Author's Notes: As you noticed I changed the summary some. And yes the cars don't know about it! I purposely did that for one to have you wonder how they knew and two something unlike all the others. Third it's just appropriate to add anyway cause when I was young I learned it and I wanted to bring that moment of my life here. So enjoy! And Lightning may be a bit out of character when he learns about Christmas too. Enjoy!

Doc and Lightning drove down the halls and saw ornaments all around. Lightning looked at it and whispered to Doc curious "What is all that stuff?" Doc shrugged and whispered back "I don't know…" Lightning saw someone in a bed and drove in to look. Doc stopped then came to Lightning. Doc was hesitant and whispered a warning "Lightning whatever you do don't rev your engine…" Lightning didn't hear what Doc had said. He smirked "Time to make our appearance…" Doc yelled half-whispering "Lightning no!" Too late…Lightning revved his engine as loud as he could. Doc slapped his hood then glared at Lightning "You can be so stubborn sometimes…This being that time!" The girl jumped at the rev then saw Lightning and screamed. Lightning yelped and jumped back hitting the wall. The girl hid under her covers hoping she couldn't be seen though her outline could seen be from the blanket. She was about 8yrs old and had black hair and blue eyes. Doc rolled forward a bit and spoke in his usual calm tone "It's ok we won't hurt ya…" She slowly came out and looked at Doc "Y-You can talk?" He nodded. Lightning looked at the girl curious but a bit nervous too. Doc glanced at lightning catching his look "It's ok Lightning she seems more afraid of us…" She looked at Lightning and Doc "You have names too?" Lightning nodded "Of course we do…We all do…" The girl moved to the end of the bed. She looked at Lightning "So you're Lightning huh?" Lightning nodded and smirked "The one and only" She then looked at Doc curiously "So if he's Lightning who are you?" Doc dipped his hood a bit "I'm his crew chief Doc Hudson but you can call me Doc." Lightning teased "He's not for his whole name…" Doc glared a Lightning a bit "Watch it rookie…" Lightning changed the subject and looked at the eight-year-old "So what's your name?" The girl smiled "Oh I'm Lilly". Doc smiled "Pretty name." Lightning agreed to that.

There were soon footstep coming. Lilly panicked "Uh-oh! It's my parents! I don't know how'd they react to seeing you so you better hide" Doc raced to the closet and Lightning stood beside the nightstand and closed his eyes. He held his breath and stayed very still so not to be noticed. Her parents sleepily came in. "Lilly what's wrong? It's three in the morning…" Her mom asked. Lilly didn't want to tell them she just met talking cars so she made an excuse "Oh I-I had a bad dream but it's ok now…" Her parents nodded and walked out of the room and shut the door. Lightning opened an eye and gave a weak reply from holding his breath "Are they gone?" Lilly nodded and Lightning gasped glad they were. Doc came out of the closet and shook his hood "kid ya didn't have to do that…" Lightning glared a bit panting "Now he tells me…" Lilly chuckled "Well you can stay here for tonight but we'll have to get up in a few hours for school." Lightning quickly caught his breath and looked at her confused "School? What's that?" Lilly explained "School is where we go for eight hours 5 days a week everyday." Lightning was still confused. Lilly looked at him as she laid back down "You'll find out in the morning Lightning…" She closed her eyes and fell asleep. Lightning lowered down and slept too along with Doc.

It was soon six in the morning and then her alarm went off. Lightning and Lilly groaned. Lighting muttered still half-asleep "Turn it off! We can sleep a bit longer!" Lilly banged the alarm sleepily and went back to sleep. She then looked at the clock "Oh I gotta get ready!" She jumped out of bed and raced around. Doc woke up and was laying down (By that I mean his chassis is on the ground and he's on his shocks. Which would be lying down as a car). He looked at her and shook his hood trying to wake up "What on earth are you doin' kid? It's six in the mornin'…" Lilly nodded as she continued racing around "Getting ready for school. I don't know if you two have it but it takes us a few minutes to get ready." Doc got up and stretched his axles and then drove over to Lightning "Kid wake up…" He gently hit Lightning with his tire to roust him up. Lightning flinched and groaned "Five more minutes…I'm too tired to train…" Doc chuckled "You ain't trainin' kid but we're goin to see what a school is remember?" Lightning perked up some but not like he used to "Ok, Ok…I'm up, I'm up…" He got up and stretched his axles too. Lilly stopped well dressed and ready. She looked at Lightning and Doc "Come on guys time for breakfast!" She raced down. Lightning perked up more "Breakfast? Great I'm starving!" He followed after. Doc rolled his eyes smiling and followed too.

Lilly went to the cabinet and got a cereal box and then to fridge for milk. She got a bowl and poured the cereal in the bowl then the milk. Lightning looked at the bowl as she was eating her breakfast "What are you eating…?" Lilly looked at him "Cereal" Lightning raised a windshield "Cereal? What's that?" Lilly was a bit shocked "You don't know what it is?" Lightning shook his hood then she explained "Cereal is what we eat to keep us healthy but we have to eat more than just one thing and it's made of wheat or sugar or something…"Lightning backed up a bit "If there's sugar in it we can't have it because it's bad for us. It makes us sick or…something like that…" Lightning tank growled with hunger and he lowered down a bit embarrassed. Lilly looked at Lightning "You're hungry huh? Hmm…" She looked around "What do you guys eat anyway?" Lightning gave the short answer of 'We drink oil'. Lilly raised an eyebrow "Oil…? Not exactly what I'd eat but that's me. I don't think we have oil here…Sorry Lightning" Doc drove in and looked at Lilly eating "What is that?" Lilly looked at the bowl then at him "Oh it's just cereal Lightning told me you couldn't eat cause of the sugar." Lightning looked at Doc "Is it possible we can eat anything else besides oil? I'm starving!" Doc rolled his eyes at his drama "For one Lightning your not starving your fine and another thing maybe we can I'm not sure…" Lightning looked around "Well I'll take a chance I need something in my tank…" He soon saw a coffee maker and got excited "Hey look! Gasoline!" He raced to it and drank some. Lilly got a bit worried "Lightning that's not gasoline…" He stopped "Then what is it?" Lilly showed him the coffee ground container. Lightning had the grounds in his mouth and spit them out coughing "Ew! Yuck! How can you drink that stuff?" Lilly shrugged "I don't my parents do…" Lightning stuck his tongue out and shook his hood in disgust. Lilly got up "Here Light I have an idea…" Lightning raised a windshield. She soon had a piece of yellow fruit in her hand. Lightning looked at it then at her "You want me to eat a yellow telephone?" Lilly laughed "No silly! It's a banana and it's fruit. There's no sugar in it so I think it'll be safe for you. And it's not like the coffee" Lightning looked at it and took a bite "Hey this isn't bad…And it'll do for now…" Lilly smiled "That's good…You want anything Doc?" Doc shrugged "I'm not sure…I'm not used to the whole 'eatin other foods' thing…" Lightning looked at Doc "Oh com'n Doc you gotta eat something…" Lilly then got an idea "I know you could have waffles just without the syrup. The syrup has sugar…alot…" Doc tilted his hood not knowing what that was. She came back and set them down. Doc looked at them then at Lilly "This is a waffle?" She nodded "Yup nothing on it" Doc took a bite and liked it. The three ate their breakfast.

Later that morning she went to the door and got her coat and backpack "Ok we're off! To the most boring place in life…" Lightning chuckled "Oh come on school can't be that boring…" She nodded "You've never been in it…it is." She walked out the door with Doc and Lightning following. Lightning looked around seeing more ornaments "What are those things?" Lilly looked "Christmas decorations…" Lightning and Doc looked at each other confused then back at her. Lightning slowed down "What is Christmas…?" Lilly stopped "You don't have it where you're from?" Lightning shook his hood. Lilly kneeled down to Light's level "Christmas is the day we celebrate Jesus being born. Most people think it's about presents or the food. Actually Christmas is just a time of giving and being with people you know…" Lightning looked down then at her "Huh…I never thought of it that way…" He looked at the ornaments again "Then if that's the true meaning why do people decorate?" Lilly got up "Well to spread holiday cheer and to make it look festive for the day. It only comes once a year" Lightning nodded his hood and the two followed her to school.