Wings
Chapter Eleven
Christmas Eve. Frost covered every patch of ground you could walk on and the crisp, cool air could redden your cheeks. Amy felt very excited as she drove home with what seems like a million shopping bags in the back of her car. The sweet sound of Wham's 'Last Christmas' came flowing through the speakers and that only made her more eager for later tonight.
Amy was having her closest friends for a little Christmas-y get together. They were would be drinks (she would be only drinking water, though) and a great feast they would share. As well as cute crackers they would pull and then fun little games they would play together. She was, to say the least, very enthusiastic about whole shebang.
She had asked Knuckles and Rouge, as well as Tails and Cream but Kiera and Shadow would be coming also. She knew that only Rouge and Sonic, Shadow knew about Kiera's living existence. Knuckles also knew but Amy didn't know that. Tails and Cream would eventually find out but she wasn't sure if Cream would know about who she was but Tails would. He'd want to ask questions. A lot of questions, like she did.
Amy told them it was compulsory to wear terrible Christmas sweaters, the uglier the better. Kiera wasn't very happy about that and it took a lot of pleading and convincing but Shadow made her consider it. That made Amy very happy, also. Mr and Mrs Sunshine at Christmas can be a very good thing and she was going make sure it would be.
A little fact unknown to her it is already a good thing.
Kiera and Shadow made a little pact not to tell anyone about their little 'thing' going on until she has taken down Aiken and made sure Amy and the baby are safe, then they will talk about what they were outside of her ongoing mission.
Today, Sonic was her little lap dog. He would sit with her and wrap presents that weren't his or hers. Each person got ten presents, they were small gifts. He would wrap them with their personalised tags and wrapping paper while Amy was in the kitchen cooking the dinner. She was swearing a sweater with a fat reindeer on it while Sonic was wearing a sweater with Santa getting stuck in the chimney.
Their guests would be arriving any minutes. Sonic put all their little presents into the right bags for each person. He knew which one belonged to whom buy the custom tags. Tails had a wrench, Cream had a flower, Knuckles had an emerald, Rouge had a high heel, Shadow had a gun and Kiera had a howling head of a wolf. Amy thought it was adorable.
The doorbell rang and Sonic got up to greet the guests, he opened the door and smiled at the couple. "Hey, Tails, Cream. Nice sweaters." He widened the door to let them in. Cream was wearing a melting snowman and Tails was wearing a Santa yelling 'Ho, Ho, Ho'.
"Thanks, Sonic!" Cream and Tails walked in, holding a bag of presents each, and he closed the door. He took their coats and hung them up.
"Merry Christmas, Sonic." Tails smiled at him.
He returned the smile. "Merry Christmas, bro." They all walked into the living room and sat down.
"So, who's coming tonight?" Cream brought up with a smile.
"Well, there's Knuckles and Rouge, Shadow then, um, a girl you have yet to meet." He didn't know Tails' reaction might be but he would've thought that Cream would bring her in with open arms.
"A girl?" Tails raised an eyebrow.
"Is she his girlfriend?" Cream grinned.
"We wish." He smirked.
The doorbell rang again and Sonic got up, leaving Tails and Cream to chat to amongst themselves. He opened the door and saw Rouge and Knuckles. She was holding a large bag of presents. He smiled. "Come on in." He opened the door wider and they walked right on through. He took their coats and hung them up.
He led them through to the living room and they met with Tails and Cream. The two of them smiled happily at Rouge and Knuckles. "Merry Christmas, guys!" Rouge cheered.
Knuckles sat down with them as well as Rouge. "So, Cream, tell me, what have you been up to?" She asked with a sweet smile.
"Still working at the library." She smiled.
"All those books, won't you get bored?" Cream shrugged.
"If you like reading books, it's not boring. If you don't, then it might be boring." Cream reasoned, and Rouge nodded understanding.
The doorbell went a final time. It must be Shadow and Kiera, Sonic thought. He got up and answered the door. He saw Shadow with a sweater with a reindeer on it wearing Raybands and Kiera wore a sweater with a snowman melting in the sun. They had a bad of presents also. Shadow did most of the shopping. It was the best he could find for her without her making a disgusted face.
"Look at you two, like a cute little couple." He teased.
Kiera glared at him. "You better have alcohol."
Shadow chuckled at that. "I'm sure they will."
"Mr and Mrs Sunshine, sitting in a tree. K-I-" Sonic began to sing to them.
"Continue that and that ugly sweater won't be the ugliest thing on you." She walked in and Shadow shook his head, following her.
Sonic patted his shoulder. "She's a keeper, Shad."
Kiera knew they would be in the living room so she went to the kitchen to help Amy. In the meanwhile, Shadow walked into the living room.
Tails smiled at him. "Hey, Shadow. Happy Christmas."
He smiled at him. "Thanks. You, too, Tails."
"I heard you came with a girl. I'd like to meet her." Cream smiled up at him.
He paused for a moment. "Yeah, she's in the kitchen with Rose." He glanced at Sonic and Rouge.
Cream got up excited. She liked to meet new people, especially who were friends with her friends. She exited the living room and into the kitchen. The kitchen smelt absolutely delicious, the scent is full of turkey and herbs. She saw Kiera and smiled, she didn't know who she was.
"Hi, I'm Cream." She greeted.
Kiera gave her a smile. "Kiera." She said as she put the bowl of brussel sprouts on the table.
"It's nice to meet you, Merry Christmas." Amy then handed her the gravy bowl.
Kiera took the bowl and set it on the table. "Merry Christmas." Amy turned to Cream with a smile.
"You mind getting everyone in here?" She smiled.
Cream smiled and nodded, she left the dining room and kitchen to the living room. She clasped her hands together and rubbed them. "It's dinner time." She grinned. Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Tails and Rouge left the living room with her and walked into the dining room. The table was set in a white, red and gold theme as was the rest of the house. There were lights everywhere. There was a glass of wine where everyone sat but Amy's. She had a glass of water, of course.
"Everything looks gorgeous, honey." Rouge commented, taking in the decorated room and the food. She sat down next to Knuckles. Sonic and Amy sat at the ends of the table. Tails sat next to Knuckles and opposite Cream, whom was sat next to Kiera and she was sat next to Shadow. Tails hasn't recognised her yet.
"Can't wait to tuck in." Knuckles smirked.
"Well, dig in, everybody and Merry Christmas!" Amy raised her glass, as did the others.
"Merry Christmas." They cheered and all clinked glasses gently in celebration.
They all chose what they wanted on their plates and chowed down on the delicious turkey, stuffing, carrots, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes and gravy. It was all to die for, every last piece. After their dinner, they pulled the crackers with each other.
Sonic read out his corny joke. "What does Santa suffer from when he gets stuck in the chimney?"
Tails smiled. "Why?"
"Claustrophobia!" They shook their heads at the horrible world play.
"That was awful." Rouge said with a scrunched up face.
Amy motioned for Kiera to go next and she looked at the joke and her face dropped in annoyance. "What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?"
Shadow smirked. "What?"
"A Christmas Quacker." She muttered, not amused.
They all laughed at how annoyed she was at the pun.
"I think we can guess who has the best sweater." Knuckles pointed to Kiera's ugly Christmas sweater.
"Thanks for that." She smiled.
"You're welcome, Kiera." Tails then turned his head to Kiera. Kiera. He repeated her name in his mind before it clicked.
"You're dead." He said, more to himself than anyone.
Cream got confused. "What?"
"I really get that a lot." She laughed to herself and rubbed the back of her neck.
"Are you The Kiera?" He asked and the ones who knew stayed silent, waiting for him to get it.
"No, the other one." She smirked.
Then it clicked in Cream. She remembered Tails telling her all about what happened to Amy five years ago and someone named Kiera, who was better at him at computers took down G.U.N and then died that same day. Now, she is alive and well, and sat right next to her but she knew that she wasn't afraid of Kiera. She found some sadness in her eyes.
"How are you feeling?" Cream asked her.
Kiera turned her head to her. "What?"
"You're sad, I can see it in your eyes." Cream said seriously.
Kiera gulped and Shadow looked straight at her, worried. "The last time I celebrated Christmas was before my family was killed. It just brings up memories. Not bad memories, the good memories. I just miss them, that's all." Kiera explained and Shadow squeezed her hand under the table. She smiled to herself at that.
"I'm sorry." Cream smiled softly at her.
"It's okay." Kiera nodded and downed her white wine.
"I need that." Shadow chuckled at that.
"Thought so." He commented.
"You might filling me up, sweetheart?" She smirked at Amy.
Amy giggled. "Sure thing, grabbed the wine bottle and poured into her glass until she told her to stop.
"Thank you." She winked.
Kiera stepped out through the back door, later on, she needed to catch some fresh air before the chit-chat and gift giving. She didn't have the actual time to shop for presents so she had Shadow get hers as well. She told Shadow to get Amy some book ends for her ridiculous romance novels but she then went out in the morning, while clearing her head, and bought her a snow globe with a teddy bear with a picnic basket with a message saying 'someone special, me to you'. It was simple and with Amy's heightened hormones, she'll most likely cry when she opens it Christmas morning.
Kiera felt someone joined her, turning her head to that someone, she saw Shadow. "Are you doing okay?" He asked, concerned.
"Peachy." She said to him.
"But, thank you, for the thing you did." Kiera continued, mentioning how he comforted her by holding her hand under the table at dinner.
"It's fine as long as you're okay now." He gave her a gentle smile.
"One more glass of wine then I'm perfect." She smirked and he chuckled. Sonic and Amy were washing up the dishes from the dinner and Sonic nudged her, making her look at Kiera and Shadow outside.
Sonic smirked. "They look chummy."
Amy laughed. "They certainly have gotten closer."
"Mr and Mrs Sunshine sitting in a tree." Sonic sang but then stopped when Shadow kissed Kiera's cheek.
"Oh. My. God." The couple spoke in unison.
"It's happening and it's adorable." Amy giggled, wiggling her shoulders in a cute little dance.
Sonic knocked on the window, startling Shadow and Kiera. "I know it is Christmas but keep it in your pants, kids." He smirked but he soon lost that smirk as they gave a less than polite response with their middle finger.
"A match made in heaven."
