Camelot. A fair city, with warm days and cool nights. The ruler, King Arthur, is loved by all his people, and he loves them.
Except for me. I am his only unknown enemy.
No, I'm not Morgan La Faye, nor Mordred. They're dreadful creatures who know nothing but greed. No, no no. I'm not them. I'm very much differant from them. Besides, they are very well known. And as I said before, I am not.
I'm Cochiti, Merlin's only child, born from the womb of Nimue. But, Merlin is Arthur's friend, right? Why would I be the enemy of a friend of my father's? Because Arthur stole my father away from me and my mother. He's the reason why I became what I am now, he's...
Well, before I go any further, I suppose that I should start from the beginning.
Nimue knew that Merlin would not stay with her forever when she fell in love with him, but she did anyway. Foolish human. A few months after meeting the wizard, she had me. I was part human, part fairy, like my father. Queen Mab was very keen on getting me from my mother. But Nimue would not have it. She claimed that she loved me. Only one of her many lies. My mother never loved me. If she had, then she wouldn't have left me.
I have very little memory of my childhood. Except my father's infrequent visits, my mother wishing constantly that he was there with us, and me having to take care of myself. I also remember Queen Mab talking to me in my dreams. You see, she'd created Merlin inside of his mum, and she died after childbirth, so Queen Mab was in him as well as me. She would tell me the most wonderous things, how she would teach me magic, real magic not the tricks. I believed her, too. I wanted to run away, and meet her in her land of faeries. But she said that I'd have to wait until I was old enough. I complained, but agreed to wait. And wait I did.
When I turned sixteen, I was impatient to learn what powers were in me. Many men had already come to ask for my hand in marriage, for I'd inherited my mother's beauty. But, with my long red braid behind me, I'd turn them down harshly and say that they were waisting their time. I didn't want love. I'd seen what it'd done to mother. Love had ruined her life as well as mine. I wanted magik. You didn't need love to work magik.
Except for me. I am his only unknown enemy.
No, I'm not Morgan La Faye, nor Mordred. They're dreadful creatures who know nothing but greed. No, no no. I'm not them. I'm very much differant from them. Besides, they are very well known. And as I said before, I am not.
I'm Cochiti, Merlin's only child, born from the womb of Nimue. But, Merlin is Arthur's friend, right? Why would I be the enemy of a friend of my father's? Because Arthur stole my father away from me and my mother. He's the reason why I became what I am now, he's...
Well, before I go any further, I suppose that I should start from the beginning.
Nimue knew that Merlin would not stay with her forever when she fell in love with him, but she did anyway. Foolish human. A few months after meeting the wizard, she had me. I was part human, part fairy, like my father. Queen Mab was very keen on getting me from my mother. But Nimue would not have it. She claimed that she loved me. Only one of her many lies. My mother never loved me. If she had, then she wouldn't have left me.
I have very little memory of my childhood. Except my father's infrequent visits, my mother wishing constantly that he was there with us, and me having to take care of myself. I also remember Queen Mab talking to me in my dreams. You see, she'd created Merlin inside of his mum, and she died after childbirth, so Queen Mab was in him as well as me. She would tell me the most wonderous things, how she would teach me magic, real magic not the tricks. I believed her, too. I wanted to run away, and meet her in her land of faeries. But she said that I'd have to wait until I was old enough. I complained, but agreed to wait. And wait I did.
When I turned sixteen, I was impatient to learn what powers were in me. Many men had already come to ask for my hand in marriage, for I'd inherited my mother's beauty. But, with my long red braid behind me, I'd turn them down harshly and say that they were waisting their time. I didn't want love. I'd seen what it'd done to mother. Love had ruined her life as well as mine. I wanted magik. You didn't need love to work magik.