#haha do ya guys think that now Sonic hates himself a little bit because he actively choose to let someone hurt miles

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STOP MAKING ME CRY OMG

Hurt

A/N: Spoilers for Sonic Prime S3

Despite all the close calls they’d had when they first met, Knuckles had never actually punched Tails. Sonic hadn’t let him.

After experiencing the sheer amount of power behind his fists, enough to knock him right out of his—admittedly—still-volatile and new super form, Sonic used his speed to keep the echidna’s eyes and fists solely on him. And when that didn’t work, at least be fast enough to whisk the fox kit out of the way before he was made a target. It wasn’t that Tails couldn’t take a punch. He’d been in his fair share of scrapes by that point, and was a feisty little thing on top of it. Kid could hold his own in a fight.

But it was one thing to get banged around by a couple of bots. Knuckles didn’t pull his punches, Sonic could still feel the bruising on his ribs weeks after their first fight. He wasn’t going to let a punch like that hit the kid he’d come to see as his little brother. His only family. Knuckles could bat him around like a paddle ball all he wanted, but he wasn’t laying a hand on Tails.

And he didn’t. Not once.

Until Renegade Knucks stood just behind an angry, hurt, and overwhelmed version of his baby brother, poised to strike him by surprise. 

Tails often expected to get hit as a kit. He’d flinch if Sonic moved his hand towards him too fast, like he meant to smack him. It had taken weeks—months, even—to convince him that would never happen.

“You don’t gotta worry ‘bout something like that while I’m around, little buddy,” he’d told him, crouched down on one knee, at his level so he’d feel seen. “I’d never stand by and let you get hurt.”

“You promise?” Tails asked, a flicker of hope lighting his eyes, like he wanted to believe in him so badly, but was still afraid to.

“Promise.” Sonic drew an X over his heart, then held his hand out for a low-five. “Because that’s what best buds do.”

The only flickering light in Nine’s eyes came from the Paradox Prism’s power flowing through him, burning with determination to keep fighting—keep trying, always trying so hard—even as his body began to fail him. But it was also the only light left. Tails, Sails, and Mangey…

All different people, none of them each other and none of them Nine, but…

They all mattered.

And a promise he’d made to one of them, he’d made to all of them.

And broke to all of them.

“I’d never stand by and let you get hurt.”

Sonic held Nine’s enraged stare, panting heavily as he braced himself. Every aching muscle still coiled tightly in preparation to run, to get him out of the way, protect him so nothing would hurt him ever again. He braced himself so he could hold himself back from that instinct. It would take every ounce of self-restraint, something he’d never been very good at.

“This is gonna hurt me a lot more than it’s gonna hurt you,” Sonic told him, his only warning to Nine before Renegade’s fist cracked against his cheek.

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Bright idea time! How about Boom Sonic and/or his pals waking up one day turned into humans?

(x Special thanks to the artist for this Preview Image!)

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Prompt:

After stumbling through a cave of ancient technology, Sonic remembers his time with his robot suit and decides it may be best not to do anything with the new equipment until Tails figures it out.

Amy translates the ruins over the course of a few days, two to be exact. However, without realizing it, she releases a voice-operated mechanism that she then takes to Tails once discovering that it activated.

Tails, thinking it’s probably some communication system, tries to hook it up to his roof to see if he can get any signals from it.

Thinking it didn’t do anything, he confirms to Amy that it’s just glowing and nothing more, maybe used for light or something deep in the tunnels they found it in, before a green light covers the entire island that night.

Sticks wakes up first in the early morning, stumbling out of bed and unsure why she feels so… ‘tall’ suddenly. She thinks it’s cold too… and goes to get some water.

However, raising the glass to her mouth, she peers in the water and freaks out.

“AMMMMYYY!!!!” she charges, hands out in front of her, all the way to Amy’s. “THE ALIENS! They’ve implanted me into a-“ she squeaked a gasp, jumping back on Amy’s table. “They’ve got you too!”

“Emm… They’ve done what?” Amy rubs her head, before feeling something other than her spiky quills… “Huh, that new shampoo really made my hair feel softer…” she withdraws her hand only to discover that her glove is too big for her anymore. “What the-!?” she panics and slowly removes it. “AHHH!!” she hides it again and looks down at her outfit, seeing it has shrunk considerably and rushes to pull it down. “What’s happened to us!? We’re… We’re…”

“AMMMMY!!!” Tails charges in, wearing some baggy overalls he ‘clearly’ borrowed and using his utility belt to hold them up. “That wasn’t a transmitter at all! It was a… a transmuter!” He then pointed to his butt. “They’re gone! My beautiful, rinse-lather-repeated, shiny, flowy, namesake is go-o-one!!” he seemed to have lost his most precious possession, and collapsed to his knees. “How could I have been so stupid?”

“My translation… it was rushed!” Amy grabbed her face, before screaming. “MY FUR!!! IT’S GONE!”

Knuckles then ran in, wearing trunks, the only think he could find. “I WOKE UP NAKED!” he was looking to Tails, before seeing the girls and blushing bashfully at his abruptness, “W-well… I mean,… I’m all fleshy… heh-heh.” He shyed away before Sonic bolted in, stumbling on his now long legs and different anatomy. He was wearing his bandana like a loincloth, causing Amy’s hair to stand on end as he entered.

“LOOK!” he pointed to his eyes and blinked them. “They’re separated!!!” he cried out, then pointed to his hair, “They’re not spiky! AND LOOK!”

“Oh, I’m looking.” Amy covered her face as he pointed to his feet.

“They’ve shrunk!”

“And you still can’t grow any chest hair.” Sticks rolled her eyes.

Amy’s face was fuming with heat, but she quickly suggested, with her eyes else-where from Sonic, to quickly head back to the tunnel and it’s ruins.

She reread the translation, “That which is within, shall then be without. For your species—be kin. For your kin—be one… but I thought the ancestors were against humans?” She held a finger to her mouth, unsure of what to do.

“A-Amy…” The boys were turned around, for obvious reasons as Amy had to bend her knees and squat over a bit to read the inscription, and Sticks was keeping look-out… “Where does it say that? The ancestors had peace with humans for centuries.”

“No, not in this era… they must have used this to spy on the humans before making initial contact with them.” Amy explained, getting up and nodding to Sticks. “Okay, I’m good.” She pulled her skirt down further, just in case…

“We really should find better clothes…”

“We really should find a way to keep them from staring.” Sticks growled, before turning to the boys who were staring at her legs… “BARK BARK!”

They flinched, nervously looking away or scratching the back of their heads, even whistling as they waltzed out of the cave.

“That’s a first.” Amy moved over to Sticks.

“You can’t let them get away with even the smallest thing, Amy. Or they’ll walk all over ya.” Sticks slid her hand out through the air, before walking on as Amy sighed with an awkward sweatdrop.

“I guess I hear ya.” She smiled, and continued on.

-Eggman’s lair-

“Cubot! Orbot! It’s too hot in here!” A bunch of blankets began to shift and ruffle under a fidgeting and struggling body, “And is it just me? Or did this bed get a lot smaller than before? Cubot! Did you mess with my shrink ray again!?”

“Huh?” Cubot looked to Orbot, unsure of himself as he held the breakfast tray. “Has he always been this… squirmy?”

“The real question is, Cubot,…” Orbot, looking quite nervous but observant, gestured to the figure trying to find his way out from the long, white bedsheet. “When we tucked Dr. Eggman in last night… he was twice the size of the bed’s width, and his feet completely laid against the ends of his bed..!”

The two slowly looked back… and helped pulled the sheet back.

A bird with a long mustache, plump and angry, emerged from the bedside. “YOU TWO BETTER EXPLAIN WHY MY PILLOWS STUFFINGS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE!”

The two just blinked at him.

“Are you sure that’s not just you molting?” Cubot shrugged.

“CUBOT!”

Later, Eggman discovered his animal form was that of a Inca Tern, a bird famous for it’s mustache…

Later, a fight ensued after the team found appropriate wear and began fighting Eggman in their new human forms.

Although difficult to master at first, especially limited in what they could do… Sonic still could react and move fast, Amy had her hammer, Sticks with her many weapons of choice, Knuckles with his fist, and Tails with his machines.

They beat Eggman, though he was amazed at how adorbl—EHEM—durable his new form was, and tried to stop the team from changing him back.

The other villagers also got new forms, but they all expressed their desire to turn back to their true forms again.

Even the burger logo at Meh Burger had changed into a Sandwich.

After a few difficulties, especially for the boys wearing pants and even shirts… they were finally able to change back and buried the relic away for no more ‘accidents’.

However…

“You know, I hate all animals!” Eggman pecked at his food… still… “But I honestly think I could have made scientific advancements a lot faster… if I had wings for days! Hohohoho!”

“Do you think he’ll ever fully recover?” Cubot pressed his pointer fingers together, worriedly…

“Who knows… he still likes to squawk our heads off.”

“What was that?”

“AHHH!!! Yikes! He may be a human again, but his hearing is still impeccable!”

“Is that a bird pun?”

“AHHH!!! Even his brain isn’t so ‘flighty’ anymore!”

“Yeah, I agree! Totally not a complete bird brain we came to know and love!”

“You’re still talking about me and I’m right here.”

“AHHH!!!” they embraced each other even tighter.

Back with Amy-

“Ah, what would I do without my cute look?” Amy admired her hedgehog’s cheeks and cute little nose, as Sticks was flipping around and crashing into things again, making a mess of her home. This caused to Amy to sigh, getting upset again at her behavior.

“What would I do without being so agile, flexible, swifty, and able then-! Ow!… Durable then a badger!?” She rolled and hit her head, but was glad that this time, she could just shake it off.

Tails loved on his trademark, brushing and grooming his tails as he seemed relieved. “Daddy’s got’cha.” He then embraced them, flying up and doing some acrobatic tricks and laughing as he enjoyed himself. “Without my tails, I would never be able to fly again! W-well, not exactly, there’s always the X-Tornado! B-but, still…” he shrugged.

“Yeah! Blue, spiky, and full of energy! Now this is how I like it!” Sonic spun up and rammed into the house as well, causing Amy to groan again.

“Human or animal… you still make a zoo of my place.” She muttered.

“And I… Well, I-!… Hmm.” Knuckles looked confident as he flexed a moment, before looking down at his knuckles again… and then laughing, “Actually, I was pretty much the same guy.” He rubbed his head, and the team joined him in laughter, but he looked a little uncertain that they were laughing.

“Haha…haha… we’re laughing cause I’m cute and not because I discovered my human persona was a red-head… haha… r-right guys?”