4:30 p.m

The Pokèmon Center is a really huge store, with stuffed animals on the shelves and a bunch of other items everywhere.

"This is so cool!" Sonic screams as he looks around.

"I know!" Aleena agrees with her son.

Knuckles and Sonic run off in different directions, while Aleena stays put.

Sonic runs to the clothing area and begins looking around. After a little bit of looking, he stumbles across a yellow shirt. He picks it up and sees what the shirt looks like on the front. The shirt has a Vulpix, Pikachu, and an Eevee on the side, along with some tiny flowers surrounding the Pokèmon. Sonic checks the size, and luckily it's a youth small.

Knuckles is looking at the plush toys. He then sees the Aloha starters: Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio. He picks up the Litten for Hannah and a Popplio for Charlie. He then sees the Christmas edition of the dolls. Sonic is there too, looking at snowmen version of the Pokèmon.

"Hi Sonic," Knuckles says as he walks up to his friend.

Sonic turns around to see the echidna. "Hey Knux," he says by using Knuckles' nickname, "Did you find anything yet?"

"Yeah," says Knuckles as he shows the toys he picked out for Hannah and Charlie.

Sonic is amazed at what Knuckles is holding, "Cool! Are those the new starters from Sun and Moon?"

"Yeah," answers the red echidna, "I'm getting these for Hannah and Charlie. What did you find?"

"A shirt for Hannah," Sonic answers as he shows off the shirt to Knuckles.

"That's nice," says Knuckles, "I'm gonna go find something for Espio."


Back with Eggman and Robot...

Right now, Eggman, Robot, and the elves are taking a break in the tent. Tinkle brings Eggman a mug of hot chocolate and asks, "How's the job so far?"

"Awful," answers Eggman as he takes the mug from Tinkle, "The kids are annoying, and so are their parents. Half of the kids are either afraid of me or aren't potty trained!"

"Don't worry Robuttnik," says Robot, "That's very normal for kids. They don't know any better."

"Robot is right," Tinkle agrees, "Be kind to the kids. Show them respect."


One hour later...

After Sonic, Knuckles, and Aleena finished shopping at the Pokèmon Center and the Disney Store, they keep walking around the mall finding something to do.

"I want to see Santa!" Sonic announces out of the blue.

"Me too!" Knuckles agrees.

Aleena okays this and the three quickly find Santa sitting in his chair. What they don't know is that the Santa their meeting is really Dr. Eggman.

"Santa!" Sonic screams as he runs up to the jolly man and sits on his lap.

Eggman is relieved that a kid is happy to see him, "Finally! A kid who's actually happy to see me!"

Unluckily, Sonic heard what Eggman said. "What was that, Santa?"

Eggman tries to lie to the happy hedgehog, but can't think of one. "Ho ho ho! What would you like for Christmas, little boy?"

"I don't know," answers Sonic, "All I want is to meet the real Santa."

Eggman eyes go wide and begins to sweat, "The real Santa? Uh...uh... Y-y-yeah; I can do that for you! All you have to do is go to Dr. Eggman's base, and he will take you to Santa."

Sonic responds by having a weird look on his face, "Dr. Eggman? Why would I do that?"

"Uh...uh... because he knows everything! Including Santa's location!"

Sonic ends up believing him and hops off Eggman's lap.

Knuckles goes next with Eggman saying, "Ho ho ho! What would you like for Christmas, little boy?"

"I want my dad to come home for Christmas," answers Knuckles casually.

Eggman nudges the echidna off his lap and walks into the tent.

Knuckles walks up to the Mc'Newmans and says, "Gee, that Santa seemed really nice."

"I know," Aleena agrees, "but why would Santa ask Sonic to go to Eggman's base?"

Sonic gets in the conversation and answers, "Because Eggman knows everything. Although I'm not sure why Santa wants me to go to Eggman of all people."

"Me neither," Knuckles and Aleena agree.


In the tent...

As Eggman changes into his regular clothes, Tinkle scares him by asking, "Were you telling that blue hedgehog about Santa?"

Eggman jumps in fear, which makes his pants fall off of him, "Kinda-sorta...look, that blue hedgehog is the one Santa rescued. You know who else that hedgehog is?"

"Who?" Tinkle asks.

"Sonic Mc'Newman! He's my arch-enemy!"

Tinkle finds all of this confusing, "How can a five-year-old hedgehog be an enemy to you?"

"It's a long story," answers Eggman, "and I don't feel comfortable talking to you about it."

"Okay then," Tinkle says as he walks away.


And that was the last part of Mall Trip! I need your help coming up with ideas for this story, as I can't write these on my own. I also need help with 'The Chaos Emeralds' and my newest story 'The Star Family'. Feel free to check them out and come up with some ideas! Make sure I get these stories out there and done! Remember to leave a review for me and I will see you in the next chapter!