Hot Chocolate

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in this story.

Character(s): Cream and Vanilla

During the winter, there happened to be many things Cream loved about the holidays: the snow, the presents, and overall jolly atmosphere that blanketed the world in a warm embrace to journey with them through the harsh, yet mystical weather.

One thing she especially likes to do during this season was making hot chocolate. And drinking it, of course!

Cream herself could make it, but she much preferred her mother's; she had watched her make it many times, watched as her mother diced up the proper amount of chocolate and melted it as she added various flavorings that intensified the ending result's sweetness. Then, when all the chocolate's melted and reached standard temperature expected of hot chocolate, she would pour each of them a mug, and they would sip their hot chocolate while watching a Christmas movie of some sort.

Even now, throughout all the adventure's she's been on and thing's she's done, Cream can still readily admit that there was no sensation like the one you get from tasting her mother's home-made hot chocolate. She knew her friends really enjoyed it too; in winter, whenever any of them would stop by, they would always ask for a mug. Vanilla always took the request and prepared them a batch of it. And each time, they would say that it was the best hot chocolate they've ever had.

The combination of flavors her mother uses really helps, too; sometimes she'll add just a pinch of mint and/or cinnamon, mix it in with mini marshmallows, or top it off with a pile of whipped cream and a cherry. Other times, she'll implement other fruit flavorings into the drink. To Cream, it seemed that any combination her mother concocted tasted delicious, no matter what was in it.

She was glad for that, considering how much she loved drinking hot chocolate a lot in the winter; having the same exact hot chocolate each time would get tiring eventually. And it's not as if she can just stop drinking so much of it, either; during this season, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything as delectable or comforting as a mug of hot chocolate, especially one made by her mother.

Smokestep: So, so sorry for how late this is! I meant to put it up earlier, but something got in the way and . . . well, I should probably stop making promises, huh? Either way, tomorrow I'll try to be more punctual. Anyhow, if you enjoy this chapter, and have any praise/criticism for it, please share your opinions in the box below. Catch you tomorrow!

Response To Reviews:

Christian Ape99: Rush? *looks at time* Yeah, I don't think rushing it will be that much of a problem.

Twin-books: Well, you don't owe me an apology, since it wasn't all that serious, and it was all in good nature. Unless, of course, you were being sarcastic.

Now, in terms of that sentence ("He knew that the first time fought against Eggman, then known as Dr. Robotnik, on South Island"), you would be correct in the sense that placing another "he" before "fought" would make the sentence. Matter of fact, I'll go change it after putting up this chapter. The way I worded it was okay, but adding that extra "he" would make the sentence more clear in its meaning.

About who wrote the card, I intended to say somewhere in the chapter that it was sent by a random civilian he didn't personally know, but after reading your review, I realized I put that part in, so I'm glad you said something; it now has a few sentences or so explaining that in the actual chapter, so no one gets confused.

Anyhow, thank you for putting so much consideration and detail into your reviews. As you can see, your input and praise helped me make a few needed edits as well as give me an idea of what can make this story better and that's what I look for, so thank you. I look forward to what you have to say next.

ShinyShiny9: Thank you, and that is, might I say, a good synopsis of the chapter. Hope you enjoy this one just as much.

Chelan: I can write a chapter for Blaze and/or Silver, but it'll have to be something other than snow or anything I've done so far. I'll try to find a theme (or themes) that I can write for them, and I suppose you'll see them when they come up in the story. Anyhow, thank you! I'll try to keep up the good work.