Excalibur

Chapter One: Prologue

The legend of the blade

It is said that when Arthur was still the king of Camelot, but nearing the end of his reign, he gave the sword back the lady in the lake. It is also said that he asked her to give it to the one of his descendant's that would need it most against a Dark Lord that would be coming again. He didn't know who this person was, but it was tasked for the Lady of the Lake to give the sword to the person again, whether it be Male or Female. It is also said that Merlin himself would come back and train this person in magic and fighting style. No one knew for certain whether this legend was true or not, but they still waited with baited breath.

This is where our story picks up, over 2000 years later in the late 20th century England. A young boy, no older than 16, was walking around the lake at the private school he attended during the school year. No one knew that this lake was also the home of the legendary Lady of the Lake of Arthurian legend, but they were to soon find out. When the young man saw a vision of loveliness standing on the lake, he put his hands to his emerald green eyes and rubbed them to make sure he wasn't seeing things. When he looked again, the lady was still there, and it looked like she was coming towards him. He wasn't sure why, but he wasn't scared. She was carrying what he could tell was a sword in her hand, and it looked like she was coming at him with it.

"Do not fear Harry Potter, I will never harm you. You are the legendary descendant of the Great King Arthur, and it was given to me as a task to give you the legendary sword Excaliber. It was said that it was to be given to his descendant when a great need arose, and a Dark Lord was at hand. I know that he has been around for way to many years, but the last descendant was your father, and we didn't know about him til after his death, I'm sorry about that. Now you are tasked with the opportunity to train with the sword and ancient magic, will you accept?" The lady just smiled when she asked this, for it was more of a formality than a question.

"I don't know why you would think me so worthy of this M'lady, but I do accept the responsibility, if even it is to destroy the one who killed my parents." Harry carefully came forward and took the sword from the Lady of the Lake, which is whom he was certain that this was now and bowed to her. "So who is it that is going to be training me, and how am I going to get around my schoolwork for this?"

"You will be trained by Merlin himself, and as for your schoolwork, you don't have to worry about it, you will have learned everything you need to learn by the time your done. Now are you ready to go and train? Don't worry about your friends and family, they won't even know your gone, except when you get back, you would have changed quite a bit. You will be stronger, bigger, and more advanced in all sorts of magic and non magic stuff. You may tell one person of where your going, and they will be your person that you rely on as your pedestal, your rock that you stand on. Who will that be, who will be your solid rock of conformity?" She looked at him with a small grin, for she had an idea who it would be without even asking. She had been keeping an eye on him, ever since he came to this school, and there was one person that he thought he could tell without them getting all freaked out.

"I will tell my girlfriend, Ginny Weasley. She will need to know anyway. Is there any way that she could come with me to train, or at least so that she will be around the same age as me when we get back. I am assuming that while no time will have passed here, it will be a few years where I'm going to be going." Harry smirked a bit when he saw that she didn't have an answer for that, but that he was right.

"Yes she can come with you, but she won't be going through the same training as you. If what I have seen of her is true, then she would be a great healer, and an addition to your magical force that will equal yours when your done. Go get her Harry, and then we can get started."

"Actually, she is just on the other side of the lake, I was on my way to meet her when I saw you. So is there a way that we can get over there quicker so that we can get started. I'm also assuming that we won't be needing any of our stuff, since we will be coming right back to this time."

"Yes you won't be needing any of your stuff, and aww there she is, I see her now, I will go get her for you, and then we can go." She took off across the lake, and after a slight conversation that included waves of Harry basically saying that everything was ok, and to come with her. Ginny made her way across the lake with the help of the Lady of the Lake. When she was over on the other side of the lake, she gave Harry a big kiss, then looked at the other person.

"So are we going to go, or are we going to be sitting here all day?"

"Well you two, just grab my hand, and we can get going."

They each took one of her hands, and they felt a familiar tugging behind their navels, and landed in a familiar spot, in fact it was right where they had just left, but it smelt a lot cleaner around here. Like it was maybe before the founders. They looked around and weren't to surprised to see that the Castle wasn't there yet.

"Well it looks like this is where we will be doing our training for a while Gin, you ready?"

She just smiled at him and gave him a big kiss, and said. "I'm ready for anything Harry, as long as it is with you." She kissed him again, and they took each others hand and followed the Lady of the Lakes instructions to where they were supposed to go, deeper into the forest, which didn't seem so forbidden back in this time.

A/N: Ok, like it or hate it, please leave a review. —Donald