The Luck Of The Draw

Having A Soul And A Heart - Part 1

I made and own the art above! Not the best, but this is my first time drawing Flora like this, so I think I did pretty okay! I tried to style her dress in a fifties fashion, just to keep it realistic. I know I messed up on the hands, not giving her five fingers, but if I draw her again I'll make sure to give her five instead of four.

Her quills are styled like Metal Sonic's head. And her shoes are actually have heels - and yes, she still runs in them at sonic speeds.

Setting; Sonic - Has a bit of Sonic X anime in here, but then it goes into Archie territory. A mix and there are other elements in here as well. In No Way Canon!

OC; Flora, Female OC, Worked As A Florist, Died At 24 Years Old

Death; Murdered During A Robbery Happening At Her Home/Work

Reincarnated As; Female Metal Sonic with a surprise twist to it (Mobian!Fem!Metal Sonic)

Pairings; ??????

Now, first things first, I know Metal Sonic or was never mentioned never showed up in "Sonic X". But, I am changing things up for this story! 

Now, please know that there is not a whole lot of Sonic X in here, I'm mostly just using Shadow's backstory from the anime, and it's set in the Archie comics - but there are other elements in here from other Sonic sources.

-Chapter Start-

"Project METAL SONIC...." A bald man with a large brown mustache that was graying, dressed in a white doctor's coat and had on a pair of dark glasses hummed out. "This one might be the true cure...."

"Grandfather?" Soft steps sounded out from behind him, a young voice calling out. Turning, the man saw a young, blond and pale skinned girl walking up. Her blue eyes glittering happily and with excitement. Wearing a blue dress, to the man, she looked like a little angel.

"Maria, have you come to see the two of them?" The man asked softly, turning back to look forward once more. The girl, Maria, walked up to stand besides him.

"Yes!" Smiling brightly, her eyes took in what was before her. "I heard that they'll wake up any second!"

Giving out a chuckle, the hefty man nodded. "Yes, soon they will wake up."

Both looked in front of themselves, staring at two tubes that held two creatures. Both asleep, not yet 'born'.

One held a male black and red hedgehog that was nearly as tall as Maria with a tan muzzle and white fluffy fur on his chest, almost looking like a beacon amongst the black and red that covered his body. The other held a female light blue hedgehog with a pale almond colored muzzle, arms and hands, that wore a simple white dress to cover herself and was a little shorter than the male. Both had their eyes closed, both having ten fingers and toes, both asleep and being held in water filled tubes with many wires and monitors attached to them. Next to their tubes were the monitors, showing their heartbeats, chaos energy levels and brain waves.

"What will their names be, Grandfather?" Maria asked softly, looking at the two hedgehogs with gentle and loving eyes.

"Well, I suppose they would be named after their projects' names." The man rubbed his chin in thought with a small smile. "Project Shadow," He nodded to the male hedgehog. "and Project METAL SONIC." He then nods to the female hedgehog.

Frowning, Maria turned to look up at her Grandfather with a disappointed look. "Shadow, that is a fine and handsome name for him. It fits! But Metal Sonic? For a lady?" She shakes her head in negative at that. "A lady deserves a pretty name, not one that is an acronym and masculine sounding."

"Oh?" With an amused grin, the older man couldn't help but agree and find it adorable that his granddaughter is so focused on this matter. "Then, what would you name a lady?"

Blinking in thought, Maria turned back to stare at the female hedgehog. Looking at her short light blue quills that curled back into points on her head, her pale colored muzzle and arms, Maria tried to think on a name that would fit the other. Then, it hit her.

Eyes widening and smile taking over her face, Maria beamed up at the man. "Flora!"

Blinking, the man looked right back at Maria. "Flora?"

"Yes." Looking to the two hedgehogs, Maria smiled. "In my studies, I went over roman myths last week. Flora was the Roman Goddess of flowers and spring, the wife to Zephyr the west winds. In Latin, it means 'flower'." Maria giggled. "What better name to give to a lady than one that a Goddess has? One fitting for such a pretty flower?"

"Heh!" Chuckling, the man couldn't help but find it fitting. "Alright then. Shadow and Flora, the ultimate lifeforms."

Before anything more could be said, the monitors started making noises. A man burst into the room, also wearing a white lab coat, face excited yet panicked.

"Dr. Gerald Robotnik!" The man called out, eyes bright. "They're waking up!"

While Gerald's attention was on the other man, Maria lightly gasped and eyes going wide at the sight before her.

With twitching hands, two pair of eyes slowly open, almost as one.

One pair of crimson red, the other a pair of cherry red.

Shadow and Flora finally awoke. Project Shadow and Project METAL SONIC were awake for the first time, setting in motion something that no one could have ever predicted.

With a soft smile, Maria didn't pay any mind to all the scientists, doctors and assistants coming into the lab.

"Welcome to the Arc, Shadow and Flora the Hedgehog."

-End Chapter-

Flora's not going to be a robot in this AU if you can't tell already.

Instead of Flora just being a robot created by Dr. Eggman, she is created by Gerald Robotnik on the Arc. Instead of being a robot, she was created into a hedgehog like Shadow was, being the creation of Project Metal Sonic - Which is an acronym and stands for a series of words, more on this later on in the story - like how Shadow was the end creation of Project Shadow.

So, this is very different then the other "Having A Soul But No Heart" series because Flora actually does have a heart. Now, she and Shadow are most likely immortal or very slow aging, never mind the various abilities they both have, because they were created to be that way as that was the point of the project (mostly), but she does have a physical heart unlike if she was a robot.

She still has similar looks to Metal Sonic though. Not made of metal of course, but the way her quills are styled, her color scheme, it's the same (mostly). The reason she is dressed the way she is, is because she was created in the fifties on Earth, so I designed the dress in that kind of style with a bit of flare. I also tried to keep the same color scheme, but some added different shades of blues and reds.

Think of her like Metal Sonic's mobian counterpart in a way - that's why I am still calling it a reincarnation into Metal Sonic. It also helps she has similar or the same powers as Metal Sonic.

I just wanted to make this one different, so that's what I'm going to do!

More on Flora and others in the next part!