knuckles prime

werechidna

Requested by Anonymous

"sonic? that you?" Knuckles asked as he came across the still unusual sight of a werehog roaming in the park

"oh hey there knucklehead" sonic said as he also spotted the other

"still sporting the scruffy look?" the echidna commented snarkily as the two walked close to one another, it was still so weird to see the hedgehog taller than him, not used to it as other than a few of his friends the others were usually shorter, it was like if your little brother grows taller then you, it felt almost illegal

"Still better looking than you" Sonic joked cheekily as he didn't help the echidna's mood by patting his head condescendingly

Knuckles decided not to retort, not in the mood to fight

"What you doing down here anyways?" Sonic asked curiously

"The chaotixs invited me for a reunion, just heading back now" Knuckles answered as he indicated the food he was bringing back to his home

and to the hedgehog, it smelt amazing, too much so

it had been a while since he ate, and in this new body it took a lot to fill his stomach

his primal mind taking over as he suddenly lunged to the food

Knuckles reflexes acting quickly as he moved the food away

only for his arm to get in the way

"HEY!" knuckles stated as he felt the fangs settle into his arm

it didn't hurt too much, especially with how much he could endure, but it still stung

"ah, I'm sorry I didn't mean to" wearsonic quickly apologised as he just realised what he did, shocked as his senses returned

"It's fine, but you gotta learn to control yourself when you're in that form" Knuckles complained as his arm bled

sonic spat out the blood, feeling sick at his action before removing his glove and putting it around the echidna's arm, despite the complaints of not needing a bandage

despite knuckles understanding, he never wished to hurt his friends, it was one of his worst fears come to life

"Hey, it's fine I'm-" Knuckles continued, with a bit more care, seeing how shaken the hedgehog truly was

only for the arm to suddenly explode in pain

"GAH!" knuckles gasped, holding his arm tightly

"knuckles?" Sonic asked with shock and weary, watching in confusion as the echidna grunted in pain, huddling to the ground

"what's wrong?" Sonic tried to ask, only for knuckles to thrash on the floor as his eyes snapped open

sonic stepped back as he watched the guardian grow bigger in form

his fur growing longer, the fur on his wrist becoming white and fluffy, claws and teeth growing sharper, his signature knuckles completely destroying his mittens, and oddly enough the lego studs on his shoes became spikey

it truly was something to behold

it was terrifying as it was amazing

a loud howl was the finishing touch as knuckles completed his transformation

"um, knuckles?" Sonic asked with worry, unsure of Knuckles' mentality, after all, sonic became like this due to Eggman's machine gone wrong, knuckles had been bitten, so there could be changes

but knuckles simply stared as his hands, travelling to the rest of his body and moved to a close river to see what he couldn't

seeing what he had become, shakey and filled with confusion

"w, what happened to me?!" Knuckles asked with fear

"you turned into a were...echidna ?" Sonic answered wearily, using humour to cover his awkwardness

only this brought attention to the blue blur, and his actions and caused the new werechidna to grow angry, snarling as he grabbed sonic's chest fur, lifting him into the air

"you bit me! you turned me into this! HOW DO YOU REVERSE THIS?!" Knuckles exclaimed loudly

Sonic couldn't help but feel his fight or flight instincts flare, he knew knuckles wouldn't intentionally hurt him, but this new form was unsettling threatening

"I don't know, I and chip are still finding a cure" sonic answered as he fought in the grip

the rage subsided lightly as seeing the fearful look in sonics eyes, merely growling before dropping the warehog back to the ground

"how close are you to finding one?" Knuckles asked irritably

"we're not sure, we've got some clues but-" sonic tried to explain before knuckles cut him off with a "then let's get going" as he began walking off

"Knuckles stop, you can't just storm off like this, you need to calm down" Sonic stated as he didn't allow the red beast from going to far and putting himself in his path

"I AM CALM!" Knuckles roared, destroying that statement completely

"Look I'm sorry this happened and I swear we're gonna find a cure but if you go rushing into town like a big angry monster then the public's not going to take it well" Sonic declared

"what do I care about the public?" Knuckles grumbled

"police, G.U.N etc, I know you're not used to an authority other than your own but trust me, if they get on our case it's going to take us longer to get back to normal" Sonic continued seriously

Knuckles took these words into consideration, knowing how the people of sonics world were, having heard stories from Rouge about her time in G.U.N and how finicky they could be, especially with the shadow, sonic, faker incident

"ok fine, but can we just get going, I don't want to be like this any longer than needed" Knuckles huffed as he agreed to take a breath and try to calm down

"it's not all bad, I mean you look pretty good like that, and look on the bright side, you turn back in the morning," Sonic said trying to be uplifting before knuckles halted in his steps

"If you want me to calm down you will shut up until morning" Knuckles threatened

"understood" Sonic grinned sheepishly as the two continued

knuckles quickly scooping his leftover food and eating them in one gulp, all while staring at the hedgehog which the wearhog saw was fair karma