Hello fanfiction! It's the 1st of December, the national day of Romania, the Great Union Day! But that's not really the point. It's also the first day of winter. In my country, they used to run Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure on Disney Channel every winter until 2012 or 2013. It's one of my favourite films to watch for Christmas. Or at least it was until they stopped running it.

Alright, here's the thing: this year will be really difficult for me because I have my final exam. I won't have too much time to be creative, so sorry, but original Sonic the Sparrowhog fics (as in non-adaptations of the films) are pretty much out of the question for now. I might write a bit for Eternal Winter here and there, but nothing is for sure. So all I can do is write an adaptation. Yeah, I know, iheartsonic and I think it's more difficult to write an adaptation than an original fic, but it's more difficult overall, in the sense that you must recreate an idea in your own way and putting every piece together so it still makes sense, while an original one means being creative and coming up with ideas of your own. But in this particular situation, I have little to no time to be creative (as I've already said). And since it's winter and I've already told you what's up with The Lost Treasure, why not this one?

Also, I'd like to clear up the Sonic the Sparrowhog timeline (because I think there still are some unclear things):

-first, there's iheartsonic's Blazefire trilogy, which is supposed to be the prequel to the actual series (and which I don't know whether she'll finish or not, she says it isn't very popular). This one is more about these Ella and Diana you've been hearing about lately in my Eternal Winter and in most of iheartsonic's stories than about Sonic, Shadow and Silver themselves. it's actually a Tinkerbell/Barbie crossover, so not too much Sonic in it (and no, before you ask, I'm not going to write any Barbie fics, that's iheartsonic's thing)

-then comes Sonic the Sparrowhog: Hero Rising (which I haven't written yet). that's the first story in the series and how everything starts

-the retellings of the first 4 Tinkerbell films (not counting Pixie Hollow Games) (yet to come, as you can see, nr 2 is already in progress)

-Legend of the Mystic Lights and Eternal Winter

-Pirate Fairy, The Great Fairy Fist and Neverbeast (update: yeah, I decided to change things and put The Great Fairy Fist after The Pirate Fairy)

-after that, there will only be my originals which I still have to write (of course, unless Disney decides to start making Tinkerbell films again, in which case we'll see). I still haven't planned the order, though

-after these, there are the Barbie spin-offs that iheartsonic is currently writing and will eventually write. And then we'll see

Autumn was almost over and the fairies had just finished their job on the Mainland. The Dust-talents, on the other hand, were busy with their own job in Pixie Hollow. Terence had just arrived at the Pixie Dust Distribution Depot.

Terence: "Morning, guys"

One of the sparrowmen: "Hey, Terence"

Terence flew next to one of the fairies to help her organise the Pixie Dust.

Fairy Gary: "Come on, let's go. Flap your wings! Those fairies on the Mainland won't be able to fly without Pixie Dust! Terence, have you delivered the Pixie Dust rations to the Scouts yet?"

Terence: "Yep. Finished today's and half of tomorrow's"

Fairy Gary: "Remember, one cup each. No more, no less"

Terence: "I know, Fairy Gary"

As they were talking, the buzzer in the depot rang.

Terence headed to the exit. "Well, that's my cue. I'll catch you guys later"

Two sparrowmen flew next to Fairy Gary's desk.

Fairy Gary: "And where are you off to?"

Terence: "Just doing some errands and stuff"

One sparrowman elbowed the other. "Oh, errands"

The other one: "And stuff"

Terence: "Why are you guys talking like that?"

Both of them: "No reason"

Fairy Gary: "You don't know how lucky you are that you don't need to come by too often. I have to stay here all day and listen to all the Dust fairies talking about Aaron Stone"

Terence: "I don't even want to imagine how it is. I'm only here when I need to get the Pixie Dust and I'm tired of hearing things like Every night, when the Boogeyman goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Aaron Stone"

The four laughed.

Fairy Gary: "Yeah, or Aaron Stone is so fast that there are three widely recognised constants regarding speed: the speed of sound, the speed of light and Aaron Stone"

One of the sparrowmen: "No, no, here's the best one. Aaron Stone doesn't wear a watch. He decides what time it is"

A fairy walked past them. "I didn't know you four were Aaron Stone fans"

Terence: "What? No! We were just making fun of you"

The fairy: "Come on, there's no shame in admitting"

Terence went to the exit. "Yeah, whatever"

Fairy Gary: "Say hi to Tinkerbell, would you?"

At the mention of the name, Terence forgot to look where he was going. "What?" he bumped his head into a shelf, causing a basket and a few other things to fall on his head.

The three other sparrowmen laughed.

Terence: "Very funny. Alright, you got me. I'm gonna help Tink again" he got rid of the basket and checked out a rubber band which had ended up around his neck. "Is it okay if I take this?"

Fairy Gary: "Sure"

Terence: "Thanks. See you tomorrow"

One of the sparrowmen: "You're giving that to her as a gift? Man, you're stingy"

Terence (joking): "Yeah, money doesn't grow in trees"

Fairy Gary: "Even though we use sunflower seeds or petals"

Terence: "Yes, and those grow on flowers, not in trees"

The other sparrowman was feeling in the mood to really annoy Terence. "Hey, since we're at it, can you also give her a kiss from me?"

Terence picked the basket up and smashed it on the sparrowman's head.

Meanwhile, Sonic, Shadow, Silver and Tinkerbell were near the river. They had just finished working on a new invention and were taking a break. Shadow was playing his guitar while Tink and Sonic were singing a duet.

Tink:

Time to turn the maple brilliant crimson
Time to turn the aspen's sparkling gold

Sonic:

Time to tumble apples from their branches
Time to turn the breezes crisp and cold

Both:

A chill enfolds the countryside

Tink:

Kiss of morning mist upon the meadow
Scent of wood smoke swirling in the air

Sonic:

Signals that it's high time for the harvest
Every pumpkin, peach and prickly pear

Both:

With ripened fruit to bear

If you believe in who you are
Who you were always meant to be
If you open up your heart
Then you'll set your spirit free
In this time of the season, every leaf on every tree
Will start to shine
Come and see
Take my hand
Come with me and fly

Sonic: "Not bad"

Tink: "Well, I'm no Supersonic Speed, but I could still fill a whole concert hall"

Sonic: "Wait, was that an allusion? Do you want to be in the band?"

Tink: "No, thanks. I don't want to steal your spotlight"

Terence flew up to them. "Special delivery for Tinkerbell"

Tink: "Hi, Terence"

Terence (joking): "You four are slacking off again? I mean, Sonic, Shadow and Silver, I get it, maybe they had something better to do, but you, Tink? This is your project. And you're singing the anthem of fall as an excuse?"

Sonic caught the joke. "Hey, the tradition of Pixie Hollow says that at the beginning and at the end of every season, we must sing the anthem of said season. We're just being patriots"

Terence: "You're just being lazy"

Sonic: "I call it patriotism"

Terence: "I call it slacking. Anyway..." he turned to Tink. "...who's your best friend that always delivers?"

Tink decided it was her turn to joke. "Hmm...Iridessa?"

Ternce: "Nope. Try again"

Tink: "Fawn?"

Terence shook his head.

Sonic: "Rosetta?"

Tink: "Of course you mentioned Rosetta"

Sonic blushed. "What do you mean by that?"

Tink turned back to Terence. "Okay, then who?"

Terence: "Me!"

Tink chuckled. "Just kidding. So, what do you think of the Pixie Dust Express?"

Terence looked at the invention. It looked like some kind of motorboat with a propeller made of human-sized playing cards and with four automatic paddles on each side. "Wow, the guys are gonna love this back at the depot. And it sure is going to help out on the river outpost deliveries"

Tink noticed something in Terence's bag. "Hey, is that a stretchy thingy?"

Terence: "Yeah. And it's called rubber band"

Tink: "I've only been around for two seasons. Give me some time to learn all this stuff, okay?"

Terence: "Anyway, I thought you could use it for your motor"

Tink grabbed the rubber band and examined it. She stretched it in all directions and ended up entangled in it. "I think it's gonna be perfect"

Terence laughed. "I thought Tinkers weren't supposed to be clumsy"

Shadow smirked. "It's probably your effect on ladies"

Tink and Terence: "Shut up"

Yeah! First chapter. Again, I'm sorry I can't continue where I left off, but sadly, final exams are final exams. But again, I will try (remember, try, nothing is for sure) to finish Eternal Winter. Until then, enjoy Sonic the Sparrowhog: The Lost Treasure. Or as they call it in-universe (because, you know, people in-universe write books about Sonic's adventures), Aaron Stone and the Lost Treasure. I don't know why I didn't name my stories this way to begin with *shrug*.

Oh, and for the guest reviewer from iheartsonic's Love at first sight who asked her to write a Sonic, Shadow and Silver origin story, as you've probably noticed, that one is in already in my list of upcoming stories. Well, half of the thing. The other half will consist of a series of one-shots that iheartsonic will write. It'll be about how Sonic, Shadow and Silver are trained by their sisters (yeah, Ella and Diana again. they're starting to become an important plot device) to join the Special Forces one day.

Hey, if Fairy Gary is a sparrowman, why is his name Fairy Gary? Shouldn't it be Sparrowman Gary? Maybe it's because he wears a skirt

Fairy Gary: It's a kilt!

A fairy from the Pixie Dust Delivery Depot: If Aaron Stone's creator says it's a skirt, then it's a skirt

Fairy Gary: :(

Alright, until next time