Sappy Christmas story time! This story was inspired and influnced by SonicSong182's A Sonic Christmas Carol. I'm not trying to copy them.

I don't own the original Christmas Carol, Mall Cop, or the Sonic characters.

Shadow's Christmas Carol

Chapter 1

T'was the night before Christmas and all throughout Mobius, people were filled with joy and holiday cheer.

And then there was Shadow.

He stomped down the street, glaring at anyone who so much as glanced in his direction. He wouldn't have been outside at all if Rouge hadn't dragged him out of his house to try and make him do some Christmas shopping. Key word: try. She gave up after he made the mall Santa wet his pants.

As he went along, Shadow grumbled to himself, "I swear, if I hear 'Merry Christmas' one more time, I'm going to explode!"

The street cleared out pretty quickly after that. Shadow was almost home and it seemed like he would get there without any more hassle.

But then Sonic showed up. He was full of holiday spirit and was distributing presents to all his friends.

Upon seeing Shadow, he ran up to him and yelled "MERRY CHRISTMAS!"

Fortunately, Shadow did not explode with chaos blast. Instead, he punched Sonic in the face, causing him to fall into the street. Shadow continued on his way and left Sonic in the street. Sonic attempted to pull himself back together, but before he could, a car moving way above the speed limit shot around the corner and ran him over.

Shadow finally arrived back home, unaware of what happened outside. He glanced at a picture of a Christmas tree drawn in crayon. Before he could do anything else however, the doorbell rang. He opened the eye-level slot in his door and looked out, expecting Amy or someone to be there and demand an explanation as to why he hit Sonic. Instead, a blonde hedgehog stood on the other side of his door.

"What?" he demanded.

"Excuse me, but could you help me? I'm looking for-"

Shadow slammed the slot closed and leaned against the door, breathing heavily. That girl reminded him way too much of Maria. Needing a distraction, he flopped down on his couch and turned on the TV.

He didn't find anything he was interested in watching, however. "Is there anything on besides these stupid Christmas specials?"

Then he heard sirens. Curious, he switched to the news channel.

"This is Mobian News, bringing you breaking news. Moments ago, world renowned hero Sonic the Hedgehog was run over on Hilton Road. Let's go to Jerry live on the scene."

The picture changed to a Mobian lizard standing on the snowy street. In the background, medics were arranging Sonic on a stretcher.

"Thank you Bill. I'm here on the scene where Sonic the Hedgehog is about to be taken to Mobius General Hospital. I have with me the driver of the vehicle that hit Sonic. Sir what do you have to say for yourself?"

The camera panned to a panicked looking human. "I don't know! He was just lying in the street!"

Suddenly, the Chaotix appeared on camera. Vector strode forward and took the microphone from the startled reporter.

"There's a simple explanation. Sonic was attacked by one of Eggman's robots!"

Reclaiming his microphone, the lizard asked Vector, "But how? There's no sign of any robots."

"That is what we intend to find out. We are gonna go to Eggman's base and demand answers."

The Chaotix left and the ambulance drove away with Sonic. "Well there you have it. This is Jerry signing off!"

The news program ended and an extra cheery advertisement for Christmas trees came on. About ten seconds into the commercial, Shadow destroyed his TV with a chaos spear.