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• A Tale of Two Shadows by CharismaticArtist32

  Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  28 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Maria Robotnik & Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Gerald Robotnik & Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Shadow the Hedgehog & Original Character(s)
  • Shadow the Hedgehog & Abraham Tower | G.U.N. Commander
  • Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Maria Robotnik
  • Gerald Robotnik
  • Original Sonic the Hedgehog Characters
  • Abraham Tower | G.U.N. Commander
  • Guardian Units of Nations | G.U.N.
  • Semi-Perfect Shadow (OC)
  • Perfect Shadow (OC)
  • E-78 Galbraith (OC)
  • Felicia (oc)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • POV Alternating
  • Maria Robotnik and Shadow the Hedgehog are Siblings
  • Maria Robotnik Lives
  • Alternate Versions of Characters
  • Protective Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Soft Shadow the Hedgehog
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Shadow gets a little brother
  • Original Character Death(s)
  • Major Original Character(s)
  • Major Character Undeath
  • Major Character Injury
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Psychological Torture
  • Blood and Violence
  • Gun Violence
  • War
  • Canon Disabled Character
  • Disabled Character
  • Original Character-centric
  • Gardens & Gardening
  • Medical Conditions
  • Medical Trauma
  • Outer Space
  • Space Colony ARK (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Mood Swings
  • Semi-Perfect and Perfect are two different versions of Shadow
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst and Tragedy
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Symbolism
  • Science
  • Alien Biology
  • Name Changes
  • Self-Indulgent
  • Maria is A Little bit Assertive

  Summary

  In an alternate universe, where Maria lives, we meet two alternate versions of Shadow the Hedgehog.

  Semi-Perfect Shadow faces his struggles with caring for Maria and everyone else younger than him threaten to overwhelm him, but he must learn to push through it all.

  Meanwhile, Perfect Shadow faces the looming threat from G.U.N. And his personal struggles of having everything taken away from him in the midst of fighting in a battle he didn’t want to get dragged into.

  This is a story about what could have happened to Shadow if one crucial moment was changed.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,353

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

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