#going to do tails and knux next

[pidgefudge]

just rewatched shadow gens cutscenes and man. gripes with how sega uses shadow aside. this rly does justify revisiting his backstory. it's so good

[simp999]

Lazy Day.

Knuckles The Echidna (movie/tv series) x reader

Sypnosis: Imagine being the first person to help knuckles finally truly relax.

Series: Knuckles (tv series)/ The Sonic Movies

Wc: 1.1k

Themes: Fluff, comfort, can be seen as platonic or romantic.

Note: Takes place in episode 1 of the Knuckles series

Masterlist

“That’s it, I’m gonna be late for work. You two,” Mrs. Wakowski gestures towards Sonic and Tails, “keep away from Knuckles.” 

“Roger that!” Sonic salutes dramatically, and Tails follows suit,

“Noted, Mrs. Wakowski,”

Mrs. Wakowski manages to phone another friend to give her a ride to work, still fuming, while Sonic shrugs and figures he’ll spend time with Tails. They leave the house to go for a walk- it was a beautiful day after all. Sonic picks up baseball gloves and a ball on the way out of the house, and Tails swishes his tails in excitement when he spots the objects, setting foot out of the house.

A few minutes later you walk in through the doors, a few bags in hand. 

“Hellooo!” You call out.

With no response, you raise a brow. Usually, the trio greets you. You then remember Mrs. Wakosky having work, but that still doesn’t explain the other three. You shrug it off, unloading the groceries on the countertop. You wash a bowl of grapes, walking around with them on the search for your favorite echidna. 

You first check out the workout room, but he’s nowhere to be found. Then, the couch where you’re expecting to find Sonic and tails, but still nothing. Eventually you make it to the attic where Knuckles resides, a grape being tossed into your mouth.

“Knux?” 

He grunts in response, not bothering to turn his head towards you. You tilt your head at him, raising a brow. Then you finally ask him what’s on your mind;

“Knux, what are you doing on the floor?”

“I have been grounded.”

You think for a moment, then chuckle.

“Hun, that doesn’t mean you have to lie on the ground. I expected you to be the type to still train or work out while grounded,”

“I cannot go to the workout area,”

“Are you making up excuses? You? Surely you can still do pushups-and sit-ups,” you teased. 

He swiftly sits up, exclaiming; “You are a genius!” 

You giggle as he sets off to start doing pushups, doing them at an ungodly speed. You always were impressed by his strength, praising him often. Although he claimed that your praises meant nothing, you couldn’t help but notice the way he smiled and sped up whatever exercise he was doing at the time.

You watched him for a little while longer, eating your grapes before getting an idea. You stood next you him and he paused his now one-handed pushups, looking up at you, 

“What do you want?” You knew he didn’t mean to sound rude, so you smiled and replied, “I was just thinking- what if I sat on your back as an extra challenge?”

You’ve done it before, he was the one to ask you to do it last time. 

“Excellent idea! Though, that is no challenge for me.” 

He got back into pushup position, and you quietly sat on his upper back, attempting to balance. Once he counted 10 more pushups, your hand hovered in front of his mouth, grape in hand. He froze for a second, analyzing it, before taking a bite and humming. From then on, you offered him a grape for every 10 pushups. It seemed like a good way to keep him going, as he seemed to speed up.

Once the bowl of grapes was finished, you encouraged him to take a break. It wasn’t easy of course, but you got him to hold off on pushups until you came back with a bowl of other fruit- peaches, apple slices, and mangoes. You came back only to find him doing sit-ups. You sighed and he told you between soft grunts- “I am not doing pushups, like you asked.”

“Well- yes, but the whole point was to give you a small break. How about let’s pause for a little and spend some time together instead?”

He squinted at you, glancing over at your soft smile- one he couldn’t resist. You grabbed a few pillows and blankets from around the house while you got Knuckles to pick a movie that he’d be interested in. When you came back, he hadn’t chosen one, claiming that he only wanted to watch something you would enjoy. Very sweet and all, but you wanted to make sure he didn’t just get up and start working out halfway through the movie. So, you picked three movies of varying genres, and he picked the action one out of them- the one you already assumed he’d like most.

As it played in the background, you asked him what had gotten him grounded. 

“The blue hedgehog wants me to ‘relax,’” he answered with air quotes.

You nod, humming, focusing on the movie. After you’d gotten all snuggled up in the blankets and pillows, he sat a few feet away from you.

“You don’t have to be a stranger, y’know. Come on, sit closer,” You muttered in a low voice, not wanting to talk over the movie too much. He contemplated for a moment, sitting much closer to you now. You offer him an apple slice, holding it to his lips. 

It doesn’t take long before he’s asking you about the movie and why people are doing certain regular human things, you enjoying his short excited comments. He punches the air and kicks his feet when he’s excited over a scene in the movie, too adorable. 

Eventually, he gets tired out and you feel a weight on your shoulder. You smile at the scene before you- you’ve never seen him so calm and peaceful. You’ve seen him happy, you loved playing games with him and the boys, but this was different. Seeing him sleeping was something unusual, as he rarely slept around others. ‘This must mean he feels completely comfortable,’ you thought with a content expression.

You lean back, putting the plate of snacks aside, and his head falls to your chest. As it rises and falls, he snuggles into you in his sleep. You begin to gently pet his fur, taking a moment to press a soft kiss to it. He wraps his arms further around you, tugging you impossibly closer, then loosening his grip. 

It doesn’t take long for you to follow him into dreamland, soft snores emitting from you. Your hand still on his quills, head resting on the pillow behind you.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

Hours later, Sonic, Tails, and Mrs. Wakowski come back home only to find knuckles relaxing in your hold.

“Huh, I can’t believe I didn’t think of that. He does always seem to calm down around them.”

“I knew they had a thing for eachother!”

“Sonic! Shh, let them rest,”

Tails quietly closes the door, letting the two of you relax in eachother’s arms.

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April.26.24

[writing-with-yours-truly]

Grounded? [Knuckles Show] Knuckles x Reader

Warnings: None

Additional information: No use of Y/N

Requested by: N/A

Today was a normal day so you didn't have to go to school. Since your family had no plans of going out of town -as your guardians had to work-, you had decided to go hang out with your three new best friends-- Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.

Their house was a block from yours so you got to take a few moments to admire the beauty in nature on your trek. How the leaves on the trees are a vivid green. How the grass is the perfect shade of color. Dandelions here and there.

You got to the Wachowski door and knocked. After a brief wait, Tails came to the door. "Oh, hey!" He greeted. "Hi, Tails!" You put your fist out for a power bump. He does the same, and you open your hand after the gesture, as if mimicking an explosion.

You peer into the living room. "Oh my. What happened?" The living room from what you saw was transformed into a makeshift fighting arena. "Knuckles wanted to fight someone to become the 'family champion'."

"Should've expected that," You replied with a small laugh, looking a bit closely. "Hole still hasn't been fixed yet?"

"No. It's kind of hard when Knuckles sees the construction crew as enemies."

"Oh. Where's he at now?" You asked.

"Upstairs. Maddie grounded him."

"I honestly don't blame her."

You walked up the attic stairs to see Sonic strapping a VR headset onto Knuckles' head, leaving him exclaiming: "Ah! Where have you sent me?!"

Knuckles removed the headset. "And viral dance videos!" Sonic rushed to find his ring light, set his phone in the holder, and did a dance to "Keep Movin' On".

Eventually, Sonic's dancing stopped, and he set away his ring light.

"See what I mean? Use this time to relax. You'll be out there warrior-ing before you know it," Sonic replied, jumping off the tire swing he sat on momentarily. "Okay, good talk." Sonic walked past you, saying hello, before him and Tails were on their way to the backyard to play catch.

"Hey, Knuckles," You spoke up.

"Hello, human," He looked up from his sitting position on the floor, setting his VR headset and hand remotes down. "Did the fox tell you about my grounding?"

"He did. Why did you think it would be a good idea to build a throne in the dining room?" You asked, sitting next to him, looking out the circular window, watching the clouds roll by.

"Sonic told me to make myself at home. As the family champion, I deserve to sit on a throne during mealtime. Echidna tradition."

You couldn't help but snort lightly. "Knux, things are different with humans than echidnas. Humans don't have thrones at the table."

"But, what about that family that shows up on Maddie's television occasionally?"

"Knux, that's the royal family. It's their tradition as kings, queens, princes, and princesses. But it's not normal in everyday homes like ours."

You ruffled his quills lightly.

"I do think I understand."

"Do you understand the part about the fighting pit, too?"

"Yes."

"Good. Now, what I suggest you do, buddy, is apologize to Maddie when she comes home. You'll be back to being a warrior in no time."

"Do you think so?" He asked you, looking up at you with his beady purple eyes.

"I know so," You nudged his shoulder with a laugh.

"Thank you, human."

"For what?" You asked him.

"Explaining to me what human culture is like. It is very different from the echidna culture." Knuckles gave you a sliver of a smile.

You wrapped an arm around his shoulder. He tensed a little, but then leaned into your touch. "You're welcome, bud."

[cc-cobalt-1043]

Arctic Snow:

Arctic Fox Tails au where he gets his winter coat and his brothers are confused by his new look:

Winter was fast approaching green hills, it's residents had all noticed a bitter chill changing in the air, additionally ice had begun gathering on the pavements and paths meaning that the roads and paths would soon need to be gritted.

Snow had now began to fall and Sonic was especially eager because he could now show his new brothers the joys of playing in the snow. Plus they could all wrap themselves up in scarves hats and gloves Maddie had specially knitted for them.

"Sonic, look at my new winter things." Tails cheered his grey and white tails wagging in delight as he held them out.

Sonic took a look and saw a pair of silver grey and white mittens with light blue accents, his new scarf and hat (made specially to accommodate Tails' ears) were both the same colour.

"Looking good little bro, it goes with with your fur so well." Sonic said before suddenly ruffling Tails's bangs.

"Sonic, cmon stop." Tails giggled trying to swat Sonic's hand away and failing.

Sonic continued to ruffle his hair, the giggling only making him do it more.

When he did stop he was surprised to find a large clump of grey fluff come up in his hand and immediately panicked.

"OhmygodTailsI'msosorryIdidn'tmeanit..." He didn't mean it panicked at the thought of accidentally hurting his little brother.

"Sonic calm down, I'm just molting see." Tails said brushing his stomach and sonic noticed a few smaller bits of fluff fall off of Tails and onto the attic floor.

"Oh yeah, I think mom mentioned it, you're getting your winter coat." Sonic said.

Tails nodded.

"Yeah, though I'm probably gonna be leaving fur in a lot of places so sorry in advance." Tails said.

"Don't worry about it little bro, you can't help it, though we should probably warn mom and dad they're gonna be cleaning up more fur than just Ozzie's." Sonic said.

Over the next couple of days Tails' summer fur shed and his winter coat began to slowly come in.

Tom and Maddie took this in stride and everytime Tails got upset about his fur being in places they reassured him it wasn't his fault and it was just his body getting ready for the cold weather.

Sonic and Knuckles also helped out comforting their brother and in addition they made sure his bed was as cosy as it could be as it was a common fact that real foxes  tended to grow more malcohent and tired when shedding their fur and this fact seemed to apply to Tails too.

After about four days Sonic was in for a surprise.

He woke up that day and stretched rubbing his eyes and trying to wake up.

He climbed out of bed and went over to Tails' blue plane themed bed.

"Tails little bro, time to wake up, it's a brand new..." Sonic cut off when he saw something unusual with Tails.

The little fox was curled up in a ball on his bed, but his fur was different.

Instead of the grey and silver it had been the day before, it was snow a bright snow White, as a matter of fact the kit was now completely white like a giant snowball.

Just then Tails let out a squeaky yawn his sky blue eyes fluttering open and gazing at the cobalt blue hedgehog.

"Hmm, Sonic what is it?" Tails asked yawning and rubbing his eyes.

"Tails, your fur." Sonic said surprised.

"What about it...oh right." Tails said as though suddenly realising something.

"What's going on bud?" Sonic asked confused.

"This, oh this is just my winter coat." Tails said.

"How come it's all white?" Sonic asked.

"To blend in with the snow, you know like earth arctic foxes." Tails said.

Just then Knuckles awoke.

"Good morning brothers, I hope you have rested well." The echnida said getting up and stretching.

"Knux, check this out." Sonic said indicating Tails' snow white fur.

"Fox, you look different." Knuckles said.

"It's my winter fur Knuckles, what do you think?" Tails asked.

"It is very well suited for this snowy weather fox, and a great camoflauge against any enemy that may attack." Knuckles said.

"Thanks Knuckles but I highly doubt that'll happen." Tails said.

"Maybe so but you never know...plus it is very soft." Knuckles said gently stroking the fur behind Tails' ears making the kit purr.

Sonic tried and indeed Tails' new coat was very soft, somehow even softer than earlier.

"He's right Tails, you look and feel like a fluffy cloud." Sonic said.

Tails giggled and blushed but his wagging tails betrayed the embarrassment he felt.

"Cmon let's go see what's for breakfast, I'm starving." Sonic said before racing out the attic.

Tails' felt his own stomach rumble loudly and giggled in embarrassment.

"It seems you are hungry too fox, come, let us dine on Mother's delicious breakfast feast before the hedgehog eats it all." Knuckles said lifting Tails onto his shoulder and carrying him out of the attic, the fox cheering in excitement.

Inspired by @0vergrowngraveyard's arctic fox Tails art

[thatonesonicfanfictionwriter]

“New Member of the Family”

“Pairing”: (Purely Platonic) Movie Knuckles x Human Child Reader

Requested: Nope! I came up with this myself!

Description: Knuckles has faced many difficult challenges. Little did he know a new one was about to arise.

Notes: I just felt like writing some Movie Knuckles fluff, this boi deserves all the love. Hope you all enjoy!

(Reader will be gender-neutral.)

(TW: Mentions of child abandonment.)

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“Don’t go too far, Knuckles!” Knuckles hears Maddie say.

“Do not worry, mother! It will only be a short hike!” Knuckles replies.

“Cya Knux! Bring me back a cool rock!” Sonic yells down the attic stairs.

“Sonic! Inside voice!” Tails shouts.

Knuckles chuckles as he leaves, closing the door behind him.

Knuckles crouches down to a starting position before running off at high speeds.

Now, the plan was pretty simple.

Go for a run, say hi to Wade, get some training in, get back home.

A good plan, right?

Except…Something unexpected happens.

He wasn’t expecting to see anyone other than Wade on his adventure.

Especially not a human child no older than six.

You.

You’re sitting near a small stream, no other people around you, poking at the water with a stick.

Knuckles skids to a stop, and you turn your head to look at him. You let off a loud giggle seeing the echidna.

“Hi there mister!” you say enthusiastically. “Wanna play with me?”

Knuckles walks over to you, crouching down next to you.

“Where are your parents, small one?” he asks.

“I never met my dada,” you start. “And mama dro- dropped me off here. Told me to stay put.”

“And…how long ago was that?” Knuckles asks.

You let off a shrug.

“I dunno. But I don’ care,” you state. “Mama was mean. She never wanted to play with me.”

Knuckles nods, looking down in thought.

“So you are without a family,” Knuckles states.

“I guess so,” you say with another shrug.

“‘Then I will be your family!” Knuckles says, standing up and putting a fist on his chest. You look up at him with excited eyes, dropping the stick you were holding and also standing up.

“You mean you’re gonna be my big brother?!” you ask excitedly.

“Yes! You may refer to me as your brother Knuckles, small one,” Knuckles states.

“I’m [Name]!” you state.

“Well then [Name], would you like to accompany me on my adventure?” Knuckles asks.

“I dunno what half those words mean, but yes!” you exclaim.

…Let’s just say that Knuckles had a lot of explaining to do when he got home.

But ever since then, you and Knuckles were inseparable, and Sonic, Tails, Tom, and Maddie welcomed you into the family with open arms.

You wouldn’t have it any other way.

[craacked-splatters]

OK UM OK OK HEAR ME OUT WHAT IF

MOVIE VERSE AU where 06 happens except I make it worse and they fail to stop it and earth is consumed by Iblis with the rest of the universe following.

Fast forward years later Sonic and Tails are the only remaining survivors of the family, hardened and tired and out of options. With the help of their friends and a lotta science they go to the past to find the only thing that could give them a chance at stopping this whole mess.

ARE U FOLLOWING DO HAVE I UR ATTENTION? 👁️👁️

TW: person burning alive (it's not too bad I think but just in case)

I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS IDEA ALOT and like tbh its not gonna be lore heavy. Not really.

The thought of knuckles being a seal for Iblis and 06 and Silver and the overall lore wouldn't leave my brain.

I've been calling it the knuckles fucking dies au, bcuz it's funny and I still don't know what to name it yet.

Basically the awakening of iblis happens on earth, all triggered by knux cuz surprise🎉 he was the vessel this whole time (kinda like Elise in 06) and he doesn't survive the awakening

The master emerald is shattered and lost during all that. The wachowskis(and later on Shadow and GUN etc ) scramble to stop the fire entity and when they fail, resort to evacuating as much ppl as they can off planet.

It's not a lot :(( this is actually how humans are introduced into the rest of the galaxy, they're few and far in between now (like in Canon!!)

While the survivors attempt to rebuild and move on in another planet, Iblis is like eating the universe. They only realize this after the survivors from those other planets that get wiped out start dropping everywhere screaming about it.

A resistance of sorts is made, focused on stopping the fire god and aiding those affected.

They put up a good fight but no one has the ability to defeat it. It's not strength and raw power that will get the entity to stop. It can't be killed anyways only sealed away for next time but they don't know that so ha

[they tried searching for the emeralds really they did but they can't be found. I like to HC the master emerald having a safety/emergency switch or sum in the movie verse. Where it deactivates itself or goes dormant in case it's misused and causes an imbalance to order or sum. Like in the 2nd movie. The emeralds played a huge role in the ritual that broke Iblis out. They're are still around somewhere in the bad timeline but they can't track them due to this]

Things get so bad to the point they start grabbing at anything to help them.

Weapons of mass destruction? Ok Weird Magic? Mhm. Sciencing so hard u teeter on breaking the laws of reality? Sure

Time travel? u say ? hmm u might be onto something here.

(The future duo can't stop this from happening, they can't save knuckles, or earth or anything bcuz doing so will undo everything they've all been through and everyone they've ever established a relationship with. They love their home and their fam and they feel terrible at all the lives lost, but they cannot WILL NOT sacrifice their new friends or their lives or anyone else's. (The Master emerald wouldn't allow it anyways)

It's a decision that hurts but is ultimately agreed throughout the resistance and survivors.

They just need to yoink the gem for a lil bit to try and save their timeline and give it back easy peasy

Meanwhile, while all that's happening Silver is still running around doing his own thing with Mephiles and blaze. (He doesn't know future sonic or tails, he's never met them lol) Instead of coming from like hundreds of years into the future he'll just be part of the bad future timeline (cuz it makes things easier for me tbh and also I do what I want)

He's the first to go into the past, meets the present trio who promises to help him after causing a lil havoc during his search for the trigger.

He gets sidetracked a lot lol but ultimately his mission hasn't changed, he'll do whatever it takes to stop the Flames from consuming everything that's what he tells himself and uh

Yeah 😬👍

There are consequences for that

Take these sloppy drawings with a grain of salt I scribbled these soo fast and they're still concepts but

DO U SEE THE VISION DO U SEE WHAT IM LAYING DOWN??? THIS IS SUCH A FUN IDEA I NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT PLEASE HAHA

[energy-falcon]

OK, I need to toss this out here.

if the theory was right that the new year Tailstube was set up for the next game and Professor Victoria is going to be involved as an important character I think I got an idea what it might be like.

My feeling is that it’s going to be a sort of Sonic adventure, three with a similar style to sonic adventure one where each character has their own campaign with its own style of gameplay.

We know Prof Victoria is likely going to be a major character, and whether or not she is Maria’s sister or niece or is a robotnik, we can confirm at the very least that she is a historian, if not a full on archeologist based on the title of her book. Combining this with the ancients and the dangling plot threats from Frontiers about them I think the next game is going have something from the past being uncovered, w/ professor Tori being involved.

I also think the game is gonna have an element of travel similar to unleashed, because of the tailstube mentioning a road trip, knuckles and amy both also mentioning wanting to explore the world.

I think bare minimum playable characters are going to be the people who were front and center in this tailstube, as its the first bit of media directly addressing whats coming post-frontiers. As such, the likely playable characters are as follows:

Sonic

Tails

Knuckles

Amy

Rouge

Shadow

Sonic is obviously going to be in this game. Let’s not even joke. I think him and shadow are likely going to play similarly Because they roughed out a pretty decent style w/ frontiers, and refined it with shadow generations. Considering Shadows popularity and the amount of hype surrounding his character, and the fact they have a very good gameplay system for him already they can easily adapt to Sonic, its not that far of a stretch to say they’ll probably gonna make both of them playable. I’m expecting them to do some differences though shadow has chaos control and chaos snap and all his other abilities. Sonic is his usual tool kit maybe with some extra twists to help differentiate the two. (For example, Sonic has Spindash/Dropdash, rolling, & the bounce bracelet, Shadow has Timestop, Chaos Spear, and Stomp). As for their stories, presumably Eggman’s gonna uncover something from history w/ power, and attempt to harness it leading Sonic on his journey to stop him. Meanwhile, shadow is probably gonna be involved because of professor Victoria, either because she’s Maria’s sister, knew Maria’s father, or because She Worked for GUN (she got geralds journal to Commander Towers), which we know was crippled by eggman post forces, and had been slowly building itself back up.

Tails’ whole arc in frontiers was about regaining his confidence and proving himself as a hero, and he ended that game by saying that he wants to go on an adventure of his own. The Tailstube episode specifically ended with him saying he was gonna take it on a road trip, signalling he’s likely gonna have a solo journey. I’m crossing my fingers that we get a mix of on foot gameplay like adventure, one and the cyclone from adventure 2, instead of JUST the cyclone, because as much as I think it’s cool I liked on foot tails better, and it helps make tails more than just the Tech guy. They already had a pretty solid on foot tails. They just need to refine his kit a lot more and fix a couple things.

Amy is kind of tricky but again she had a really solid gameplay set up in frontiers, they just need to make more of her attacks use the hammer instead of the tarot cards, which was my only complaint. She said she was gonna hang out with her friends more in the tailstube so I’m guessing her campaign is about her going on a road trip to visit all her friends. I’m not sure if she’ll be playable because I’m not sure what her campaign would be like but I hope she is.

Knuckles and Rouge are both interesting and are similar to sonic and shadow, as they are both closely associated with the treasure hunt style of gameplay. Knux ends frontiers by planning to branch out from his island, explore the world and treasure hunt and mentions as much in the Tailstube, while Rouge tells tails she wants to expand her gem collection, interestingly with tails asking her about gems of historical value, which could tie into Professor Victoria, who is bare minimum a historian, if not an archeologist. The differences could be neat tho: knuckles is going on more classic treasure hunts to seek information about the ancient mysteries involved in the plot while Rouge’s levels are more like bank heists with some more puzzle elements. Could be some cool variety.

All in All, I don’t know if this is accurate, but I’ve had this in my head for like the past couple days and I just needed to get this out.

[mama-qwerty]

Even more discussions with @nights-nonsensical-ramblings

Gonna get long because this was one of those "yeah, and" kinda things that just took off.

Okay, so let's talk about "Eggdad" in the sense that when Eggman lands on Angel Island, he encounters this little boy who's completely ignorant of, well, everything. Recognizing the kid has unimaginable strength, and a connection to the most powerful gemstone in the universe, Eggman decides to use him to his own advantage.

Knuckles wouldn't have any idea of right or wrong so he'd just accept anything Eggman would tell him as truth. To Eggman, he's a tool to be used, and is only good so long as he's useful. If he starts to question, or refuse to obey, Eggman wouldn't take too kindly to that, likely delivering punishments that would 'remind' him of who he belongs to.

The question would be, how far would Knuckles go to keep Eggman's 'love'? Would he know, deep down inside, that what he's doing is wrong? Or would he simply go along with Eggman's plans and orders until he sees how Sonic treats Tails, much like he started to question in the movie when Sonic went for Tails instead of the compass?

Maybe after a few battles with the hedgehog and fox, Knuckles starts sneaking around behind Eggman's back, maybe spying on the other boys and watching how Sonic treats Tails, and seeing such a different level of caring going on.

Tails makes a mistake of some kind, and it's still kinda early in his and Sonic's relationship and he's kinda cowering and afraid, and Knux is expecting the boy to be punished because that's what always happened with him.

But then Sonic is kind and gentle and soft with the boy, offering head pats and gentle words and kind comfort and something in Knuckles' chest just aches.

And maybe that makes him angry - it's not fair! Tails made a mistake, he did bad thing and he should be punished! How will he learn not to do it again??

And that makes Knuckles even worse the next time they fight, because he just doesn't understand, and maybe he goes after Tails specifically, and is surprised when Sonic fights even harder to keep the little fox safe.

And he sneaks off after the fight to watch them and Tails is so apologetic that Sonic got hurt because of him and he's crying and just feels so bad, but Sonic just waves it off, and is still so kind to the boy after everything.

And maybe Knuckles tries some things to see if Eggman would be worried for him. Maybe during the next fight he doesn't fight nearly as hard and gets hurt, and he waits for Eggman to worry over him, to tell him he did good and to just rest.

But he doesn't.

Eggman is angry that Knuckles didn't fight harder.

"How dare you let that blue rat get a hit on you! Do you know how many bots I lost because of you??"

And maybe at some point Knuckles tracks the boys down and just kinda confronts them. Sonic's expecting a fight, and goes all prickly, standing in front of Tails to protect him, but Knuckles just stands there, looking awkward and uncomfortable and nervous.

"Why do you treat him like that?"

Sonic paused, an eyebrow arched. "Like what?"

Knuckles gestured between the hedgehog and fox. "Like that. You get hurt for him. You protect him. Why?"

Sonic turned and exchanged a quick glance with Tails, before turning back to the echidna. "Why wouldn't I? He's just a kid."

"So are you."

"So?"

Knuckles quieted, casting his eyes to the side. "Do you punish him when he makes mistakes?"

Silence for a moment. "No. Mistakes teach us stuff we didn't know. They're important."

More silence. Knuckles pulled his lips tight. "When do you punish him, then?"

Sonic bristled even more. "I don't. Punishments don't teach. They only hurt." The echidna flicked his eyes back. He stared at the hedgehog for a moment, brow furrowed and eyes narrowed. Then he looked behind him, at the fox. The boy shrank under his gaze, and Sonic moved to block the boy from view.

"You got a beef, you talk to me. You ain't touching him."

Knuckles curled his lip in a slight snarl, before turning on his heel and hurrying back to base. Eggman would notice him missing soon, and that wouldn't end well for him.

This plants the seed and maybe next time they fight he's even more attentive to how Sonic is protective of Tails, and encourages him, and how Eggman doesn't do the same for Knuckles.

Eggman's yelling out orders and insults and berating Knuckles every time he misses a punch or something, and it just builds inside the echidna's mind until he just snaps and turns on Eggman's bots, destroying them all with ease.

He loved Eggman, he thought Eggman loved him, but seeing a true caring relationship between Sonic and Tails just shoved a dagger into his heart that NO, Eggman doesn't care about him at all.

He destroys all of Eggman's bots, all the while Eggman is yelling at him, ordering him to stop. When the bots are all gone, he returns to Eggman and gathers a fistful of the man's coat to yank him forward, snarling into the human's face.

"I trusted you. I thought you cared about me. I thought you wanted to take care of me."

Eggman's lips turned up into a nasty smirk. "But I did, didn't I? I took you off that island of yours, taught you to speak, taught you about the world around you. Where would you be had I not found you? Still on that primitive island, foraging for berries, living all alone. I gave you focus. Gave you everything. And this is how you repay me?"

And that would give Knuckles pause because it did make sense, in a weird way, and he has these conflicting thoughts and feelings inside him over this.

Eggman wouldn't have done all that if he didn't care, right?

But something else nagged at him, poked at him, and he'd turn to look at Sonic and Tails, at how protective Sonic was with the fox, even now as the lull in the fight is letting the fox poke through the destroyed bots, with Sonic close by, keeping a watchful eye around them.

Knuckles is so confused and pulled in different directions, his only instinct is to retreat, to get away. But Eggman implanted a chip in him for just such an occasion, and with a flick of a switch the echidna is brought to his knees by a strong electrical shock.

Can't let his little minion get away, after all. He has access to the Master Emerald, and besides, Knuckles knows too much about his bases and such, can't just let him wander off, can he? Not to mention that he put a lot of work into this echidna, he's not just letting that go.

Sonic would see the change in Knuckles, though, and would attack Eggman while Tails tries to gain access to the chip and disable it. Yadda yadda, they succeed, and drag Knuckles off with them as Eggman beats a hasty retreat.

Now Knux has to unlearn all the horrible things Eggman taught him about interpersonal relationships, and discover that it's not supposed to hurt to trust someone. In a way Knux would be a lot like Tails in that regard, worrying that everything he did would bring a punishment, or rejection.

Sonic's got a lot of experience in dealing with a kid who'd been abused and abandoned, but it's different dealing with a younger kid than it is with someone who's older than you.

I think Tails would be the one to really reach out to Knux. He's learned from Sonic, and Sonic would feel weird treating Knux like he treats Tails (and honestly I don't think Knux would take too kindly to it anyway) so I could see Tails teaching Knux how to deal with worries and fears.

Knuckles would have had all his survival instincts almost literally beaten out of him, so he has no idea how to survive in the wild anymore. He tries to start a fire in camp one night, and is struggling so hard with it, but doesn't want to ask for help because, y'know, Sonic, so Tails just kinda comes over and gently shows him.

Knuckles sits perfectly still when it's time to eat, not touching the food offered him because Eggman used to laugh at the way he ate because of his mitts, so Knux usually waited until Eggman was done and ate alone.

The other boys notice Knux isn't eating, but they don't say anything about it. After a few nights of this, Tails gets really bothered by it and moves to sit next to the echidna, putting his own food down and sitting still, too. Knux casts him a sideglance, an eyebrow raised in a question, and Tails just looks up at him and says "I'm not gonna eat until you do. It's the polite thing to do."

And after some huffing and scoffing, Knuckles finally picks up his food and starts to eat, hesitantly at first, expecting the laughter and insults.

But none come.

He glances at Tails, who smiles and picks up his own food and starts to eat, too.

As time goes on he becomes very protective of the others, Tails especially, but he and Sonic do sometimes have some good talks late at night while Tails is asleep. Sonic usually starts them as a kind of offhanded comment based on something he's observed. He's good at drawing Knux out if it seems like it's just a shooting the shit kinda campfire chat.

He'll comment about some bird Knuckles had been watching earlier in the day, which eventually brings out that Knuckles had at one time only had wildlife for friends and used to be mostly feral, but lost those skills when Eggman took him in. Now he barely knows how to spend a night outside.

Knuckles doesn't talk much. I feel like when he first got with Eggman he would be so much more talkative and inquisitive and open, but Eggman kind of beat that out of him by belittling him and insulting him and making fun of him for it, so over the years Knux just kinda withdrew and didn't talk much. He doesn't offer information.

He's very observant, but refuses to open his mouth and ask, unless he feels comfortable with the person, and even then it's a 50/50 shot whether he'll talk. And usually it's to Tails. The fox just feels safe. Unthreatening.

I would imagine that when Knux first joins the duo he feels like he's intruding. He sees how close they are, how much Sonic watches out for Tails, he feels like he shouldn't be there, that he's unwelcome and unwanted and shouldn't be wasting their time.

I could see him try to leave at some point, expecting them to want him gone, so he just wants to beat them to it before they get a chance to cut him loose. He gets up in the middle of the night and walks away from camp, only to have a little fox come up behind him and ask where he's going.

The boy takes him by the hand--he touches him in a gentle way--and pulls him back toward the camp.

"C'mon. If you're scared you can snuggle up with me. I do that with Sonic sometimes when I have bad dreams. It helps."

Knuckles doesn't respond, but lets the boy lead him back to camp. Sonic is lying with his back to them, but the hedgehog is awake. He awoke the minute Knuckles got up and walked off. His ear was flicked backward, trained on the two returning to camp, and Knuckles thought Sonic was lying a little too still than normal.

Tails crawled back in his sleeping bag, never letting go of Knuckles' hand. The echidna reluctantly lowered himself back to the ground, where Tails pulled his blanket over to cover him up, as the fox curled into the older boy's side to fall back to sleep.

Knuckles watched Sonic for a few moments, and watched as the ear that had been trained on them flicked back into a more relaxed position. The hedgehog drew in a deep breath, letting it out in a soft exhale, his body relaxing as well.

The echidna turned back to stare at the stars overhead. Sleep took a while to come for him. This was all so strange to him. Confusing, but . . . nice.

At some point he realizes he's not holding his breath whenever they move near him. His chest isn't all tight and constricted when they're around. His stomach isn't tied in knots.

The first time he laughs with them is a surprise to all three. Not just a little lip curl on one edge of his mouth, but a full on belly laugh, where it warms his chest and makes his belly hurt.

And it just feels so good.

The happiest he's felt in a long, long time.

Eggman wouldn't let him take off his gloves. He thought Knux's claws looked weird so he never wanted to see them.

The first time Knuckles took his gloves off with the boys, he tried to do it in secret, but Tails saw him and just stared. And that tightening in Knuckles' chest appeared, his face burning as he fumbled to get his gloves back on as quickly as possible, when the fox came over and gently took hold to bring them closer and examine them better.

"I've never seen anyone with such big claws. They look perfect for digging. I bet you can dig really well!"

And that takes Knux by surprise because he vaguely remembers being underground, the smell of the earth around him a comforting feeling.

"I . . . I don't know. I can't remember."

Tails looks up at him, eyes wide. "Wanna try? Sonic's a pretty good digger but his claws aren't like yours. I bet you could dig a hole much faster than him!"

And oh, doesn't that little challenge make Knuckles want to try.

It's a little rough at first, but once he gets more comfortable with it, oh, you can't stop him. Being underground makes him so comfortable and calm and happy. And his claws finally don't hurt anymore, because now they're doing what they were meant for, and being worn down the way they should have been his whole life.

Sonic and Tails teach Knuckles that trusting someone isn't necessarily a bad thing. And he is so, so grateful for their help. For their friendship.

[number-one-shadisper-shipper]

Behold my Sonic fankids!

Buckle up y'all I'm about to lore-drop

Dash the Hedgehog: Son of Sonic and Amy. He's a speedy, fun-loving kid with a big heart. Future hero of Mobius but for now is mostly having fun exploring with his dad and racing anyone he meets. Also has a hammer like Amy's, with which he can do cool tricks.

Mouse the Owl: Adopted daughter of Sonic and Amy. Found and brought home by Dash after her parents were killed by an Eggman scheme. She's really sweet and a bit shy, and is basically the equivalent of Tails for Dash. Best friends with Tikal.

Nova Prower: The girl that grew from Cosmo's seed. Raised by single dad Tails and is a great mechanic like him! Loves sunlight and nature and going on adventures with her Papa.

Ash the Cat: Son of Blaze and Silver and twin brother of Aura. As the crown prince chosen by the Sol Emeralds, he inherited Blaze's fire powers. He's very stoic and serious, taking his role as future king very seriously.

Aura the Hedgehog: Twin sister of Ash. Is far more spunky and playful, and tries to drag her brother out to do fun things instead of studying. Inherited Silver's telekinesis.

Knuckles the Bat-chidna, a.k.a. Knux: Firstborn son of Knuckles and Rouge. Relatively rare in having mixed species features rather than only taking after one. He's rather rebellious and doesn't want to take on the warrior lifestyle on Angel Island, preferring thievery.

Spear the Echidna: Second son of Knuckles and Rouge. Far more serious about his tribal heritage than his older brother, and because of this is next in line to take on the Guardianship of the Master Emerald. Devoted to the warriors lifestyle and protecting his family.

Jewel the Bat: Daughter of Knuckles and Rouge. Sweet and simple, well-trained in fighting but prefers not to. Is dedicated to finding all the secrets of Angel Island, taking care of its Chao population, and recording the history of the Echidna for future generations. Not named after Jewel the Beetle but they do become friends after realizing they share a name.

Hunter the Bat: Son of Knuckles and Rouge. Inherited both of his parents' treasure hunting tendencies and loves to explore. His wings grew in too small, making him the only member of his family who can't fly/glide, although he can hover for a short amount of time. That doesn't stop him from traveling all over the world! Honorary member of Team Kid Chaotix (the next generation of the Chaotix).

Tikal the Echidna: Youngest daughter of Knuckles and Rouge. Small and spunky! Is still a bit young for warrior training, but she's ready to go when she can! Loves animals and swimming and playing around Angel Island. Goddaughter of her namesake, and is able to interact with her and Chaos. Best friends with Mouse.

Night the Wolf: Son of Shadow and Whisper. Autistic and almost entirely non verbal. Is super powerful, with Shadow's abilities, but is very quiet, calm, and stoic. Because of his resting angry face, people think he's kind of grumpy like his dad, but he's actually pretty chill. Very close with his "cousin" Knux.

Maria the Hedgehog: Daughter of Shadow and Whisper. Fun, spunky, loud, and energetic. Basically has the energy and noise of the rest of the family combined. Loves to get into fights and Night constantly has to bail her out. Also has Shadow's abilities, especially running. Loves to run. Always has a different fun design on her T-shirt.

Mint the Bunny-dile: Daughter of Vector and Vanilla. Like Knux, is a rare mixed-species kid, although mostly crocodile. Is hard of hearing due to physical issues with the connection of rabbit ears with a crocodile head. Is very big and strong, sometimes not knowing her own strength. Sweet and a bit rough-and-tumble. Is a big proponent of body positivity due to being mixed-species as well as growing up around primarily mammal mobians who were a lot smaller than her at the same age.

Gale the Hawk: Daughter of Jet. Fast, cool, and a bit egotistical but ultimately good-hearted. Loves racing and pushing herself to learn new tricks and new types of racing. Like wearing the "retro" hand-me-downs from her Aunt Wave (okay actually I haven't decided if I ship Wave and Jet or see them as siblings so for now it's just "aunt")

Thanks for letting me ramble! Feel free to ask me about my babies 😁

[lightninghikaru]

Even though the roles are swapped, I still feel like Sonic enjoys teasing Knuckles just as much as he does in the other universe, especially knowing of Rouges little crush/thing she has with him, it makes it all the more pleasurable to annoy him, since it’s so easy to get him heated lol. Basically my prompt is just that, Sonic teasing and annoying Knuckles. Whether it be in a situation where both teams are hanging out and Sonic wants to have a little fun being a nuisance or after defeating Eggman once again and wanting to have some fun. I’m not too picky. But I hope that’s not too vague lol.

Lol yes Sonic still teases Knuckles in both universes. The boy can't help it. (This one is super short it's been a busy day)

“Yo Knux!” Sonic calls out seeing the Guardian fighting alongside Shadow and Tails. “Whatcha doing off your island? I thought you took your job seriously.” He gave a teasing grin.

“It's none of your business why I'm here. And before you think about telling that Bat, just know the Chaotix are watching over it.” Knuckles warns as he smashes another Badnik.

“Man, what's it with you and Rouge? I don't even have to mention her and you bring her up.” Sonic's grin grows wider, noticing Knuckles start looking flustered.

“I've got no idea what you're talking about.” Knuckles turn away. Sonic runs around him knocking one of the Badniks away.

“You make it too easy.” Sonic said with a chuckle.

“I'll knock you into next week if you don't focus!” Knuckles demanded.

“Who said I can't focus while I'm messing with you? Honestly Knux, you really believe I can't do both?” Sonic said.

Knuckles shakes his fist debating if it was worth clobbering his face or not.

“Just a little payback for throwing me off your island.” Sonic stuck out his tongue.

“I apologized for that already.” Knuckles growls.

“I know, but I just wanted to be sure we could have fun.”

“You want fun?” Knuckles eye twitches before he lifts up Sonic above his head. “Go find fun over there!”

It wasn't an aggressive throw. He was just throwing him onto another part of the battlefield. Sonic let him, chuckling the entire time. He was glad they were able to mend their relationship… even if that meant he'd have to deal with Sonics shenanigans.

[ninjapotatohead]

Let's say you were taken back in time to redo Sonic Prime. You have to keep the same theme (Sonic in multiverses where he never existed, has to remake his reality) but aside from that you have a relatively large amount of leeway to do what you want, keeping things in a TV format of course. What is your plotline through the series and the character arcs you'd do?

Well, obviously, make Sonic... well, not a childish jackass. Lol

But as far as what else I'd do or what direction I'd take the show? Well...

• While I'd still have the Paradox Prism shatter in the ensuing battle between Sonic and Eggman (it is the inciting incident after all), I would instead have Sonic breaking it be an accident; having it shatter as a side effect of him and Eggman fighting over it.

• I'd also downsize the Chaos Council immensely, mainly because it never made sense to me why Sonic's friends had Shatterverse counterparts in each dimension, but all of Eggman's are just confined to New Yoke. You know, make it so that each Shatterspace has an Eggman to go with it as well. This may tie into my next point, but I'd have the Chaos Council start off with just one version of Eggman, and MAYBE have the other hypothetical Shatterverse Eggmen come together and join forces so they become the big bad later in the show. I always found Nine uninteresting as the main antagonist of the entire show, tbh

• If I were absolutely required to keep the narrative theme of Sonic learning to value his friends a bit more, I guess I would run with the idea of each of the Shatterspaces having a version of one of the main cast as its antagonist, so that if and when Sonic goes to get a better understanding of their problems, he's one step closer to understanding the friends he has back in his home world. And I think the show was going that route initially (Thorn Rose for the Boscage Maze, Dread Knux for No Place, Nine Tails for New Yoke), but I feel they didn't really go all the way with that concept; I mean, there aren't even Shatterspaces where a version of Rouge or Big are the antagonists, so I'd also formulate new Shatterspaces centered around them and what problems they might have.

• Shadow, for the most part, I'd keep unchanged. However, I'd change his and Sonic's conflict to revolving around something else entirely (since I'd be rewriting Sonic's character here).

• I would stay true to Sonic's character and have him realize through the time he's spent in the Shatterverse that the Shatterspace counterparts of his friends... simply aren't the friends he has back home; sure, they may functionally be manifestations of the sort of internal struggles and various problems they themselves face, but they're ultimately completely different people (complete with their own personalities and wildly different histories).

That's about all I can think of off the top of my head.

[bexorok]

Poorly written Sonic Movie 3 pitch/outline

I’ve never really written anything in a script format, but I had so many thoughts about the next movie that I had to write them out otherwise my brain would actually explode. I’m kind of bouncing around with scenes I think should be in the movie as well as character introductions. Hope people find some enjoyment out of these!

This is the first couple of scenes I wrote out. I also had a little blurb about the opening credits, but it’s kind of just what the rumored trailer for Sonic 3 reviled at cinamacon was, so there’s not much point of it. Basically, Robotnik now looks like his original game design, and that’s all you really need to know

Introduction Scene

interior, prison island

Sirens are blaring and red lights are going off. We see automated doors closing, followed by an explosion. When the smoke settles, we see Stone and Robotnik together in a walking mech, destroying all doors that close in front of them. Military robots fight back but can do nothing against him.

They enter a final room at the end of the corridor. Inside we see a capsule that’s completely sealed.

Robotnik: We've hit the jackpot, Stone! Right inside this capsule is the key to ultimate power, and finally destroying that pesky hedgehog and his friends once and for all! I will finally have the power to rule over this world, and even more!

(Insert gay pining from Stone, we all know it’s canon)

Robotnik instructs Stone to search the files for the password to enter. He scrolls through the data for a moment before he comes across something.

Stone: M-A-R-I-A … really? A 5 letter password is protecting the key to ultimate power?

Robotnik: Remember Stone, this dusty bucket of bolts is over 50 years old. They were simpler times. Password decoders weren’t even invented, and our current program probably wouldn’t run on this hunk of junk.

He pauses a moment, seemingly thinking back.

Robotnik: Maria, huh? Haven’t heard that name in a long, long time. Still, I wouldn’t have thought of my grandfather as the sentimental type.

He walks over and types in the password. The capsule opens with a cloud of smoke, and an orange light reveals a figure not unlike Sonic’s. His eyes open and glow red as the restraints around him detach.

Robotnik and Stone stare in awe as he steps out. He kneels to the ground on one knee.

Shadow: I am Shadow, the ultimate lifeform, created by doctor Gerald Robotnik. You have awakened me, which can only mean you seek the ultimate power.

Robotnik yells in exasperation: Yes! Finally, a creature who knows its master! Welcome to the team, Shadow the hedgehog

The camera zooms back, revealing prison island, going further until it shows the entire earth, zooming further to reveal space colony ARK. The rendition of “live and learn” from the original trailer plays as the logo for the movie is finally revealed, with ARK shown just underneath.

Cut to an overview of Green Hills, where we see the blur of sonic, quickly followed by tails and knuckles, all laughing and whooping. They go through the forests and mountains of Green Hills, eventually getting to the peak of a mountain top, where Sonic jumps off and is caught by tails. Knuckles follows, gliding next to them. They fly over a house, where we hear Tom shout to them.

Tom: Dinner is ready! Get here quick, before all the burgers and hotdogs are gone!

They all fly down, landing in the backyard, where Tom has the grill set up. At a table nearby, we see Maddie, Rachel, Randel, JoJo, and Ozzy sitting down. Tails quickly flies to a tree house connected to the garage.

Tails: Just have to grab something!

Knuckles steps to the side of the yard, opening what looks like a cellar door.

Knuckles: I will join you all in a moment. I must double check the emeralds status.

Tails flies back from a window in the tree house, carrying with him a gadget.

Tails: It's fine, Knux, we would have gotten an alert if anything happened to the emerald.

Knuckles: Fox, I trust nothing but my own eyes to confirm if the emerald is safe or not.

He opens the doors and goes down a dark flight of stairs.

Maddie: Let him go sweetie, you know how he gets when he’s away from the emerald too long.

Tom: Sonic, do you mind getting the plates from the kitchen?

In a flash, sonic runs inside the house and back again, setting a plate in front of each person at the table.

Tom: Thanks pal!

Maddie nudges Rachel, nodding her head.

Rachel: Alright, I’ll admit it, the weird little alien things are starting to grow on me, especially considering how much JoJo likes spending time with them. But I still don’t know if I want to move to this town.

Sonic: aw, come on, Green Hills is the best town ever! Pulse as long as we're here, it’ll be the safest town ever.

Tails: That's right! We’re patrolling every day, looking for signs of danger! And for the chaos emeralds, of course.

JoJo: Oh yeah, have you guys found any yet?

Tails: (laughs awkwardly) well, not yet. But as soon as I’m done with my tracking device, we’ll be able to use it to hunt them down!

He shows them the device in his hands. It has a radar map on it with a single, large blinking light next to the yard.

Tails: right now it can only detect the master emerald, but once we find a chaos emerald, I can use its energy frequency to find other similar frequencies.

JoJo: Wow! That’s so cool! Mom, can I help them look for the emeralds too?

Rachel: Woah, woah, woah. No way young lady, I can not have you running around the world, you’re still just a kid.

JoJo: but mom! Tails is, like, 8! I’m two whole years older than him! Why can’t I go on cool adventures?

Randal: because, you’re still a *human* kid. You can get hurt a lot more easily than these guys can.

Rachel: hold up, do you mean to tell me that that little scientist who makes bombs and guns is only 8?

Maddie: We were surprised too. You’d have no idea any of these guys were so young if you didn’t ask.

Sonic: mom! We aren’t that young! I’m 14 now, I’m basically a grown up.

Maddie: Okay, Mr. grown up. But most grown ups don’t like getting tucked into bed every night.

Sonic: MOM!

Everyone at the table laughs, and Tom comes to the table with a plate of hot dogs and burger patties. Maddie looks over at Tails, who is still tweaking with his tracker.

Maddie: Miles Prower-Wachowski, what did I say about gizmos at the dinner table?

Tails: oops, sorry mom!

He puts the radar down, where the camera zooms in on the blinking light. We then fade to the room in the cellar. An automated door with an eye scanner blocks the way, and we see Knuckles take the last few steps down the staircase. He approaches the door and puts his eye near the scanner. A red laser appears and scans his eye, confirming his identity and unlocking the door. It opens, and inside the room we see a small shrine (designed after the shrine from sonic adventure 1) and resting on it is the master emerald. Knuckles nods in content.

Knuckles: as long as I am here, no harm will come to the emerald ever again.

[atangledfate]

Christmas Revelations Part 5

The snow just seemed to keep falling and despite how cold it was he didn't want to go back to the lab yet. His twin tails swished back and forth as he exhaled his breath visible in the chill of the night. He had never felt so torn between wanting to embrace someone and call them family, and wanting nothing to do with them. He'd given up on finding his family years ago and somehow he'd missed an obvious answer.

He spent months, years even looking for a race of his parents, an aunt or uncle. Someone he could call family yet every turn he made was met with emptiness. A void that could never be filled, and yet--- he never considered a sibling. He closed his eyes and his shoulders slumped as he felt a great weight upon him. Did he let her in his life, or live with pushing the only link to his past away.

A wave of snow came crashing over Tails as he was buried neck deep as a blue blur of motion whipped past him! the Poor fox shook his head as sonic sat on a snow bank laughing at his misfortune before plopping in the snow next to him. Miles glared at the blue menace unamused before snow from a lamp post fell on sonic's head with a splat! The two brothers laughed at each other and stared up at the night sky.

" sooo, it bothers ya that much huh? I thought ya'd be happy... you spent all that time looking for your mom and pops--- and now you found your sister. Seems like this would be a win... "

The Fox stared upward not looking at sonic as his smile faded away and he thought about what sonic said. He wasn't wrong in a way, in another he felt like he both let her down by not finding her sooner. But also why didn't she come find him sooner? It wasn't like he was hard to find, if anything he was to easy to find.

" Kinda? I mean... yes and no? Sure it makes me excited to know i have family. But why didn't i find her sooner, no why didn't she come find me sooner... and i don't know much about having a sibling... or family really. Outside of you and amy and knux i... i don't really know how to even act... "

Sonic sat up brushing the snow from his quills and turning his head to his best friend. His smile never faded from his lips as he was always going to be there for miles. Maybe he wasn't blood related but in a way he felt a kinship to Miles.

" Does it matter? Little buddy---- you can sit here in the cold and wonder all night why this or that. But you won't ever be any closer to an answer. At the end of the day... after YEARS of searching you found your family... "

Sonic reached over to put his hand on Tails shoulder

" Here is what i think! you need to stop worrying so much, and put your paranoia in the trash can! and go over there and talk to her my dude! Its gonna be weird at first... things might be awkward BUT you'll work past that i promise! just... be yourself! i bet you have more in common then you know..."

Miles smiled a little nervously at Sonic's rather blunt take on the situation. It was just like him to put aside his worries of the past and focus on the present. But he was right, sitting here in the cold covered in snow wasn't gonna fix anything. He just had to get to know her and maybe she knew more about there past, and there parents.

he leaned over to give Sonic a hug--- no matter what, he was always there for him!

[rapidhighway]

Dying to hear your thoughts about knuckles being possessed by the chaos emerald

Everyone else can close their eyes this is for Nahla lmaooo

You mean master emerald? Cause the master emerald oh boyyy WELL

Okay cmere (pats my bed foryou to sit next to me) this will make no sense probably but I've had many specific thoughts about this idk if it's any good

umm i won't lie I have a whole ass au in the making rn skcnkdkdkd but im very unsure about many things so I'm not going to go into this stuff much. However I've been thinking about this for quite some time and what I think is that a scenario like that would require a new villain (or one that already exists but I'm not versed enough in sonic lore and idk them). LISTEN IDK anything about enerjack I WILL I prommy I will and I will scream about ittt But. A villain that is interested in Echidnas, Angel Island and stuff, someone knowledgeable and with big big ambitious. I don't see it being Eggman cause I feel like the most Eggman would do with the Master Emerald is powering some big ass robot or a giant laser or something. And this should be personal. This should be about Angel Island and the Echidnas and about Knuckles' life and his mission. Knuckles doesn't go super, he doesn't use the emeralds, he doesn't use the Master Emerald, he just guards it. So to get him to actually use it, get corrupted by it, it would have to be something powerful and something that plays on all bad parts of his life. I don't really see Knuckles as someone who angsts a lot about his situation, he's unsatisfied by it but I don't think he's going to cry about it. He's proud of being the guardian of the Master Emerald even though it has big big downsides. The things that would actually be painful would be failure as guardian (not just of the ME but his friends too)loss of Angel Island, loss of something big, very important to the echidna culture, stuff like that, idk I'd have to think it through haha. I don't think Knuckles being corrupted by the Master Emerald should be anyone's end goal. It could be something of a side effect, perhaps Knuckles trying to protect it from destruction or corruption or something would get corrupted himself and entangled with the Emerald's power. All very cool he needs a very cool form. Personally I think the tactic for his defeat could be more than one person using the chaos emeralds to become super, this way let's say Sonic takes all the punches (gets punched out of his super form like the master can do) and for example Tails and Amy (I need them to go super pls pls pls) could blast Knux to smithereens lmao. You know what I mean. I think? But basically, this is a very cool concept but I NEED it to be so good and big and dramatic. This is NOT a one shot idea for me okay, I need a 50k story at least.

[emeraldtied]

➤ Take A Look | Accepting (slowly)

↳ @familylightfox asked: send DIFFERENT for a scene from my muse's past that they feel changed their outlook / personality / etc, for the better or worse

{➹} – IT WAS A LONG silence, far from comfortable. Marred by the glowering glare that was currently being aimed at him, by his little brother no less. The fox was furious, those baby blue eyes alight with anger the hedgehog had never seen before. And not for a single moment did Sonic blame them for it.

He still shifted underneath it, uncertain of what to do and moreso when it came to what to say. But he had to say something, he had to try to explain himself, to make things right. No matter how dim his hope was for that to happen. "Tails..."

"Miles." The fox's voice was savage, cut across so harshly that it took the hedgehog aback for a moment. And it hurt, Sonic would admit that. It was true then, the fox had abandoned the name the hero had given him. "I'm not a kid anymore, don't treat me like one."

"I didn't..." Sonic started but trailed off, his own voice sounded feeble for a moment. He stopped, took a breath, and tried again with more conviction. "Knux told me how hard you took everything...an' I know we didn't have the best...well, anything, right before everything happened..."

Everything. Rail Canyon. His capture, what Miles and Knuckles had took as the hedgehog's death. Chaos knew there were still days Sonic wished that had been the case. Even now, a few months later, fully healed, he was far from alright and it showed in the way he held himself. Whether Miles noticed or simply didn't care, no one could tell.

The fox only sneered, nearly spat in the hero's direction as his eyes narrowed. "That's how you'd put it? Funny, because I remember finding out the person I idolized the most in the world, the person who saved me, someone I considered a brother telling me he wanted nothing to do with me. Who turned around and insulted me in everyway he could when he thought I'd never know about it. Then said it all to my face."

The hedgehog flinched as if he had been hit, but it didn't take the fox long to realize that they weren't denying anything either. In truth, the hero had no idea what he was supposed to say. How the hell was he supposed to explain to the fox that he had only said those things to save them? To get them the hell out of Robotnik's base before the madman could take the fox and echidna hostage too?

...How could he rightfully say he didn't mean all of that when, at that moment, he just might of?

He regretted it, he truely did, but Sonic knew that wasn't enough. That maybe it never would be. "Listen, I know I was an ass but...I didn't mean—"

"Yes, you did!" Miles snapped, so viciously that the hero had to take a step back when the fox advanced forwards. Their hands were balled into tight fists. The fox wasn't crying, but rather seething. "Why else would you say it? Everything you said back in Robotnik's base was true, wasn't it? That you never wanted me...that you think I'm...I'm a freak."

That part wasn't true, not even remotely. "Tails..."

"Stop calling me that!" It was the straw that broke the fox's back, and he let out a guttural noise that almost scared the hero. Before Sonic could correct himself, before he could try to explain things, the fox had already seen red. They had bent down, scooped up the largest rock they could find and hurled it at the hero.

Maybe it was because it was so unexpected, or maybe he thought the fox hadn't really meant it despite the absolute ire in their voice, but the hedgehog didn't move. Even as the rock came right for his head. It hurt, but somehow paled in comparison to the fox's next words right before they walked away.

"Leave me alone. And go to hell, Sonic"

[solalunar-eclipse]

Sonic Boom - S3E12

Chapter title: Schrödinger's Hedgehog, Part 1

Summary: The final mystery about Shadow begins. Who is he, really? Why has he always stayed distant from others? What is his story?

This four-part special will answer all of those questions and more.

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[Scene opens on the six heroes playing volleyball. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails have formed one team, leaving Amy, Sticks, and Shadow on the other.]

“Knux! Knux! I’m open, let me spike it!” Sonic shouted, leaping into the air. The echidna obligingly passed it to him, helping their team score a point as Sonic smashed it into the sand. Shadow teleported in front of the ball before it could roll into the forest and carried it back, shooting Sonic an absolutely deadly look in the process (whether for scoring a point or for making him go get the ball, it wasn’t entirely clear).

“Come on, guys, we won’t lose to them, will we?” Amy insisted, doing her best to inspire her teammates. Carefully, she served the ball, giving Sticks an opportunity to set it over the net. After a few more minutes of tense play, Tails stumbled in the sand, giving Shadow a perfect opening to spike the ball himself. He smirked, making direct eye contact with Sonic as his palm connected with the volleyball.

Unfortunately for him, the angle of his hand turned out to be just ever so slightly off. He realized this quickly, only seconds before all the others, and his expression shifted into one of mild horror before his hand had even left the ball. It was obvious enough that the moment he landed, everyone else automatically turned towards the water, waiting for the splash of an out-of-bounds shot.

Instead, they all watched, mildly stunned, as it sailed over the horizon.

The moment Shadow landed in the sand, they turned back to him, staring incredulously. He winced. “I guess I hit it harder than I meant to.” he said nervously into the silence.

Suddenly, the entire team exploded in cheers and laughter. “Man, that was awesome!” Sonic cried.

“I just wish I’d gotten it on video.” Tails sighed wistfully.

Sticks walked up to the group, smiling one of her rare genuine smiles. “This’ll be one of those stories we’ll talk about for years, won’t it?”

“You know it!” Knuckles cheered excitedly.

Meanwhile, Shadow just smiled awkwardly and wished with all his might (despite all of the positive attention he was getting) that he hadn’t done it at all.

…

[The same intro sequence plays as last time, but Shadow is slightly less irritated. He still refuses to play along with the others, but is no longer outright angry. If anything, he looks slightly amused by the others and their antics.]

[There is no villain reveal in this episode, however, and so Dr. Eggman is introduced like an ordinary character (since he is one of the main characters of the show, as he himself would inform anyone at the slightest provocation).]

[The intro then continues on, before ending with the title of this week’s episode.]

…

After the abrupt ending to their volleyball game, the team decided to wander around town and see if there was anything else interesting to do. In Shadow’s opinion, the simple fact that the other five existed was entertaining enough to count as ‘interesting’ all on its own, but they didn’t seem to agree.

Approximately two and a half seconds after they stepped across the town’s border, an extraordinarily loud shriek of “My baby!” was heard, and everyone except for Shadow (who hadn’t experienced this enough to get sick of it yet) groaned. 

“Not this again!” Sonic complained, even as the entire team headed in the direction of the shout to investigate.

“Does this woman know the first thing about childcare?” Amy sighed. “You’re not supposed to keep your eyes off your child for any extended period of time!”

Once the six made it to the scene, they discovered that this time, the baby in question had somehow managed to clamber up to the top of the highest building in town. They were currently attempting to climb the spire at the very top, but kept on slipping each time.

Sonic sighed. “Can someone else keep the baby from falling today? I’m just not feeling it right now.”

“I got it! I’m great at climbing!” Knuckles said, immediately digging his spikes into the side of the building and hauling himself onto the roof. He was just in time, too, as the baby’s most recent attempt to clamber up the extremely thin spire ended in a near disaster. They completely lost their grip on the metal pole, and began to slide down the roof towards the edge—on the opposite side from Knuckles.

Just as the baby was about to slide over the edge, the echidna dove across the roof, caught the baby in one arm, and then rolled off the side before catching himself on the gutter with his other hand. Gently, he dropped to the ground and handed the baby back to their delighted mother…who immediately wandered off to resume her shopping, not even bothering to give him the praise he deserved.

Thankfully, his friends were there to do that for her.

“Ohmygosh, Knuckles, that was actually so cool!” Tails cried, his eyes wide. “Where’d you learn tricks like that?”

“Oh, you know.” Knuckles said, and then didn’t elaborate.

“No, we don’t, actually.” Sticks replied, giving him a slightly bewildered look.

“I mean, living alone in the wilderness for most of your formational and adolescent years means you learn all kinds of cool survival stuff.” Knuckles explained. “Have you…oh right, you guys have always had houses! I forgot that not everyone is new to this house thing like me.”

“You…forgot?” Amy asked, frowning.

“Yep!” Knuckles smiled cheerfully, clearly unaware that it was abnormal to have spent most of one’s life on this island without a house.

Now that the latest crisis had been averted, the team continued throughout the town in search of something at least as exciting as a baby almost dying.

“Oh, wow!” Tails gasped when they passed the movie theater, running up to the front doors. He pointed at a poster excitedly. “Look at this, guys! I can’t believe the theater is actually getting the new Tommy Thunder movie! It’s coming out next week, and see, it’s called Rise of the Robot Overlords! It’ll be so cool to see someone fighting robots on the big screen just like us!” 

Shadow twitched, his legs slowing down automatically. The poster depicted Tommy Thunder (obviously) stabbing one robot through the chest with a massively oversized sword and shooting another robot’s head off with an equally massively oversized gun. 

Shadow wrenched his eyes away from the image with great difficulty, staring at the ground instead.

Amy shrugged. “I’m glad you’re excited, but we fight robots every day! What’s so special about these ones? They’re all just there to get destroyed in battle or blown up anyway.”

The striped hedgehog opened his mouth to speak, before shutting it again.

“They’re made with really cool special effects, that’s all!” Tails said, his eyes sparkling. “Plus, I always like to see if I can figure out what’s a model and what’s CG.”

Sticks’s eyes grew so wide it was a surprise that they didn’t take up most of their face. “Wait, hang on, why is nobody talking about the title of the movie?! Rise of the WHAT? They’re not even hiding their plans anymore! Everybody! Find food and shelter while you still can!” they screamed, running around the town at top speed.

[Their shrieking is still faintly audible for most of the rest of the scene.]

Shadow winced again, before doing his best to mask it as something brought on by Sticks screaming.

Knuckles frowned. “I dunno, Tails…your robots are cool, but I don’t trust any of the others. Most of them are either made by Eggman or don’t do what they’re supposed to. Or both!”

Tails folded his arms. “What about FriendBot? Or Q-N-C and MAIA?” he asked, not noticing the way Shadow outright flinched. “They were helpful!”

“Oh, are you guys talking about robots?” Eggman asked, strolling up with his arms full of grocery bags. 

“Yeah!” Tails said. “Knuckles thinks that most robots are bad, and Amy thinks they’re boring.”

“Wait, where did you come from?” Amy asked the doctor suspiciously.

“I heard someone talking about robots—which is my specialty, in case you hadn’t noticed—and decided that the conversation would undoubtedly be improved by my input!” Eggman said proudly. “Also, I came from the grocery store. Could you not tell that by the fact that I am currently holding groceries?”

Amy sighed, pinching her brow, and refused to dignify that with a response.

Eggman rolled his eyes, returning to the original conversation. “They’re plenty helpful! All you have to do is keep reminding them that they’re replaceable, or else they’ll start getting all high and mighty about ‘wages’ and stuff like that. I mean, do you remember that time mine went on strike? It was a disaster!”

“They are not replaceable!” Amy cried. “Bea is absolutely unique, and I love her very much!”

“So are you saying that not all robots are boring, then?” Tails replied smugly. 

Amy huffed. “Not all of them! I’d never generalize like that. But look at all of the ones in this movie! They’re faceless and boring, like those Sentinel things. Bea has much more personality than this!”

Shadow cringed at the sound of the word ‘Sentinel’. He began carefully moving towards the side of the movie theater, hoping to escape this conversation.

“Hey Shadow!” Sonic called, making him freeze in his tracks. The hero had bought a box of popcorn and was leaning against a wall, watching the others as they argued. “What do you think of robots?”

“I…don’t have much of an opinion on them.” he said, measuring each word carefully. “Lyric’s robots were awful for the most part, but the doctor’s are less so.”

Sonic ate another handful of popcorn before replying. “Fair enough! I just figure, if they’re cool and can help us, then sure, they’re great! But otherwise, I’m happy smashing them. Tails is the one with all the gadgets—I can live with or without ‘em.”

“Oh. I suppose that makes sense.” Shadow said quietly.

[The camera cuts to show him clenching his fists at his sides, tightly enough that his claws begin to pierce the fabric of his gloves.]

Suddenly, a violent rumble shook the ground, making everyone reel and struggle to keep their balance. Sticks skidded to a stop next to the rest of the group, dropping down to all fours immediately. “Earthquake!” they screeched.

The moment that the first wave had passed, the heroes sprang into action. “Alright!” Sonic cried. “Everyone, get into a doorway or under a table! You’ll be safe there until this thing is over!”

He and Shadow began to rush around the village, helping the people who were stuck outside with nowhere to go. Meanwhile, the others began rapidly to get those closer nearby to safety, switching into ‘hero mode’ with ease. 

Except for Eggman, of course. He just leapt into his Eggmobile and flew away to his island (though he did help one or two people before leaving, and immediately swore them to secrecy on pain of death).

Sonic dashed back to the movie theater, tucking himself under the ticket counter with the others just as the second wave began. They all linked hands as quake after quake passed through, riding it out until the very end.

The moment it ended, the hero checked on Tails first, making sure his little brother was okay. “I’m fine, Sonic!” he insisted, waving the hedgehog away fondly. “I was right here with you, wasn’t I?”

“Everyone else alright?” he asked, checking in on the rest of his friends.

“All good here!” Amy replied, smiling at him. “Sticks and Knuckles seem fine to me too. How’s Shadow?”

“Shadow?” Sonic frowned. “Wasn’t he with you?”

“No, the last time I saw him was when he was running around with you.” she insisted.

Suddenly, they all realized the same thing at once. “Then…where is Shadow?” Amy whispered.

Sonic turned pale. “Oh, no…”

[cut to commercials]

[…]

[fade back in]

When the show returned, the entire team was already rushing all over the village, searching for Shadow. Tails was busy scanning for life signs from above, while Sonic sped throughout the streets as quickly as he could, hoping to spot Shadow safe and sound anywhere at all. Amy asked around, searching for clues as to where he’d been seen last, and Sticks and Knuckles took the more direct approach of simply digging through rubble at random in hopes of stumbling upon him.

After several tense minutes, including more than a few futile calls of his rival-turned-friend’s name, Sonic stumbled upon the little pink porcupine who had been a fan of his in times past weeping on the ground.

“Mister?” she sobbed. “Mister, please, get up…”

Sonic felt his body go cold. “Hey there, kiddo.” he said softly, forcing his face into a noticeably false smile. “What happened?”

“That hedgehog, he—he saved me,” she whimpered, “‘cause the big house was gonna fall on me but it fell on him instead!” She began to wail openly, and Sonic hugged her, his body moving on autopilot. He sent an SOS to the rest of the team, calling them to his position.

“Oh my…” Amy whispered, the first to arrive.

Tails and Knuckles held each other quietly as they appeared on the scene, and even Sticks found her usual energy vanishing as she saw what had happened. However, she was also the first to step forward and take charge, since she was (somehow) the most no-nonsense of them all at times.

“We should start by clearing off all of…this.” she said, gesturing at the house covering Shadow. 

Immediately, all five of them began to clear away the ruins of the house. At first, the porcupine girl helped a little, but they soon returned her to her mother, not wanting her to see whatever might lie underneath. Sonic dug frantically until Tails pulled him back for a quick hug, which he silently accepted. Sticks worked more methodically, Amy smashed bigger rocks into easier-to-lift chunks, and Knuckles hauled the biggest rocks of all out of the way. Tails mostly showed them where to dig without making the rubble collapse and crumble any further than it already had.

Soon enough, Shadow was exposed, and Knuckles carefully lifted his limp body out of the ruins of the house. Tails leaned over to listen for a moment, before sighing with relief. “I can hear his heartbeat.” he announced, letting the entire team relax for the first time in nearly an hour.

The fox flew with Knuckles as he carried Shadow back to the workshop, while the other three stayed behind to clean up a bit of the mess. It was very clear that they were struggling, though—Sonic couldn’t seem to stop tapping his feet, even when he was working, and Amy clutched her hammer like a lifeline. Sticks figured it made sense. They were two of the most exuberant and friendly people on the team, and they’d been the first ones to befriend Shadow. Of course they’d be the most nervous about him now.

As soon as the three were done fixing up what they could, Sonic dragged them back to the workshop as quickly as he possibly could. He burst through the doors frantically, looking everywhere for a glimpse of Shadow. 

“Is he okay?” he asked fearfully, rushing over to Tails. 

“I think so.” the fox replied. “I just can’t make sense of these pulse readings!”

“Does he need CPR?” Amy asked. “I’ve taken a couple of certification courses, just in case.”

“It’s not that…his heart’s beating just fine.” Tails explained. “It’s just that—you know how our hearts beat twice per cycle? Like this.” He tapped out a double rhythm on the table. Tap-tap. Tap-tap.

“Yeah?” Sonic said. “What’s this have to do with Shadow, pal?”

“His heart isn’t doing that. It sounds more like this.” Tap. Tap. Tap.

“Is that safe?” Knuckles wondered nervously.

“I…I just don’t know.” Tails muttered, disappointed. “It’s like whenever I try to scan him for injuries, something stops my machines from seeing what’s inside him. Like, they say the scan is finished and then a blank image of his insides pops up.”

“Maybe he doesn’t have any organs for you to scan.” Sticks’s eyes darted from side to side suspiciously.

“Sticks, that’s downright impossible!” Tails exclaimed. “There’s no way anyone could live without organs.”

“Maybe no one on this planet.” Sticks whispered. “But aliens could.”

Tails sighed, shook his head, and went back to recalibrating his machines.

Hours passed, and Shadow still didn’t stir. Amy, Knuckles, and Sonic had gone into the house to eat, even though none of them seemed particularly hungry. Tails suspected they just needed a break from worrying about their friend.

Sticks was still standing there, watching the prone hedgehog carefully. “It doesn’t make sense.” they murmured to themselves at one point. “If he was strong enough to break through my defenses, then he should be strong enough to deal with a house…”

Suddenly, while Tails’s back was turned, they crept up to where Shadow was lying. They’d never trusted machines before, and these scanner failures were just proving them right. Whether Shadow was an alien or not, he was still their friend, and they were determined to help however they could.

(Though they thought it would be very exciting if he was an alien.)

Carefully, they held his wrist and took his pulse themself. It did feel strange, but it was very faint and difficult to read through the glove. Despite that, though, Sticks was certain that whatever this was…

…it definitely wasn’t a hedgehog’s heart.

Determined to learn more, they began to carefully slide off his glove, feeling a tiny bit guilty but pressing forward anyway. If Shadow’s survival depended on uncovering his potential secrets, then a single glove couldn’t stand in the way of that.

They closed their eyes as it slid off, before peeking quickly. What they saw made their eyes widen and their fur stand on end.

“Tails?” they said weakly.

“Yeah? What is it, Sticks?”

“You, uh…might wanna come over here for a sec.”

“Did you find something new? Is—”

The moment he noticed what Sticks had seen, he froze.

“Oh, Chaos.” the two-tailed fox breathed, already reaching for his communicator.

[screen fades to black]

[Sticks complains, “Seriously? A cliffhanger now?! The government is trying to silence me! Don’t let them win!”]

[roll credits]