Gojira007's Happi Island

If I had a nickel for every time the "Sonic" franchise introduced a new Dragon character who was notable for being clumsy but nonetheless acted as a Guardian for her species, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

“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.”

"I don't understand...I can feel the heat from the flame, but it's sitting right on your chest and you're not burned...?"

"Sorry, Sal, curses don't tend t'work on normal Logic."

Our journey through the Elements continues with one of the most powerful and primal of them all. A shield, a source of danger, and the heart of passion, they all burn with Fire!

Remember: You can either submit your entries directly to this blog, or else tag with #boundforfreedom, #sonally week, and/or #sonsal week

...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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I know most of my moots aren't into Sonic stuff. That's fine. I'm still tagging you because it's fiction I wrote. ;) (You can let me know if I should skip you on the Sonic stuff.)

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?

here's another DOUBLE FEATURE DATE NIGHT, my wife and i choose movies we both haven't seen and we discuss our thoughts afterward, she chose Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender and i chose The Perks of Being a Wallflower, if you'd like to listen, my patreon is $5 a month

kof x sonic gals

ぬれてもいい！

Golden Triangle Book presents "Walt Disney's Gravity Falls". Check out this new piece of artwork by Philip Vose ("Amphibia").

This piece will be part of "The Art of Gravity Falls: 10 Years Post-Weirdmageddon" Art Exhibit by Gallery Nucleus. The exhibit opens September 26, 2026 till October 11, 2026