"Knuckles!?" Sonic yelled and raced down the halls toward the room of his guardian,"Knuckles!"
The red echidna guard, tiredly opened the door and yelped as the blue prince ran right through. He felt a little agitated as the blue furred hedgehog called him by his 'nickname', but shook it off. Gawain's eyes widened and he spins around to glare at the prince. The prince seemed shaken, panting heavily with wide eyes.
"You are doing the competition with all the other Knights, please tell me you are!" Sonic yelled.
"Yes, I am," Gawain nodded," I know I have your kings trust and I am skilled with a blade."
"Blades," The prince corrected by pointing toward the twin blades, that hung on Gawain's waist.
"Blades," Gawain muttered," However I hear that a powerful knight has came from a far away kingdom. He is strong, I will admit..."
Sonic tilted his head and smiled.
"Can I meet him then?" Sonic grinned, hoping that the guard would finally say yes for him to actually meet a knight.
"I do not know my prince," Gawain mumbled and held up his blades," He is quiet and dangerous..."
"I can handle my own out there," Sonic pointed out, and he wasn't lying. He was amazing with a sword and was given Caliburn for his seventeenth birthday.
Gawain struggles with inner demons before he sighed in defeat and dropped his blades into his sheath. The prince grinned wider almost jumping up in happiness. It was a wonder on how this prince became a cheerful young male.
"Fine, but you will follow me!" Gawain hissed," You will not leave my side, these Knights have heard of you, but they have never seen your face before and may think you are an enemy. And afterwards, we leave and come straight back, got it?"
Sonic nodded.
"You could trust me!" Sonic walked right beside the echidna.
"Right," Gawain mumbled and began to walk.
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Sonic couldn't help but gasp, and yes he has seen this place before, but he was so young. He had never seen it so full of life though. Yes, he said he would stay near Gawain, however, curiosity held him tight and he couldn't help but wonder off. The prince looked everywhere, through hallways, seeing many Knights(who stared and wondered what he was doing until they saw the crown on top of his head) looking through door, stopping when seeing a female.
"That's Dame Percival," Gawain said behind the prince," She is the only female knight. Do not judge, she is very powerful."
Sonic stepped closer. She was a cat, by the tail that poked out of her skirt. Her fur color was purple with it being darker in some places. Golden eyes peered from under the helmet and pierced Sonic. Percival tilted her sword in his direction and stepped down from the arena she had stood in.
"Are you another opponent?" She asked, stopping just a few feet away from the prince, who had put his crown off awhile ago when people had started to notice.
Gawain stepped in front of Sonic, who stared in amazement.
"No, he is the crown prince, however, I am one of many opponents you will have to face," Gawain said.
She dropped her sword and fell to one knee, bowing her head.
"Hello, my prince," She spoke," Sorry for my earlier actions," She rose her head and glared at Gawain," Let us hope we will work together and not against."
"Same," Gawain nodded and stepped away to let Sonic speak.
"It's alright," Sonic said, feeling awkward," You can rise now."
Percival stood up, armor clicking in place as she did. She nodded toward the prince, before getting back up on the small stone arena, ready for another challenge.
"Where is Lancelot?" Gawain asked.
Sonics ear raised as he tilted his head. Why did that name seem so familiar?
"He left awhile back, he will be back tomorrow, at least he said he will," Percival answered," Some Knights hope he will not return..."
"Are you and Lancelot from the same kingdom?" Gawain asked.
"Yes, we are hoping both of us are picked as the winners," Percival nodded.
"Alright," Gawain said," I will see you later then."
"Yes," Percival bowed again, directing her attention to a knight that decided he could win against her.
Sonic made a mental note to tell his dad about her as she easily knocked the sword out of the others hand and knocked him out of the arena.
"I guess you'll have to wait a week to see him," Gawain spoke, walking out if that room and toward the exit of the big arena," You have to leave now, I'm going to train for the rest of the day."
"Alright," Sonic smiled," I will see you later!"
Sonic walked off and blinked. Later he's going to ask his dad a few questions, maybe when dinner is served.
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The next day hit hard. Sonic wasn't feeling well at all. He kept coughing and sneezing and his parents forced him to stay in the house and let his brother and sister take care of him.
"Sonic!" Sonia gasped at seeing lighter blue fur tangled and darker than normal," Are you okay?"
"Does it look like he is okay, Sis?" Manic growled.
Sonia glared at Manic and threw a pillow in his direction.
"Shut it!" Sonia growled back.
Sonic groaned, his head starting to hurt. All he wanted to do was sleep, which was impossible to do when your siblings are in the room. He forced his eyes opened and turned to stare at Sonia and Manic.
"Guys," Sonic said so softly, but he was glad when they stopped and turned," You should just leave, you guys will probably get sick."
"We ar-" Manic started then stopped as Sonic glared," Fine..."
Sonia smiled softly at Sonic who smiled in return.
"Alright, but call us when you need something," Sonia said and left, shortly followed by Manic.
All Sonic could do was wait for this illness to go away and tried to sleep it off.
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He was feeling a little bit better, still sick, but better.
Gawain kept his distance and looked at Sonic with worry.
"Are you sure you want to walk around?" Gawain asked.
"Yes I am sure, Knuckles," Sonic muttered.
Actually he didn't, but he felt it might be good to. His legs felt like jelly and his head hurt(not very much) and it felt to hot to be in this room. He stood up, staggering a bit, grabbing a big cape and wrapped himself in it, before heading out. Today, he was just going to relax in the garden. Probably a bad a thing to do, but Sonic just wanted out.
He sat down on a bench, with the cape wrapped around him. It was a lovely sight for all the people who happened to walk by. Sonic ignored then and stated down at the flowers and the lake. Two days ago, he had forgot to say anything about Percival and Lancelot and now his father was called to a netting somewhere in town. Now he knew he will not be able to say anything about that topic.
Emerald eyes glazed over as he thought deeply about everything. He hoped that he could at least choose one knight( probably be Gawain) also hoping that his father would pick nice ones that are worth hanging out with and talking to. Also he hoped that he could befriend all of them with ease.
He sneezed and caught the attention of someone walking by.
"You are the prince I met," The person spoke and Sonic looked up to see Percival.
It shocked to see her without any armor on, but she still had her thin sword attached to a belt hidden by a coat. She wasn't like any other women as she wore white pants with a the light fuzzy small coat and boots that came up almost to her knees. Women usually wore dresses and...that is it.
"Oh, hello Percival," Sonic greeted," Looking around?"
"For Lancelot," She said," I have not seen him for a while."
She turned her head and peered through the forest.
Today happened to be dark, clouds covering the blue sky and hiding the light from the world. Percival's eyes shined bright even without the sun peeking out.
"Have you see a black and red hedgehog around?" Percival asked.
"Hedgehog?" Sonic spook with surprise.
"Yes," Percival nodded," Lancelot is a hedgehog."
"Never knew that," Sonic whispered to himself, but shook his head," No, I have not seen another hedgehog."
"Where could be be!" Percival hissed out," When I find him..."
As Percival walked away, Sonic felt sorry for the poor guy as the purple cat pulled out her sword and spoke in her native tongue.
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Four days later and Jules sat next to Sonic watching the other Knights fight. They both watched many of them trained for what was going to happen in just a few minutes. Sonic could see Gawain and Percival together making a deal to fight together along with Lancelot, wherever he might be.
"Line up!" Jules yelled and everyone who decided to watch silenced and all the Knights lined up.
Jules began to talk about the skills and what was going to happen. While his father talked, Knights had pulled off their helmets so everyone could see their face. Sonic was trying to locate Gawain having lost him while everyone got into line. When he finally found him, he sighed with relief...but then stopped...
Right next to Gawain was a black hedgehog with red stripes that went down his quills and fierce red eyes that stared at the King. Sonic couldn't help but stare, this guy seemed tough...He gasped as red eyes moved to emerald ones. The blue prince sank down in his throne.
The black hedgehog had to be the one named Lancelot.