Hey, readers! This is my first episodic fanfiction and my first one to do with Sonic. Any feedback/reviews you may have would be greatly appreciated as I move forward with this project over this year. Enjoy!


Snowy Mountain

08:30 a.m.

The Day Before New Year's Eve

It's a fine, snowy morning atop the peak as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Blaze, and Shadow are walking into the lodge with their luggage. They have recently won a contest back at home that allowed them to vacation to an undisclosed ski resort for the New Year holiday. Hopefully, a well-deserved relaxation is ever in their favor.

Tails: "This is it, gang! The ski lodge we'll be staying at to compliment our New Year's trip for six I won for us in that contest back home!"

Knuckles: "What contest? We've only been walking a couple seconds and you're just now bringing this up?"

Tails: [sarcastic] "Haha, very funny. I'm just iterating expository info to let everyone know why we're here in the first place."

Shadow: "You're telling me. I'm just here because you demanded me fill the sixth spot."

Sonic: "Lighten up, Shadow. This ski lodge is the perfect place to be this time of year. New Year, new us. And I'm gonna start my resolution early."

The gang enters the lobby, crafted with the finest wood and covered in the warmest red carpet to make anybody feel at home near the fireplace. After eyeing the various taxidermy on the walls, the gang approaches the mustached receptionist at the desk and drops their luggage in place.

Receptionist: "Good evening, guests! How many and how long will you be staying?"

Tails: "Room for six until New Year's Day, sir! And we're contest winners too. Does that mean we get a discount anywhere?"

Receptionist: "Yes, yes! Just let me stamp your ticket and hand you your room key like all good receptionists!"

Reaching into hammerspace behind his tails, Tails hands the receptionist his ticket, which he hastily stamps and quickly hands him his room key.

Receptionist: [he shuffles off as he speaks] "Thank you, sir! Enjoy your stay and have a Happy New Year!"

The receptionist runs to the back room in a hurry leaving the gang with a bunch of rather confused expressions lining their faces.

Tails: "What's he in such a rush for?"

Sonic: "Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. What's more important is how soon I get to kick off my New Year's resolutions."

Tails: "You seem rather keen about New Year's resolutions all of the sudden. Would you mind telling us all what your resolution even is, Sonic?"

Sonic: "You know me too well, Tails. Sure I'm a first class, big shot world hero and all, but even I need some downtime. It's one thing to snag it in between battles, but even that's not enough. So this year I'll make it a priority to kick back and relax more… all by myself."

Knuckles: "Relax? La-ame! I would get more exercise if I were you. You'd get muscles like me and have a lesser chance of getting fat like him." [he points to the receptionist in the back room]

Receptionist: [opening the door] "I heard that!" [he slams the door, upset]

Tails: "Sonic get fat? Come on, Knuckles! I'd be more worried about how much fun you'll miss out with us here and back home. Chilling by yourself? You're more sociable than that, Sonic!"

Blaze: "Who else would be our life of the party? You're full of enough jokes and party tricks to keep us entertained during our group outings."

Amy: "Guys, guys. I get that you all have your concerns for Sonic here, but even a big shot hero like him needs some alone time to just… recuperate. Hedgehogs need their rest too."

Sonic: [lays a hand on Amy's shoulder] "Thanks for having my back, Amy. [he turns to face the rest] I know it might sound like a change in character even for me, but I'm sure in time you'll all understand."

A brief moment of silence and the whole gang nods in unison to Sonic's statement, most of them confident he at least knows what he's doing.

Shadow: "I'm just standing here noticing how ridiculous you all look nodding your heads in unison like some DJ group."


Lodge fireplace

10:30 a.m.

Sonic walks in and lays on the maroon couch in front of the fireplace. Shutting his eyes, he begins to think pleasant

Sonic: [sighs] "This really hits the spot. Oh yeah!"

Knuckles: "Gotta make sure I get 'em just right! Not too hot, not too cold!"

Annoyed, Sonic opens his eyes to notice Knuckles kneeling at the base of the fireplace holding a marshmallow out on a stick near it.

Sonic: "What?! Me without my marshmallows…"

Knuckles: "Good thing I happen to have some for all of us."

Sonic: "Seriously, Knuckles, now's not the time or place to be toasting those. Can't you take 'em elsewhere maybe… put 'em in hot chocolate?"

Knuckles: "Sorry. When you said 'bring marshmallows and chocolate' I figured you meant s'mores."

Sonic: [sighs] "No, Knuckles. It's a winter occasion. I meant little marshmallows with hot chocolate."

Knuckles: [he pulls his marshmallow off the stick to put between graham crackers and chocolate] "Relax, it's just a joke! Of course, I brought small marshmallows and enough hot chocolate for everyone!"

Sonic: "Well, right now I can't relax because you're here and your jokes aren't even on point. [sigh] I'll be in the hot tub."

Irritated, Sonic meanders out of the room as Knuckles munches messily on his s'more, leaving all kinds of white marshmallow residue on his skin-colored muzzle.

Knuckles: "Don't forget hot chocolate social hour tomorrow!"


Hot tub room

1:15 p.m.

Having tried all day to relax, Sonic hatches the idea to attend the hot tub room - the one place he's bound to let off some steam. Having removed his iconic red shows and white socks, Sonic dips his barefoot into the hot tub and flinches at the hotness. Without much hesitation, he eventually submerges and spreads his arms against the edge comfortably.

Sonic: [sighs] "Just what the doctor ordered. [looks around] And not a single distraction."

Sonic closes his eyes a few moments, inhaling and exhaling a few breaths, literally letting off steam as the hot tub bubbles around him.

Sonic: "Relax… Relax."

Tails: "Here comes a big one!"

Sonic is caught by surprise when hot water splashes over him, alarming his blue furry face. Curiously, the person who splashed him turns out to be Tails, the one friend he thought would never annoy him.

Sonic: [disgusted] "Tails!"

Tails: "Oh! I'm sorry. Bad timing?"

Sonic: "Very bad timing! I didn't expect anybody to show up much less splash me in a hot tub!"

Tails: "Right. You need your relaxation time anyway so I'll back off."

Ashamed of interfering with Sonic's time alone, Tails hops out of the pool only to come face-to-face with a robot employee on treads of all things.

Robot: "Would you care for a towel to dry off with?"

Tails: [disconcerted] "Um, thanks."

Tails grabs the towel as the robot rolls right by him. He looks at it rather curiously.


Mountain peak

3:03 p.m.

Tired of being unable to find a place to relax inside, Sonic grabs his brown scarf he uses for adventuring and goes racing up to the top of the mountain near the resort. Once at the top, he stands overlooking the view in amazement.

Sonic: "Good thing a brought my scarf for this occasion. At least it'll give me some warmth. Not the most relaxing thing, I know, but this view more than makes up for it!"

Sonic takes a seat for a moment in the blanket of snow near a rock, enjoying the luminous view atop the mountain while he can. For all he knows, it may be a few seconds before...

Amy: "SONIC!"

Sonic: "Oh, now what?!"

And right he is as Amy, the one girl who really cares for him, is now struggling to ski down the mountain.

Amy: [struggling to balance] "I can't… control… my skis! Need… assistance!"

Sonic: [sigh] "Hold on, Amy!"

Acting quick and and his feet, Sonic speeds off to rescue Amy eventually catching up to her on the icy slope. He runs through the trees alongside her when she hits a bump that sends her flying into the snowy air. Thinking smart, Sonic leaps for her and he catches her in midair and hits the ground running.

Amy: "Wow, nice catch!"

Sonic: "Don't you reckon it's about time you took skiing lessons?"

Amy looks at him dreamily before she looks ahead and becomes shocked at what they're about to hit.

Amy: "SONIC, LOOK OUT!"

Too distracted by her admiration, Sonic turns ahead to notice his about to hit a lake of ice. Unable to stop in time, he begins to slip and slide across the ice holding onto Amy when the two of them notice a tree dead ahead.

Amy: "Watch out for that tree!"

Sonic and Amy tumble and collide with the tree and become stuck under a snow pile that falls from the branch on top of them. Sonic struggles to dig his upper half out of the snow until he is suddenly jerked out of it by Shadow who arrived at the scene to assist them. Relieved, Sonic looks up to notice who

Shadow: "Well, I'll be. Trying to 'relax' like you said?"

Sonic: "This doesn't concern you, Shadow. It was just a little mishap that's all."

Shadow: "Mishap or no, I won't be saving you all the time. Either find better ways to relax or distract yourself from distractions."

Shadow walks away from where they stand, uncaring of Amy's lower half still stuck in the snow.

Amy: "Um... a little help here!"


New Year's Eve

Ski lodge room

11:00 a.m.

Having enjoyed a good night's rest, Sonic and Blaze decided to meet together in order to discuss further methods on how to relax during the day.

Sonic: "Nothing seems to be working. I go to a relaxing spot and there's always somebody there to interrupt me. I don't suppose you could help me, Blaze?"

Blaze: "I always come prepared for when I need to shut out distractions. Here. [she holds out a pair of earplugs] Earplugs should be enough to block out any intruding noise."

[Sonic swipes the earplugs out of her hand and inserts them into his ears.]

Sonic: "Thanks, Blaze! This should get me some peace and quiet in no time!"

Blaze: "If you need anything more, just call upon me and I'll be happy to provide!"

Sonic: [his ears plugged, he pretends to try and hear her] "What?! I'm sorry, I can't hear you! Earplugs!"

Sonic walks out of the room, encountering Tails on the way out.

Tails: "Sonic, did you notice…?"

Sonic: [interrupting] "Hey, Tails!"

Sonic brushes by, Tails looking at him in confusion. Suddenly, a robot shows up with a cup of hot cocoa to hand to Tails.

Robot: "Would you like a fresh hot chocolate for the evening, sir?"

Tails: "Sure, but I have to ask: why are you a robot?"

Robot: "That's classified business, sir."

The robot hands Tails the hot chocolate and rolls away, Tails looking at him too in confusion. What ever was happening around the place that robots ran it?


12:30 p.m.

Lodge fireplace

Sonic is sitting Indian style in front of the fireplace, hands held out and eyes closed thinking about nothing, but relaxation.

Sonic: "Ah, just enough relaxation for me to take a nap!"

Sonic lays down, legs crossed, and begins to snore. Behind him his friends are sitting on the couches socializing and sipping hot chocolate. Sonic, however, cannot hear them.

Amy: "Here's to our New Year's resolutions!"

The gang toasts around the room with their cups of hot cocoa while Sonic continues to relax.

Amy: "Now, let's go around the room and share each other's. Since we already know Sonic's, let's start with Shadow."

Shadow is unenthused.

Shadow: "All I want is a little more time alone. This team stuff and saving your hides all the time is really wearing me thin."

Blaze: "Hmmm… sounds an awful lot like Sonic. Maybe you and him aren't so different after all."

Shadow: [unamused] Don't compare me to that fool! I'll wake him up from his cat nap if I have to!"

Blaze: "Alright, alright. We all know you don't take jokes well. But, anyways, my resolution is to help out more. I feel like I never give myself enough time and energy for me to be your voice of reason."

Amy: "That's awfully sweet of you, Blaze! It just so happens that I plan on being more considerate and giving during the holidays. In other words, I'll provide us more favors!"

Tails: "Easy for you to say. I've noticed how much I never speak up about issues when given the chance. So I promise to resolve speaking my mind about things before it's too late! And you, Knuckles?"

Knuckles: "Eh, I don't really make resolutions. I'm already fine with working out and chilling with you guys like there's no tomorrow!"

In excitement, Knuckles accidentally splashes a sip of hot cocoa out of his mug, which lands in Sonic's ear nearby. Sonic jolts awake, yelping and digging out his earplug as he accidentally throws it into the fire. He turns to face the fire, disconcerted.

Sonic: "Awww… Me without my marshmallows."

Knuckles: "Hey, I tried offering ya some, but I don't think earplugs really make a good substitute."

Sonic: [unamused] "Not funny, Knuckles!"


Ski lodge room

02:00 p.m.

The earplugs situation having been a dud, Blaze hands Sonic a pair of earbuds with a cell phone attached.

Blaze: "Here. Just in case you need some relaxing noise to actively shut out the world."

Sonic takes the buds and inserts them into his ears. He taps the phone and it begins playing calming music.

Sonic: "Now this really hits the spot! Thanks, Blaze!"

Sonic speeds out of the room right as Tails walks in.

Tails: "Blaze, what's up with Sonic? I need to talk to him."

Blaze: "He's just trying another method of relaxation I offered him. No telling where he's going, but you can catch him later if you can."


Mountain peak

2:30 p.m.

Sonic is sitting atop the mountain once more, relaxing as he listens to the music and takes in the view of the lights surrounding the place. Breath by breath, he becomes more at ease. Suddenly, the phone beeps and Sonic looks at it to see that it's low on battery.

Sonic: "Low battery? Oh, well. Nothing a little charging can't fix."

Sonic gets up to speed off down the mountain. Nearby, Tails and Knuckles are having a snowboard race down the slope.

Tails: "Haha! Nothing like cool coasting down the mountain with one of my bestest bros!"

Knuckles: "Unlike a certain somebody, I happen to bring the 'cool' in cool coasting! Watch this!"

Knuckles does a 180 flip trick off a ramp nearby, sliding back towards Tails and splashing up snow in his face much to the latter's annoyance.

Knuckles: "In your face, Tails!"

Tails: "Oh yeah? Watch this!"

Tails hits an onward ramp ahead, curls his tails together, grabs his nose by the board, and pulls it over him to do a 360 flip. He sticks the landing.

Tails: "Aw, yeah! You don't got nothing on that!"

Knuckles: "Hey!"

Knuckles accidentally hits a bump, throwing him off balance and colliding with Tails. Both are thrown off their snowboards as the two tumble down the mountain together. They land in a big pile of snow right at the bottom.

Knuckles: "Awesome! Let's do that again!"

Looking up, Tails and Knuckles are approached by another robot servant.

Robot: "Do you require my assistance?"

Tails burst his head out of the snow, shaking and shivering from the cold.

Tails: "No thanks, Mr. Robot. We got it from here!"

Robot: "Very well, I shall report your condition to the doctor in his lair."

Tails: "Doctor? Lair?"

Robot: "I'm sorry, that information is classified."

The robot rolls away leaving Tails bewildered as he digs himself out of the pile of snow.

Tails: "See, Knux? There's something peculiar about all these robots around here."

Knuckles: "You mean like the fact that they're so responsive to my service bell?"

Tails: "No, not that. The fact that there's robots running the place and the terminology that one used just now. If my hunch is correct, this place has something to do with Eggman."

Knuckles: "Eggman? Here? I'd say I don't buy it, but I'm not one to argue like Sonic would."

Tails: "That's the problem, Knux. He won't listen long enough for me to tell him what's going on. He's too busy relaxing. If he wasn't, he'd probably leap into action in an instant."

Knuckles: "Well, he can't be too caught up in himself right now if he's on the move. In fact, I think I just saw him rush into the lodge."

Tails: "Well then, if I have a chance to fulfill my New Year's resolution early, I'll take it!"


Lodge room

03:52 p.m.

Sonic is resting on the bed, earbuds in with his eyes shut when Tails rushes into the room to stand over him.

Tails: "Hey, Sonic! I need to talk to you!"

No response. Tails pulls one of the earbuds out in hopes to get something.

Tails: "Sonic, I think there might be something suspicious about those robots running the place."

[Sonic pretends to be barely awake, rolling over on his side.]

Sonic: [faking] "Robots? … Yeah, sure."

Tails: "No, really. There's robot employees everywhere uttering terms like 'doctor' and 'lair'. I think this might have something to do with Eggman."

Sonic: [faking] "Ugh, Eggman! … Go away."

Tails: "Sonic, this could be serious business! Take a break from relaxing and come help us!"

Sonic: [sits up, eyes kept shut] "I'll save you! … [Tails perks up.] Right after I... nap."

Sonic lays back down much to Tails' disappointment. Tails backs away and runs quietly out of the room. Sonic peaks through one of his eyes, checking to see if the coast is clear.

Sonic: "He fell for it. Perfect!"


Lodge lobby

04:30 p.m.

Tails and Amy are sitting across from one another having a conversation regarding Sonic and his newfound habit of ignoring everyone in favor of relaxing.

Tails: "It's New Year's Eve, and still no way for me to reach Sonic. He's so immersed in his resolution to even think to notice when there's a robot employee in front of him. I try to tell him, but he won't listen. [sigh] I'm out of luck. I don't know how to deal with the robots without him."

Amy: "Cheer up, Tails! I know Sonic's a lot different these days, but even that can't mean the end of the world."

Tails: "Amy, that comment never helps in any given situation. Without Sonic, it could mean the end of the world!"

Amy: "Maybe what I'm trying to say is, despite him shutting you out and what not, there ought to be another solution to the problem at hand. You could ask the manager and see what he has to say about why there are robots running around."

Tails perks up.

Tails: "That's it! If the one who hires the employees knows why they're here, we could be one step closer to possibly cracking this Eggman case wide open!"


Lodge office

11:00 pm.

After hours of waiting until after hours, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy enter the manager's office to confront the manager at his desk.

Tails: "Excuse me, sir. We wanna know why you've decided to hire robot employees to run the place."

The manager's chair is turned away from them when he then turns to face them, revealing himself as the same receptionist from earlier.

Manager: "I'm glad you asked. These robots are state of the art ski resort employees and are much easier to program order into than any silly human employees."

Tails, Knuckles, and Amy stand there looking confused. Was this really the man who ran the entire ski lodge?

Tails: "W-wait a minute! You're that same guy who checked us in! Are you sure this place isn't short staffed?"

Manager: "Quite so. Nobody would work for me here so I decided to make some more, courtesy of Yours Truly!"

The manager rips off his clothes, pulls a rubberband of his mustache, and removes his hat, revealing himself as Dr. Eggman. His henchmen, Orbot and Cubot, pop up from under the desk to greet their captured foes.

Cubot: "Surprise! You're all standing on those classic rope traps from the movies!"

The gang looks down in confusion when, suddenly, they are all roped up and left dangling upside down at their captors.

Amy: [gasps] "Eggman!"

Tails: "I knew it! This is another one of your evil schemes!"

Knuckles: "Care to explain it before we escape and give you an embarrassing beatdown?"

Eggman: "I'm surprised you're so polite! Allow me to explain: my New Year's resolution this year is to be one step ahead of Sonic. And so quickly gathered all my resources to scam you all into thinking you were going on an innocent vacation. And what better place than a ski resort? (Which, by the way, is actually an active volcano that'll turn you all into fried chicken at the push of a button!)"

Orbot: "Oh, if only I could taste it! The boss never sounded so menacing before!"

Eggman: [slaps Orbot] "Quiet, Orbot! You're ruining my dastardly evil villain moment!"

Eggman presses a button remote in his hand, which causes the floor to start splitting open. Eggman, Orbot, and Cubot then hop aboard the Eggmobile nearby and hover near their captors, taunting them as he waited for their defeat.

Tails: "An active volcano? Figures!"

Knuckles: "Oh man! Me without my marshmallows!"

Tails: [annoyed] "Knuckles!"

Knuckles: "What? I gotta lighten the mood somehow!"

Eggman: "Oh, just you wait! Sonic will never be able to save you now!"


Snowy peak

11:21 p.m.

Once again, Sonic is relaxing atop the peak, enjoying the luminous mountain view with his eyes shut.

Sonic: [to himself] "Just relax… Into this snowy blanket… Relax… And enjoy the view."

Suddenly, Blaze appears next to him in a hurry and out of breath from the jog up the mountain.

Blaze: "Sonic, snap out of it!"

Sonic opens his eyes, surprised to see Blaze and Shadow have joined him in his relaxing spot.

Sonic: "What? Blaze? Shadow?! How'd you find me?"

Blaze: "No time to explain. Look!"

Sonic looks to find that the ski resort is splitting wide open, revealing an active volcano underneath. Using Blaze's binoculars she hands to him, Sonic looks closer to find Eggman hovering near Tails, Knuckles, and Amy as they are lowered into the lava pit.

Sonic: [gasps] "Tails! Knux! Amy! [he hangs his head in shame] I knew Tails was trying to tell me something about Eggman running this joint, but I was so caught up in relaxing I never even gave it a second thought."

Blaze: "No need to kick yourself over it now. We still have a chance to save them!"

Sonic: "Right, let's go!"

Sonic speeds along the mountain slope, Blaze and Shadow following close behind. Before their very eyes they emerges an army of Eggman robots consisting of Motobugs, Crabmeats, and Buzz Bombers. In a rage, Sonic spin attacks across several Motobugs in his path before being shot at by Buzz Bombers overhead. He then leaps overhead as Blaze passionately assists him in shredding them apart by the seams. Shadow, meanwhile, utilizes his signature Chaos Control ability, effortlessly warping between robot to robot as he kicks them to pieces. Shadow then tumbles through the snow, rejoining the gang as they charge ahead toward their destination.

Volcano pit

11:45 p.m.

Eggman: "So, my good and perfect nemeses, any last words before I fry you all to death and proceed to lure Sonic into my traps that'll catch him off guard?"

Tails: "The only guard that's gonna get thrown off is yours! Just you wait until Sonic comes swooping in all heroic like he always does to save the day!"

Eggman: "Come to think of it, there aren't as many traps aside from that robot army I had hiding under the mountain slope. Ah, whatever! They'll delay Sonic while I prepare to deal with him myself!"

Sonic: "Yo, Egghead!"

Eggman turns to notice Sonic, Shadow, and Blaze standing on the edge of the trapdoor in a barrage of heroic stances awaiting a battle of epic proportions.

Sonic: "Thought you could sweep the rug out from under me this time? A brilliant plan, that's for sure! You're improving one step at a time, but you'll never be one step ahead of me and my friends!"

Eggman: [grunts] "I knew a simple robot army wouldn't be enough to suppress even the likes of you three! And I thought I had you beat this time simply for how oblivious you were to my presence!"

Sonic: "New Year's resolution or not, my heroics still outmatch your… your… villain… works? Villainosity? Whatever, doesn't matter! You're still going down!"

Eggman: "Very well, then. Time for me to bring out the big guns!"

Cubot: "Ooh, I like the sound of that!"

Eggman flies the Eggmobile over to a platform hovering inside the volcano on top of which sits a robot of which he then inserts the Eggmobile into.

Eggman: "Behold my newest creation, the Egg Slider! Now I can run across the walls and we'll be evenly matched!"

Sonic: "That's just wishful thinking on your end! I'll still make quick work of it!"

Sonic, Blaze, and Shadow sprint off in separate directions along the path lining the volcano. Sonic confronts the Egg Slider head on, sliding under its sword and as it tries to slash him. Eggman turns as Sonic runs away to shoot him down using the robot's gun arm. With Eggman distracted, Shadow is able to kick Eggman's robot in the face and warp away before Eggman is able to snatch him. Shadow then appears behind him and kicks the robot off the pathway sending it toward the lava below.

Eggman: "Good thing I always come prepared!"

Eggman shoots out a grappling hook from the robot's wrist and uses it to swing back to safety. Soon as he lands, though, fireballs are fired onto him, burning the robot's chest. The doctor looks over to see Blaze hurling more fireballs toward him to which Eggman slashes them with his sword and charges at Blaze, attempting to slice her into the ground. Thinking instinctively, she leaps and backflips out of the way.

Eggman: [grunts] "If only I could find someway to outmatch your nimbleness, cat lady!"

Blaze: "Can it, Eggman! I believe the amount of talking you do is one reason you still don't know how to outsmart us!"

Eggman: [clenching his fist] "Why you…!"

Sonic: "Hey, come on!"

Sonic appears to spin into Eggman, sending him flying into the volcano wall with a large thud.

Sonic: "New Year's resolution doesn't just happen! You gotta start by taking all things into consideration like controlling that mouth of yours!"

Eggman: [growls] "I'll silence that mouth of yours before you even think of a way to get out of this!"

Sonic and Eggman charge at each other and clash with all their might. Meanwhile, Shadow reaches his friends in an act of heroism, untying them one by one.

Amy: "Thanks, Shadow!"

Shadow: "Don't mention it. And, I mean not to anyone!"

Tails begins to fly away as Knuckles and Amy grab hold of him by the legs.

From a distance, Eggman notices the friends escaping.

Eggman: "What? No!"

Sonic: "Guess you haven't learned; we're all just too fast for ya!"

Eggman: "WHY I OUGHTA…!"

Orbot: "Cool it, boss! You don't wanna develop heat stroke down here!"

Eggman: "My conditions don't matter as long as I deal with Sonic. Now look what you're doing; you're ruining my outburst of wrath and anger, giving Sonic enough time to-"

Eggman is cut off by Sonic kicking the robot enough times to where he lets go of the remote.

The remote flies up out of the pit and lands in front of Tails who notices it and picks it up.

Tails: "Bingo! Eggman's remote!"

Eggman fires more bolts at Sonic as he swerves side to side dodging them. With a spin attack, Sonic launches himself at the Eggmobile, homing attacking it repeatedly until it falls to the ground.

Eggman: "No, wait! STOP! This is a delicate machine!"

With one final spin attack, Sonic kicks the Eggmobile out of it compartment effectively severing it from the robot and sending it flying into the sky.

Eggman: "NO! I was supposed to be the one to get the jump on you this time! Mark my words, Sonic! My New Year's resolution won't go unfulfilled!"

With a twinkle, Eggman disappears into the sky. Sonic then lands on the platform, watching him from afar.

Sonic: "Should've thought of kidnapping me first instead of my friends, Egghead! On second thought, that's terrible. Ignore what I said!"

All the friends are gathered in front of half the lodge as they witness Sonic spin out of there. Tails presses the button to shut the trap door behind him, merging the lodge back together.

Tails: [holds up a hand] "Great job as always, Sonic!"

The two high five each other, showing signs of rekindling their best friendship.

Sonic: "That's how it's done. Always showing Eggman's bosses whose boss!"

Blaze steps forward to speak to Sonic, feeling sorry that she may have had some responsibility in all this.

Blaze: "Thank you for pulling through for us, Sonic. I hope you don't blame me for nearly endangering us all."

Sonic: "Not at all, Blaze. It's kinda my fault we all got into this mess. I put my resolution first before I realized this was all just an Eggman scam. I should've listened to Tails when he said something. [he turns to Tails] Sorry, buddy."

Tails: "It's all cool, dude! I'll keep it up if you will!"

Sonic: "Of course, from now on, I'll make it a priority to relax only when necessary. And I'll be sure to listen when it sounds important too!"

Shadow: "If that means I won't have to save your hide all the time, I'll be grateful to make that my resolution."

Sonic: "Still going on about that, Shadow? Come on! New Year's resolution is about doing something new rather than simply removing something old. Sonic says, you oughta find a replacement for whatever you don't want."

Shadow: [huffs] "If it involves you doing something new, I'll be glad if it helps me kick my old habit of having to save you all the time."

Sonic: "But then it's gotta be action on your part, not mine."

In the background, the friends initiate a ten second countdown to midnight. The New Year was now fully underway.

Shadow: [rolls eyes] "Whatever. I'll be glad when this is all over."

All: "Three… Two… One… HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

The friends begin jumping with joy, throwing confetti, and blowing noise makers they pull out of hammerspace. Sonic then looks to the distance proudly when, all of the sudden, he receives a kiss from Amy who stares at him dreamily like before. Sonic slyly stares back at her, resisting his cheeks from turning red with a blush.