A World Without Sonic
a sonadow prime ficlet, you can guess what it's about.
**disclaimer: i'm not a writer and I did not proofread it lol. this was the idea for my next comic but i got lazy to draw it so i wrote it out instead for now.
tags? sonadow , character death/mourning, platonic shadamy, mention of: tails, knuckles, rouge, big, eggman
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Shadow finds himself in the last spot he was in right before the prism shattering, his arms held out and empty where the blue hedgehog once was, feeling disoriented for only a split second.
The cave!
Wasting no time, the black hedgehog dashes away making his way up to his destination. His heart racing wondering if Sonic made it alive and intact. A pit in his stomach grew on his way over, fearing the outcome. Like Schrödinger's cat, unfortunately there was only one way to find out, whether he liked it or not.
He makes his grand appearance at the mouth of the cave, and without thinking calls out
"Sonic!"
"Shadow??"
His heart dropped. At the scene, Eggman and Sonic's friends all staring blankly at him, both parties equally confused. But sonic was nowhere in sight.
This left him no choice.
"Chaos Control!"
and he disappeared just like that, along with the Paradox Prism.
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Warping to a secluded location unbeknownst to anyone except himself, he sheltered the prism.
I guess this will have to do for now.
Against his will, he supposed he'd have to be the guardian of this thing for now, not unlike a certain echidna and the master emerald but he knew he couldn't entrust the prism with anyone else other than himself.
Now that the prism was taken care of for now, he could finally think about the burden on his mind.
Sonic...
Did he really not make it ?
He refused to believe that the bundle of blue joy was no longer in existence. He couldn't leave things at that, this warranted further investigation.
He needed answers now.
And he first person that came to mind was...
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"I really... don't know who you are talking about?" Tails pondered with a hand to his chin. "Are you sure you're feeling okay, Shadow?"
"The name Sonic doesn't ring a bell? Really? Your blue hedgehog best friend? Try to remember."
"I feel like, it's supposed to be familiar but I don't really know. Nothing comes to mind. Sor-"
"Never mind, then."
Shadow walked away.
"Umm.. okay?" Tails shrugged him off, thought left a little dumbfounded.
On to the next one..
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"Hey redhead, where's your blue friend Sonic?"
"What did you call me?!" Knuckles didn't take so kindly to the nicknames and much less being interrupted during his midday nap.
"Where's Sonic?"
"Don't know 'im"
He sighed defeatedly and took his leave.
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Tails didn't know. Knuckles didn't know.
Big and Rouge didn't know either.
Of course Sonic isn't going to be anywhere. He's not here. It's like he never existed. And even knowing this was venture was fruitless, he felt the need to ask everyone anyway, as if he was holding out hope for something.
How stupid. This behaviour wasn't like him.
And there was only one last person left, the only person who could possibly understand even a tiny bit how he felt.
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"Oh Shadow nice to see you around. You don't normally stroll around so casually, did you need something?" Amy, oh so very cheerful as always.
"Have you seen Sonic?" Shadow was straight to the point.
"Sonic? Ummm.." she gave it some thought. She felt like she was supposed to know who that was and although she didn't, it did make her heart flutter a bit. "Is he your friend?"
"No, he's not my friend, just someone I'm looking for."
"Oh... well I noticed you've been asking and searching around endlessly. He must be someone important to you."
"...Yeah, I guess so." He melancholically looked off into the distance.
The two of them were sitting on a hill with a nice view of the green hill landscape.
"If you don't mind, can you tell me more about Sonic? Who was he? What happened?"
"He... was a hero, your friend.. everyone's friend.." he trailed off.
"..And I couldn't save him."
Tears began to well as he began to recall his last memories of their adventure together. A surge of pain growing in his chest and his suppressed feelings beginning to surface.
Amy turned to Shadow, concern on her face. He was normally never vulnerable with anyone but in this moment, for some reason he felt like he could confide in Amy with this. Even if he couldn't delve into detail.
"He sacrificed himself to save the universe, and now he doesn't exist and no one remembers him... except me." He did his best to hold back his emotions.
She listened to him with sympathy in her eyes.
"A world without Sonic, is not the same world at all. I can't imagine a world without him, and here I am. Here's not here anymore." Brushing away the tears, he turned away to hide his face from her.
Amy wrapped her arms around him and gave him a hug.
"It's okay Shadow. I'm sure it's not your fault.
Knowing you, you probably did everything you could to try to save him. And surely Sonic is thankful for your effort."
He wanted to believe her but his emotions only welled further.
"It wasn't enough... I wasn't enough, and now he's gone. Forever."
She stroked his back, trying to comfort best as she could.
"As long as you remember him in your heart, he exists and lives on in your heart."
At this point , Shadow was basically crying into her shoulders, and although it was extremely embarrassing he couldn't help himself. The tears flowed like rivers, mourning the loss of the only hedgehog he saw as his equal, rival, possibly friend?
How could he live on like this ? First Maria, now Sonic.
His feelings of remorse, hopelessness and sorrow overwhelming him.
When would it end?
Amy's embrace brought him comfort, but oh how he wished he was in Sonic's instead.
He felt his sense of self drifting away until everything became black.
"Shadow?"
"Shadow ?"
Amy's voice tried to reach him but her voice sounding increasingly faint.
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"Shadow ?"
A familiar voice...
"Hey you okay?"
"Nngh"
Slowly opening his eyes, he saw emerald green eyes looking down at him and a blur of blue and sunshine.
"S-sonic?" A sudden wave of relief came over him.
He sat up. "You're okay?"
"Of course I am?
He realized he had been sleeping on Sonic's lap? And oh, there was remnants of tears on his face?
"What was that about? Bad dream got ya?" Sonic teased as he layed back against a palm tree, hands behind his head.
Shadow sighed. "Guess you could say that," rubbing the back of his neck.
"I dreamt... you didn't make it back to Green Hill and everyone had forgotten about you. It's like you never existed."
"Oh you missed me so much you started crying in your sleep? Aww-"
Shadow grabbed his face with his hand, squishing his cheeks "Shut it, you." And kissed him.
"I'm just glad you're okay."
And the two resumed their peaceful afternoon by the beachside.
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12 and sonadow!!!!! :> for the fic prompt meme
(This accidentally became longer than I intended-)
12. ‘you could say I’m fond of you.’
Sonic and Shadow crossed the finish line at the exact same time. They kept pushing and tackling each other even after that, eventually both collapsing on the grass. Sonic couldn’t suppress a laugh as he spread his arms wide and gazed at the sky. He could swear he heard a quiet chuckle escape from Shadow’s lips in turn.
“I won, you know,” Sonic chuckled as he tried to catch his breath.
“It was merely a tie, you just managed to catch up to me at the last second by some miracle,” Shadow huffed as he sat up, dusting dirt off his shoulders.
“Nah, my nose was the first thing to pass the finish line,” Sonic said.
“Tch. Of course it was, when you have such a big one. And noses don’t count. The winner is whose chest first passes the line,” Shadow pointed out as he tried to catch his breath.
Sonic sat up and raised a brow as he eyed Shadow’s chest. “Then you’re cheating, since you’ve clearly backcombed your chest fluff to make it stick out more!”
Shadow hummed in amusement as he fixed his quills carefully, soon doing the same to his chest fluff.
Sonic couldn’t take his eyes off of Shadow – he was completely fascinated by him. Usually when they raced, his mysterious rival would leave as soon as they had finished. But lately, it had become more common for him to stay for a little longer. They never really did anything specific, usually they just stayed in each other’s presence. There were no words, just the two of them in complete and comfortable silence.
He had to admit that he really appreciated the company. Despite them being opposites in many ways, it often felt like Shadow just understood him. He didn’t question or criticize him and let Sonic do his own thing. Sure, sometimes he wanted to do things his way, and he rarely explained his vision. But there still was a certain unspoken respect between the two. And he never ceased to give him a good challenge; he always offered him a chance to better himself.
“Punch me if this gets too sappy or anything,” Sonic said with a grin, “But I gotta say I like being around you.”
Shadow glanced towards Sonic, his ears twitching, eager to listen.
“I’ve just noticed that you’ve started to hang out with me more,” Sonic continued casually as he rubbed his nose. “Heck, you’ve even agreed to race more often! Not to mention you’re not as angry as you used to be whenever you lose to me. Which is almost always, by the way.”
Shadow scrunched his nose and huffed. Originally, he wanted to race Sonic to prove himself, to show that the Ultimate Lifeform could easily beat the Fastest Thing Alive. The only thing that mattered was winning. The only thing he wanted was to beat Sonic. But the more they competed, the more he realized that the races could also be… Fun.
Winning didn’t matter as much to him, although he did have several victories. The competitions themselves and – to his horror – getting to be with Sonic were what he was looking forward to the most. They were rivals and equals. Maybe it was okay to want to spend time with him. No one else could challenge them as well as they could challenge each other. And when they would team up against a common enemy, they were practically unstoppable.
“Hmh, well,” Shadow hummed, lifting his gaze towards the clouds in the sky, “You could say I’m fond of you.”
Sonic’s ears perked, unsure if he heard correctly. He looked away and smiled to himself, feeling his cheeks heat up. He hadn’t dared to dream that his rival could regard him in such a sentimental way. But at the same time, it simply felt natural – he was quite fond of Shadow, too.
Shadow got up.
“But I will beat you next time, hedgehog,” he added and walked away.
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