Disclaimer: I don't own Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails " Prower, Knuckles The echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat or other character's made by Sonic Team. I do own RX and Maya hedgehog.
Summery: In a depressed moment, Amy does something no one had expected, and Knuckles faces something he had never expected to. Warning, Sonic Advance 3 ending spoiler.
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Part I
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The battle was over, Eggman's plan had been foiled, and the world was put back together again. The master Emerald had undone the damage from the sudden shattering of the world. And yet, it didn't feel like a victory, at least not to Amy as she watched Tails and Cream run off towards the plane. Knuckles had simply grunted and walked over to see if any damage had been done to the Emerald shrine.
And Sonic, he had flown off to battle a powered up Gmerl as Super Sonic to prevent the robot from causing any more trouble with the power of the Chaos Emeralds. Eggman had tacked along as his partner, why she wasn't sure, but it must have been to save the world so he could conquer it another day.
Turning her face, she watched Tails and Cream chatting a bit as they prepared the tornado for take off. But she was more sure that Tails were checking it for any damage since it had been her flying it up here in order to watch the last battle.
Sonic had done most of the job of course, but they had all helped him in defeating Eggman this time. Working like a team to recover the chaos emeralds, and battle off the robots Eggman had spread across each part of the shattered world. But even through all of this, she had felt useless, as Sonic had barely looked in her direction the whole time, it was either him with Tails or Knuckles tacking along with the whole time. If she hadn't gotten a hold of the red emerald for them, she was sure he wouldn't even have looked at her.
Feeling more depressed then ever, Amy turned and walked over to find a place to sit down with her thoughts. Dropping down on the stair case leading up to the alter, she ignored the sharp glance form Knuckles as he sat a good distance away from her, lost in his own thoughts until she had gotten close.
Lowering her eyes, she stared at her shadow as it moved a bit in the light given off by the Master Emerald. The light glinting off her hammer as she used it to lean her arms on, a part of her reflection was visible in the metal, and looking back at her, was a depressed looking hedgehog girl.
One that wasn't sure if she would ever catch Sonic, no matter how confident she looked on the outside. She was unsure of how to really pull it off. She could see how scared he was of her, how he backed away whenever she showed her feelings, and the only way she could really convince him to spend time with her, was with a treat of violence.
If only he just see that despite her rough edges, she could help as well. She had convinced Shadow to help them save the world. She had battled off Zero on her own, stood up to Eggman several times, and even risked her life to bring Sonic a chaos emerald doing the chaos incident.
So why did he still refuse to look at her, she was strong, willing to follow him no matter how dangerous it was, and she could defend herself against most treats. So why didn't he want to have anything to do with her at all.
"Maybe, he doesn't want a shadow, but someone to walk with."
Snapping her head up at the voice, She found herself looking right into a pulsing pink light trailing through the air in front of her. "What!?" Falling down from the stairs in shock, she blinked as it moved closer to her.
"Tikal."
The single word breathed out softly from behind her, made her eyes snap up to see Knuckles staring at the pink light with mixed feelings in his eyes, one hand twitching as if it wanted to reach out to touch the light.
"Chaos wants me to thank you all, and tell you that balance has been restored again." Pulsing a bit brighter, the light reformed into a young Echidna girl, light orange dread lock like spines hanging down her side as she smiled at them. "I thank you as well, for ensuring that peace Knuckles." Smiling at him, she slowly faded back into a ball of light, hovering around knuckles and then back around Amy. "Remember Amy, maybe he wants to walk with some, instead of a shadow following him."
Twisting her head as Tikal spoke, she blinked as the pink light darted back into the Master Emerald again; the only trace of her presence the sad look on Knuckles face as he looked at huge green gemstone. "Tikal, but how is she?"
Shooting a small glance, Knuckles turned to walk away, but cast a look over his shoulder after a few steps. "She resides with Chaos inside the Master Emerald." With that said, he walked back to sitting guard again.
Watching him, Amy sighed as she could recognize the look in his eyes. But she wasn't sure if it was love, or the hope and desire to see someone of his own kind. Whatever it was, she felt sorry for him.
Staring at the Echidna, Amy sighed as she stood up. No one deserved to as alone as he was. Sonic didn't want to talk with her, but she still had friends. What did Knuckles have besides the Master Emerald?
Eyes flashing, Amy turned around and faced the Master Emerald. She couldn't change her own sadness right now, but she could give Knuckle an attempt at happiness. Moving silently as not to disturb the half sleeping Echidna, Amy moved up to look directly at the green surface of the large gemstone.
Unsure of how to proceed, Amy looked at the gem as she tried to recall what Sonic and Tails had told her about it. It controlled the Chaos Emeralds, and Tails had said something about this Tikal making a wish to the emerald, a wish that had stopped Chaos from destroying the world in the past.
Maybe, she could free her, if she made the correct wish. It wouldn't hurt to try; after all, nothing was gained by giving up. Clearing her throat as silently as she could, she recalled the precise chain of words that both Tails and Knuckles had used.
"The servers are the 7 chaos. Chaos is power, power enriched by the heart. The controller is the one that unifies the chaos." Speaking the sentence, Amy smiled as she placed one hand on the Emerald gently, its glow growing stronger as she did so. "Please, release her, let Knuckles have a chance for happiness!"
Jumping up as soon as he heard the first of the words, Knuckles spun around to see the Pink Hedgehog girl standing in front of the Master Emerald. A strong, determined expression on her face. "Amy, No!!" Rushing forward, he clearly heard the wish she made on the gem, and the world exploded in a powerful green light. "NO!"
TBC.
AN: Well, I'm trying another Sonic story, since no ones seems to care about the other one, I'm putting it on hold while I write this one. And poeple, Review it, or the next chapter won't be put up.