~*Amethysts, Emeralds and....love?*~

By Zuki the chao

^_^ Hey everybodies! Zuks here! My mum wants me to write a detailed and descriptive story (No, not that way you perverted freak), so here goes! I'll still do "It's a Knux life!", don't worry. And to all you loyal reviewers, I really appreciate the fact that you like my first-ever SEGA character story!! You guys are what keeps meh alive!

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~*Chapter One*~

She stood there with her steely gaze. Her cold, blood-red eyes were filled with pure hate. Her bloodstained, saber-like claws looked as if they were itching to strike me. The small, stumpy yet pointed tail was twitching like a cat ready to strike. Every muscle and sinew in her murky, watery body was poised, ready to pounce as soon as I made the first move. This chaotic beast had two long head crests drooping over her shoulder. Her skin (If that's what you could call it) was a mixture of blues, greens, yellows and reds. She was standing next to a purple, Emerald-like thing that pulsed out a slight pale-purple glow. Suddenly a green light shone and the creature shrunk back into the shadows....all I could see was those cold, red eyes....watching....waiting.....

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Knuckles the Echidna woke up with a start. His lilac eyes looked around and saw that he was still on Angel Island, next to the Master Emerald's shrine. A pale-blue-with-yellow-tips-and-Gothic-Eyes chao was looking at him with a question mark over his head. "Are you okays Knuckles?" asked the chao. "Yeah, I'm fine Stinger" replied the red echidna. "Oh SURE, and you DON'T lie." said Stinger sarcastically. Knuckles glared at Stinger. "Look, you were crying out in your sleep. Now, the fact that you actually were asleep for 8 hours instead of the usual 1 hour.....Oh let's just cut the crap! I'm an enlightened, bug-eating Chao, TELL ME!!!!!!" shouted Stinger. "If you must know, Stinger, I had this freaky dream about a chaos beast!" said Knuckles annoyedly. Stinger grinned evilly. "What gender was it?...I betcha' I can guess!" he said while eyeing an ant crawling past the Master Emerald. "It was a female Singer" said Knuckles blankly. Stinger's eyes went chibi and he laughed "I can guess how you could tell! I bet you would of liked it!" Knuckles stared at Stinger. "My likes are my own business and you should keep out of them!" said Knuckles angrily as he punched Stinger in his yellow-tipped rear-end. Stinger went flying past the many pillars covered in Ancient Echidna writing and plummeted headfirst into the fountain. Stinger's eyes were swirling around and around as he got up shakily. Knuckles sighed and began to shine the Emerald. As he worked, he thought about the chaos beast. Maybe I should ask Tikal or, better still, Chaos Zero about this thought Knuckles. But I can't leave the Emerald for that he sighed.

Suddenly a familiar Pink Hedgehog pulled herself up ontop of one of the pillars that people could climb up to reach Angel Island. "Hello Knuckles!" giggled the Pink Hedgehog as she walked up to the Guardian. "Hi Amy Rose, what are you doing here?" asked Knuckles, looking slightly annoyed. "I decided to visit you Knuckles," said Amy as she straightened out her pink dress "I thought you could use some company." "Amy.......actually....yesssss.....Amy, could you do me a favor?" Knuckles said shiftily. "Of course! What with?" Amy said innocently. "I need to see Chaos Zero and I was wondering if you could bear the task of looking after it while I go out" said Knuckles. Amy's eyes went majorly Chibi. "Oh thank you Knuckles! I'll guard it like it was my life! I promise, I shall not fail you my little quilled one!" exclaimed Amy happily. "Good. Thank you Amy" said Knuckles as he turned to leave. "Well here's a little good luck!" laughed Amy as she pulled Knuckles close to her and kissed him. Knuckles pulled himself out of her grip. "Err....thanks Amy...I guess.." said the stunned Echidna. What on earth was that for? What gave her the right to do that to me?! Knuckles thought as he went to the edge of Angel island and began to drill drive down to earth.

Amy's eyes went chibi as she watched him descend. I think he likes me! Phooey to you Rouge! she thought happily.

After a while, Knuckles reached Earth. He got up and looked around so he could decide where Chaos would be. He was in a forest, near a still lake with a stream rushing through the thick green bushes. He sniffed the air. He is near. Maybe he's further down the stream. Knuckles walked along the moss-covered bank. He came to a small grove where the rest of the stream emptied out into a pond. "Chaos Zero!" called Knuckles. The water began to bubble and take shape of the Chaos Emerald beast, Chaos Zero, who began to hug Knuckles. "So Rouge, you finally decided to come back to me!" said Chaos Zero with his eyes closed "I'm so happy". Knuckles stared hard at Chaos Zero and then said "I never knew you felt about me that way Chaos". "Oh I do!" said Chaos. Knuckles took Chaos Zero's hands off his waist and put them by Chaos's side. "You can go to jail for this Chaos Zero" said Knuckles, deeply disturbed. Chaos Zero opened his eyes (0_0) and quickly moved away from Knuckles. "Uhh...h..h..hi Knuckles... w..w..what are you doing here?" stammered Chaos. "Well I did come to ask you some questions, but I'm not so sure now" frowned Knuckles. "I REALLY didn't mean it that way Knuckles! I thought you were Rouge!" said Chaos Zero with a GIGA sweat drop. "Oh SURE! I REALLY believe you!" said Knuckles sarcastically. "Errr....anyway, what did you want to ask me?" asked Chaos Zero nervously. Knuckles told Chaos Zero about the strange dreams he had been having for the past 3 weeks. "And it always has that thing and a purple gem!" finished Knuckles. Chaos Zero thought for a while and then said "A purple gem is called an Amethyst. It is similar to an Emerald in powers and magical qualities. I'm not sure what that Chaos creature is though....as far as I know, I'm the one and only Emerald beast! Can I investigate your island? I'd like to find out more." "Yeah, you can. But why? This is my dreams, not my island" Knuckles said blankly. "There may be a power disruption on the island that may be causing this" said Chaos Zero simply. "Oh. Let's go then, I hope Amy didn't screw up the island too much" Knuckles said as he got up. Chaos stared strangely at Knuckles. "Amy? You let HER guard the Master Emerald?!" said Chaos Zero, suprized. "She was there. I asked. She accepted. Anything else you wanna know?" said Knuckles. Chaos Zero had a look in his eyes that meant that if he had a mouth, he'd have an evil grin on his face. "Yes," he said,his eyes majorly chibi "why do you have fluro pink lipstick marks all over your face?" Knuckles turned completely red and stuck his face into the river to wash it. When he was finished, they went to climb up the pillar to Angel Island. Neither said a word.

Amy Rose was sitting on top of the steps that led to the Emerald Shrine. She yawned and stared up into the sky. Suddenly a familiar white, Purple and Tan figure pulled herself up onto Angel Island. "Huh? AMY??!!! What are you doing here?! Where's Knuckles?" said the female fruit bat angrily. "Don't be so rude Rouge. Knuckles is out right now and I'm here to guard the Master Emerald while he's gone!" said Amy, her eyes very chibi and glistening. Rouge looked taken aback. "He let YOU look after his Emerald?!...why were you with him anyway?" she said suspiciously. "I came to keep him company. It must be so boring and lonesome guarding the Emerald all the time. I sympathize with Knuckles" said Amy, standing up and flicking back a pink spine over her shoulder. "Ha!" laughed Rouge "You don't sympathize with him! You just wish he'd drop that Emerald and go with you!" "No I don't! And anyway, no better than you!" said Amy angrily. Rouge took Amy by the shoulder. "Now listen Amy. You're Twelve. Knuckles is Seventeen. He's one year younger than Sonic. I, though, am Seventeen as well. I am the right age-not you!" said Rouge calmly. Amy was about to punch Rouge in the....chest when Knuckles and Chaos Zero arrived. "Hello Rouge! I have some nice little tablets here for you!" said Chaos Zero, waggling a packet in the ancient air. "No Chaos Zero" said Rouge plainly. Suddenly Stinger poked his head out from under Amy's spines. "Ullo' everyone!" he exclaimed. Everyone stared at the renegade chao. Amy quietly picked Stinger off of her hair and put him gently on the ground. Stinger looked at everyone and put on a small pair of Chao Sunglasses (Identical to Knux's, but smaller). His Gothic eyes went chibi as he looked at Rouge and Amy. Knuckles walked with an anime cloud over his head over to Stinger and Picked him up. The crested echidna raised his arm and punched Stinger ,hard, right where it hurts the most. Stinger went flying past the pillars and Smashed into the top of the Master Emerald shrine. Suddenly the shrine burst into an explosion of puple light. Rouge and Amy fainted. Knuckles and Chaos caught them both in their arms. The light became brighter and a beam of light emerged from the shrine. Ten rays of light beamed out, scattered, and flew away in different directions over Earth. The light then began to dull and it finally stopped. From the light emerged.....

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A cliffhanger? Do you care or not? Well....I hope you all liked it. As always, please review. And if you think I should put Sonic in, well, tough Amethysts to you!

Zuki.