Corbenic Competition
Quest for the Immortal Holy grail
Hey Will what you doing this holiday?" I asked.
"Oh, visit my greatgranduncle Pelles Fisher King in his mansion. It's called Corbenic. I know, sounds funny, but still…" Will muttered into my face.
Elaine threw a pillow at me. "Get a room, will you?"
"This is my room, idiot!" I jested. That's right, some fun for the heroes that just saved the world. "Elaine, I gotta talk to you."
We moved into a more private corner. "Shoot." She said.
"When Agravain brought back the evil you, you were kinda pissed at me. Because Jennifer said it's my fault for existing and making Will like me, causing you not to have a role in this… King Arthur thing? So, do you want me to stop seeing Will? For our friendship, I would do anything. I just don't want you mad at me." I said.
"Are you kidding? I want you to be happy. If I really loved Will, I'd want him to be happy. And face it, he is only happy with you. Not pretty Jennifer, not funny Elaine, just serious Nancy. OK? You don't have to be a goddess or Nancy Drew to know he's seriously fallen for you," Elaine said.
"Thanks!" I hugged Elaine.
"Oh, by the way, I want to tell you something. Lance and I, well, we're together." Elaine said.
"You are? Omigod, that's great!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, but… Look, we did it. We used a condom. But, I'm pregnant." Elaine sai.d
I felt blood draining away from my face. "What about your parents? Your parents aren't exactly the award winners for Most Understanding Parents of The Year."
"I know, but I can't bear to abort my baby, or give it up for adoption. Either way, it will feel unloved and abandoned. I'm gonna marry Lance." Elaine said.
I know we're twenty-five, we're adults now, but still. Marriage? Elaine wanted to be an actress. Now she's a waitress. And she's gonna be a mom soon. Well, Lance isn't exactly a caring guy. What if he abandoned her? I will personally decapitate and dismember him.
"So, how many months now?" I asked.
"Two," Elaine whispered. "I only told you. He might look like a playboy, but he's being really sweet. He treats me well. I think we might have a future together. And since the whole King Arthur craze
has ended, we might live normally."
Yeah, I sure hope it will end here. But no, since when has the battles between good and evil ever ended? It is going on, and it will go on. Right until the end of the world. So far, we had victory. "Well, when your baby's born, I'll be the godmother. I had a feeling it's gonna be a boy! So what do you call the baby?"
Elaine rubbed her tummy gingerly. "Gary if it's a boy, Elane if it's a girl. Ela from my name and Lane from Lance name."
"Well, I think I'm gonna do it with Will when we go stay in his greatgranduncle's mansion." I said.
"Are you and Will getting married?" Elaine asked.
"Gosh, no. I wouldn't want to marry now. Besides, I'm going to Oxford to get my PhD in Biologys. For three years, at least. This is just a casual relationship." Call me prude, but I had never done it before. Even though I am twenty-five. "How does it feel like?"
"Well, Lance is like a stallion, hard and fast. But I like it. Hope you enjoy it, huh!" Elaine laughed.
"What are you talking about?" Will asked.
"Oh, just talking about if we can go to your greatgranduncle's mansion." I said.
"Of course you can go! And Nancy, we're gonna share a room…" Will looked at me with his puppydog eyes. "Let's get back to what we're doing before?"
"I can't wait to go to Corbenic!" Elaine murmured.
I sat up suddenly. "Corbenic. No. Wait, this can't be happening! Not again!"
"What's wrong?" Will asked.
I snatched the encyclopedia all about King Arthur and flipped. "Corbenic. Pelles. Fisher King. I'm sure I read it before. Guys, look at this!"
Lancelot and Jennifer came and looked at the page, along with Elaine and Will.
"'Corbenic has a town, and a bridge which Sir Bedivere of the Strait Marches swears to defend against all-comers for a year, for love of Pelles' daughter Elaine.' So technically, Elaine, you are the greatgrandcousin of Will or something? 'Elaine's father Pelles was prophesied to be the grandfather of the bearer of the Holy Grail. He wanted the father of the future Grail hero to be the bravest and most chivalric knight. When Lancelot paid a visit to Corbenic Castle, Pelles saw the chance to make true the prophecy. He ordered Morgan le Fay to give Lancelot a potion to make him unaware of his doings. With the aid of a magical disguise and potion, Elaine appears as Guinevere to Lancelot and twice tricks him into sleeping with her. From this union, she becomes the mother of Galahad, the Grail knight.'" I said.
Elaine looked horrified. "Lance was drunk when we did it! Lance, I thought you loved me! And yes, I'm pregnant now! I was thinking about marrying you! Don't tell me you love Jennifer after all this!"
Lance looked embarassed. " Well, Lily did gave me some martinis or two, and I really didn't know at that time that I was doing it with you. I'm sorry. Look, I will pay for the abortion—"
Elaine ran out of the room. "Go to hell, Lance," I snarled as I ran after Elaine. Why do everything always go wrong? Why can't we be ordinary people? Instead, we're a bunch of kings, queens, knights, and elfin goddess in mythology. And you thought I need to go counselling?