Chapter 10: Tommy's Strange Dream. (Inspired by Sonic and the Black Knight, as well as Kingdom Hearts.)

'I've been having these weird dreams lately. Like, is any of this for real or not?'

Tommy was fast asleep, dreaming that he was standing before a big crowd accepting a trophy.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Tommy shouted before the stage he was standing on suddenly broke and he fell into a black void that soon grew red and his trophy turned into a sword.

"Now, you're going to pay!" said a wicked female voice. Tommy looked around before he saw a ghostly-looking creature that resembled King Arthur from Sonic and The Black Knight, the only difference being that the crown was replaced by horns and the phantom illusion behind it was gone.

"Prepare to suffer!" the creature said before it launched orbs of purple energy at him out of a torch and wand in its upper two hands, only for Tommy to deflect it with his sword. He tried to move further, but found himself blocked by a barrier of dark energy.

"Can't you get in close somehow?! You'd have a good chance to win if you could close the gap!" said a mysterious male voice that sounded like a 20-year old.

Tommy tried slashing the barrier and eventually broke it before he floated upward. The creature drew back one of its swords and prepared to strike.

"Listen carefully, timing is everything! Swing your sword at exactly the right moment!" the male voice said. Tommy swung at the exact second he saw the sword move and caused the beast to stagger before it shot a multitude of purple orbs at him that he narrowly managed to avoid before he blocked another sword attack and saw the beast stagger both sword arms this time.

"Now!" Tommy said before he launched himself at the middle of the creature's chest and attacked with a multitude of slashes before the creature pushed him back and he started to avoid the energy balls again before the swordfights resumed, with Tommy successfully fending off and attacking the beast again, this time noticing its aura was turning dark red.

"It appears quite worn down. I could probably get through to it now." Tommy said before he avoided the blasts again, this time proving a little more difficult as they were randomly scattered, but he prevailed and attacked the creature enough that this time it went limp.

"It's over now." Tommy said before he pulled the sword back and flew at the creature with it outstretched, going straight through the monster's torso. He smirked as he heard it explode with out-of-control power, but got confused when he heard it laughing. The laughing soon turned from crazy female laughter to insane clown-like laughter as the claw grabbed Tommy and all he saw was pitch black...