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* BrokenBird: Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others and Maria is still too scared to confirm the allegations. Furthermore, Maria's illness leaves her palid and developmentally stunted.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others and Maria is still too scared to confirm the allegations.
** Maria's illness leaves her palid and developmentally stunted.
** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others and Maria is still too scared to confirm the allegations.
** Maria's illness leaves her palid and developmentally stunted.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also has NIDS, died soon after childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.
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* DeathOfAChild: Maria thought the soldiers wouldn't hurt her because of age. She was very wrong.
* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who alsohas had NIDS, died soon after childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.
* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also
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* InfantImmortality: Discussed. Maria thought the soldiers wouldn't hurt her because of age. She was [[DeathOfAChild very wrong]].
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* HealthyInHeaven: Maria's ghost doesn't have NIDS and is perfectly healthy
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The fic can also be [[https://archiveofourown.org/series/518767 read here]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Christian can see Maria, and so can his dog, but few others can.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Christian can see Maria, and so can his dog, but few most others can.can't.
* KarmicSTD: A scientist who had been sexually abusing Maria since age five contracted terminal NIDS from her. This isn't revealed until [[spoiler:after he had already died, from being shot by Maria's adult friend for trying to rape her rather than because of the illness itself.]]
* KarmicSTD: A scientist who had been sexually abusing Maria since age five contracted terminal NIDS from her. This isn't revealed until [[spoiler:after he had already died, from being shot by Maria's adult friend for trying to rape her rather than because of the illness itself.]]
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''Echoes of Eternity'' is a duo series of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fics by [=SnickerToodles=] that are themed around Shadow and Maria Robotnik.
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* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of ''The Promise'' takes place in the 1960s.
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* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of ''The Promise'' takes place in the 1960s.1960s (with the early chapters being set in the 1950s).
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* TragicAIDSStory: Similar to in canon, Maria is still this in all but name. Maria was born with an autoimmune disease called NIDS. She was given it by her dying mother. Unlikely to survive long on Earth, Gerald raised Maria on ARK to try and find a cure for her, however Maria still gets weaker with each year. Even if she hadn't been killed it would have been unlikely she would have survived much longer. NIDS in this fic is even more similar to AIDS than in canon, as it can only be transmitted either through blood or through sexual contact.
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* TragicAIDSStory: Similar to in canon, Maria is still this in all but name. Maria was born with an autoimmune disease called NIDS. She was given it by her dying mother. Unlikely to survive long on Earth, Gerald raised raises Maria on ARK to try and find a cure for her, however Maria still gets weaker with each year. Even if she hadn't been killed it would have been unlikely she would have survived much longer. NIDS in this fic is even more similar to AIDS than in canon, as it can only be transmitted either through blood or through sexual contact.
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* DeadPersonConversation:
** Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her as well.
** Christian can see Maria, and so can his dog, but few others can.
** Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her as well.
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**DeadPersonConversation: Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her as well.
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''Echoes of Eternity'' is a trilogy duo of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fics by [=SnickerToodles=] that are themed around Shadow and Maria Robotnik.
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* FirstNameBasis: It's mentioned that Abraham's mother tried to get Maria to call her "Lucy", but Maria always used "Mrs. Tower"
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: In front of Maria [[spoiler:Rei]] violently shoots the man who [[spoiler:had been sexually abusing Maria]]. She ends up splattered in blood and traumatized.
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: In front of Maria Maria, [[spoiler:Rei]] violently shoots the man who [[spoiler:had been sexually abusing Maria]]. She ends up splattered in blood and traumatized.
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* {{Timeskip}}: Chapter 4 skips five years into the future.
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* {{Timeskip}}: Chapter 4 of ''The Promise'' skips five years into the future.
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** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others.
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** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others.others and Maria is still too scared to confirm the allegations.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her as well.
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* DeadPersonConversation: DeadPersonConversation:
** Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her aswell.well.
** Christian can see Maria, and so can his dog, but few others can.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12759766/1/Black-White Black-White]]'' is an {{interquel}} short story set during the five year timeskip.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12759766/1/Black-White Black-White]]'' Black & White]]'' is an {{interquel}} short story set during the five year timeskip.
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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Used at the start of chapter 3 of ''The Promise''. Maria avoids thinking about what's happening by staring at the light of her vital monitors and pretending they're fireflies on Earth.
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* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:Rei]] was supposed to be sent to Earth to be given justice but instead they had Shadow execute him. This was done in front of Maria so that Maria would learn to fear Shadow. The excuse given to his family was that he tried to escape and accidentally ended in the Biolizard chamber.
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* PublicExecution: PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Averted. Rei mentions that as a child he was bullied for being of Sajipean (Japanese) descendance.
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** [[spoiler:Rei]] was supposed to be sent to Earth to be given justice but instead they had Shadow execute him. This was done in front of Maria so that Maria would learn to fear Shadow. The excuse given to his family was that he tried to escape and accidentally ended in the Biolizard chamber.
** Gerald is publicly executed.
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** [[spoiler:Rei]] was supposed to be sent to Earth to be given justice but instead they had Shadow execute him. This was done in front of Maria so that Maria would learn to fear Shadow. The excuse given to his family was that he tried to escape and accidentally ended in the Biolizard chamber.
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* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of the story ''The Promise'' takes place in the 1960s.
* ThinkHappyThoughts: Used at the start of chapter 3 of ''The Promise''. Maria avoids thinking about what's happening by staring at the light of her vital monitors and pretending they're fireflies on Earth.
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* TragicAIDSStory: Similar to in canon, Maria is still this in all but name. Maria was born with NIDS. She was given it by her dying mother. Unlikely to survive long on Earth, Gerald raised Maria on ARK to try and find a cure for her, however Maria still gets weaker with each year. Even if she hadn't been killed it would have been unlikely she would have survived much longer. NIDS in this fic is even more similar to AIDS than in canon, as it can only be transmitted either through blood or through sexual contact.
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* TragicAIDSStory: Similar to in canon, Maria is still this in all but name. Maria was born with an autoimmune disease called NIDS. She was given it by her dying mother. Unlikely to survive long on Earth, Gerald raised Maria on ARK to try and find a cure for her, however Maria still gets weaker with each year. Even if she hadn't been killed it would have been unlikely she would have survived much longer. NIDS in this fic is even more similar to AIDS than in canon, as it can only be transmitted either through blood or through sexual contact.
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* WouldNotHurtAChild: The soldiers don't want to kill Maria, however someone has to follow the orders. Thus they all shoot her.
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* WouldNotHurtAChild: The soldiers don't want to kill Maria, however someone has to follow the orders. Thus they all ''all'' shoot her.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12921331/1/The-Memory The Memory]]'' is a sequel to ''The Promise''. In it, Maria is a ghost who is stuck drifting Earth looking for Shadow. After several years she meets a boy named Christian who can see and touch her. Believing he can help her find Shadow, Maria befriends Christian and stays with him.
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* CuteGhostGirl: In the final chapter of ''The Promise'' and in ''The Memory'', Maria is a ghost but is physically the same as she was at twelve. She can't physically age, but by the time she meets Christian she no longer considers herself mentally a child.
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* NotSoImaginaryFriend: In ''The Memory'', a ghostly Maria meets a boy named Christian who can see her. His mother, who can't see her, believes that she's just an imaginary friend. It was amusing at first but then years passed by and nothing changed. Christian's parents began sending him to therapy and he was given medication that caused him to stop seeing Maria. Maria still stayed with him as the years went by. At age 20, Christian stops taking his meds and is able to see Maria again.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: Even after she's killed Maria won't let herself pass on to the other side until she finds Shadow.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12921331/1/The-Memory The Memory]]'' is a sequel to ''The Promise''. In it, Maria is a ghost who is stuck drifting Earth looking for Shadow. After several years she meets a boy named Christian who can see and touch her. Believing he can help her find Shadow, Maria befriends Christian and stays with him.
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''Fanfic/SnowAngel'' is an AlternateUniverse WhatIf story where [[ForWantOfANail Maria survives]] the ARK incident and escapes to Earth with Shadow.
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Aside from the main stories, there are a few short stories related to it:
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12260931/1/Carry-On Carry On]]'' is a short fic set in an AlternateUniverse where Maria died as an infant.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12759766/1/Black-White Black-White]]'' is an {{interquel}} short story set during the five year timeskip.
* ''Fanfic/SnowAngel'' is an AlternateUniverse WhatIf story where [[ForWantOfANail Maria survives]] the ARK incident and escapesto Earth with Shadow.Shadow to Earth.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12260931/1/Carry-On Carry On]]'' is a short fic set in an AlternateUniverse where Maria died as an infant.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12759766/1/Black-White Black-White]]'' is an {{interquel}} short story set during the five year timeskip.
* ''Fanfic/SnowAngel'' is an AlternateUniverse WhatIf story where [[ForWantOfANail Maria survives]] the ARK incident and escapes
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''Echoes of Eternity'' is a trilogy of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fics themed around Shadow and Maria Robotnik.
The first fic, ''The Promise'', is a take on Maria's childhood and her relationship with Shadow. It begins with Maria as a lonely seven year old living on ARK. She has no one else to talk to on ARK besides her friend Rei, who works as a guard. When her grandfather Gerald reveals his newest experiment to Maria, he tells her that it isn't conscious but Maria doesn't believe him. After Shadow awakens and shows signs of self-awareness, Maria and Shadow become friends behind Gerald's back.
The first fic, ''The Promise'', is a take on Maria's childhood and her relationship with Shadow. It begins with Maria as a lonely seven year old living on ARK. She has no one else to talk to on ARK besides her friend Rei, who works as a guard. When her grandfather Gerald reveals his newest experiment to Maria, he tells her that it isn't conscious but Maria doesn't believe him. After Shadow awakens and shows signs of self-awareness, Maria and Shadow become friends behind Gerald's back.
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''Echoes of Eternity'' is a trilogy of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fics by [=SnickerToodles=] that are themed around Shadow and Maria Robotnik.
The first fic,''The Promise'', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11387014/1/The-Promise The Promise]]'', is a take on Maria's childhood and her relationship with Shadow. It begins with Maria as a lonely seven year old living on ARK. She has no one else to talk to on ARK besides her friend Rei, who works as a guard. When her grandfather Gerald reveals his newest experiment to Maria, he tells her that it isn't conscious but Maria doesn't believe him. After Shadow awakens and shows signs of self-awareness, Maria and Shadow become friends behind Gerald's back.
back. Unfortunately, their friendship wasn't meant to last as tragedies soon put a dent in their budding relationship.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Between Maria (a child) and Rei (an adult). There are no other kids on ARK at the start of ''The Promise'', except for Abraham who was only an infant.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Maria's parents died when she was a baby, her mother of NIDS and her father of suicide.
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* ChildForcedToKill: Maria shoots a man in order to save Shadow.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Just before his execution Gerald talks to Maria's ghost. A soldier is briefly able to see her as well.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shadow goes on a murder spree after Maria is shot. He only lets one soldier survive because he's reminded of words Maria had told him.
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* LastNameBasis: Theo calls Penny by her first name. She doesn't like it and wants him to use "Dr. Pahlke".
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Theo calls Penny by her first name. She doesn't like it and wants him to use "Dr. Pahlke".
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* FirstNameBasis: It's mentioned that Abraham's mother tried to get Maria to call her "Lucy", but Maria always used "Mrs. Tower"
** Maria sees several people on ARK killed by G.U.N soldiers.
** Abraham (the future G.U.N. commander) watched his mother be killed at age six.
* ImplausibleHairColor: Abraham had silver hair even as a child.
* InfantImmortality: Discussed. Maria thought the soldiers wouldn't hurt her because of age. She was [[DeathOfAChild very wrong]].
* LastNameBasis: Theo calls Penny by her first name. She doesn't like it and wants him to use "Dr. Pahlke".
** Abraham (the future G.U.N. commander) watched his mother be killed at age six.
* ImplausibleHairColor: Abraham had silver hair even as a child.
* InfantImmortality: Discussed. Maria thought the soldiers wouldn't hurt her because of age. She was [[DeathOfAChild very wrong]].
* LastNameBasis: Theo calls Penny by her first name. She doesn't like it and wants him to use "Dr. Pahlke".
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Maria at age twelve is developmentally stunted and doesn't look like a twelve year old.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Maria at age twelve is developmentally stunted and doesn't look like a twelve year old. She's only 4'3, which is a good foot shorter than she should be.
* TeenGenius: Theo Bright is a genius even amongst the other scientists. It's mentioned that he began college at fourteen and he was only eighteen when he was recruited to live on ARK.
* {{Timeskip}}: Chapter 4 skips five years into the future.
* {{Timeskip}}: Chapter 4 skips five years into the future.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.age.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: The soldiers don't want to kill Maria, however someone has to follow the orders. Thus they all shoot her.
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* BornAnAdult: Shadow was created with the body and mind of a teenager.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also has NIDS, died in childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also has NIDS, died in soon after childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.himself.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Rei's full name is Rei Furukawa. He is from the United Federation (United States) but is of Sajipean (Japanese) heritage. His parents were really into their Sajipean heritage and thus they gave him a Sajipean name. Rei was bullied as a child because his mother gave him bentos for lunch.
* HarmfulToMinors:
** A scientist had sexually abused Maria from age five to age seven.
** Seven year old Maria is ForcedToWatch Shadow kill [[spoiler:Rei]]. It's so traumatic that she {{faint}}s afterwards.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Rei's full name is Rei Furukawa. He is from the United Federation (United States) but is of Sajipean (Japanese) heritage. His parents were really into their Sajipean heritage and thus they gave him a Sajipean name. Rei was bullied as a child because his mother gave him bentos for lunch.
* HarmfulToMinors:
** A scientist had sexually abused Maria from age five to age seven.
** Seven year old Maria is ForcedToWatch Shadow kill [[spoiler:Rei]]. It's so traumatic that she {{faint}}s afterwards.
* PublicExecution: [[spoiler:Rei]] was supposed to be sent to Earth to be given justice but instead they had Shadow execute him. This was done in front of Maria so that Maria would learn to fear Shadow. The excuse given to his family was that he tried to escape and accidentally ended in the Biolizard chamber.
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** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria Maria, she's too scared to tell anyone, and even anyone. Even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others.
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* TragicAIDSStory: Similar to in canon, Maria is still this in all but name. Maria was born with NIDS. She was given it by her dying mother. Unlikely to survive long on Earth, Gerald raised Maria on ARK to try and find a cure for her, however Maria still gets weaker with each year. Even if she hadn't been killed it would have been unlikely she would have survived much longer. NIDS in this fic is even more similar to AIDS than in canon, as it can only be transmitted either through blood or through sexual contact.
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* BloodSplatteredInnocents: In front of Maria [[spoiler:Rei]] violently shoots the man who [[spoiler:had been sexually abusing Maria]]. She ends up splattered in blood and traumatized.
* BornAnAdult: Shadow was created with the body and mind of a teenager.
* CassandraTruth: Rei tries to tell everyone about how the scientist who [[spoiler:abused Maria and tried to rape her when Rei stopped him]]. They don't believe him because he was a well-liked, quiet and charming fellow. Maria is too frightened to say anything either. [[spoiler:Rei ends up executed, only for Gerald to afterwards realize he was telling the truth]].
* BornAnAdult: Shadow was created with the body and mind of a teenager.
* CassandraTruth: Rei tries to tell everyone about how the scientist who [[spoiler:abused Maria and tried to rape her when Rei stopped him]]. They don't believe him because he was a well-liked, quiet and charming fellow. Maria is too frightened to say anything either. [[spoiler:Rei ends up executed, only for Gerald to afterwards realize he was telling the truth]].
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* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Used at the start of chapter 3 of ''The Promise''. Maria avoids thinking about what's happening by staring at the light of her vital monitors and pretending they're fireflies on Earth.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Maria at age twelve is developmentally stunted and doesn't look like a twelve year old.
* RealityEnsues:
** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria she's too scared to tell anyone, and even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others.
** Maria's illness leaves her palid and developmentally stunted.
* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of the story takes place in the1960s.1960s.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
* RealityEnsues:
** Maria doesn't have much adult supervision because her grandfather is busy. ARK is huge and not everyone on it has the best of intentions. This leaves Maria an easy target for predators. When a man begins sexually abusing Maria she's too scared to tell anyone, and even after the truth comes out no one initially believes it because the man was respected amongst the others.
** Maria's illness leaves her palid and developmentally stunted.
* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of the story takes place in the
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
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''Echoes of Eternity'' is a trilogy of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fics themed around Shadow and Maria Robotnik.
The first fic, ''The Promise'', is a take on Maria's childhood and her relationship with Shadow. It begins with Maria as a lonely seven year old living on ARK. She has no one else to talk to on ARK besides her friend Rei, who works as a guard. When her grandfather Gerald reveals his newest experiment to Maria, he tells her that it isn't conscious but Maria doesn't believe him. After Shadow awakens and shows signs of self-awareness, Maria and Shadow become friends behind Gerald's back.
''Fanfic/SnowAngel'' is an AlternateUniverse WhatIf story where [[ForWantOfANail Maria survives]] the ARK incident and escapes to Earth with Shadow.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
* DarkFic: It's much darker and bloodier than any of the canon ''Sonic'' material.
* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also has NIDS, died in childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.
* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of the story takes place in the 1960s.
The first fic, ''The Promise'', is a take on Maria's childhood and her relationship with Shadow. It begins with Maria as a lonely seven year old living on ARK. She has no one else to talk to on ARK besides her friend Rei, who works as a guard. When her grandfather Gerald reveals his newest experiment to Maria, he tells her that it isn't conscious but Maria doesn't believe him. After Shadow awakens and shows signs of self-awareness, Maria and Shadow become friends behind Gerald's back.
''Fanfic/SnowAngel'' is an AlternateUniverse WhatIf story where [[ForWantOfANail Maria survives]] the ARK incident and escapes to Earth with Shadow.
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!!These fics contain examples of:
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Even as a seven year old Maria was inquisitive for her age.
* DarkFic: It's much darker and bloodier than any of the canon ''Sonic'' material.
* DrivenToSuicide: Maria's father killed himself when Maria was an infant. His wife, who also has NIDS, died in childbirth. After learning his daughter had the same terminal illness, he lost his will to live and shot himself.
* TheSixties: Maria's mentioned to have died in 1962, meaning that most of the story takes place in the 1960s.
