Chapter Two

Wings

((bold and italics- Kilgarah))

((bold- morphed Vita))

"Merlin! Come on! You're better than this!" Vita yelled at her brother from the sidelines. Merlin held the wood board and ran back and forth as a moving target for Arthur. Merlin shook his head. Vita scoffed and glanced at Arthur, the other knights checking her out. For the love of God. She grabbed her sword and waltz out into the field.

"Vita, move!" Arthur yelled at her.

"Who wants to fight me? Arthur? Who? I noticed the nights looking at me, you think I didn't notice?" she circled her sword around, "here's the deal, you win we go on a date; I win, no date. Deal?" the knights nodded.

"Who's up first?" she smirked, one knight stepped up to the plate nervous. "I'll go easy on you, this time," the knight charged at her and she dodged and smack his butt. "Is that all you got?" the knight sighed and swung at her, she blocked and kicked him in the stomach. "Merlin!"

"Whhatt?" Merlin yelled.

"If I win, I get your room!"

"What no! That's not fair!" she fought the knight and pushed him onto the ground, she turned around; she pointed her sword at Merlin.

"I've slept on the floor you get a nice bed! I need my sleep!"

"So do I!"

"Yeah, because you try so hard!"

"Yeah, I do!"

"Oh bull!" she turned around then smirked, "Hey, Merlin!"

"What now?!"

"DODGE THIS!" she then whipped around and threw a dagger at him aiming below his groin. A little squeal escaped Merlin's throat. The knights laughed.

"Not funny!" Merlin yelled looking flustered.

"It was, hilarious, Merlin. I always knew you were a girl," Arthur chuckled, the knights chatted among themselves. Vita rolled her eyes and put her sword away, she began to walk away. Arthur watched her walk away sad she didn't stay, Merlin watched Arthur as he watched Vita walk away. Vita walked into the woods, far into the woods; deep enough so no one can see her.

She crumbled to the ground, her spine popping out of her back; she muffled her screams with her tunic. As her body morphed, the sun clothed itself, behind the hills, creating a beautiful watercolor sky. Her vision adjusted to the nights dark color as she growled, her claws digging into the moist earth. Her body cracked as she flew into the air, her wings moving the trees. She glided over Camelot, the attack bell ringing and the knights coming out to fight. She hissed as Arthur screamed at the knights to attack with their bows, which they did. The arrows didn't do anything to her, she landed and sat on her butt watching them fail.

"Screeeeeechhh!" Vita screamed, still nothing working to kill her. Merlin ran out, his eyes widening; something was familiar about the creature. It then hit him, Vita.

"ARTHUR! STOP! ARTHUR ARTHUR!" Merlin yelled as he pulled Arthur back.

"What are you doing, Merlin? It's attacking us!"

"She's not doing anything! She's watching and waiting for you to stop! So stop!" Arthur pulled away from Merlin.

"I can do what I want, Merlin!" Arthur aimed his sword at Vita, Merlin grabbed the sword and tore it away from Arthur.

"Merlin!" Vita watched the young boys bicker. Vita's head snapped in the direction of the gates, sending shivers up her spine. Militari vita, ad portas Merlin Pendragon ac defendat. Ad! She then launched into the sky towards the gates of Camelot seeing an army approaching. Vitascreeched as she dove right into the army, the knights swinging at her. Pendragon iuvenis tergum tuum praesidium custos nisi. Quoniam necesse est impleri Fatum eius. She growled as she devoured a knight leaving nothing behind. She turned around and saw Arthur fighting behind her, she picked him up by her claws and then Merlin and flew in the sky.

"Wha- put me down! Now!"

"She's not going to put you down, it's what the dragon wanted, so she did it,"

"How do you know it's a girl? Have you come by one?"

"No, but I just now, don't ask about it," Vita came across a cave in the high mountains, she set them down then landed herself. The young boys bickered, Arthur screaming at him in full force and Merlin just listening. The moon passed its midnight peak and she rested on the ground, to eliminate the pain of changing more. Her body became more defined, her claws; sharper, her teeth; pointier, her eyes; darker, her fur; rougher, her wings; thicker, her tail; spikier. Her whole body became more of a killer than her.

"Merlin, we need to go back!"

"No! She just wants to help!"

"Like you know who that is!"

"I do!"

"Then who?"

"Vita," she said echoing through the cave.

"And it-"

"She,"

"And she speaks,"

"Sorry about the delay, Arthur. I had to get you out of there, Kilgarah wanted it; so I did as he asked. For I am too a worker of magic. Like someone you know but you wouldn't understand, Arthur,"

"Who are you? Really,"

"Like I said, Arthur Pendragon, I am Vita," Arthur scoffed.

"Vita Geoffrey? She isn't a-whatever you are,"

"Manticore, I'm a manticore; unless you want to get more official than I'm a 'drake gryphem'. Which in Latin means 'Drake eagle' but I'm a Manticore Griffin. But do what you will to me, Arthur Pendragon, but heed my words young Pendragon, you burn me, decapitate me, drown me; do what you will. But know that I am a servant of the Natural Magic, of the sky, the earth, the moon, the stars, and the wind; all of it. I did not choose this life, but this is how I was born. Do what you will, but magic will prevail; even if I'm not on this earth!" as she said it she said it with much confidence and dignity.

"Sorcerers are never born that way, they choose that life,"

"Would I, a humble, noble, loyal, servant of the earth, choose to turn into a half dragon, half lion, half shark, half bat, and half griffin being? No, I saved you back there and how you repay me is by denying the truth I have spoken to you and have thought over? You, Arthur, have been saved by magic many a time and you don't know it; listen closely, Arthur, I will drop you from the highest point of the sky or I will let you live your life. Do you understand me?" Arthur stayed quiet as Vita got closer to his face, she could feel the hot steam from her nose and see the anger in her eyes. He simply nodded.

"Good,"

((Google translate translation of Latin- warfare, Vita, go to the gates; protect Pendragon and Merlin. Go!- militari vita, ad portas Merlin Pendragon ac defendat. Ad!

Young Pendragon, behind you, protect, guard, save. His destiny must be fulfilled- Pendragon iuvenis tergum tuum praesidium custos nisi. Quoniam necesse est impleri Fatum eius))