After An Empire
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A Day Elsewhere by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
31 Oct 2021
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Sonic wakes up in a familiar world with several surprising differences: ages, bodies, and relationships among them. Having been to weird alternate dimensions before, it's just a matter of getting back home.
That is what's happening, right?Or:
What if you woke up 10 years in the future, and your life was completely different from what you expected?
How well do you really know yourself?Series
- Part 1 of After An Empire
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The Fall of GUN by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
19 Mar 2023
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The world continues to recover after it was freed from Eggman's rule. GUN is under new command, and their top unit, Team Dark, is fracturing as Shadow the Hedgehog disappears into himself.
A mission to capture the war criminal Infinite goes wrong. Classified GUN information begins to leak to the public. Shadow thinks he can find Infinite and the mole on his own. Before long, Team Dark is no more.
But all Shadow can do alone is learn how wrong he is. Now he must decide if he truly honors the memory of those he lost by doing what he does.
Especially when he learns some of that leaked information for himself.Series
- Part 2 of After An Empire
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Girl in Amber by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
10 Jun 2023
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GUN has been dissolved and replaced with GUARD, who require their agents to talk with therapists each month. Dr. Aurora the Rat's first patient is none other than Shadow the Hedgehog, who probably needs it the most and is receptive to it the least. With enough time and patience, maybe she can help him learn that he can live for more than just fighting - to live for more than just the sister he lost.
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Shadow goes to therapy and relearns how to be happy.Series
- Part 3 of After An Empire
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After An Empire by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
23 Jun 2023
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A freak accident, a one-in-a-million chance, and the Eggman Empire is over.
Now Sonic the Hedgehog must decide who, and what, "Sonic the Hedgehog" even is, now that the answer isn't simply "the blue blur that stops Eggman."
Is Sonic the boy that looks back in the reflection? Can Sonic fall in love? And is it time to stop running away from the past?
The questions keep rolling out after Eggman gives one last request from beyond the grave.Or:
That big, long transfem!Sonic fic about grief, depression, self-reflection, self-discovery, love, and euphoria.[Latest updates - January 11, 2025: CHAPTERS 9 and 10 ARE REWRITTEN!]
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- Part 4 of After An Empire
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Walking Down Rocking Horse Road, Getting Lost by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
02 Sep 2023
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After 7 years, Tails visits West Side Island and the village he used to live near.
If he ever lived inside of it, he was too young to remember.Or:
An understated but sad songfic. Follows After An Empire chapter 12.Series
- Part 5 of After An Empire
- Part 1 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties
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Only You Know If We'll Be Together by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
15 Jan 2024
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The future refused to be saved. But he went back and tried, again and again. And then it was.
But still he returned.
Now he struggles with the guilt of staying in a past he believes no longer needs him.
But at least one person does. If either could just say it.Or:
Silver and Espio fall in love over the course of three years because they just can't admit it to each other.
Not until Sonic kisses Shadow in front of everyone at a party...Series
- Part 6 of After An Empire
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Who Knows What of Our Future? by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
15 Nov 2024
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Silver now permanently lives in the past with his lover Espio. He doesn't regret his decision at all, but there's still a niggling feeling that he has something left to do before he can enjoy his new life. He just can't figure out what.
And then Shadow arrives at the Chaotix office wearing a familiar jacket.Or:
A fluffy little coda to Only You Know if We'll Be Together to celebrate Silver's (and Sonic 2006's) birthday.
Happy birthday, Silv! 🤍💜Series
- Part 7 of After An Empire
- Part 2 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties
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Sharp Things Upstairs by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
18 Mar 2024
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It's a big day for Fang. Out and proud, it's finally time for her first dose of estradiol.
She's got everything set. The syringe is full and waiting.
It's been waiting for a while now.Or:
A little bonding moment between the Hooligans. Maybe not so little for Fang.(Part of the After An Empire series, but can be read as standalone!)
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- Part 1 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 8 of After An Empire
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G'nite, Dad by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
04 May 2024
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Vector and Vanilla are getting serious, and it looks like the Chaotix will only keep getting bigger - Vanilla's child could one day be Vector's too.
You'd think Charmy would be happy about it. Vector sure hoped so.
But no, he isn't acting how anyone expected.Or:
Charmy is afraid of being left behind, and Vector realizes that he was already a dad.Series
- Part 2 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 9 of After An Empire
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Days in Red by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
21 May 2024
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If Sonic and Tails would always have each other, who did Amy and Knuckles have?
The years passed, and they struggled with their simple, perfect worlds changing forever around them, before their answer was the same.Or:
Amy and Knuckles are family too.Series
- Part 3 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 10 of After An Empire
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The Second Guardian by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
14 Dec 2025
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The Jackal Squad is long gone. GUN was dissolved for its crimes.
A lost remnant of both wanders into the Master Emerald's presence one cold winter night.Struggling with her regrets and desperate to prove herself, Razor the Jackal challenges Knuckles the Echidna to battle for guardianship of Angel Island. Win or lose, she may regret this, too.
Unless she takes a different path.
Written for the Sonic Supernova 2025, and featuring artwork by Pigeonslippers, moist3ggs, and apinklion01!
The comic version of this fic is also in-development!Series
- Part 4 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 11 of After An Empire
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The Last Days of Ivo Robotnik by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
01 Apr 2025
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"The unjust man's soul, without the virtues, is chaotic and at war with itself, so that even if he were able to satisfy most of his desires, his lack of inner harmony and unity thwart any chance he has of achieving true happiness."
- Plato, paraphrased
Eggman died months ago, with only his greatest foe present.
He still died alone.A glimpse into the final days of Dr. Eggman, from the death of Dr. Starline through to his own, and into the family he made, wasted, and left behind.
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- Part 5 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 12 of After An Empire
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Vela Nova by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)
11 Nov 2025
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Two years ago, Surge lost her battle with Sonic in the Eggperial City. Nobody saw her again.
Today, Kit is a shell of himself without her, drifting through each day at Tails's workshop - until Shadow offers to help him find closure.
The two embark on a mission to make sure that the man who hurt him and Surge is truly dead.Two years ago, after falling into the depths of the Eggperial City, a mysterious figure sent Surge to the Sol Dimension.
Desperate to burn the world that threw her away, she makes for the Jeweled Scepter, intent on destroying everything with its Power of the Stars. But is she truly in control, or is she forever just a puppet for the madman who tortured her? Can she ever be her own self again?
It's up to Blaze to stop her and, just maybe, save her soul from Starline.Or:
Two simultaneous stories of healing and reclamation.
And one story of fiery lesbian pining, and some Psychonauts-esque surrealism.Series
- Part 6 of Blood and Chaos
- Part 13 of After An Empire
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00:00 by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
30 Nov 2023
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Sonic wakes up from a nightmare of losing her boyfriend Shadow before she could ever tell him she loves him. She can't go back to sleep until she does.
Just some sadness and comforting snuggles between hedgehogs.
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- Part 14 of After An Empire
- Part 3 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties
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Room For Another by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
08 Sep 2023
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Amy put her crush on Sonic to rest years ago, but she waited until she had more maturity and life experience before re-entering the dating world. The time has come for her to put herself back out there.
Unfortunately the only date that brings a spark out of her is a quiet little friend-date after she gets stood up, with one of her best friends, Shadow. Who's married to her old crush.
But things have a funny way of working out. Especially with how much Sonic gets involved.Or:
A short, indulgent, polyamorous romance. Because in fanfiction you don't have to settle for just one ship!Series
- Part 15 of After An Empire
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Sonic Polyamory Adventure by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types
27 Oct 2025
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With a heart as big as Sonic's, there's space for many.
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A series of vignettes exploring Sonic's journey in polyamory, from romantic to platonic and the spaces in-between.Series
- Part 4 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties
- Part 16 of After An Empire
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Fly High in the Freedom by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
18 Mar 2024
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They knew each other for much of their lives, yet they never got very close. One morning alone together begins to change that. Soon the crafty spy bat and the gentle genius fox can't get each other out of their heads.
But neither are sure how to deal with these feelings. Especially since he's 10 years younger than her.Or:
A romance about navigating the tricky situations of large age gap relationships and difficult pasts.Series
- Part 17 of After An Empire
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Two Nights in the Hospital by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games)
29 Mar 2024
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There were two nights they spent in the hospital that changed their lives and relationship forever.
The first was the scariest. The second was the happiest.Series
- Part 18 of After An Empire
- Part 5 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties
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Sonia Acorn by GerudoMaskReplica
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comic)
30 Nov 2023
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Sonic and Shadow meet a young chipmunk one cold Winter morning, thin and weak from hunger and tiredness. A little bit of care and hospitality quickly gets turned on its head, as their house begins to change around them, and an uncanny mirror of the past arrives on their doorstep to recover the girl.
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Sonia Acorn, future daughter of Sonic and Sally from Archie's pre-Super Genesis Wave 'Light Mobius' timeline, turns up one day in Green Hill Zone.Series
- Part 19 of After An Empire
- Part 6 of After An Empire: One-Shots and Shorties