Taismo- Christmas '07 Special

A Taismo Christmas Story

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It was Christmas Eve…

There was a party hosted at Tails’ house. It was just a calm relaxing party next to the fireplace with cake and ice cream, and they were all invited to spend the night at his home so they could all be together on Christmas morning. Stockings were hanging above the warm fireplace, presents were under the tree, and on the very top of this beautiful Christmas tree, there perched the doll of an angel…

This angelic doll represented the one Tails lost so long ago… It was Cosmo who was perching upon the tree… This was the first Christmas after she had died; just a few months after that tragic day… The reason he put the doll on the tree was to honour and respect her, and simply because this made him feel happier and safer, knowing that she will remain with him in his heart…

“So Cream, did you write your letter to Santa Claus?” Tails asked with his modest smile.
“Of course I did, Tails!” Cream giggled, “Did you?”
Tails shook his head, “Nah, I’m too old to believe in that stuff.”
The others around them snickered slightly.
“Huh? Why not??” Cream asked in shock, “Don’t you want anything for Christmas?”
“Heh… Well yeah, but… Nothing that I would ever get.” Tails explained.
“Oh, well here!” Cream handed him a piece of paper and a pencil, “Hurry and write what you want before Santa delivers the presents tonight!”
Tails snickered, “Nah its okay, Cream.” He tried to give the paper and pencil back to Cream, but she pushed it away back to him.
“Tails, you should! What do you want?”
“I, uh…” Tails’ ears lowered to the sides and he stared at the piece of paper in his hand, while wielding the pencil in the other.
“Just write ‘Dear Santa’, then write what you want, and sign your name!” She explained, “And then when you are done the letter, you’re supposed to let the note blow away in the wind outside. It will fly through the air all the way to Santa in the North Pole!”
“Isn’t that littering…?”
“No, not if it’s a letter to Santa!”
Tails had a laugh and he decided to write the note to make Cream happy. But what he wrote just made him hurt inside, and he didn’t want anybody to see it…
“Tails? Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing’s wrong, I’m fine.”
“What did you write in the note?” Cream asked curiously.
“Well, if I told you that, it wouldn’t come true.”
Cream giggled, “That’s only for making a wish on your birthday when you blow out the candles. You can still tell me what you want for Christmas and it will still come true.”
“Sure it will…” Tails sighed sarcastically.
“Well, Tails? What did you write to Santa for?”
Tails stuttered a bit, but before answering the question he threw the piece of paper out the window so he didn’t have to show her.
“Just… something that I’d like to keep to myself…”
“Oh… Ok then…” Cream understood, “Well the note will reach Santa now that you threw it out the window.”
“Yeah…” Tails lowered his head and sat in a ball holding his knees.

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It was getting late now, and everyone was preparing to crawl into their own beds that Tails had prepared for them around the house.
“Do you think Santa will come??” Cream asked her mother, Vanilla, who was tucking her in bed in one of the spare bedrooms.
“I’m sure he will, dear…” Vanilla replied in a motherly tone.
“Will he bring presents to put under the tree??” Cream continued.
Vanilla giggled, “That’s what he does, dear.”
“I can’t wait until tomorrow morning!” Cream squeaked.
“Well if you want tomorrow to come quicker, then go to sleep.”
“Ok, Mother. Good night!”
“Good night, Cream…”
Vanilla left Cream to slumber, and she went to sleep in her own bed.

Everyone was rested snuggly in their beds, except for Tails, who decided to sleep on the couch beside the fireplace and the Christmas tree. He was lying down directly below the Christmas tree, where he had the perfect view of the angel on the top… Tails could not sleep, nor could he even close his eyes… He kept on staring at the Cosmo angel doll on the top of the tree. He stayed up for 2 hours staring at the doll as his sad, hot tears drizzled down his cheeks. He did not wipe his tears away, and he did not bother to move. He just lied there on his back without even taking his eyes off of the doll for a second.

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Just as Tails was finally starting to be able to close his eyes, he heard rumbling on the ceiling, which appeared to be coming from the rooftop. He quickly sat up and stared at the ceiling trying to eye exactly where the sound was coming from. He followed the sound which appeared to be footsteps… The footsteps approached above the fireplace, and moments later, a big fat guy in a red suit came tumbling down the chimney and crawled out of the fireplace along with a big red bag. Tails stood up onto his feet and pointed at him viciously.
“Eggman, what are you up to this time?!” He demanded.
“Young man, I am not Eggman.” The red-suited fat guy exclaimed.
“Sure you aren’t! What tricks are you trying to pull this time?!”
“Don’t tell me you don’t recognize who I am, Miles Prower.” The red-suited guy was surprised.
“Well if you’re not Eggman, then who are you? And how do you know my name?” Tails continued.
“Why, I am Santa Clause.”
“No you’re not.” Tails laughed, “There’s no such thing as Santa Claus.”
The man who claimed to be Santa shook his head from side to side, “Yes, I am in fact Santa Clause. Now, shouldn’t you be asleep?”
Tails still didn’t believe him. He began waving his arms toward the fireplace to gesture him to leave. “Get out of my house!!” He shouted.
“Sure, Tails. I understand that you’re uncomfortable with me in your home. I’ll leave right after I drop off some gifts.” Ignoring Tails’ gestures, Santa headed toward the Christmas tree with the bag and started pulling out individual wrapped presents, placing them under the tree. Tails just watched and could only think he was trying to take Tails for a fool.
“Alright what’s in the boxes?” Tails demanded, “Bombs?”
“These are presents, Miles.” Santa continued his explanation. He placed about a dozen presents under the tree before Tails started to growl.
“Get out of my house and take those presents with you!”
“My goodness, Tails, you were such a good boy all year. You were on my good list, but the way you are treating me, now I’m not sure that I want to give you what you wanted.” Santa said disappointedly.
Tails continued to laugh, “So go ahead and put coal under the tree.”
Santa shook his head and sighed. He placed the bag onto the floor and waved his arm gesturing Tails to go to him.
“What do you want?” Tails rolled his eyes.
“I want you to look in my bag of presents.” Santa suggested.
“What for?” Tails snickered, “Are you going to kidnap me or something?”
“No, Miles, I won’t do that. I got your letter… Now look in the bag and see if you can find the one thing you wanted for Christmas.”
Tails looked at him disbelievingly, but he decided to approach and search the gift bag…

Tails opened the bag and looked inside; all he could see were presents of all shapes and sizes.
“So, Santa Clause, if that’s who you really are…” Tails said sarcastically, “If you’re really who you say you are… Then explain to me which of these presents is mine.”
“Your present was too delicate to wrap.” Santa explained, “Dig deeper, I’m sure you’ll find what you wanted for Christmas.”
Tails sighed and moved some presents out of the way, but he still couldn’t see it anywhere. He eventually stopped searching and had a laugh, “You’re not Santa, my gift isn’t in here.”
With that remark, Tails pushed the bag over, and when the bag hit the floor, he heard a small “oof” sound coming from the bag… It was a voice… A small, innocent, familiar sounding voice… And when Tails heard this voice coming from the bag, his ears fell back and his eyes swelled up with tears.
“It… can’t be…” Tails approached the bag once again, and he slowly opened up the bag a little to peek inside.

“Your letter to me wrote, and I quote…” Santa revealed:
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is for Cosmo to come back to me.
~ Tails

“Cosmo…?” Tails whimpered to himself, as he saw Cosmo herself crawling out of the bag of presents… He was speechless and breathless. It was indeed her, in every way he remembered. Once she crawled out of the bag, she sat upright to face Tails, who was also sitting on the floor. After a few moments, Tails lunged forward and embraced Cosmo as tight as he could and sobbed on her shoulder.
“Merry Christmas, Tails…” Cosmo whispered, hugging him back.
“M-merry Christmas, Cosmo…” Tails stuttered in his joyful tears.

After their long moment of emotion, Tails looked up to thank Santa, but then realized he was gone… He stood up and walked toward the window, and he looked outside up at the sky to see Santa’s slay flying over the horizon with jingle bells ringing.
“Merry Christmas, Santa Claus…” Tails said in a warm voice.

Cosmo walked up to Tails and stood beside him with her hand on his shoulder. He looked at her in the eyes, and she looked back at him. They gazed at each other, and they turned to face each other to hold hands.
“I love you with all my heart, Cosmo…” Tails confessed with ease. Cosmo smiled as a response and she put her palm against his cheek.
“And I love you, Tails…” She said in her beautiful soft voice that Tails has longed to hear since that tragic day…
With a little bit of a pause, they eased themselves closer to each other, and they gently and passionately kissed on the lips, following by tears of happiness and the warmth of true love in their hearts. They were together again at last… Safe and warm in each other’s arms, never to let go again…

“Merry Christmas…”



Dedicated to all Taismo Fans!