A/N : Sveta has shown them her, Melody's, and shadow's horrible pasts so she is showing Knuckles's.
It started out with Little Knuckles washing some dishes in a stream when his drunken father came over. His booze bottle was broken. Knuckles didn't notice his dad about to hit him with the bottle. His father hit him right across the head. Little Knuckles fell face first into the river. His head was bleeding. When he got out he heard his dad say "If you don't pay attention to what is going on around you your going to die. Now stop your sniffling and get back to work. If your not beck by 9:00 sharp you don't get dinner.
Little Knuckles finished but it was 11:00PM so he didn't get dinner. You could see all the scared all over his body. There were patches were there was no fur. His father was vary abusive. All because he was a slow learner. His father blamed him for the fact that his mom is dead and it is his fault his species is going to die out. Little Knuckles felt the hole entire world was on his back. He hated it. But if he was to be the next guardian he must obey his father.
Everyday started out the same. His father would wake him up with a hot poker then make him run 5 laps around the island in 5 minuets or no breakfast. Then do 12 push ups and 24 sit ups, then mack him do chores, then made Little Knuckles to read out of the bible till his voice was sore. Then his father would go get drunk and Little Knuckles had a break were he could eat and tend to his wounds till his father came home an hit him.
It went like this till one day Little Knuckles was just scrubbing the floors when his father came in vary drunk. Saying he was going to kill the monster that killed his Wife. Little Knuckles ran knowing his father meant him. He had hot tears in his eyes. He ran to the master emerald. It always made him feel better. The emerald would sing him a song and calm him. He ran right up to the emerald and said crying "Way dose dad wont to kill me? I'm I bad? Please don't let me die. I can't take it." He crawled into a little ball right by the emerald knowing his father would soon kill him. Then the emerald Glowed like it never did before. Little Knuckles was scared. Then his father came and said "Don't you dare poison the Master emerald with your scum!"
The Emerald acted like Little Knuckles was it's child and sent out a blast killing anything except Little Knuckles, the Chao, and plants on the island. Little Knuckles cried himself to sleep right by the emerald. His father never bothered him ever again. He was safe. His 9 years of torture were over. He would never let anything hurt the master emerald. He would always protect it like it did him.
Rouge was speechless. "So that's why he didn't stay with the Chaotix and stayed on Angle island to protect The Master emerald. It is like the loving parent he never had. So he now protects it like he would his old father or mother." said Espio getting it now.
"Wow" was all Bokkun could say."Are we done?"
"Yes. We are home"
They came back to there bodies to see they were in the middle of the floor of their new home.
A/N: You already know Shadow's past. His best friend maria was killed. What could be worse then that? This a little bit longer thankfully... Aqua Girl.
