#shahra's sister au

[burning-blaze-burning-bright]

I kept thinking about the superficial similarities between Shahra and Blaze, so I made an AU out of it.

In this AU, Shahra doesn't go to Sonic to ask him for help; she is betrayed by Erazor earlier on and gets trapped by him, leaving her younger sister, Dunyazad, to stop Erazor and save the Arabian Nights. Dunyazad is much more closed-off than Shahra, and she is determined to save Shahra on her own. However, The Narrative mandates that she seek out an external Hero to aid her, so she (extremely reluctantly) seeks out the famed blue hedgehog.

Like Blaze in Sonic Rush, Dunyazad is resentful of and antagonistic towards Sonic at first, as she sees him as someone meddling in things that don't concern him. Over time, however, she learns that she is allowed to exist as a person outside of her supporting role as "Shahra's devoted sister," and as such, is entitled to her own feelings and desires.

As for Sonic... Because of Dunyazad's visual and narrative resemblance to Blaze, Sonic comes to terms with some feelings of his own... :)