Hey all! I decided it was safe to start another Sonic fanfic…this idea has been with me for a few weeks now, so I decided to write it out. If you don't like the pairing, sorry not my problem. If you feel like it, please leave a nice review after finishin this.

Enjoy!

Oh, and I no own Sonic and Co that would be the odd people at Sega, or rather Nintendo now I think O_O Hell it no belongs to me! Happy? ;

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Unexpected

Angel Island held many secretes deep within its soil. Floating majestically in the air it didn't look like it was about to yield any of those secretes. One of these precious secretes was the mysterious Master Emerald. The emerald itself held a mysterious air to it. The legend that went along with the emerald was that the Master Emerald held a great power, a power so great that one of the other secrets of the island was the one other person on the island. The guardian of the island and, of course, of the emerald.

Knuckles the Echidna sighed as he glanced sleepily at the emerald. It was just as it was before he had drifted into a peaceful slumber. He yawned and pulled himself up off the old, ancient steps slowly. He never was one to be token for surprise but even he didn't move too quick when he first woke up. Ever since he could remember it had been his responsibility to guard and watch over the Master Emerald.

'Man I need to quite falling asleep there' His neck felt a little stiff but it was nothing a few stretches and exercise could not help. Silently he walked up to the top of shrine where the emerald held quite refuge. Also for as long as Knuckles could remember he had been the only person who lived on the island. It wasn't as if he was lonely though, he rally felt that way, too preoccupied with some else on the island that called for his attention.

Knuckles had a few friends. Truthfully though, until recently, he hadn't wanted to be near people. Even Sonic and the others, even if they meant well. There had been a time once where Knuckles and Sonic had been enemies and it seemed as if they would never be anything but that. Yet some how they managed to become allies and it had gone from there. Knuckles was grateful to have his friends, but he was also very used to his life of solitude and quite.

Until recently.

Recently, Knuckles had helped Sonic and Tails stop the evil and twisted Dr. Robonic, Eggman as he was called by them, from yet another attempt to take over the planet. He really didn't have a choice seeing how a certain annoying bat who walked through life with a grace that couldn't help but be admired. Rouge was indeed a female who depended on no one. Indeed Knuckles could in a way understand where Rouge was going in life; he just didn't want his emerald involved, but it did seeing how fate seemed to always be pissed off at him, the emerald was smashed to pieces and he had to find them all again. Rouge had done the same and the two had to fight for the right to own the emerald. He had won that little bout between the two at least and he had his emerald back. Never the less it hadn't been too fun when he had to dodge meteorites that could kill him just to get some of the pieces.  Somehow all of this had fitted into Eggman's plans, yet this latest plan was very different. The big difference in this plan and all the countless others was that this time Eggman had found a partner. An extremely dangerous partner at that.

The partner that Knuckles was thinking about was no other then Shadow the Hedgehog. Knuckles had never had a moment to think about him or anything else while he was looking for his emerald pieces and keys and such. Now that he was back on his own little island, his home, those thoughts had caught up to him extremely quickly. Everything was just now starting to settle down.

Indeed, Shadow was a curious person. Knuckles vaguely recalled that he had claimed to be the ultimate life form. Arrogance seemed run thick in all hedgehogs' blood. Sonic certainly was proud and arrogant. Didn't everyone have something they were proud of? It didn't matter anyways. The midnight black hedgehog had done something that no one would have ever guessed he would do. Shadow had used himself to stop Eggman after he learned that the evil doctor had just used him, his feelings, and his vulnerabilities as if they were nothing. It was a very noble cause Knuckles supposed.

Then again it could all be a ruse. Everyone had their character flaws and Knuckles' were that he had a short temper, and he was very untrusting as well as the fact that he could be gullible as well. Eggman had proved more then once the latter part. Part of the reason that he was so untrusting was because of all the tricks Eggman. That and all the solitude that had surrounded him for as long as he could remember was always a comfort to him and it seemed unnatural to have it disturbed.

His thoughts shifted over to Rouge again. He didn't feel any affection towards the female bat but he felt that they could perhaps be reasonable friends. Should the two ever trust one another. He just hoped that she had given up on the Master Emerald for good now and moved on to something better. He hadn't liked the fact that he had to resort to attacking her just to get the rest of the pieces of the emerald, yet he had to do what his responsibilities called for him to do. He always consoled himself over the fact that he had to do it to get the emerald back; it was he who destined to look over Angel Island and its Master Emerald.

Besides, Rouge had seemed to understand what he had to do. Something told him that the girl in question was just fine and well. He knew from personal experience that she could take care of herself quite well.

Something caught his eye, jerking Knuckles back to reality. Upon hearing something land with a thud that made Knuckles feel slightly ill, the red echidna sprang up, his body tense and already ready for any required action. With his sense on full alert He headed for the area that the object had landed.

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I'll update just as soon as I can, it could be a long wait tho. ; So tell me what you think on your way out!!