Silver was waiting on the bus, his friend Sonic had invited him over for a camping trip. He had known him over the internet for years. Not more then a year ago they had started to send each other photographs of themselves and their friends. The silver hedgehog, remembered the details of Sonics' friends Tails, Ado, and Jake. Tails was a kitsune with two tails, he was also supposed to be a genius and around his age. He is fourteen. Ado was a wolf, half albino since he has light blue fur, with pink eyes, and a light shade of purple-ish skin around his ears instead of the ordinary pink. Silver was white as well, but he wasn't albino, in his blood line he is naturally white. Finally Jake was a rusty red furred weasel, what Silver really liked about him though was his eyes. They were green, outlined with a chestnut brown. His eyes also looked like a goats which is also what a weasel's look like as well.

This was his stop; he got off and looked at the address to one of his online friend's house. Sonic and Tails were supposed to live together and Ado and Jake lived together. Silver supposed they were roommates.

It took the silver hog, half an hour to find the house. It took him awhile to realize the address was a mile out of this city. He was nervous to meet them; he is really good at talking online because he could always have some time to think. But in reality, he mostly said things he never meant to say. He knocked on the door waiting for someone to answer.

With an odd, high-pitched screeching noise, the mahogany door opened before Silver. Standing behind, in the darkness, a pair of pink eyes glared at Silver, inspecting his every detail. Suddenly, a clap was heard, and the house was lit with luminescent light. The rest of Silver's watcher was seen, then. It was the albino, the one called Ado. What shocked Silver, though, wasn't the fact that the wolf had been staring at his every feature, but the fact that, underneath a semi transparent fur collared robe, he was wearing absolutely nothing.

"Oh my god, you must be Silver! We've been waiting for you! Come on in, Jake's just... Getting ready, he'll be down in a few!" Ado proceeded to grasp the hedgehog in an extremely tight hug, and, as all air began to escape from his lungs, the hedgehog was released back onto the floor. Slightly confused, Silver wanted to ask for the reason behind the lack of clothing, but, something told him he may just not want to know after all. Politely, the hedgehog followed his wolven host into an amazingly large parlor room, located just beyond the door's reach.

The walls were domed into a ceiling with an angelic mural painting upon it. A chandelier hung from where the clouds met in the center of the mural, casting a brilliant array of multicolored light across the room. What caught Silver's attention the most out of anything else, though, was the furniture, arranged in a large circle around a large coffee table in the center of the room. The couches and chairs were leopard print, the rug with tiger stripes, even the large coffee table in the center of the room had an African wooden design etched into it.

Gracefully, Ado moved across the room, lying down on his stomach on the couch placed exactly opposite of the coffee table as to where Silver had planned to sit. He dug his hands deeply into the fur pelted fabric, when he spoke.

"So... Silver, hmm? Quite a good looking face you got there, what do you think of my fine establishment?" The wolf's eyes glared at Silver once more, but, this time, with more lust than animosity. Awaiting Silver's answer as if precious, a fluffy cerulean tail began to excitedly swish back and forth behind the wolf.

Silver took a brief moment to look around again; honestly the wild cat theme scared him. He wasn't really a cat lover, he disliked every cat. He grew up with a purple furred Mobian cat-girl, she wasn't exceptionally nice either. He pushed the thought away.

"It's… nice." Silver said trying to hide revulsion in his voice. "But I suppose it depends what you're really into."

"Well is this our little guest?" A sexually attractive voice called from the grand staircase. The owner of the voice was that weasel Jake, the one with the beautiful eyes. He was wearing a black dress shirt that was made out of silk. It was very slimming. The weasel also wore brown dress shoes and white dress pants. Jake and Ado both looked around sixteen or seventeen, it also looked like they both came from very wealthy families since they both live in this house on their lonesome. Jake approached him, "Hello, my name is Jake. Although I assume you already knew that." The weasel took Silver's hand and lightly pecked it idealistically. His peach muzzle changed to a deep burgundy.

"Um, what time is Sonic supposed to be here?" He attempted to change the subject pulling his hand away.

"Well they aren't supposed to be here until around seven. So we have you to ourselves." Jake alleged, and then he gave Silver a grin that sent shivers down his spine.

"Hmm, baby, don't go messing with the poor boy, you know how much I hate it when you flirt..." Ado stood up from his couch, putting a hand through Jake's coat, ruffling with his chest fur. His tail came up to caress the side of Jake's face, as he leaned in for a small kiss on the cheek. Turning to Silver, with a sudden fiery hatred for the hedgehog, Ado went on to help Silver with his question.

"Well, its about 6 o clock, now, so, I'll leave you... Alone, while I go and get dinner ready. But, remember, punk," Ado leaned in towards Silver's face, "he's mine..." And, with that, the wolf stormed off, heading towards the kitchen to start on the 4-course meal the friends would enjoy later on in the night, leaving Jake and Silver in the parlor room to do what they wanted.

"Don't mind him, he gets that way when I'm being nice to guests." Jake cooed into Silver's twitching ear as he sat down beside the tense hedgehog.

"What did he mean by 'he's mine'? I don't really understand." Silver shuddered shuffling away with Jake following him.

"So naïve," Jake spoke softly. He leaned back for a minute. "Didn't Sonic tell you?"

"Huh? Tell me what?" Silver asked.

"Hmm, what a cocky hedgehog that guy is. Since you're obviously too much of a child to really understand. We're all gay, Sonic, Tails, Ado, and I." He explained smoothly without a care.

"What?" Silver asked terrified. It might have explained a few things, why Ado was so kind to him one minute without Jake around, and why he was so angered by him being flirted with by Jake. He wasn't gay or even bisexual for that matter, why would he have any interest in Jake? Except for Jake's amazingly wonderful eyes that reeled him in like a fish on a hook with ease, Silver sighed. "I'm sorry but that's not my sexuality."

"It's a shame. You look and act more Uke then Ado, I'm sure he wouldn't of minded if he shared you with me at least one night. Then we go on with our lives." Jake said disappointed.

"I'm fourteen! What makes you think I want to have sex with someone I just met? Let alone I'm under aged and you're like… seventeen!" Silver hollered embarrassed.

"Oh what do you know I am seventeen?" Jake said clutching his shirt sarcastically like he didn't know he was seventeen. "C'mon we're only three years apart, who are we going to tell if we did? I'll keep quiet if you will." Silver flushed, there was no way he was going to let this guy use him.

Jake smirked enjoying his temporary toy. He ruffled his quills playfully, then he began taking in Silver's fresh scent. He smelled of valley flowers and honey. The reason was because his mother owned a flower shop that is also selling organic honey.

Silver sat up heading towards his carrier pack for when they went camping. He pulled out a book that was fairly thick. He sat back down but on the opposite side of the coffee table. Jake stared at him blankly; he never understood the love other Mobians have for books. Silver began to burrow into the book, it was new and he hadn't started reading it yet and he was very anxious to get started. He thought this would be a good time to start, considering the weasel wasn't the kind of character he was expecting.

An hour had passed. Although unpleasantly for Silver, it passed very slowly. Jake would flirt, tease, or steal his book every five minutes. It eventually became a very irritating pattern. Silver closed his book; he thought it would be better if he just put it away. He heard a knock at the door, indicating it would be Sonic and Tails.

"Ooh, I'll get the door; those must be our other friends, Silver!" Ado rushed in from the kitchen, throwing cook's mittens to the floor behind him. "Baby, get the food out for me, please!" As Ado said that Jake went into the kitchen and started to do as his love have asked him to. Ado opened the door. Sure enough, two figures were huddled together in the cold of the night. One is a cobalt hedgehog, quite like Silver, with glimmering emerald eyes. The other, a golden-furred, twin tailed fox. Ado beckoned the two of them in, and introductions were addressed.

"Now, Silver," Ado strained himself to not pounce on the hedgehog and stab through his neck, after what had happened the hour before, "Meet Sonic and Miles." With that, the fox rushed up to Silver, greeting him by holding his hand out to shake. The hedgehog stayed in the doorway, glaring at Silver, seeming surprised, and somewhat confused.

"Hello, you must be Silver; Sonic couldn't shut up about you! I'm Miles Prower, but, just call me by the nickname, "Tails". Trust me, it'll be easier." As Silver shook his hand, the fox retreated back to Sonic's side. The two were dressed quite nicely, Sonic had on an average, void black tuxedo, while Tails had dressed a little more colorfully, adorned in a scarlet red suit, with an unbuttoned pink shirt beneath, revealing his soft white chest fur.

"Oh, no, I completely forgot to get dressed before you two showed up, ugh, I'm such a terrible host, me and Jake were kind of... Busy, earlier. Jake, could you be a darling and keep them all company? I'm going upstairs to change; I'll be down in a few..."

With that, the wolf had retreated to the second floor of the house. Sonic and Tails chose their seats next to Silver, sitting on the edge of his couch.

Silver sat in between them uncomfortably, knowing now their sexuality made him nervous. Of which was mostly inflicted by Jake. He didn't really know what to say besides accuse Sonic about leaving out that important detail. Now he felt that Ado hated him for something that isn't even his fault, he feels Jake is using him to get Ado jealous or he's trying to get him killed, and he feels he can't trust Sonic. Now he feels he can only trust Tails and they've known each other the shortest of times.

"I know," Silver said, looking up at the cerulean hedgehog, "thanks for leaving that out."

Sonic started to blush intensely, embarrassed by the means of which Silver had found out.

"Hehe, well, you know, I just thought maybe you'd hate us for it..." Sonic started to sweat, the moment was heating up. Tails was really the only calm person in the room. Luckily, the awkward silence was broken by the sounds of heels clicking, moving down the grand staircase. Silver wasn't one to judge, he wouldn't of minded. But a warning would've been nice.

Ado had gotten dressed, and looked incredibly stunning. He was wearing an oddly royal blue styled coat, with Italian buttons everywhere, and a large seamed "X" across the chest, and two coattails coming down from the back. The shoulders were padded, with golden tassels hanging in every direction. His pants were even more regal looking, extremely tight, the same royal blue, but with a golden stripe down the left leg, and an Italian flag on the hip of the right leg. His shoes, black leather dress boots that the bottoms of his pants were tucked into. On his head, was a golden tiara with emeralds in crested along the base. In his right hand, a glimmering gold staff with a giant white emerald placed upon the top. There the regal wolf stood, at the bottom of the grand staircase, in a uniform he wished he never had to wear in his life, caressing and flaunting his every beautiful feature.

Jake stood up and pecked Ado on the cheek, "You look like a prince." Ado blushed feverishly, thanking him with a quick peck.

Silver couldn't help but stare, Jake was right he did look like a prince. He then wondered where he got the suit, tiara, and the staff. It all fit him perfectly.

They all sat down to eat and Ado couldn't help but blush, the moment was so intense, the food was completely ready, and everyone had already gathered. Still, Ado couldn't help but notice how lonely Silver was, sitting at the far end of the room, afraid of all four of his hosts.

"Um, Jake, could you excuse me for JUST one more moment?" Ado then rushed back up the grand staircase before Jake could even get a word in.

Upstairs, the wolf had called an old friend up on the phone. He knew, that, out of anyone else, at least she'd be able to keep Silver company.

"Please, Blaze, you need to get over here, and quick. You don't live far, just hurry! We need our guest to have someone to feel comfortable, just please! Oh, you'll do it? Oh, thank you, so much, Blaze!" Ado hung up the phone, rushing back down the stairs to, once and for all, rejoin his guests, now sitting in the dining room around a large, fancy table.

Silver sat in utter silence, and away from his hosts. Inside he felt like they invited him for just pure amusement. He played with the stuffing on his plate, when he actually did talk it was to Tails. Just a minute ago he found Tails was older then him, by three months. Silver felt really awkward. He heard someone enter the room again, it was Ado and he was walking over to him. Was he coming over to warn him about Jake again? Maybe now would be good time to tell him he has no interest in Jake and he's not like that.

Ado walked up behind Silver, wrapping his arms over Silver's shoulders, clutching around his waist. He whispered "I'm sorry. We still friends?" then let go, and proceeded around the table, taking his seat next to Jake. Clanging a small spoon against his glass, he raised everyone's attention to him.

"Well, I have taken the liberty to invite over an... Old friend... She'll be here momentarily; I left the door open for her to show herself in, so we won't have to worry much about that! I'm so glad for all of you to be here, and, for now, let's feast!" Ado dismissed their attention, staring back at the living room, waiting for Blaze to make her appearance.

Silver blushed when, Ado started touching his waist. Well at least he forgives him now. Okay, they were just teasing him now. A girl? Why would they invite a girl? Unless she was a lesbian, that would make a bit more sense. Or maybe she was a female pervert that liked hitting on younger people like him. In any case, they all seemed to have it in for him. The hog started to pick at his potatoes; he wasn't really used to this classy food. He mostly ate a box of macaroni or something. It tastes weird, and it was all too flashy. Is this how they normally eat, or is this when they have guests over? He sighed and plucked at the side dish, which looked like some gooey avocado thing. But he didn't really know what the inside of an avocado looked like anyway. He took a bite, and battled with the desire to gag. It was extremely salty. What was it? He swallowed, now he was afraid to try anything else.

There was the sound of a door sliding open and closed, this must have been the old friend Ado was talking about. He sunk in his chair once he saw the guest. They definitely had it in for him alright; the secret guest was a purple cat. Blaze, a girl he used to have a crush on in elementary. Every time he tried to talk to her she either turned away, or hit him being as rough as she was.

Immediately, Ado stood up, welcoming in the cat girl with a warming hug, and directed her to her chair, placed directly next to Silver's. Sitting back down, the wolf spoke.

"So, Silver, I noticed how lonely you looked, being surrounded by us, so, I took in the liberty to invite someone to cheer you up a bit! No need to thank me, its just my little way of apologizing for the rudeness earlier tonight. I sure hope we have no hard feelings against one another now." Silver watched as the lust began to fill Ado's eyes once more, making all previous hatred disappear. Tails stood up from the table, leaning across to shake Blaze's hand.

"Blaze, long times no see! What's been going on in your life?" The fox's innocent voice soothed the tension in the air a bit, as Sonic began to laugh, and pulled his fox back to his chair.

"Tails, isn't that supposed to be my line?" He smirked.

"Well, I guess I've just learned a bit too much from you in these past few years, Sonic..." Tails began to turn red, embarrassed from the sudden romance. Sonic leaned in, kissing the fox. As he leaned back, he whispered, "I love you... I always will..." into Tails' ear.

"So anyways, Blaze, where HAVE you been all this time?"

"Nowhere really, but I have moved to a new school couple years back in a different town. But my family and I moved back."

Silver new what school she was talking about, even if she didn't mention what town or what the school even looks like. He knew it all to well.

"Ooh, really? If you got any gossip, about ANYONE, you BETTER say it. I want to know EVERYTHING." Blaze just stared at him blankly, same old Sonic.

"Sonic, stop pestering the poor girl, let her rest, already." Tails tried to grab Sonic's attention with every way he could, but nothing worked. The night was falling apart before everyone's eyes; Jake was pestering Blaze and Silver annoying everyone in the process.

"Please, Jake, can we get on with the night? We still have a camping trip, you know! HELP!" Ado yelped once Jake pervertedly pinched his ass. The craziness of the night had even started to fluster young Tails and Silver, and they were just about ready to get the hell away from it all.

Silver sat and watched, Blaze tried to talk to him every once in a while but he either agreed or disagreed, and if it was a question where you gave a sentence for an answer he just used the least amount of words.

"So, been a few years since I've seen you." Silver flustered, she remembered him. "You've changed alright, a lot cuter now then you were in school." Blaze was a few years older then him, so that's why she avoided him in when she knew he liked her. But now that they're older, dating someone that isn't the same age as you doesn't matter.

"I'm…. cute?" This coming from the girl that ignored and punched him every time he got close

"Of course, you're small for your age so it makes you look younger than you are. 'Cause if I remember correctly, you were seven and I was nine. It's been seven years, and you look like you're twelve." Silver blushed, did he really look that young? He pushed away the thought and did his best to ignore her best he could. Which eventually worked and she left him alone for a while.

Eventually, when everyone, ate as much as they could stomach they went for desert. Wine and small slices of sugary cheesecake were brought out. Silver of course thought the wine was unnecessary since none of them were old enough to drink.

"How did you get wine?" Blaze asked. "It's illegal to buy alcohol at our age if I presume."

Silver took a sip of the red wine he was given. Maybe getting drunk will steel his mind from the frustration.

"You shouldn't be drinking that!" Blaze screeched. She swiped the wine away out of Silver's reach; she stood up so she had a height advantage. Silver tried to grab at the glass, but he was far too short. He pulled away, and he began to focus his energy on the wine glass. His hands gradually formed a glowing turquoise defense around them, soon after the wine glass began to glow as well and caught everyone's attention. The glass was plucked out of Blaze's hand while Silver moved his own, he made a summoning gesture and the glass followed it finding its way back into his hands.

"Whoa." Blaze exclaimed, she was in to much shock to form a sentence. She sat down bewildered, and started to poke at the cheesecake. Silver sat down casually like nothing important happened. The silver hog raised his gaze to the staring eyes.

Everyone was now staring at Silver, each of them astonished in their own thoughts. Ado dropped his wine glass accidentally, sending it crashing to the cool marble floor beneath them.

"What... The..." Ado could hardly speak at all, not even sure whether he could trust what he was seeing. Tails began to closely inspect the glowing energy formed around Silver's hand.

"What the hell ARE you, you freak?" Sonic accused Silver of the glowing energy emanating from his body.

"Its so... Beautiful..." Ado whispered to himself, low enough to make sure nobody else was listening. He stared at the way Silver's arms glowed, in captivated by the radiating light.

"Alright, I know what this is, Silver's a Psychokinetic. Simple." Tails diagnosed Silver, still amazing at the feat that had just occurred.

"I don't care WHAT he is, it's freaking me out!" Sonic screeched over Tails' voice.

Silver lowered his head discouraged. If he would've known this would've been the reaction everyone gave, he would've never done so.

"How did you learn to do that? And how powerful is… your psychokinetic power?" Jake asked.

"Well I was born with it and so was my mom. She taught me how to use it, but mine isn't as strong as hers. She can lift ten Mobians if she wanted to, but she says I'm limited because my dad didn't have it. So I can only lift small things, like the wine glass. It's also hard for me to pick up living things because they move and squirm a lot, also I'm limited on power as well so I don't use it too often or I'll pass out." Silver clarified. Jake stared in interest. He felt faint until he realized his hands were still glowing, he immediately shut off the glow and stuck them under the table. He was embarrassed for everyone staring at him; he hated being the center of attention. The stares made him feel alienated, unwanted, and on bad terms of thought. He thought for an escape plan, he remembered that they were going to go camping tomorrow, so all of them would be staying the night here, except Blaze. So maybe he could ask to go to his room, he hopefully wouldn't be bothered there.

"I'm kinda tired; could you show me my room Jake?" Silver asked.

Jake stood up smiling, "'Course, I'd be happy to."

They both stood up and left, Silver followed the weasel up the staircase and turned right. Jake led him to a room with a fancy door on the hinges. He opened the door then moving aside, "Youth before seniority." Jake cooed lightly. Silver blushed mortified, he walked in and found his things in here already.

"I took the pleasure of selecting this room for you and bringing your belongings with me as well." Jake said blissfully.

Inside his temporary room was a double bed with white sheets and large downy pillows, some for decoration others for the necessity of sleep. The decorated pillows and sheets were outlined in dark beige that complimented the auburn walls. There was a desk set with a lamp and writing utensils. His things were set at the foot of the bed on a cherry oak chest. Jake flicked on the lights, the room lit up instantly giving the room even more character. He heard the door click behind him, thinking Jake left he sat on the opposite side of the bed facing away from the door. He closed his eyes, but opened him once he felt the weight of the bed shift. Silver felt arms wrap around his shoulders, with the hands resting on his deep-seated on his lower stomach. He positioned his head to see Jake's face.

"What are you doing?" Silver demanded panicked about what the weasel was planning.

"Nothing that won't be enjoyable for the both of us of course." Jake whispered yearn fully. He pressed his lips against the slender white furred neck and began to nip at it hungrily. Silver didn't know what to do; he was still to awe struck to do anything about it. Jake reached down farther, once he located the end of Silver's shirt, he submissively slid his greedy hands under. Silver realized what he was doing and bolted up resulting in Jake falling flat on his face on the floor. Silver began to wipe away the saliva that Jake had left on his neck with the sleeve of his shirt. Jake stood up silently, before he could even open his eyes he was already being shoved out of the room and back into the hallway. When he did open his eyes, the door had already slammed behind him and locked. He went and searched for an item that only he has memory of owning.

Ado had gotten up from the dining table, storming up to Silver's room to see just what the two of them had been taking so long to do. He felt jealous that Silver asked Jake too show him his room instead of him. Slamming his fist on the door, Ado demanded entry, while Silver declined.

"What do you MEAN, no? If Jake's still in there with you, I'll KILL the man! LET ME IN, SILVER, NOW!" There was no response from the hedgehog. Extremely angered, Ado stormed down to the very end of the hallway, where a window was open. Cautiously grasping onto his staff with his tail, Ado climbed out the window, onto the second story ledge just outside the house. There, he began inching slowly towards Silver's room's window, mumbling to himself."Damn LUCKY I know my way around this place, and oh so SAD for THEM." As his sentence was finished, he had climbed around the backs of each room, and was now precariously perched just outside Silver's open back window.

Trying to be silent, the wolf peered inside. The lights were off, but he could tell Silver wasn't looking his way. He took his chance, then, lifting his foot through the windowsill, but then tripped clambering out onto Silver's room's floor. Looking up, he noticed Silver staring straight down into his eyes from the other side of the room. Ado began to blush. The hedgehog wasn't wearing any clothes, save for his underwear.

Silver turned around blushing intensely, was he not aloud one minute of peace or without utter humiliation? The albino wolf had startled him. He went on the opposite side of the bed and crouched behind it, using it as a cover-up.

"A-Ado, how did you get through the window?" Silver asked, but before Ado could respond someone began to knock on the door.

"Alright Silver, either you let me in willingly or I barge in on you with whatever state you're in." It was Jake's voice.

"How can you get in? It's locked remember." Silver said before Ado could say anything.

Jake was silent for a moment, then both Ado and Silver heard the door click open and he entered holding a set of keys. He froze when he saw Ado on the floor, starring daggers at him, "Oh, Ado… What brings you here on this fine night?" He said trying to hide his half-naked body and the condom in his other hand. He then looked around the room for Silver, he was crouching on the floor half-nude as well.

"Aha! I KNEW you two were up to SOMETHING! Jake, how the hell could you DO this, to ME? We were going to be ENGAGED, you no-good two-timing FREAK!" Ado stood up, crying, then went up to Jake, slapping him. "I never want to see your face again... Ever... You sicken me, you pervert..." Ado tried to push his way out of the room, but couldn't help himself from looking back at Jake. He cried even more, seeing the beautiful man he had lost to that hedgehog. He walked down the hallway, apologizing to the three he had left alone in the dining room. The night banquet was over, but Ado didn't feel he had enough revenge.

"Hey, Blaze, would you like to stay the night with us, too? I don't mind if you end up on the camping trip with us tomorrow, as long as it's okay with you. I just need you to stay over tonight..." An evil grin formed itself on Ado's face. Maybe tonight WOULD be a good night, he had gathered together the weaknesses of both men, and he could do anything he wanted to either of them...

"Sure Ado, I don't see why not, as long as it's not too much trouble." Blaze said, and Ado nodded in acknowledgement. He also said that his room would be at the end of the hallway on the right, you couldn't miss it because of the royal design on the door.

Back in Silver's room, there was a very pissed hedgehog, "ENGAGED! YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SEDATE ME?" Silver screamed at the weasel.

"Well yes, you're absolutely adorable." Jake said grabbing his cheek and squeezing it. "But I feel bad about Ado I suppose. Maybe I went a bit overboard."

"You're an idiot." Silver grumbled. He glared at Jake again. "What are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be apologizing or something?"

Jake smirked, "AFTER, I get what I came for." He started to walk towards Silver fingering the condom. Silver pushed him back enraged.

"GET OUT OF HERE!" Silver screamed slamming the door, locking it, and then placing a chair under the handle so it couldn't be opened without making a lot noise. Jake heard all the noise from outside, he sighed in defeat and got dressed in his and Ado's room. His little crush was right, Ado was more important to him then his own life. He was just getting horny and appreciated the new face. He scrambled down the staircase heading for the dining room. First thing he was going to do was beg for forgiveness and take his punishment whatever it was. Little did he know, his punishment would reopen some forgotten scars. Silver sat on his bed confused, why was this happening to him. He knew everything happened for a reason, he would just have to wait and it would all be revealed. The hardest part, is just sitting around waiting for that reason to happen. He could hear Sonic, Tails, and Blaze chatting up a storm in the dining area still.

Ado awaited Jake at the bottom of the staircase, facing away from him. He heard Jake's footsteps and turned around, sighing. His face was drenched with tears.

"Great, it's only YOU. I thought it would've been Silver, at least THEN I could have someone to cry on. You, on the other hand... You're just a useless so-called 'boyfriend'. How the hell could you..." Ado took a shiny silver engagement ring, throwing onto the floor. Little did Jake know that this was all part of a test. Ado hoped Jake would react as he wanted him to, then, it would be a simple matter of dragging him into his punishment.

Jake picked up the ring and looked on the inner side; he remembered when he got that engraved. "'Will you marry me, the ruler of my heart?'" Jake whispered to himself, he remembered when Ado hurdled himself on him. It was bliss at that moment, and this camping trip was going to be like a little wedding shower for the both of them. But he also remembered Silver, when Ado let him in. Ado showed the same flirting tactics when they met. He felt a sly form of rage boil in him.

"I don't understand why you're upset with me; I know you would've done the same. But that doesn't matter right now." Jake smirked knowing he had pushed some buttons. He leaned in close to Ado's ear, "But just for some personal fun between the both of us, why don't we try to lure that child to our room?" Ado smirked slightly; his plan was already in motion. Jake kissed him lightly on the cheek lovingly.

Now smiling once again, Ado wiped the tears from his face, and stood up to kiss Jake.

"Let's go have a little fun with tonight, Jake. Just you and me..." Ado grabbed hold of Jake's arm, pulling him up the grand staircase. Opening the door to their room, the two couldn't see anything at all. Luckily, Ado knew how to find his own way to the bed, and, when close enough, threw Jake down atop the fur sheets, scooting him backwards, towards the headboard of the bed. Ado then jumped on top of his lover, slowly taking off the weasel's clothes. Once Jake's arms were close enough to wrap around the barred headboard, Ado took a pair of furry handcuffs, and slipped them onto Jake's hands, trapping his arms behind the headboard. He leaned in, closely, now laying on Jake, and then whispered into his ear "I'm sorry... But you need to learn a bit of a lesson..." then retreated back off of the bed, to the corner of the room, turning the lights on.

Everything in the bedroom had been replaced with its horrid, pink equivalent. Even the fur bed sheets were no longer a normal leopard print, but now a pink striped fur pattern. Ado walked out into the hallway, slamming the door behind him. He took a small, golden key out of the same pocket he had kept the handcuffs in, and thrusted it into the door's lock, making sure that no one would find Jake for the rest of the night. He clutched at his chest, tightly.

"I'm... So sorry..." The wolf whispered, as he stammered down the hall, heading towards Silver's room to get a little more revenge.

Jake held back a scream, he was now shaking ferociously. Pink. He hated pink. Why pink? Of all the things Ado could have ever done, why this? He knew very well he hated the colour; he wouldn't have ever flirted with Silver again. But it's never a second chance with Ado unless you get hurt in some way. The trembling weasel closed his eyes, hoping and praying someone would rescue him from this nightmare.

Silver was sleeping on his bed; he still had the chair up against the door so he felt it was safe to sleep again. But he completely forgot that Ado got in through the window. He slept peacefully, dreaming about his garden he planted with all of the exotic plants from around the world. Sadly, this was only a dream. He only wished he had a garden like that. Mobious was home to many flowers, over a million. Luckily for Silver, the forest they were going to had many unknown and exotic flowers. Sleeping he could see blurry visions of them now, thanks to being psychokinetic. He could also smell them, but… there was an odd smell for flowers as well. It was death. Why would death be in a patch of flowers? In his mind he could here the sound of snakes hissing, he was deathly afraid of snakes so he used a repellent to keep them out of his garden at home. He began to have nightmares about the time one bit him when he was young injecting venom into him. He was in pain for days, until they turned into weeks. The doctors said he was lucky to be alive at all, which caused his fear and haunted him every day and every night. For certain he knew he would never get over this fear.

Ado tried the front door, forgetting it was locked.

"Ugh, not AGAIN..." He headed back towards the window, once again climbing out and over the ledge, until he reached the silver hedgehog's window. This time, he made sure not to fall. Gracefully, the wolf slid himself through the open window, and looked down at Silver, sleeping on his bed.

"Hmm... Eh, he won't need those covers... It'll be funnier for Blaze to see his undies..." Ado started to giggle uncontrollably, as he pulled Silver's bed sheets off of him, gently. He walked towards the front door, slowly unlocking it to make sure not to awake the sleeping hedgehog. He swiftly pulled the chair out from the door, and opened it; just enough to get out and eventually back in when he wanted.

When Ado was safely in the hallway, he made a dash down the grand staircase, meeting in the dining room with the others, but she looked like she was about to crash.

"Hey, Blaze, you can sleep now if you want because I found a nice room for you. Silver told me to inform you that he wouldn't want you to get lonely in any other room, so he offered his own. He's allowing you to sleep in his room, but, under ONE condition that you MUST follow. Under NO circumstances are you allowed to wake him up, you GOT that? His door's open for you, good luck." Blaze thanked him, and walked up to Silver's room. It was nice of him to offer up his room for her.

Silver woke up from the nightmare he was having, he absolutely despised snakes. He shivered; the sheets were off of him. Why? He turned around swiftly when he heard the door click open, how? Blaze stepped in looking at him from top to bottom.

"I thought you were asleep. Ado said not to wake you, did I when I opened the door?" Blaze asked innocently. Ado… Of course he would do this.

"Oh right, no I just had a nightmare is all. I'm fine though so I'll just be going back to… sleep." Silver squeaked pulling the sheets over him again turning the opposite direction. He felt the bed shift again as Blaze got in.

He laid there to afraid to go to sleep. Blaze though was already sleeping. He sighed and silently got up from bed, the silver hog dug into his bag again and found a fresh pair of pants and put them on along with a t-shirt. He opened the door and got out. Silver thought now would be a good time to wander while everyone was asleep, well not everyone. He passed a plain door that seemed out of place, he could here whimpers and a whispering voice that sounded distressed. He knocked, "Hello is… everything okay?" He asked.

"Silver? Is that you? Oh thank God someone came. Can you help me out here, I'm kinda stuck." Jake said. Silver tried to open the door but it was locked, lucky for Jake Silver's dad was in the force fighting against enemies that threatened lives. He picked up a few things from him, like in this case how to pick locks. Although doing things like this reminded him of his lost father, he was lost on a mission. When the others in his squad came back… he wasn't there. He asked Martin the Fox where he was, but he only said his father, Julian was lost to a carnivorous race. Even worse, they didn't have the chance to avenge his death. He pulled away from the thought before he started to cry, he began to pick the lock hearing the right clicks. Until the final one came and he was able to open the door. Once he entered, he saw Jake hand-cuffed to the bed post completely naked. He shielded his eyes from the laid body.

"Do I even want to know?" Silver asked.

"Well Ado an-" He was cut off by Ado entering the pink room re locking the door.

"You... Little... BRAT! You have NO business here, hedgehog, so why are you sticking that little nose where it doesn't belong?" Ado was furious over Silver's finding of Jake's "torture chamber". His plans were completely ruined, and it was all thanks to the child who started it all. He had grabbed his staff, as if readying to strike the hedgehog, but, he didn't lash out. He couldn't. Though still angry, he couldn't bear to mess up that beautiful face.

Silver flinched when Ado positioned himself to whack him, he closed his eyes waiting for it. He wasn't going to struggle against it. He gasped when he did here a new noise though. The staff dropped to the ground. Walking around the bed, Ado reached up the post for Jake's hands, grabbing his key, and unlocking the handcuffs. He knew where and when his defeat was. As Jake stood up from the bed, Ado pointed towards the door.

"Leave... Both of you..." Ado's head was drawn low, his tail dragging against the floor in defeat. He sighed, and then continued. "I... I can't bear to look at you two right now... Just... Please... Leave me alone... Tonight..." And, although he tried to hide it, a shining tear drop trickled down the side of the young wolf's face, dropping to the ground, far below.

Jake picked up his clothes and left leaving Silver still standing there, he felt awful guilty about whatever was happening. "Ado, I'm sorry for intruding on your… business. I understand that you're angry with me, but I don't like Jake and you can't blame him. And if I would have known you and Jake were engaged, I would have tried harder to push him away, I'm sorry. If… if it makes you feel any better I can leave in the morning." He didn't wait for a response; he was going back to bed. Before Silver could though Ado grabbed his hand and hold on tight.

"Wait... Don't leave me..." Ado pulled Silver back towards him. "We have a bit to talk about... and... I don't wanna be alone, tonight..." Ado was shivering from his fears, his memories were slowly returning to him. He began to cry even more.

Ado pulled Silver into a tight hug, still bawling and resting his head on his shoulder. The Silver hog timidly hugged back, Ado really seemed to need him right now. He began to hum a comforting tune to come Ado down. It was weird for him; usually the older one comforted the younger one so this was new to him. But when his dad died, his mom used the same technique to calm him down every night until he fell asleep. Tears began to fall from his eyes but he didn't utter a sound. The salty tears landed on Ado's blue pelt and soaked in, his pelt began to come unnaturally heavy which caught his attention.

Ado looked up from Silver's shoulder, noticing the hedgehog crying for him. Taking a silver, glimmering handkerchief out of his suit jacket's inner pocket, he wiped away Silver's tears, as if he were more precious than his own self.

"You know... You shouldn't be the one crying... You did nothing wrong, Silvy..." Ado began to blush. "Oh, I'm sorry, I can... Call you Silvy, right? Just as a little friendly nickname?"

Silver shut his eyes, the pain was unbearable, and he had forgotten about Ado and started to focus on his dad. A strong stream of tears began to fall down Silver's cheeks. His father was a big part of his life, he spent a lot of time with him, Julian would tell him stories about missions, sneak his snacks when his mother wasn't looking and, he was always there when he needed him most. He loved his mom very much, but she wasn't dad. "Yeah, it's fine." Silver whispered, he wanted to leave but Ado had asked him to stay. So he would. "What exactly did you need to talk about?" Silver asked, pushing away the handkerchief that was wiping away his soft tears.

Ado grasped Silver even tighter, assuring him that he was there to help.

"Silver... I can tell, just by looking..." Ado stared deeply into Silver's eyes, and then continued, "They say the eyes are one's gateway to their soul. Your eyes seem to be screaming a bad past at me right now. I can tell, you've been troubled. Tell me; don't worry, I'll understand, whatever it is. I want to know everything."

Silver lowered his saddened gaze, was it really that obvious? "I'm sorry Ado… I don't feel comfortable with talking to you about that. But I do appreciate the concern." Silver struggled lightly to get out of Ado's hold, but Ado held on not letting go.

Ado gripped Silver tightly once more, and then let go, sitting down on the edge of the bed. He sighed.

"Alright... Silver, I wasn't going to tell you this, but, we need more trust between us..." He beckoned Silver to come sit next to him on the bed. "Have you wondered at all tonight how Jake and I have been able to pay the costs for a house this fancy, with no one else's aid?"

Silver thought for a minute, he was very curious. But he could tell Ado would just use it as an excuse for him to tell the wolf about his dad. This was hopefully not going to happen. His curiosity overpowered him, he sat down beside Ado, this had better of been good. Silver waited impatiently for the ice blue wolf to tell him his story.

"It was the 16th day, Sylph decan, ND 2004. A male child was born into an incredibly wealthy wolven family. The Assideramento family name had finally found an heir to the throne. Or, at least, until the child's fur grew in. He was different than anyone else in the family, an albino, with a cerulean blue shining fur pelt. He was out casted by his father for it; for fear that the mother had slept with a man outside of the family name. It was true, the king wasn't his true father, and, when he found about it, he killed his own wife. That wasn't the end of the king's rage, though; he took it out on the soon-to-be prince after his wife's horrid death. That prince..." Ado began to cry, but continued telling his story, "That young child went through hell... When he turned the age of sixteen, his family's lead maiden helped him escape from the castle. He never left the town below the estate, though, and, when the king had found who took his child away; he took the culprit out to the town square, where she was hung. The townspeople knew nothing about the king's murders; they just believed that the maiden had killed both queen and prince. The prince was watching, from the shadows, though, watching as his only friend was hung, and watching how death took the only kind person left." Ado fell onto Silver's chest, once again, crying more ferociously this time, though. He could say no more, the memories were too painful.

"That prince was you… wasn't it Ado." Silver hugged him.

Pushing Silver away for a second, he continued. "No. Don't call me Ado, anymore... Silver, you're the only person on Mobious I could trust with this, Jake doesn't even know. I want you to call me by my real name, I haven't used it in so long, and I kind of want to hear someone use it. But, only someone... Special, to me." Ado stepped back, away from Silver, fixing his regal suit, grabbing his staff off of the floor. With his head held high, he announced to the silver hedgehog, "When others aren't listening, I ask you to address me with the name I gave up when I gave up everything. It's about time I finally introduced myself to you, Silver. I am Arrow, the one true heir to the Assideramento throne." He held back tears with his pride, as he looked right into Silver's eyes, smiling.

"Arrow?" Silver asked, he smiled in acknowledgement. "Prince Arrow, it's a pleasure to meet someone of royal blood." Silver said standing up shaking his Arrow's hand. The silver hog let go of the prince's hand, he gave a weak smile. "I guess it's time I open up to someone too." The tearing boy sat down and motioned the other to sit with him; this wasn't going to take long. But he just needed a place to sit so he hopefully won't become too overwhelmed with all the pain.

Sitting down next to the hedgehog, using his hand to caress the hedgehog's fur gently, Arrow spoke.

"Don't worry, whatever it is, I'm sure I can help make things better. Just tell me everything, okay?" He wrapped himself around Silver, placing his head on the hedgehog's shoulder, and then gave him a warm, comforting smile.

Silver relaxed, "I was seven when my dad went on a mission, he works for the force… He was gone for a month which was bearable, but that day when his troop came back… he… didn't wasn't with them." Silver began to let the tears loose and his voice was cracking. "I asked Martin, who was my dad's best friend; I asked him where he was. He… told my dad got killed; the worst part is he or anyone else never told me how. They still won't, I guess it just hurts to know your dad died and you can never see him again."

Arrow hugged Silver tighter, wiping away the hedgehog's tears with a fluffy white tail.

"I'm so sorry, Silver... So, we both know what its like to lose family... I'm sorry, I really am... Hey, if you don't mind, would you... um... Sleep with me... tonight? After hearing that story... I feel obligated to keep you company..." He looked up at the hedgehog, smiling.

Arrow's tail had delighted his cheeks; he suppressed from giggling and succeeded. Silver inhaled an unsteady breath after hearing Arrow's question, but he was drawn in to accept through his affectionate smile. Arrow did swing 'that' way, but he loves Jake right? He was just being nice, there's no problem with that... hopefully. "Well," Silver trialed off, nervous. He didn't want to damage the new bond between the two, "I don't see too much trouble with that. But… what about Jake?"

"Huh? Oh, no, not like THAT, you silly hedgie!" Arrow began to blush innocently, trying his best to suppress giggling. "I just thought it would be best, since Blaze is in your room, and after hearing your story, I wouldn't want you to be alone tonight, that's all..."

Silver sighed in relief, "In that case I'm fine with it." Silver said sheepishly. "I think sleeping with you is better than sleeping with anyone else." Silver quoted, he got on the other side of the bed with one knee resting on edge of the mattress. He smiled innocently, "Are we sleeping here tonight or somewhere else?"

"Oh, is the pink gonna bother you, too? Well, if that's the case, I guess I could just show you to the secret room... You know what? I'm going to do just that, you already know the story anyways, come on!" Arrow grabbed Silver's hand, gripping tightly and smiling, then led him out of the room, back down the hallway, towards the grand staircase.

The back wall near the top step had a faint line stretching across it, which, if studied closely, looked almost like a door, complete with a small hole in the wall, positioned where a keyhole would've normally been. Taking the hand that wasn't attached to Silver's, Arrow grabbed the sharp, bottom end of his staff, and thrusted it into the hole in the wall, turning it, and retracting the staff back to his side. He pulled Silver closer and grabbed the wall, sliding it opened, revealing a small dark corridor, with yet another staircase within.

"Now, Silver, you're the only person other than me who knows about this secret, so you mustn't speak of it, okay?" Arrow gripped Silver's hand tightly, then let go.

"You go in first. That way, if you fall, you'll just fall back into my arms." Arrow smiled, and then beckoned the hedgehog to proceed up the dark staircase.

"Don't worry... I'll always be there to catch you."

The silver hedgie inhaled; maybe this wasn't such a good idea. But he trusted Arrow, he remembered the prince's past, this was probably a bunker just in case his dad ever should his ugly mug around here. Silver stepped forward hesitantly, the farther he went in the more he wanted to be back in the pink room. This place wasn't gross, it was clean and neat. But it had an eerie feeling to it. It was plain in the hall, but it still had a touch of Arrow added to it. There were candle lights with a regal twist where they connected to the wall with a lioness pattern on the base. There were a couple of tables on the way down; each had a Bengal tiger print on them. Or what looked like a print, for all he knew it could be real. The wall was covered in floral wallpaper, which in fact went well with the rest of the passage.

The hall was surprisingly long; they came across a wooden entry way that most likely leads to a bed. Silver didn't wait for Arrow to open it for him; he reached for the handle bending forward. The door was unlocked; he swiftly looked up at the design of the door. The silver hedgehog paled, reptilian eyes were staring at him, from a scaly head that was connected to a vine that swerved around the design of the door. "SNAKE!" Silver shrieked, the frightened boy twisted his body around to run but he tripped over himself falling into supporting arms. He jumped up and clung onto the prince for dear life.

"Silver, what happened?" Arrow couldn't get an answer out of him, so he placed his hand on the top of the hedgehog's head, caressing it through his quills. "Shh... Calm down, there's nothing to fear... Don't worry, I'm here..." As a mother would calm a crying child, he held firmly onto Silver. "I won't let go... Shh... Calm down... When you're ready, tell me what's wrong..."

Silver turned his head around to get a glimpse of the horrid beast, but it stays in the exact same position when it was staring him in the eyes. He squinted to see through the darkness, the scaley demon was a carving in the door. The eyes on the other hand looked like they were made of glass which gave it the realistic look. He got off of Arrow and studied the carving with extreme caution. It was made of wood, thank chaos. "It's fine Arrow, everything's fine, just a little spooked." Silver went along to opening the door, but the elder Mobian had stopped him.

"Wait... Your leg... It's bleeding..." Arrow stared down in horror, even though it wasn't a severe break, he was right; Silver's ankle was swollen, and bleeding. He went up to the young hedgehog, picking him up bridal style, and stared right into his eyes. "Don't worry; I'll help you feel better." Arrow smiled.

Silver yelped in surprise once he was swept off his feet. He peered at his ankle, it sure was bleeding. "I-I'm fine Arrow, you don't need to do this for me." Silver laughed nervously, he looked away from the kindly smile. He tried to get out of Arrow's grip, but the prince held on tight.

Arrow looked at Silver, wondering why he was so nervous. It was just a friendly gesture, after all. Nothing more. Carrying him into the bedroom, he placed him down on a soft, king sized bed, then walked over to the light switch, lighting up the room. It was an incredibly large room for such a narrow corridor, and seemed as, if not fancier, than the parlor room itself.

"Well, here we are the haven room. I've pledged to only come in here in case something extreme were to happen, but, that didn't stop me from going overboard with the decorating, like always. I just thought, since it does count as a bedroom; why not add a little flare to it?" Arrow looked again at Silver's ankle, and then turned towards the large closet in the back of the room. "I've also noticed that this room was the only room big enough to hold my wardrobe, so I'm glad I have everything in here. Now, unless you want to see royalty dressing for the occasion, I suggest you look away." He grinned back at Silver, winking.

Silver flushed and turned away. What occasion? What was this guy planning? "I don't care if my ankle is injured and if I seem helpless; I ain't doing anything with you." Silver whispered harshly to himself, he could hear the rustling of cloth. Feeling the soft fabric under him, he realized how tired he was. His eyes burned from the restlessness, he mercifully shut them, feeling the aching pain melt away. His body began to follow swiftly, but to his displeasure he was rudely disturbed.

"Alright, you can look now." Arrow stood on the other side of the room, wearing an old nurse's outfit, complete with skirt and even heels. He twirled around, giving Silver a complete look of the outfit, giggling.

"This used to be Jake's favorite outfit when we first met. I always dress for whatever I'm doing, since I'm going to help you, I thought it was fitting. Oh, you seem really tired... Well, don't worry, I've actually studied in anatomy and physiology, I'm just going to help relieve the pain in your ankle, nothing more, so, you can rest while I'm working, if you like."

Silver could see why Jake liked it so much; it was made of leather and tight. It was also extremely short. As Arrow twirled around the very bottom of his undergarments were visible, and to Jake's displeasure, they were pink. Silver smirked inwardly; he would have loved to see Jake's face once he saw Arrow dressed like this only to be disappointed by the pink underwear. Its funny how Arrow loved to dress like this, personally he wouldn't be caught dead in anything frilly. But he did like tight clothing as well; he thought loose clothing wasn't worth his time. It was just extra weight to lug around. While tight clothing was comfortable and weighed out evenly enough.

Silver didn't want to sleep now; he had far too many questions to ask. But exhaustion won over him, he rested and instantaneously fell asleep, most likely he won't wake up until tomorrow.

Arrow began to work his magic. He looked at just where his foot was bleeding.

"Ugh, he just BARELY missed an artery. Lucky him, it's only a minor break. It'll just need a splint, but first, time to clean the wound." Arrow headed towards the supplies cupboard, grabbing a saline solution, a bag of ice, a few cotton swabs, stitching supplies, and a cloth foot splint. "Well, he's at least in great hands." Arrow wet the cotton swabs with the saline solution, rubbing them against broken skin from Silver's break. "I hope he doesn't wake from the burn, I want this to be comfortable for him..." Rinsing it off with some water, Arrow grabbed the stitching supplies, and began to stitch up Silver's open wound. Afterwards, he latched up his cloth splint onto Silver's leg, keeping it from moving. Arrow placed Silver's leg atop a pillow, rose at a higher elevation than his heart, and placed the bag of ice on his foot.

"There. All better." Arrow whispered to himself, and then walked around the bed, leaning in towards Silver. He lightly kissed the hedgehog's lips, careful not to wake him, and then walked back to the closet, taking off the nurse's outfit. He threw on a long, slender blue v-neck shirt, not caring to put on sweats.

"Eh, it won't be weird, he should already know by now that I sleep in my underwear." Giggling, the wolf softly walked over to the light switch, switching it off, then snuck under the covers, scooting close to Silver, careful not to touch his leg. "Goodnight, Silver..." Arrow closed his eyes, drifting off into sleep.