#stuck in ark au

[puppetmaster13u]

So once more pondering this au, the Ark Vigilantes au. Workin on the next chapter (had to pause so many stories when my laptop & charger got destroyed).

Thinkin about maybe doin some art for the feral family. But also like, anyone interested in some rambles perhaps? I am also open to ideas from people who have played it (I'll be honest I use cheats to go in the equivalent of creative mode lol)

[smallpwbbles]

She didn’t get that sketch book back

Quick fic for my Biolizard shadow au taking place pre Ark incident, just some nice fluff between Maria and Shadow

Feel free to criticise the fuck outta this, haven’t written a fic since I was like 13, did feel nice to write this though, hopefully I can turn write a longer fic for the au like I said I wanted to do

Maria was beginning to get restless, it had been a long week full of tests, resting, recovering and just a general sense of stagnation. The days were beginning to phase into a repetitive cycle and while she could manage with it, she couldn’t say it wasn’t beginning to get boring.

Her studies were just finishing up, she had once again been bested by her least favourite subject, math. Maria was quite smart for her age, a symptom of being a Robotnik no doubt, however math had such a way with turning her brain to mush. She was sick enough as it was, she didn’t need the subject doing away with her mind too.

Her notebook and sticky notes were packed away in a cute little cubby adorably stuck with a tag with her name on it, next to hers was an empty cubby addressed with the name Shadow, it was unfortunate that with the monstrous hedgehogs seemingly unending growth spurts came the ability to not fit almost anywhere on the Ark, apart for his enclosure of course.

Maria put a hand to the unused cubby, she very much missed studying in the classroom with Shadow, but her grandfather did allow for studies to be taught with Shadow in the enclosure when they were both on best behaviour, the old man may be a stickler but was an absolute softie at heart.

Gerald was erasing the algebra on the blackboard with a content smile, Maria could see he was in quite a good mood today which was especially great as the week of tests wasn’t just unfortunate to her. As Shadow was due for many tests to check on the state of his growth, Gerald and his team spent many weeks trying to get it under control right after Shadow had begun to increase in size rapidly.

The scientists had all done their best but to an ailing Shadow, who had to be okay with needles and diagrams shoved in and around him, he was at best irate and at worst, down right hostile. One of the testing scientists was still recovering in the first aid section of the Ark after a particularly vexed Shadow struck out. He was “grounded” after such an incident, which doesn’t mean much when you’re 35 feet and can kill a person with minimal effort, but it meant Maria couldn’t see him at the moment.

That wasn’t gonna stop her from trying.

“Grandfather! Studies were absolutely wonderful today, I feel maths gets easier and easier each time you teach it to me” Maria lied. Her plan was to butter him up, get him in an even better mood, maybe then he would feel lenient enough to let her stay in the enclosure with Shadow.

“It makes me glad to hear that Maria my dear, maths has always been an essential subject matter in the world of education, why I’ve loved maths ever since I was a young tot, you know I solved my first problem when I was just 3 years old-“ Gerald kept on. Oh no, she got him rambling, maybe she could shoot her shot and just ask outright. The last time he rambled it put her right to sleep on her desk, it hurt his feelings but the second she started hearing percentages her brain shut it down.

“May I see Shadow today!?” She hadn’t meant to blurt it out so outright but she felt the ramble was about to edge towards fractions and decimals and she quite had enough of those today

Gerald’s animated ramblings stopped in an instant and he faced his granddaughter who was doing her best to charm him with her childish adorable appeal

He hummed and hawed for a moment before shaking his head “Now Maria I know you miss Shadow very much but he is in trouble at the moment”

A wave of defensiveness washed over Maria as she recounted Shadow was currently punished due to actions he did in a moment of stress and anger, she felt in the same position she would have struck out or at the very least gave that scientist a good old raspberry, she was still proud she taught Shadow that, Gerald didn’t need to know that though.

“Oh but Grandfather, it’s been more than a week, I’m sure Shadow has learned his lesson” Maria begged.

“He growled at one of our scientists who came for a check up this morning, one he particularly likes mind you” he retorted

“I mean it could be a bit of that teenage rebellion you’re always claiming me to have when I’m not happy to see you in the morning” She countered.

“I-“ Gerald stopped himself and put a finger to his lip, honestly he couldn’t dismiss that. As Shadow continued to grow he picked up more behaviours Gerald could attribute to the traditional development of adolescence. It still had him flabbergasted as he recalled Shadow sticking his tongue right at Gerald one time during studies.

“None the matter, I don’t want you getting hurt in there because of the irritation he’s at right now” Gerald commanded. Maria deflated, this definitely wasn’t going out the way she has planned.

“He would never! Shadow absolutely adores us, he wouldn’t hurt us” Maria argued, she trusted this 100%. Although around most people some could say Shadow could be careless, Maria and Gerald were of a select few that Shadow handled with the upmost care and caution. Maria could just about get away with doing anything around Shadow, if not for her sickness she would most definitely use the gigantic hedgehog as a playground.

At quiet times before lights were out, when allowed she would curl up in Shadows large claws, it amazed her how still and gentle he could be, she felt like a glass doll in his hands as she deducted he was so still in fear of jostling her. It saddened her that Shadow was at such a state he felt even the slightest movements would hurt her.

Gerald put a palm to his head, “I know he wouldn’t hurt you on purpose Maria, but Shadow can forget himself sometimes, need I remind you of Steven, who is in the infirmary because of Shadows actions?” He scolded. Maria didn’t have a retort for that, she could defend shadow as much as she liked but it didn’t change that he had indeed hurt someone.

She looked down to her dress skirt and gripped the fabric of it, she knew better than to act like a brat not getting their way but she was getting irate, one more plea, and if no results she would would back down, lest she get into an argument with her grandfather and end up in trouble herself.

“I’ve just felt absolutely restless. I understand he’s in trouble grandfather but he always behaves around me, I could even go in there and get him to apologise! He’s usually nicer after I give him a good talking to” Maria gripped her skirt harder, she was honest about getting him to apologise, she didn’t want him thinking what he had done to that scientist was okay.

Gerald studied her for a moment before letting out a defeated sign, the softie in him had won, he hated seeing Maria as desperate as she was, and she was not wrong. Maria’s presence seemed to greatly improve Shadows mood the most

“Fine, you can see him” Maria almost jumped up in excitement but steeled herself, it didn’t stop her from looking absolutely giddy “but you are not to rile him up in any way, and if I feel you are in danger you are to come out, understand” Gerald instructed.

Maria gave a silly salute, she couldn’t help it knowing her plan came around “loud and clear!”

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He was clearly pouting when she got to the viewing windows of Shadows enclosure, he was lying on his side and had his back to the large reinforced windows, so nobody could see his face. It was cute to Maria, he always did this getting in trouble.

He was also very still, she actually couldn’t tell if he was asleep or not in that position, a second later when he turned his head slightly to notice her presence confirmed he was indeed awake. Shadow had quite the ability to sense the people around him without anyone else knowing they were there. He glared at her before immediately curling in on himself, she had no idea how someone that big could make themselves look smaller but he was managing quite well.

She put her hands to the window, the glare he just gave her hadn’t put her off, he clearly wasn’t as happy to see her as she thought he would be but that was her gigantic, hedgehog, lizard buddy in need and she hadn’t almost got on her knees and begged to see him for nothing.

3 little taps to the glass, Maria did this just to give him a warning whenever she was coming in, in response Shadow seemed to curl further in on himself, he almost looked like a gigantic spiky ball.

Maria made a small trek down a compact set of Stairs to some steel doors that led into the enclosure, there was a code box right next to the doors that needed an input only Maria, Gerald and some trusted scientists knew. Quickly putting in 4 digits, her birthday as predictably done by her grandfather, Maria bounced in excitement as the doors painstakingly opened.

The chamber was quiet and smelled of lavender, Maria had recommended a calming smell might tide over Shadow to act nicer during testing, while it hadn’t, he still very much enjoyed the smell.

Maria encountered the big ball of black and red quills and scales, he was very much still pouting and didn’t seem to want to acknowledge her. She gave a couple pats to what she could assume was his tail but it was quite hard to tell as curled up as he was.

Shadow gave no response to indicate he felt the pats so she grabbed a few quills and gave a small tug, she didn’t want to tug hard as she’d definitely get cut if he bristled his quills in response, yet he still gave no reaction.

Oh he was really having quite the tantrum today. She put her hands to her hips and gave the giant wall of quills a tired look

“Shadow it’s me! Are you not happy to see me?” Maria yelled up at him.

If he was, he gave no reciprocation. It humbled her quite intensely as it was a first for Shadow to completely ignore her.

She looked down at her shoes and decided if he was gonna be the Debbie of downers she would use other means of entertainment. She pulled out her small sketch pad that conveniently fit in her skirt pockets. It was a great source of distraction when she had nothing to do or nobody to talk to.

She walked over to some worn down chairs that were placed carefully far to one end of the enclosure, they were initially placed there for observation of Shadow but it was an overestimated idea as most scientists didn’t have the nerve to be in the same room as Shadow for more than 5 minutes. Maria abused this section of the enclosure to benefit her creative devices and made Shadow the subject of most of her sketches.

It was about 5 minutes into drawing when she had stopped drawing Shadow as doodling a curled up spiky ball hadn’t been as fun as she thought. She looked up from her sketch pad as Shadow began to unfurl, as he stretched out she heard some of his bones crack back into place, bones cracking was already an unnerving sound to her, hearing it at Shadows size was something entirely else so she couldn’t help the look that came on her face.

Shadow stopped his stretching to study her, he smirked at the unsettled face Maria made as it was quite an amusing expression for her to pull, the smirked made her a little irate considering how rudely he was to ignore her just before.

“I see you got tired of pouting” Maria huffed, Shadow simply stuck her tongue at her, she gasped in shock and stook up immediately, absolutely aghast he would use such a move on her of all people, she kind of wish she hadn’t taught him that now.

“That’s absolutely- why I never- you are such a rude-“ she couldn’t make up her mind what to say in response. Shadow sat on his hind legs and looked at her in amusement, to anyone who could have been outside the enclosure, the sight of a young blond girl yelling and scolding the near 40 foot giant beast was bewildering.

“It’s no wonder grandfather didn’t want me to see you, with you acting like such a brat I have half a mind to walk out of here, are you even sorry for what you did?!” Maria furiously turned her back to him and folded her arms, if she looked back she would have seen Shadow flinch at the question. “The scientists are doing the best to help you and you had someone sent into first aid!” She grumbled.

Maria heard some loud shuffling then the room shook for a moment, she steadied herself and looked back to see Shadow had repositioned himself with his back to her. She didn’t know why the sight infuriated her more but it just seemed like he wanted to be insanely difficult today.

She began to march over to him, about to give him a peace of her mind. However when she traversed enough to get a even look at what she assumed would be a unremorseful smug smirk, she was met with a regretful furrowed brow, his red crimson irises met her blue azure ones and he instantly looked away and brought his arms up to hold himself. He wouldn’t look back at her.

Maria began to calm herself, one look at him told her what she knew, of course he felt bad for what he did. She wanted to give herself a right slap for forgetting herself, he obviously found it hard to talk about what happened, she shouldn’t have expected him to be right and ready to talk as soon as she walked through those doors.

She slowly came closer and put a hand to his ankle, that was as much as she could reach at his current sat up stance. He dared a glance down at her tiny form and again looked away, she could feel the giant begin to tremble, she then heard as an unmistakable voice rasped out “…didn’t mean to”.

His voice rumbled throughout her body as her heart wrenched at that statement. She believed it without question, he was gentle and caring, she was tired after the week long tests. Maria could only imagine what it was like for him after being poked and prodded for hours on end.

“I know” she comforted. She really did wish he was at least a little smaller, it was really hard to comfort someone who has a hand as big as your entire body.

She could attempt to climb up his leg but she really didn’t want to risk getting Gerald upset with her if she was to exacerbate her already strained lungs. She motioned at shadow with her hand and got his attention “Shadow your hand please” she gently commanded

He knew what she was asking and took a hand off his person to reach her, only seeing his claws near her had him stop for a moment which Maria noticed. “You would never hurt me” she assured. He gently scooped her up and cupped his other hand to the one holding her.

Shadow brought up a safely secured Maria up to his face in which she at once assaulted him with a full face hug, it surprised him for a moment but he instantly melted into it. She did this when she knew he was even a bit upset. He did find the gesture embarrassing but appreciated it all the same.

Maria nuzzled into his muzzle harder, she’d be finding fur in her dress for ages but she didn’t mind, the priority was Shadow. She was glad he was remorseful, it would have been alarming if she had to explain why it’s wrong to send someone into the infirmary but Shadow seemed to grasp the consequences of the event that transpired.

“You are going to apologise once Steven is out of the infirmary aren’t you?” She left his muzzle alone finally and looked up at him, he seemed embarrassed at such a request but knew he couldn’t argue with something that was the least he could do. He nodded firmly and hoped it would be enough to satisfy Maria.

It definitely was as she once again came full force with a hug to his muzzle, he did wish he could return such a gesture properly but he’d definitely crush the poor girl with such a return, instead he just leaned his face into her arms, she was such a tiny thing to him but the action warmed his heart so immensely he’d almost forgotten why he was mad in the first place.

Maria plopped back into his palm, content with her job as “the Shadow whisperer”, as she had oddly dubbed herself in her mind. She wished she could converse with him about all the events that transpired while he had been “grounded” but it mostly included tests which was the furthest thing she was sure both of them wanted to talk about. In that moment she remembered the little notepad she was doodling in earlier.

Shadow watched as she fought to relieve her pocket of the sketch pad and as she flicked through a few pages of quite nice and detailed drawings of him and a few familiar faces he’d seen on the Ark, his interested peaked as he watched her turn to her recent pages and she chortled, Maria shakily stood up on Shadows surprisingly soft palm and held the sketch pad to Shadow, who’s interested promptly died when he saw a drawing of a spiky ball which had been nicely detailed with an annotate to tell whoever was reading the ball was a “grumpy pouty shadow”.

Maria watched Shadows face fall flat and couldn’t help that roar of laughter that immediately escaped her, this only continued to irritate the humongous hedgehog. He brought over his other hand that didn’t have a laughing Maria in it and swiftly brought it over his palm, Maria yelled out a panicked “NO WAIT-“ as he did so. He didn’t hurt her, he just gave her a quick squish to shut her up. That seemed to do the job as he opened his palms to a silence Maria who had her hair adorably scruffy from the attack “I hate it when you do that, I totally deserved it though” she concluded

He snickered at that and she gave him a quick punch to his pinkie finger

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Maria had lost track of the time she had been in the enclosure after 2 hours. She wasn’t worried she’d been in too long as her Grandfather had cameras in the chamber and would have called her out if he wanted her out.

She had returned to her drawings while she was cradled in Shadows palms. She was absolutely engrossed in her current drawing and hadn’t noticed Shadow wasn’t giving input or feedback on her drawings anymore.

The palm she was in suddenly jerked and she had to grab one of his fingers to keep from losing balance, her sketch pad had fallen to the ground when the motion happened. She looked up when she was steadied and saw Shadow, he seemed to have not noticed what he had done. Honestly he seemed quite out of it, she quickly realised the poor thing was fighting sleep and must have accidentally jerked back to being half awake.

“Shadow” Maria called, his eyes opened fully to address her but immediately went back to being half lidded. “Are you tired? I can leave so you can get some rest” she offered.

He stubbornly shook his head and cupped his other hand under her, normally he would have let her go off when she wanted and went back to doing as he did alone in the enclosure but she was sure it was his sleepy brain not wanting her to leave and he was acting upon that.

“Alright alright, don’t have a fuss I’m not going anywhere, even if I could” he had brought his hand close enough that she could reach a particular spot under his muzzle, she gave it a few scritches and had to steel herself when he began purring, it was an intense and loud sound that she feel sending waves through her entire body but she bared it.

He leaned into it, and began to literally lean his entire body’s forward when the feeling of the scratches began to calm his already tired mind, Maria had to stop and immediately grabbed onto anything she could, which was his ring finger as Shadow fell forward, the enclosure shook from the weight of him falling and Maria waited for the vibrations to die down, she hoped her grandfather was not watching the cameras at that moment as she could of accidentally been hurt, she could hear and feel the vibrations of Shadows quiet snores as it confirmed he has simply fallen asleep.

She hopped off his palm to trek to his face, give him a quick hug. Her mission was to now find her sketch pad, that last drawing she was engrossed with had come along really well and she wanted to show her grandfather how her art skills were coming out. Her face turned grief stricken when she realised her sketch pad had fallen where Shadow lay asleep right now, if he rolled over which she knew he was guaranteed to do, it was completely over for that drawing as well as her entire sketch pad.

Maria inhaled and then exhaled. The stories of the superheroes her grandfather read to her had to go through sacrifice, and right now as the shadow whisperer, she could definitely say she was going through sacrifice right now.

[sccredhead]

“Sonic! I think I’ve discovered what the ultimate life is… it might be you!”

I was thinking about ideas for which SA2 moments I’d put in the Fusionverse AU. This line specifically has been stuck in my notes for MONTHS!

Both have just finished defeating the Final Hazard, the ARK is back in orbit, and they are just realizing they won and saved the plantet. Shadow is in a state of shock.

Their energy is (still) being drained, they’re semi delirious in space, and this god-looking hedgehog suddenly is grabbing them, displaying such copious amounts of joy to rival the sun.

Shadow can’t help but look in awe.

He’s too weak to realize that this happy moment will only be just that, a moment.

Sonic has no idea either, until he turns to head back to the ARK and he has to witness the fall.

[elfolfenburg]

OP YOU ARE DRIVING ME INSANE /pos

SONIC MEETING LITTLE SHADOW, THE ONE WHO STILL HASN’T GO THROUGH THE TRAUMA OF LOSING MARIA SO STILL HAS HIS INNOCENCE BUT AND SHOWS HIS PAIN OPENLY BUT ALSO DOESN’T REALIZE THE UGLINESS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO HIM AND TREATING HIM AS LESSER

AaaAAAAAH

BRO i also got another idea that someone sent like a raven one which what got like an au n stuff bro, so like in this one man.

the one u sayin that innocent sahdow with the trauma cuz of the experimenta n stuff, in like this reality or something, lil shadow is like all alone in the ark getting chased by the demonic like figure here which like represents all the traumatic shit he went thru like losing maria, the experiments, dr robotnik, black doom gloo demon (iforgor his name) but like all clump up together yknow while hopelessly finding Maria bro.

So like basically this is shadow running away from his traumatic experiences as a child while finding Maria non stop bro, so its like an endless loop of chasin and searchin until Sonic comes bro cuz yknow shard shard ykwim. (Yknow to like symbolize sum deep meaninh with him repressing and running away from his dark traumatic memories and problems, like sum sort of hell hole he's unable to escape cuz like he stuck with em in the ark bro, damn thatz f up huh)

Bro this ain't even sonic prime plot no more, just shards of shadow but aye im diggin it

[freys-dumpster-fire]

i get to self indulge. As a treat. ANYWAYYY AU THAT IDK HOW MUCH I’M GONNA ACTUALLY DO WITH IT BUT I HAD AN IDEA

Basically what if eggman ended up??? Adopting sonic??? When he was like 6 so before the classic games ig and so now he’s got like robot enhancements and stuff and generally causes trouble

Took a LOT of inspo from the phantom rider for his armor bc i CANNOT DESIGN ARMOR FOR THE LIFE OF ME anyways the only otherdifferent thing is what if gun just kinda. Didnt. Storm the ark like they just showed up like yooooo we need shadow because i wanted shadow to be in a more. “Heroic” role i guess but also. Working for gun so not ENTIRELY but they js kinda stuck him in cryosleep like normal and then woke him up when eggman started messing stuff up i don’t know if any of this is coherent at all it’s 12 at night man i need to sleep

[strom-in-the-sky]

My baby my baby....

part 2

Read part one on my page before continuing with this story.

"My beloved baby... your not planing to leave me are you...?"

Au. Dazai Osamu have a younger sibbing. After finding out they got severely hurt. He becomes...different...?

Tw. Toxic/not[ish?] normal family relationship in a way, yandere behavior, manipulation, threats, violences. Non-canon behavior. Kinda dark ark spoilers? Dark ark being just a red flag already. Mention of m-ri.

Dazai sat next to you. Holding onto your hand. The only thing keeping him from sending him insane or leaving you alone in the private hospital room was mori, and the steady heart beats from the montioner. He didn't cry but started with his black eyes at you. How did he let this happen? How did he let the only person he was willing to kill for almost die? How? As he mind ran ramped. He sat with your hand to his head. He felt a small twitch as he looked up. No luck. Still out. Unaware of what actually going on. " fucking do something! Anything don't sit your sorry ass their...." *he shouted be then went to a whisper seeing. Knowing that wouldn't make this situation any better. He didn't leave your side that night. Oda and ango heard some of the news and well came to check up on their friend. They where not aware that dazai had a sibbing. Well everyone have their secrets. And being the Mafia people can be used against you.

"What are you guys doing here?"

Dazai had turned a bit in his chair to look at them when he heard the door open. "We just came to check up on you..." oda spoke first. Not daring to move closer to the younger boy side. A good nodded in agreement. As he stuck near oda side. "What he said we jus-" "shut up and leave. That's what you can for me." Dazaic hissed out. How this took both older men by surprise. They never saw him like this. Always used to the relaxed, chaotic and funny dazai. But the one siting infort of them didn't seem like that boy. Ango sighed and spoke now "Alright, just know we are here for you if you need dazai" ango was the first to turn and leave. Oda have one last glance before nodding and turning away. Dazai turned back to the person he should of been paying attention too. He sighed as he held onto your hand. "Your important right now no one else. But right now I need to do something so don't become the next sleeping beauty." He let go you hand. Rising from his seat and leaving. He needed to do something. He needed someone to pay it blood.

Dazai returned in blood. He moved to sit in the same seat again that he originally sat in. Taking your hand again. He stared with a smile on his face. "My darling baby your dearest brother is back..." he mumbled not knowing if that was to comfort himself or you. He sighed and lowered his head to the bed as he sighed. It was quite for so long..... until his ears caught onto the beeping of the montioner and the quicken breath. A small "where I'm i..." escape your lips. It felt like a heavy weight was lifted off his chest as he quickly shot his head up. "I'm here my baby- I'm here don't move you idiot. Your injured." He hissed out as he stood up from the chair. He took your face looking over the small bandages that rested on the soft surface of you face. His eyes scan over everyone to make sure it was ok. "Dazai...? Where I'm I..?" "Your in the Port Mafia headquarters...my boss patched you up..." He mumbled before pressing a kiss to your forhead. He pulled away to see tears in your eyes. "Osamu...im sorry bug brother I di-" "shut up I don't care for that don't cry I'm here....I be by your side for now on don't worrie...big brother is here for you now" he gently moved to press your sholderes more into the hospital bed seeing that you where trying to get up. "Lay down. Don't you dare try to move to sit up." He spoke once more before holding your face again. His cold door eyes staring into your soft glowing one. He sighed for what felt the million time before moving to sit on the same chair. You seemed unbothered by the blood. Like him. Or it could be for the fact he came home like this on commonly.

It been a couple months since that accident and well dazai wasn't planing to leave your side. He started to become overbearing and overwhelming. "Where are you going." "Let me see what you have." "Who is that your texting?" He could demand to know. It wasn't a question. It was a statement. He wanted an answer every single time. You know how you guys used to sleep? Well not anymore. He needs to have his arm around you in the night. But if you didn't want he wouldn't mind piting his leg on you. This was completely respectful he didn't touch anywhere else he didn't need to touch. He also demanded hugs that he used to reject. Now he hugs and picks you up like nothing. Spinning you around as he giggled slightly. He did get you a new phone after awhile. But he placed a tracker on your phone. He only let you wear his old clothing that wasn't ruined.

With all that it was one of those days you tired to sneak out the house. He sometimes have late night work in the Mafia coming home tired and passing out on the bed. You managed to slip your body away from his hold. Seeking off to the small loving room. The house was small. Only having a bedroom, bathroom and just the living room with a TV and small couch. As you where about to open the door.

"Where are you going." His voice spoke. He may of just woken up and he walked over slumping onto you. His arms handing off your shouldes as you struggled to hold up his weight. He might of been light to other but when you put a 10 year old weight with a 15 year old it going to be hard. "Osamu! Get off me! Your going to crush me-" you whine as he didn't moved. He just let out a yawn as he moved one hand to kinda fixed his bed head and rub his one eye. Before pinching your cheeks. "I didn't was for that where are you going" he mumbled out as he chulked at your whine you let out. "I'm going to get something to ea-" other whine from you. "Be honest with me or your losing your tv time again" he spoke before hugging you. He picked you up and carried you back to bed despite your whines.

"Sleep it still early yet..." he mumbled before dropping you on the bed before laying ontop ot you. "Osamu get off your heavy!" He chuckled and closed his one eyes yawing again. "Na I'm good...." before you can even protest again he was out and sleeping ontop of you. He smelled of rum and blood. you cringed at the smell that hit you at once. "OSAMU-"

It would of been a couple years. Or when Osamu was 18 when oda died. He was a total mess. He didn't take his angry out at you how he did before. He changed man after all. He needed to think. Think of a way to get you both to safety. After all he was the oldest and pretty much an adult. You where now 13. God he keep your safe this long. But can he even do that now? But then when ango reached out to him. He took it immediately geting the two of you to go under the radar for as long as you both needed. After all this could be a way for him to make up from that time lost.

All that time he spent away he promise to make up. To be a better brother. To be worthy of holding that title. To be the only one to hold that title. You where is baby. He darling little sibling. Ever since that day you got hurt he did keep you safe. Killing anyone. Everyone that dare looking to long in a bad way. He would do anything to see you smile at him. See him as the brother disbute his rough attitude towards you.

You where his baby. He didn't want anything else but your safety and for you to be by his side.

Welp I might add more to this but this is all I got T^T

I hope this sound weird how dazai is- I swear it all platonic- and not like those sibbings-

Should I do ADA!dazai now-I mean- eh- mabye. I even toss a bot with that lol. I have to much free time on my hand

Welp I hope you guys enjoyed- sorry if this isn't what you expected 🧍

Proofread- nope not yet

[hmshermitcraft]

*sigh* there has been a return of an au I had a year ago, and now I have it changed for this fandom, and now it’s taking over my brain. And god damn it, why does ark survival evolved have to be so tempting to make an au based off of???(original thing the au was for was MHA)

Xisuma was experience when it came to dinos and creatures different than the normal ones. He played with mods half the time for gods sake! What he didn’t expect though, was on a journey through the arks that was supposed to be vanilla, end up with some weird phenomenons.

At first it was glimpses of something out of the corner of his eye. That wasn’t very different, some of the dinosaurs were predators that stalked their prey. But it got more and more unusual from there. Eventually there were messages dug in sand and scraped into rocks and trees. He could’ve sworn it was an unmodded and closed ark.

He must’ve just left a mod on by accident, the silly derp. He started seeing things that didn’t match with any mods he had played with. There was what appeared to be a reaper queen, but it looked like it was half tek. This could’ve been explained as just an update to a mod and shrugged off.

Yet it didn’t feel right, whenever he saw the thing, there was always a glitching effect it seemed. Eventually he was just down in a cave, looking for loot when he turned and was face to face with it.

It wasn’t quite the same as a reaper queen, it was smaller, for one, and it had very short green fur where the bionic parts weren’t. It had moved silently, enough to be worrying.

Xisuma was too close to be able to run, nor did he have a shield on him. His tools weren’t the best quality, only low damage and durability journeyman and mastercraft. He was prepared to feel the quick pain of a dino-inflicted death and have to come back for his gear, but it never came.

The thing just… stared at him.

Eventually he learned that the thing wasn’t actually a thing, it was a he, and his name was Doc. Doc was, well, a glitched player. He had been experimented on by Rockwell, and, well, this had happened. He was turned into this.

It was a simple fix, once Xisuma realized which part of the code was wrong. Even after Xisuma did all he could to fix the code, Doc would still have some different features, but that didn’t matter to either of them. Doc was happy to finally not be stuck as that form, and Xisuma liked the company. They totally weren’t falling for each other, totally.

And well, if Xisuma ended up telling some friends on a server about Doc, and them all telling him to invite Doc, and they shared a kiss and maybe more during a party while drunk ;), then that was their business and the others sure as fuck weren’t questioning the two. Even if Ex wasn’t too sure about his brother liking someone who still had a bit of non-normal code to them.

-I am writing this while sick and completely exhausted and with a headache, and I just watched a ton of ark videos, so I have ark on the mind and this au from the past came back and it infected my brain with its addictingness.

Xisuma considered himself to be pretty non-standard code as well, and he considers Ex to be a hypocrite.

Doc's been through a lot, and Xisuma is proud to call him part of his family. And, maybe, his boyfriend but he doesn't want to presume, you know?

Doc doesn't know how X deals with so many dinosaurs but manages to be this much of a derp.

[chipunleash]

I looooved your Swap Au! Is Tails safe in this🥺 To sum up all of them, are their backstories the same? Was Shadow created by Gerald Robotnik, for instance?

Thanks in advance🩷

Thank you, I'm happy you love them!

As for my Swap AU, pls be warned for the SPOILERS ahead down here ⚠️

This AU follows the elements of the Sonic Adventure 2 plot however some swapped Sonic characters still get to keep their signature traits and there could be minor changes. For example, Sonic is still the fastest thing alive; Shadow still referred to himself as the Ultimate Lifeform, and the interactions in each story might run differently because of these two's distinguished personalities.

Sadly, Tails will not be alive in this AU but his death holds so much weight to Sonic's role. There's a reason why Sonic never has his green eyes in this; he wasn't exposed much to Planet Earth, specifically Green Hill Zone yet during the plot (until the very end where he fell off after losing so much energy going super with Shadow). Tails' death left a void in his heart and his eyes resemble that perfectly.

Tho there is a Tails that is still alive in this AU and it's Nine who swapped roles with Ivo Robotnik. Nine is going to be Shadow's main antagonist and yes, he'll be as old as Eggman in this AU (while swap Eggman is prob young as, perhaps albeit older than, Swap Maria. Also, imagine swap Nine as a combo of Dr. Octopus and Eggman👀✨)

I made Tails and Nine twins who got separated from each other. When Tails died, Nine was on a road of revenge; sworn to destroy humanity and Shadow is protecting humanity from him. His existence in this story brings so much importance, his connection with Tails makes him a great puppeteer; pulling each Sonic's strings.

Shadow is still created by Gerald except he was born on Earth instead in the ARK. I'm still thinking about how I would handle Shadow's black arms biology, I think this will be the AU where Shadow doesn't feel like he was being burdened by his black arms gene since Maria and Gerald are there to support him all the way of their journey on Earth. In this AU, he, Gerald and Maria happily lived on Earth.

Whereas Sonic is created in the ARK and met Tails there. His creator is Tails' father; Amadeus Prower (from the Archie Sonic comic series since I was an Archie girlie 10 years ago, and I grieved for Scourge when I found out this year that he's no longer canon). Idk how his gene would work, but I think it works better if it remains a mystery; making him feel more like a freak of nature.

There are honorable characters I'd love to point out;

Rogue and Knuckles swapped roles with each other; Knuckles being a spy and Rogue being the guardian of the Master Emerald but Knuckles still gets to keep his strong fists while Rogue the powerful kick of her legs. Knuckles always use his strength to steal away the master emerald hehehe and yes, Rogue did kick the emeralds out of Super Shadow when they first met.

Amy and Omega swapped roles; imagine Amy in her Rusty Rose version but more advanced, I named her Alpha Rose; a robot who used to work for Dr. Nine (Swap Knuckles named her Amy as a joke at first but now it's stuck being used by him and Swap Sonic). For Swap Omega, instead of romantic chase, it's a friendship chase. Maria one day woke up and thought it was funny to program a robot whose entire existence is to be Shadow's BFF, now poor Shadow had to endlessly deal with an extroverted robot trying to befriend the hell out of him. His friendliness btw saved Planet Earth because it filled a void to Sonic's heart and cured his amnesia; making him realize his true purpose; loving the planet earth as much as his little brother loves the planet with all of his heart so he swore to protect it and helps Shadow in the near end. He went from mocking Shadow for constantly calling himself as the Ultimate Lifeform at the start to now acknowledging him as the true Ultimate Lifeform after they successfully saved the Planet Earth.

That's all for now, my friend! I hope I explained the best I can for you about this AU. I've been planning about this AU with my sis and two dear friends and I cherished our moments with it. Thank you so much for enjoying our AU, I love ur Sonic Wachowski pfp btw, it's so cute (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+✨💖🩵

There will be more so pls stay tuned!

[partywithoutsmiling]

Is there any way to turn Branch back into a troll? Do they need to destroy strings or is Branch stuck in beast form forever?

Of course there is~

There are tidbits of the AU I havent shared (things like what the Strings are actually doing and why is Branch affected, though there are hints alluding to it in my previous lore dumps) and one of those things is the ending of the AU itself

For Branch, it will get worse before it gets better, but dw, he will not be staying a bat-beast forever.

Is the destruction of the Strings needed to turn him back? No

Will they get destroyed anyway? Yep

There is a plot point and consequences wrapped around that event; but it is worth mentioning I am treating the Strings UNITED as an extremely dangerous Artifact; as in, nearly Ark of the Covenant dangerous, though the effects of them are not as immediate and sudden as with the Ark XD

Naturally, none of the Troll tribes know what they are 'playing' with.

Take from that what you will~

[niko-jpeg]

Originally, Shadow 05 was not going to be in this au. But then I came up with the funniest possible way to include it in the story, and I couldn’t help myself. So you know how Camp Green Hill is set up like an animated series, with seasons and episodes and such? Well, I present to you Camp Green HIll: Shadow the Hedgehog, a post canon movie spinoff featuring our beloved moody hedgie and his adventure of accidental self discovery. The details are a little in the air right now, since I’m still finishing the base plot of CGH itself, so doodle explanations under the cut <3

Title Drop: First doodle of the batch I made, featuring Shadow and Rouge. They still work together under GUN post canon, and are cool and badass and etc. Slight design changes to Rouge because I wanted to, and Shadow rocks the button up and suit jacket combo. And yes, of course, he still has a gun.

I Can’t Draw Omega: I tried. And it did not go well, I’m so sorry Omega truthers. 

Weird Way to Meet Your Dead Beat Dad: I saw this scene vividly. After the opening sequence, Rouge and Shadow are going back to the apartment, only to be met by Shadow’s alien dad, who he does not remember. 

In the Lab, All Alone: This one’s more of a stretch, a vibe doodle if you will. I wanted to draw him in emotional distress, so I stuck him back on the Ark in the classic shitty hospital gown while he tries not to cry tears of frustration. Why? Because I said so. I don’t think it’ll make the final cut, but I had fun drawing it anyway. 

Sonic and Tails: As I said, this au takes place post canon! Now Sonic is 18, and Tails is 14! Shadow is 19 himself. However, because of just how many times Sonic has gone super, he’s begun to physically change a little. While coming down from being super has its emotional fallouts, he’s done it so many times he’s begun to grow electric yellow fur on his ears, hands, feet, and around his eyes. It also seems to be on his quills, strangely. Tails is as nerdy as ever, clearly.

Super Shadow: Unfortunately, Shadow goes super every once in a blue moon too, and it too is beginning to manifest. While at the moment the third eye is just a temporary thing while super, there's no saying if it may stick around if he does it again. A note on that as well: the only Hedgie that doesn’t go Super more than once is Silver. This is intentional, on his part, as while he was super, he found it quite a challenge to keep himself under control and has avoided it since. Who knows what his manifestations may end up looking like. 

Expressions: A surprised (though not unhappy) Shadow, contrasted with a visibly aggressive Shadow. 

Cuddle Pile: Request from the stream. Coming down from being super has its downsides, and a pretty rough mental fallout. Being a god for an hour doesn’t leave a guy unscathed, y’know. While Silver resists it initially (for various plot reasons), eventually the two are able to convince him to join the emotional recovery party Sonic’s closer friends throw him when he goes super. This usually includes blanket time, as seen here. 

Post Credits Shenanigans: I have this very vivid scene in my brain that would take place after the events of the story. Earlier, Sonic gushes about how cool he thinks Shadow actually is, under all the bitey rough exterior. Rouge, naturally, gets a recording and after everything is said and done plays it for him. This obviously flusters him. Please excuse the poorly edited blush, I realized I forgot to turn that layer back on only after I had saved the file. Oops. 

Remember, asks are open for the characters themselves, or about the au <3

[optimusprimeg1]

I am so curious about the Titan Optimus au! So many questions!

Like how long did he take until he started noticing he was actually becoming a titan, since you mentioned stages?

When exactly is the whole transition from just a really big truck to something where a mech could reside/comfortably live in?

If everyone knows what happens to primes eventually, and Megatron wanted to be a prime, was he like willing to be a titan and have bots live inside or was he only in for the power?

What would the kids do when they witness Optimus growing for the first time or when they notice his size has increased while they were gone? Would Miko want to crawl through Optimus' vents when he gets big enough?

Will OP form a bond with one of the bots, turning them into a cityspeaker during the series?

What would a titan OP turn into? Will he be some sort of mobile fortress or a spaceship? I like spaceships.

Would OP ever get... stuck in a place he used to be able to go into and groan in a bit of annoyance because the damn expansions were making moving through their base difficult?

What about Smokescreen? When he arrives and sees OP all mid-titanization, will he just stare with tears streaming down in awe or will he have a whole fangirl episode?

Hiii~! So glad you asked ^^ these are what I had in mind, let me know if you have suggestions!

Stages take a while, sometimes they just come out of nowhere (like in the small fic). Prime knew it was bound to happen given the Matrix has the knowledge of the Primes. It is just that he doesn’t know WHEN it can happen!

Transition from a big rig to something else happens around stage 3. That’s when he is too big to be considered a truck at around 70 feet tall (imagine seeing a truck taking over 2 lanes <_<)

In TFP, Megatronus wanted to become a Prime so yes, he would definitely want all the power he can get. It would’ve corrupted his processors however regardless. Orion Pax knew better than to give into it entirely, and wield that power for the greater good.

I love this question because humans as a whole are curious creatures. Miko would DEFINITELY be going in places she shouldn’t be just like how she always ended up getting around into Bulkhead a few times! The children would be in shock (who wouldn’t be?), they would be curious about it! Raf being the cute little nerd he is would be interested how it works. Miko? She is going to ask a ton of questions…

Cityspeakers, I can definitely see that happening. I haven’t fully decided who should be bonded with him yet, having Ratchet was a default for me given how close they are. What would be interesting would be Jack (idea wise), however, I think it is better off for a bot.

A spacecraft would be interesting because they can use him like the Ark! Originally, I thought a bigass rig would’ve been a cool idea but perhaps on Cybertron? Get tons of loads delivered across cities.

Gosh YES! He would get stuck sometimes especially during a growth stage! You know how he was in S3 with his new body? He had to transform to get into the cave! Optimus walks in a energon mine and he just suddenly shoots up a few feet in such a narrow space. Infuriating! Even in base the halls end up being so cramped, they would have to remodel to damn place to accommodate him.

Ah Smokescreen…he would try not to be a fanmech. He keeps a straight face but deep down in his spark he is SCREAMING. “Gosh I knew you were big but scrap!”

Imagine how he has to get used to holding bots (or even humans) in his grip. Poor Optimus would underestimate his strength sometimes… you can be gentle but even gentle can do damage!

[puppetmaster13u]

Hey Who Wants Art of Damian's Dodos for This Story?

It's you, you do if you're here obviously lol. And I'm sure you can tell, he was not the one to name all of them.

The last two are unnamed descendants of after they've managed to get back to their own world.

[persnicketypomelo]

I just read your James Norrington post. I really liked it, I've been looking for stuff on him. If it's not to repetitive may I please request more romantic Yandere James Norrington with a pirate reader (she's part of Jack's crew), at all his character ark stages. Like commodore, reluctant pirate, regaining his status through betrayal, and finally his redemption (au where he lives). Thank you.

Sure thing--I'm not tired of writing for him. He is my favorite character of the whole franchise, but I get the feeling that the producers did not want us to care about him much. I'm also disappointed that there's little content on him. :(

obsession, spoilers

Yandere James Norrington with a Pirate

Commodore

For obvious reasons, the commodore doesn't think too highly of you initially

He is an idealistic man--fighting for justice, or at least what he deems to be so--and you self-serving pirates represent the antithesis of what he stands for

He worked hard for his position up to lieutenancy, and then his role as a commodore, while you and your kind steal and thieve your way to success

Although Norrington never was able to catch Jack Sparrow, the same cannot be said about individuals of his crew...

Perhaps in his pursuit to save Elizabeth, and his various scuffles with pirates in the process, he manages to imprison you

While you're stuck, imprisoned on the brig, he might as well see if you can be of use and provide him some information about Sparrow

What he doesn't expect, however, is to find you so attractive, especially for a pirate, disheveled and dirty, sitting on the filthy floors of the brig

And once he gets to talking with you, he finds that you have more in common than he would have thought

Despite being a pirate, you have some personal code of honour and sense of loyalty

This is when Norrington's obsession first culminates

He held some physical level attraction to you since he saw you, but now he feels that, after knowing you better, he can rehabilitate you and help you find the err in your piracy

During this phase of his character ark, his intense affection manifests through a saviour complex

He does not want you to hang, as would be his normal policy towards pirates, because he believes you can be saved

(And his stomach lurches at the thought of you dead)

Before he can actually manifest his plans, however, you slip away, unbeknownst to him

After dealing with Barbarossa's undead crew, a strange longing to see you and talk with you

Only, when he checks, your cell, after the whole ordeal, you aren't there

And all the while you're gone, his resentment of the captain Jack Sparrow grows for taking you away

Piracy

Disgraced and burned by his destroyed ship in pursuing Sparrow, he goes into hiding

While his interest in you before, as a commodore, was certainly unusual and intense, now, stuck in the echoes of his own mind, his fixation spirals

The copious amounts of alcohol surely doesn't help either

It is in his desperate enlisting to the Black Pearl that he finds you again--no longer so disheveled as during your imprisonment

Even after so long from your escape, he can't help the jolt in his heart from seeing you again

The fallen commodore's fixation is no longer along that lines that he can rehabilitate you--how can he when he can't even help himself?

Now, he is more honest with himself that he desires you, he wants to be with you, and after losing all his titles, there's no reason he can't now

In this stage of his character, it’s likely that he will be forthright in his intention—flirting with you outright

He is no longer a commodore, and the stoic, strong front he portrays from his experience in the navy is no longer necessary

He dreams of restoring his lost honor, and when he does, you best believe that he will take you with him

And a lucky break comes for him through the heart of Davy Jones

Admiral

This is where he’s most dangerous

Restored to his previous honour, and promoted to admiral, you are helpless to the power he has

And Lord Beckett surely wouldn't mind if he takes one measly pirate for himself

But all the while, he thinks about you...you're clearly not cut for piracy, and likely forced into it

He will take you away from the cruel and unbefitting world of piracy

And once he learns that the man he trusted and dedicated his services to betrayed his trust, his determination to sweep you away blooms tenfold

Lord Beckett had killed Governor Swan, someone Norrington trusted and admired

The incident is enough to send his obsession over the edge

After releasing the prisoners from the brig, he severs the ties between the Empress and the Dutchman

You come with him on a separate dinghy

And if you resist, confused by his actions and your sudden kidnap, he will point his pistol at you, telling you to comply with him for your own good

Norrington doesn't intend to shoot you, no matter what, but it is more to calm your struggles and your confusion

He insists this is for your "own good", but the single-minded and determined look across his face makes you worry if he might be more of a threat to you

Redemption

James Norrington wouldn't marry you--at least in an official manner

You have to remember that marriage serves as a business transaction, not solely for the spirit of love, or at least in this time

He would certainly take care of you as a spouse, just that there's no official records of such

Besides, he wants to hide you from the cruelty of the world as much as possible, and a marriage with you would just herald your existence to the world...to the evil who might wish you harm...

Undoubtedly his betrayal to Lord Beckett would hurt his professional prospects, but perhaps with time, he can regain a position of some valour

His dedication to service and honest work speak for him as much as his accomplishments

And if he ever regains a position of power again, your chances at escape are even slimmer

He is not paranoid, but he would feel at more ease to take certain...precautions...to prevent you from harm...or escape

He will be very dedicated to you, though he isn't particularly adept in expressing the earnest love he feels for you

But, if you ever manage to escape from his grasp...

Then you would truly see the depth of his obsession

[the-last-quest]

Shadow was tired.

He just needed to wait until morning.

He just needed to not look at the mass in the center of the room.

(Sonic dhmis au)

[1456 words]

Tw: Major Character Death, brief description of injuries (it’s mostly left to imagination)

Shadow was tired

Kneeling on the tiled floor of the kitchen it was taking every bit of him to not close his eyes. To not let himself succumb to the cool release of sleep.

Or death.

Whichever came first.

Today’s lesson had been a brutal one, though Shadow supposes most of the lessons were brutal.

It started when he and Tails were cooking lunch, when the kid had accidentally nicked himself with the knife. Of course that caused a lesson to start. The teacher, this time taking the form of a talking knife block, preached to them all the joys of kitchen safety. Which then, of course, led to the two of them having to dodge multiple sharp kitchen utensils.

Shadow didn’t come out of that unscathed. He took a hit from a knife that was clearly aiming to take out Tails. At the time it was worth it to him, saving the fox from the pain from the blade. The large gash on his side bearable as long as he saved the kid from death at that moment.

Now though he wished he let Tails die then.

Gritting his teeth Shadow pushed himself off of the floor. Shooting pain emerged from his wound, but he bore through it. He’d handled worse before, not joking when he said lessons were brutal. He just had to leave the kitchen. If Shadow was going to bleed out he wasn’t going to do it with that looking straight at him.

The lesson didn’t end with the knives. They never ended with the knives. With Tails being the one who started the lesson the teacher’s attention was solely on the fox, and with Shadow already injured there wasn’t much he could do to protect the boy. He doesn’t know if he should be happy that the lesson ended at the blender before the teacher even acknowledged the overheating oven.

Using the wall for support Shadow kept his eyes glued to the ground as he made his way out of the kitchen. He didn’t want to see what remained of the fox again. It was bad enough the first time, as he watched the unfolding of the lesson, not being able to do anything about it.

As Shadow was just about to reach the doorframe, just about to leave the chaos forsaken room he stopped. He could feel the eyes on him, watching him as he left it all alone. He couldn’t do that, as much as he wanted to leave and wait until morning, to have his memories of this day fade into a dull ache in the back of his mind. He just couldn’t leave. Sighing he mentally prepared himself, turning to look at the center of the kitchen.

Shadow couldn’t call it a body, refusing to even think of the life the mass used to hold. The only thing that remained intact was the head. It was a cruel joke he supposed, something the teacher did to ensure the lesson stuck.

Blue eyes seemed to haunt Shadow.

First it was Maria on the Ark. Even with his memories of the outside world growing fuzzy he still remembered his sister and her eyes. He remembered the wonder they held when she looked down at the Earth, the love that he left when she looked at him, the pain as her life faded away.

Now it was a different pair of eyes, but to him they meant the same thing. The eyes that at first marveled at the new world they found themselves in, before either of them knew what it held in store, the eyes that constantly sought him out for some semblance of stability after they figured it out, the eyes that he had to watch constantly fade because he couldn’t save him.

That's how they were now, a brilliant blue faded to a dull gray.

Tears gathered in the corner of his eyes. Swiping them away angrily, Shadow growled at himself. He shouldn’t feel like this. He knew this was going to happen. He knew that by the end of the day one, or both of them would end up dead. He’s been through this enough times by now that he knows he can’t change anything. He knows that he can’t save anyone.

So why does he feel like this? Why does he feel a paralyzing helplessness whenever one of those damn teachers comes to life? Why does he feel so guilt ridden over something he knows he has no control of because he himself is a victim? Why does he feel the same way he did back on the Ark?

Shadow sinks down against the wall, as those same questions swirl through his mind. Over and over again. The same questions never relenting. He knows the answer to them. He knows why, but he can’t bring himself to admit it. If he does things would change. It would just give them more ways to inflict pain and there was no way that he would ever give them that opportunity.

Right now though there’s nothing they can do. The lesson for the day was done, the sun having already set below the horizon. Morning needs to come again.

Knowing this Shadow gives up. He allows the tears to flow down his cheeks. His sobs irritated his already sore throat, his heaving breaths causing even more pain to spout from his wound. He doesn’t care though nobody is watching him, the only eyes open right now are ones that don’t matter.

Those eyes aren’t seeing anything. They won’t think he’s weak because he failed to protect someone. They won't remember it in the morning when they seek him out for comfort. Right now he can let everything out. He can fall apart and by morning he’ll be put back together again.

He cries until his lungs give up on him, when the blood loss finally makes itself apparent. He opens his eyes and finds the other ones staring back at him. He knows his will look the same soon.

Shadow lets himself drift off, the night finally winning.

~~~~~~~~

Somewhere, up above, gloved hands pick up two figures out of a small model kitchen.

They take care to fix them up, the fox figure having more repairs needed than usual, while the hedgehog only had a scratch.

Placing the figures into a model bedroom, the hands making sure to tuck the fox into bed. It’s the least they can do.

Sighing they begin to turn the crank.

The model house spins around while distant piano notes play a repeating tune.

It’s morning once again.

~~~~~~~~

Shadow was in his bed again. A small bit of light shining through his eyelids told him it was still early, the sun's rays just peeking over the horizon.

Taking a deep breath he let himself enjoy the moment. The peace that came with the early morning the only time he could find himself getting the closest to a semblance of relaxation. He knew the silence wouldn’t last forever so he took this time to enjoy it.

As if right on que soft footsteps made their way over to Shadow’s bed. Without opening his eyes he lifted the blanket, inviting Tails in. The bed dipped as the kid crawled under the blanket, curling up against the hedgehog, gripping onto his dark fur as if his life depended on it. As if Shadow could save it.

Lowering his arm, Shadow pulled Tails closer. He doesn’t know for whose benefit it was, they both needed it.

Time continued to pass as they lay together, the sun coming up over the horizon, the alarm ready to go off in any moment.

Tails shrunk into him, shaking as it drew nearer for them to leave the comfort of the bed. The kid didn’t cry though. He hadn’t cried in a long time. Shadow doesn’t think that’s a good thing.

Running his fingers through yellow fur Shadow tried to calm the fox, even though his anxiety was also rising. He doesn’t remember exactly what happened yesterday but he knows it was bad seeing that Tails sought him out this morning.

Today he’s going to make sure he takes the brunt of the lesson. He’s made this vow before, but this time he’s going to try harder, to draw the focus of the teachers towards him.

Because deep down, even if he would never admit it, Shadow cared for Tails. He cares for the kid that is stuck in this eternal torment with him. Even though it will kill him, Shadow will try his hardest to protect him.

Tails was his brother now and he’d be damned if he had to watch another sibling die in front of him.

[midnightshard06]

Fictober Day 25: "It consumes me"

You can check it out on ao3 here if you prefer.

Summary: Shadow's first moments on the Ark are confusing and full of panic. He can't really blame people for how he's treated afterwards, but there seems to be at least one person willing to treat him differently.

AN: Early today cause I'm getting my copy of Sonic x Shadow Gens today and am very excited to play it lol

Set in my Lost and Found AU

Warnings: Nothing

Word Count: ~1050 words

The first emotion that Shadow experienced when he woke up for the first time was panic. Everything was too loud, too bright, and he felt a deep ache. Something was missing but he couldn’t tell what. With his clouded mind he did what had felt natural at the time, he lashed out. Whatever was around him was surely causing his misfortune so if he got rid of it he’d feel better. Maybe he’d even be able to figure out the sense of wrongness that seemed to settle over him. There were yells, talking he thought. Not that he understood what was being said at the time. Then there was a prick of pain in his arm and he could feel himself starting to go limp. He fought it of course but whatever had been done to him he couldn’t fight for long.

His vision seemed to clear a bit as he felt himself slipping into unconsciousness. Several people were cautiously approaching him and several more were being taken out of the room he was in. He was so confused.

It didn’t take long for Shadow to understand his situation. As well as understand how much worse he’d made it for himself with how he acted initially. Everyone around him seemed scared of him. Treated him as if he would go off again at the slightest provocation. Shadow didn’t quite think they were in the wrong either. Even he felt like he was constantly on the edge of wanting to lash out even when there was no clear cause. He was mindful to not dig his own claws into his arms as he grabbed them. What was wrong with him? Why was he like this? He’d started to understand what some of the scientists were saying. Things like “ultimate lifeform” “cure” “weapon” but the way that they said them had him doubting they were saying it positively. As far as he could tell they believed him to be a failure or at the very least a dangerous success. He overheard someone comparing him to a “biolizard” once. A prototype they’d called it. If his behavior was being compared to it he wasn’t sure he ever wanted to meet this biolizard.

For a while everyone gave him a wide berth. He couldn’t blame them. As much as he tried to keep himself under control it felt so hard. Not that he knew why. He could tell something was missing but any time he thought too hard about it he started to get a massive headache. That did not improve his moods at all. The unexplainable rage and wrongness, it consumed him. He just wished he knew the cause. Wished he could tell the people around him what was happening but his voice felt stuck in his throat. Of course he’d only just started to understand what they were saying, but he had no idea how to communicate back. Any time he tried to do it how it felt natural the headache came back. Eventually he stopped trying all together.

One night though things changed. It was late, presumably anyway based on how everyone was gone and the lights were out. He struggled to get comfortable in the small space he was being kept in but he didn’t dare try to complain. His ear twitched as the door to the lab opened. He didn’t expect whoever this was to approach him so he simply ignored it, pushing the part of himself that longed to reach out to the back of his mind.

“Hello?” A voice he’d never heard before called out. Shadow continued to ignore it, they were probably looking for one of the scientists. Not that they were here. Footsteps gradually got closer to him and he stiffened at the small gasp that came after they stopped. “Oh my goodness…” Whoever it was seemed to approach where he was being held. “You must be the one grandfather was talking about…” Her voice trailed off. Maybe if Shadow continued to ignore her, she’d go away. “I can’t believe they keep you like this.” She sounded… sad. That alone had Shadow twitching an ear in her direction. “So you can understand me.” She sounded pleased at the slight reaction. “I knew it. Can you look at me?”

Hesitantly Shadow turned around. Perhaps if he cooperated this whole exchange would go better. “My name’s Maria.” Maria smiled at him. “It’s nice to meet you…” She trailed off. “I don’t know your name. Sorry.” The scientists referred to him as “Project Shadow” so he’d taken to calling himself just Shadow. He didn’t like how it felt to be referred to by his “full” name. Not that he had any way of communicating this to Maria though. He just watched her as she looked at him patiently. After a few moments of silence Maria blinked. “Can’t talk?” Shadow looked down and shook his head. She nodded. “That’s ok. We can figure that out later.” Later? Was she implying they’d continue to see each other? Some part of him felt happy about that. Maria treated him far differently than any other person he’d encountered in his short life so far. It was refreshing and for a brief moment he felt he could ignore the consuming feeling of wrongness that seemed to permeate his being. He nodded at her and she smiled.

Of course this moment of calm was broken when the doors opened again. “Maria!” There was a tint of panic to the all too familiar voice. Gerald Robotnik, the head scientist as far as Shadow could gather, stepped into the room. “Get away from there! It’s dangerous.”

Maria looked between Shadow and Gerald, a frown on her face. “He’s not dangerous grandfather. I was just talking with him.”

“My dear it isn’t capable of holding a conversation with you. Now come here. I do not want to risk provoking Project Shadow’s wrath. Especially not with you here. I know you saw the aftermath of the first time.” Gerald took a step closer and Shadow did his best to stay as still and non threatening as possible. 

“Project Shadow…” Maria glanced at Shadow. “I’ll see you later… Shadow.” She said quietly, before going to her grandfather. Despite the cold that settled over the room once the two were gone, part of Shadow couldn’t help but feel some sort of warmth. Hopefully he’d see her again.

[angelkitty54]

Making yet more Sonic fankids! These be Dash and Nova from an AU where Sonic is a divorced single dad! Failed relationships galore in this AU!!

Bit of an info dump about them below the cut. Tho there's still a lot more that isn't mentioned coz I don't want this to get too long... You can ask them stuff if ya want! :)

Dash (actual name is David but no one really calls him that) is Sonic's first kid from a failed relationship with Amy. They got married too young and had a kid way before they were really ready. But where Sonic was able to adapt to being a parent, Amy wasn't able to.

Amy had stubbornly clung to her childhood crush and the dream of marrying the handsome hero, settling down with the white picket fence and the big family, but when she finally got everything she wanted instead of being happy she found herself feeling empty instead. She only realised that this wasn't actually the life she wanted for herself after she'd she'd given birth to Dash and by then it was too late. Things only got worse from there, in both her marriage and relationship with her son.

She and Sonic stayed together for a while but really only due to social conventions. Neither really wanted to stay together but they were just sorta stuck. One day Amy saw how much of an angry, hateful person she had become and just couldn't stand it anymore. So one day when Sonic was out, she just packed up and left, leaving divorce papers for him to sign and a note that said he could keep the house. At that point Sonic was so emotionally drained that he was honestly just kind of relieved it was over.

Dash doesn't have many memories of his mum, and the few he does have are not that great tbh. The clearest memory he has of her is the day she abandoned them. So yeah, he does not have a great relationship, and does not desire to have one, with Amy. Even after she and Sonic reunited and reconciled their friendship years later. He loves his dad tho and otherwise is having a pretty great childhood.

Nova was created by several GUN scientist that went rogue. They stole the confiscated genetic research done by Starline and combined it with what was left of Project Shadow to create a new living weapon for their own purposes. Fortunately they were discovered before they could finish their schemes, and they only specimen they managed to create was taken by Shadow.

He brought her to Tails and Sonic, mostly coz he didn't know what to do with her, and no longer trusted GUN security. And also the fact that she was made with Sonic's DNA too. Nova is constantly in a semi-super state, which is not good for her coz unlike her dads who when they run out of energy in super state would revert back to normal, she can't. So she taps into her own life force instead. Her inhibitor rings block most of her power and regulate her energy so that doesn't happen. Unlike Shadow's, they don't come off.

Nova might look like about 12-ish, but she's actually only about 4 years old. And she acts her age too. When she was first brought home she couldn't walk, talk or do much of anything really. Which of course made everyone very concerned about her development. Shadow had worried he'd been too hasty in pulling her out of her incubation tube. Sonic was the one to figure out that tho her body looked older she was, in fact, a literal baby and thus would need to learn how to do everything the same way a literal baby does. Good thing he already had experience raising one baby already.

Shadow moved in together with Sonic to help raise Nova. They got really close during this time, even tho they were constantly arguing over how to parent their tube baby. Shadow ended up being confronted with a few revelations about his "childhood" aboard the Ark as well as even more complicated feeling he had towards his creators. He found himself trying to push the same image of perfection onto Nova that had been placed on him, and being at odds with Sonic as a result. Over time he came to feel inadequate as a parent, especially given Sonic's methods tended to work better than his most of the time. After the first year he began to pull away and by the end of the second had moved back out entirely.

Nova was sad that Shadow isn't around as much anymore, tho she's a little too young to fully understand everything. For the most part she is a happy, healthy little girl who loves her daddy (and her other daddy too!) and her super awesome big brother!