Hi! Yay, special holiday chapter! BTW, Coconut is me in a pixelated form. Computer me. Whee!

Random booming voice; Coconut/ Shanequa does NOT, I repeat, does NOT own Sonic and the gang. She only owns Stardark and Starlight. And herself.

Rouge skated away, off of the rink, and into the warm arcade. Star bit her lip and gave Amy 'the look' before skating superbly fast in the direction that Rouge had gone. Amy said farewell to Sonic and told him that she'd be back in a second before skating after Star. The two girls found her sulking in the snack area, the only area of the rink that wasn't freezing cold.

"Sorry, Rouge. I didn't mean-"

"Don't worry, Amy. It isn't your fault. I know what it's like to not be forgiven, if you catch my drift. It had to be said sometime or another. Still, to be honest, I think you shouldn't tell everyone everyone's secrets. 'Kay?" With this the echidna received a supremely bone-crunching group hug, and they all skated back onto the rink. "One good thing about this is that I can show off now! Look at me!" Rouge did a fancy figure-skate trick, and then winked at Knuckles, who stared until he skated into a wall.

"He likes you. And I take from the wink and large shout from Sonic that you like him as well." This comment received a glare from Rouge to Shimmer and the white Echidna skated away.

When everyone was eating at the snack bar, the lights suddenly went all black, and a shadowy figure emerged from the darkness. All of the humans scampered to safety. They saw, even though they had no idea who she was, that this new cat was not a good sign.

"Hello, sister." The colored lights that had danced the skating rink before in this darkness were no longer lit; only the disco ball was alight in the center, shining for all it was worth. Stepping into this glimmering light was a silver, smirking cat. Precisely as she was in the flashback, but with skates. "It's been a long time, Star. A long, long time."

"Stardark, I don't want to hurt you. I've mastered the power of song now." Starlight stepped out of the darkness, a solemn expression on her face, but a defiant sparkle in her eye. "But I will if you make me."

"You know what I'm here for. I will capture you, you rebel."

"In that case, you'll have to face us first." Rouge tossed her long hair, which was now down, over her shoulder. Amy also stepped into the light.

"Girls, it's a… family issue. I can settle it alone. Watch and learn." Turning to Stardark, she taunted the other cat. "Try to catch me now, slowpoke! Am I too fast for you?"

"Arrgh, I think this'll slow 'ya down!" Stardark threw a net at Star, who was hit but not captured. "Ha! I'll get you yet!" With that, the silver cat vanished. Starlight got up without trouble and skated over to the others.

"Umm, let's go home."

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Later at Coconut's dorm, there was a Christmas party going on. Duh, it was Christmas Eve, so why not? Shimmer had placed mistletoe everywhere, so Sonic was constantly dragged under one by Amy. Amazingly, he didn't mind one little bit. Shimmer tried to get Rouge and Knuckles under a little sprig of mistletoe, but she had only succeeded once. But you could call her attempts a success, because Coconut had a camcorder. Shimmer's attempts were laughed at for years to come. For example…

((Camcorder tape))

Shimmer: Hey, look, Rouge and Knuckles! There's a Chaos Emerald! (Points to fake emerald under mistletoe)

Rouge and Knuckles: (screaming and fighting like little toddlers) Ooh! Gimme emerald! Mine! Mine! My emerald! No yours! (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle all over again)

Shimmer: (hits self over head)

((End Camcorder tape))

However, Shimmer didn't focus on Star. Perhaps it was a good thing, or Star would never hear the end of 'Star and Shads, sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g!' courtesy of Shimmer. For, somehow, the two had wound up under one of the little sprigs of plant that Shimmer had left hanging on the ceiling.

"Oh! Hi, Shads! How are 'ya doing?" Star headed over to Shadow, who was sitting on the couch. "Hey, there's a Gamecube! I think we're allowed to play it. I'll bet anything that I can beat you at Super Smash Bros. Melee!"

"Your attempts will not beat me! I'm too good a player to lose to a girl!"

"Whatever. Let's play!" Star plugged in the TV and inserted the game. The two competed extremely well, but Star won. "Still think 'ya can't lose to a girl?"

"Hi, Star!" Coconut bounced over. "Hey, look, you two are standing under a mistletoe! How cute! Come on, Star. You know what a mistletoe is for."

"If my memory banks are correct, Shimmer set all of these up. Must be some tradition thing."

"Yea, the tradition is that the if two people are under a mistletoe, they kiss!" Sonic bounced over, grinning like an idiot. "That's what Amy says at least!"

"Umm, uh…" Shadow stammered, but didn't have time to think before Star gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and walked off, leaving Shadow with a questioning look on his face. Shadow touched his cheek and blinked. "Ok then…"

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"Time for presents! Come on, Star!"Coconut shouted the next day.

"Wohoo, can't wait. How rude of me to hold everyone up when it's 6 A.M. in the morning. Especially scince there was a certian girl who had too much sugar and caffine last night keeping me up until three because she couldn't sleep and she decided that I would suffer with her."

"Presents! Whee!" Amy was in an especially good mood.

They all rushed downstairs and saw that they all had one present waiting for them under the tree. Shimmer got a book ('That should lay off the gossip for a bit'), Ella got earrings, Rouge got a pretty bracelet, Amy got a locket (from Sonic, it said on the tag), Star got a new charm necklace, Shadow got a cool video game ('Ha! I'll beat 'ya on this one too!'), Knuckles got an iPod, and Sonic got a fuzzy hand-knit scarf ('Amy must have spent a long time on this!'). The last one to open a gift was Coconut, who got a jean purse.

"This is totally the best Christmas in all everness! Whee!" Coconut shouted, and everyone played with their new stuff.

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A dark figure lurked in the darkness. "Soon, you little rebel. Soon."

Aww, how cute:3

Star; You are so eviler than Stardark. How can I like a project of a different species?

Me; Whatever. (Zaps Star into a brown-red, Amy-like hedgehog) Read and review!