Disclaimer: I don't own BBC's Merlin. I own my OC's
Author's Note: I'm re-rewriting the chapters before I post another one. I also haven't forgotten DDAN and I'm going to try and post another one of those soon hopefully.
The Magic of Adelis
In a faraway land, in the tiny village of Ealdor, there lived a young girl named Adelis. She was beautiful beyond compare, with sparkling blue-green eyes, a pale complexion, and medium long dark brown hair that reached her shoulders. Adelis is no ordinary girl, for you see, she is a sorceress. A powerful one at that. But unfortunately in Camelot, magic was banned because of the king, Uther Pendragon. Anyone caught using magic was sentenced to death, even without a trial.
Adelis sighed as she looked out her window. How she wished that her best friend and a powerful warlock, Merlin were still here. She still remembers the saddest day of her life.
Flashback: It was a rainy Friday; the crops were going to drown if the rain kept up. But Adelis didn't care. She didn't want to see the only person she loved and who truly understood her to leave.
She was determined to win this argument one way or another. She didn't even care if she used magic on him, at least he would be forced to stay. As she ran out into the pouring rain, she felt all her energy leave her body when she ran over to him, promising herself that she wouldn't cry.
"Merlin." She whispered. "Please don't leave me here! Why do you have to go? You're the only person who truly gets me and you just can't leave me there with him! Please Merlin! Please don't go!"
Adelis looked down at the ground after her confession. Merlin reached out to grab her chin and pull it up, she pulled away as fast, she almost fell over, but Merlin grabbed her elbow, to stop her fall. She dropped her arm and continued focusing on the mud, flowing into her shoes.
Merlin 'huffed' and grabbed her chin once more, this time with enough force that she couldn't escape. He loosened his grip when he saw tears welling up in her eyes, not sure if from the grip or because he's leaving.
When he looked into her soft eyes, he got lost in a sea of color and Adelis could tell he was close to breaking.
"I'm sorry Adelis, but I can't. Mother is sending me away to find a man named Gaius. It's possible that this man can help me become a greater warlock.
I'll miss you so much! I know how you feel. You make me feel like I can take on any challenge and I'll keep that with me. Please don't cry! It breaks my heart to see you like this.
I might come back when my training is complete and when I can protect you. I won't forget you Adelis, know that! Now come here!"
Adelis walked forward and met Merlin in an embrace. He felt like he never wanted to let go. But sadly and to quickly for /Merlin's taste, the hug ended. He knew a new adventure was waiting for him to discover it.
Merlin looked back at Adelis and wiped a wet hair strand from her face, behind her ear.
"Goodbye." He whispered in her ear.
Adelis watched him walk out of Ealdor with silent tears streaming down her face.
End of Flashback
"Adelis Amabilia Lovet! Get to work! Crops don't harvest themselves you know! Kanen's men are arriving in a day give or take a few and we can't give them any less then they already asked for. You saw what happened to the Claville's." Adelis' mother, Agnes yelled outside her curtain.
The Claville family had been through a rough patch when the Montfort guards came charging through Ealdor, searching for the Claville child, Luna Ignis Claville. They had heard from some spies that the child was a Lycan and were ordered to find it and destroy it before it learned and could use her power.
Luckily, the village people stood up against the guards and fought to protect the girl. The guards then decided to burn down the houses if they still refused to give up Luna.
Only one house burned. The Claville house and along with Luna's father. After that rampage, the village people started to rebuild the house and in no time, it was successfully rebuilt and able to be lived in again.
Then came along Kanen and his men, taking the village's crops and food supply. Luna's mother was the one who was tending to the crops that day, and she had stood up to Kanen. That didn't end well. Kanen and his men were merciless and they took her away along with the crops.
Nobody knows what happened to Luna's mother or what has become of her. All they know this that Kanen will be the one to start killing innocent people and will show no mercy.
Adelis didn't want that to happen to her family, since it was the only family she ever had. Her father went missing when Adelis was born. He said he didn't want anything to do with her or her mother.
Adelis grumbled at her mother using her full name, as she moved the curtain, separating her 'room' from her mother's and the rest of the house. She smoothed out her red and black dress and pulled her hair back into a neat bun, with her side bangs hanging out.
She was greeted by Agnes, who was standing in the tiny kitchen and who was also staring crossly at her daughter. Agnes had noticed that Adelis had on her glowing SA medallion.
"Don't do what I think you're going to do Adelis."
"What are you rambling on about now mother?"
"For magic's sake child! Don't use magic to do your chores like you did the other day, when one of Montfort's soldiers almost caught you. You know the penalty is by death if you are ever caught. Don't do something stupid."
Agnes gave Adelis a stern look that stopped her from saying something else that could get her in more trouble then she already was.
"After you tend the crops, I need you to go to Camelot's Market. Your step-father wants actual food from the city and not 'crop food' because that's what we grow here and he's not used to it and he absolutely refuses to eat it."
Adelis rolled her eyes. This was typical of her step-father to act like a king.
"I haven't even thought about using magic, but thanks for putting that idea in my mind!" Adelis scolded, bringing up the old subject.
"Why does step-father get everything he wants? Just because he's our landlord doesn't mean that we are his little house slaves."
Yes, it was true. Agnes had married the Ealdor landlord. He came by one day and noticed Agnes crying by the hill and decided to cheer her up. Long story short, they got married and he treated them like dirt.
Agnes wiped her face on the cloth hanging from her apron. Adelis always tried to start an argument with her, over her new step-father.
"Adelis, just do it please! I'm too tired to do it myself and I still have house work to finish before your father gets home."
Adelis cringed at the word 'father' she never accepted the fact that they were married.
"Fine, but if he complains about how little food there is or how little I work one more time, I can't promise I won't use magic on him and turn him into a nice little fluffy rabbit." Adelis said smugly. Agnes laughed.
"I'm oddly ok with that."
Adelis laughed and strolled out of the door with her head held high and her nose in the air, doing an imitation of her step-father.
Adelis walked over to the shed to get the cropping tools. 'Isn't Camelot celebrating Prince Arthur's 20th birthday today? Most of the sellers will be at the fair though. I'm pretty sure they'll have it at the castle or at least in the lower or higher town.'
'I wonder what Prince Arthur looks like.' She pondered as she tended to the crops. She had never seen him, let alone Camelot although she had heard many wondrous stories before.
After she finished with the crops, she re-entered her house and went in search for a clay pot that held the family's gold.
'About 150 gold should be able to cover it right?' Adelis shrugged and took an extra 20 pieces.
She looked back at her room in though. It wasn't everyday that she got to leave Ealdor, so she decided to grab her bright red, velvety cloak from her room. She never left the house without it and surprisingly the cloak was still in great condition. She had vowed never to wear her cloak when she was doing crop chores though. Adelis then walked over to her staff.
'Will I need it?'
Her staff had a bronze swirl base with blue energy running down it. At the bottom of the staff was an arrow head type shape with a blue crystal inside it, absorbing the energy. The top however, had two wings bronze with blue on the sides and a heart shaped type of top with a smaller blue crystal in the center. She had luckily gotten it from one of her mother's friends for a very good price.
'Probably not. I do have wand less magic that's pretty powerful already.'
Adelis closed and locked the front door and started to walk along the dirt road that leads out of the village.
Her best friend came sprinting out of nowhere. Moonfire; your basic average Lycan. Yes, Moonfire is actually Luna Ignis. Luna is Latin for moon and Ignis is Latin for fire. Hence the name, Moonfire. The villagers came up with that to hide her from the guards, incase they ever came back.
Adelis looked at Moonfire's long black hair and noticed something was slightly off.
"What are you staring at?" Inquired Moonfire.
"Nothing. It's just your hair is up in your special power clip. What's up with that?"
Moonfire rolled her golden wolf-like eyes in a response.
"Notice anything else that's different?" She challenged.
Adelis glanced down from Moonfire's black hair that reached the middle of her back, to her crescent moon necklace that she always wore to her brown tank top and brown leather pants, to her strange new looking boots.
"Your boots! Also your crescent moon necklace is glowing. Are your uncontrollable wolfy powers acting up again?"
Moonfire nodded. "Yes, I got new boots. These babies make it easier for me to run in because they go all the way up to my calves, not my ankles, plus they are matching brown leather.
My wolfy powers are going crazy, I have no idea why, but they are, so I'm wearing the lip to control them, which should be pretty soon. But I did get the part when I can change wolf whenever I want, except for at night when there's a full moon of course. So what's new with you?"
Adelis laughed. She loved her best friend's personality. She was random and crazy. She sticks up for what she believes in and won't let her friend's suffer without a fight. Moonfire was also skilled with a sword even though she could turn into a wolf anytime she wanted.
"Mother sent me to go to Camelot to get some food for my step-father. Nothing big really." She shrugged.
"Oh! So you're going to the celebration for Prince Arthur? Lucky! I wish I could go." She sighed.
"Oh yeah. Umm… Sorry about that. I wish you would come with me. I know how much you love fairs and birthdays."
"Yeah. It's ok though, I mean there are always other birthdays." said Moonfire.
Poaches were everywhere since it's hunting season again. The poachers were looking for any type of wolves or other animals to sell. It was quiet sick when you see them hunting an animal. It's some what cruel. Until the hunting seasons over, Moonfire couldn't leave Ealdor unless she is hidden.
Moonfire slowly walked back to the village, a little disappointed that she couldn't go.
"Oh and one more thing, if you happen to run into trouble, dog whistle me!" Moonfire shouted.
Adelis nodded and was soon walking through the green forest. She had been walking for quiet a while now and was starting to wonder how far this place was. She couldn't handle any more walking.
Suddenly 'snap' Adelis quickly turned her head and her reflects kicked in. She raised her hand and ready to chant if something came out of the bush.
There was a second 'snap' coming from the other side of her. 'Ok! No time to panic. It's either a bunch of thieves, or an animal. No big deal right? I can handle it.' She thought.
She stayed there for a couple of minutes and just when she was about to leave, a squirrel jumped out and scurried up the tree behind her.
'Wow! Way to go Adelis. Get scared by a little harmless squirrel. I need to stop being so jumpy.' She scolded herself
She continued walking through the rest of the forest, hoping to make it to Camelot before it got dark.
Little did Adelis know, the squirrel hadn't been climbing the tree to get acorns, but to escape its predator. A black wolf was watching its prey bounce up the tree and watching Adelis walk away, with her bright purple eyes.
'She's lucky I don't eat humans.' The wolf thought grimly.
The wolf stretched, revealing her red spider print on her chest. She began sprinting through the woods, trying to get a scent of an animal. She had little food a few weeks ago and she was positively starving.
Then she smelled it. Meat heaven, it smelled like a steak or at least a very well cooked chicken or duck. So the hunt had begun. She turned a few rights and darted left, until she came to a clearing with a few bushes and trees.
The wolf looked into the bushes a few times, before she finally found it. The roasted chicken was just sitting in the middle of the bush. It looked like it was cooked to perfection; she pounced.
When her teeth sank into the chicken, a trap grabbed her leg and held her prisoner. A scary man came out of the woods with a shaved head, a long scar that ran across his whole face; like someone had cut open his face with a sharp sword, and his eyes were bloodshot red.
'Uh oh, this could be trouble.'
The man grabbed the wolf and dragged her to a cage. The man walked away with a smirk on his dirty, ragged face that he caught another animal to sell at the fair.
Adelis walked up to the arch and sighed happily. She was the first one in her family to EVER travel this far. Well except for her step-father, but she doesn't count him as family.
She looked up and saw the most breathtaking sky she had ever seen. It was so clear and a bluish-gray tint and the sun was blazing just perfectly over Camelot. She never saw this in Ealdor.
She quickly walked up to the main square of the fair. Beautiful, just simply beautiful. There was color everywhere. Red and gold were used as ribbons, streaming over the lanterns that lit up the pathways. There were the Camelot red and gold banners with the lion majestically sitting on the shield, hanging at every turn, joyous music filled the streets, and more ribbons dangling from the shops, twisting down the sides and from the shingles.
She gazed around for a couple of minutes, taking in the wondrous scene when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw what she had been sent for. Food! Oh the deliciousness of food!
Adelis walked over to a heavy man that was standing behind the open window, in the shop.
"Excuse me sir, I need those ingredients please." She said, pointing to some flour, bread, cheese, and meat.
No answer, the man was arguing with another man behind the stall. Adelis was getting impatient. So this time she tried a new approach. She tapped him on the shoulder. The man spun around looking angrily at Adelis.
"What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy?" He hissed, spit flying everywhere. Adelis looked disgusted and wiped the spit off her face.
"Well for one, you can stop spitting all over me, and two, I would like to buy some food, if you don't mind."
Yet again, she pointed to the four foods. The man grabbed her by the arms and lifted her off the ground a few feet.
"How dare you speak to me like that child! I have no time for your silly little games. Further more you need to learn how to respect your elders and…" He paused.
Some people that happened to be walking by were looking at him with wide eyes, and their mouths slightly open. The man looked around nervously; the people were seeing an innocent young girl trying to get some food. He set her back on the ground looking rather embarrassed.
He cleared his throat. "So… um… what were the items you wanted?" He asked.
"I said I wanted flour, bread, cheese, and meat." Adelis repeated.
"That'll be 50 gold pieces." He gave her a basket filled with food.
In return, Adelis gave him the gold and left hastily. When Adelis sat down to rest on the closest bench she could find, she saw a wolf being mistreated by the owner or what looked like a seller; whichever one he was. She looked like she hadn't been fed in days. Adelis decided to intervene.
She walked over to the man and asked "How much is that wolf?"
The man looked at the girl then back at the wolf. He did that several times before making up his mind.
"She's very rare and wild. She's about 200 gold." He smiled, showing his yellow, cracked teeth.
"I don't have that much sir." Adelis said as sweetly as she could, trying to bargain with him."
"Well then sweetheart, I guess you better scram. Or unless you can find a better way to pay." He grinned.
Adelis shuttered. "Well… I think we can work out something. But 200 is such a high price."
"Well the wolf is rare you know."
Adelis noticed a couple of knights walking over their way. Adelis smiled, she just got an idea. She stepped a little closer to the seller.
"Can't you lower the price just a little bit?" She asked innocently.
"Very well. How about 150?" He moved to reach for Adelis' hand. She recoiled.
"How about 50? That's as high as I'll go." She bargained.
"Listen little girl, I will keep it at 150 and you WILL pay the rest in anyway I see fit best." He grabbed her arm, gently tugging her closer to him.
Time for her plan to spring into action. "Ahhh! Let go of me you creep! Someone help me, he's trying to attack me! Please help! Ahhhh!" Adelis screamed.
The knights started pushing through the people at rapid speed, knocking some people to the ground. A blonde man about a few years older than Adelis; stepped out behind the wall of knights. He drew his sword.
"Step away from the girl, and nobody gets hurt." He said in an authoritive voice.
"Sire! It's not what it looks like! She planned this. She's the one who started flirting with me!" The seller said, gripping Adelis' arm harder.
"Owwww!" She sobbed. "He's hurting me! Let me go!" She yelled.
The blonde man stepped forward and pointed his sword towards the man.
"What's your name?" He asked.
Adelis looked confused. Why would a knight ask someone their name?
"The name's Daris, Sire." Daris looked down to the ground, staring at the blonde man's boots.
"Alright then Daris, listen to me now. Release the girl, then come with my men and I. Nobody will get hurt if you do as you're told."
Daris looked from Adelis to the blonde man, deciding his fate. In a split second, Daris pushed Adelis into the blonde man, knocking them both down, and Daris ran past the knights; who were helping up Adelis and the blonde.
The blonde man stumbled a bit before shouting "Well don't just stand there you idiots! He's getting away!" He started running through the crowd that had formed around them, trying to stop Daris from escaping.
After the knights helped Adelis up, she brushed herself off and watched the remaining knights run in every other direction, trying to cut Daris off.
Adelis walked over to the animal cage and opened it. She took the wolf out and led it to an isolated place and untied the knots on the wolf's legs and mouth.
"You can go, you're free."
The wolf stayed still. Adelis sighed.
"You must be hungry, here." Adelis pulled a piece of meat out of the basket and put it on the ground for the wolf.
Adelis started to walk away, when the wolf changed into a girl about Adelis' age.
"Hello, I'm Rachel. I was also the wolf that you freed and I must thank you for that."
The girl named Rachel looked very different. She had the same bright purple eyes; she had short dark hair, a very pale ghost like complexion. She wore a black spider corset, a black long skirt; her boots were lace, a black widow choker necklace, black hoops, and a black bracelet. She had a tattoo of a red widow. She looked like an outsider. Adelis knew she was never alone in the world, but to her she sure felt like it.
"Hello I'm Adelis, and you're welcome. I think that animal cruelty is wrong, plus I'm sure anybody would have done the same. Well… I've got to get going. Nice to meet you."
Adelis started walking away once more, but Rachel pulled her back.
"Wait! You're wrong. It's a huge deal! Not a lot of people would have done what you did. You saved my life. I own it all to you and to make it up to you; we're going to be friends."
Rachel then looked around nervously, like she knew she was being watched.
"I have to go, but thanks again! If you ever need any assistance, say 'black widow' and I'll come. Bye!"
Rachel ran into the crowd and vanished. Adelis looked around a couple of times to try and see who was making Rachel uncomfortable. She didn't really see anybody that looked threatening.
Adelis brushed it off and went to sit down near a fountain. Soon, she felt a presence sitting near her. When she looked, she saw a guy; who was acting very strange or at least he was. He kept on staring at her. It was starting to frighten her out a bit.
She got up and the guy followed suit. She really didn't want to talk to the guy, so she ran away as fast as she could, dodging the many people in the streets. But while she was too busy watching out for people, she didn't realized that she was about to collide with.
With a loud thud both of them stumbled, but quickly regained their balance.
"Excuse me Miss; I didn't see where I was walking." Adelis looked down embarrassed.
"Oh no it's fine I'm sorry, I didn't see where I was going. Are you al-…"
She looked up and she dropped the basket. She locked eyes with the person that she ran into and she was completely shocked.
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