(This was originally posted on #shadamyheadcanons as a submission but for some reason when I submitted it the paragraphs were missing, no idea why that was the case so Iāve decided to resubmit it here to make it much more easier to read)
Convoluted title I know but this one is going to be pretty jumbled up as itās just an idea Iāve thought off and wanna see if anyone does anything with it.
You know how Amy has the rings similar to Shadows inhibitors, hers are probably weights whilst shadows are inhibitor rings, Iām not sure if this has been mentioned or something but I think this idea could be cool, though it would also deviate from the original story of SA2 quite a bit, let me explain.
My idea is that with Amyās modern design for SA1 and SA2, her outfit would be the exact same but without the rings on her wrists (maybe replace them with the bands she has on her riders design).
Instead she doesnāt get the rings until the end of SA2 when sonic returns to the ark after him and shadow fought the final hazard. Obviously the story would have to get reworked slightly with Shadow and Amy possibly having a few more scenes together and give Amy her own character arc, she still doesnāt fully believe in herself as she isnāt treated as an equal. (because letās be honest the early 3D days Amy was ignored and not taken seriously by almost everyone in CD, SA1 and SA2, including Sonic).
One way to make Amy more important to the story of SA2 is to have her get to the ark much quicker so there could be an extra scene or two with her and Shadow. (It doesnāt even have to be shipping stuff but Shadow having flashbacks of Maria through Amyās words similar to the how Amy helps Shadow remember Mariaās final words in SA2)
A way I think would work best to get Amy on the Space Colony Ark quicker is during prison island, instead of Rouge being trapped fighting the R-1/A Flying Dog she fights Amy instead.
The way this would occur is that when Amy would free sonic, he would tell her he needs to find that faker and make him pay, then runs off instantly, leaving Amy behind. In the hero story, after the stage metal harbor there would be a cutscene with Amy walking around, saying that sheās lost and sheād get annoyed and say out loud
āI would sacrifice anything for everyone to take me more seriously, even that fake hedgehogā
(Remember this)
(Also this might seem out of character for but at this point sheās like 13? Iām not sure but sheās angry and this is something someone her age would say. Keep in mind she only sees Shadow as a Sonic copy, thinks heās a Villain so she doesnāt really care about like, same with her and metal sonic.)
This part would be in the dark story Playthrough.
Then she runs into Rouge, Amy remembers she was with Eggman and fights her, trying to get answers however they both get locked in the room like Rouge did in SA2. The story would continue as normal with shadow showing up and surprisingly, heād save both of them without hesitation, teleporting to the ark just before prison island blows up.
A scene would take place right after with Amy looking confused and relieved however Rouge instantly begins questioning why he saved them, Shadow says it wouldāve been more hassle for him to get the emeralds off Rouge in a few seconds but Rouge counters by saying thatās a fair point but he couldāve just left her behind (pointing to amy) however he actively ran over to her and saved her too. He just walks off saying she talks too much however amy runs grabs his hand and says.
āThank youā
Shadow just stares back for a second and says āit wonāt happen againā¦ā then walks off. (This would purely be a dark story cutscene)
To me this makes more sense as she doesnāt really do much in the story other than help shadow, maybe even have sonic and tails think she died (and in the hero story, actually have the player think sheās dead for most of the story) and have sonic realise that he shouldāve treated her much kinder and as an equal and not someone who holds them back. This could even make sonic wanna go after shadow even more as he thinks that him and eggman killed her, to further set up the rivalry his shadow but that part is just me throwing ideas around for a potential SA2 rewrite Iām thinking of doing. This new concept also wonāt be a typical ādamsel in distressā as itās flipped on its head since Shadow actually saved her by ākidnappingā her.
Letās say in this hypothetical rewrite Shadow starts off like the others, he doesnāt take Amy seriously at all similar to everyone else as heās only known her as āsonicās fangirlā but Amy begins to learn that thereās something more to shadow, he doesnāt just want to conquer the earth like eggman, he wants revenge on everyone on earth (maybe heād say something like āthey took everything I cared about away from meā when sheād ask him why heās doing this, I dunno) and sheād grow to understand him.
Through this, shadow would learn to treat Amy as an equal as she says sheās fed up of not being taken seriously by anyone so shadow does just that, he actually begins to listen to her closely. Through shadow treating her as an equal and talking to her, he begins to realise sheās making valid points about how no-one deserves to be killed but he doesnāt falter in his mission however sheās slowly chipping away at Shadows exterior as he acts slightly kinder to both her and Rouge.
Maybe even Rouge could get some development from Amy too with Rouge listening in on one of their convocations and amy says that
āI try to be kind to everyone, even though sonic doesnāt treat me as an equalā¦I know being kind works because youāve treated me as an equal because of itā¦ā
This causes Rouge to hold some of the master emerald shards and thinkā¦Sheās used to being around selfish people so thatās all she knows but being kindā¦Sheās never tried that.
(this could explain why Rouge gives the master emerald pieces to Knuckles after he saves her because sheās learning to be kind as well)
At the end this, all this buildup and the extra scenes would would make it more believable for Shadow to be convinced by Amy and she will also learn a lesson here, correct me if Iām wrong but shadow would be the first person to treat her as an equal. The way shadow would truly treat her as an equal is by actually thanking her, at the risk of sounding too clichĆ© he would tell her.
āThank youā¦youāre worth much more than you think, Amy Roseā
This coming from the ultimate life form himself would mean something, at least to Amy.
After that he says
āI need to keep my promise to Mariaā¦and to youā then he runs off.
When Shadow appears to fight the Biolizard, Knuckles would ask why he suddenly changed sides, he could say something like
āThat friend of yours, Amy Rose, you should all thank herā¦ā
With sonic responding with a in a guilty tone
āYeahā¦I know that nowā¦ā
And the same thing would happen, Super Sonic and Super Shadow would fight the Final Hazard and using the chaos emeralds to become super for the first time along with taking off his inhibitor rings would take its toll on shadow and cause him to fall to earthā¦only leaving his inhibitor rings remaining like in the original story.
The final scene of this version of SA2 would have Sonic returning aboard the ark without Shadow, he has a smile but it looks sad most of them would congratulate Sonic but Rouge would ask whereās Shadow?
Sonic would close his eyes and let out a shaky breath, saying that he couldnāt have won without Shadowā¦
(I do recommend that this part is best experienced whilst listening to SA2s āthe last sceneā OST on loop whilst reading this part for extra emotional kicks, trust me it makes a difference. this all is purely emotional but in a good way so you have been warned.)
(Each āending sceneā between the rivals would take place in this order)
Firstly a unique one, amy and rouges reaction to shadow death.
Sonic walks over to Rouge and Amy who are standing at the centre of the room, giving them Shadows inhibitor rings and says
āThis is all I could get before I saw him fall to earthā¦ā
Heād give one to both of them and say heās sorry. Rouge would look away and walk off, holding her tears in however Amyās eyes widenā¦like sheās realising something. The blue hedgehog would look at amy and speak.
āIām sorryā¦I never took you seriously, even after youād stop chasing meā¦I promise to listen to you like I do with Tails, Knuckles and even Eggmanā¦ā
He puts a hand on her shoulder to comfort her but she drops shadows ring and she slaps sonics hand away and shakily whispersā¦
āNoā¦ā
This confuses everyone but this time she shouts...tears streaming from her eyes
āI did this to himā¦I donāt deserve any of your respectā¦ I sent him to his death, he wanted to help because I begged him too. I killed himā
āI even said I would sacrifice anything for all of you to take me seriously, even him andā¦it feels like I did! It feels like I sent him to his death just to get you guys to listen to me! Itās all my fault!ā
With that she runs off, running past everyone, sonic and tails would try to chase after her however surprisingly Rouge tells them to leave her, that sheāll talk to Amy.
The second āendingā scene would take place and it would be another unique one.
Rouge would find her where the convocation between Shadow and Amy took place about how she knows being kind pays off because shadow begun to treat her as an equal. Sheās crying and Rouge walks over to her and just watches, unsure of what to do however Amy wipes her tears and says she canāt be weakā¦
Rouge nods her head and helps her up however Amy asks Rouge somethingā¦
āS-Shadows inhibitor ringsā¦ could I have them?ā
Rouge at first looks confused but then after smiles and nods her head, giving them to her.
The final scene between Tails and Eggman would play.
Eggman and Tails look ahead at the starsā¦The fox is unsure on how to feel, they won but it feels like they lostā¦surprisingly Dr Eggman speaks up in a tone Tails has never heard before.
āAs a child, I looked up to my grandfather because of all the great things he accomplished in his life. He was my hero, and I wanted to be a great scientist like him. But... did he really mean to destroy us? To destroy Me?ā
Doctor Eggman, the most renowned genius in the world sounds so defeated, even cracking at one point, even after Tails and Sonic have stopped him time and time again, the mad Doctor has always bounced backā¦but nowā¦he sounds so defeated.
Much to the doctors surprise, Tails speaks up, attempting to comfort him.
āIāmā¦Im not sure but one thing I know, he was tipped over the Edge, pushed to a limit that no person should ever have to endure, he lost everything and took it out on everyoneā¦he had the right to be mad but he didnāt have the right to destroy everythingā¦ Iā¦I donāt know what to say Eg-ā
Tails stops himself
āIvo Robotnik, Iām sorry you had to go through that, I canāt imagine what it must feel like.ā
The Doctor looks down and wipes his glasses cleanā¦
āT-Thanksā¦ Iām going to be shutting down the Space Colony Ark in 30 minutes, thatās all the time everyone has up here, then itās never to be set foot on againā
With that, the Doctor walks off, tails looks back to see Sonic look at Ivo Robotnik. They seem to stare at each other, almost as if theyāre having a mutual understanding through their sight alone but the Doctor kneels down and sonic does something unexpected, he surprisingly hugs the Doctor, he canāt hear what theyāre saying but Tails figures itās privateā¦but he couldāve sworn he saw the Doctor wipe his eyesā¦
The scene between Rouge and Sonic would play after that
Rouge walks over to the blue blur and speaks.
āI calmed Amy downā¦I donāt know when sheāll feel better, could you and the othersā¦be there for her? Help her get over her grief?ā
Sonic looks at the bat and slowly nodsā¦
āI will, I promise. Me, Tails and even Knuckles will help her, or at least try as much as we canā¦ Again Iām sorry about Shadowā
Rouge looks at him and shakes her head.
āYou tried your bestā¦in the end thatās all that matters. But do you thinkā¦that the doctor only creates him for revenge? Or something more?ā
She questions with sonic looking at the planet below.
āIām not sureā¦but what in do know is that he was a brave and heroic hedgehog who sacrificed his life to save everyone, thatās who he was.ā
Rouge nods her head and walks away.
The scene between Knuckles and Rouge would play.
Rouge is standing, looking out to the coldness of space, uncomfortably with her Arms crossed and biting her lip, trying desperately to hold back her tears, she may not have known shadow for long or as personally as Amy didā¦but it still doesnāt change anything, right now all she feels is the coldness surrounding her.
āGot any plansā
A gruff but soothing and kind voice asks, Rouge slowly turns around to see the Echidna looking at her withā¦worry? Surely that canāt be right, the same Echidna who crashed the shuttle the heroes used to get hereā¦
āY-yeah, I think Iām going to give up this line of work, too much work for too little pay, plus-ā
She looks at Knucklesā reflection in the window
āIāve got something better than jewels in mindā¦ā
She says with a crack in her voice, she hopes that the Echidna didnāt pick up on it, thatās heās as dimwitted as everyone thinks he is but obviously he catches onā¦
āHeyā¦are you okay?ā
āY-yeahā¦Iām just looking down below. Itās beautiful, donāt you think?ā
She says, desperately trying to steer the conversation away from current events.
Knuckles looks down at earth and gruntsā¦
āIt wasā¦but after todayā¦I canāt look at anything the same way againā
He pulls out the master emerald which has shrunken down.
āHeh, Tikal helped me learn to do this, makes it much more easier to carry around, want to hold it? I know you love jewelsā¦ā
Rouge looks at him wide eyedā¦why had he offered to let her hold the master emerald? Surely heād know she could easily run off with it, Knuckles opens up her hand with his own and gives it to her, letting her hold it.
āI-I think it might make you feel at least a little bit betterā¦ā
Thatās when it clicks in her headā¦heās trying to comfort her, in his own little odd way, heās trying to comfort her, make her feel better, sadly at the realisation of this, here eyes begin to water up, her vision getting blurry and the facade breaks, she slowly begins to let the tears fall from her eyesā¦
She drops the master emerald on the floor and cries into knucklesā shoulder, hugging him as hard as she can, expecting him to push her away or shout at her that she dropped the master emerald butā¦thatās not what happens, he holds her tightly and tells her.
āDonāt worryā¦Itās alright to cry, he was your friendā
And finally the scene between sonic and Amy would place but slightly altered.
Here it isā¦
Planet Earth, such a beautiful and disturbing place, after this day, after what heās heard and seen happen, he canāt look at it the same way again, what anyone can be capable off if they are pushed enough to the edgeā¦
Sonic looks ahead at Earth, the stars and and feelsā¦guiltyā¦he was there, he saw Shadow fall however he lied to everyoneā¦
After the final chaos control on the Space Colony Ark which retuned it to its normal position in space, no longer heading towards earth, Super Sonic looked around and saw two Rings floating, he picked them up and flew over to where he saw shadow, no longer in his Super form, very slowly moving away from the ark and towards earth.
Suoer Sonic quickly flew over to shadow however what happenedā¦was heartbreaking.
Sonic wouldāve been able to catch the ultimate Lifeform, in fact he shouldāve but Shadowā¦Shadow pushed him away, he said that he doesnāt deserve to live after what heās done, he broke Mariaās promise, hurt so many people and almost killed everyone. Sonic told him that he deserves a second chance to make them happy but Shadow smiledā¦
āSonicā¦itās funny you know, I think in another time, we couldāve been friends, maybe if things turned out differently we would beā¦but weāre both running out of energy, my super form has already run out and yoursā¦ itās going to run out anytime now. So this is my final gift to youā¦goodbye, Sonic The Hedgehog.ā
āSHADOW! NO!ā
Shadow ended up using his remaining energy to use chaos control on sonic to teleport him back to the Ark, which right after it happened, Sonicās Super form ran outā¦
From the observation deck Tails told sonic that Eggman was going to shut down the Space colony ark in 30 minutes which was around 20 minutes ago so the teleporters from earth and the Ark wouldnāt work, Sonic said heās gonna catch up with tails nodding and walking off, leaving Sonic alone in the observation deckā¦
āThe Ultimate Life formā¦Shadow The Hedgehogā
Just as he goes to walk away he sees Amy walk over into the observation deck, her eyes are puffed from crying but he can tell sheās trying to be strong, he smiles and walks over to her.
āIāmā¦Im so sorry Amyā¦I donāt know how close you got with Shadow, but I couldnāt save himā¦ I appreciate you easing off on the romance but I shouldnāt have just ignored you when you needed my helpā¦ā
āI forgive youā
Amy replies with a smile, a sad smile but a smile nonetheless.
āPeople make mistakes, weāve seen that todayā¦but we also know that we can change for the betterā¦so hereās to a better tomorrow Sonic.ā
Amy extends her arm for a handshake with Sonic smiles and accepts.
āHereās to a better tomorrowā
However he looks down at her wrist and sees somethingā¦new.
āHeyā¦are those?
Amy looks at her wrist and letās put another smile, but this time itās not a sad oneā¦
āYeahā¦these were his, I asked Rouge if I could have them, she said yes. Even when Eggman saw me wear them I couldāve sworn I saw a genuine smile from him. I think they look great but I also want to remember him like I remember you.
As a hero, someone I admire and want to be like.ā
Sonic closes his eyes smiles.
āMe and you both Amyā¦me and you bothā
Amy asks if heās ready to leave and sonic Smiles.
āYeah, letās go back to the planet as cool and blue as meā¦ā
They leave the room and the lights turn off but sonic looks back one last time.
āSayonaraā¦Shadow The Hedgehogā
The Endā¦
Authorās notes:
(you can skip if you want cuz this is long enough already but it gives additional context to some scenes. There are also some other submissions Iāve written noted here to)
If you havenāt noticed I have written some submissions here before as (I think?) an anonymous user but finally made an account, specifically for this blog.
Most notably
Submission #59: A take on Shadamy
Iām 60-40 on this, itās not written the best but I think my concept of their relationship is good enough
Submission #68: Yet another take on Shadamy
Not particularly proud of this one I canāt lie, the concept is decent but I didnāt proof-read it so itās itās sloppily written, I might either make a part 2 as a submission or just rewrite it and make it a complete story, though there was that one person who enjoy commented that they enjoyed it, Iām glad they did
Submission #74: Yet another Shadamy Scene Rewrite
I think itās my best Shadamy piece Iāve done, itās a very simple SA2 (can you tell itās my favourite sonic story/game yet?)scene rewrite based on shadow and Amyās first encounter on prison island.
Though I kinda wish I called the title of my first submission āyet a take on Shadamyā to fit in line with my āyet _____ Shadamy _____ā
I wanted those final scenes to pull at the heart strings, sure itās possibly too emotional for a Sonic story but I really donāt care, all of those scenes were based on experiences in my life so I tried to write the characters as ārealisticā as I possibly could. I even snuck in some Knuxouge because I think itās the only sonic ship that should be canon in the games, it makes the most sense to me. I also really hope I didnāt come off as bashing Sonic, that really wasnāt my intention, I really like Sonic as a character but I think this was the most realistic character development I couldāve given him. Rouge was definitely more emotional here but I think that makes sense, I didnāt even think of knuckles consoling her until a bit after so I promise it wasnāt just for a knuxouge moment. I couldnāt really do much with Tails, best I could do is have him sympathise with Eggman and referring to him as āIvo Robotnikā was my was of showing that tails truly cared about Eggman in that moment. Also Sonic hugging Eggman might be slightly out of character but everyone is at their emotional limit here, including Eggman himself was hurt here, he found out the man he admired, his grandfather didnāt just not care about him but was willing to kill him, if felt personal to him and sonic saw thatā¦
What I tried to do was not to create a Shadamy story (even though it certainly comes across as such because even though I love Shadamy, I donāt want any relationships in any main sonic games, hint at them sure but not proper relationships). Instead I tried to create a story with the basis of Sonic adventure 2 (my favourite sonic story) and improve certain aspects.
It just so happened that in my eyes, giving Amy a proper role would do exactly that and filling in details such as making it even more believable that Shadow would turn good at the end, giving a proper character arc to Amy and improving on Rougeās and giving Sonic a character Arc with both realising that people can change for the better because knuckles wasnāt evil in 3&K, he was tricked. Sonic would also learn to take Amy more seriously.
Side note but Iāve always head people say that sonic has always been a flat character however I disagree, I think that became the case after SA2 because in that game, he learned that not everyone is purely good or bad, he learned that people will do bad things for good reasons and good things for bad reasons.
Another detail this adds is making it way more believable for Sonic to go back to Eggman when he takes Amy hostage because in SA2, sonic and tails just leave amy wondering around, both creating a liability and ignoring their friend however up to this point (in the hero story), Sonic, Tails and eventually Knuckles thought Amy had died on Prison Island but hearing her alive and being taken hostage would make it a good twist from a story standpoint along with making it WAY more believable that Sonic would rush back to Eggman. (even though tails was there).
Of course I had to add a scene between sonic and shadow, making it make more sense as to why shadow fell to earth and sonic couldnāt save him, I wanted to add shadow saying that they couldāve been friends in another time because that WAS true at one point, in heroes and 06 they respected each other and were friends with a slightly rivalry. In shadow the hedgehog, minus all the āevilā paths (which I donāt seem as canon) shadow and sonic are usually on good terms. Only in Boom is where there was an active distaste between the two.
Anyway thatās enough of me rambling. I originally wasnāt going to write some scenes and just skim through them like I have done with others but the ones near the end were too important for me to just simply skip. Iāve been writing this for about close to 3 hours now on my phone and I still have a few things to say but Iām satisfied with what Iāve written for now.
Iām going to be honest but this is the most emotional piece of work Iāve ever written, (coming from a guy who doesnāt think these characters beyond a few should be all ālovey-doveyā but speak through their actions and what theyāre willing so do to make friend/partner happy) like I did with knuckles here.
Anyway Iām not going to link my AO3 here because my work isnāt nearly as emotional, it doesnāt have much shadamy and I also donāt wanna self promote here as well but if I write a SA2 rewrite with this concept, if Iām allowed to link it I will however it wonāt be for a while as uni is killing me.
I hope you all enjoyed me rambling, I apologise for it being so damn long but I just has WAY too much to say and just ended up writing another part of a fanfic. Leave your thoughts below and owner of the blog (is that what I call you? Idk) keep up the great work.