From the bridge and the warm stream, Sonic and Amy went back to the more crowded part of the town to grab some food and maybe something to drink too. Sonic bought some cookies and mulled wine. The girl wrapped around her palms around the cup. She took a sip and it started warming up her body from the inside. The strange beverage tasted somewhat like mild grape flavored tea, rather than actual wine. Maybe because of the various spices that people mixed into it while it was brewing to make it more like a much more independent drink.

"Tasty. I can't believe that this thing was wine before." said Amy with a smile on her face. She started sipping from the cup more intensively not caring about that it burned her tongue a bit. Looks like she has never tasted such drink before. She was like a small child who is discovering the world around her. The world changed so much under the two hundred years, she thought. She also took some bites from the gingerbread that Sonic bought for her. Gingerbread existed when she was young too so this was not a new discovery for her. Although, she always loved the taste of gingerbread.

"We'll have a dinner later at my place. Until then shall we visit some of my friends?" asked Sonic. Amy nodded and the young hedgehog grabbed her hand then lead her to the place where he and his friends always hang out. To the old inn from the beginning of the story. Going across the most crowded place in the town, the town center where the fair was taking place, they went to the outer skirt of the town, which was less crowded. In fact, just a very few people were on the streets.

The wooden door was creaking as it opened and a thick smell of spices and alcohol hit their noses. They proceeded further into the noisy inn and Sonic lead Amy to the table where the two other youngsters sat, playing some kind of game again. Probably Blackjack again. The sorceress girl was nervous because she is not really comfortable with other people than Sonic. Furthermore, she was a bit afraid how they would react if they saw a figure from a legend in front of their bare eyes. Conquering her fears in seconds, she exhaled while the young male hedgehog was pulling her to a table by the hands gently.

"Hey guys." shouted Sonic and the two hedgehogs boys turned their head towards the source of the sound.

"Who's that girl with you Sonic?!" Shadow and Silver asked Sonic at the exact same time, with a noticeable surprised tone in their voice. He looked at Amy and a question could be read from his eyes:

"Can I tell them?"

"Not now. Maybe later" she whispered to the boy's ear softly.

They sat down to the table and a waitress came to the newly arrived couple asking them what they would like to order. Sonic ordered something to drink since they are going to eat at his house. Amy asked for hot chocolate. The woman wrote it down on a paper and left. While the boys were chatting, the sorceress girl was admiring the beautifully dancing blaze in the fireplace. She watched as the flames turned the wood into a chunk of ash and coal with a crackling sound. Suddenly he got interrupted by the boys.

"Can we ask for your name?" asked Silver, looking at the girl with wide eyes.

"My name's Amy" she answered.

"I can't recognize you. Are you new in town?" asked Shadow.

"Y…Yes. I came here because this town is so magnificent during this time. It's so lively." said Amy and was a bit nervous. "I live in a town to the south from here"

Sonic nodded in agreement then Silver and Shadow remained silent for a few minutes, probably thinking about what to ask from the sorceress girl. While looking at her, they noticed that she slightly looked like a frozen corpse. Pale, a bit blueish skin, pallid pink fur and red color under her eye, like piled up blood shards.

"You look strange, Amy. Are you feeling okay?" asked Silver worried about her condition.

"Yes. You probably noticed my look. An illness what I have caught in my childhood deformed my look into this." explained it Amy. It's strange because Silver was learning to be a doctor and so far, he had not come across such illness in the books he read. This look of Amy only applied to a frozen corpse. But he shrugged it off and suggested to go back playing Blackjack and asked Amy if she wanted to join the game. She hesitated first because she did not know how to play such game, because she never liked gambling but for the sake of fun she decided to try it once. And who knows, maybe she will get some money from this little game. Sonic explained the rules and the worth of each cards. The sorceress girl memories everything immediately and the game began.

Sonic, because he did not take part in the game, he took the role of the dealer. He shuffled the cards and gave everyone two cards. The player looked at their cards and counted the value of them. Shadow fifteen, Silver thirteen and Amy ten. The hedgehog with black fur decided not to ask for a third card. Silver and Amy asked for a third card. Silver got a King and his cards worth thirty three so his cards became higher than the maximum so he lost. Amy however, next to the cards, worth ten, got an Ace and combining those numbers, she got twenty one meaning a blackjack and won the first round.

"Wow! A blackjack for the first time. Beginner's luck I see." said Shadow smirking in defeat.

"Here's your hot chocolate, miss" the waitress appeared from almost nowhere and delivered the cup of hot chocolate and the drink for Sonic then left with smile on her face.

"Hehe. I think I am lucky." chuckled Amy while collecting her prize. They played for another hour then got bored of it. Of course, the main heroine of the story, Amy won the most rounds.

"Ugh….I'm bored. Let's get out of here and do something else." suggested Shadow while stretching his numb limbs. Everyone agreed but they did not know where to go or what to do. The sorceress girl then remembered, she saw a sign earlier about a figure skating competition and she suggested to go there. She even brought up entering the competition. The guys looked at each other in confusion but for the sake of their new friend, they said yes and after paying for the stuff they ordered, the gang left to the place where the figure skating competition going to take place.