Chapter 2-11: Christmas Special
A/N: I may not be doing much for a few weeks as the Holidays are here and I am incredibly busy with work and school. So I am doing my Christmas chapter early. This is also going to be it's own little story as well with a second part on there but not here.
It was early December and snow from the recent storm covered the ground. This was the last week of school before the winter break. The thirteen friends all planned to have Christmas with the Apples. Rainbow Dash woke up and got ready before heading outside where she saw Rage walking down the street. "Rage!" she called running up to him.
"Oh hi Rainbow Dash." Rage says
"Have you seen Sonic?" Rainbow asks
"Oh yeah." Rage replies "Sonic had to go in early to take a test he missed in economics class."
"Oh…" Rainbow Dash sighs "Maybe you will walk to school with me?"
"Sure thing." Rage says answers with a smile as she took place next to Rage and they continued walking to school.
Sonic was hanging out in the music room. He was done with the test so he decided to wait for his friends. Soon Rage and Rainbow Dash walked in "…That was when Shadow fell on top of him and they fell down the stairs." Rage says finishing a story
"Ouch." Rainbow laughs as she sees Sonic "Hay Sonic."
"Mind telling me why you are with Rage" Sonic asks
"We just walked to school together." Rage replies
"I asked him where you were and then I asked him if he could walk to school with me." Rainbow says
"Okay." Sonic sighs "Sorry I jumped the gun there."
"Keep in mind I am with Sunset Shimmer, Sonic." Rage points out
"Right…that too." The cobalt haired teen smiles. Suddenly Rebecca comes busting in.
"Woah Reb'!" Rage says keeping her from falling down "Calm down what happened?!"
"It's horrible…Shadow…he..he's being attacked!" she pants
"By who?" Sonic asks
"Sc-Scourge and his gang." She cries. Rage and Sonic look at each other as Sunset walks in.
"What's with all the commotion?" she asks
"Shadow's in trouble." Rage says "We have to help him!"
"What happened?" Sunset asks.
"He's being attacked by Scourge." Sonic says as he and Rage run out of the room. Soon Sunset follows.
"This is just what we needed the day before vacation." Rage snarls as they reach a hall crowded by kids who were watching the fight.
"Great now what?" Sonic asks. Rage stops to think before grabbing Sonic and moving through. The CMC noticed and helped push kids out of the way.
In the center of the circle Scourge could hear people moving and complaining as a black haired, dark skinned female looks over. Her eyes were amber and her outfit a black shirt the exposed her lower belly, short black pants, black shoes, and black leather gloves. Her hair was highlighted with red as she moves it from her eyes "What is going on?" she asks. Soon Rage and Sonic make it to the front and look at the badly beaten Shadow.
"You know…" Sonic sighs crossing his arms "Two on one is not cool."
"What do you mean?" Scourge asks
"It's cowardly." Rage answers "If you don't have the guts to take a guy on by yourself then you are a simple coward. Besides Scourge I thought I told you before to leave my friends alone."
"Who's that?" the girl asks
"That's Rage." Scourge whispers back
"You mean to tell me that ignorant kid is my other?" the girl retorts
"Other?" Rage exclaims looking at her before realization sweeps over his face. "Rena…" he growls "I thought I took care of you back home."
"You won't get away with this." Sonic promises
"What are you going to do about it Blue?" Scourge asks. Rage answers for Sonic as he does a leaping kick and knocks Scourge into Rena.
"You two make me sick…" he huffs "This is your warning. Leave now and leave Shadow and my friends alone or next time I won't be so generous." He orders picking the two up who, though not wanting to, run. Sonic helps Shadow up as Rage looks at the kids. Without a word the three return to the music room where their other friends were now awaiting them.
"What happened?" Applejack asks running over taking Shadow from Sonic and laying him down. Sonic explains what had happened as Rage stands looking out the window crossly.
"Is something wrong Rage?" Fluttershy asks
"No." Rage answers not even bothering to looking at her or the reflection of her in the glass.
"You don't seem like you're okay darling." Rarity says concerned. Rage just looks off into space for a minute before he sighs and replied "I just hope we can have a peaceful Christmas. The last thing I want is to look bad in front of Applejack's family. I mean sure it's just you girls, Sonic, Shadow and I. But…still I just worry about it all."
"Well you worry too much Rage." Applejack says "My family ain't gonna cause ya'll any trouble." Rage looks at Applejack and then at the others and smiles. "I guess you guys are right." He gladly answers.
"Now come on let's head home." Sonic says.
"Hay Rage this isn't about Icezer is it?" Sunset asks and Rage looks away as if he had been struck by something.
"Rage?" Sonic asks "What is she talking about?"
"It's my problem not yours." Rage responds looking away.
"Rage, why would you say that!?" Sunset asks surprised "We are all friends here one person problem is all of our problems. You can't just keep that pain inside of you. Share it with us otherwise it will just grow and grow until you can't take it anymore and you do something that may not be a good thing." She begs making Rage look at her face which was pleading with that 'please…' look. Rage sighed and turned looking down still.
"Christmas was always Icezer's favorite time of year. We would play in the snow and do all kinds of stuff together but…since he died…Christmas hasn't been the same. I can't be happy on Christmas simply because it was also the day he passed away." Rage tells them.
"Rage…" Sonic says looking surprised "Why didn't you just tell us before? Shadow and I would have helped you. We could have even gotten Silver to help to. Is that why you have been so depressed around Christmas all these years?"
"Wait but then why have I seen someone who calls himself Icezer around the halls?" Pinkie Pie asks
"That's not the Icezer I know…" Rage says looking at her "There is and Icezer in this world too. But whether or not I have a second here I do not yet know." He responds "But let's just stop talking about this. You were right Sunset I feel a lot better now that I got that off of my chest. Come on let's all go home." He smiles. The gang then exits the music room and heads home for the holidays or at least until they see each other come Christmas.
To Be Continued