Fashion Friendly

Fashion Friendly is an  episode on Sonic Boom Legends, which was released on Saturday 23rd April, 2018 (UK/US), and on Sunday 24th April, 2018 (AUS).

Synopsis
A famous fashion designer has come to Forgone Island to escape her old life as a celebrity, although it's not easy when a very excited Emily treats her like a celebrity.

Appearances
Characters Locations
 * Sienna the Porcupine (First Appearance)
 * Shift the Hedgehog
 * Emily the Bunny
 * Fixer the Fox
 * Erik the Okapi
 * Quayla the Grizzly Bear
 * Dawn the Rabbit
 * Keiran the Wolf
 * Sophia the Sun Bear (Mentioned)
 * Ensham the Arctic Fox (Mentioned)
 * Forgone Island
 * Main Village Library
 * Quayla's Hot Spot
 * Meh Burger
 * Emily's House
 * Forgone Forest
 * Greenvale Hills

Story
The episode begins at the village library, where Shift and Erik are sat at a table together discussing about what to write for a story idea, with Shift suggesting a story idea about a sidekick in a team of heroes turns evil and tries to attack them with dark powers, while Erik suggests an idea where there is a behind the scenes look of a story with comedy thrown into it. On another table, Fixer and Dawn are discussing in private about the mysterious gems that Ensham is focused on getting, after the previous events of Sophia's kidnapping and rescue.

The group soon head out of the library, when they hear the sound of Emily being excited and skipping along the road, talking about somebody coming into town. Fixer asks Emily about who is actually coming into town, to which Emily talks about a fashion designer and is her biggest fan, before letting out a loud squeal, which makes the group cover their ears, before Dawn declares 'she's out' and goes back into the library. Fixer is rather confused about what Emily is talking about, to which she asks him about why he's never heard of Sienna the Porcupine, the best bow designer in the world, who is coming to Forgone Island.

Shift, who appears to be uninterested by the news, asks why the fashion designer is coming to their town, but before Emily can answer, she realizes that she's not wearing her latest bow design, and rushes off to go and fetch it from her home. Not long after she's gone, Erik remarks Emily's excitement as 'odd', to which Shift agrees, thinking it's just some girl who makes bows, and it's nothing too special. However, Shift soon comes to a stuttering stop, when the group spot a red female porcupine walking into town, and Shift becomes smitten by the girl's appearance.

The girl, Sienna, approaches Fixer, Erik and Shift and asks if the town is Main Village, to which Erik confirms. Relieved but hesitant, Sienna explains that she is not from around the island, as she has come from a city overseas and is on a little tour of Forgone Island. Before she can even get a chance to introduce herself to the trio, Emily suddenly calls to Sienna, and bounds up excitedly to her, appearing to be very happy and excited to finally meet her hero. Emily soon starts dragging Sienna away from the trio, declaring that she is 'next to royalty' and shouldn't be mixing with common folk, to which Fixer takes offence to. As Emily leads Sienna away, the porcupine says to the boys it was her pleasure to meet them.

As Erik wonders about if Sienna feels a bit off, Fixer is less concerned about the situation and declares she's fine, before leaving Erik and Shift at the library.

Meanwhile, Emily and Sienna enter Quayla's Hot Spot, where Quayla is wiping off a table with a cloth, before she notices the two enter after hearing the door's bell jingle. Quayla is happy to see Emily before noticing the new face, Sienna, although before the porcupine girl has the chance to introduce herself, Emily interrupts her, claiming her to be the 'greatest, most amazing fashion fiesta there ever is'. Quayla declares this as an hour to meet a fashion designer, although Sienna is not that big of a deal. As Quayla goes off to into the kitchen, Emily apologises to Sienna about the boys back at the library, claiming they don't understand the standards of a celebrity like her. Sienna tries to insist that they were only wanting to help her, but Emily dismisses this as an excuse for them to be her friend just so they can use her fame to their advantage and not really be her friend, declaring that 'celebrities' like her and Sienna must stick together.

Sienna starts to feel uncomfortable as she tries to tell Emily that while she appreciates the concern, she doesn't seem to understand the situation, but Emily is oblivious to this statement as she describes the café, while not a five-star café, she knows the manager well enough that she can get Sienna VIP service. Sienna tries to turn down the offer, but Emily tells her to go and make herself comfortable while she places the order for her.

With a defeated sigh, Sienna goes to a corner table by a window and makes herself comfortable. After swiping a flower from a nearby table and placing it next to the flower on Sienna's table, Emily goes to Quayla at the counter and requests something from the special VIP menu. Quayla mentions to the rabbit that the VIP menu, which stands for 'Very Important Pairings', is only for couples, though Emily asks for her to make an exception, to which Quayla hesitantly agrees, before adding that Emily owes her.

Sienna, who has been unable to make out the conversation between the two, is about to stand up and investigate, but quickly sits back down as Emily comes back over towards her. Emily apologises for the wait, and guesses that where Sienna lived, she could snap her fingers and have her order brought to her on the double, although Sienna denies this completely. While she appreciates Emily's hospitality and eagerness to impress her, Sienna is not feeling very enthusiastic about the gestures she's been making to her. This falls on deaf ears as Emily becomes excited about how she's been 'appreciated' by her hero, and declares it the best day ever, although Sienna doesn't mean it like that.

Quayla soon comes over to their table with two trays loaded with: Two Tooty Fruity Iced Smoothies with a Red Valvate cupcake each. As Emily starts tucking into her smoothie and cupcake, Sienna doesn't touch her food and Emily soon notices this. Believing that Quayla has forgotten about the golden chocolate sprinkles for the cupcakes and rushes off to go and get them. All Sienna can do is look around the café, then at her food, before she hears arguing going on in the kitchen. After waiting a moment, Sienna stands up and leaves the café.

After she leaves, Emily and Quayla are arguing about the lack of golden chocolate sprinkles, to which Quayla explains about she can do more options when it comes to drinks, but not cupcakes. Annoyed, Emily walks back to the table, but finds that Sienna has gone and her food remained untouched. Emily soon becomes distressed and blames Quayla for causing Sienna to 'hate her food' and leave the café. Quayla, offended by Emily's comment, angrily storms off into the kitchen, while Emily sits back in her chair and sinks in distress.

Outside the café, Sienna walks around a corner, before she ends up almost bumping into Shift along the way, causing the two to come to a stuttering stop. Shift apologises for not looking where he was going, although Sienna easily forgives him saying that accidents happen. Just as Shift is about to leave, Sienna calls to him and asks him about if there is a good place to get food from. Shift explains that he is on his way to get a burger at Meh Burger, which immediately takes Sienna's interest, and requests if she can join him. Shift jokes about Meh Burger might not cater for celebrities, though Sienna jokes back that she might want to try it.

As they walk towards Meh Burger, Sienna asks Shift on what his name is, to which the hedgehog introduces himself, and in return, Sienna happily replies that it is nice to meet him.

Sometime later, Shift and Sienna are at Meh Burger, eating a burger each and laughing, having a great time together. Sienna asks about what Shift does, to which he explains about his radio weather-like guy and has a set up in his house for his equipment. Sienna is impressed by Shift's job and hopes that he'll get to show her sometime, which surprises Shift.

Nearby, Emily is trudging through town feeling down about herself, thinking that Sienna hates the town after the incident in Quayla's Hot Spot. She soon heard laughter and finds Sienna is with Shift at Meh Burger, having fun with the hedgehog. As Emily panics about Sienna seemingly chosen to eat 'commoner food' and hang around with 'commoners', her boyfriend, Keiran, comes walking over to see her, who soon asks for his help, to which he agrees. Emily asks for Keiran to make her house as 'five stars' as possible, explaining that it's very important to her. Keiran agrees to her request, but he soon hurries off after she tells him that he has to get it done in fifteen minutes.

During this, Shift asks Sienna about why she has come to Forgone Island, thinking that she is passing through town on her way to a fashion show, although Sienna denies this and explains that she is trying to escape her life as a celebrity. Shift questions if Sienna is on the run, to which she replies that she just wants to feel like herself for once and not be a fashion icon all the time, begging to have some of her normal life back.

The two are suddenly interrupted by Emily, who is unimpressed by the porcupine hanging out with Shift. When Sienna tries to ask Emily to let her do things on her own, Emily states that she is trying to protect her and trying to make her stay in town carefree and not stressful. Shift tries to stand up to Emily, but she dismisses him before once again dragging Sienna away from the table. As a defeated Sienna walks off with Emily, Shift soon discovers a piece of white ribbon that Sienna has dropped on the ground, before he picks it up and examines it.

Emily and Sienna are now at the rabbit's house. Emily apologises to Sienna about how Quayla didn't give her the best quality back at the Hot Spot, and believes that the grizzly bear should've appreciated her better. Sienna, already agitated by the endless amounts of 'celebrity talk', asks for the rabbit to stop so they can talk for a second, but Emily dismisses her request and says she's got a surprise for her. A nervous Sienna braces herself as Emily opens the door to house, hoping that Keiran has done the job she wanted him to do.

This is not to be, as Emily's house is revealed to be incomplete of the requested 'five star' atmosphere, as Keiran, who has been washing his hands, stands frozen in place, while the place is poorly decorated with fabrics hanging from different parts of the room and flowers from the garden being placed on countertops, but with the dirt and stalks not removed. Emily is less than pleased about Keiran's efforts although Keiran tries to justify that he can't get everything ready within fifteen minutes, mentioning to his girlfriend that she came to her house in twelve minutes, also mentioning that he couldn't find the sticky tape during the task.

As Emily and Keiran start to argue over the results of the disastrous 'five star fifteen-minute makeover', with Emily becoming very picky about the choice of using 'Lovely Lavender' instead of 'Divine Dahlia' for the bathtub, Sienna finally has enough of this and shouts out at Emily, which causes her and Keiran to stop arguing. Sienna, having had enough of Emily's attempts of making everything fancy for her, decides to leave Main Village, believing that she should've never had come to Forgone Island, since she never got a chance to just be herself. As Sienna leaves the house and closes the door, Emily is left shocked and heartbroken.

Later, as evening begins to dawn over the town, Shift is looking for Sienna, still carrying the piece of white ribbon that she had dropped earlier in the day. He goes to Emily's house and knocks on the door, to which an annoyed Keiran answers. Shift asks if Sienna is in the house, though Keiran explains that she has left town, much to Shift's shock, before asking where she disappeared to, although Keiran is too annoyed to give an explanation, before a sobbing Emily calls for her boyfriend after she runs out of ice cream. Awkwardly, Shift leaves the house before he goes off to find Sienna.

After a bit of searching, Shift finally finds Sienna on the edge of Forgone Forest, who has pitched up a green tent and set out a sleeping bag. Sienna becomes alarmed by the presence of someone approaching her, but she quickly becomes relived when she finds it's only Shift. The white hedgehog explains that he was worried when Sienna disappeared, before he presents her with the piece of white ribbon he found at Meh Burger, although Sienna suggests that he can keep it, since she has plenty of ribbons in her travel bag. Shift asks if he can sit next to Sienna, to which she agrees to, before the two lay down and look at the stars together.

After a short moment of silence, Shift asks Sienna if she has come out to the forest to do a bit of stargazing, but he quickly becomes dismayed when she tells him that she is actually leaving Forgone Island. Shift is saddened by this news, as he quotes she has only just arrived into town, although Sienna soon explains that she had escaped her old life as a fashion icon to start a new and better life, by giving Forgone Island a chance, but with Emily constantly reminding her of her past life as a celebrity, she feels that she cannot stay in the town.

Sienna, however, thanks Shift dearly for making her feel like herself again and even quotes saying that it'll be hard to find another person like him elsewhere, but if Emily keeps thinking of her as a celebrity, then she cannot stay in the town. Shift understands Sienna's wishes, but he quickly urges her to not leave until the next day as he has to go and do something. Before Sienna can even stop him, Shift rushes off, unknowingly leaving behind the same white ribbon that he could keep from her. Sienna picks it up and rolls her eyes in happily unimpressed.

Back in town, Shift rushes back to Emily's house, where he barges past Keiran and goes to talk to Emily, who is sadly sitting at her kitchen table with a collection of different bows on the table. Emily sadly believes that Sienna hates her, which Shift denies is true. Emily then snaps and goes on to say about how she's done everything for her and just what a celebrity would want in the town. Shift insistently explains to her that this is the reason why she is leaving, much to Emily's confusion. Unaware to the trio, Sienna has approached the outside of Emily's house, before she pokes her head through the door and hears the conversation.

Shift explains to Emily that Sienna doesn't hate her, it's just that she hates how Emily has been treating her, and asks why Sienna first came to the town, to which Emily doesn't exactly know. Shift goes on to explain that Sienna came to the town because she wanted to escape her old life as a celerity, but when the rabbit didn't listen to her wishes, she now wants to leave the town because it reminds her too much of her old lie, before going on to say that if Emily really wants Sienna to stay, then she should treat her like a friend and not a celerity.

When Shift asks Emily if she can treat Sienna as a friend, a tearful but small smiling Emily agrees to this.

Sienna then comes into the house, surprising Shift, Emily and Keiran, and explains that she had only come back to return the piece of ribbon to Shift and be on her way, but after hearing the conversation, Sienna has now changed her mind about leaving, and decides that she is going to stay in Main Village, feeling satisfied that Emily will treat her like a friend.

A beaming and happy Emily squeals in delight before she hugs Sienna and apologises for the way she has treated her, before she comes up with an idea for how to make it up to her. Keiran fears for the worse, before he becomes relieved when Emily announces a sleepover.

As Emily excitedly rushes off to fetch a few extra pillows, Sienna looks across to Shift and smiles at him, to which Shift happily smiles back at Sienna, as the episode ends.

Episode
The episode can be viewed here.
 * https://www.deviantart.com/fixerschannel/art/Legends-Ep13-Fashion-Friendly-741386188

Trivia

 * Before being named 'Fashion Friendly', the episode was codenamed 'Project Sienna'.
 * This episode marks Sienna's first appearance.
 * A reference to both Dark Tails Unleashed and Sonic Boom Bloopers are made.