Civil war before the New Year
December 25, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Scourge, pleased with himself and what he had done, believing that he had done the right thing, returned to the mountain, crawled into the landfill and began to anxiously look for Fiona among the heaps of garbage that came here from the city through a pipe in the rock. He remembered Fiona when he returned to the mountain and crawled along the road to the landfill, immediately changed his smile to excitement and began to almost scream in fear and call for his adopted daughter, fearing that she might have died. He looked for her among the piles of garbage and searched, shouting her name as loud as he could:
β FIONA!!! FIONA!!! FIONA!!!
At that time, the fox herself was lying among the garbage, wrapped in an old and holey blanket, and sleeping. Hearing the screams, she woke up, yawned and asked:
β Dad, why are you shouting? Itβs cold here, and I canβt sleep anyway.
β Violet! β the naga said affectionately and fearfully, hearing her voice, stretched out both hands and crawled towards the source of the voice. Having found her, he hugged her and almost cried: β You are my little fox, how you scared me! I thought you died in those pipes.
β Yes, everything is fine. I just lost consciousness and fell asleep. - the fox answers, hugging both huge hands.
β I'm so glad you're okay. β the naga answers, almost crying and hugging him to herself. He even kissed her on the head and smacked her lips a couple of times into the air from the sensation of taste and added: β Iβm sorry. I forgot how delicious you are, Fiona. At least it tastes better than that disgusting mayor, who even tasted disgusting. But he deserved it nonetheless! β he replies, stroking his stomach.
β Maybe then eat me? β asks the fox, looking at the snake-hedgehog with a sly smile.
β What are you doing? I'm not a pedophile! Who raised you all your life?
β You.
β Right! And who fed you, shared food, clothes, things with you and taught you a craft?
β You.
β Right! And who, before spring, was with you all day and night, warmed you, talked to you, read you bedtime stories and brought you hot food and drinks, when you were stuck on an ice rink and your feet were frozen in the ice?
β You too!
β Right! I did all this for you and never wished you harm at all. And even more so to eat you. And why? β asks the naga, smiling at the fox. She thought about it and, understanding everything, answered:
β Because I... You... Love?
β Certainly! β Scourge answers and hugs Fiona again. She also hugs him and says:
β I love you too, dad.
After such a conversation between father and daughter, they walked together back to their house on the mountain.
***
The next day, after that incident with the burned down city hall and when the whole city was divided into two camps, one of which believed that Cream and Scourge were right, and the other, on the contrary. The city began to slowly recover and, by order of the assistant of the deceased mayor Knuckles, Eggman, they got a new large Christmas tree, which was again decorated with large toys and a star. Journalists and newspapermen, as well as photographers, began to come to the burnt city hall and began to write about this burnt landmark. Now the city begins to argue whether to build a new city hall and appoint Eggman as the new mayor, or to abandon the monarchy, power with kings, mayors and city halls, so that the people can be their own master and decide how to live. Half of the city considered returning Knuckles' bans and blaming Cream and her family along with Scourge and Fiona, because they were all guilty together in their opinion, and the other half considered them right and was pleased. It even happened that peoples quarreled and almost fought against each other. They even insulted each other. Eggman even gave statements to the police about new outlaws. Cream with her parents, Scourge and Fiona. The police have not yet decided about Cream and her family, since they are part of the peoples, so they decided not to take them into account. For this reason, Scourge and Fiona were declared outlaws, since they were not part of the people and lived outside the city in the mountains. This means they can be considered the most dangerous criminals. Cream, Vanilla and Ice were eating one single can of peas for breakfast at home. Breakfast consisted of a small amount of peas. Suddenly someone knocked on their door. Shadow and Sonic came to them. They brought the bunnies and the rabbit their jars of jam, which they cooked themselves. Let them also have sweets for the holiday. Then Tails and Cosmo came to visit and gave them a small and new Christmas tree + a bunch of toys with garlands for it. Then Maria arrived and brought them a fire extinguisher in case of fire. Chefs from one restaurant brought and presented them with roast duck, pizza and ice cream at the establishmentβs expense. Rouge came and gave them three bottles of lemonade. Even Shade herself came and gave them new fur coats and clothes. Sammy and Nelly also came, giving them buns and cheesecakes that their parents had baked. In general, their parents, as well as Benny and Tiny, did not trust Cream, but they were the only two who trusted them in secret and also decided to help a little. Then several more guests arrived, whom the poor family did not expect, but were glad to see. They also trusted them and decided to help them for the holiday. They gave something from themselves. They don't need much anyway. In addition, the rabbits and rabbits will no longer be poor this New Year and will celebrate the holiday just like all the families in the city. Ice and Vanilla were happy about this. Only Cream was still sad about Scourge. Although partly she was also glad that the entire half of the city respected their family so much and began to help them so that they would not be poor.At the same time
A new large Christmas tree was installed and decorated. Eggman saw her and was proud of the work of half the people who trusted Knuckles. β Everything has been restored. Now the holiday will definitely take place and we will be more cheerful than ever. If Knuckles were alive, he would be proud of us and our efforts. All that remains is to resolve the issue of restoring the mayor's office and re-electing me as the new mayor, for I was a faithful assistant to the previous mayor. β These are the problems. β Snively intervened in his conversation. β Half of the village voted for restoration and re-election, and the other half refused to vote and vote to abandon the monarchy and demand that the people in the city decide for themselves how to live without any mayors and kings. The first half refuses this, deciding that you and Knuckles were right, from which they decide to maintain the status of a monarchy in our city. β Nothing, we will resolve disputes and conflicts between peoples later. The main thing is that they will be calm on the holiday. The New Year celebration is the only thing on which the two halves of the people agree. First, let's spend the New Year happily and celebrate it with songs tomorrow at dawn, and only then we will solve our problems with the city's politics. β Eggman explained. β Hope. Because people not only quarrel, but even almost fight with fists and food. Snively explained. At this time the peoples argued with each other. Some attacked each other with sticks, boxing gloves and throwing stones and rotten tomatoes, while others defended themselves with tables, trays and oven doors as shields and fought back with fire extinguishers. It won't kill, but at least it will scare you with its smoke. They fought, threw themselves, argued, shouted: β SCORGE DID THE RIGHT THING BY EATING THIS SELFISH!!! β DONβT YOU DARE SPEAK THAT AND CALL THIS NAME!!! β YOU DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL US HOW WE SHOULD LIVE!!! β WE NEED YOU TOO!!! β WE ARE ON THE SIDE OF CRIM AND HER TRUTH WITH THE DEFENSE OF SCORGE!!! β AND WE ARE AGAINST THIS NAIVE FOOL!!! AND THIS MONSTER WHOSE NAME SHALL NOT BE SAID!!! β YOU YOURSELF ARE FOOLS AND YOU CANβT FORBIDD CALLING SOMEONEβS NAMES!!! THIS IS THE NAME OF YOUR MAYOR, IN HELL DESERVED, WHOM YOU TRUST SO SO, SHOULD BE FORBIDDEN TO BE NAMED!!! β HOW DARE YOU??? When the clock on the clock tower struck two o'clock, the peoples temporarily stopped their conflict and went home to have lunch, and at the same time take a break from these fights and quarrels with shouts. Finally relax.At the same time: Again!
Scourge made cherry pie for breakfast using fresh cherries that he stole from a store during his victory. He served the pie itself to Fiona in the nest. She was still sleeping at this time. She woke up, smelling the pie and stood up. β Bon appetit, Fiona. β says the father to his daughter. β This whole pie is just for you. β Thank you, dad. β the fox thanked and was just about to cut off the first piece for herself when she heard someoneβs barely audible screams. β What are these sounds? β Don't pay attention! It was the residents of Mobiustown, after our brawl last night, who began to quarrel with each other and argue about that rabbit Cream and about me. They make noise and fight, apparently. I have to admit, I love this kind of screaming. I would listen to them and listen! Scourge explained. Naga left the house with binoculars and decided to observe the peoples of the city. He noticed that when dinner time came, the people temporarily stopped arguing and went their separate ways. They returned to their homes, which were decorated. In addition, next to the burnt city hall, instead of the burned large Christmas tree, he saw a new one and also beautifully decorated. A yellow line was wrapped around the city hall and temporarily fenced off from people. Scourge was outraged by this. He was very angry. Putting down his binoculars, he began to look menacingly from a distance from the mountain at the city and thought: β βThose nasty Mobians! They still hang their stockings on the walls and decorate their fir trees.β β he thought, and then began to say to himself out loud: β Tomorrow is the New Year, itβs almost upon us. I'm tired of enduring this disgusting holiday every year. I only have complete hemorrhoids from it. I know that from tomorrow everything will be as always. All adults and children will come running, get up early in the morning as always on this holiday and start making noise. They will run to their toys. Oh! And then all this noise will start again. I had such a headache every holiday back then, as I remember well. I put up with all this noise every year and I canβt stand it anymore. All this noise is what I hate most. Even though I live on the mountain, far from him. β Scourge suddenly widened his eyes. β Oh, no!... I spoke in poetry! β he said to himself and almost cried in panic. Then he slapped his cheeks and calmed down. Then he continued to think, looking down at the city: β βBut the noise is not the most annoying thing now. These bastards trust this nasty Knuckles, whom I deservedly devoured. First, they will start feasting, praying to their mayor, who is no longer there, like even worse... They will wish on New Year's Day that he will be reborn. All the young and old people in this disgusting town will begin to feast and gorge themselves. But after that they will do what I hate more than anything else. They will all go out into the street in the city center, stand in a circle around the Christmas tree, stand hand in hand, dance in circles and start singing these disgusting songs about the New Year and some kind of holiday spirit. It's so awful! I must stop all this nonsense once and for all, because Iβm tired of enduring all this for all these twenty-five years.β β after these thoughts, she crawled to the door of her house, turned around and said out loud: β Year after year, Iβm tired of enduring this mess. Now I will cancel the New Year, but how? β His eyes bulging from the fact that he again spoke in verse, he said differently: β I mean... In what... Way? Returning to the house with these thoughts, he sees Fiona eating a pie and at the same time drawing something new. Naga became interested and he notices how Fiona draws that he and she knock Father Frost himself down from the sleigh and he falls onto a burnt Christmas tree. And then Scourgeβs head, looking at his daughterβs not yet finished drawing, came to a brilliant idea. Smiling slyly, he turns to the fox. β Fiona! β What? β she raises her head. β I have a new idea for how we can play pranks today. We will steal the residents of Mobiustown their New Year. β But how? β the fox didnβt understand. β This is the plan! We wait for night and midnight, when everyone falls asleep, we wait for the real Father Frost to arrive, leave gifts and fly away. After that, you and I dress up as Father Frost and Snow Maiden. Then we go down to their city, steal all their decorations, Christmas trees, gifts, garlands, firecrackers and other things related to the holiday. We can even steal food... Just in case. Having stolen all this, we go to the mountains and there we will throw it all off the cliff into the abyss so that they all collapse and disappear forever. Unless we can finish the food and keep it for ourselves if we want. And the next morning, when the residents of Mobiustown wake up, they will understand that they have nothing at all related to the New Year, they understand that they no longer have a holiday, and then they will cry for a very long time and bitterly. And at this time we will listen to their whiny and crocodile tears from the mountain, and laugh at them. What do you say? Fiona scratched her chin. β So what are we waiting for, dad? Let's prepare in advance? β the fox suggested. β Then let's begin! I'll go to the junkyard and look for something for our own sled. This time you will sew me a Father Frost costume, and a Snow Maiden costume for yourself. β Naga suggested. β Finally! β the fox joyfully raised her fists up. β I always dreamed of playing the role of the Snow Maiden and stealing the New Year. And our villains got to work! Off-screen at this time, some voice-over sang an offensive song about Scourge: βͺ You are not kind, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ Or rather, he's a low bastard. βͺ βͺ Bowls full, slimy as an eel, you're rotten as a tomato, Mr. Sco-o-ourge! βͺ βͺ You're the only one so nasty! And you smell just like so-o-ocks! βͺ Fiona took out her sewing machine and took a bunch of lint from the old and holey pillows that Scourge had brought her from the warehouse. Using blue threads, she began to embroider costumes. At this time, Scourge was crawling through a landfill, where a couple of old things had been thrown through a pipe. Naga found one piece of iron there that was bent, took the apple cajoura, chewed it and spat it out: β Disgusting! βͺ You're a criminal, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ You shoot and eat people. βͺ βͺ You're a banana made of rotten skin, you look like a monster, Mr. Sco-o-ourge! βͺ βͺ You're more stubborn than... The Mad Titan! βͺ Naga picked up a bunch of rubbish from the landfill and brought it into the cave. He took a grinder, a drill and a blowtorch. I even put on a welder's mask. Taking four pieces of iron with marbles, he folded them so that it looked like a box and began to solder them and combine them. Attached the flares and fans to the sides. I took two chairs and installed them in the middle. He placed two pieces of iron and bendable sticks, which were flat, below and attached them as skis or sleighs. βͺ You're a creep, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ You hate the holy holiday! βͺ βͺ You'd rather get along with Nine than come to the aid of others, Mr. Sco-o-ourge! βͺ βͺ Your heart is as empty as... Your own conscie-e-encel! βͺ At this time, Fiona finished embroidering the clothes, sewed up the hats and sewed white pompoms to their tips. Afterwards she started making shoes and embroidering pants. Scourge put his welding goggles over his eyes and began tightening the screws. Fiona handed him a wrench, but not the one he needed. Naga looked around and said: β I asked for a five-eighths wrench, not three-quarters. Be attentive you! β Sorry! The fox handed over another and correct key. The snake screwed up the rearview mirror and even looked at his teeth in it. Cockroaches crawled in Scourge's teeth, which he immediately chewed and swallowed. β Ugh! Not tastys! βͺ You're a viper, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ Pathetic jester and villain! βͺ βͺ You hurt innocent children, like that same rabbit, Mr. Sco-o-ourge. βͺ βͺ If you choose between the two of you... Cream is the best opti-i-ion. βͺ Having assembled the iron floor and screwed it in place, he finished making a semblance of a flying and jet sled. Naga tested it on a dummy made of stones and launched the sleigh into flight towards a wall in the form of a portrait of Knuckles, which was painted under the sight and the sleigh crashed into the portrait, breaking through it and crashing into the wall. The stone mannequin fell apart. Then a parachute flew out from behind the sleigh, but it was too late. Scourge wrote in his notepad, βAirbag is late! To correct!" Afterwards he began to remake the sled and re-tighten the screws. βͺ You're a pest, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ You're doing some nasty things, hooligan! βͺ βͺ You filled your pockets with banana cajure, you filled your conscience with champagne, Mr. Sco-o-ourge! βͺ βͺ I'd rather not touch you! Even a fishing rod three hundred mete-e-ers lo-o-ong! βͺ Using a sledgehammer, he drives the last hefty nail into the back of the sleigh and solders a keyboard to the steering wheel of the car in front of the sleigh. Fiona finished warm boots and pants at this time. I even embroidered a long trouser leg for the nag so that his tail would not get cold. There was enough room for a trouser leg even to the tip of the tail. βͺ You're crazy, Mr. Scourge! βͺ βͺ Slippery like a snail! βͺ βͺ You're a sneaky liar and a thug, you don't deserve love, Mr. Sco-o-ourge! βͺ βͺ If I describe you briefly and in three words, then I will only say this... Angry... And smelly... Fre-e-ea-a-ak! βͺ Scourge's sleigh was almost ready. With paint and graffiti he painted them red and yellow. The sleigh began to look like new and intact. Just a serious and fresh masterpiece made from shit and sticks. Naga even washed and cleaned the rearview mirror. Smiling at him, the mirror immediately cracked from his smile. Fiona finished sewing the costumes and together with Scourge they tried them on in the mirror and looked at themselves. The song had already ended by this point. β You're doing great, Fiona. In this hat, fur coat and trousers, I really am a real Santa Nagus! β And Iβm in this hat and fur coat like the real granddaughter of Father Frost named Snow Maiden. β Fiona answers and even started dancing with daddy. My father even sang for fun: β Tell me, Snow Maiden, where have you been? Tell me, honey, how are you? Fiona also disappeared in response as a joke: β I was running after you, Father Frost. I shed quite a few bitter tears! They took each other's hands and began to dance on the spot and sing: β Come on, lets go, come out and dance! β No, Father Frost! No, Father Frost! No, Father Frost! Come here! The naga and the fox fell together on the floor and laughed for a long time. After laughing for a while, Scourge noticed that Fiona had forgotten something. β Wait! It seems to me that you forgot something. β Is it true? - the fox is perplexed. β And look at me in a suit and Father Frost hat! β asked the snake-hedgehog and the fox looked at his face. Looking at the head and at the clothes with the hat, putting it all together with the head, she finally realized: β Exactly! I forgot to sew you a gray beard from cotton wool. β It's okay, sweetie. There's still time until midnight. You'll have time. β the naga answers and leaves a pile of ordinary cotton wool. β Here! Extra stock so that you have something to sew from. β Thank you. I quickly. β she tells him and, taking a bunch of cotton wool with her, she goes to finish off the beard, like Father Frost.***
The people of Mobiustown, towards sunset, when the sun had almost gone below the horizon, were still arguing and quarreling among themselves. When the clock tower rang, everyone realized that it was time to return home, congratulate their relatives in advance and go to bed to celebrate the New Year together tomorrow. Everyone went home and temporarily forgot about their conflicts with the other half of the world's nations. But every family had problems at home. The fact is that children who trusted one half of the people were with parents from the other half. Not counting the same Sammy and Nellie, who trusted the other half of the people, unlike Benny and Tiny. They even quarreled among themselves. The parents did not know how to reconcile the brothers and sisters, and Sammy and Nellie even threatened out of resentment that Benny and Tiny were no longer brother and sister to them, since they were against Cream, who had not really done anything bad to them. Mom and Dad didnβt even know which side to be on and who to punish? And some children in other families quarreled with their parents. For example, the wolf cub threw an apple at his mother Whisper and said that she was no longer his mother, and called Aunt Tangle a traitor. And then he left and locked himself in his room, until Whisper and Tangle apologized to Cream and her family, he would not talk to them. Even if Father Frost doesnβt give him anything for such behavior, because now he doesnβt care about it. Any parent or relative could not do anything here. He wanted to punish the child, because he himself, as it was clear, was offended by them. And itβs a pity to scold and punish them on New Yearβs Eve. Some even thought that maybe their children were right? Maybe they got excited, going over to Eggman's side? Moreover, their children are the flowers of life. They also have the right to sometimes scold adults or their parents. Only the family of the rabbits themselves still felt calm and good. Even better, considering that some people and Mobians took pity on them and gave them a few of their own among things and food. Ice and Vanilla were partly grateful to their daughter for this. After all, it was she who saved part of their family, even though she quarreled the whole city. Yes, Cream wanted the best, but it turned out worse. But still, the parents believed that their daughter was very kind and always did everything in a good way and saw only the good in everyone. And yet they felt a little sorry for their daughter. Her father once came into her room, and at that time Cream was lying in bed, did not want to get up and was looking somewhere into the empty room, thinking about what she had done. β My princess! β Ice affectionately called his daughter. β Hi, Dad. β Cream answered without emotion with sadness. β Do you want to eat? β I am not hungry! Ice walked over to Cream's bed and sat down next to her. β Are you still thinking about that night and Scourge, whom you tried to help?... Cream, donβt blame yourself! Well, how could you know that everything would go the way it did? The fate and history that we experience is built on accidents. It's like with chocolate candies. You try one and donβt know what filling youβll get. Our future is not predetermined. There is no fate except the one we create ourselves. It's not the end of the world, Cream. I am sure that tomorrow after the New Year we will figure out how to reconcile the peoples of our city and persuade them to forgive us. β after these words, Cream raised her head to her father, and he smiled and passed his hand behind her right ear. β Why sit here and continue to be sad over trifles! Forget about these Scourges of the past and live in the present! Went! Mom downstairs has long warmed up warm milk with your favorite raisin cookies. Cream looked away for a minute, thought and smiled. β Okay, dad. Having decided on that, father and daughter went down to the first floor together to see their mother, sat down together to drink milk and cookies and said goodbye to the old year. After dinner, they washed the dishes, put everything back in the refrigerator, wished each other good night and went to their rooms to sleep. Mom and dad didnβt even forget to kiss their daughter good night and read the fairy tale βHome Alone.β
