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Sunday, December 12; 12:30 p.m.

It is a nice, yet cold day in Station Square. As Sonic, his family, and his friend Knuckles walk through the Station Square Mall, they talk about what they do for Christmas.

"So what do you do for Christmas, Sonic?" Knuckles asks to start the conversation.

"Well Knuckles, we start Christmas off by opening presents in the morning," answers Sonic, "Then we dress really fancy to go to our Aunt Carson's house. What do you do?"

Knuckles sighs with disappointment and says, "All I do is just play with my presents and eat dinner with my mom. We don't have a lot of family."

Sonic is heartbroken at this. Doesn't Knuckles have a dad? Sure it's been a while since Sonic has heard about his friend's dad, but what does Knuckles mean he doesn't have a lot of family?

"I'm sorry about that Knuckles," Sonic says, "Doesn't your dad at least call or show up for Christmas?"

"He mails us both a card, but he never calls or visits us," says Knuckles.

Knuckles' dad is a deer hunter (non- anthropomorphic of course), which is why Knuckles and his mom don't hear from him very much.

"And what do mean you don't have a lot of family?" Sonic's dad Jacob asks the sad echidna.

Knuckles answers the green hedgehog, "Most of my family are either dead or live far away. That's kind of why echidnas are rare."

As Jacob, Sonic, and Knuckles keep talking, three-year-old sister Sonia screams, "Look; it's Santa!"

The group look up to see what Sonia is talking about. They see good ol' Santa Claus talking to a little boy, who's sitting on his lap.

Knuckles grows a smile on his face and says, "Let's go see Santa!"

And just like that, all the kids run to Santa, but due to Sonic's speed, he beats the two kids and sits on Santa's lap.

"Ho ho ho!" Santa says, "What would you like for Christmas, little boy?"

Sonic thinks about Santa's question for a little bit. This is a tough one as Sonic usually asks for toys or video games. But after hearing about Knuckles' usual Christmas, he begins to change his wishes. So he finally answers, "I want my friend Knuckles to be happy on Christmas."

"That's a wonderful wish, kid!" says Santa, "I'll let Santa know about this."

Sonic finds this confusing, "Wait; you mean you're not the real Santa?"

"No," fake Santa answers, "I'm one of his helpers. The real Santa is too busy to see some hedgehog in Station Square. In fact, I'll let you in on a little secret, kid."

Sonic leans in closer to listen to fake Santa. Fake Santa begins to whisper in the hedgehog's ear, "Were you with that green hedgehog?" the human asks, pointing to Jacob.

"Yeah," answers Sonic, "He's my dad."

"No he's not," says fake Santa, "I know this because you were born in Christmas Island, and the green hedgehog adopted you when you were a baby."

"Christmas Island?" Sonic wonders. What the heck is fake Santa talking about?

"That's where Santa and his elves live and work," answers fake Santa, then sees the hedgehog's confused face, "What? You though they lived in the North Pole?! People today are stupid!"

That's when an angry Sonic punches fake Santa in the nose and rips off his fake white beard.

"Ow!" screams not-Santa. The man looks down to the remaining kids, who are crying about what they saw.

As Sonic angrily hops off fake Santa's lap, he walks away from the crowd of scarred children and the mall in general. Before he had a chance to exit the mall, Knuckles, Sonia, and Jacob guard his path.

Sonic is more angry to see what he's seeing. "What are you doing?! Get out of my way!"

"We're not letting you through, Sonic!" Jacob yells.

"You need us," says Knuckles.

"I need to tell Santa that I want a pony!" Sonia says, while of course, being oblivious to what's going on around her.

"YES YOU ARE LETTING ME THROUGH, NO I DON'T NEED YOU, AND YOU'RE NEVER GETTING A PONY!" Sonic screams to them respectively, and runs out the door.

The three animals remained silence until Sonia asks, "What was that all about?"

And that was Chapter 1! In case you didn't know, this is the Sonic Adventures Christmas special! Now...about this chapter: do you think what fake Santa said to Sonic is true? What do you think is going to happen next. Leave your thoughts in the reviews and I'll see you in Chapter 2.