They were all standing on top of the snowy Ice Cap... the high mountain in the middle of Angel Island: Sonic, Usagi and Makoto. After Eggman, Metal Sonic and Chaos fled from the scene, they decided to go and look for the Chaos Emeralds and the shards of the Master Emerald together. Ami and Tails stayed behind to finish their work on the Tornado, in case they should need it.
Some hint they got in a bar in town guided them to the mountain. It was being said that someone saw a dark figure carrying some shiny objects on the mountaintop. It was only a vague lead, but the best one they got. So, they rented some snowboards and decided to look around the snowy slopes while going down.
While they climbed up the other side of the Ice Cap, they couldn't find anything but a couple of Master Emerald shards.
Usagi nervously peered over the edge of the long slope. "I'm not too sure about this..."
"Aw, come on," Sonic shouted. "This will be fun!"
Makoto patted her friend on the shoulder. "Don't worry, it looks more dangerous than it is. And it'll be over soon."
Usagi just sighed and prepared for the worst.
Hovering over their heads, a certain blue, robotic hedgehog was peering down at them. 'Those fools,' he thought. 'They will never find the Chaos Emerald, and I'll make sure they don't.'
Metal Sonic looked at the bombs he set earlier at the mountain's peak and pressed a button on his remote.
The explosions shook the mountain and released a mighty avalanche of snow that came rumbling down the peak.
"Watch out!" Sonic yelled. "Hurry up or we'll end up in the freezer!"
And he mounted his board and whooshed down the slopes, all the while shouting "Whoohoo!"
Usagi screamed as Makoto pushed her forward and tried desperately to maintain her balance. Shortly after Makoto started as well, the avalanche came crashing down.
Sonic skillfully dodged trees, boulders and ice formations while all the way enjoying the wild ride. Makoto wasn't as skilled as Sonic, but she tried her best too, crashed through a thin ice wall and used her long ears to hover for a short while.
Usagi was panicking. She didn't fall over, as that would mean her doom. But she whooshed through bushes and ended up with a mouth full of snowy leaves. She smacked against an ice stalactite and ripped it off, so that she had to carry it for a short while. And she zoomed through a snow hill and, for a short time, looked exactly like a snowman in hedgehog form.
"Look out," Sonic shouted against the airstream. "There's a very steep slope. Prepare to jump!"
"W-w-what?" Usagi shouted, as she had snow in her ears. "I didn't understand you!"
"WHAAHOOOOH!" Sonic yelled as he jumped into the air with an acrobatic air roll. Makoto desperately flapped her ears to maintain altitude.
And Usagi... just fell down while screaming. Her board hit the lower snow path, a small boulder caused her to trip over, and she rolled down the slope while receiving more and more snow that surrounded her, until she looked like a giant snowball.
The danger of the avalanche was already over, as the snow masses had plunged down a very deep canyon, but now Makoto and Sonic had to be careful not to be squashed by the growing Usagi-snowball.
Finally, the slope smoothed out more and more, until they reached the bottom of the mountain.
Sonic and Makoto quickly zipped left and right to avoid being hit by the rolling snow-hedgehog.
Usagi and her snowball rolled down the rest of the slope, bounced off a wooden log, and finally hit the ground with a big 'SPLAT'.
The snowball popped, and Usagi got released.
She shivered and sniffed. "Let's never do this again, okay?" she whined.
Suddenly, something fell off her head. Something white and shiny.
"The Chaos Emerald," Makoto shouted in surprise. "Usagi must have absorbed it into her snowball while rolling down the mountain."
"Sweet," Sonic grinned. "Usagi, you rock!"
Usagi sneezed. "I just wonder how the emerald got here?"
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From behind a tree, a dark shape spied at them. "I hope they appreciate it. After all, I only do this because I don't have the time to look after those gems, and they look like they are trustworthy. Let's hope I'm not wrong..."
And Pluto vanished with a flash.
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