Written for 2 Week Drabble Wars: Dark Characters ft. Dialogue Prompts on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)
Pairing: Mordred/Morgana
Prompt: "There's a lady in a dirty nightgown that I see in my dreams." - The Conjuring
Word count: 262
The screams of a young boy jerked Morgana out of her sleep. She quickly left her bed and ran to the source of the noise. Inside of her son's room was Mordred laying down in his bed with his eyes screw shut. His hands death-gripped the sheets underneath him. This caused Morgana to rushed to her son's bed and shook the little boy awake.
"Mordred, wake up! It's just a dream...it's just a dream..."
Eventually, Mordred awoke from his dream and immediately wrapped his arms around his mother. Morgana was taken aback by this before slowly pulling the boy towards her.
"Tell what did you dream about?" Morgana asked softly, doing her best to soothe the boy.
"There's a lady in a dirty nightgown that I see in my dreams," Mordred whispered.
Morgana froze and looked down at her son. "What?"
"She was tall and her black hair went down to her waist. She had blue-gray eyes and she chased me down the halls!"
"It's alright dear, I will ask her to leave you alone," Morgana said reassuringly.
"But I'm too scared to go back to sleep." The little boy admitted.
Morgana smiled at him and kissed his forehead. "It will be safe."
"You promise?"
"I will not let anything hurt you, I promise."
This eased the boy back into bed before he fell back to sleep. Morgana then slowly left his room and closed the door. On her way to bed, she whispered to the empty hall.
"Helena, let the boy be. He's not the one you should be angry with."