Notes: No more Arthurian chapters unless I make a sequel to this story.

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Sonic and Percival stood smiling in the courtyard of the castle of Camelot. The warm sun beamed down over the two as they stared at each other. Finally, after a long silence, Sonic sprung forward, slashing with Excalibur. Percival parried the attack, shoving him backwards, and lunging at him. Sonic jumped to the side, and charged her. With a quick roll, she moved out of the way.

"ON YOUR LEFT!" Shouted Excalibur, and Sonic swung out to his left to parry, only to have a cold blade rest gently on his right shoulder. It was then that the sword began laughing heavily.

"...Real funny, Excalibur." Sonic muttered as he realized he'd been tricked.

"I certainly thought so." Sonic slid the blade into its scabbard, and turned to Percival, smiling.

"That was fun, but what should we do now?" Percival shrugged, putting her blade in its scabbard as well. Suddenly, Lancelot appeared in a blast of blue light. He grabbed Sonic by the arm and vanished the way he came, taking the king with him. Sonic was in the throne room, looking at an exhausted messenger.

"Hey, um...what's going on here?"

"There's something you need to hear. Now tell him what you told me." The messenger nodded at Lancelot, leaning on the wall tiredly.

"From the lands of Claudas...an army...ten...ten thousand strong..." Sonic blanched at this.

"Ten thousand?"

"What's more," Interjected Lancelot, "it seems they're knights of the underworld." Sonic stared at them both for a minute, then suddenly ran out the door. Lancelot sat down on the floor, and bade the messenger join him. "My liege shall not leave us waiting long." The messenger nodded, taking a seat beside the knight.

Sonic ran. He ran as hard and as fast as he could. Finally, he saw it. The army of the knights of the underworld, with only ten days of walking between them and Camelot. Luckily, they seemed to ignore other towns and strongholds along the way. Camelot was all that they wanted. Sonic turned around and ran back, fast as he could. He burst into the throne room with no warning, and turned to Lancelot.

"Call a meeting of the round table...We...We've got a war on our hands." Lancelot nodded.

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Sonic, Percival, Gawain, Pelleas, Lancelot, Lamorak, and Galahad took their seats at the round table.

"I'm not going to mince words." Sonic looked dismayed. "I'm not sure we can do this. I mean, I know we can beat 'em, but...I don't know if we can keep the castle safe while we do. I've only got six knights to help me, against ten thousand soldiers..."

"Sir, if I may?" Interrupted Lancelot, "I have twenty soldiers at my command at the Dolorous guard...I would gladly send for them."

"And I've an old friend who offered his help if ever I needed it. He has some soldiers as well, and he is quite the warrior himself. Said to send word if I was ever in a 'pinch.'" Gawain smiled excitedly at the prospect of seeing the Green Knight in true combat.

Sonic smiled at his knights and their loyalty. "Alright, I'm only going to ask this once...does anybody want out, before this fight starts?" Nobody spoke. "Then what we need to do is send word to every citizen of Camelot. If they can fight, ask them to join. Anyone who can't or won't fight will have to evacuate, just in case. If anybody else has friends that would want to help, write to them now. Let them know the dangers of the situation. Tell them of the numbers we face. Tell them we don't know why this is happening. Ask them if they'll help us stop it, because we might not be able to do it alone."

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As Sonic readied his lands for the battle swiftly approaching, Mordred readied himself for the coming conflict. Looking over the notes, he carved emblems into his body. With the power of the damned souls within him, he ignited these runes. Another gate to the underworld was made...this time, inside of Mordred himself.

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WOO! Alright, party peoples. Sorry I had a bit of delay on that one. I really hope that, with all the building up I'm doing for the next couple chapters, I can manage to live up to myself...but to find out if I'm up to writing an epic battle of ten thousand on open fields against only a handful knights and soldiers, tune in next time!