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      While the parents and children were not at home, the toys set up a racing course with obstacles in David's room. The participants in the race were Sonic, Shadow and Silver. And the rest were for the audience. — Maybe you shouldn’t have agreed to this? Maybe you'll change your mind and not take risks? What if you break? — Sonic was afraid for Silver. — Come on. I’m only three years old, so I’m already considered almost old, which means that if I break, it won’t be a big deal. Besides, at least it will be fun for me. - Silver explained. — Well, if it’s fun, then get ready for shame. Because you will definitely lose. — Shadow boasted while stretching. — We'll see! — Silver replies, grinning. Three toy competitors stood doggy style in front of the white line made of tape on the bedside table and prepared to run at the signal. — So. The rules of running are simple. You must run around the room and back onto David's bed! First, run to the bookshelves, climb up them, jump over to the adjacent shelves, cross over the door, as if on a rope, and if you fall, then small pillows or Big will catch you below, and you can climb back on the threads from the spools. You get to the top of David's bedding closet, jump onto the red pillow that lies above the aquarium, jump onto the racing track with the ring, then run to the lego ladder and climb up the bed. Whichever of you is the first to pass all the obstacles honestly and return to bed, the winner will be considered cool. — Deco read out the rules of the game, and Boko took out a whistle and was preparing to whistle: — Attention! On my whistle! The whistle and toy hedgehogs set off. Silver ran ahead, because he was long-legged and entirely made of plastic, which is why he didn’t even stop for a millisecond. Shadow was a little behind Sonic in the middle, because he was a little shorter than Sonic. The latter pulled a ring with a rope from his back and rotated it as he ran like a cowboy lasso. Jumping from one bedside table to the next one, they approached the first bookshelf, but an old one, which had nails sticking out and which ran vertically, not horizontally, but stood right on the bedside table, because it had nothing to hold on to the nails on the wall. Silver was the first to arrive and began to climb up the nails, like a climber on hand holes or protruding rocks. Sonic ran past the bookshelf, launched his ring and jumped off. The ring on the rope caught on a protruding nail for a picture of a landscape on a field and the blue toy flew to the flower pot, like Tarzan. Having landed there, he then jumped onto the jumping rod and began to climb up to the door on it. Silver and Shadow at that time climbed to the top of the old bookshelf, jumped from it to another new one, which was already nailed to the wall and cheerful, and from it to another similar one, only longer. Further along the way there was a cable car in the form of a large and long line that ran from the shelf to the door. With his arms lined up at his sides, Silver slowly and carefully crossed the path so as not to look down and fall. Shadow took the shortcut. He jumps off, grabs the same jumping rod and climbs up it a little faster than Sonic. The latter at that time, in the same way, as if on a cable car, was crossing over the door, which was open to the swing. — Is it okay that I'm rooting for Sonic? — Blaze whispered in Amy's ear. — It doesn’t matter to us which of them is cooler or who wins. — she whispered back to her. — Although, if Maria, whom Shadow dreamed of, was still with us, then she would most likely be rooting for him. At this time, Sonic, finding himself on the edge of the open door, jumps onto the next cabinet, almost falling, he managed to grab the edge with his hands and climb. Shadow also managed to run up at that moment and even grabbed Sonic by the legs so that he could help him get up and not fall. Silver, while crossing the road from the line, managed to calculate the length of the door on the move and, carefully running over the door, jumped onto the roof of the closet with a running start. Three hedgehogs then jumped straight onto the red pillow and ran further over the glass that covered the top of the aquarium. Sonic then pulls out his ring rope again and throws it up, catching onto the small hook of the chandelier where decorations are hung. At that moment, Shadow grabbed onto Sonic and they both flew down, ending up in front. Silver, to be honest, then jumped from the aquarium, falling with his left hand onto the red car, which immediately drove along the orange path, making a descent, a sharp pirouette along the road ring and from the edge of the road at the top, the car drove onto the floor of the room, and Silver already ran to the lego staircase that Sonic and Shadow climbed first. They eventually ran to the finish line first and proved that they were no worse than Silver. All the toys applauded the winners and even the fact that they all remained safe and sound. After all, this race was very risky. Even Silver, smiling and clapping his hands, said: — You guys are great. Not bad at all... But I'm still cooler than you two! — Interesting and why? — Shadow asked out of curiosity, and for one thing, so that later he could laugh at his boasting, as he thought. — Will you fly around this entire room with your eyes closed on your wings? — Yes. — answered the white one. — But you yourself said that you know that your wings are not real and that you cannot fly. — Blaze whispered in his ear. — Don't worry! I know what I do. While I was running through these obstacles, I carefully examined the entire room and calculated everything. First, bring this path here next to the aquarium, place it between the bed and the center of the room, and between it and the bed put this ball! — he asked her in response and she got down from the bed to do what he asked her. — Okay, Mister Silver. Prove that you can really fly! — Shadow provoked Silver, hoping that nothing would come of it. — Easily! — Silver answers and pressing the button on his stomach opens his wings on his back. Standing near the edge, he looks from the ball to the chandelier, on which the toy airplane is still cheerful and, having carefully calculated everything, prepares for flight. He closes his eyes, stretches his arms forward and says: — Forward to infinity! I WENT!!! - he shouted and jumped off the bed upside down. Jumping down, he landed on a rubber ball, which David and the children left in this room when they went to the movies. Having landed on the ball, Silver bounced higher, landed on the car again with his right foot, tried to maintain his balance at the very ring of the road, turned his body slightly to the side so as not to touch the edge of the road with his wings, and when the car was again at the edge of the road, Silver jumped up from it , clutching his back to a toy airplane, with the help of which he flew around the entire room. The rest of the toys looked with delight at how Silver had cleverly thought of everything and how he flew with the help of that plane on the chandelier. Even Sonic and Shadow were shocked. They couldn’t believe their eyes, and Silver, having performed a beautiful pirouette as he released the plane, softly landed back on the bed. Then he opens his eyes and looking at Shadow, shocked with his mouth open, teases him: — Well! All the toys unanimously applauded and welcomed the new idol. — Silver, it was great! — Eggman rejoiced. — Ha! Still would! — Silver boasted. — It wasn’t a flight... It was just... A massive fall... But I’m also delighted. — said Sonic. — Here's a couple to move in with. — Blaze said out loud, then whispered in Amy's ear. — And I think you’ll get along well with Sonic. — I know. - Rose answered smiling. — Thank you everyone. — the newcomer praised the others for their appreciative applause. While everyone praised Silver, how brave and thoughtful he was, only Shadow was upset by what he saw. He was hoping to see Silver’s defeat and shame, but it turned out the opposite. He even became envious that he put his hands in his armpits, like his original, and it added to his desire to always be so serious and stern. — “So he’s so smart, cunning and thoughtful?” — the black-scarlet thought about the white one. — “Well, nothing... Let him prove to everyone that he can fly, but in a couple of days everything will work out and return to its place. They'll see that me and Sonic are still David's favorite toys." He seemed to be thinking about it and hoping it would happen. But it was not there. Towards the evening, when David and his parents returned home from the cinema, at first he was having fun as always, frolicking and playing at first with Sonic and Shadow in his hands, at the same time jumping on his bed. ♪ We lived here happily for many years, basking in bliss. ♪ ♪ We just lived as we lived. We laughed, not were sad. ♪ David then put Sonic on the bed for now and took Silver instead. Making it look as if Silver had extended his arm, with his other hand he lifted Shadow up to the top as if Silver had grabbed him with psychokinesis and was holding him in the air. — It's no use! — imitating Silver’s serious voice, he moved him along with his outstretched arm forty degrees to his right, and at that moment Shadow threw him to his right, as if Silver had thrown him to the side. Shadow crashed into a wall while flying, but due to the fact that he was made of fabric, he was not injured and after crashing into the wall, he fell next to the aquarium. Then he put Sonic himself and did the same. — It's no use! — and threw Sonic in the same way, albeit a little in the other direction, after which he fell on top of the toy chest. ♪ But an eccentric appeared and everyone called him perfection. ♪ ♪ And immediately, like a hurricane, it spun me around. ♪ Over the course of a couple of days, while he was playing with them like this, he even began to forget a little about Sonic and Shadow and completely switched to Silver, starting to play with him. David even tried to make Silver's costume out of old white bed linen and played as him himself, running around the house. The old blanket was replaced with a new one, which depicted Silver himself in a cool fighting pose, and drawings of Silver were spread out and hung on the walls. Blaze and Doctor Nega, against whom the first two fought in every drawing and won. Shadow, looking at all this, was in such shock that he was speechless. ♪ Wha-a-at's happening to me? ♪ ♪ Wha-a-at is this? ♪ On the second day, Silver taught the devourer to growl correctly, but he still wasn’t very good at it. Sometimes he was shy and instead of roaring he simply uttered “Or” or “Ar”, sometimes he got confused and didn’t understand what to do. On the twentieth attempt, when Silver showed the time eater what position to stand in and what to absorb in the air before the roar. And finally, having learned from all the mistakes and tried all of Silver's advice, he was able to let out a terrible roar that the Bokkun in front of him flew back in pieces, as if a strong wind had blown on him. In gratitude, the devourer shook Silver's hand, and Silver patted him on the back with his other hand. ♪ Wha-a-at's happening to me? ♪ ♪ This is just funny! ♪ Sonic walked around David's room and sometimes looked at how Silver helped each toy establish a new comfort in life, and Shadow, who was watching him, envied him more and more. He was about to lose control of himself and attack the white hedgehog, but the blue hedgehog stood in his way and tried to calm him down. No matter what he did, Shadow did not want to calm down. Towards evening, all the toys except Shadow took out toy dumbbells and pumped their arms, while Silver made himself a treadmill out of Legos and paper and ran along it. ♪ And friends. I have had good friends for many years. ♪ ♪ And even though I did everything I could, they are no more. ♪ Big tried to grab his toy barbell and strained to lift it. It was not possible to lift it, but when trying to lift it, a crunch was heard and Big, his eyes bulging, realized what had happened to him again. — I think I tore my butt again. — he said out loud. But fortunately no one laughed at him. Even Silver assured him that this could all be easily fixed. Taking a needle with the necessary threads, he literally sewed up the fat pillow-shaped cat's hole in his butt. And Shadow, looking at all this, thought that they were all stupidly sucking up to him in this way, and out of anger he kicked the white pawns on the chessboard with his left foot, knocking out all of them, which were currently being played by Sonic and Eggman. — SHADOW!!! — they shouted at the same time at the one who ruined their game. — What? — He asked them without emotion, as if he knew nothing. ♪ No honor, no respect, which I deserve! ♪ ♪ And love left, but we lived with it. ♪ ♪ This is all very strange. ♪ Silver looked at the sunset through the window and seemed proud that everyone in the house immediately loved and respected him. Even Blaise came up to him unexpectedly and kissed him on the cheek. Shadow was so sick of what he saw that he even spat to the side. ♪ Wha-a-at's happening to me? ♪ ♪ Wha-a-at is this? ♪ And at night, when David put all the toys back into the chest, he first spent a long time choosing who else to put in the chest: Sonic, Shadow or Silver. At first, he just wanted to put Silver in the chest and, as always, go to bed with Sonic and Shadow, but when he just put him in the chest and tried to close it, he noticed that he glowed in the dark, like Blaze. His entire plastic body has directly absorbed particles of light and reflects them, thanks to which he also glows in the dark. He liked it and decided to sleep in bed with him for the first time, and put Sonic and Shadow in the chest. ♪ Wha-a-at's happening to me? ♪ ♪ This is just funny! ♪ That's it, now David slept peacefully in bed with two toy night lights. One in the form of Blaze, who stood on the nightstand next to the bed, and the second was Silver. Both stood calmly in their lifeless poses and never came to life, for they prefer to sleep in this form. Poor and desperate Shadow, looking from the chest at all this was no longer angry, he was very sad and thought: — “But how?... How can this happen?... Why?... Okay, Shadow, calm down! I know what you need now - forget about Silver and get a good night's sleep. Maybe tomorrow everything will definitely go back to the way it was?” — he thought and closed the chest. Having made himself more comfortable in the chest, he lay down and, as if not a toy, but like a living humanoid, closed his eyes and fell asleep. Sonic looked at the black and scarlet one with Spanish shame and thought about him: — “How can you be such an idiot?” Then, in order to escape from these thoughts, he also slightly opened the chest and looked out to look at how his owner was sleeping with a new toy in bed. He, like Shadow, of course, was also sad that David abandoned him and Shadow and almost forgot about them, but at least he didn’t envy Silver so much and was proud that the newcomer had such a rosy week. How's your week been? The first two days. While he was thinking about this, looking at them, Amy Rose approached him. — Hello, Amy. — he whispered to her, immediately hearing her and recognizing her by her hand. — Is everything okay, Sonic? — she asked him out of excitement. — I don't know, Amy. — He answers her with a sigh. — I saw all sorts of things when his father was his age. But I don’t remember it being so wonderful that I would even want to cry from joy. — Do you also miss the fact that David began to play more often with Silver than with you and Shadow? — What are you, Amy? I don't even envy him. On the contrary, I’m even very happy. After all, the main thing for me is that David is happy. I don't want to take this happiness away from David. If I am no longer his favorite toy as I once was, then at least I will be proud of the fact that he is very happy that he is playing with his new and best birthday present. Since the time of the series, he had really dreamed of having Silver’s toy so that he could play with him more often. And by the way, I also feel a little sorry for Shadow, although I’m even ashamed of him, because he’s so jealous. Besides, my inner voice won’t leave me alone if I suddenly start to be as jealous as Shadow. — Do you mean conscience? — asked Rose. — Yes. Exactly hers. — Sonic confirmed. — I sometimes hear it in my head. She sounds almost exactly like my voice and tells me what is good and what is bad. — Amazing. An inner voice instructs you. — Amy couldn’t believe her ears, lightly running her hand along Sonic’s back with a ring on a thread. — Do I have the same voice?... Well, internal? — Certainly. It is in each of us. But not everyone listens to him, like Shadow, for example. He is probably generally unscrupulous, since he is so jealous and does not even think about the bad consequences. — Sonic explained. — And how long will you live like this?... Well, with us?... With toys that you no longer love so much?... And with those that David rarely plays with? — asked Rose. — I don’t know... But I’ll try to get through this somehow... You live calmly like that and don’t complain about it?... What’s worse about me?... Maybe I’ll get through this somehow.. Or maybe not... Who knows? — Sonic answers with a sigh and lowers his head. Amy, in order to slightly calm the blue hedgehog, kisses him on the cheek and whispers in his ear: — Good night, my prince! — she whispered and lay down next to Vector and Omega. Sonic smiles in response, closes the chest behind him and also goes to bed. He was not afraid of anything and believed that everything would be fine. He slept well after that, but Shadow slept poorly in the chest and even fooled around in his sleep. He dreamed of sitting alone in David's empty and dark room in the middle of the night on his bed, and on the nightstand there was a lamp that shone some light. Blaze wasn't around this time. Then David ran into the room all joyful, playing with Silver in his right hand, playing airplane with him. David makes movements with his hand, making it seem as if Silver is really a plane and is landing, after which he lowers the hedgehog onto the bed. — David, David! Come play with us! — the screams of children were heard from the street. David immediately runs out of the room, leaving the hedgehogs alone. Shadow comes to life and looks around. He could not understand how he could hear the screams of the children, because there was not a single window in the room. — Silver, can you explain what's going on? - asked the black-scarlet one, but there was no answer. — Silver? — the hedgehog turned to the silver one and was horrified. It was not that good-natured and naive toy who was looking at Shadow. In front of him was a stern and cold hedgehog, who was clearly not happy with the company of his plush brother. — So? Are you going to sit here for a long time? — Silver asked in such a tone as if he hoped that Shadow had disappeared from here long ago. — What are you talking about, Silver? And where is everyone else? — The red-eyed man was even more surprised. — Don’t you understand? David loves playing only with me so much that they decided to get rid of you! He didn't mind it too much. On the contrary... — a malicious grin appeared on Silver’s face. — How... It can’t be... But... He even got rid of Sonic?! — Shadow couldn’t believe what he heard. He did not believe that the boy was capable of throwing away the toys that he treasured so much. — Even from Sonic. David's dad personally helped him with this. Even they like me. — Silver's grin changed to an arrogant smile. Now he was clearly considered superior to all other toys. Shadow was frozen in a stupor by this. He couldn’t believe even more that the little owner’s father was capable of throwing away the toy with which he spent his childhood. — Stupid hedgehog! Finally admit that I am much cooler than you! Cooler than Sonic! Cooler than all of you combined! Then I made a stupid thing, saying that if I break, it won’t be so scary. I will never break! And you? You are so old that this is the only way the fluff falls out of you! — After these words, as if with a snap of fingers, several feathers landed on Shadow’s hand. The hedgehog, in a panic, began to feel himself and found several broken stitches on his head. One of the thorns was hanging on the “snot”, threatening to fall off. — Admit that you're old, Shadow. Make way for new toys! — the new guy didn’t let up, as if he was deliberately putting pressure on the patient. — And... Where is everyone now? — the black-scarlet ventured to ask, having come to his senses a little. — Where all old toys should be... — Silver answered mysteriously, after which he froze like any toy. The table lamp began to blink faster, as if it was about to burn out, and the clicking of heels was heard in the corridor. Shadow managed to freeze a second before the door opened and David's mother entered the room. Stopping on the threshold and looking around, she went to the bed and took Shadow in her hands. Looking at him with longing in her eyes, the woman turned around and left the room. In his thoughts, Shadow hoped that now the former owner would take him to the bedroom as usual and sew him up. This was not the first time it had torn, and David’s mother always stitched it up, doing it with special care for him. However, these thoughts are not destined to become reality. The boy's mother reached the kitchen, after which she threw the toy into a trash bag and took it outside. Shadow came to life again as soon as the bag was tied. He couldn't believe what was happening. He couldn’t believe that even his mistress, whom he always loved, would do this to him. Taking a closer look, the hedgehog noticed that all his friends were with him. Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Vector, Omega and the rest. Even Sonic was in the bag. All were dirty, torn and broken. The girls cried quietly, sitting in the corners, clearly refusing to understand the reality of what was happening. — Shadow... — the black-scarlet turned and saw Sonic. His condition was simply terrible. The needles were broken, one eye was missing, and the rope on the back was missing, leading to the conclusion that the mechanism was broken. — Sorry us for not believing you. You were right to doubt Silver. Over time, David completely forgot about us, and Silver himself became too proud of being played with more. His kindness was just... Sonic didn’t have time to finish, as the noise of a garbage truck was heard very close. Soon, someone appeared next to the bag, after which he found himself in the back, and the sound of a chopper starting up was heard... Shadow, after hearing this, could not stand aside and, breaking the law of all toys, tried to get out of the garbage bag and, in addition, began to scream , even if someone outside sees him through the bag and hears: — NO, LILI!!! LILI, DON'T!!! LILI, LET US OUT!!! LILI!!! — Bye by-y-ye, She-e-edo-o-ow! — only her sad and slow voice sounded in response to him. The chopper was already squeezing them at this time. It hurt, even too much. And Shadow, with the last of his strength, only managed to shout: — NO!!! NO!!! PLEASE!!! LI-I-LI-I-I-I-I-I-I... — his cry turned into an emoh and slowly died down until it was no longer audible to everyone. At this moment, Shadow suddenly wakes up. He wanted to scream out from the nightmare, but knowing that David was sleeping in the room and could hear him, he managed to cover his mouth and instead of screaming, he tried to catch his breath until he calmed down. Sonic woke up from his sighs and turned to him: — Shadow? What are you? — asked and Shadow explained to him that he had a nightmare and specifically described it all from the very beginning to the end. — Well, well, Shadow, all okay! — How scary! — black-scarlet wanted to scream, but the blue one hugged him from the back and calmed him down: — Calm down, Shadow. It's just a dream. You were just a little over-envious of Silver and didn’t invent any terrible stupidity for yourself, which is why you had such a nightmare. Everything is fine. You know that neither David nor his parents will ever allow us to be thrown away, even if we are broken. And even if David no longer plays with us, as he often did before, then at least he will play with us on rare occasions, like with the others. Our friends don’t complain about this and live somehow, which means we will somehow survive this. After that, Sonic let Shadow go and went to bed again, but Shadow couldn’t sleep this time. He just lay there and thought all about David and Silver. What was he up to?