Sonic Series Fan Fiction ❯ Emerald Green ❯ Emerald Green ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: None of the characters in this story belong to me they belong to SEGA

 

Emerald Green

 

I sit there in front of the Master Emerald, my feet dragging across the floor. I lay on my back, stretching out my arms and placing them behind my head. A small breeze passed my face and I breathed in. A small smile crossed my lips. Its days like this where you can't help but to smile.

 

But days like these don't always last. Something always goes wrong. Somewhere down the line, something messes up. And something was going wrong. It hit me in an instant. A ship was hovering overhead. I sat up, getting ready to jump into my fighting stance.

 

“Who are you?” I gasped as a shadow whipped past the trees and shrine, “What the-?”

 

The side of my face was struck suddenly and I fell to the floor, the other side of my face hitting the cold, hard concrete. I winced, trying to get up. I felt so weak and cold, I didn't know what had come over me.

 

The shadow was directly standing over me. I stole a look and gasped, “It can't be!”

 

The shadow said nothing, before moving over to place a hand on the Master Emerald. I writhed on the ground, struggling to get up, “You… you… leave it alone!” I screeched.

 

At that point I heard a dark, deep robotic voice, “I'm afraid not.”

 

The shadow approached me again, raising its fist to me. Thunder began to clash and I caught sight of the size of the fist. They were very large. They were bigger than my own fists.

 

I felt a cold, hard slamming in my face and I blacked out.

 

XXXXX

 

I felt so cold it was almost hard to explain. I felt like I was swimming under ice, drowning. I tried to scream, writhing about in the water, trying to call for help and curse but only bubbles left my mouth. I needed help… I needed somebody to help me…

“Do you think he'll be okay?” a voice echoed. I stopped writhing to hear what they were saying about me.

“No telling Ames, he took a big hit,” said another voice, male this time.

 

“But what could that thing have wanted with the Master Emerald?” the first female voice pondered.

 

“Who knows Amy, who knows, I just hope Sonic gets back soon…”

 

“Me too…”

 

I could feel something stroking my hand. It felt nice and sent tingling sensations through my body. But then it struck me that I couldn't be here, not in this cold watery place. At that point, the female echoing voice whispered, “Wake up Knuckles… please…”

 

XXX

 

I managed to open my eyes weakly and the vision of a female pink hedgehog with lovely jade green eyes came into view. Behind her was a light orange two-tailed fox, tapping some words into a computer.

 

“Knuckles! You're awake!” the pink hedgehog yelled, looking like she was going to throw her arms around me. But she held back, probably thinking better of it. For some reason, I felt disappointed.

 

The fox turned around with a smile on his young face, “Thank God, we thought we'd lost ya there!”

 

I looked between Amy Rose and Tails, and they both looked somewhat awkward. I tried to sit up and managed after a while, “What happened…?”

 

Tails rubbed behind his ear nervously, “Er… we don't really know. We know that whatever it was wanted the Master Emerald and…”

 

“The Master Emerald!” I yelled, remembering the events before I was knocked out, “What happened? Is it safe?”

 

Tails and Amy paused. After a while, Tails shook his head, “Whatever it was obviously got it before we could get there to stop it…”

 

“It was a robot,” I vaguely recalled, “It was definitely a robot.”

 

“Sounds like Eggman's involved again,” Tails sighed, “I'll be back in a moment, I got to find something.”

 

Tails left the room, leaving Knuckles and Amy alone together. The two looked at each other. Knuckles was silent, guilty in that he had failed to protect the Master Emerald.

 

“It's okay…” Amy murmured, stroking my hand reassuringly.

 

“No… I failed… I failed to protect the Master Emerald. I'm not worthy to be its guardian.”

 

“What? Of course you are! Who else knows more about it than you?”

 

I shook my head, “No, I'm not worthy. How many times have I nearly lost it to Eggman or some other bad guy? How many times has it been smashed because I was too careless?”

 

“Listen,” she gripped my hand hard now to get me to listen to her, “You're the best person to guard it. Forget those times. Remember that you always got it back, no matter what. Remember that nobody could guard something so precious like you do.”

 

I let her words sink in, “I know… but a part of me feels like… there's something more important out there for me to protect…”

 

Amy said nothing for at that point, Tails entered the room, accompanied by a blue hedgehog. I gritted my teeth ready for Sonic to make a childish remark at me but he was cut off by Amy rushing over to him.

 

Amy hugged Sonic round the middle, while the blue hedgehog tried to pry her off, “Amy, get a grip, please…” he grunted, trying to push her off, “I can't breathe…”

 

True, the blue hedgehog was turning bluer than usual. I chuckled at Amy's motions and what Sonic looked like. Amy eventually let go, giggling, “Oh you!” she playfully slapped him.

 

“Oh me…” Sonic said under his breath in a dark way. He saw me and walked over, “Hey Knuckles took a fall?”

 

I bared my teeth and stuck out my tongue, “Yeah so?”

 

“Nothing,” Sonic answered coyly, a dirty smirk on his normally handsome features.

 

Amy glared at him, “Be nice Sonic!”

 

Sonic shrugged, “Whatever you say.”

 

I silently thanked Amy for sticking up for me. She winked at me and she knew that I had thanked her somehow. I winked back, though something felt out of place. I couldn't expect anyone to understand, I barely understood it myself.

 

“So what do we do? Go to Eggman's base?” Tails inquired.

 

“What else? We have to try and get the Master Emerald back,” Sonic replied.

 

“So shall we go?” I asked.

 

Sonic and Tails looked over to me, “I don't think it's a good idea Knuckles… you're still pretty badly hurt.”

 

“I can handle it,” I growled before Sonic could make a wisecrack. Amy looked at me in concern, her lovely eyes filling up, “Are you sure? You could get hurt?”

 

“I'll be okay, Amy,” I reassured her. The girl nodded, trusting me. Just as Sonic, Tails and I were about to leave, I heard Amy again.

 

“I'm coming too!”

 

Tails and I turned around and stared at her gob-smacked while Sonic merely glared at her, “You can't it's too dangerous, you'd only get in the way!”

 

Amy glared back at him, her eyes narrowed, “I won't get in the way Sonic! What makes you think I will?”

 

Sonic and Amy looked like they had entered a glaring contest, “Because somewhere along the line you always get captured! And I'm always the one having to save you!”

 

I heard my knuckles crack, and I glared at Sonic. How could he be such a jerk? She only wants to help. I partly agree with Sonic on the level that Amy gets captured a fair bit, but that doesn't give him the right to stop her from helping. Amy had gotten stronger since we met her, and I felt sure she could handle herself.

 

“Sonic, let's let her come.”

 

Sonic looked at me in shock, hardly believing that those words had left my mouth. I knew that Amy wasn't the best person to get on with sometimes, but she had feelings and if she wanted to help, why stop her? Sonic said nothing to my request, as Tails had silently agreed with me and it was obvious that he had in the air. The blue hedgehog pursed his lips together and nodded, before walking out of the room without a word.

 

Amy and Tails both exchanged glances with me before Tails followed Sonic, spinning his tails to catch up. Amy looked at me again, “Thanks for sticking up for me; Sonic is such a brat sometimes.”

 

I merely nodded at her request, “Yeah… no problem…”

 

She smiled at me one last time before following Tails out of the room. I got to my feet, my head feeling woozy and my chest melted. I never knew why but since meeting Amy Rose the Hedgehog I have felt rather strangely around her, different from the others. She stood out to me as a caring person, kind, sweet, and gentle to all living beings. Sonic may see her as this ultra annoying brat who has a fan girl crush but he needs to look again if he really thinks that.

 

I eventually managed to get to my feet and follow Amy out of the door, my thoughts stuck on her the whole time.

 

XXXXX

 

“Eggman's base is up ahead,” Tails muttered whilst sitting in the cockpit of the Tornado 2, Amy sitting behind him, whereas Sonic and I rode on the wings. Sonic had hardly said anything since we left. I assumed he was still sulking about having Amy come along with us. Amy was right; Sonic could be a brat at times.

 

“How did you find it so quickly?” Amy asked in awe. Tails merely smiled as he pointed to the radar, “It's picking up the Master Emerald's energy waves.”

 

I gazed ahead to some kind of broken down factory. My mind was wondering why the emerald would be here. But I was mainly focused on getting it safely back to Angel Island, so we could both live in the peace and tranquillity once again. Somehow though, that idea didn't appeal to me as it had done previously.

 

Eventually, Tails gracefully landed the Tornado 2 nearby, jumped out and we took in our surroundings. The factory was run down badly, so it was a constant question that played in my mind of why Eggman would be here. But Eggman normally hid anywhere, so it never mattered.

 

The four of us crept inside, trying to maintain a low profile. The Master Emerald's power was resonating with me, and I longed to search for it and give whoever took it a piece of my mind. Tails suggested we split up to search for it. Sonic sped off without a word to scour the building whereas Tails transformed the Tornado 2 into the Cyclone and took off in that. Amy and I were alone.

 

“You go,” Amy said in a depressed voice, “They always leave me behind. They say I slow them down, and I don't wanna slow you down so… go without me.”

 

I felt for her. Sonic and Tails probably don't realize how bad they treat her. She's supposed to be their friend. Well, it was Sonic who was the worse of the two. So Amy happened to like Sonic? That gave him no excuse to treat her like rubbish from a garbage can. I almost feel like punching him some days.

 

“No, you come with me; it's not safe for you to be here alone.”

 

It never occurred to me that she might have taken that comment into offence, because she raised her voice, tears beginning to spill out of her eyes, “That's what they all think! That I can't take care of myself! If they actually took time out, they could see that I can handle myself just fine!”

 

I didn't know what to think about that, “S-Sorry Amy…”

 

I found myself pulling her into a hug. It felt strangely nice, to have Amy's warm body next to mine. She cried onto my shoulder, staining the red fur I have there.

“No I'm sorry…” she sobbed, “I know you're only looking out for me, but it sometimes feels like everyone thinks I'm weak…”

I never thought that. In all the time I had known her, I knew she was no weakling. She could handle herself just fine. I remembered when I first laid eyes on Amy Rose. It was a few years ago…

 

XXX

 

I eagerly entered the tournament room, slamming my fists together. I hadn't agreed to this at first but now I'm really excited to get out there and prove my strength. Sonic and Tails had gotten into contact and said there was trouble. They had convinced me to enter the fighting tournament Eggman had set up. I had gone out there, and beaten Tails, though Tails happened to be a bit wary of my strength and I didn't want to hurt the little guy. Sonic was the match after my next one. I was facing someone named Amy Rose.

 

“A girl,” I muttered to myself, “This is gonna be easy!”

 

I had gone outside and come face to face with a pink hedgehog girl, no older than ten. Her fur was a blatant pink, with her quills standing proudly upwards, in Sonic's style. She wore a dark green baggy t-shirt and a frilly orange skirt which made me wrinkle my nose. I noticed her eyes were of a beautiful green colour, the colour that matched the emerald I guarded. I smirked and told her I would go easy on her. The girl smirked back, telling me that's where I'd be making my mistake.

 

As the bell rung indicating the beginning of the match, a large hammer appeared in her hand out of nowhere. I gasped as I realized the hammer could flatten me if I wasn't careful. We lunged at each other and a massive fight broke out. I was the victor, but only narrowly. I had taken a great deal of damage and it was going to be a tough fight in the next round.

 

Due to Amy weakening him, I lost to Sonic in the next round, something that I hated bitterly, but also admired Amy for since then.

 

End of Flashback

 

Amy stopped crying after a while and we both set off to find the Master Emerald. Amy remained by my side, her hammer hanging out of her hands. I stole a glance at her. She had changed in those last years. She was a little taller, with a red dress on, with matching boots and hair band. Her quills hung around her head and face, almost like human hair. But she still had pink fur and eyes similar to the Master Emerald's colour.

 

We wandered on, but I ended up stopping at hearing a machine-like sound. I paused, and Amy stared at me in worry, “What's wrong Knuckles?” she asked me.

 

I said nothing, continuing to gaze around and as I did, a high pitch scream came from behind me. I swivelled round fast as bright lights burned my eyes. Eggman sat in his Egg Walker, the Master Emerald behind him. I saw no sign of Amy until my eyes fell on her, trapped in the grasp of a robotic echidna. It has bits of red and grey in it and resembled me a lot.

 

“Aha, I knew you and the rest of your little friends would come snooping around,” Eggman sneered. I glared at him.

 

“LET HER GO!” I yelled, gesturing towards Amy, whose arms were beginning to bleed due to the strong grip the metal echidna had on her.

 

“I don't think so…” Eggman said, with a hint of nastiness in his voice, “May I introduce you to Metal Knuckles?”

 

I glanced at the red and grey echidna, hate for the mad scientist pumping through my blood. It was then that an image returned to me.

“You… you're the one who took the Master Emerald!” I yelled, pointing at the echidna. Eggman grinned evilly, “Ah yes, he was more than a match for you, after all, I designed him to be that way.”

 

“OH YEAH!” I yelled, rage pulsing through me harder than ever before. I wanted to wipe that smug smirk off of his face but then I remembered Amy. The anger was quickly replaced by fear as I realized how scared Amy was.

 

“Let's have a little challenge shall we? If you can beat Metal Knuckles, you can walk away with both the emerald and the girl, but if not… you'll have to choose… and I'm sure you wouldn't want your little friend to die because of a mere jewel.”

 

I growled, my teeth grinding together harder than ever, “Bring it on!” I found myself yelling.

 

Metal Knuckles released Amy from his harsh grip and charged at me, pouring on loads of speed. I gasped in awe as I realized that this speed matched Sonic's, “What the?”

 

Metal Knuckles tackled me to the floor, beginning to fire speedy, powerful punches to my face. I could feel my face swelling under the fresh bruises he had planted there but I couldn't give up. I tried to swing a punch back but Metal Knuckles caught it with ease, throwing the fist aside and punching me again, once kicking me in the stomach and removing air from within me. I couldn't stand anymore. Metal Knuckles got off of me and walked back to his master. I got to my knees but found it difficult getting to my feet. I glared at Eggman through one eye, as the other one had swelled, causing me to be unable to see through it.

 

“Well then Knucklehead, what's it to be? The emerald or the girl?”

 

I realized that I was in a tough spot. Sonic or Tails weren't here at this moment, and Amy's life was being threatened. I had to do something. If I chose the Master Emerald, Eggman would command Metal Knuckles to kill Amy, then probably me too, so he'd win either way. If I chose Amy, we could walk away free, but Eggman would use the emerald in his evil plans for world domination.

 

I suddenly leaned up a little further, wanting ever more to kill that mad psychopath, who was grinning psychotically. I had a plan. He couldn't have neither. I got to my feet, ignoring the aching pains as I remembered what I had told Amy.

 

“I know… but a part of me feels like… there's something more important out there for me to protect…”

 

I knew it now. I leapt into the air as high as I could, gliding towards the Master Emerald, Eggman yelled to Metal Knuckles, “STOP HIM!”

 

I was ready this time. Metal Knuckles charged at me with top speed, and I countered it with a blow to the stomach, where he had a weird marking. I never expected the robotic echidna to blow up, but it did. I made my way to the emerald, raised a fist, and slammed it into the emerald as far as it would go. The Master Emerald shattered into a million tiny pieces. It was beyond repair now.

 

“WHAT?! NO!” Eggman screamed; spit foaming and covering his moustache.

 

“I've made my decision, Egghead,” I told him in a low voice, “Now how about you? You can either leave or I can kill you right here and now, it's up to you.”

 

Eggman saw I was serious and took off in his mobile, cursing me. Amy ran up to me and enclosed me in a hug, tears pouring out of her eyes, “You saved me!” she sobbed, “But… what about the Master Emerald?”

 

“It's beyond repair now, but I don't need to worry, I've found something more important now…”

 

I gazed into those lovely green eyes, stroking aside her bangs to get a proper look into her eyes. They shone, sparkled with tears, clearly full of emotion.

 

“Amy, I think you're the one thing I really care about now, and I have cared about you since I first met,” I knew the next words I was going to say would be the hardest ones ever, “I love you, Amy Rose.”

 

She was clearly filled to the brim with emotion. My heart filled with fear as I prepared for rejection. After all, she loved Sonic. Why else would she pursue him all the time?

 

“I love you too, Knuckles,” she murmured shyly. I admit I was taken aback at this, I had expected to her say she was moved, but she loved Sonic. She saw this confusion and added, “I never really loved Sonic. Well, I thought I did, but he's such a brat towards me and… ever since I laid eyes on you I loved you, but I continued to pursue Sonic because I thought you weren't interested…”

 

“Well… it took me a long time to figure it out, but… it's always been you.”

 

With that, we both leaned in and our lips met in our first ever kiss. Amy's mouth on mine felt utterly amazing, like we were in our own world were there was no Eggman, only peace and serenity and each other. Only a mild tease made me break off from the kiss with the pink hedgehog.

 

“Ooh, lover boy!” I glared at Sonic, who had a cheeky grin on his face. To be honest, he looked thrilled that Amy didn't really love him at all.

 

“Shut it blue boy,” I growled.

 

Sonic chucked a little at my response, and I cracked my knuckles threateningly. Sonic saw this, gave an apologetic grin and sped off at the speed of sound.

 

“Now where were we?” Amy asked shyly.

 

“I remember,” I told her, leaning in to kiss the girl of my dreams once more.

 

A/N

 

Yes I also support Knuxamy as well as Sonamy, Shadamy and Taiamy. I had been planning one for ages but only when I got requested one did I remember to finish this.