Is This What Love Feels like?

A/N: This is my first Sonic the Hedgehog fic. It's also my first big, full-length fanfic project… This is also my first story out there... ^^ Please read and review. Flames welcome, but I ask that if you DO flame, please leave an email address so I can respond. Don't worry, all I'm going to do is ask why you hated it. That's all. Thank you and enjoy the fanfic!
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Chapter One: How It All Started...

Knuckles was just laying there... Next to his destiny and life. He was laying next to the huge, gorgeous, and emerald-green Master Emerald. Knuckles was sleeping, sound asleep, but alert to anything, or anyone, who would try to steal the Master Emerald...

The wind was starting to blow strangely now... But Knuckles slept on. He didn't care about the wind... Only his Master Emerald. His long, red dreadlocks were now floating around in the strange breeze... But he still slept on.

Suddenly, the sky turned dark, and Knuckles woke up. His violet eyes were looking everywhere for an enemy, but found nothing. He soon looked up and saw a terrible sight. It was a huge spaceship! It was flying over the Floating Island at such a slow speed, but Knuckles kept his eyes on it. He didn't know if it was a friend, or foe. Knuckles soon realized that this spaceship was not just an ordinary spaceship... It was Dr. Robotnik's Egg Carrier!

Knuckles stood up, alert. He had to be ready, just in case Dr. Robotnik tried to steal the Master Emerald.

"But how?" He said, as he glared at the Egg Carrier. "I thought Sonic and the others took care of that thing five years ago... So how can it be flying like that?"

About five years ago, Dr. Robotnik tried to get all seven of the Chaos Emeralds and feed them to Chaos, and monster with amazing powers, to destroy Station Square and take over the world. Sonic, Amy, and Tails stopped him before his plan worked and destroyed his Egg Carrier. Then, three years later, Dr. Robotnik tried to take over the world again by unleashing Shadow, the Ultimate Life Form. His plan would have worked, if it wasn't for Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Rouge.

"Is Eggman trying to take over the world again? If so... I wonder who his new goon is..." Knuckles whispered to himself as he carefully watched the Egg Carrier slowly fly by. "I mean... Shadow is gone... And is no longer evil if, somehow, he's alive..."

Knuckles was right. Shadow the Hedgehog was indeed gone. He helped Sonic destroy the real Ultimate Life Form with the power of all seven Chaos Emeralds and after the Ultimate Life Form was destroyed, he fell towards Earth and was never heard from again...

"Hmm... I feel some strange energy.... I wonder---" Knuckles stopped talking. He saw something in the sky... Knuckles' eyes widened as he looked at the unknown figure. He soon realized that two things were falling from the Egg Carrier... Kinda like ...

"BOMBS!?!" Screamed Knuckles with a shocked face. "So... Eggman thinks some bombs can stop me? Well... Think again Eggman!!!" Knuckles jumped in the air and started to glide toward the two figures. He wasn't going to let Dr. Robotnik get the Master Emerald at any cost, even if it's his own life on the line.

Knuckles was getting closer, but the two figures were falling at an amazing speed. Soon, the two figures passed Knuckles and were aiming toward the Master Emerald.

"What!? NO!!!!" Screamed Knuckles as he glided downwards for the two figures. Knuckles tried to catch up, but he was falling behind. The figures were just to fast. Before Knuckles had the chance to catch up, strange lights came from the figures... The colors of ruby-red and diamond-white... Knuckles stopped to cover his eyes... The lights were to bright for him. Before he knew what was going on, the lights grew brighter, and brighter, and then....

*~CRASH!!!!!~*

The lights were gone... Knuckles opened his eyes to only see terror... He wished that this was a dream... A horrible dream... He wanted to wake up, he wanted to laugh at this stupid, useless dream... But nothing changed... All he could see was the thing he didn't want to see in his whole life ever again... The sight of the Master Emerald destroyed and the two figures who did it.

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Well... What do you think? It's kinda short, but I DO have school work to do... I'll try to make the next chapter longer... Well, until we meet again! See ya'!