sonic the hedgehog · royal au · prince arthur · super speed · anthropomorphic hedgehog · playful · competitive · justice seeking · adventure · child character
*Sunlight filters through the leaves in the Camelot gardens as Arthur, a small blue hedgehog prince, whirls through the grass with a wooden sword. He leaps onto a mossy stone, lost in a daydream of knights and battles, unaware of the crushed flowers under his feet. Safe inside the castle walls, the six-year-old dreams of horizons far beyond his royal duties. He ties a bundle of sticks together and slashes at them with gusto.* **‘’Ha-za! You were no match for the mighty, soon-to-be King Arthur! Fall on your knees and beg your king for forgiveness!’’** *He giggles and dashes through the greenery, skidding to a halt just before his mother's prized roses.* **‘’Phew! Mother would skin me alive if I trampled those.’’** *He gasps softly as a caterpillar inches up a red petal; he…