𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰

      Have you ever thought about how the history of our universe would have changed if something had gone completely wrong at its turning points, as you all remember by heart? I'm sure you have! Here we are, one boring summer day, deciding to fantasize a little on this topic. We won the war with the Metarex and saved the entire universe, and Dr. Eggman completely forgot about his plans to take over the world and build his empire, because this war affected him significantly. Now we have no enemies. So we have nothing special to do. We entertain ourselves as best we can. Yesterday, for example, we played chess, yesterday all our friends played mafia, the day before yesterday we played staring contests and rock-paper-scissors. And this evening we decided to give free rein to our imagination. Shadow and Omega were sitting in a pitch-black room in front of a wooden table with a light bulb above it. — Do you remember the events of the game in 2006? — Shadow asks. — Don't mention it! — Omega growled. — I can't forget that piece of scrap metal for ages. "Don't be such a pessimist! The game was simply unfinished and our fans understand that perfectly well. The developers initially wanted to release it in 2007, but then deciding to release it for Christmas in 2006, they released a raw beta version that they didn't even have time to test to fix a couple of bugs. But that's not what I'm talking about! — What was it about? — Omega asked. — It all basically started with Mephelis and how he made Silver go against Sonic. You have to admit that Silver was stupid to immediately trust someone he saw for the first time. Agree that Silver himself was partly to blame for the fact that the entire universe was almost destroyed in these events and that Sonic died at the hands of Mephilis. What a pity that only his friend Blaze realized that Mephilis was probably deceiving them, which is why she called him naive. Now, if Silver were not so naive and were at least a little smarter, then, for example, even if he pretended to believe Mephilis and he helped him and Blaze go to the past, he would not have immediately entered into battle with Sonic when he first met him, but would have simply first tried to talk to him and make sure whether he really is the carrier of Iblis or whether Mephilis deceived him?

Imagination

— Listen, Sonic, I don’t want to fight you. I just need to make sure whether you carry Iblis inside you? — Silver asks Sonic, and the latter, together with Alice, looks at each other in surprise and asks at the same time: — Who?

Reality

      — Wait! — Omega interrupted the black hedgehog. — Just like that? Don't make my chips laugh! This is not logical! You know very well that Silver is too naive by nature. He always believes in everything and never grows in his mind to stop trusting everyone and everything so easily. Therefore, this will no longer be canon. This will no longer be the Silver that our fans could at least accept and forgive for his naivety. He would still believe under any circumstances, even if he was told that, for example, he himself carries Iblis so that he would kill himself, if only Iblis would not rise again and destroy his reality. There must be a more compelling reason to make him not trust Mefelis! — Okay, okay, let it be something plausible! Oh! Maybe this version will suit you? What if, for example, a time paradox happened?

Imagination

      Let's say classic Sonic from the events of CD after finding all seven time stones, suddenly and accidentally a time paradox occurs as a result of which Sonic ends up in the future, in the place where you and I and Rouge first meet Mephelis, who at that moment absorbed my shadow and took my form. — What? Who are you? — Shadow asks Mephelis. Sonic will watch this closely and hear everything, but at the same time he himself will not interfere in the events so that none of them suspect anything. Using the time stones, Sonic would pursue Mephelis through time, sometimes hiding from him and learning his insidious plan decides to go to the future, a few minutes before Silver and Blaze first meet Mephelis there. Well, when he meets them before Mephelis, let's improvise! Considering that Silver is naive, he would trust Sonic and even give him an oath that when they meet Mefelis, they will not give away Sonic and that they know the truth, so that everything goes on as Mefelis planned. They meet Mefelis, who tells them that Sonic supposedly carries Iblis and even offers to help them travel there in time. Silver and Blaze, of course, thanks to meeting Sonic, already know in advance that Mefelis is lying to them, but they pretend to trust him and he moves them there. And then you basically already heard! — Look, Sonic, I don't want to fight you. I just need to make sure if you carry Iblis inside you? — Silver asks Sonic, and the latter, together with Alice, look at each other in surprise and ask at the same time: — Who? Or you can do even better! For example, classic Sonic would also find out where Mephilis and Iblis came from and put out the fire himself so that they would never be born. Or he would find Silver and Blaze in the past, when Mephilis leaves them, he would transfer them there so that they would put out this fire and thus save not only the entire universe, but also their future, as they wanted. — Times are changing... And it's time for me to go home. — classic Sonic says to himself and uses time stones to return to the events of his game. Yes. Basically, the end of the game does not change from this, because all the events are erased anyway. But they try to do it beautifully and without bad moments.

Reality

— Not bad! — Omega nods in response. — Now it sounds much more logical. — Agreed. — Shadow answers. — Well, considering that the ending is the same in both cases with the erasure of the bad future, then no plot holes should arise after this. — A positive answer. But sometimes even the most insignificant coincidences can greatly affect the story. — Omega explained.

Imagination

— Let's say in the same events of CD during the running of Sonic and Metal Sonic, the former would lose to the latter, if, for example, he tripped over some protruding piece of iron while running, fell and stopped from this. — STO-O-OP ... — Omega objected and presented his version of the story: Imagination Most likely, their speeds would have been equal to each other and there would have been a tie between them at the finish line. Then a fight would have broken out between them, during which Metal would have emerged victorious and would have taken Amy Rose with him.

Reality

— No, well, this is completely beyond the pale. It would have been better if Sonic and Amy had never met each other, so that Metal would not have kidnapped her and there would have been no race between them. — Shadow offers a new version of the events:

Imagination

I don’t know, maybe Amy would have had diarrhea at the moment when she and Sonic were supposed to meet for the first time... And a really bad one at that. — A-A-A-AH-H-H-H!!! — Amy moans, sitting in the bushes. — What’s wrong with me...? A-A-A-A-A-AH-H-H-H-H!!! At that moment, a lot of time would have passed and Sonic would have simply run past the part of the forest where they were supposed to meet for the first time, when Metal Sonic would have flown out to kidnap her.

Reality

— The answer is no, Shadow. — Omega denies. — Amy Rose was a nice girl back then and ate right, so she wouldn't have gotten sick with anything like that. It would have been more logical if Robotnik had diarrhea at that moment, when he was just starting to create Metal Sonic.

Imagination

— A-A-A-AH!!! — the Worker groaned from the pain in his stomach. — My mom told me not to eat so much... A-A-A-A-A-A-A-AH-H ... Reality. — Okay, I admit that I didn't think about this option a bit. — Shadow said. — But still, Sonic's story could have ended at the very first game with his adventures, if Robotnik hadn't managed to leave the base at the last moment and died in the explosion at that first base. — No, no, no. Sonic is not a vindictive person. I think if Robotnik had gotten into a similar situation then and Sonic had realized that he himself would not be saved, then despite the fact that they are sworn enemies, he would have still helped him save himself. — Omega explained. — It would have all ended with the 2006 game, if after Mephelis killed Sonic, he merged with Iblis into Solaris and started destroying the entire universe, and we all at that moment, well, we would have stayed longer in search of the Chaos Emeralds and simply would not have had time, then Solaris would have destroyed everything and not left us alive. — Well, yes, if we had then spent much longer searching for the Chaos Emeralds to resurrect Sonic, then we could have started the credits right away! — Shadow agreed. Imagination — It worked! — Solaris said to himself and the entire distorted reality is destroyed, plunging completely into darkness. Bobobobom-bom-bom.

Director — E-123 Omega.

Reality

— What would have changed the whole story is if Metal Sonic had defeated all of us in the events of Sonic: Heroes. — Shadow added. — Are you kidding me? That arrogant, overconfident piece of scrap metal could never defeat even Sonic in a one-on-one fight. He didn't even have time to figure it out while we were distracting him so Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles could defeat him. How I hate him. And those scary glowing red eyes of his haunt me every night in my nightmares while I'm in sleep mode. Ugh. — Omega said. — I'm not arguing. — Shadow replied. — But just imagine what would have happened to Mobius and possibly the entire universe if Metal Sonic had defeated all of us, all four teams of heroes, and then destroyed all of us and Dr. Eggman, and later did what Eggman himself had long been unable to do, namely, take over the entire world and build his own empire. An empire of robots.

Imagination

      Metal Sonic sits on a large throne made of iron and gears, and around him stands a guard of E robots, who used to serve Eggman, and now serve Metal Sonic. And his throne is on the ARK station above the planet, which was completely robotized and began to pollute nature, pumping out oil and cutting down forests. Living life forms, top anthropomorphic animals or ordinary people, the robots caught and took them as prisoners to Metal Sonic, so that he would give orders on what to do with them: — All life forms must be eliminated! — he orders, and they kill everyone on his orders. — For the glory of robots!

Reality

— Enough! I don’t want to hear anything more about him, much less imagine him as the emperor of the world. — Omega hissed and blinked his eyes. — Okay. Let’s now listen to our readers, what alternatives for development they personally see at turning points in history! Otherwise, I almost overheated with you and passed out from nerves. — Overheated from nerves? Didn’t you take the machine oil that Tails advised you to take? — Shadow asked. — I’m still at odds with him. — Omega explained. — At odds? Are you still upset with him for baking him a cake from an old tire, dirt, and machine oil, and he only tried a piece and responded negatively that it wasn’t tasty and that you don’t know how to cook for living forms? — Shadow asked. — Come on! He didn't want to offend you. You are a robot after all, and he is a living form. You love something differently, and each of you feeds on it. Don't take his criticism of your cake to heart! Or what do you have instead of a heart? — I still have feelings of resentment after this. I have feelings of love for him, I try to show that I can also be sensitive and alive, and he so brazenly spits at my artificial intelligence. — Omega explained. — Well, don't be such a ghoul, Omega! — said the black hedgehog, placing his hand on the robot's shoulder. — If you sulk at him for too long, sooner or later you will overheat from hatred and switch off forever from resentment. — I agree with Shadow on that. — Rouge interrupted their conversation, appearing from above. — Would you like to hear my version of alternative events? — No-no-no, thank you, Rouge! We already know what you're thinking. — Shadow said. — But I wonder how you think things would have turned out when we met, if they had gone differently? — Omega asked, and Rouge just thought for a moment and replied: — Uh... That's too much.

Imagination

      In fact, Rouge imagined that instead of the capsule with Shadow, she found the treasures she had previously thought about and took them all for herself. But she decided to keep quiet about that.