Merry Christmas! Well, Merry Late Christmas. It's the 26th, so it's kind of after Christmas. I say kind of because Christmas lasts for three days here in Romania. I don't know about other parts of the world, but whatever. Merry Christmas anyway.

Man, it's been way too long. As a wise hedgehog once said, long time, no see. Last year I had my final exams, so I had to study hard pretty much the whole school year. And now I'm in university, so it remains to be seen how that will affect my time for writing. But I am planning to finish this story on this holiday.

As for my other stories, they might have to wait. There are some things I need to plan for them. For example, in The Lost Treasure, I reached the part where they work together to make the sceptre. And I'm trying to come up with a way to portray the relationship between Tink and Terence in a less ridiculous way than in the film (that is to say, Tink getting annoyed by Terence because he was simply doing his part of the work on the sceptre). If nothing works, I'll stick to the original, or at least something similar. Things like that.

Before we start, you should know that this story takes place a few years after the other stories. Basically, around the time Lizzy is 16 (yes, Lizzy will be in this). So, yeah, expect some spoilers. Especially a major spoiler about Lizzy.

It was that time of the year again. Christmas was around the corner.

It was around afternoon. Sonic and his friends were dressed in their winter clothes, heading to the Winter Woods and carrying boxes full of decorations.

Sonic: "Okay, just to check one last time. Do we have everything?"

Tink: "Everything. Globes, candy canes, mistletoe..."

Diana elbowed Sonic. "Hmm...mistletoe, Winter Woods...that sounds interesting"

Tink joined in. "Yeah, now that Diana mentioned it, I'm pretty sure a certain someone will be glad to frost all this mistletoe for us"

Diana: "Who's to say he can't help with his gauntlet's ice ray? And while they're working on frosting everything, I might use my psychokinesis to lift a piece of mistletoe up into the air and..."

Sonic: "You two realise Sled is in the Winter Woods too, right?"

Tink: "Okay, no mistletoe this year"

Sonic: "Too late. We're already here"

And indeed, they had reached the Border. Sonic, Shadow and Silver used their gauntlets and gloves, respectively, to frost their friends' wings. They proceeded further into the cold side of Pixie Hollow until they reached an area full of fir trees, where most, if not all, of Pixie Hollow had gathered, including Queen Clarion, Lord Milori and the Ministers.

Clarion: "Greetings"

Shadow: "You're so old-"

Milori: "This is getting old"

Amy: "Not as old as you"

Diana: "I taught them well"

Redleaf: "If you can call that well"

Sonic: "So, which tree are we decorating this year?"

Periwinkle pointed in a distant direction. "Over there. The tallest one"

Silver: "Hold on, the tallest one? So we're decorating Lord Milori this year?"

Vidia sighed. "The tallest tree, moron"

Silver scratched the back of his head in confusion. "What's a tree-moron?"

Silvermist: "I thing it's a moron who lives in trees"

Vidia facepalmed. "If that's the case, you two should move in a tree"

Spike: "Please, Santa, give these two some IQ point this Christmas"

Shadow: "Hey, Santa might be able to fly all around the world in a single night, but even he has his limits"

Ella: "Speaking of which, have you all thought about what you want for Christmas?"

Bobble: "Of course. New tools..."

Clank: "...construction materials..."

Bobble: "...the latest Dungeons and Dragons..."

Clank: "...chocolate..."

Gliss: "Acorns!"

Spike: "Yeah, what else?"

Sled: "A girlfriend"

Shadow: "As I said, Santa has his limits"

Slush: "A new board, man"

Rosetta: "A makeup set"

Vidia: "A jetpack"

Sonic: "Feeling too slow?"

Vidia: "Shut up"

Silver: "Some use"

Sonic: "Huh?"

Silver: "You know, because it's no use. If I had some use, then there would be some use"

Vidia: "I have no idea what you've just said, but if that means we won't hear it's no use anymore, then I'm all in for this"

Sweet Pea: "Does no one wonder what I want for Christmas? I bet no one can guess"

Sonic: "Aaron won't kiss you"

Sweet Pea: "How did you know?"

Slate: "Easy. Who's your favourite fairytale hero?"

Sweet Pea: "Aaron Stone"

Kit: "Who's the fastest thing alive?"

Sweet Pea: "Aaron Stone"

Marina: "What's your favourite colour?"

Sweet Pea: "Aaron Stone"

Tails: "What about you, Sonic?"

Sonic shrugged. "Nothing special. As long as I have my friends, I have everything I need"

Ella: "Now that's what I call Christmas spirit"

Sonic: "So, are we starting or what?"

Everyone picked up a couple of decorations and proceeded to put them in the tallest fir tree.

Sonic and Tink approached Peri, Gliss and Spike, each carrying a box of mistletoe.

Tink: "Hey, we brought some mistletoe and we thought it might look better frosted. You know, to give it that winter look. Think you can help?"

Spike: "Mistletoe, huh? Whatever you do, don't tell Sled"

Sonic looked over at Knuckles, who was trying to flirt with Vidia. "Since we're at it, do you know what would be fun?"

Meanwhile:

Knuckles: "Wanna know what I want for Christmas?"

Vidia: "No"

Knuckles: "Come on! It's about you"

Vidia: "That's why I don't want to know. We've just made fun of Sweet Pea, wanna be next?"

Gliss frosted a piece of mistletoe and flew high up into the air, pretending to think about where to put it. She hovered around a bit until she conveniently stopped above Vidia and Knuckles. "Let's see, where should I put this?"

Knuckles looked up. "Hey, Vidia. Do you know what that is?"

Vidia: "Oh, no"

Knuckles: "Oh, yeah. And you know what that means"

Vidia: "I don't care about any tradition or plants or whatever. There's no way I'll-" she stopped for a second. She then smiled mischievously, getting an idea. "Fine. I guess there's no way out of this. Close your eyes"

Knuckles closed his eyes, waiting for the kiss, and...

Vidia walked away. "Cheese? Cheese! Where are you? Come here, boy, I have an important job for you"

The other four were laughing.

Tink: "We've got to do this to others too"

Peri: "How about Slush?"

Tink: "Slush and whom? His board?"

Spike: "That might actually work, you know"

Sonic: "Well, I guess we're leaving this to you. We'll go and decorate the tree. When we're done, you know where to find us"

When evening came and they were done, the tree was full of lights, red globes, some of them with golden sprinkles resembling Pixie Dust. It had a few patches of frost here and there and at the top was a big, red star with golden sprinkles.

Sonic: "That looks good"

Tink: "I guess we're going home now"

Silvermist: "Does that mean I should climb a tree?"

Vidia sighed again.

Silvermist: "What? You said so"

I hope you liked the first chapter. Again, I'm really sorry I couldn't continue my other fics (or that I start fics and usually can't get around to finishing them in general), but with my current schedule, the best I can do right now is a Sonic the Sparrowhog Christmas special. It would take way too long to finish any of them and you'd get bored waiting again.