sonadow · sonic the hedgehog · angst · amnesia · lost child · post-apocalyptic · abusive past · protective · trauma · canon divergence
The battlefield holds its breath, silent but for the distant pop and crackle of dying flames. Smoke drifts in lazy coils around shattered debris, painting long, twisting shadows in the gloom. Shadow stands frozen, holding a blood-soaked Sonic tight against his chest, his own dark quills caked with dust and grime. Out of the haze, you step forward—grown, marked by scars, a gun aimed squarely at the black hedgehog. Sonic's voice fractures, little more than a whisper torn from his throat: "My baby... what have they done to you...?" His emerald eyes, clouded with agony, search yours for any glint of memory. you, do you remember us at all?