Christmas on Angel Island Excerpt

Christmas on Angel Island

She stretched her hands above her head. She giggled as the soft snowflakes melted against her arms. It’s been years since she felt wind and grass. But those sensations she remembered. It was snow that she had no recollection of. It was completely alien to her.

She turned to smile at the giant green gem. “How do you think he’ll react?”

Chaos rose up from the water surrounding the shrine. The god shrugged. Are you sure about this?

The mental link still connecting the two. Tikal gave a swift nod.

You don’t even understand what they were talking about though.

Tikal shrugged. “But this Christmas holiday sounds really fun! It sounds so warm and enjoyable. And to think, when Knuckles gets back, I’ll have a Christmas on the whole island for him!”

Chaos rolled his eyes. You don’t even know how to cook. He shook his head as he stared out at the expanse of the giant island.

A fireplace, a Christmas tree, bright lights, ornaments everywhere, mistletoes, and lots of delicious foods meant to share. Tikal was sure she could do that. After all, Sonic and crew took Knuckles with them around this time of year since they’ve known him. Knuckles never stayed long, but Tikal wanted to give him a Christmas when he got back. Surely she could do so.

The orange echidna clasped her hands together. “Let’s get started!”

Oh boy. This won’t go well.

“Don’t be so negative Chaos!” Tikal hopped down the steps as she waved her hands. “I’ve got this!”

Several hours later and Tikal was doubting that she had anything. She had found mistletoe on the island. The plant wasn’t all that common on the island though. She placed the decorative plant along the rim of the top of the altar. She placed similar green plants along the steps. Satisfied with this, she turned her attention to the rest of the things on the list. A fireplace, a Christmas tree, bright lights, ornaments, and food.

Lacking a place to put a fire place, she made a large bon fire close to the shrine. The sky was still bright, so she didn’t bother lighting it. She placed wood inside of it and tried to keep the snow out of it. After she had a good amount of wood in it, she turned to Chaos and beamed a huge smile.

“Looking nice, isn’t it?”

I guess. But I’m not sure if Christmas on the main lands look like this. He shrugged.

“It’ll be okay if we change a few things.” Tikal assured him. She made torches and placed them around the clearing of the shrine. It took her a few hours to make the torches, but she did it.

Once she was done, she sat on the steps for a moment. “What does a Christmas tree and ornaments look like?” She sighed, placing her chin into her hands.

Beats me. Chaos shrugged. Guess we’ll just have to do without it.

“I guess.” Tikal stood up and brushed some dirt off her dress. “Well, I better get dinner ready.”

Chaos flinched. You intend to cook? You don’t know how.

“I do too. It’s just been a while.” Tikal stated.

A couple thousand years.

Tikal sent the god of chao an annoyed glare. “Stop being such a pessimist.” She turned and went into the woods, grabbing a bow and some arrows she had made earlier.