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Shahra the Ring Genie made her first appearance in Sonic and the Secret Rings. The story begins with Shahra poping out of a book of the Arabian Nights and into Sonic's world. She reveals that an evil entity known as Erazor Djinn is absorbing the power of the book and causing pages of it to disappear. If he is not stopped, his power will be unleashed onto the real world unless the "Legendary Blue Hedgehog" told of in the stories, can stop him. Shahra gives Sonic a ring that seals a contract between her and her new master. She has a habit of calling Sonic "Master", especially when he is about to ask for something. Later on when Sonic and Shahra arrive inside the book Erazor shows up, and threatens Shahra's life by shooting a fire arrow at her; however, Sonic jumps in front of her and gets shot instead. Shahra then blames herself for what happened to Sonic, but he comforts her and tells her not to worry. At the end of the game Erazor tries to sacrifice Sonic, the collector of the World Rings, in order to gain their full power and gain the abilities of the creator. However, Shahra blocks Erazor's blade and is struck down in Sonic's place. Sonic makes one final wish for Shahra to grant - asking her to "not die, and for things to go back to the way they were". Although she does not have the power to grant the wish, the mysterious relic she gave to Sonic returns to its original state. After a vicious battle, Sonic destroys Alf Layla wa-Layla and Erazor is returned to his original state as well as Sonic. Sonic, now controlling Erazor with his lamp, wishes to bring Shahra back to life. Shahra, though back to life, is still overcome with grief from her earlier betrayal of Sonic. Sonic understands this, and wishes for mountains of handkerchiefs so she can cry for as long as she needs to, touchingly alluding to the start of the story. She seems to have some emotional connetion to Erazor Djinn.

Her English voice actor is Bella Hudson while her Japanese voice is provided by Mai Nakahara. Sonic calls on Shahra's power to use Time Break and the Speed Break which are gained on the game at Level 10. Shara appears as small pink light during levels when she talks to Sonic. This light form is similar to Tikal in Sonic Adventure.