#we wish on stars for miracles but sonic and shadow are the shooting stars

[wherearedagrapes]

A lot of people joke that Tom’s recovery was miraculous — there’s no way he should’ve survived Shadow’s blow — but maybe it really was a miracle, thanks to the chaos emeralds.

In the second movie, Knuckles mentions that the power of the Master Emerald can create miracles. It turns thoughts into reality. And then we see Sonic use that power to make it rain chili dogs — what he desires most at the time.

In the third movie, Sonic and Shadow share the power of the Master Emerald when they both absorb/tap into the chaos emeralds. It makes sense that Sonic would be hoping/wishing/praying for Tom to survive more than anything. But that’s only one half of the ME, right? Shadow’s the other half. For a miracle to happen, they’d probably have to want the same thing.

So what if after Sonic and Shadow’s heart-to-heart on the moon, they do? We see that Shadow regrets his actions and wants to fix his mistakes however he can, even if it means sacrificing himself to push the Eclipse Cannon away from Earth… But he can’t undo the pain he’s caused Sonic, the only other person besides Maria that he’s connected with, that has treated him as a friend.

Sonic has shown him kindness despite everything, and Shadow wishes that Sonic not have to suffer another loss, especially at his hands. Sonic may be able to bear the pain, but he shouldn’t have to. If Shadow could go back, if there’s one thing he could do differently… He would spare Tom Wachowski. That human should live.

Sonic and Shadow’s hearts wish for the same thing. Their shared thought becomes reality, bing bam boom — Tom wakes up in the hospital, much to the bewilderment of every single nurse and doctor in the building.