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1. After An Empire by GerudoMaskReplica

   Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW Comics)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   23 Jun 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Shadow the Hedgehog/Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Amy Rose & Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Miles "Tails" Prower & Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Charles "Chuck" Hedgehog & Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Amy Rose & Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Espio the Chameleon/Silver the Hedgehog
   • Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Miles "Tails" Prower
   • Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Orbot (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Cubot (Sonic the Hedgehog)
   • Original Characters
   • Metal Sonic
   • Rouge the Bat
   • E-123 Omega
   • Charles "Chuck" Hedgehog
   • Blaze the Cat
   • Shard the Metal Sonic
   • Dr. Eggman Nega
   • Silver the Hedgehog
   • Espio the Chameleon
   • Amanda Tower
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Depression
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Rivals to Lovers
   • Identity Issues
   • Gender Dysphoria
   • Trans Female Character
   • Trans Sonic the Hedgehog
   • trans author
   • Trans Character
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Trauma
   • Dialogue Heavy
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Sonic the Hedgehog Needs a Hug
   • One-Sided Amy Rose/Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Unrequited Crush
   • Therapy
   • Post-Character Development Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Shadow the Hedgehog is a Good Friend
   • Major Character Injury
   • Abandonment
   • Soft Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Feelings Realization
   • LGBTQ Themes
   • Miles "Tails" Prower & Sonic the Hedgehog are Siblings
   • Amy rose Is a Good Friend
   • Emotionally Repressed
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Family Drama
   • Estrangement
   • First Kiss
   • Coming of Age
   • Trans Egg Sonic
   • Trans Egg Cracking
   • Rouge the Bat and Shadow the Hedgehog are Best Friends
   • Coming Out
   • Trans Blaze the Cat
   • Trans Female Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • Multiple Story Arcs
   • Demisexual Shadow the Hedgehog
   • Bisexual Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Grey-Aromantic Sonic the Hedgehog
   • Sonic the Hedgehog Gets Therapy
   • Shadow the Hedgehog Gets Therapy
   • Sonic the Hedgehog Gets a Hug

   Summary

   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.

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   [Latest updates - January 11, 2025: CHAPTERS 9 and 10 ARE REWRITTEN!]

   Series

   • Part 4 of After An Empire

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   100,146

   Chapters:

   16/16

   Comments:

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