knuckles prime

past sorrows

requested by dancingpygmypuff

" ok I think I finally got it right" Tail's proclaimed excitedly, holding a yellow tablet-like device in hands, holding it up with a look of satisfaction replacing the looks of frustration he had only a few seconds before

he remembered the last time he had used the device

everyone was fighting over what time in the future they wanted to go to 

And with one wrong move, they pressed the activation button and were sent 11 years in the past 

after their trip the device had blown up inside, so it appeared well on the outside, but inside, it was a mess 

Tails still believed there could be a use for it and decided to fix it 

now it should be more durable, being able to go to and thro in time without the fear of the device frying up once more 

"now let's see if this works," Tails said to himself as he began to put in a random date and destination 

"hey tails" sonic shouted, announcing himself as he entered the lab 

unfortunately, this scared the fox and caused him to fumble with the device 

and once again pressed the activation button accidentally 

a bright light filled the room once more 

(Angel island 12 years ago) 

both figures fell from the sky and onto lush emerald green with a thud

"Ugh, what happened?" Groaned Sonic asked rubbing his head in pain

"Seems like we travelled in time....again," tails said awkwardly as sonics eyes widened in shock 

"tails! I thought we learnt the lesson of time travel" sonic said with a sigh an anime like sweat drop forming on his head 

to this tails simply laughed sheepishly

"Alright, where have you taken us this time ?" sonic asked

(Angel island 12 years ago) 

tails and sonic simply looked at one another 

"that means-" tails began but the excited yet evil smirk on sonic's 

without a word sonic began running towards the emeralds shrine, tails close on his tail 

and as they got closer, they saw exactly what they were hoping for

a little knux was at the shrine, short dreadlocks, big innocent purple eyes and was surprisingly short for a child his age (4)

"heh, who knew big bad red was such a little cutie" sonic laughed, making sure tails took a picture

knuckles seemed to be playing with the loose ends of grass near the shrine, a look of boredom that was soon turning into worry 

"....sonic, do you think that-" tails began before the blue blur began to run around the island 

"no doubt about it" sonic whispered sadly as he returned to the foxes side 

sonic and tails forgot just how young knuckles had lost everything, forgetting that he was just a kid, barely out of his puggle stage 

as time went on knuckles began to pace, as if he was waiting for something...or someone

"where are they, they always come back around now," the little knuckles said out loud