from the kitchen cupboard and was gone as quickly as she came.

Silver let out a sigh of relief. She hadn't seen him.
The hedgehog quietly opened the door and stepped out.

After taking something to drink with him, Silver crept to the front door, slipped on his shoes and opened the door silently.

Before he stepped outside, however, the hedgehog turned around one last time.

"I'm sorry..." he whispered, then spun around and disappeared outside. He closed the door behind him.

At first the hedgehog stayed in front of the front door for a while and argued whether it was really a good idea to run away.
Silver sighed as he imagined what kind of trouble he would get in, when he returned. His parents would rip his head off, he knew that.

Despite all these concerns, Silver nodded confidently and ran off into the dark of the night.

The streets were swept empty. But who was surprised? It was the middle of the night. Only a few cars drove on the asphalt. Their bright headlights blinded the boy so badly that he had to stop and close his eyes.

After a few minutes the streets were finally quiet. So Silver started running along the sidewalk, before it was no longer so peaceful.

The light from the street lamps shone down on him, making the hedgehog feel safer. He didn't feel very comfortable wandering the deserted streets of Emerald Town in the dark. The worry was deep inside him that someone could just kidnap him now and nobody would notice.