A Romance Before Christmas
Chapter II
Mobius, Ice Cap.
Somewhere in the mountain slopes, snowy expanse was lying. Rare conifer trees are covered with snow, and stood motionless, only sometimes swaying in the weak and barely noticeable wind. Here, in contrast to the Station Square, where you and I were just recently, it was almost empty. Not a single person was on steep and dangerous slopes. Only the empty and the snow-capped mountain peaks and slopes.
But if we take a closer look, we can see that the first impression is always deceived your eyes ad imagination. Over one of the rock ledges the three persons were standing, who dressed in a black winter's clothing. Each of them was holding a snowboard. Two were tall and the third one was not too much. Obviously, it was two guys and one girl. One of them had two lush and long tails, because of which you can immediately recognize who was that. Since all three wore ski masks, the faces of the other two were not available for the eyes. The fox was standing to the right side of the girl, and peering down on the mountain slope. Just as he made sure, that they can start, he nodded to himself before gazing back at his companions.
"Get ready guys." he said loudly and with subdued tone because of the mask, "It will be a fast descent."
The other two nodded to him before all three sat on the snow and started attaching the snowboards to their shoes. The girl finished with this first, and just as she patted her board, she threw her eyes at to the fox's side and nodded at him, thus letting him know that she's ready.
"I'm ready!" the girl said in a high pitch girlish tone.
"Me too!" The other guy grabbed her thoughts as he stood up on the board and buried its left side into snow, to prevent the spontaneous slip. The fox-guy nodded at the two before they turned their gazes in front of them. Without wasting time, all three of them jumped on their boards, and then slowly began to slide on the snow hill. They slowly picked up the speed, moving down the mountainside, toward the wooden house they saw somewhere far away.
Initially, their speed was quite small and it might seem that these three have an easy ride on a snowboard. But after some time, the speed became large enough to their clothes began to sway because of the oncoming air flow. At this point, all three bent their knees considerably, for picking up more speed. And they succeeded. A moment later, the trees and rocks are swept past them as if they were slid faster than light. The very rare trees, which have been described previously lost their snow cover, as the trio slipped past them. However, for the most part, they passed without any special obstacles, going round the rocks without any problems.
This went on for several minutes until the large forest appeared on their way, which was thick enough. The girl who seemed to be glad about this circumstance looked back at her companions.
"Here we are, boys!" she shouted as a cool badass, "The last one is the rotten egg!" She bended her legs deeply and her slipping speed grew up stronger. The boys looked at each other and exchanged nods, as if accepting her challenge. They then turned their eyes in forward to see the road in front of them and hunched down to puck up the speed. Their slipping speed was now big enough for catching up with their companion, and just before meeting with the forest trees, they split up in three different directions. Above you could see how each of them had entered the forest from different angles and disappeared inside, by leaving a deep board trail in the snow.
Inside the forest, the girl who was pleased the fact that she was in the woods, deftly and clearly went round the trees in the slalom style. It seemed that during these turns and detours, she didn't slow down her speed, but only increases it. She kept the balance perfectly, continuing to descend, and uttering shouts of joy.
Her companion, who turned to the left side, was zipping on a parallel side to her. But unlike her, he has some problems with slipping around the trees. For the most part his problems grew up because his race track has more trees, then hers. He tried to keep the balance, but it turned out he is in a worse situation than his friend, who rushed to the right.
"It was not a good idea!" he yelled to himself, by trying not to crash into trees.
As for the fox, who slid to the right of the others, he was in the same situation. However, here the trees were much smaller, so he didn't experience any problems. He slipped over the snow for a few minutes, by circling trees and soon enough he overtook his friends by creating a wide gap. Suddenly, a fallen tree appeared on his way by completely blocking the road. But he didn't stop and on the contrary, he added more speed by almost squatting on his haunches. He began to slide faster, and the tree was coming closer and closer. Before they met, the fox effectively jumped up into the air by strongly pushing himself off the ground. As if in slow-mo, he made several somersaults in the air as his back arched, and he grabbed his board with his right hand.
Before returning to the ground, he re-grouped in to standing position and landed on the snow successfully. He continued his slide on snow and it might seem that the speed didn't slow down. At this point, he slid out of the woods. He looked to his left to see where his friends were. He saw then continuing to slide down the hill, and also slid out of the forest. The girl looked at him and showed him a thumb up, thus letting him know that everything's cool. The fox nodded back, then he turned his head forward to fully concentrate on the road.
The trio slipped down the mountainside, completely without further obstacles. They continued the journey by being quite relaxed. They simply had rested and enjoyed the beautiful weather and a festive mood. After another ten minutes, the trio slipped next to a huge wooden house and then they slowly stopped their boards in turn. The fox stopped first. Then the girl stopped second behind him. And then another guy, whom you can feel free to add to the losers. Without further loss of time, they undid their shoes from snowboards, then picked it up on their hands. Then they took off the masks, thus opening their faces to see. Of course, the fox was Tails. The girl was a pink pony with blue eyes. And the other guy was a silvery-white hedgehog with yellow eyes. If Tails and Pinkie Pie wore smiles on their faces, Silver has the unhappy and resentful look on his own face, with what he made it clear that he's not happy with the fact that he lost. Again.
"Ha! Silver is a rotten egg!" Pinkie Pie shouted mockingly by pointing a left hand index finger at him.
Miles couldn't help but chuckled a little over Pinkie's trolling to Silver. But the silver-white hedgehog scowled resentfully in response, as he didn't want them to bring up this topic again. Moreover, he was not going to put up with this. Taking his snowboard in his right hand, he went over to Pinkie and stared at her down.
"Stop calling me that, Pinkie Pie!" he said with a tone which expressed the extreme annoyance, "This is no longer funny!"
Miles shook his head, before he glanced at Silver, by showing him a trollface, "Speak for yourself, man." he said jokingly, what immediately attracted their attention, "If you ask me, then I think it was very, very funny.", finishing with his sentence, Miles stuck his snowboard in the snow and leaned his both hands on it.
Silver shook his head in a sign of irritation, by stabbing a snowboard upright in the snow, then he crossed his arms the chest, "And I am speaking for myself, Tails." he said, still angry, "It's just you two chose the easiest way where fewer trees than on my part. Whereas I had to concentrate not only on my snowboard but also on the road for not to crashing into a tree." he narrowed his eyes, "Do you think that's fair?"
"Fairly or not. It does not matter." Pinkie Pie spoke again, drawing Silver's attention, "You have lost anyway." she said with a smirk on her face, and with a raised eyebrow.
"Pinkie's right." Miles said sarcastically, "No one forced you in choosing the way where there are more trees." he grinned again, "So take our snowboards and let's go in the house."
Rolling his eyes, Silver threw up his hands, realizing that he simply no longer have a choice. As soon as he glanced back at the others, he used his power to levitate the snowboards of his friends in the air. After this, all three headed toward the house. Miles and Pinkie glanced at each other, by exchanging smug expressions. Then they exchanged a high-five. Silver, who saw this scene, made an even more sour expression on his face. But after a moment the discontent was replaced with the indifference because he still doesn't feel any severity thanks to his powers. Letting out a sigh of calm, he looked at Miles, who was walking on his right.
"Can you actually believe that Sonic is overslept?" he said sarcastically, "I don't even remember something like that at least once."
The pony and the fox laughed a little over it as their friend remembered this topic. They shook their heads, before exhaling the air, and then Pinkie turned to Silver, still smiling.
"And I think we should've expected for this." Pinkie said, "Applejack and Rainbow arrived late at night. Sonic and Knuckles missed them. Rainbow and AJ also missed Sonic and Knuckles. So everything is quite natural." she glanced at Miles, "So I don't understand why are you upset so much."
"Because the so-called 'fastest thing alive' would be worth to warn in advance that they will come later." the fox said with a tone of heavy sarcasm, "Before catching up the fun with his girlfriend."
Pinkie Pie giggled again as soon as Miles said it, before winking at him in response. The three continued on their way to a wooden three-story house, where they will celebrate Christmas.
In the house.
From the window on the third floor a certain fashionista white in color, with a purple hair and tail, was watching them walking towards the house. She wore a white turtleneck and white skirt. On her legs, you could see black tights. On her face she wore a happy and satisfied smile, pointing to the celebratory mood. And, perhaps even more. She giggled, watching the three returning back in the house, and then she turned away from the window and walked out of the room. After she left the bedroom (yes, it is obvious that it was a bedroom), she headed right into the hallway and then she walked down the stairs to the living room.
It was not long before she went downstairs, where her friends were. The living room was performed in a style which people usually makes living rooms somewhere in winter houses. And it was huge. On the floor was a huge white and fluffy carpet. And not one, by the way. Here you can see everything you could only see in a typical winter house in the mountains. Fireplace, huge bookcase, crockery, lots of decorative items. And much more. Next to the fireplace was a huge Christmas tree, with a height of almost three meters. Yes, there was a high ceiling. Near this tree were green crocodile (red shirt, black jeans, and socks), purple chameleon (completely black dress, made in Japanese style), and yellow pony (green sweater, white jeans and socks). All three of them was placing the decorations on the tree to making it the best of the category. More correctly, it was Vector and Espio who placed the decorations, and Fluttershy was a judge of this.
In front of the fireplace was a sofa where Twilight was lying and looking at something on her smartphone. She was wearing a light-brown sweater on her top and brown stockings on her legs. Why? No one knew. But it definitely means something. Because on her face, she wore a gentle and dreamy smile. Maybe she talked with someone special. Or maybe she just found something interesting on the Internet. I hope she found this story.
Lifting up her eyebrow at the violet pony's look, Rarity shook her head before she went to the Christmas tree to help her friends with anything.
Meanwhile, Espio and Vector finished with dressing the Christmas tree. The tree decorated with class. It wore tinsels, glass balls, toys, and more. The chameleon hung Sega Megadrive (It's Genesis' original name) on a branch, and then he turned to Fluttershy. She smiled at him and nodded, by letting him know that she likes it. Espio nodded back, then pulled out of the box a big golden star, and handed it to Fluttershy. The yellow pony instantly understood what he wants, and then went closer to him and took the star out of his hands. She then lifted her head up and flattered her wings. She slowly and gently took off up to the level of the treetop.
Espio and Vector moved away from a Christmas tree for a short distance, by fixing their eyes on Fluttershy.
"Be careful." Vector said with a hint of anxiety in his voice, "We don't need another incident."
At this point, Rarity went to the tree and stood between Vector and Espio. She, too, had her eyes fixed on her friend and charged her energy into her horn to prevent any falling. As for Fluttershy, who's hung in the air with the star in her hands, she gulped nervously and anxiously, and then stretched the star to the tree top. Slowly, carefully, and with pinpoint accuracy, the mare hung the star on the treetop. She smiled and sighed with relief once the danger has passed, and then she looked at her friends. The trio smiled back at her before they applauded to her as a sign that everything was cool.
"Great job darling." Rarity praised her.
The yellow pony blushed slightly at such attention and covered her face with her hair. She was confused by such an attention from the part of her friends. After the bravado was ended, the pegasus girl landed down next to them, then they all four looked up at their work.
Vector smirked and crossed his arms, "As they say all's well that ends well." he said with a tone of coolness in his voice, "I thought that we won't be able to finish it in time." He turned to Twi, "Hey, Twilight." he called her out.
The violet pony widened her eyes, before she turned her head to her friends, "Yes?"
Vector's grin grew wider, and then her pointed to the tree, "What do you think about this?" he asked.
Twilight stood up from the couch and went to the side of the tree. She gasped in awe as she noticed how beautifully decorated it was.
"Guys." she said in awe as she went closer and stopped next to Rarity, "It's just incredible." she smiled and looked at her friends, "I've never seen such beauty. Well done."
"It would be even nicer if you could help us, darling." Rarity said with a hint of teasing in her voice, and with a malicious grin on her face, "Who writes to you that you are fully focused on your phone?"
After her words, Twilight blushed madly and smiled shyly, before turning away from her friends and heading towards the couch in front of the fireplace, where she was laying a little earlier, "It's not your business, Rarity." she said shyly and giggled. Rarity giggled as well over Twilight's words, before turning her gaze at Fluttershy, by giving to her a troll-face.
"Crushing crush is so crushing." she whispered, causing a slight giggle from the yellow pony. After Fluttershy calmed down, she nodded to her friend in agreement. Only Vector didn't seem to understand what they were saying. But he decided not to figure out what was going on, and shrugged in indifference. He returned his gaze toward the tree and smiled himself smugly again, by admiring their work.
"Well ..." he looked at Espio, "Our work is finished. What will you do now?"
Espio arched his eyebrows thoughtfully, before turning to him, "I'm waiting for a phone call and going to Central City for the rest of the Christmas shit." he said, surprisingly quietly.
"And how much do you need to take?" Vector asked again.
"Not too much, thankfully." the chameleon said, and then he looked toward the front door, beyond which he saw a trio of snowboarders. He grinned, by seeing Silver, Tails, and Pinkie Pie, who returned from morning descent from the mountain. Tails opened the front door, and then he and two of his friends and colleagues went inside, still wearing on their faces smug and boastful grins.
"Hello, there." Tails said loudly by drawing everyone's attention. Especially Fluttershy, who smiled happily hearing his voice. She turned to the front door, and then without a word she went there to meet her friends and boyfriend. Pinkie Pie, Miles, and Silver entered the house. Silva left the snowboards on the street to dry. Sighing, and exhaling fatigue, he closed the door, before taking off his winter hat. He shook his head furiously for his hair took a normal form, then threw his hat on the rack for jackets. Glancing at he tree Silver smiled, proud for his friends.
"Wow, that's awesome." he said, before glancing in the direction where Vector, Espio, Rarity, and Fluttershy was, who now went over to them, smiling. At this point, Fluttershy ran close to the friends, still smiling. She wrapped her arms around Tails when the gap between the two has disappeared and snuggled at him tightly. Miles returned the hug gladly, by smiling kindly over his lovely girlfriend's behavior.
"Hey there, beautiful." He spoke tenderly. After that the two glanced into each other's eyes, still wearing smiles on their faces.
"Miles, may I ask why didn't you wake me up?" she asked him. Miles' smile turned softer and then he caressed her cheek with his left hand fingers, "Because only a monster will dare to wake up such a cutie like you." he answered lovingly, and Fluttershy blushed deeply, of course. She giggled over his words, finding it amusing, before she spoke again.
"So? How's your morning decent?" Fluttershy asked.
"Awesome." Miles answered to her, a little boastfully, "Today's weather is perfect for snowboarding. No wind, the clear blue sky, and bright sun." he sighed happily, "You should try it tomorrow."
Fluttershy smiled at him shyly and giggled, "I will, if you okay with that." She said, a shy tone in her voice, "And... I think it's silly to ask about who won."
Before Miles could answer her question, Pinkie Pie burst into conversation, "Oh, it's easy to guess, Fluttershy." She said, drawing everyone's attention, "Miles was the first, I was the second this time, and not the first like in previous three times, and Silver..." she turned to Silver, who was standing on the background and keeping small distance, "Silver is a rotten egg again.", everyone laughed at her words, finding it amusing. Everyone but Silver, who frowned at them simply and huffed in annoyance. He looked to his right, and stood into that "I am offended!" position. Seeing his face, Rarity giggled, before walking over to him.
After everyone stopped their laughing, they headed for the Christmas tree to see the result of the work. But at this very moment, Rarity closed the gap between her and Silver, and hugged him tightly. She placed her left hand on his cheek and turned his head to her to meet with his eyes. Silver looked inside his girlfriend's radiant eyes, but still frowned in annoyance, obviously not happy that Pinkie pranked him. Rarity giggled again, rightly believing that Silver is incredibly cute when he's angry.
"And I told you when you woke up, that you should not accept this challenge." she said jokingly and affectionately.
"And to leave without snowboarding?" Silver asked in surprise, then grinned, "Rarity, it's the adrenaline. Nothing can compare with this."
"Even me?" Rarity asked playfully.
Hearing this hint, the silver-white hedgehog grinned at her widely, when his offense faded, and then embraced his girl around the waist and gently pressed her against him. Rarity wasn't even resisted. She just hugged him around the neck in response, still smiling and bent her right leg.
"It was a silly question, my lady. You know the answer in advance." he whispered softly. Rarity flattered her eyes, before giving him a quick and tender kiss on his lips. After it happened, she looked back at him, still smiling.
"Exactly." she whispered before they both went the others.
"Good work, guys." Miles said, looking at the decorated Christmas tree with a proud smile on his face, "I can tell you that we have completed our work by fifty percent." He turned to the other, and clasped his hands together, "Now we just have to take care of the food." He glanced at Silver, "Silva."
"Yes I remember." Silver said proudly, "I think we'd better start if we want to have time before Sonic and the others will come here with the gifts."'
"Do you need an assistance?" Rarity asked him, holding his left arm.
Silver turned to her, "I would be happy, but I think, that me and Tails could do this by ourselves." he said calmly, "And you, girls, relax. You arrived here to having a rest, rather than working."
"Are you sure, Sylvie?" Pinkie Pie said, catch his attention, "I can cook a dinner by myself."
Silver confidently nodded, letting her know that he will cope. Pinky shrugged, then smiled and nodded, "Okay, go ahead." she said playfully, then looked at Espio, "Espy. Does Shadow called you yet?"
The chameleon shook his head in reply, "No. I think he's still in GUN." he said with his usual tone, "Maybe for us, Christmas is a celebration for Shadow it's a headache."
Pinkie Pie sighed sadly, "Poor Shadow." she said with sadness in her voice. Espio grinned back at her and shook his head over her concern. But suddenly his phone rang. Espio widened his eyes, then took the device from the pocket of his pants. He looked at the screen and grinned, when he noticed that it was Shadow. He pressed a button to answer the call, then raised the phone to his ear.
"Hi, Shadow." he spoke, causing a happy smile on Pinkie's face, then nodded, "I got you. Where should we meet?" He nodded, "Good." He nodded again, "Yes, she will be with us." He grinned, "Don't worry, I'll be watching her." He nodded, "All right. See you." he removed the phone from his ear, then press the reset button and turned to the pink pony, whose face wore the happiest smile in the universe, "You ready?"
Pinkie Pie nodded several hundred times instead of words.
"Then let's go." Espio said, then turned to the others, "I'll see you guys. We will try to be as fast as possible."
"Don't be late." Silver said.
Espio winked at him, and then he and Pinkie Pie headed for the exit door. Miles, Rarity, Vector, Silver and Fluttershy was simply looked at them, until the two left the house and closed the door. After that, their eyes met again. Miles looked at them all in turn to plan up the events in his head and to take a better solutions. Finishing with observation, he smirked and spoke.
"Okay, girls relax. Vector relax. Silva, follow me." Miles commanded, then he and Silver headed toward the kitchen. Vector stretched his hands up before heading up the stairs to the second floor.
"I'll be in my room if you need me." he said once he went to the stairs and began to climb on it. After he disappeared on the second floor, Rarity and Fluttershy exchanged glances with each other. Then they looked at their boyfriends, who had come to the kitchen door and Fluttershy ran after them.
"Miles." she called them out, causing the fox to stop and looking back at her, by giving her a questioning look.
"Yes?"
Yellow mare ran up to him and placed her both hands on his shoulders, "Um... are you sure you don't need our, um... well... our help?" she asked in her trademark shy tone.
Miles smiled at her kindly and took her by the hands, "Fluttershy, honey." he said gently and humorously, "You're afraid that we fail?"
Fluttershy nodded reluctantly. It was enough to Miles' smirk vanished from his face and for him to raise an eyebrow. Now instead of smile, on his face you can see his sceptical gaze, "Seriously?" he asked finding himself puzzled.
"Miles, I just ..." sigh, "I just want to help you." she said softly, "This is our first Christmas celebration and I'd want to spend it with you." Miles sighed, and smiled at her again.
"We will spend it together, Flutty. I just want you to relax." Miles said also gently, "Just be engaged in what you want and trust the dinner to us. We won't let you down."
Fluttershy smiled at him disapprovingly, "Then make me proud. We don't want to regret that we trusted the dinner to you." she said playfully and with a touch of command hat caused another smirk on Miles' face.
Rarity stood next to them at this point and crossed her arms in the chest, "This applies to both of you." she said playfully, then she glanced at Silver, who stood in the doorway by leaning against the door frame, "If you'll fail, we will be offended."
Silver winked at his girlfriend with a grin, "You can count on us, boss." he said, causing the laughter from the girls. After they calmed down, Miles and Fluttershy met with their eyes again before exchanging a tender kiss. After the kiss was ended thy sepparated begore the fox went to the kitchen. As he walked over to the door, he looked at the girls over his right shoulder.
"See you soon." he said, then closed the door to the kitchen.
Fluttershy and Rarity giggled again over the behavior of their boyfriends. They looked at each other again, still smiling, then looked at Twilight.
"Twilight, do you have any ideas about how to kill your free time?" Rarity asked playfully. But Twilight said nothing. She just kept staring at the phone with a tender, and a happy smile on her lips. It was enough to Rarity shook, knowing that Twilight is not available at the moment, and then she glanced at the yellow pony, "Well?" she said, "It seems that here only two of us have left." she smirked, "Any ideas?"
"Well ..." Fluttershy blurts out, "I..." sigh, "I don't know. Only if ..." She widened her eyes and smiled, "Hey. At the night time I was in the attic. I found a bunch of old stuff. The old towels, sheets, curtains. I think you can be interested in this."
Rarity raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth wide, "Are you serious?" she asked, then smiled happily and clasped her hands together, "It's so wonderful. Oh, darling, I an definitely find some use for that." She grinned, "May I ask what were you doing in the attic at night time? You slept badly?"
"Miles is snoring in his sleep." Fluttershy whispered jokingly, causing Rarity to giggle, finding it very funny. After they calmed down, they quickly headed toward the stairs. Barely a moment as they both disappeared on the second floor, leaving Twilight completely alone with her phone. But the violet Princess didn't notice that she left here alone, because her mind is fully concentrated on the phone. She received a message from someone, then read it. She giggled softly, then started writing the answer still smiling.
In the kitchen.
Miles and Silver stood in front of the table, which was filed with food to the brims. It seemed that the table bends due to the weight. There were apples, pears, tangerines, oranges, muffins, pastries, and even vegetables. All this should be ready in time. The fox and the hedgehog's eyes have met before they exchanged nods and returning their attention returned back to the table.
"It's time to cook!" Silver said in a cold tone of his voice, before he and Tails went over to the table with a food.
To be continued...
