It was a beautiful day on Angel Island. There was a slight, cool breeze and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Today, Knuckles was searching for one of the chaos emeralds, which happened to fall in the deep, dark forest on the floating island.
"Where is that emerald…" Knuckles kept asking himself this throughout his search.
Knuckles looked behind rocks, between bushes, and any other place he could fit into, but he had no luck in finding the precious gem.
Suddenly, Knuckles' ears started to twitch. He heard something in the distance. It sounded like… flapping.
"Oh no…" Knuckles face-palmed himself.
Rouge landed gracefully and made her way to Knuckles with swagger in her step and a smile on her face.
"Hello, Knuckie. Looking for something?" Rouge noticed Knuckles was far from his emerald.
"What's it to you?" Knuckles huffed.
"Maybe, I could help you find the missing… chaos emerald." Rouge smirked.
"How'd you know about that?" he asked worriedly.
"I'm the best treasure hunter around, I know everything about my jewels." Rouge stated.
Knuckles scoffed, turned around, and began to walk away. "I don't need your help, I'm perfectly capable of finding it myself."
"Oh, I know you want me to come with you. You're just worried about my safety, how sweet." Rouge teased.
Knuckles turned red with anger, hinted with a little embarrass. He stormed off without saying a word.
Rouge giggled and followed her crush.
"If you're going to come, there's going to be some rules." Knuckles said.
"Rules? Fine, what are they?" Rouge mumbled.
"Okay. 1. No telling me what to do, and 2. You have to keep up." Knuckles explained.
"Sound's fair." Rouge nodded.
"Hurry up, let's go." Knuckles and Rouge ran head first into the mysterious jungle.
There, they when into the dark forest.
This is my first story. I hope you liked the first chapter. Sorry for any typos. :D Knuckles and Rouge © Sega