Silver was meanwhile putting away the dirty clothes, revealing his magnificent chest fur he was especially proud of. If there was one vanity he had, it was this. He took a brush, standing in front of a tall mirror in his room and slowly and gently groomed his fur. Since the academy days, this was his most charming feature. A lot of girls talked about him, whispering and blushing whenever he was near.

That, on the other hand, made like three-quarter of boys his enemies. They hated how he was so cool and awesome in everything he had done. They weren't afraid to voice their irritation with him, and he was more than happy to beat them during the nearest opportunity in their own top subject. And to be honest, he didn't care about any party. After all, they all were beneath him in all aspects.

After a minute or two, he was satisfied with the result. There was an arrogant grin on his face and his eyes were ajar. He put the brush on the night table and opened the wardrobe, reaching for one skirt when his hand stopped. He sleeked his fur, closing it. He decided to let his body breath and went back to the living room.

Down he had met Amy and Gold leaving the cellar... with bandaged Crestia behind them. He frowned, piercing her with his eyes. So she was freed too? He loudly snorted, voicing his disdain.

Crestia stopped next to Amy and they both did eyelid pull taunt before heading to the living room. Silver's jaw slightly dropped, and the corner of his mouth was twitching. 'Wai... Wait... What just... like seriously?' He heard Gold giggling and he had to control himself not to bark at her.

]Amy is a really mysterious girl, isn't she?[

]Pain in my neck![ he shouted back more strongly then he wanted. "I'm going to the bed. I have enough," he said loudly, glimpsing Sonic and Eclipse to follow them to the front room. It was almost a midnight. When he turned, the ebony priest left the bathroom wearing the new pants and torn one in a hand.

The psychic frowned at him, but upon seeing Shadow's chest fur isn't so magnificent and is a bit messy, he smirked, puffing his chest a bit. The priest was perplexed by that reaction, looking at psychic's back. 'Is there... a small scar?'

"It's alright," whispered Gold approaching him. "He is just proud of his fluffy fur."

"Ah, it's alright. It truly is outstanding," he smiled.

She looked at him. "You are a strange demon." The ebony hedgehog fidgeted, still feeling uncomfortable with this reality. "Silver tortured you so much, yet I don't feel any resentment from you." Just now she did a subtle scan of his mind. The tenrec could feel his thoughts were centered around the kids and their well-being. There was one regarding Eclipse... even there was slight worry about his future.

"He... was right about that... I can't still believe you are all... friendly towards me... After what I have done... It's a blessing." He looked at his feet, feeling ashamed. In the last days, it felt he was being cared for while it should be the other way. "Miss Gold?" he silently called her. "Was there... a small scar on Silver's back?"

She sadly nodded. "He got it when he started to learn how to use his powers. It was just a small accident, but it made him furious. I think at that time he decided everything he does must be perfect, flawless."

"I see," he replied and he would say more, but his stomach rumbled. He was red and he kind of regretted there weren't red markings on his face to hide it.

"Would you like some cookies?" she turned toward the living room seeing the salver was empty. "Or is it too late?" As they both went silent they could hear Crestia's voice being muffled by the cookies. Shadow started to giggle into his fist, finding the sounds amusing. The tenrec joined him.

"I guess I'll have just the glass of a milk."

"Unless they gulped it too," added jolly Gold and together they joined the company.

The atmosphere in the room changed... a lot, it was more carefree and friendly. The kids were chatting while the adults watched them. Crestia kept checking on the ebony hedgehog. Even now there was no dangerous smell around him. She had no doubt it was this guy ripping her baby bro's wing, he said it so. Usually, she would never ask questions and simply turned him into bloody and all over the place pancake, but now... she kind of felt calm.

Whether it was because of Amy or the fact he actually went to save her wasn't clear to her. She made a mental note to check it later, but for now, he was in a gray zone. The tenrec was unable to push the yawn back, mumbling: "I think I'll hit the bed," she stood up walking toward the door.

"Miss Gold," called her Amy. "Want to have a sleepover in one room?" The woman was puzzled for a moment. "Or is it inappropriate?"

"No! It's fine! I would love to!" she smiled like a small girl feeling a bit awake and amazed this girl could make her happy so quickly... and with such small things.

"Then let's go!" they walked away. "Big sis, Eclipse, come too," called them the pink lass with a big smile. The small demon leaped over the table with ease and the demoness followed, curious what that sleepover was.

Shadow smiled, that Amy... had a gift to make others feel better. He was happy he had met her. Without her and Sonic he would definitely sink into the darkness. And speaking of the boy, they were left alone in the room. He fidgeted a bit and the priest stood up, saying: "I'll call it a night too. Good night."

The boy mumbled the reply, looking into the empty glass he was holding. The ebony hedgehog felt gloomy. How could he live now? 'Could The Order... maybe...?' he shook his head, feeling too tired to think. He entered the second floor, where was the last vacant room. He passed the one where Gold and others were, hearing them talking. At least someone was feeling at ease.

Crestia was sitting in the corner of the bed, listening to chatting of these two hedgehogs, still not getting what that sleepover was supposed to be. She scratched her head, voicing her question.

Amy blushed a little bit. "Actually I just heard about it from one maid. She was having one with her friends. It's actually a gathering of people in one house staying there over the night. It involves yummy snacks, telling funny or scary stories and a lot of chat before one falls asleep late in the night. I never did it, so I thought this is a nice opportunity to give it a go."

The demoness simply nodded, getting the picture. So it was just gathering, she saw many of them before, but somehow this one... looked more fun to do. While she was pondering about it, Gold found some smaller skirt. "It will still be too big for you." She tried to measure it, seeing it was reaching to the ground.

The pink lass accepted it. "This will be good enough. It may be fun to sleep in it," she accepted it with a smile, looking at Eclipse, who was sitting at the bed too, and adding: "I'm going to change, can you please wait outside a bit?"

"Why?" he muttered, jumping down.

"Well, you are a boy, and girls, when they are at my age, don't like to be seen naked by boys. It's rude and awkward. I'll call you once I'm ready."

"Fine," he went outside closing the door. It wasn't like he understood the meaning of that, but she asked him really nicely and explained it to him.

The tenrec medium was glad to take her daily attire down. She felt dusty, but she was tired... too tired to take a shower. 'Maybe I could take a bath,' she felt dreamy. 'Letting the hot water to pamper me, adding some aroma oils...' she giggled a bit. 'And adding some rose petals as a bonus.' On her mind come to an image of a certain person joining her. He was hovering above her face, until... She quickly shook her head, shooing the vision away.

"You look tasty."

Crestia's voice startled her, making her jump, turning around and babble: "W-W-W-What?" To be honest, she completely forgot about her. Well, it was a long day and she was tired and... she wasn't acting aggressively.

The demoness started to explain, gesturing her points. "You have a nice meaty body. The hips are round full of tender meat and your chest..." she thought for a short time seeing the tenrec hid it a bit. "... perfectly not bouncing. Nice for getting a mouthful. Well, the waist is a bit thin for my tastes, but then again, I never liked fat."

The medium's face turned red, so red it spread over her quills too. Her thoughts were swirling and then... she burst into laughter. Her body was shaking so much she had to hug her stomach and she went weak in knees, sliding down. When she calmed down, she wiped the tears that were running down.

The female demon was watching her, confused, puzzled and scratching her cheek. Now, this was weird. She actually tried one of her tactics when playing with a prey. Till now it ended with the person screaming in terror and running.

"Miss Gold?" Amy tilted her head seeing the other was extremely happy, but not understanding the reason behind it. Especially if she could she, the tenrec was a lot frustrated just a seconds ago.