Ok, this is my first attempt to write a fanfic in English so, be nice with me ok thanks!

This fic takes place after the Sonic Adventure 2 game, enjoy!

-Day by day, I'm getting stronger, at first I thought it was the end, but I managed to survive, don't ask me how, neither why, but I'm still here. Can't tell if I'm happy or sad about it, I just can't find a reason that is worth living for, guess I'll have to find it sooner or later. I do believe in destiny, nor in chance. So there is a reason I'm still here, and I'm not gonna find it if I keep sitting here just thinking so better get moving…

In another place

-Man it just gets so BORING in here sometimes…-thought Knuckles the echidna, munching a green leaf. I'm even starting to wish another alien shows up so I can kick some butt!-he stopped a minute to think about what happened two months earlier, and how a "bad alien" changed his mind and saved the earth-that was completely unexpected, that guy gave me the chills. With those big red eyes and motionless face. Still it is a shame that he passed away; he could have been a great ally…well, whatever.

Knuckles didn't know that Shadow landed on Angel Island, since it got on his way back to the earth and because he is the ultimate life form, he managed to survive the fall, gravity and all that stuff. He landed on a lake and woke up in the shore, his skin was partially burned and he had lost a lot of fur, not to mention his strength. Shadow crawled under a tree, sheltering from the bright sun and eventually started to regenerate. He needed no food or water so he just stayed there until he could stand up and walk. Because of that Knuckles never noticed his presence, but he was about to find out.

Shadow started to explore the island, it had a lot of creatures and plants that he had never seen, everything was new to him, he realized that since he was too busy trying to destroy everything before, he never had the chance to look around the earth; the precious earth that Maria was so fascinated about.

-She was not lying, this "earth" thing is quite impressive-he picked a flower and saw it with curiosity, some kind of nice smell was emerging from it; he sniffed the rose and started to sneeze madly-What the fuck!-he threw it far away with a shocked look-no wonder why Dr. Gerald wanted Maria in the space colony, this place is dangerous!-Shadow learned quickly that he had to be more cautious.

Shadow didn't know that he was approaching the emerald temple, and that there was an echidna who didn't like strangers in his island.

Shadow noticed that there were fewer trees around him as he walked-maybe I'm approaching to something, like a city- finally he saw the Master Emerald temple, and in top of it, the emerald itself, all mighty, sparkling with the sun. He lifted his view and saw something else, something familiar-Where did I saw that guy before…? I think I know him, but, I'm not sure. Better not show up until I'm certain, I'm not in my best shape for a fight.

So he stayed near, and continued to watch the echidna every day. He at first questioned his behavior…Why he'll possibly stay just watching him? But he figured out that he had nothing better to do than that, so he stayed.

First day

It is my first day watching him, I'm not aware of what animal he is, I think I never saw one like him before, neither Maria showed me a picture of that animal. We used to study biology and math in our free time, just in case we visited the earth people didn't think that we were stupid or something.

Day five

What a "fascinating" creature he is: he wakes up early in the morning, starts to stretch, throws a few punches, goes down the stairs and runs a couple of minutes around the temple, then he goes into the forest and picks some fresh fruit, he calls for the creatures on the island and offers them almost all of it, eats breakfast, exercises a little bit more and then, he sits in the last step of the temple and stays there most of the day, doing nothing! I'm bored to death now. Still I'm not strong enough and I don't know my way out of here, I lost my chaos emerald and I figured out that this is an island, so, I'm trapped.

- I'm trapped-Shadow opened his eyes as wide as his eyelids let him-What am I gonna do? Live in boring- land forever?

Knuckles moved his head slightly-something's wrong, I can sense something different in the island, there is a strange energy coming from somewhere…-He started to walk down the stairs calmly, trying to sense if the "strange energy" was near. Shadow noticed the guardian coming straight to him, and took a deep breath-shit, shit shit…How could he possibly know that I'm here? Could it be that he just decided to walk into the woods again?-He stepped back slowly, but then someone came running to Knuckles, his face full of fear-Guardian! There's something wrong with Amellie!-Knuckles turned his glance to the little creature-Come on! Let's go!-screamed the guardian as he followed the island habitant to where "Amellie" was.

-Uff, that was close-thought Shadow, cleaning the sweat from his forehead-I have to figure out the way to get out of here! I'm not going to find my life purpose on this island, at least I hope so…- And he ran into the woods, trying to clear his mind so it would come out with a brilliant escape plan, but nothing happened.

Dammit!-a screaming sound made him turn his head and took him away of his thoughts-What the..?-he started to approach to the origin of the sound and saw a village consumed in flames, and there was Knuckles, helping everyone in the village to escape from the fire, carrying 3 to 5 creatures at a time and putting them to safety, then there was a huge explosion and a big roof flew towards the creatures, but Knuckles quickly ran to them and caught the heavy roof and threw it away like nothing. Shadow saw this, he must admit that he was quite impressed; he didn't know that the "animal" was that fast and strong-I took the right decision not showing myself to him-he thought.

The creatures from the village thanked Knuckles and offered him a lot of gifts, some of them were fruit, others offered him necklaces and stuff that they build in the village and finally they did a small party to thank their God for still being alive-Thank you guys-said Knuckles-but that won't be necessary, you don't need to give me gifts and stuff, your safety is all that matters to me-and he smiled to them, it was a short but sweet smile, he truly cared about all the habitants in the island, after all, he was the guardian. Shadow was still there, curious about the "animal's" attitude; he saw how the animals made a wood fire and thought-Seriously?!-and then they danced around him, some of them took Knuckles by the hands and danced around with him, he was embarrassed at first but at the end he started to enjoy it and got carried away. He had this wide and noble smile, his dreadlocks were moving with the twirl of the dance, Shadow felt like he couldn't keep his eyes away from him, but he didn't understand why-Maybe I've been spying on him a lot, so now I can't stop! - He opened his eyes on surprise, that was a really silly thought, but that explanation was better than another- Knuckles waved good bye to the villagers and walked back to the temple, as always, he leaned near the emerald and felt fast asleep. Shadow encouraged himself, not understanding why, and walked towards the echidna, cautiously so he wouldn't wake up, he was growing curious about him. Knuckles was sleeping so peacefully, but he still managed to look aware of his surroundings, which freaked Shadow a little-I need answers, maybe now I'm strong enough to handle his reaction.