#sonsal week

[navii-blaze]

@boundforfreedomsonsal Day 6: Reflection

The genesis wave may have changed their stories, but both duos remain freedom fighters at heart and continue to work together in the battle against oppression.

[wildwoodmage]

Bound for Freedom year five

Prompt: decoration

I started this during sonsal week so it counts, alright?? It COUNTS

Anyway lol I've always had beef with Archie for making Sonic king because let's be honest, neither of them would want that. Sally craves power and structure and responsibility that would make Sonic break out in hives. But I think Sonic would make an EXCELLENT high consort, charming both the court and the general public, sassing nobles who think too highly of themselves, ducking out of politics when he gets bored, and so on. Basically let Sonic be the irreverent but unfairly charismatic trophy husband Sally deserves. Please

[legofanguy]

Sonally week: Christmas decorations

This is a entry for @boundforfreedomsonsal event Sonally week 2023 day 2: Decorations. I admit that Christmas is the only celebration I could think of for this one. Also, because I'm going to do Inukag Fluff week starting on Sunday, I can't do the rest of the week. I hope you can all understand.

The holiday season has come to Knothole, and the Freedom Fighters are taking some time off fighting Dr. Eggman to celebrate, such as putting on the Christmas decorations. As the leader of the team, Sally Acorn naturally oversee the decoration.

After Tails put the ornaments on the Christmas Tree, Sally call out, "Alright, who want to do the tensel?" Sonic the Hedgehog as he get the tinsel out, "Don't worry, guys. I'll do it faster." and the blue hedgehog spin around the Christmas Tree, getting the tinsel on, which ended up getting him tie to the tree. Sally chuckle, "Well, well, guess we know now to take time to put the decorations." and give Sonic a kiss.

MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS!

[werewolf-cl4ws]

Sonsally Week 2024: Day 3 - Clothes

This one took a turn. It's an obvious theme with my AU but when it hits it's like "Oh I got angst in my fluff".

So I guess trigger warning for body image issues. Same deal as before taking place in my AU TimeSkip era.

“I’ve just been thinking.”

“When are you ever not thinkin’, Sal?” Sonic pointed out.

“I have to do a lot of compensating because of one of us not doing any,” Sally sighed, unable to resist rolling her eyes at the hedgehog.

“Uh huh.”

“Anyway I was thinking now that you’re joining us on missions again, you should probably get some more suitable clothes for them,” Sally stated.

Sonic tilted his head at Sally, then looked down at himself, eye brows furrowed with genuine confusion.

“What’s wrong wit’ wha’ I’m wearin’?” Sonic asked.

Right now he was wearing a loose t-shirt and tracksuit pants alongside his usual gloves and a pair of sneakers. The sneakers were already showing signs of wear and tear, as they were just a regular pair that wouldn’t be able to withstand Sonic’s speed like his old sneakers did. But that wasn’t Sally’s concern as Rotor was already working on something that would help there.

What was not sitting right with Sally was everything else.

“There’s nothing wrong with them while you’re here at home,” Sally began. “But they’re way too big, even for you. Your shirt has already gotten snagged on something today.

Sonic was still looking over himself while Sally spoke, and when she pointed out his shirt Sonic winced when he caught sight of an obvious tear that wasn’t there when they had left the village. He grabbed his shirt to get a better look at the tear, frowning slightly.

“I mean yeah, true. But I like ‘em loose,” Sonic said. “I gotta be able to move.”

“I know, but there’s a fine line between comfortable and putting yourself at risk,” Sally said, before she gestured to herself. “That’s why I wear my vest - it’s fitted enough so it won’t get caught on anything, but I can still move around easily.”

“Yeah, but,” Sonic began, his muzzle scrunched up with hesitation as he tried to pick his next words.

He had never really been the type to wear clothes, as like a lot of mobians he found it wasn’t needed. The most he would wear was maybe a jacket or a sweater in the colder months, but even then he hated it with a passion as those felt too restrictive even if the trade-off was being warm.

But now he felt like he had to be fully clothed, for reasons he didn’t really want to delve into. But the main requirement for his new wardrobe was that it had to be comfortable, which meant that what he was wearing was maybe a size or two bigger than what he needed in reality.

That in itself also touched onto reasons he didn’t want to delve into, and he had a feeling what Sally was hinting at was going to cut right into that.

“It’s fine. I can deal with a few tears,” Sonic concluded a little lamely, unable to think of a counter argument that would shut down this conversation, but hoping that would be enough to slow Sally’s roll.

He turned away from Sally to emphasis his desire to end the conversation there, though when he started to walk away Sonic felt something snag his t-shirt. Before he could stop himself he stumbled back, just barely able to rebalance himself as he almost tripped over his own feet.

When he managed to right himself Sonic glared down at his shirt, only to find Sally gripping it in her fist with a strength Sonic had no idea she possessed.

“Oh c’mon!” Sonic protested, only to get yanked again. This time he managed to keep his balance, and couldn’t help giving Sally a small smirk of satisfaction when she ended up nearly tripping over herself when the tugging backfired on her.

“I’m just trying to show you it’s not about a few tears here and there. It’s about your own safety,” Sally countered. “I don’t want you ending up getting hurt just when you getting back on track over something so silly.”

“I’ll just tuck it in or somethin’, it’s fine,” Sonic sighed.

“That’s not going to work and you know it,” Sally stated.

She finally released Sonic’s shirt, and after he straightened it out Sonic sat on his bed, giving Sally a deadpan stare.

“Look, it’s an easy fix,” Sally explained. “Just let me take some measurements--"

“Pass,” Sonic cut in.

“-- then let Bunnie take some measurements--"

“Hard pass,” Sonic gritted, resulting in Sally growling in frustration. “Can’t she just use wha’ever measurements she had when she made these for me?”

“There were no measurements. She had to guess by eyeballing you,” Sally sighed. “And even then she knew she got most of it wrong.”

“Nah, she did fine,” Sonic waved off, before he flopped back onto his bed. “Just tell her to do that again.”

He felt Sally climb onto his bed to scoot up next to him, so he tried to avoid looking at her by staring up at the ceiling. Sonic managed to last about a minute before his eyes flinted towards her, seeing her staring him down and waiting with an infinite amount of patience that wore him down.

“I don’t want to,” Sonic eventually admitted, huffing sharply.

“I know you don’t, but you only have to do it once and then it’s done,” Sally pointed out. “I can come with you if that helps.”

Sonic clicked his tongue in frustration.

“… yeah, that might help,” Sonic sighed. “‘nd then she’s gonna make some new threads for me?”

“Yes.”

“I still want ‘em kinda loose though.”

“She can make them reasonably loose, yes,” Sally smirked. “And you can keep these for home.”

“… fine. When can she does this?”

“Bunnie said she’s ready whenever you are, I’ve already talked to her about it,” Sally said. “Honestly, it was her idea to ask, she really wants to make some new clothes for you.”

“Why? They’re just clothes, ‘nd I like wha’ she made for me already,” Sonic asked, tilting his head a little at Sally.

“She said she felt like it wasn’t her best work. And you know Bunnie, she just wants to do something nice for you,” Sally shrugged. “She also said she had some ideas already, but she didn’t want to start making them until you gave the go ahead.”

“I swear she fusses just as much as she breathes,” Sonic laughed, then sat up. “Let’s do it now then.”

“Right now?” Sally echoed, clear surprise in her voice.

“Yep. Before I change my mind. If she ain’t ready now she’s gonna miss her chance.”

His bravado lasted long enough to get himself to Bunnie’s place, and to get the cyborg rabbit to start preparations to gather whatever measurements she needed.

However Sally watched it fade almost instantly the second Bunnie asked Sonic to remove his shirt so she could get a much more accurate measurement. Which was a sight to be seen in itself, as she was used to Sonic being brave even when facing down something that would shake any mortal soul to its very core.

It was also strange, almost concerning, that Sonic couldn’t even muster up the words to try to argue a compromise with Bunnie. Instead he seemed to shut down entirely, his tail lashing back and forth in agitation as he took on the role of a trapped animal.

“Sugah-hog? Y’doin’ okay there?” Bunnie chanced, also noticing the change in the hedgehog. “We c’n do this another time if y’all wanna.”

When Sonic didn’t answer, or really even acknowledged that Bunnie had said anything, Sally jumped up from her seat and approached him as she gave Bunnie an apologetic look.

“Sorry, one second,” Sally murmured while she slipped her hand into Sonic’s larger one and gently tugged him towards her. Surprisingly Sonic followed her, though he still looked like a deer caught in headlights when she took him to one side of Bunnie’s hut so they could talk.

“Hey, are you all right?” Sally whispered.

The question seemed to snap Sonic out of his trance, if just barely, and he blinked at Sally as he tried to process her question.

“Uh... yeah. Just... you know...” Sonic babbled, his eyes wide before he weakly stated. “I didn’t think this through.”

It was a consistent characteristic for Sonic to do that, which Sally would have gladly pointed out with dripping sarcasm given any other circumstance. But watching it actually shatter his confidence so quickly made Sally’s own mind scramble to try to help him push through it.

“It’s okay. She’ll be quick so you don’t have to have it off for too long,” Sally attempted. “It’s just so she can get more accurate measurements, that’s all.”

“Ah’m just gonna be lookin’ at th’ numbers, hon. Nothin’ else,” Bunnie offered, then clamped her mouth shut when Sally shot her a glare while frantically made a cutting motion at her throat with her hand.

Her words though were like setting off fire crackers at Sonic’s feet, and it turned him into a bucking bull that Sally had to grab at desperately to stop him from rocketing out of the hut.

“Easy, Sonic! Easy!” Sally called, her voice strained as she held onto his shirt for dear life.

“This was a stupid idea! I can’t do this!” Sonic snapped.

“Yes you can,” Sally assured, tugging at Sonic’s shirt so he was now at her eye level. “Breathe first, look at me and breathe.”

Miraculously Sonic followed her instructions, though his breathing was so tense it sounded like his lungs had turned to stone. Sally cupped his cheeks and ran her hands through the fur that edged them, before running her hands up through his quills and along his ears, repeating the motions slowly.

“It’s okay, just tell me what you’re thinking,” Sally murmured.

“This is too different. I’m too different. I didn’t care before but no one was seein’ me either so it didn’t matter,” Sonic babbled, his voice catching at every few words. “I thought I could deal wit’ this.”

“You can, I know you can,” Sally assured, still running her hands along his cheeks and up.

She noticed that his quills were getting tenser with each passing second, so she switched to petting at his ears instead to not risk cutting her hands open from his quills. “I’m right here, and we don’t have to do it all at once. We can stop whenever you need to.”

“I just want it over wit’,” Sonic hissed.

“You can set the pace,” Sally said. “And you don’t have to look at anything or know anything because Bunnie isn’t going to say a word about what she’s measuring or seeing.”

The last part Sally said a little louder as she glanced at Bunnie, her expression stern enough for Bunnie to catch what she was hinting at. The cyborg rabbit nodded, desperate to make up for her slip up earlier.

“Mah lips are sealed, hon. Y’all just tell me when you want a break ‘nd Ah’ll stop. No ifs or buts about it,” Bunnie stated.

Sonic still looked like he would rather tear his own face off than go through with this, and every so often his eyes flinted to the door, desperately wanting to escape. But after a few minutes of having his ears petted and soft murmuring of reassurance from Sally his nerves started to calm, if just barely, and he took in another choked breath before he pulled away from Sally and stood in front of Bunnie.

“You get one shot, make it count,” Sonic murmured as he slipped off his shirt, but still held onto it with a death-like grip so that it was still within reach.

Bunnie got to work without another word. With Sonic’s height she did have to on occasion use her ladder-legs to get a more accurate measurement, and every time she did this Sonic would pointedly look away from her, his eyes fixated on a random spot in her hut.

Every touch from Bunnie also made him stiffen, his quills bristling whenever Bunnie had to linger for a little longer than he thought was necessary as his mind attempted to run away with ever possibility of why she was doing that. Whenever this happened Sally would snap her fingers to get his attention, then remind him to breathe by mimicking the motion herself. It would result in him taking another tense breath, though he would look a little calmer for it, if just barely.

The next challenge was asking for Sonic to strip further once Bunnie had gotten his upper body measurements down. Thankfully he was able to run through the motions of his panic in less time compared to when he had to remove his shirt, though it was obvious Sonic was getting to the end of his tolerance for the situation by this point.

All in all the whole session was about half an hour, as even with Sonic’s obvious discomfort Bunnie wanted to get as many measurements as she could just so she could avoid needing to ask him for more later down the line. But the moment Bunnie said she was done Sonic slipped back into his clothes and was out the door, not even bothering to put his shoes back on.

“Ah’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make that so uncomfortable for him,” Bunnie sighed.

“No, it’s okay. There’s just... a lot still going through his head, I think,” Sally explained. “Did you get what you needed though?”

“Ah did. ‘nd enough to guess anythin’ Ah missed, too,” Bunnie said. “Just leave it wit’ me. Y’know if he had any requests?”

“Just not too tight. So he can move around,” Sally said. “And... for other reasons, too, obviously.”

“Ah gotcha, no problem. Lemme know if y’need a hand wit’ him.”

Sally nodded, then headed back for her own hut, hoping Sonic was there and not on the other side of the planet by now.

Thankfully he was at her hut, though it took her a moment to find him as Sonic had buried himself under his bedcovers on his bed, a habit he had picked up since his return home. Sally resisted the urge to sigh as she sat down next to the lump of blankets and laid her hand on top of it, feeling it jump slightly at her touch.

“It’s okay, it’s just me,” Sally assured. “You did great.”

“Yeah right,” Sonic grumbled, his voice muffled. “That was embarrassin’.”

“Maybe, but you still did it,” Sally pointed out. “I saw how many times you wanted to run and you didn’t. Give yourself some credit there, Sonic.”

“Maybe another time, Sal.”

Sally patted at the blanket pile, hoping Sonic could feel it as she was sure there were at least ten odd blankets on him.

“Well I’m very proud of you.”

Sonic didn’t respond for a while, making Sally wonder if he had dozed off after fighting off his panic for so long. But after a few moments Sonic murmured a quiet thanks to her, and she smiled, before giving him one last pat through the blankets as she moved away to give him some space.

[angelkitty54]

Yay, I managed to finish a thing for Sonally Week!! (Boy I sure do hate doing backgrounds!)

Day 6: Reflection

So! This AU was inspired by the anime movie "Belle" (great movie btw), wherein Sally and Sonic have never met, that is until they both join a popular online virtual world known a "U" in order to escape the problems in their respective lives. The avatars generated by U's AI are, in a way, a distorted reflection of the user themselves and how they wish to be seen by others.

Sonic avatar takes inspiration from his super form, albeit a bit softer and fluffier, with some dragon elements to highlight the fantasy of online world. His super form has always inspired confidence in him, being both invulnerable and literally charged with positive energy and all that. As Super Sonic, he felt like he could do anything. He wishes he could feel that way again, even just for a little bit...

Sally's avatar is more of a reflection of her desire to be seen as someone strong and intimidating. As for the unicorn motif? Well, typically unicorns are associated with purity and innocence, a delicate ethereal being. All thing's Sally is not, but an image that has been forced on her. The dark unicorn is a subversion of this, twisting her family's perception of her with her own perception of herself...

Sonic's design was the first thing I came up with in this AU and more or less got it right the first try! He play's the role of Beauty in this scenario. Sally was a different Beast altogether (pun intended). My god, she went through soooo many design changes...and colour changes... but here we are at last!

[boundforfreedomsonsal]

ANNOUNCING…”BOUND FOR FREEDOM WEEK”, YEAR 6!

(Artwork by @starlitskvader​)

WELCOME BACK ONCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY!

Apologies for the delay on our announcement this year; Real Life has been especially busy for your friendly neighborhood Mod, so I haven't had my usual time/energy to prepare. But I'm ready now, so let's all begin preparing for...

BOUND FOR FREEDOM: SONIC x SALLY WEEK, YEAR SIX!

To make up for the late announcement, this year our week-long event will run from SATURDAY, AUGUST 31st TO SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th!  You can participate either by submitting directly to this blog, or else by tagging your post with any of these tags: #boundforfreedom, #sonally week, and/or #sonsal week (make sure to include at least one of these tags within the first five tags of the post so that they will show up in Tumblr’s Search).  If your submission is not reblogged here within 24 hours, please message either this blog directly, or the blog runner, @gojira007​

As has become tradition, our usual daily prompts will be unified this time around by a THEME!  You’re free to make of that theme what you like; maybe you use it to supplement your piece or link your contributions together, or maybe you use the Theme itself as your inspiration if the daily prompt isn’t really doing it for you, or maybe you just ignore it all together!  But whatever you want to do with it, the theme is there to help really bring this year’s event to life.  

And as to what that theme is? Well, last year was a Big Anniversary, the 30th anniversary of the SatAM cartoon that introduced us to this Ship in the first place! After a big event like that, things can't just go back to normal; it often means you have to reflect on things, to look forward and see what lies ahead. So in keeping with that?

THIS YEAR’S THEME IS…“CHANGES”!

As always, All mediums are welcome!  Fan art, fanfiction, headcanons, whatever you can think of…as long as it’s about showing some love for Sonic x Sally, it’s welcome here, so long as it follows our rules, which you can read here: https://boundforfreedomsonsal.tumblr.com/aboutrules

In addition to this year’s new prompts listed below, you are also free to use the prompts from previous years as well, which you can find in our Prompts archive here: https://boundforfreedomsonsal.tumblr.com/prompts

If you aren’t able to submit in time for a day’s prompt, don’t worry about it!  We’ll continue to accept submissions for all prompts starting from the day the new prompt is introduced onward (and yes, that does include promots from past years).

If you want to begin preparing in advance, our new prompts are listed below the cut.

I look forward to seeing what everybody has to offer, and I’m very eager to share my own SonSal Love too. ^_^  

2024 Theme: CHANGES

Day One (Satujrday, August 31st): “AGE”

Day Two (Sunday, September 1st): “SCENERY”

Day Three (Monday, September 2nd): “FASHION” 

Day Four (Wednesday, September 3rd): “DIRECTION”

Day Five (Thursday, September 4th): “MIND”

Day Six (Friday, September 5th): “REFLECTION”

Day Seven (Saturday, September 6th): “TRANSFORMATION”

Day Eight (Sunday, September 7th):  “FATE”

[boundforfreedomsonsal]

Always fun to see others get in on The SonSal Spirit! With our own week-long SonSal event fast approaching, it only seemed right to give this one its due credit!

Heh, I definitely like the interplay of the characters here. Sonic's hand sliding so smoothly around Sal's shoulder, the way her bangs cover up his eye...there's a fun charming intimacy in how you build the scene that really clicks for me!

I definitely dig the clean stark design for your Cyborg Sally here, especially the clever way you play her Ring Blade off of her robotic eye. The light texturing of the characters to evoke "Prime"'s visual style is a fun touch too.

Ha ha, I definitely like the soft sunny feel of the palette for our Beach Scene here, and you handle the sense of Place in the setting really well too. Most of all I appreciate the animated feel of the poses here, it gives the scene the right kind of Active Dynamic.

Ooh, VERY fun motion blurring effects here, you definitely create the right sense of speed. I also REALLY love the expressions; Sally's gleeful smile is so charming, but I'm also really impressed how well you're able to convey Sonic's surprise even though we can't see his eyes.

Lovely atmosphere for our Sunset scene. The way the light softly filters out through the gaps between the silhouettes is especially effective, not only heightening the strong visual feel of the scene but further emphasizing the characters' connection.

Again, great expressions here! The way those stars all but pop OUT of Sally's big eyes is a LOT of fun, likewise the rubbery way Sonic's face distorts in his reaction. It's great how well you not only handle that contrast, but use it to tell us something about this moment.

Lots of really nice details for our final pic. The moonlit glow works very nicely with its soothing feel, I like the soft way the two characters' poses align with each other so intimately, and most of all I appreciate the blushes spreading out from the cheeks to the tips of their ears.

Sonally week! 🤎💙

Sorry for inactivity here lol,, I made a Sonally week from Twitter and honestly I love it so much!

So now I will show them all for you!

Day 1 - Breakfast as a Couple

Who likes to wake up with you boyfriend/girlfriend like this? (I wish T.T)

Day 2 - Exploration

A lil Sonic Prime AU ?? Lol

Day 3 - Fun in the Beach

Nothing more fun being in the beach as a couple! (Even your partner hates water)

Day 4 - Friendly Race

Why not running together, right?

Day 5- Romantic Sunset

Nothing more romantic than watching a sunset, wouldn't you agree? <3

Day 6 - Movie Night

Watch movies is an awesome activity in couple! Wait.. is not a romantic movie?..

Day 7 - Kiss under the moon

The best and last day! Kissing in the moonlight!

Is not beautiful the moonlight? I think is more awesome if you kiss your partner during this! <3

Uff! A lil week for these two, honestly I feel myself very great making my babies in this. The Sonally week was built by @/FloTheHedgehog on Twitter! Thank you <3

[tracingpapier]

"Just a little while longer..."

Decided to participate in Bound for Freedom this year, if only briefly! ^_^ This piece follows the prompt "Dawn" :)

I wanted to contribute something as a huge thanks to the folk(s) at boundforfreedomsonsal. They always leave such nice comments on everyone's art. It always brings a smile to my face to see them in my replies, haha. Check out their blog!

Psst! The there's a speedpaint for this piece too! Check it out here!

[elistodragonwings]

SonSal Week at Bound for Freedom!

Day 1: Reunion

Decided to do a redraw of Archie Sonic’s return from space as I actually have always hated the original. You’d think I’d take whatever SonSal content I can get, but no, the original has always filled me with disappointment.

Here’s what I wanted to fix:

1) Awkward posing. I very much appreciate what they were going for since Sonic had been standing behind her while she was sitting, but my legs hurt looking at it.

2) Bad anatomy. Sally’s spine and Sonic’s nose seem to have stopped conforming to 3D space.

3) Wrong emotions for the context. Spaz’s cover got it right, which made this scene even more disappointing. Sally’s kind of traumatized and in shock, but Sonic’s just like, “Hey, I’m back, let me kiss you.” Comes across as ignoring Sally’s pretty obvious feeling, but I suppose that’s in keeping with the writing for this whole return-from-space arc.

Overall, very satisfied with this redraw. Might move Sonic’s left arm to be closer to the original. I’ll likely color it one day when I’m not so busy.

[erictmason]

“BOUND FOR FREEDOM, YEAR TWO, DAY THREE: “SURPRISE”

“Hair of the ‘Hog”

Everything had been fine, like, five seconds ago.

Sonic and Sally had been doing a bit of Spring Cleaning in her hut, perfectly happy, making jokes, the whole nine yards.  At one point, Sonic had bent down to pick up a bit of paper that had fallen to the floor, and then he heard a loud CRACK from behind.  “Hey, is everything OK, SalleeyeeYEE!!!”

He turned around to find himself looking, not at the small (actually a bit taller than him but still) squirrel he knew, but a towering beast with wild unruly fur, razor sharp teeth, and thick strong claws.  Said claws were currently rubbing the back of its head, which was just now lowering from the fractured piece of roof it had been stuck in a moment ago.  Any other Mobian would have probably been scared out of their minds, but Sonic...well, OK, his quills were all on end and his heart was beating even faster than usual, but even so the hedgehog’s momentary surprise (which was not at all the same thing as having been scared!) was not enough to keep him from noticing just how familiar this creature looked.

“Sal?” he squeaked out, then coughed and tried again.  “Uh, I mean, Sal?  Is that you?” The beast gave a slow nod.

“...h...hi, Sonic...” the beast spoke, her deep growling voice sounding paradoxically mawkish.  “Did you get that paper...?”

“Yup.”  He showed it to her, waving it around teasingly.  “Now you have to answer my question.”  He took a moment to mat down his quills before standing on his tippy toes, still not quite able to get to eye-level with the princess but it was close enough.  “What.  The.  Heck?”

“Well...you remember the whole ‘Werehog’ incident, right?”  Sonic quirked a brow at her.  “...OK, bad question.”  The wolf-squirrel’s head lowered, her eyes turning glumly to her feet.  “In any case, somehow, I guess some of that power got transferred into me, and in the last week or so...I don’t know what sets it off, but every so often, apparently at random...well...”  She gestured toward her hulking form.  “This happens.  It can last a minute, an hour, sometimes even the better part of a day....”

“And you’ve been hiding that from us?” Sonic asked her, taking a step toward her.

She backed away a little.  “I didn’t...I didn’t want anyone to worry.”  She traced a circle on the floor, her clawed finger leaving a thin trail in the wood.  “I’m not experiencing any loss of control or changes in perception...I’m still me, as far as I can tell.  Just...” she sighed.  “A bigger, scarier me.  I thought maybe it was better if-”

She squeaked a bit as Sonic put a finger to her snout, having now climbed a bit over her legs.  “It wasn’t,” he said simply.  “Sal, you know how much we all care about you.  Even if it’s not as bad as bad gets now, who knows how much worse it might get later?”  He lowered his hand to hers, wrapping it around her thumb.  “And even if it doesn’t...I made the mistake of tryin’ t’hide from my friends too.  Trust me, it’s never the right answer.”

“...I know,” Sally said, and for a moment it was if her voice was back to its usual self.  “I guess I knew I was making a mistake all along.  I was just...scared....”

Sonic nodded, leaning into the tufted fur of her chest.  “Yeah...it is pretty scary, huh?”

The princess sighed a little (Sonic might even have thought it was almost like a purr), gently placing a big hand to his back.  “Actually?  Not so much,” she said.  “Not anymore.”

[kaikaku]

[navii-blaze]

@boundforfreedomsonsal Day 3: Fashion

Going more with the theme of 'change', the two are adorned in an attire more regal than their usual, preferred style. Sally adapts easily, used to being dolled up for political formalities. Sonic is just trying to get through the night.

[wildwoodmage]

SonSal week by @boundforfreedomsonsal

Year 4 day 1: GROWTH

When you love someone, their flowers take root between the strands of your hair. As you cultivate the bond between you, the roots dig deep, and the flowers grow ever more vibrant. They chafed at the idea of having a soulmate, preferring instead to craft their own destiny. They chose to create that destiny together, and their devotion became the richest soil. He gave her yellow lilies, jubilant and ostentatious; stubborn columbine with bloomed in storm or drought; proud gladiolus with petals blazing from yellow to red. She gave him hollyhock as bright as her ambitions; graceful, clear-eyed rue; and black-eyed susans, a blooming symbol of justice. And together they grew and changed and sacrificed, and their roots grew deep, and their blossoms reached for the sun.

[ninjakasuga]

Sonal Celebration: Day 5

Day 5 of the Sonic & Sally celebration hosted by @boundforfreedomsonsal and here is my contribution to the ‘Alternative Universe’ prompt, ENJOY!!

Alternative Universe:

[Author’s notes: Gonna be using the Reboot Archive-verse for this one; hopefully, you all will find it as good as my preSGW Archive-verse stuff. Minus one or two bits of altered history, there’s very little changed compared to my compulsion to exceedingly alter things in the preSGW timeline. Also, this one will push the PG-13 a bit (mostly due to constant nudity and implications), but I promise to keep it as tasteful as possible but the set up for this is too good to pass up.]

The first rays of sunlight managed to cut through the drawn white almost-see through curtains of the room. Small sunbeams touching a large bed in the middle of a moderately high-end hotel. The rays of light finally touched the face of a blue sleeping hedgehog, whose soft snoring slowly came to a halt as the light was enough to make his eyelid twitch and then finally open. The single eye narrowed before a hand reached from under the covers, and fumbled around at the nightstand, looking for something. Finding the object, a remote; a push of the button caused a thicker curtain to slowly draw close via a mechanical track system. Thus quashing the annoying light rays of the sun. Satisfied, Sonic placed the remote back on the nightstand and curled back into a comfortable position and tried to return to dreamland.

Yet a new sensation prevented sleep from returning to him. His sleepy brain at first had trouble deducing what was going on, he just knew his left ear felt wet- wait a minute. Blinking his eyes open, Sonic craned his head and glanced upward, finding a familiar chipmunk nibbling his ear gently. “Good morning Sal, must you do that every morning?” He softly grumbled in his greeting of the one sharing his bed.

The Princess softly giggled and merely began to ‘groom’ the fur around his ear. “I’m just indulging an innate urge native to my chipmunk and squirrel heritage.” Her playful tone oozed a mix of sass and snark, but also a tenderness only he and one other got to hear. “Is it wrong of me to love on or groom my boyfriend?”

With a sleepy yawn, Sonic managed a smile, “No, nothing wrong there, but can’t you do it when I’m not sleepy?”

The sassy Princess just smirked back, not backing down, and in retaliation, just held his ear between her teeth, causing him to shudder. “I can’t help it, it’s fun to tease you, plus it is almost noon.”

The blue hedgehog reached back his hand bumping her hip as he tried to reach for her fluffy tail but Sally angled her body so it was out of reach. “D-dirty pool Sal!” He squirmed as she started to chew on his ear again. “R-really dirty, didn’t you get enough lovin’ last night?”

Sally was not relenting and slid her arms around his chest, keeping him pinned as she held his very chewable and cute ear hostage. “I diiiiid, but that doesn’t mean I can’t just do this because I love you and I ca-aaaaaaaaaaaaaannn!!” She suddenly yelped and released his ear as she felt a hand grasp her fluffy tail and squeeze softly. Her yelp transforming into a partial moan as the hand continued squeezing and playfully toying with her fluffy appendage. “Aaah! N-Nicole?”

At her name, a third party in the bed slid up from her ‘hiding spot’ in the covers, appearing behind Sally. As if to mimic Sally, Nicole softly nipped at one of her ears, while still keeping a hand on her tail. “You rang Sally-sweetie? Sorry, but I saw you harassing my main Hog’ and I had to save him.” After a slight pause, she playfully added with a crooked smile. “Also this tail was wagging in my face, bad Princess. You know it makes Hedgehog’s and Lynx’s pounce Chipmunk’s.”

Pumping a fist, and now free of Sally’s nibbling, Sonic rolls onto his other side to face the two, smirking as he holds up his hand in the air. ��Nicole my sweet cyber-lady gimme some love!”

“Always my main man’.” She happily returned the high five with a free hand, before their fingers latched together in a handhold.

Feigning hurt, Sally pouted with a quibble of her lip. “Et tu Nicole? I thought you were my girlfriend?”

Releasing Sally’s tail and bringing that arm around to tilt her chin, the Lynx leaned in to kiss her lips. “I am, but I’m also his girlfriend, and you were being a Princess bully.” The matter-of-fact way the line was delivered, made Sonic snicker and Sally roll her eyes.

“I am not a Princess bully, and I’ll remember this next time he picks on you.” Arms crossed, Sally huffed, but a quiver of her lip hinted she was being playful and barely held back snickering at her own BS.

After releasing Nicole’s hand, Sonic put that hand to his chest as he sat up in bed. “Moi? Pick on Nicole? For shame Sally, why would I do that? She’s still getting used to her bio-nanite body, I’d be cruel to use my advanced knowledge of pranking on her.”

Both females stared at him with raised eyebrows and expressions unique to each other, that spoke volumes of how much they did not believe him. After a few moments of staring, the trio breaks out into sputters and then full-blown laughter. As their laughter died down, the three gave each other a hug, a kiss and then climbed out of bed.

Stretching, Sonic picked up the remote and had the thick curtain drawn to let sunlight in and so they could see the view outside. As he started to do a few post-wake-up stretches his mind wandered a bit, musing on recent events. After the Dark Gaia/Planet Break incident had been dealt with; the United Federation and other agencies against Eggman, helped the Freedom Fighters tow the Freedom Stormer to a coastal city where a G.U.N. controlled harbor and shipyard were stationed. As a thank you, for their efforts in helping fix the planet and stop Dark Gaia; G.U.N. offered the use of the shipyard to repair the Freedom Stormer. In the meantime, they would be set up at a hotel, on the U.F. 's tab with meals comped on top. Rather generous but none of the Freedom Fighters saw a reason to turn down the offer.

Tails and Rotor often would go to the shipyard to continue repairs, either by themselves or with Nicole or in some cases, help from the shipyard staff depending on what part of the flying vessel was being worked on. For the two tech-savvy inventors repairing the Stormer WAS a vacation, especially as they could get parts to do upgrades they had been pondering installing for a time. Oh, they still took some time to relax at the resort, but they were very content working at their craft. 

Bunnie and Antoine decided to use the free time to have as they put it ‘extended honeymoon’ as their original one got cut short thanks to Eggman’s scheme of the week at the time. A sentiment everyone supported and so the two were spending most of this ‘mini-vacation’ by themselves for obvious reasons.

Big simply enjoyed being able to fish from the docks or the local beach. Give the big guy a chance to fulfill his pastime and he was content.

Amy went to visit her cousin who they found out was in the next town over. Some guy named Rob whose wife had just delivered their firstborn and Amy was keen to see the new baby. Cream and Cheese went with her, the young rabbit eager to see the newborn herself and enjoy the free time with one of her favorite people.

As for the three of them; well they would help with the Freedom Stormer repairs sometimes; especially Nicole as she would download herself back into the Stormer’s systems and help figure out what still needed fixing or simply help. Other times she would be helping Sally with her workload. 

Speaking of Sally, she did what Sally did best when she wasn’t helping with getting the Stormer up and running, she was multitasking. Updating her Father, the King on what was going on, hosting holo-calls with allied leaders to discuss how to deal with Eggman while he was licking his wounds from this recent defeat. While Sonic usually found the ‘diplomacy’ a snore-feast he had to admit he enjoyed seeing Sally fired up and showing she had the chops as future Queen. Heck, she’d been pushing for the alliances to all really start some ‘info campaign’ to make sure the world knew just how far Dr. Eggman went since he was behind the whole planet breaking apart. Some stuff about ‘weakening his supporters' faith in him’ and stuff about ‘getting those still apathetic to the cause to see what will happen if they don’t all unite to stop the Eggman Empire’, etc, etc.

As for Sonic himself, when he wasn’t running, or doing what little grunt work he was capable of with the ongoing Freedom Stormer repairs; he was enjoying some needed downtime with Sally and Nicole. Especially since the three of them were keeping their ‘more than friends’ relations on the mum. Looking back at the two women who were gathering their discarded clothing items, he felt his cheeks redden at how things changed last night. In a really nice way, but well after focusing on saving the world and not being a werehog at night anymore, Sonic had not given things getting more intimate a thought, and they didn’t even go all the way last night. Just a lot of touching, kissing, and sleeping together without pajamas.

Then again when you nearly die for the umpteenth time and given how ‘close’ this last adventure was; in a way, he understood the need for something more. Whether or not they might cross the ‘next threshold’ anytime soon he didn’t know, but he wasn’t going to rush things. Some things were better taken the ‘slo-mo route’. Yet he doubted he would deny either of them if they sought more and everyone was in agreement. It was just one of those, see what may come situations with this three-way relationship.

Moving towards the window, he stared out at the lovely view facing the beach and a small stretch of beachside near the resort. The sun was up, and the world looked at peace, at least for the time being. One wouldn’t think the planet was in pieces last week. His smile slowly eased into a frown as a forlorn expression washed over his face as he recalled the ‘sacrifice’ made to fix everything. Okay maybe sacrifice was overkill, Chip wasn’t dead, he was just stuck inside the planet. Even with his assurances he could ‘feel and see’ them through the planet itself, it didn’t remove the sense of loss Sonic felt since the spirit returned to his duties. It hadn’t been that long Chip had been with them, but he left an impact and he’d become fond of the little guy.

“You gals think Chip’s okay? That he ain’t alone where he is?” He spoke suddenly, as he stared out the window. His words causing both Sally and Nicole to turn his way, their expressions almost mirroring Sonic’s as the loss of their friend hit them. Yet they each also carried concern for the blue hedgehog, since he was the one taking Chip’s return to the planet hardest. “I know he said he could, ‘feel’ through the world now that the Light and Dark Gaia were in balance and harmony was restored; that he wouldn’t be lonely like he was before; but… I worry he just said that to make it easier for us.”

He felt two pairs of arms wrap around him from behind, not an easy task with his quills, but Sally and Nicole seemed to have picked up the best way to go for a double hug without any quills jabbing into him. After a sigh exhaled from his throat, he rested a hand on each of theirs. “Sorry, don’t mean to be a downer, I just miss the little guy.”

Placing a kiss to his right cheek, Sally warmly nuzzled him as she craned her head so their eyes met. “It’s okay to feel that way Sonic, we all miss him in our own ways, and out of all of us you bonded to him the most.”

“You got him excited to see the world to understand the planet he was meant to protect and serve in his role. Not unlike how two certain someone’s did so for me.” Murmured Nicole as she rested her chin on Sonic’s shoulder, her fingers curling in his chest fur, a habit Sonic noticed that the lynx had picked up. “You inspired him to be the best he could, to find the courage inside he felt he lacked. Take it from me Sonic, even if he’s stuck within the planet, he knows he’s not alone and that he has you, and the rest of us as his friends.”

“I hope so, I really hope so Nicole.” As another sigh left him, the hedgehog slowly began to smile again as he leaned against the two women in his life. “Then all the more reason to kick Eggman’s keister so Chip doesn’t have to fret about some other horror being unleashed, and maybe, when all’s clear we can see him again.”

“That’s the spirit Sonic.” Cheered Sally as she squeezed him before taking his right arm and nudging him to follow. “Come on, the three of us should clean up, and that shower should easily handle three Mobian’s given it’s designed with humans in mind as well.” Her blue eyes twinkle with a bit of mischief as she smiled more. “I wash your back, you wash mine?”

“I call dibs on the tail!”

Laughing at Nicole’s outburst, Sonic shook his head, before giving the lynx a grin. “Fine you get the tail I’ll get the top!”

“Deal!” The lynx clasped hands with Sonic, a deal was struck.

Feeling a bead of sweat start to roll down the side of her face, Sally suddenly started to regret her suggestion. “Uh guys, WHA-?!” She cried out as she was lifted up into the air, Nicole holding her up by her feet, while Sonic held her up with his hands grasping under her arms. “N-now we shouldn’t get crazy the others will start to wonder if we’re late-.”

“Assuming they ain’t sleeping in themselves after all this is a vacation as much as recuperation from all the fighting.” The lynx sing-songed with a cheerful hum as she helped Sonic carry Sally to the bathroom. “We’ll behave and stick to just washing.”

“Maybe.” Sonic mused, earning a giggle from Nicole while Sally rolled her eyes, but smiled warmly.

“I love you goofs, and since you’re adamant, very well your Princess awaits her washing!”

The three share a laugh as Sonic uses his foot to kick the bathroom door shut. The worries of the future put aside as the three opted to share what time they could in this sort of blissful state. At any moment Eggman or his Egg Bosses could start a new incident and put their moment of peace out of commission. Sometimes, you just had to live a little.

[Author notes: Not very originally using the Post-SGW Reboot setting; but every time I tried to create some new alt-verse or one something of the prior ones; it just… Wasn’t working. So I decided to give this a go and rather enjoy it.

Also, I shamelessly do not regret my Sally/Nicole/Sonic shipping of the Reboot verse. So I decided to use it; and while in-story I didn’t explain it as to avoid killing the pacing here’s the 411 on Nicole having a ‘bio-nanite body’.

After restoring her hand-held, learning of her origins and stopping Phage, Dr. Ellidy before the crew left his lab revealed he had one other project that was to coincide with Nicole’s original purpose of being the digital repository of his daughter Nikki’s mind and memories. A pod containing a cluster of bio-nanites coded with Mobian Lynx DNA, that when given a brain to link with, could create a solid, actual living form. Granted it would still be a blend of natural and artificial but you’d have a living being able to experience the majority of the living experience. While still at odds with his feelings for Nicole; he feels Nikki would want Nicole to have all the chances to ‘have a full, and wonderful life and experiences’. So he gave the pod to the FF, and after some tinkering, Nicole downloaded herself into it and later emerged. Nicole was herself still but now with a body beyond hard light holograms. Yet she was still able to digitize herself and return to cyberspace and come back. Cue all the happiness.

As for the menage a trio, I may….revisit this and give them a fuller story and explanation. Hope it was good and sorry for the fatty A/N I just felt having to go over all this in-story would kill the pace.] 

[werewolf-cl4ws]

Sonsally Week 2024: Day 7 - Transformation

I couldn't come up with a full scenario for this one, but I really, really, really, really wanted to write this scene in general because my absolute favourite thing about Sonic in general is that he's a silly little guy, a goober, a clown. Until he isn't because the universe thinks he's the right person to give god-like powers to.

Plus I wanted to play with one of my favorite SatAM theories.

This is just a spillage of thoughts but it was fun to just write, y'know?

Sally had never heard of the Chaos Emeralds until a few days ago, when a strange red echidna named Knuckles had somehow entered New Knothole and demanded they hand over the one they had in their possession.

None of the Freedom Fighters knew what he was talking about, and a tiny war had almost broken out when Sonic tried to force Knuckles out of the village when he refused to leave until they met his demands. It was only when Knuckles marched over to the Power Ring pool and pointed to it, explaining he could feel its energy coming from under the lake’s surface, that everything started to make sense. If barely.

The Power Rock, a mysterious stone discovered by Sonic’s uncle years ago that could produce Power Rings only Sonic could use, turned out to be a Chaos Emerald that sat contentedly with them for said amount of years. And there were six others like it in Knuckles’ possession, as he had been hunting practically all of Mobius for them for the last year, and theirs was the last one he needed.

Why he needed them was still a little unclear to Sally, only because what she was seeing was not matching up to Knuckles’ explanation. He said he knew of a rumour that stated when all seven of the Chaos Emeralds were together a miracle would happen. What kind of miracle he didn’t know exactly, but he needed something to happen as his island was under attack by robots that looked eerily similar to a dictator long since dead.

They had all followed Knuckles to his island to help him, but also because they weren’t willing to give up their one defence until they were sure he was telling the truth. Sonic had been adamant of doing this as legendary item or not, he had been trusted with the Emerald by his uncle, and he obviously had a deep connection to it that they couldn’t just give away.

It turned out that Sonic not only had a connection with the yellow Emerald, the supposed Power Rock they had kept for most of their lives, but with the other six, according to what Sally was seeing now.

Sonic floated in the air, his quills now a bright, golden yellow that pointed upwards and wavered gently with a power that practically radiated off him. As he stared down the giant robot that now had a death grip on the Master Emerald – another Emerald that apparently controlled the smaller ones and allowed Knuckles’ island to float - his features were sharpened, a seriousness possessing him that Sally had never seen in her life.

Beside her she just barely heard Knuckles mumble something about Sonic having the power of a god now, something that would have injected cold fear into anyone’s bloodstream. The cold stare on Sonic’s face nearly made her fear it, too.

But she knew Sonic better. She knew whatever power was flowing through him wasn’t going to change him.

She hoped.

The robot suddenly jettisoned away in a blast of fire and burning fuel, moving much faster than its build should have allowed. Sonic watched it, his stare still cold and calculating, before he took off after it, practically disappearing in front of Sally’s eyes. The streak of glowing gold left behind him was her only clue of where he was, but his speed – already beyond any other mobian – had multiplied to a point that it was like he was teleporting to his destination now as barely a second later he was intercepting the robot like it had never moved.

Even with Sonic’s high speed intervention the robot still dodged him, and Sally watched as the robot’s chest compartment split open, revealing a chamber big enough for the Master Emerald to fit into. The robot placed it inside itself, and the second the chamber snapped shut, it too seemed to power up with a similar energy that possessed Sonic.

With another roar of its engines it blasted off into the sky, heading for the stratosphere. And, to Sally’s horror, Sonic followed it without hesitation, his Chaos Energy fuelled body taking on the feat like he was heading out for a jog.

Then… nothing.

Sally stared up at the sky where the two figures had disappeared into, her heart hammering in her chest against a cage of anxiety. After a while she fell back onto her rump, barely feeling the grass under her, barely acknowledging Knuckles or her friends sitting next to her, also waiting and watching.

Waiting for what she wasn’t sure about. Deep down she knew Sonic could handle… whatever it was that was happening. But it didn’t make her chest feel any looser.

It could have been hours, or even seconds later, but as they all stared up at the sky a small dot appeared. A dot that slowly became larger, and closer, until it was no longer a dot but a somewhat familiar glowing golden hedgehog. And in his hands was the Master Emerald, being guided to the surface of the island.

Sally scrambled to her feet as Sonic guided the Master Emerald down a few feet away from them, watching it land safe and sound – much to Knuckles’ relief – then looked it over for any damage. He hovered above the ground as he did this, and it made everything feel all the more stranger.

His features were still sharp, almost wild, and being this close to him Sally realised his usually amber eyes were now a radiant red that were piercing in their own right. She felt her breath catch in her chest at the sight, and Sonic’s ears perked as his gaze snapped over to them. With how sharp his hearing was Sally could believe it, and she didn’t doubt that the Chaos Emeralds had enhanced all his abilities.

But she had caught Sonic’s attention, and for a moment he stared them down, his gaze almost cutting.

Then all at once his features softened, and he grinned, flashing all of his teeth, a rare full smile that was only seen when he was particularly proud of something he had done and didn’t give two damns who knew it.

Even with the glowing yellow quills that floated around him and the eerie blood red eyes, Sally now recognised him completely, and her chest finally loosened as she gave a relieved laugh.

Whatever those Emeralds did to him, it didn’t change him on the inside, where it mattered most. God-like powers or otherwise, it was still Sonic.

It probably wasn’t the smartest idea she ever had, but Sally ran to Sonic, relief washing through her. Sonic dashed forward, still hovering above the ground, and the second they were close enough Sally leapt at him. Without hesitation Sonic scooped her up mid-air and pulled her into a bear hug, giving a little spin in the air as Sally clung to him. When he stopped he looked down at her, grinning broadly.

“Please don’t ever do that again,” Sally scowled, or at least tried to. The giddiness of her relief and the warmth of Sonic’s chaos-charged body was making it hard for her to even pretend to be mad, and Sonic could see it in her eyes.

“First I gotta figure out wha’ I actually did, Sal,” Sonic laughed, and to Sally’s surprise his voice was deeper, almost ethereal as it had a reverb to it. It almost derailed her thoughts, and she had to shake her head to get her focus back.

“Of course you do,” Sally sighed, rolling her eyes, then gave him another squeezing hug.

It was still Sonic. Somehow doing the impossible, but that’s what made him Sonic.

[grimweaver]

"The Ruins of Castle Acorn" (Memories) Sonic and Sally returned to the desolate place that was once their home, on the first mission to thwart the plans of the sinister Dr. Robotnik, bringing them a step closer to his total defeat and the restoration of the Kingdom of Acorn. They clung to hope that they could find the families that were taken from them during Robotnik's siege, or at least obtain knowledge of what had become of them. 

It was a heartbreaking shock when they returned to Castle Acorn for the first time since they had fled to Knothole. To add insult to injury, out of Robotnik's enduring hatred for King Max and Queen Alicia, it had become the designated dumping grounds for Robotropolis. The entire area was littered with scrapped metal and other components of long-dead machines, from which oil leaked out and soaked through the soil. Everything was dead, and all that remained of the parents and brother that Sally loved so dearly were their personal possessions--photos, trinkets, and other items that contained fond memories of them-- strewn about and left to waste away to nothing. Most of it was already beyond saving.

Tears flooded Sally's eyes when she spotted the broken dresser that used to be in her bedroom. It had been tossed out the window during the siege, with other belongings that were inside and atop. Despite the danger of lingering too long, she was compelled to spare some time to gather what they could fit in Sonic's pack before moving on to the inner-city of Robotropolis.

Usually Sonic had some kind of snide remark about every situation, or tap his foot and do his usual "Aaaahm waaaaaiting!" bit.

But he did no such thing. Sometimes the hedgehog knew when to be reverent, especially for the gal he loved. He simply walked over to her and said: "I promise you, Sal... somehow, some way... we're going to shut him down."