Chapter 5: Reunion with Old Friends?

As they make their way to find the Lady of the Lake, the Avengers and Merlina decided to walk for a bit so they could replenish their strength. On the way, they approached a small training field designed for sword practice.

"I bet I could use that for some sword practice." Sonic said, getting his sword ready.

"It's fit for a knave like you!" Caliburn said as the two sassy partners start tearing through the targets at the speed of sound, leaving team RWBY and Merlina all alone.

"And there they go." Yang said, seeing them off.

"While those two are practicing, how about you girls tell me about that academy you guys go to?" Merlina politely asked, wanting to know more about Remnant.

"You mean Beacon academy? Sure, ask us anything." Ruby said.

"Alright. Well for starters, what is it like?" Merlina asked her first question.

"Well, Beacon is a great place where the students there are trained to become either huntsmen or huntresses. It's lead by our Headmaster, Ozpin, and is generally where we spent most of our time." Ruby explained.

"That is until we met our friend, Peter and learned about Earth. Since then, that's where we like to spend a lot of our time, when the fate of the world isn't at balance, which it usually is." Yang continued.

"Well, anyways, it's the place where we met so many of our friends like Jaune, Pyrrha, Nora, Ren. It's how I also met Blake and Weiss." Ruby continued.

"And I'm very glad that we met each other." Blake smiled.

"I agree, even though some of you can get on my nerves, I'm glad we're all friends." Weiss said with the entire team hugging each other.

"It's so nice to hear how all you met. I hope your friendship lasts forever. I can't bear to imagine what would happen if you all broke up?" Merlina said, all sadden at the thought.

"Pfft. Like that would ever happen." Yang said, nonchalantly waved it off.

"Don't be too sure." Merlina mumbled to herself.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-To the Blacksmith

The girls continued talking while walking until they caught up with Sonic, who has finished his little training session.

"Hmmm…I suppose something must be done about this." Caliburn starts talking, looking a bit worried.

"What're you talking about?" Sonic asked his talking blade.

"What's wrong, Caliburn?" Ruby also asked in concern.

"My edge has grown blunt. Being in that rock for so long has taken its toll." Caliburn answered.

"Ha! Not the sharpest tool in the shed, huh?" Sonic joked, pointing at the edgeless blade.

"That's because a gentleman shouldn't have such an edge." Caliburn retorted with his calm, but subtle sassy voice.

"Gentleman? Who you calling "gentleman"? 'Cause last time I checked, you act all bossy and annoying like Ice Queen over here." Sonic causally points back to Weiss.

"Sonic, are you THAT eager to get frozen in ice?" Weiss asked, annoyed by his insults.

"Maybe, if you can catch me that is." He replied with a sneaky smile.

"I'm pretty sure a gentleman wouldn't act so rude towards someone like Sir Weiss." Caliburn said to Sonic.

"Sir Weiss?" She asked confused, with the other girls are also shown confused.

"Of course. While not true knights yet, you and the other girls have proven to at least be called "Sir" like the other knights. Someone like this knave here hasn't proven himself to me yet." Caliburn explained.

"Are you kidding me! What can I do for you to respect me!" Sonic shouts at his sword.

"Well first, seek out the blacksmith in the castle town. I must be presentable when we meet the Lady of the Lake." Caliburn said.

"Well, I guess we have no choice." Blake said, folding her arms.

"Then let's go to town everyone." Yang said, all excited.

"Sweet. So what are you going to do Merlina…?" Ruby asked her, but she was not paying attention as she picks up a flower.

BGM End

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Theme of Merlina

"Merlina? Hello...?" Sonic asked.

"Why do flowers bloom, known they are destined to wither," Merlina muttered to herself quietly while holding the gentle flower, confusing her friends with her strange action. "Their time of beauty is so short lived..." She sighed to herself when the flower quickly withers into nothingness, then turns back to her friends. "Forgive me, everyone, but I would be recognized in town. I shall remain behind, in hiding." She told them

"All right. Then I guess it's so long for now." Yang said, following the others to town.

"Yes. May your journey be safe." Merlina said

The group find themselves at Camelot Castle, the capital of King Arthur's kingdom, and after quickly saving it from the menace that is the Underworld and its Grimm, they asked the town folk if they knew where the blacksmith is, with one of them finally giving them the directions for to a small house that's owned by a familiar-looking two-tailed fox and a brown-haired teenager.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-I'm the Blacksmith

"Tails!? Peter?! What are you two doing here!?" Ruby and the others are shocked to see their pals, Tails and Peter Parker, working as blacksmiths.

"We work here?" The not-Peter Parker said, giving them a confused look.

"Who are you, people." The not-Tails asked.

"Sorry about that. They confused you with someone else we know." Sonic said in which the fox and kid quickly understanding the misconception.

"So which one of you is the blacksmith?" Weiss asked them.

"He is. I'm just the assistant who doesn't get paid well." The brown-haired assistants points to the two-tailed blacksmith.

"I'm sure am! Welcome, sir knights." The Blacksmith introduced himself.

"They're not true knights. At least not yet, especially the blue one here." Caliburn said, referring to Sonic.

"Says you." He retorted.

"Did that sword just talk?" The assistant asked, a little intrigued of a talking sword.

"What a magnificent sword! We've never seen one that talks before." The blacksmith said all surprised and amazed by Caliburn.

"Oh, it talks all right..." Sonic said.

"Kinda like you, Not Pete." Yang said to the assistant.

"I don't talk THAT much, but that might explain the few customers we've been getting lately." The assistant said, leading the heroes to the backroom of the blacksmith's shop to sharpen the sacred sword.

"I know a fine blade when I see it! I am a blacksmith, after all!" The genius Blacksmith said as he holds Caliburn.

"Great. Think you can sharpen this dull piece of rust?" Sonic asked while simultaneously insulting his sassy blade.

"Fool! It is you who is dull!" Caliburn said, getting all jumpy.

"So what's the jumpy piece of wood's name?" The Blacksmith's assistant asked while also insulting Caliburn.

"It's Caliburn, impudent child!" The Sacred Sword replied, getting all jumpy again while also getting a laugh from the teenage Avengers.

"Hm? Caliburn? Where have I heard that name before?" The Blacksmith fox asked, trying to remember where he heard about this Sacred Sword himself.

"Sorry, but could you speed it up a bit? We're kinda in a hurry." Sonic said, rushing the blacksmiths.

"Don't worry, blue knight. We gotcha covered. Leave it to us." The assistant said with a smile, promising to fix Caliburn as soon as possible.

BGM End

After one hour, the blacksmith returns to Sonic with a fully sharpened Caliburn. After they said their good byes to the blacksmith, and Yang giving the handsome assistant a nice kiss to the lips since he really does remind her of Peter, they head off to the Deep Woods to find Nimue.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Deep Woods

"If I'm not mistaken, the Lady of the Lake lives somewhere up ahead." Caliburn said as they are running towards the forest.

"Wherever it is, I'm sure we'll find it if we just keep running." Sonic said.

"Easier for you to say." Weiss said, reminding Sonic they're not as fast as him.

"Alright, princess, then how about we take this wagon so you won't get all tired?" Sonic asked annoyed, pointing them to a nearby wagon for them to board that'll take them closer to the forest without constantly running.

"Still a bit surprising to run into alternate versions of Peter and Tails." Blake said, still a bit surprised to meet different versions of her friends.

"I'm not really that surprised. This isn't the first time I've ran into alternate versions of my friends, y'know. One time, I teamed up with a genie to go beat up some other genie before he took over his world and mine. Along the way, I met with some of the locals there, with three of them looking a lot like Tails, Knuckles, and even Eggman." Sonic briefed his Remnant friends of his adventure inside a storybook.

"Wow. Do you think we might run into other alternate versions of our friends here too?" Ruby asked.

"Probably." Sonic responded.

"Well, I'm interested to see what they're like in this world." Yang said.

"Same here." Sonic said before their wagon crashed into the forest, forcing them to continue on foot.

As they continue running through the forest, they fought against some of the Underworld army and the Grimm, which they easily destroyed with their unique abilities. After passing a giant tree and going through a settlement, the group can tell they're getting closer and closer to the lake.

BGM End

"Are we close, Caliburn?" Ruby asked as decided to walk the rest of the journey.

"We should be. You should soon be able to see the lake." Caliburn answered as they are about to exit the forest, until they are met with a familiar enemy, or friend?

"I have found you, apprentice knights! Enemies of my King!" said the black hedgehog in knight armor.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Sir Lancelot Appears

"Who the heck are you? Shadow…?" Sonic asked as this black knight reminds him so much of his arch-rival from Mobius, Shadow the Hedgehog.

"I don't think that's Shadow, Sonic. Remember, you said we might meet with some alternate versions of our friends, and the looks of it, this Shadow isn't our friend." Blake said, getting her katana out for battle.

"I'm not who you speak of. I am Lancelot, Knight of the Round Table. And we challenge you to a duel!" He said, pointing his sacred sword, Arondight, at the heroes.

"Some things never change." Sonic sweatdropped, non-surprised by this black hedgehog's stubborn attitude.

"What do you mean by that?" Caliburn asked.

"Aw, nothing. It's just that he looks like trouble." Sonic replied.

"Wait, you said "WE challenge you to a duel." Who's the other person?" Ruby asked Lancelot.

"He would be referring to me." said a dark figure as he comes out of the shadows, which surprises the entire group as they recognized the person under the helmet with a white diamond-shaped chest plate and white spaulders with rerebrace.

"Jaune? Is that you?" Weiss asked the blonded teenage knight.

"Sorry lady, but you must have confused me with someone else. My name is Sir Arc, apprentice knight of Sir Lancelot, servant of King Arthur!" He said, showing his sword and shield.

"Hmm. Well then. Wasn't expecting that." Yang said with a calm attitude.

"Enough introductions, Sir Arc. Let's challenge the blue one and the little girl to a two-on-two duel." Lancelot said, eyeing Sonic and Ruby.

"Wait. You want to duel us!?" Ruby and Sonic asked, pointing to themselves.

"Of course. It should be easy enough to take you all down on my own, but my King has ordered me to bring my apprentice here. Despite being a bit of a doofus, he does know how to give a good fight." Lancelot said.

"I might agree on the doofus part, but I'm not too sure he could give a good fight though." Weiss said, crossing her arms with disbelief.

"Hey! I'm standing right here you know." Arc said, annoyed, but no one bothers paying attention to him.

"What shall it be? Will you abandon your weapons and flee?" Lancelot asked the speedsters.

"Sounds good to me!" Sonic answered with joy.

"Fool! A knight never flees a foe!" Caliburn retorted to the joking hedgehog.

"May we have your name, apprentice knights?" Lancelot asked them.

"My name is Ruby Rose, Leader of team RWBY and a member of the D-Avengers." She says with confidence, holding her scythe with pride.

"And this one here is named Knave the Hedgehog, and they both accept your challenge!" Caliburn tells him.

"Hey, wait just a second here!" Sonic said as Caliburn hops back onto his confused hands.

"Very well, then. Brace yourself Ruby Rose, as well you too Knave the Hedgehog!" Lancelot said before he and Sir Arc make a dash towards the two speed demons for a knightly duel to the death.

BGM-Sonic X OST-Sonic Drive

Sonic: I'm Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog. Darn it, Caliburn! You just HAD to call me Knave in front of killer versions of my friends that want me and Ruby dead. I just hope it won't stick if they could actually kill me. Aw well. Get ready, Rubes. Let's knock the socks off these knights!

Next time on D-Avengers: Avenging Knights:

Knightly Clash

Sonic: For the last time! My name is SONIC the Hedgehog! Enough with this Knave stuff already!