𝙄'𝙢 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜...

      There was a time when I was myself, and then accidentally became Shadow himself one day. Would you like to know how I became Silver one day? If yes, then this story is especially for you. Right now I will tell you this very story. Moreover, the story is a little reminiscent of how I became Shadow. In the case of Silver, everything is a little different. It all happened one evening when Silver himself came to visit me. More precisely, it was not he himself who came to visit me, but I invited him to my place, since he was passing by and did not have any business of his own today. In general, I myself had not communicated with him for a long time then and therefore invited him to my place.

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      Silver and I were once sitting at the table, drinking tea, and talking about our various topics, what was happening to each of us. As usual, I told Silver about how I teased Shadow himself and still argued with him which of the two of us was cooler. Silver laughed at this story and then told me his own about what happened to him and Blaze this afternoon. It turned out that Silver had a car that he loved to play with as a child and even now as an adult. True, at first he was afraid to admit it to everyone. True, now he decided to admit this to me, and then he told me about how the machine got to Eggman and how Blaze tried to return it to him, sneaking into Eggman’s base. — And when the doctor was returning and she didn’t know where to hide, she decided to climb into the ventilation, her head, arms and torso got through, but her butt and legs didn’t, because her butt was big, which is why she got stuck in the ventilation. — he finished and we laughed at the same time. — Because when Eggman discovered her, he personally gave her that same machine, and she then returned it to me. What a stupid cat! Is not it? — Damn, Silver, it’s great that we’re still sitting and talking. — Yes, Sonic. We have already told each other so many stories and had a good laugh. Thank you for inviting me to your place. Otherwise I would sit at home all day and get bored. — he explained to me, getting up and getting ready to leave. — You know, Silver, you are a real perfect hedgehog, not like Shadow. You always find free time for all your friends, and besides, having psychokinesis, almost everything comes easy to you. Even fighting villains. You can handle any task, lucky guy! — I said goodbye to Silver and was finishing my tea, when suddenly the psychokineticist answered me: — Sonic, I envy you, to be honest. — To me???! — I couldn’t believe my ears that I spat out the contents of the tea from my cheeks. — What is there to envy? You're cool with psychokinesis. — But you still have maximum freedom, a lot of time, friends. But most importantly, you, like Shadow, are the fastest hedgehog in the world. And I... Not as fast as you and Shadow. I also can't run faster than a bullet. I can only lift, move and throw objects without touching them and even grab living beings in rare cases. — he explained to me, and I answer him: — Come on, Silver! Yes with your strength! Yes, I would... I would... — not knowing what to answer to cheer him up, I already waved my hand. — Eh! Okay, Sylvie. Thanks again for stopping by. — Please! Call me any time if you need me again. — he tells me and leaves, closing the door behind him. Yes. Silver and I were jealous of each other and both thought each other was cooler than ourselves. How we would like to be in each other’s shoes. Although we didn’t even suspect that this would happen to us. Silver returned to his home and went to bed, as did I. Although at first I didn’t fall asleep immediately, but only after some time, I still envy Silver and feel a little sorry for him that he envies me. Then I finally fell asleep.

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      The next day I woke up in a different room from my home. Looking around and looking at my feet, at first I was scared that I almost screamed. I could barely restrain myself, afraid of waking Blaze. Suddenly she is also at home and sleeping in the next room. — “Incomprehensible! It's not me! It’s... Silver!” — I guessed to myself in my thoughts and, realizing this, immediately ran out of the house. Silver himself, already in my body, coincidentally came running with excitement and spoke to me. It’s good that our voices haven’t changed. Otherwise, many would ask questions, like, what’s wrong with our heads? So at least I spoke in Silver’s voice, being in his body, and he was in my body, speaking in my voice. So he came running and said: — The incredible happened, Sonic! Apparently, while we were sleeping, we somehow switched bodies. — But how is this possible, Silver? — I asked him. — Perhaps this is mental radiation. Tails once told me about him. The mental radiation of our desire to be in each other’s bodies was so strong that it superimposed on the impulse of our brains, and they gave the command... In general, it is clear what they did. — O! Try running around that tree a hundred times in five seconds! — I asked Silver, and thanks to my body, he ran a hundred laps in five seconds and returned to his place. — Yes, I did better in my time. That is okay! The main thing is that our bodies can do everything themselves. We'll get used to it for now, and for now I'll practice psychokinesis. — I answered and extended my right hand towards the stone, trying to grab it. But by mistake, without noticing it or knowing it, I pulled a large stone towards me from my back and it hit me in the back. Silver in my body immediately laughed and said: — So you won’t succeed right away, Sonic. It’s not enough to just look at the object you want to take without touching it. The main thing here is to use your brain. That is, think about the very object that you are looking at or that you want to take without touching it. Then you should imagine more precisely what you want to do with it, just pick it up, throw it somewhere or pull it towards you. He helped me get up and to my feet. — Try again! The main thing is to clear your mind of everything unnecessary and think only about the subject that you want to raise. — he advised me and I listened to him. At first I tried not to think about anything else, but to think only about the same stone. He extended his hand once and imagined how he would rise up. What a miracle! He glowed with a blue aura and flew very high into the sky, flying into space. — Not bad! But don’t overdo it with the climbs to the top. And then suddenly, for example, an airplane will fly from above and this stone will crash into it. — Fine! I'll try to be more careful! — I made a promise to Silver.

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At first, Silver and I even felt a little good and lived in each other’s bodies. I gradually became good at controlling psychokinesis, and Silver gradually trained to run at the speed of sound and he himself even had fun running like that. I don't even envy him here. I myself really liked how I could run then. And now let at least Silver rejoice and feel for himself what it’s like to be the fastest. For one thing, he will be happy, and I will be happy because I have learned for myself what it is like to have psychokinesis. We both had fun. It really didn't last long. These were our premature rejoicings. Once, while training and playing around with psychokinesis in Silver’s body, I walked through the forest and didn’t touch anyone. Suddenly I heard the evil laughter of an old and familiar Eggman coming from somewhere in the distance. Of course, I realized that he was up to something evil again and decided to intervene as usual to stop him. I ran out and Eggman, of course, decided that I was Silver, since I was in his body. Of course, I used psychokinesis and easily defeated him. It turned out that Eggman wanted to take Amy prisoner. I couldn't allow this. Rose thanked me for my help, thinking I was Silver and ran away. I got into a fighting stance and prepared to fight with the doctor some more. However, Eggman summoned a rocket into this forest. Out of reflex, I began to run. I thought I could escape. True, I would run away if I were at the speed of light in my body. However, in Silver's body, I was slow, I did not have time to escape, and the blast wave pushed me, hitting my nose against the rock. It hurt so much that I began to mentally curse Silver's body. Then, as I found out, even Silver had a hard time in my body. He ran happily at the speed of light and accidentally met Zavok. He wanted to outwit him and use psychokinesis to summon a stone behind his back so as to not noticeably hit him. He stupidly forgot that in my body he did not have psychokinesis and as a result Zavok hit him, or rather my body, in the eye and my body now had a bruise. Although we are both partly to blame for not warning each other about this or forgot about it. After all, logically, I could simply grab that rocket with psychokinesis and, for example, redirect it to the sky, and the same Silver in my body could not show off like that, but simply run very quickly around him and quietly try to hit him. Having honestly admitted this to each other, we now regretted that we had swapped bodies. How we both wished we could go back to our bodies. Trying not to think about all this bad, we both went to bed. I’m in Silver’s body, I returned to Silver’s house and went to bed with him, so as not to arouse Blaze’s suspicion, and Silver himself in my body went to my house to sleep.

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The next morning I woke up at home and looked around. I was back in my body and was so incredibly happy that I immediately ran to meet Silver, and he, coincidentally, also ran to me. — Silver, it worked! We returned back to our bodies. Everything is back as it was! — Did you watch dream about this too? — he asked me, smiling. — Dream about?... So it was a dream? — I couldn’t believe my ears and hugged Silver. — How great it is to be in your body! — Yes. In vain we envied each other and complained about some difficulties. Each of us is cool in our own way. — Certainly. And who doesn’t have difficulties! Life is easy only... For women! — I answered the latter, looking at Blaze passing by. Silver also paid attention to her and thought out loud: — I wonder what life is like for girls? — Hey Hey! What were you thinking? — I asked him, grinning. — Mental radiation again? Silver immediately laughed at what he heard and I laughed with him. And the moral of the whole story is this. Don't be jealous of each other or think your best friend is too cool than you. After all, even he has his difficulties, just like you. Just try to understand this, and most importantly, just try to somehow support each other or help each other, if of course you have such opportunities. After all, you are both cool in your own way. I mean, each of you is cool in your own way. Yes, and all people are cool in their own way, but this does not mean that no one is cool.