Bound For Freedom: Sonic x Sally Week

Oh no im so late!!!!!! I wanted to post yesterday but my Ipad couldn't connect to the internet 🫠

@boundforfreedomsonsal Sonally Week 2026 Day 3: Water

“BOUND FOR FREEDOM, YEAR EIGHT, DAY THREE: “Water”

“Squirrel Out of Water”

For all the strain he’d been under traveling across Chaos Island, Sonic appreciated that even now he could still visit Big’s fishing pond to unwind for a little bit every so often.  How, exactly, had the pond gotten here?  How had Big gotten here?  The hedgehog had no clue, and it didn’t seem as if anyone else (least of all Big himself) did either.  Even though it might be nice to have an actual answer about at least one thing going on with the Starfall Islands, though, that much at least didn’t bother the hedgehog much.  It was here when he needed it to be, and for now, that was enough. 

So after stepping through the portal to the pond, saying hello to Big, and readying his line, Sonic was set to have another nice, relaxing spell of fishing out whatever odd little objects the pond had to offer this time around.  He cast the line, watched it sink beneath the water, and readied himself for when it would-

Ah!  A good tug!  The hedgehog was ready immediately.  “Alright, Mystery Pond, what’ve you got for me this time?” he asked with a sharp grin as he worked the reel. 

It took a bit of work, but with one good snap, he was able to pull his catch out of the water.  It was…a silver acorn?  For a brief moment, Sonic was disappointed; he’d caught quite a few of those already.  Yet he very quickly realized: there was something-someone-holding on to the acorn as it rapidly rose out of the water on his line.

“Sally?!?”

The familiar squirrel looked more than a bit shell-shocked as she flew out of the water along the arc of Sonic’s pull, her grip on the acorn quite tight.  She landed with a splash and a thud right in front of Sonic on the dock.  He was immediately at her side.  “How-?  What-?” he sputtered, even as he quickly worked to dry her off.

Sally blinked once, twice, thrice as Sonic helped her, shaking her head a bit (and emptying out some water from her ears in the process).  “I…don’t know,” she replied.  “Whatever your questions are, I don’t know.”

“Yeah, that seems t’be a running theme around here,” Sonic said with a chuckle.  “Are you OK?”

Sally looked herself over for a moment before gently letting go of the silver acorn she’d still been gripping.  “I seem to be all in one piece, at least,” she replied.  “Are…you OK?”

Sonic was ready to fire back with a quick “oh sure”, but then he actually looked at Sally’s eyes.  It made him realize what he was really feeling.  “…honestly?” he said, sidling up to sit next to Sally at the edge of the dock, “I’ve been goin’ through a lot lately.  Like, even by me standards.”

“Those are some pretty high standards.”

“Yeah,” Sonic said.  “And on top of everything else, I’ve missed you, Sal.”

“Well then, I’m glad I can be here,” she said, leaning onto his shoulder.  “However that happened.”

“And however long it lasts,” Sonic said, leaning back.  “Call it a gut feeling, I don’t think you’re gonna be able t’stick around long.”

“Maybe not, but…that just means we should appreciate this time together all the more.”

Sonic let out a light little breath.  “Smart as always, Sal.”  He turned to her with a smile.  “So how’ve things been goin’ back at Knothole?”

The princess’ eyes lit up.  “Oh, we’ve been super busy lately,” she said.  “Daddy actually just announced this big celebration he wants to hold, and….”

Prompt #1: “Bright”

Summary: The Freedom Fighters are celebrating another year together as a team. Oh, and Sally has a clipboard.

@boundforfreedomsonsal Sonally Week 2026 Day 2: Fire

“BOUND FOR FREEDOM, YEAR EIGHT, DAY TWO: “Fire”

“Through the Fire and Flames”

Sally could only watch as the flames erupted all around her.  Where just a moment ago she and Sonic had been taking a leisurely stroll through the outer edge of the Great Forest, they now found themselves surrounded by explosions of fire, tearing through the grass and trees like a ravenous predator.  Fire and smoke, destruction and chaos…for a moment, the squirrel felt like she was a helpless child again, fleeing through the crumbling ruins of her own home the day it had been conquered and she had been forced to run away in terror.  Yet just as her pounding heart and heaving chest threatened to overwhelm her, a familiar voice managed to cut through the bedlam.

“Sal!  Are you OK?”

Her eyes quickly managed to find Sonic even amidst the ash and embers, and it helped bring her back to the ground.  “I’m not hurt!” she called back, even as she had to step out of the way of an encroaching tongue of fire.  “How about you?”

“Other than feelin’ like I oughta apologize to Antoine for all the times I overworked his grill, I’m OK,” he answered, dashing to her side.

Above them, they could hear a harsh whistling noise cutting through the air, drawing their gazes upwards.  The rising smoke could not disguise the fleet of spherical ships soaring through the sky, dropping thickly-built bombs down below as they went.  “Robotnik,” Sonic growled.

“He must be trying to burn the whole forest down,” Sally said, hands tightening into fists.

Another explosion went off a few feet away from the two, further fueling the flames.  “We’ll have t’figure out how t’stop those bombers later,” Sonic said, putting his hands to Sally’s shoulders.  “Right now we gotta get outta here!”

“Agreed,” Sally replied.  She then gently removed Sonic’s hands, however, and added, “but not together.”

Sonic’s eyes widened just a little.  “Uh, Sal, maybe you didn’t notice the whole ‘mountains of fire’ thing, but this isn’t exactly the best time t’go solo!”

“I know,” she answered, “but we have to act quickly to save the Great Forest, and right now, that means we have to split up.”

A roar of flame nearby prompted the two to start moving towards the thick of the trees where the fires were struggling to take hold at the moment.  “You’ve got a plan?” Sonic asked, keeping close to her even as they danced around the burning waves.

“You can get back to Knothole before the fires can reach it,” Sally answered.  “Go, warn everyone, and see if you can get a group together to get to the river so we can try to put these fires out.”

“What about you?”

The princess slowly but surely began to move away from him.  “I’m going to try to get to higher ground,” she replied.  “If I can get close enough to those robots, I can use Nicole to scramble their signals and hopefully stop their assault before it’s too late.”  She could see the worried crease in the hedgehog’s brow.  “For once, we don’t have time to argue on this one, Sonic.”

Before the distance between them grew too great, he took her hands in his.  “I got ya, Sal,” he said.  “Just…be careful, OK?”

“That’s supposed to be my line to you,” she answered with a small smile in spite of everything.

“And that’s what makes us such a good team.”

Sonic let her go, but she gave him a quick fist bump.  “Good luck, Sonic,” she said.

“You too, Sal.”

...and I'm kind of late on the draw because I didn't even realize until halfway through last week (my dash has been full of late, guys), but I really wanted to write for it like I have the previous two years. So here I am, squeaking in after the first day is already over in my time zone (but late is fine and it's still technically Tuesday in a couple time zones yet).

In my efforts to put more Sonic/Sally fic into the world (because someone's gotta do it), I present:

Forge of Chaos

Rating: G Ships: Sonic & Sally (pre-relationship) Setting: my Flesh and Steel AU, which is based on the Saturday morning cartoon with game elements included (and a lot of plot remixing). Summary: Sonic and Sally discover one of Robotnik's archaeological digs, and assume the only appropriate course of action: find whatever artifacts the dictator is seeking before he does, to prevent him from using them against the Freedom Fighters. This goes double when they discover the artifacts in question are the mysterious and legendary Deep Power Stones, objects of power that can combine to provide great power or wreak terrible destruction. In the wrong hands, they could spell disaster for all of Mobius.

If you're at all familiar with the cartoon, this story is a riff on the "Drood Henge" episode (probably only superficially at this point, but whatever). Sonic and Sally are 14 in this.

Prompt 1: Bright

Something about Robotnik’s latest dig site didn’t sit right with Sonic.

Okay, sure. Most of Robotnik’s dig sites were a problem one way or another. Drilling for a newly-discovered oil reservoir. Mining for more durable minerals for his death machines. Grinding meadows away to build another missile bunker. Scraping out a massive trash pit just because. If Robotnik was poking around in the dirt at all, something was wrong, and where something was wrong, the Freedom Fighters weren’t far behind to try to throw an entire toolbox’s worth of monkey wrenches into things.

But there was something extra “off” about this one.

“Stop squirming,” Sally whispered.

“Can’t help it,” he protested. “My skin itches.” He dragged his fingers through his quills as if to demonstrate.

“Then maybe you should bathe more often.” Sally leveled one of her iciest glares at him.

It didn’t work. Never did. Didn’t stop her from putting on her Bossy Face and trying anyway.

Sonic kind of liked her Bossy Face.

Sonic also wasn’t about to admit that out loud any time soon.

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Sonally Week 2026: Day 1

Does everyone remember at the end of SATAM when Sally and Sonic were hugging each other as they obliterate Robotnik’s base?

@boundforfreedomsonsal Sonally Week 2026 Day 1: Bright

“BOUND FOR FREEDOM, YEAR EIGHT, DAY ONE: “Bright”

"Bright Spot"

A flick of a switch, and there was light.

Sally looked at the little bulb with a smile.  She couldn’t help but notice the way its shining glow stood out against the night sky from its spot on the ceiling.

“Still admiring your ‘big project’?”

The princess turned to see Sonic, leaning up against the hut deck’s railing.  “It’s quite the achievement,” she replied, “I think showing some admiration is appropriate.”

“I could get the same amount of light by striking a match,” Sonic said in a teasing tone Sally knew only too well by this point.

Still, she kept composed as she answered, “Except that the importance isn’t about the amount of light this one bulb generates.”  She gestured out towards the rest of the village.  “It’s about taking the first step towards giving this light to all of Knothole.”

Sonic stepped onto the deck, finding a nearby stool and seating himself in it with a playful little flourish.  Sally watched him with an expectant smile, folding her arms in front of her chest as she realized he’d positioned himself just outside the lightbulb’s range.  “Given what a headache getting this set up was, I’m guessin’ it’s gonna be a bit before that happens,” Sonic chuckled.

“Thankfully, our timetable isn’t based on your signature lack of patience,” Sally said with a chuckle of her own.  “Every little step counts.”

Sonic finally turned his gaze to the bulb, rubbing his nose a bit as if thinking of something.  “Kinda like how all of us’re workin’ together against Ro-butt-nik?” he asked, and Sally was surprised at the gentle tone of his voice.

She took a step towards him.  “Exactly like that,” she said.  “Like today, when-“

The princess stopped herself suddenly, prompting Sonic to look at her with a raised brow.  “You OK, Sal?”

She nodded, but did not otherwise answer.  Her fingers wrapped together as her eyes turned downwards and her ears folded a bit.  Sonic leaned a little toward her.  “Y’know you can always be honest with me, right?” he said, and again Sally found was struck by how earnest his words sounded.

It was the push she needed.  “…when you went into Robotropolis and didn’t come back,” she finally spoke, “I got…really worried.”  For once, Sonic didn’t have an immediate response ready, so Sally continued.  “If…something had happened to you…it would’ve only been one loss, but…I would have felt that loss a lot.”

Sonic let out a little breath from his nose.  “Yeah, well…” he mumbled out, “when you ‘n’ Bunnie got captured later…that got me pretty worried too.”

That got a little laugh out of the princess, and Sonic quickly returned it.  “Then you do understand after all,” she said.