#ooc. then the emeralds needed to draw on the power of the Earth to restore themselves

[rosavulpes]

OOC : Been thinking about this all day , since I write Sonic , Shadow , Lilac , and Neera Li as being part of each other's connected worlds . Primarily , ( I wanna write shippy stuff tbh ) but Shadow dating / eventually tying the knot with Lilac , and then Sonic with Neera Li . Sonic was originally going to be with Carol but I thought it would make for a more interesting ship dynamic between them that they're not exactly made for one another but they overcome / reconcile those differences while still respecting that they both want different things out of their lives .

Shadow , and Lilac compliment one another pretty well ( as per how I write them ) which is why he ends up with her . Whereas with Sonic and Neera Li their differences are what ultimately help bring them together .

They're both headstrong , and stubborn in their own ways . Sonic is very much a free spirit , where as Neera Li is all about Law and Order . Upholding her responsibilities .

Sonic helps Neera Li better understand the feelings of freedom he enjoys by showing her more of his world , and when exploring Avalice with her . Neera Li , better helps Sonic to understand what it's like to really slow down , and appreciate the people around him , the things both big , and small that he misses by speeding by them . Living a somewhat solitary life style even if it's never really bothered him because he can visit his friends whenever he wants to even if it's not on a consistent basis .

They make compromises for one another to make it work , respect one another's positions , and help one another where / when they can . They put the work in to make one another happy . ( And this provide opportunities to get creative with how their dates work , how a family dynamic between them works , and all that stuff )

Now on to Silver . For my own headcanon , I consider Sonic , and Neera Li to be Silver's ancestors since he's from the far future . Not Shadow and Lilac . He doesn't have Sonic's signature speed due to that specific trait not being passed along to him over the generations but what he does inherit from Neera Li's genetics is that affinity for energy manipulation .

I don't consider Neera Li to be a Panda since to me her aesthetic always rang as being a Polar Bear . For me , what she uses is cryokinesis , and since energy manipulation is more prevalently used among the people of Avalice than in Sonic's world it's more likely that Sonic's kids , grandkids , great grandkids would retain more of those abilities than his .

By time the Flames of Disaster Cataclysm comes around , since Avalice and Sonic's World have been closely interconnected with one another for hundreds of years , the Flames of Iblis spread to Avalice too . Destroying both worlds . What triggered them was lost to time . This allows for Silver to be more like his canon self in that he knows of both worlds since he's of a mixed heritage like many other people from his time , but the history of their worlds went up with the flames . So as far as he's concerned , he doesn't know that Sonic and Neera Li are his ancestors . He only knows them as the heroes of their time .

He uses what power remains of the nearly drained Kingdom Stone to go back in time since in 06' 'he was never able to find the Chaos Emeralds on his own . Mephilis is the one that gave him one if my memory of the game is right . Whereas the Kingdom Stone , which would have likely changed form due to the flames of Iblis , and what the people needed of it , would have been more readily available once Iblis chased down survivors of both worlds to near extinction .