Sonic and the Black Knight – The After Years

Chapter 3 – To the world of King Arthur! Sonic's Reunion!

A few days passed since Lancelot and Galahad returned from the Damned Isle. Every day and night Lancelot would train with no end in sight. It took Nimue talking some sense into him to some rest.

That same night Sonic stood at the window in his bedroom out looking the garden he was in with cream a few days ago. 'How is it possible that there are Dark versions of Lancelot and Galahad?' He thought. 'This just makes me wonder what else have the KOTU been up to, and if there are other dark versions of anyone else.' Sonic shrugged it off for the night and climbed into bed.

That same night on Mobius…

"Is it ready yet Tails?" A Pink hedgehog asked a young fox boy.

"Just about Amy." The fox boy claimed happily as he tightened one last bolt to his machine. "Done!" he cried getting the attention of everyone else in the room. There was a red echidna who's leaning against the wall along with a black hedgehog, a Silver hedgehog who is sitting on a lounge next to a purple/lavender cat and a little rabbit girl, a bat the was trying to get the attention of the black hedgehog, and lastly a green hawk who was lying on top of his extreme gear along with a purple swallow and a grey albatross.

"You sure Tails?" The red echidna asked the Fox boy.

Tails nodded. "Sure I'm sure Knuckles." He reassured the echidna. "With the Master Emerald hooked into the machine, it should be able to lock on to Sonic's DNA signature no matter where he may be."

"Then what are we waiting for? Fire it up!" Amy ordered in excitement. "I want to see my Sonic again as soon as possible!"

"Yeah me too So I can give him a knuckle sandwich for disappearing for three years!" Knuckles cried while he cracked his... uh knuckles.

"Ok ok just step on the pad in the middle of the machine everyone." Tails explained.

After everyone was on the pad Tails flipped a switch on his machine and it disappeared along with its passengers.

The next day in Camelot...

Tails and the rest of the group wandered aimlessly through the town. "Well are any of us gonna ask for direction's?" Silver asked the others.

"Don't look at me." Knuckles declined.

Shadow just ignored him.

"Ok ok I'll go ask then!" Silver exclaimed and walked up to a passing villager. "Excuse maim, but we're looking for a blue hedgehog. Have you see any around?"

The villager smiled happily at him. "Oh you must mean the King! You can find him in the Castle at this time of day." The villager explained while pointing to the Castle.

Silver stood there speechless for a minute. "Uh, ok thanks." He thanked the villager who smiled and was on her way.

Silver then made his way back to the group. "What did she say?" Shadow asked after seeing Silver's shocked expression.

"She-she said that we're talking about the king and he can be found in the castle." Silver explained.

Now the rest of them shared Silver's shocked expression. "What? That can't be Sonic. He's not the type to rule a kingdom." Tails claimed.

"None the less it's our only lead." Blaze explained. Everyone agreed and headed for the castle.

Meanwhile in Camelot Castle...

"But sire I just wasn't expecting their power. If I go now I may be able to-" Lancelot's pleas were cut off by Sonic who was sitting atop his throne.

"No Lancelot. We don't know what to expect yet, and even though I'm usually all for the quick approach, but we don't know if there any more of us that have Dark version's yet." Sonic explained.

"But-"

"That's my final word Lancelot!" Sonic finished.

"Yes sire." Lancelot stood up and walked out of the room.

Sonic sighed tiredly and held his head up in his hand. "Why does he have to be so god damn-" Sonic was suddenly interrupted by a familiar cry.

"SSSSSSOOOOOOONNNNNNIIIIIICCCC!" A pink blur then burst into the room and up to Sonic.

Sonic could then feel himself being crushed by a pair of arms wrapped around him. "W-what the? A-Amy?!" Sonic cried as he realised who was hugging him.

"Oh Sonic! I missed you so much it's been three years!" Amy then let go of Sonic and changed her smile into a frown. "Wait a minute, it's been three years! I'm gonna kill you Sonic for disappearing for that long!" She cried as she pulled out one of her hammers.

"Whoa Amy calm down!" Tails cried as he held her back.

"Tails you're here too?!" Sonic asked confused.

"Blacksmith, Nimue what is the meaning of this intrusion?!" Percival exclaimed at the fox and hedgehog.

"Blacksmith?" Tails asked in confusion.

"Who's Nimue?" Amy asked the armoured cat.

"It's ok Percival; these two are my friends from my world." Sonic explained. "But guy's how did you get here?"

Tails pulled out a rectangular box from his pocket. "We got here by using this teleporter I made over the past three years." Tails explained to the confused hedgehog.

Sonic stared at the small metal machine in disbelieve. "Uh it seems a bit small doesn't it?"

"Oh that's because I installed a button in it that shrink's it's size so it's easy to transport." Tails explained.

Sonic nodded in understanding. "So is it only you guy's or did everyone else come as well?" He asked the two.

"Na everyone else is here, but Amy and I ran ahead of them." Tails explained.

"Yeah you two got way too excited." Came a voice from the door.

"Knuckles! Shadow everyone!" Sonic exclaimed in happiness.

"Hey true blue, good to see yea!" Knuckles greeted Sonic with a high five.

"You too rad red!" Sonic greeted back.

"What the- Sir Gawain?" Percival whispered to herself in confusion. 'Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Lamorack, and-' Percival's thoughts were interrupted.

"Oh Sonic, now the two of us can get married and-"

"Whoa Amy let go of me." Sonic cried and Amy obeyed. "Look Amy I'm kind of, how should I put this… already seeing someone."

Everyone gasped at Sonic's words. "What! Who?!" Amy exclaimed.

Sonic rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment as Percival walked to Sonic's side and crossed her arms. "That would be me." She said and lifted her helmet off her head.

Everyone looked at her in shock, especially Blaze. "Y-your me!" She cried.

"Before we even continue this, I think should call the others here first." Sonic said. "Percival would you mind?"

"Of cause not you highness." Percival bowed and left the room.

Sonic turned back towards his friends and they did the same. "So… how have guy's been?" Sonic asked casually.

"Well beside you disappearing for three years it's been great." Tails explained. "Eggman's been quiet since you disappeared so I've had plenty of time to work on the machine."

"And I've been itching for a rematch!" Jet cried as he held up his extreme gear.

"We'll have a race later Jet." Sonic claimed.

After another half hour of catching up Percival re-entered the room with the others following her. "Ok sire we're. What so impor-" Gawain stopped as he look a good look at the others in the room, but then spotted Shadow, Silver, Tails, Amy, Blaze, and finally Knuckles. "What the! Why are there copies of us?!" Gawain exclaimed.

Knuckles noticed Gawain and walked up to him. "Copy? I think you'll find you're the copy here!" Knuckles cried.

"No sir you're the copy!" Gawain repeated.

"No you are!" Knuckles cried again.

"Knuckles, Gawain shut it!" Sonic cried in annoyance. "These people are my friends from my world. You all look alike which is why I originally mistook all of you for them when I first met you all." Sonic explained.

The others then walked up to their counterparts, Amy walked up to Nimue, Shadow walked up to Lancelot, Silver walked up to Galahad, tails walked up to the blacksmith, Jet walked up to Lamorack, and Blaze walked up to Percival.

"Why don't you all get to know each other for a little while?" Sonic suggested. "Lancelot and Galahad, you two can show Shadow and Silver around, Percival and Nimue, you two can show Blaze and Amy around, Gawain and Lamorack, you two can show Knuckles and Jet around, and finally Blacksmith, you can show Tails around." Sonic finished.

They all nodded and went on their way.

"I'll go with Jet." Storm said as he ran for the door.

"I'll go with Blaze and Amy." Cream said as she ran after her friends.

"I'll go with Shadow." Rouge claimed as she ran after him.

"I might as well go with the two shorties." Wave sighed and followed the two foxes.

Sonic watched them all leave and walked back to his throne and sat down. "Well that'll keep them busy for a while."

Meanwhile with Lancelot and Galahad…

"I don't think you should have told them that I'm your son yet." Galahad said while they looked at the now unconscious Shadow and Silver.

"Hmph, they'll get over it." Lancelot replied.

A few minutes later…

Shadow and Silver finally awoke from their unconscious state. "Ok. I think I'm good now." Shadow groaned as he stood up.

"Good then let's continue." Lancelot ordered as he continued on their original path.

Shadow, Silver, and Galahad looked at each other and continued to follow Lancelot. After a few minutes Silver got closer to Galahad. "Hey what's with him?" He asked the Silver knight as they walked on.

Galahad thought for a second before answering Silver. "Let's just say fathers pride isn't in the best state at the moment." He bluntly answered in a low voice.

Shadow and Silver looked at each other in slight confusion, but didn't push the topic any further. "Tell me. Are either of you familiar with Sword combat?" Lancelot finally asked as they entered a stone tunnel.

"We're familiar with it, but not experts." Shadow answered.

Lancelot Smirked as they made it through the exit to the tunnel, and were now in a large area filled with other knights practising there skills either on training dummies, targets, or against each other. "Then I guess we will have to change that." Lancelot said as Shadow and Silver looked around the area in awe.

"When do we start?" Shadow asked confidently to Lancelot who smirked back at him.

"Right now."

To Be Continued

Next Time: Trouble is afoot! The New Black Knight!