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Project: Emerald by Ping_Pigeon
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
01 Oct 2025
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The eclipse canon exploded. Remnants of Shadows energy could still be seen in the night sky. Besides that, the only proof of Shadow’s existence are his rings. Not only is Shadow gone, but the Master Emerald is missing. Sonic and his brothers have their next mission, find the Master Emerald (and Shadow) before it’s too late…
Meanwhile… Shadow survived the explosion, crashing to earth. It doesn’t take long for GUN to find him in his weakened state.
GUN wants the same thing as Team Sonic. They are searching for the Master Emerald but for different reasons. After lots of research, they find out they don’t need the emerald's power, they can use Shadow….
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- Part 1 of The Chaos Project
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The One who Believes Alone by ultimatelifeform1955
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics), Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics), Sonic X (Cartoon 2003)
01 Oct 2025
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Sonic finally tells his friends about his newfound friendship with Shadow and gets mixed reactions.
But to tell that story, he also has to tell them how Shadow saved his life, from a certain decision he made to step off of a cliff.
How will his friends react to the multiple emotional information dumps?
Oh and of course there's Shadow angst. What would a Sonic-Shadow friendship fic be without Shadow getting angsty and broody? For good reason, though.
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- Part 4 of Enemies, Rivals, or Friends?
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Innocence & Instinct (AO3 Port) by Terrenceisnthere
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Super Mario Bros. (Video Games), WarioWare (Video Games), Wario Land (Video Games), Donkey Kong (Video Games), Donkey Kong Country, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
01 Oct 2025
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An amnesiac Shadow the Hedgehog finds himself in a universe far beyond home. As he struggles to piece together his past, will the Ultimate Lifeform rise to the challenge or will Bowser conquer the cosmos?
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Binary Stars by surelycharmed
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
30 Sep 2025
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Shadow's standing there. Like, presumed-exploded-in-space-and-extremely-dead Shadow. The one Sonic hasn’t stopped thinking about for over three weeks. He's standing there, in all his black-and-red glory– a bit scuffed up but alive. Sonic can't do anything but gape, frozen in place.
Shadow looks similarly shocked, his eyes wider than Sonic has ever seen them. "It's you," he says, distant surprise coloring his tone.or, Shadow survives the Eclipse Cannon explosion. Sonic couldn't be happier. Shadow himself isn't so thrilled.
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Have We Met Before? (Once, in a Dream) by Autobot_Sonic, twdteacakes
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
30 Sep 2025
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Shadow made the ultimate sacrifice. He warned Professor Gerald of Maria’s fate, saving her but damning himself in the process. Based upon the Professor’s hypothesis, he initially believed that he would cease to exist. He suffered a far worse outcome. Cast out into the void beyond time and space, he must share his newfound prison with the very entity he trapped there.
Mephiles.
Meanwhile, a new timeline was born, one where Maria got the chance to grow up. Different versions of Sonic and Shadow nurse a budding relationship. What will become of them when both worlds collide?
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And the choir in my head says by LiLu (GoldenLu)
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
30 Sep 2025
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Months after Sonic vanishes without a trace, Shadow uncovers a single lead clouded in uncertainty. Drawn deep into the swamps of the unknown, he finds himself at the threshold of a nightmare—where Sonic’s plea to stay away lingers. But Shadow doesn’t walk away from promises. Not his. Not Sonic’s.
I basically rewatched a Resident Evil: Biohazard gameplay and thought: "How can I make this about sonadow?'
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(This is a rewrite of Sonic Forces)
Eggman had taken over the world. Sonic was gone, presumed to be dead. Tails was missing. And with Knuckles' leadership, a resistance was formed.
And an unfortunate civilian is dragged into the fray.
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- Part 1 of Randomverse AU (Sonic)
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Rose Tinted by AegisLinnear for DG_DarkFantasy
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
29 Sep 2025
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Sometimes, all it takes for the world to change...is a little timing. Suppose GUN found out that Gerald was jerking them around a little earlier, when Shadow wasn't as grown/developed? Suppose his escape pod was just damaged enough that GUN never found him, in all those years? What might he become, without Gerald's manipulations? What might he feel, younger and still bereaved? And what might he decide, in a little house by Never Lake, with the person who found him instead?
A look into how things might have gone for Shadow, if the worst day of his life hadn't been followed by GUN and Gerald each trying to outdo it. Rated T due to Maria's final moments, realistically described, and for references to emotional/psych abuse by Gerald to keep his medical experiment compliant.
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Dandelions and Mulberries by Bitter_Sweet0ak
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Twenty One Pilots
29 Sep 2025
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Story time with old man Shadow and Silver, taking place in the An Ancient Shadow universe.
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- Part 3 of Legacy, Lavenders, and Lamentations
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A Horrifying, Yet Miraculous, Absolution by Yuutish
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
29 Sep 2025
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The things Gerald cared about were hiding something. The Ultimate Lifeform was a quiet and pensive one [that drove Gerald into corners of his own mind that delighted and terrified him]. In the light, Maria was happy with a positive outlook on life [but in the dark, her eyes knew of a hushed secret]. It was not those, though, but the other things that made all feel... 'off': how Maria went mute when G.U.N. did their standard quarterly wellness checks; how his Project felt more a coiled weapon than a sentient being at those times; how Maria spoke of stuff not exposed to yet; how Shadow was lying to everyone - including himself. But... why?
---Arc 7---
At the end of the long road, there can be the greatest of hope.
And the deepest pits of despair.
The bitterness of salt.
And the sweetness of love.Whatever the case, Gerald Robotnik soon discovers one barren truth: wishes are eternal.
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I'm Here (Blessed and Bleak) by QuetzalQuill (PainConQueso)
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
29 Sep 2025
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Waking up in a void of static was certainly not on Shadow's agenda prior to his mission for G.U.N. And yet that's exactly where he finds himself, suspended until a certain hero breaks him free. Now he must assist in Sonic's hunt for the Chaos Emeralds, alongside aiding some small Koco in their own quest. This dark hedgehog has learned a lot from his time in White Space; can he sustain what he will come to grips with in Cyber Space?
In which Shadow winds up in the events of Frontiers, and we see how he could have been integrated into the overall plot, alongside his emotional growth cus I'll be damned if they regress him again let this man livE aNd lEARN-
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A Not-so Magical Shooting Star by luu_yuu
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
29 Sep 2025
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When Sonic is wishing on a shooting star, his wish comes true in the weirdest way possible.
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And When The Dirt Hits Your Coffin, Just Go To Sleep by DarthFettDelusions
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
28 Sep 2025
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“…He’s just a kid.” Sonic’s voice came out weak.
Rouge let out a wounded sound. “What the hell were they doing to him? How long has he been here? How-“ her voice cracked. “How is he not dead?”
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Rouge is sent on a mission to find a weapon that had been left abandoned in one of GUN’s bases. She drags Sonic along to find it, but neither of them know how to react when they discover that the “weapon” they’re meant to retrieve is actually a young, injured, terrified little hedgehog. All Sonic knows is, he can’t let GUN hurt this child again.
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Shadow can't sleep because he is worried that people see him as some sort of freak. He doesn't like it and goes to Maria's room for comfort.
Inspired by the song If You Can't Sleep by She & Him.
It is mostly fluff and Maria and Shadow are NOT ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED. (trying to scare away the freaks)
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- English
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Tapes and Long Held Secrets by Lex_the_Moss
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
28 Sep 2025
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“Thanks for getting here so quick Shadow- To be honest, I wasn’t sure if you were going to come at all-"
“Rouge.”
“Right. Okay.” Rouge broke off for a moment, taking a breath before resuming. “So. The tapes we found are… not quite what we thought they were.”
"I thought we agreed to hand them over to GUN to take care of."
"I know, but... I got curious," Rouge admitted, and Shadow scoffed, unsurprised, though growing more tense when he noted the unease in his friend's expression, her posture.
He followed Rouge into their living room. Sat on top of their end table was the box Shadow recognised, spotting the tapes they had recovered in the Eggman base poking out through the opened slit.
“Okay.” Shadow said, voice his usual deadpan drawl as he returned his attention to the bat. “What was it that was so important you needed me here?”
“I’ll just show you.”Or
Shadow and Rouge find a box of tape recordings in an abandoned Eggman facility with one clue on it; a piece of tape labeled 'SONIC'. When they finally watch the tapes to figure out what's hiding on them, they realize Sonic has been hiding a lot from everyone, and they may have just signed up for more than they bargained for.
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The Whole of The Moon by hydref
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
28 Sep 2025
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After gifting Shadow his den so he has somewhere safe to stay while on the run, Sonic promises to keep Shadow’s fugitive identity and their growing friendship a secret in order to protect him.
Meanwhile, the Wachowski's under strict orders from G.U.N. to report any sightings of Shadow's whereabouts, and are clueless to Sonic’s escapades with their enemy. But, his plan to keep both sides of his life separate were dashed when Tails found out about Shadow and Sonic's relationship by himself, and now it’s only a matter of time before the rest of the family catch on, too.
Sonic is caught between his loyalty to Shadow and his duty to protect the family who saved him. He’s faced with the decision to betray Shadow's trust by revealing that his secret is compromised and lose what they have forever, or jeopardise Tom and Maddie’s safety by staying silent and intentionally deceiving G.U.N., risking everything they've built.
All Sonic has to do is maintain the balance without tipping the scales over the other, which shouldn't be an issue so long as he can keep his (probably, maybe, definitely romantic) feelings for Shadow under wraps.
What's the worst that can happen?
[Completed - updated Sundays]
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- Part 3 of Movie Sonadow Pieces
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Learning to Love again. by alixima
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe), Knuckles (Tv series)
28 Sep 2025
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It’s been a year since the events of sonic the hedgehog 3 (Movie) , and sonic is living his life normally, when an unexpected person comes back from supposedly being “Dead”. Two actually, but only one of them has his heart.
Sonadow movie au💕
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Some unpleasant conversations are extremely important. But that doesn’t make them any easier to navigate, as two hedgehogs are quickly finding out.
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- Part 4 of I Don't Mind Seeing Where This Goes
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Healing by Boltstrike58
Fandoms: My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), Sonic the Hedgehog (Live Action Universe)
28 Sep 2025
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Shadow the Hedgehog didn't expect to wake up after pushing the Eclipse Cannon station away from the Earth, much less on another planet. Much to his surprise, that's exactly what happened. Now, living among these strange "pony" creatures, Shadow must make a decision: What is his place in the world?
Crossover with the Sonic movies. Take place mid-Season Five of FiM. In this universe, Equestria Girls isn't canon.
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Wasteland by VileVenom
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
28 Sep 2025
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A collection of ficlets, drabbles & not!fics from my tumblr that aren't long or complete enough for their own post
Feel free to drop prompts into my ask box on tumblr, VileVenom!