A/N: To start off, since I know this can get confusing, but the timeline will be different than what happens after Sonic Adventure 2. Let's just say, for a simplistic start, it is over 2 or so years after Adventure 2, before the games got complicated.

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Darkness...

That's all I've ever seen...

Even when that Echidna tribe discovered the Gems of Chaos, I had guarded and protected them long before they did. Things went well for a 1,000 or so years with me and them living in harmony, protecting these Gems with their lives.

Everything was great.

Until... greed infected their minds and decided to use the gems, and me, as a weapon for their selfish goals...

I couldn't let that stand, being used as a pawn or the gems as a tool for evil and not peace, like what they were made for despite their name. But, like them, I got angry and used the gems like a weapon, but to protect them from evil. The power overwhelmed me and nearly destroyed the world, had it not been for that Echidna princess.

So there I laid, peacefully asleep and properly protected by the last of the clan that guarded the gems decades ago.

I knew it wouldn't last though...

Over the course of the next few years, the Gems of Chaos and Master Gem have been continuously stolen by a weirdly shaped man. What was worse is that the weird, hairy liked man made me a weapon using the negative energy in the gems!

I didn't want to hurt anyone!

I couldn't stop myself from flooding that heavily populated area, more so than the world was originally.

Had it not been for that amazing blur of a creature, I wouldn't have stopped.

I owe that person so much, but I can also say I'm especially jealous of him.

For eons I've dwelled inside or around the Gems, never really going anywhere or exploring the world I was born into. That creature was the most free being I had ever seen, though don't have much to compare too.

If it wasn't that one Echidna or the weird man, it's an odd winged woman, a orange creature with an extra appendage, or the other young woman with a overly large weapon.

But, after much consideration and concentration, I finally found a way to exit the Master Gem without disturbing or destroying it like it has before.

I'll say this much, for the sole protector of the gems, that Echidna seems to either loose them very often or let this one shatter into pieces.

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Nighttime, Close to Midnight, Angel Island:

After another long day of just resting against the Master Emerald, Knuckles had gotten comfortable so he can sleep. Even if the job was boring at times, he has been doing this since a small child and will not let down his tribe's last standing traditions. Going on adventures with Sonic and saving the world are always second in comparison to something he's dedicated his life to do.

"*yawn*, Another day and the Master Emerald is safe. I earned this."

With a few shuffling on the stone steps, he laid down on his back and his face to the stars. Bed or not, he found it comfy no matter what, just as long as he's near the Master Emerald and is safe, he'll sleep like a baby. With a proud smile, he closed his eyes and drifted to a deep sleep that only wakes up when he's hungry,

All was quiet...

*Gurgle*

Had it not been for the sound of shifting water on the backside of the Master Emerald, away from where Knuckles was. Looking very similar to boiling water as a large blue spot on the side of the gem and expanding. It was as large as two basketballs before it stopped growing and oozed outward to the ground.

*Splash!*

With a finally jerk, the water from the gem popped out like a popped balloon, gathering itself on the ground.

There were a few short bubbles shown before the water took form of a 4ft tall unknown creature. With 3 fingers on each hand and 2 toes, it's head vaguely resembling that of the Echidna dreadlocks. The part that stood out the most was his bright, laser green eyes and a small brain in his head area. It's whole body was that of living water, moving and shifting due to the wind though was slightly darker than regular water.

This was Chaos, the protector of the Master and Chaos Emeralds of unknown origin.

Chaos had an unknown facial expression, due to not having a mouth or eyebrows, as it examined it's situation. Staring at it's hands and flexing their fingers, Chaos tried taking a step, finding it fairly difficult. It's main most of transportation in its most basic form is that of a puddle, but wished to try actual walking.

With a few shaky steps with it's drippy feet, chaos had walked around the Master Emerald, near Knuckles. It was worried that he would awake thanks to each footstep sounding like a splash in water.

"*nngh...*",

Knuckles stirred for a moment from the noise, but did not fully wake, Chaos being thankful for that.

Being as quiet as possible walking down the stairs, Chaos was now on the grass and headed towards the edge. Even if it just emerged, Chaos' real goal is to really just leave the island at the moment. It's been there long enough and maybe seeing the city again with be a nice change, anything new or different.

'Let this new experience begin.'

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After a few minutes or so of walking, Chaos found itself right on the edge of the island itself. Peaking over the ledge, it saw that the island was suspended hundreds of miles in the air above a vast ocean. There was no real concern about being in that much water thanks to it not having any of the emeralds.

What will be a problem is where to go when it goes in the water, any of the 4 directions being where that city it was before. Chaos took a quick glance at the horizon, which was hard to see being pitch black dark at night. If Chaos was to get anywhere, it will have to take a wild guess and just hope where it ends up is where it wishes to be.

'Better just go straight, it's my best chance.'

Chaos deduced as, without hesitation, leaped off the island, diving head first into the vast ocean.

*SPLASH!*

The sound of water hitting water filled the night air as the form of Chaos was seen in the water as a large blue blob. It was unclear whether or not it was moving fast or slow as it traversed the huge mass of water. Where it ends up is unclear and up to it and if the place is friendly or the people are.

Maybe, if it's lucky, it'll see that blue creature again!

A/N: I'll admit to rushing some parts, but it's to get the ball rolling since, to my surprise, I don't see really ANY Chaos centric or themed Sonic fanfics. Hell, I found more stories about Metal Sonic than I did the creature made entirely of water! I'm sure I have a few mistakes or points that aren't true, but bare in mind this is the first time I'm writing a Sonic fanfic, so enjoy either way!