Chapter 11: Final Story

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Merlina: Queen of the Underworld

The Avenging Knights arrive at a void-like throne room, where a transformed Merlina, now called the Dark Queen, is waiting for them on the throne. She now has violet-blue hair that hangs lose, her skin has turn white, her eyes are amber yellow, and below her left eye is a tattoo. Her cloak is now black and has symbols everywhere on it.

"I've been expecting you." The Dark Queen greeted the heroes.

"Just one question before we settle this. Why'd you do it?" Sonic asked her. "Weren't we trying to save this kingdom from the underworld?"

"This kingdom will fail one way or another. Such is its fate." Dark Merlina replied to the hedgehog.

"What do you mean 'its fate'?" Ruby asked her former friend.

"Do you know what is to become of this kingdom?" Merlina asked the heroes.

"Beats us." Yang said, with her arms crossed.

"So, are you going to tell us?" Weiss asked.

Merlina gets up from her chair and slowly walks forward to explain her malevolent decision, "Lancelot and Gawain's rift shall doom the Round Table…Arthur is struck down by his son Mordred, and departs for Avalon."

The team continues to silently stare as she continues her story, "This was to be our ideal world. But it will not last…King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table will end in ruin. The King Arthur my grandfather Merlin created led to nothing but mistakes…But I can succeed with the power of the scabbard. Creating a kingdom that never ends." She said, summoning a familiar flower into her hands.

'A flower?' Blake thought, wondering why she summoned a flower. For just a quick second, they remember the time when Merlina picked up a flower before it withered away, and horrifyingly realize what Merlina is talking about.

"What good is a world that goes on forever!?" Sonic shouted at her.

"That is not right, Merlina! Can't you see what you are doing is wrong!?" Ruby also shouted at her.

"My sorrow at its ruin runs deeper than the depths of the underworld. Do you not understand?" Merlina asked them.

"No! And I don't want to!" Sonic replied, dashing towards Merlina with a mighty sword strike, but is repelled by her force field, knocking him to the ground.

Team RWBY came to check on the damaged hedgehog. "Sonic, are you okay!?" Ruby asked him.

Sonic scratches his head. "Yeah, I…I think so." He grunts in pain as he tries to get up.

"Your efforts are futile." Merlina told them.

"Oh yeah, we'll see about that." Yang said as the team all charge at Merlina, unleashing a furry of attacks that amount to nothing, then repelled by her force field.

"This…this isn't working…" Weiss said, trying to catch her breath.

Merlina summons a dark ghostly version of King Arthur and chooses to attack the weakened Sonic. Fortunately, Caliburn blocks the attack. "Sonic!" He said, trying his best to block the attack.

"Caliburn!" Sonic repsonded

"You fool! A knight must always be on his guard!" Caliburn shouted at him.

Merlina strikes her hand down, commanding her ghost king to slice Caliburn in two, effectively silencing him forever. "No!" Sonic said.

A piece of Caliburn is left on the ground, while Sonic holds the now silenced sword. The team looks in horror as one of their friends has died.

"No…" Blake silently said.

"Caliburn…" Ruby starts tearing up.

Sonic is now staring at Merlina full of rage, having enough of her insane attitude. "Noooooo!" He charges at full speed at Merlina but is again knocked down. He weakly gets up and again charges at her, only to be knocked down once again.

It was then Yang's turn as she charges at Merlina, with red eyes and glowing hair. "WE'RE NOT DONE WITH YOU, YOU WITCH!" But like Sonic, she is knocked down with a powerful force that causes her great pain.

"YANG!" The rest of Team RWBY shouted. They all come charging in at Merlina, but one by one they are knocked back, with only Ruby being the last one that gets knocked back. They all land in the area where Sonic and Yang are at.

"It is time to end this." Merlina said as her ghost king then grows tentacles that attack all five of them at once.

"Aaaaaaaahhh!" The Avengers shouted in agony as they receive the beating of the lifetime.

Meanwhile, somewhere outside the castle, Nimue, the Knights of the Round Table and their apprentices are watching the entire fight from a portal.

"They can't keep going like this. At this rate…" Lie stops talking as he sees Ruby slowly getting up.

"Ruby! What are you doing!?" Arc asked her.

"Can't…give up…now…" She said as she starts to attack Merlina again, but is again knocked back.

"Ruby!" Arc shouted.

It was then Yang's turn to get back up. "Yang, don't be foolish! Just stand down!" Lie told her.

"What…and miss out on all the…fun…" She weakling smirked, running up towards Merlina to punch her, but is grabbed by the throat and thrown back to the others.

"Yang!" shouted Lie.

Then Weiss and Blake started to get up, beaten but still determined to fight. "Guys, just stop, now!" Nikos told them.

"You can't win like this!" Valkyrie said.

"No…I can still…fight…" Weiss said weakly, forming an ice glyph to shoot icicles at Merlina, but it does nothing. Then, Blake comes in to attack Merlina while she's distracted, but Merlina immediately attacks her, causing her to explode. It was actually a clone that Merlina attacked, Blake jumped up from a pillar and comes in to attack. But Merlina expected this and grabbed her from behind, throwing her back at Weiss, knocking both of them out.

"Can't lose…not now…" Blake said, trying to keep consciousness.

"Weiss! Blake!" Nikos shouted.

"Guys no!" Valkyrie shouted.

It was then Sonic's turn to get up, but he can't as he lay back onto the ground. Percival can't stand to watch anymore. "Sir Sonic! You've done enough!" He ignores her as he once again gets up, holding his broken sword in hand.

"No Sonic! There is no point in continuing!" Lancelot shouted.

"A knight…never…flees…his foe, right?" A weakened Sonic said. Merlina decided to once again attack all five of them at once, knocking them to the ground hard.

"Aaaaaaahhh!"

"You fool! This no longer has anything to do with chivalry!" Gawain told him as he tries to get back up. "Get out of there! Run, all of you!"

BGM End

Sonic gets up, getting into fighting position. "It was never about chivalry for me…" He said as Team RWBY starts get back up, also getting into fighting position. "I just gotta do what I've gotta do, that's all."

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-It Doesn't Matter

"Sonic!" The Knights of the Round Table shouted. Just then a golden light envelops the portal, with the Nimue, the Knights and the apprentice look in amazement.

"The long-lost light of the sacred sword! Quick, your swords!" Nimue told them, which they promptly drop onto the portal. As they did that, the portal exploded in golden energy which starts to envelop Sonic and the others.

BGM End

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Transform into Excalibur Sonic

The team look in amazement as they are surrounded by the golden energy. Team RWBY's armor changed from their usual color to a golden armor. Blake, Yang, and Weiss all receive the Arondight, Galatine, and Laevatein respectively, where they are also covered in gold. Ruby Crescent Rose also turns into gold, and the scythe also changes into a sword. Finally, Sonic also gains a golden armor covering his body, with a red cape running down the back of his armor. His sword is also rebuilt, sporting a fantastic looking golden color. The sword explodes in a ferocious energy as it changes into a more gold and silver color, with a crown like figure on the hilt, a ruby in the center, and a glowing outer blade around his normal blade.

Sonic is in total awe with the new sword, "Whoa…"

"What is it called?" Ruby asked.

"That's the greatest of the sacred swords, Excalibur!" Nimue told them.

"Now that's a name fitting for a legendary weapon!" Yang said.

Sonic clenches his hand onto the sword. "Heh! Let's do this!" He says as he performs some sword slashes before he and team RWBY fly off to go fight Merlina.

BGM End

The team flies to where Dark Merlina is at, in the center of some sort of dark dimension.

"You would not understand, nor could you understand. That's why I must do what I must do. I am finished with you." She turns into an eyeball and then assumes a giant ghost version of King Arthur, which is colored completely black with a blue flame aura, an eye on its chest, has four arms, no legs, and a cloth-like tail. She also has an energy cape stripping down on her back.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-With Me

One of the arms tries to grab the team, but they flew back before it could. "What good is a world that goes on forever? That sounds pretty lame." Excalibur Sonic said while pointing his sword at her.

"It's time we teach her a lesson, right Sonic?" Ruby asked him.

"You bet!" He said as they all fly towards the Dark Queen.

Merlina shoots out some dark energy balls at them, which they either dodge out of the way or strike them down, giving them the chance to destroy the invisible wall that's blocking their progress, but while they do so, Merlina starts attacking them with her own sword swings.

"Guys, let's counter her attacks!" Ruby told them.

"Right!" The Avengers proceed to work together as they counter each attack at the right moment while having to dodge Merlina's energy sphere again, only this time they are getting faster.

"We'll never get anywhere like this. Go full force with a Soul Surge!" Caliburn told them.

"Ah right! Yang, let's go in, full throttle!" Sonic told her.

"Don't have to tell me twice!" She said as they use their Soul Surge to repeatedly attack Merlina with a fury of sword slashes. After awhile of being bombarded with slashes, Merlina pushes them back with her power shockwave.

"This story and the world it created will come to an end. Is that what you wish?" Merlina asked them.

"Nah, it's not gonna end! My stories only end when I stop running!" Sonic told her.

"And my story won't end until I fulfill my goals and protect the people I love!" Yang said, thinking about her family and friends.

The team continue to dodge each and every energy orb while also countering Merlina's sword swings. "Your blade cannot touch me." She calmly stated.

"Tsk! What the heck are we gonna do?!" Weiss asked while still dodging every attack thrown at her.

"We have to wait for the right chance to attack!" Blake told her.

Thankfully, Sonic saw an opening between her defensives. "Alright! Let's go, you two!" Sonic told them, prompting the three to attack Merlina with another Soul Surge fury attack. After another barrage of sword slashes, Merlina once again pushes them back, starting to get really irritated by their persistence as she notices her ghost king's color turn black and inflamed.

"I thought the sacred sword Excalibur was merely legend." Merlina said, surprised by Excalibur's sacred power.

"Yeah, it was a shocker for us, too." Sonic responded.

"Guess that means we should believe in more legends after all of this." Weiss said.

They again start to dodge all of Merlina's attacks, only this time they are moving so fast that Yang, Blake, and Weiss can't keep up.

"Argh!" They shouted in pain.

"You guys okay?!" Ruby asked them.

"Yeah, we're fine." Blake told her, weakened.

"Now to finish you two off, once and for all!" Merlina proclaimed.

"Don't underestimate Excalibur reborn!" Caliburn told her. "I am going to teach you the error of your ways!"

"Heh heh! My trusty sword's gonna teach you a lesson!" Sonic gloated.

The two speedster knights proceed to counter Merlina's sword swipes once again. "Ruby, don't you wish for a world where friendships are eternal? One where no matter what happens you all will be together?" She asked the little huntress, trying to convince her what she's doing is what's right for her and her world.

Ruby thought about this for a second before giving a straight answer. "I rather I keep my friendship through my own means, not because you are forcing me to." She responded, working with the golden knight Sonic to dodge her energy orbs.

"You really are blind. But that's expected from a child." Merlina proceeds to swipe at them, but they were able to dodge it in time with their astonishing speed.

"No, you're the blind one! Can't you see what you are doing is wrong?!" She asked her.

"You could never understand my sorrow at seeing the ruinous future of this kingdom." Merlina replied to her.

Then, Sonic decided to speak up. "Good, 'cause I don't ever want to know such one-sided sadness."

"Foolish wizard! You're willing to sacrifice countless others just to escape your own sorrow?!" Caliburn said.

After that conversation, Sonic and Ruby perform a super-fast Soul Surge attack on Merlina, weakening her to the point for one last attack. The D-Avengers come back together to perform their ultimate attack. "It's over now." Sonic declared as they all fly back, gathering distance from them to Merlina. Sonic then points at Merlina before surrounding him and Team RWBY in a golden light. He then thrusts Excalibur directly at Merlina, with him and the team being enveloped in a golden energy in a shape of a meteor that pierces through Merlina, finishing her.

"There's nothing Excalibur can't cut through." Caliburn stated.

The team then looks back as Merlina's form starts to explode. "Aaaaaaaah! But, I…I…Aaaaaaaah!" The team gives each other a congratulatory thumbs up before leaving the dark dimension.

BGM End

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Live Life: Merlina and Sonic

The heroic saviors, now depowered, arrive back at the destroyed Camelot Castle, where they see a defeated Merlina on her knees.

"Merlina…" Sonic started talking. "Every world has its end; all friendships have their ends. I know that's kinda sad, but…"

Ruby started to speak, "But that doesn't mean we can't try to reconcile, try to form an even stronger friendship."

Sonic slowly picks up flower from the ground. "That's why we gotta live life to the fullest in the time we have." He then gives Merlina the flower. "At least, that's what we figure."

Merlina kindly takes the flower from Sonic and holds it close to herself. "Grandfather…"

Just then, Caliburn, Nimue, the Knights of the Round Table and the apprentices approach the group.

"Well done, Avenging Knights." Percival complemented him.

"Hey, if it wasn't for you guys we would've never won." Yang said.

"Thank you, guys." Blake said.

"You can say that again." Caliburn said.

"Well then, we won't!" Weiss joked, which caused all of them to laugh.

"To think…King Arthur was but an illusion!" Gawain said.

"The Knights of the Round Table must now disband." Lancelot said.

This news worried their apprentices. "But, Sir Lancelot! I still haven't finished my training." Arc told him.

"I've already taught you everything you need to know. Now go master them, if you want to be the ultimate knight." Lancelot told him.

"Okay." Arc replied.

Nikos approached him, "Come on Arc. I can help you continue your training."

"Uh…you sure?"

"Of course. I'm sure I can learn a few things from you too." Nikos flirted with the blond knight, causing Arc to blush. Sonic noticed this but decided not to say anything.

Lie and Valkyrie walked up to Gawain and Percival. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Lie asked them.

Gawain nodded, "Yes. I'm sure you two have grown strong enough to handle anything on your own now." He told him.

"Always make sure to use your skills to help the innocent, no matter where you go." Percival told them.

"Aye aye, Sir Percival." Valkyrie said with a salute, which Lie nodded in agreement.

BGM End

Weiss approached Percival, "So what are the Knights of the Round Table going to do?"

"I don't know exactly." She replied. "Without a King, we're sort of lost."

What foolishness is this?" Caliburn asked.

BGM-Sonic and the Black Knight OST-Denouement: The True King Arthur

Nimue agrees with this, "I'll say."

"Hm? What are you saying, then?" Percival asked them, confused.

"Have you forgotten who I am? I am the sacred sword Caliburn! I am the one who decides who is worthy of the crown!" Caliburn said.

"So, who would that be?" Ruby asked.

Yang smirked, "I think I know who it is."

"Huh?"

All of them then looks at Sonic. "So, then…?" Lancelot started looking at Sonic strangely.

"You?" Gawain continued after Lancelot.

"You are the one and true King Arthur!?" The Knights of the Round Table said in unison.

This cause Sonic to confusingly point to himself, "Who, me?"

"Well, you are the one who pulled out Caliburn." Blake reminded him with a smile on her face as she sees the all three knights and their apprentices bow down to him.

"Huh? Hey, cut that out!" Sonic told them.

Team RWBY decided to laugh at Sonic's dispense. "Man, looks someone doesn't like being King." Yang deviously smirked at the confused hedgehog knight.

"Well that's great and all, but how are we going to get back home?" Ruby asked her team.

"Don't worry. Remember, we still have our inter-dimensional transport watches. We'll be home in…" Weiss stops as they look at their broken watches. "Or stay here forever."

"I believe I can help you guys get back home." Merlina spoke up. "It's the least I could do for all the trouble I've caused."

"That's sweet. Thank you, Merlina." Ruby said.

"It might take me some time since I used up so much power in the battle. So, can you guys wait a bit longer?" Merlina asked them.

The team looks back at Sonic who is still confused of being king. "We can probably stay a bit longer." Ruby said.

"Just so we can continue laughing at this beautiful moment here." Yang said, with all five girls enjoying themselves with a good laugh now that the world is at peace.

BGM End