Hey guys!
So the majority was Mordred (So don't vote now:D) I would like to thank 'Emrys is Merlin,' the only person who voted for Gwen's father, he should be in one of the next chapters. I have loads of ideas about who Arthur should see from the dead and I will give credit to the people that suggest the idea. Ok so this chapter is about Mordred and how Arthur reacts to seeing him again (seeing as he killed him) I hope you enjoy and please review!
Arthur walked around the walls stroking them as he went. They all looked identical and had the same liquid running through the core. His fingers still couldn't make contact with the liquid. He didn't even bother trying a second attempt after the first try. The coldness of the fluid got colder every time, the first time it was just like cold water but for the next few times it felt like ice. But it didn't freeze; it just kept exactly the same. He walked over to the basin, there was no picture. He tried putting his hand in the basin, it didn't make a difference. His hand bounced off uncontrollably and seemed to fling his hand behind his back, he almost fell over. Arthur knew that the liquid in the basin was not to be touched, ever. He wondered if it really interfered with the real world. Arthur suddenly realised there was a hand on his shoulder, he spun around and saw Gwaine smiling and behind him stood Lancelot and Elyan. "You could say when you're here." He said, in shock.
"We have only just arrived." Gwaine smiled uncertainly. His face was filled with a tone of discomfort.
"What's wrong?" Arthur asked. He could easily that his friend was a bit of the scales of him being normal.
"Someone else wants to see you." He said slowly.
"And who is that?" Arthur asked.
"Mordred," Gwaine said quickly.
"Mor-"Arthur started. "No, I don't want to see him."
"It's too late; he's probably half way here already." Gwaine explained. Arthur waited a few seconds.
"He's not here yet." He said.
"It takes time." Lancelot stepped in.
"No," Arthur said. "You were gone in about a second."
"To start your journey, but you have to travel thousands of miles. For a mortal, it would take ages, but now it takes seconds." Elyan said.
"Then why isn't he here, it's been ages." Arthur assumed.
"It depends how far you live away," Lancelot said. "The deaths are in order, like a timeline going right across the universe. If you wanted to see the first man who died it would take about four minutes, I suspect."
"And what does it look like?" Arthur asked.
"You are going thousands of miles per second, it's just a blur." Elyan described.
"Do you want us to stay with you?" Gwaine asked.
"He's a knight of Camelot, he is one of us, I suppose." Arthur said. Gwaine nodded. They drew silence until a pale version of Mordred appeared.
"Arthur." He said. There was no expression in his voice. He didn't look angry or peaceful, his face was plain. Arthur had no idea how this conversation was going to end.
"Mordred." Arthur replied. He wanted to have the same tone of voice as Mordred, so the conversation was equal.
"I was not sure if you would enter the world of the dead, you had Emrys by your side after all."
"Emrys?" Arthur asked.
"Merlin." Lancelot answered.
"Oh, that's what you call him." Arthur said, rolling his eyes. Why can't they just call people by their proper names?
"But I see my sword did its job." said Mordred without a smile.
"Why?" Arthur asked. "I thought we were friends."
"I thought we were to." Mordred said.
"I never said anything to you to affect our friendship." Arthur defended.
"Yes but you showed it clearly." Mordred fought back.
"Kara," Arthur said.
"She was innocent." Mordred explained.
"She tried to kill me." Arthur said.
"You killed her." Mordred said.
"I gave her a choice." Arthur said.
"You did?" Mordred asked.
"Yes, but she denied it." Arthur completed.
"No, she would have told me." Mordred protected.
"Not exactly." Elyan said. "If Kara had died hating Arthur, then she wouldn't actually say to you that he was kind and gave her chance to live."
"So her death was her own fault." Mordred asked, his face looking distraught.
"Yes." Arthur said heartlessly, he wasn't going to feel sorry for Mordred.
"And I went to Morgana?" he asked. Arthur was confused, didn't he know his own story?
"That would be true." Arthur said, trying to keep a straight face.
"Is Emrys still alive?" Mordred asked.
"Merlin," Arthur corrected "is still alive, yes."
"What about Morgana?" Mordred added.
"No. Emrys killed her." Arthur asked. "Why didn't you know, I thought she would have seen you, seeing as you're like best friends now?"
"No, I have not seen her," Mordred said. "Kara has changed as well; all of hatred in her has gone. If Morgana saw me she would she me when I was younger."
"She knew you when you were young?" Arthur asked.
"So did you?" Mordred said.
"Did I?" Arthur asked. He had no memory of this.
"You helped me escape; I was the druid boy in the blue cloak."
"The druid boy in-"Arthur started. "You were the boy that Morgana tried to save." He figured out.
"Yes." Mordred admitted.
"Well if I had known that you were going to kill me I wouldn't have saved you." Arthur said in spite.
"But you didn't." Mordred said quickly, trying not to lose Arthur's attention.
"You were kind and I have always remembered that. You had kindness in your heart; I know that if you saw the prophecy, you could not bear to see me be executed." Mordred said. "Listen to me Arthur, I'm not a traitor I felt betrayed." Arthur sighed.
"I wish we could be friends but it's not that easy. You killed me."
"You killed me." Mordred fought. Arthur looked at the floor. "A life for a life." Mordred continued. "You told me once: once a knight of Camelot, always a knight of Camelot."
"We're not knights of Camelot anymore." Gwaine said.
"You may see it that way but I don't." Mordred confessed. "It doesn't matter if we are dead or not, it just matters if we fought with honour. I may not have done it as successfully as you but I did want to fight for my rights."
"Magic," Arthur sighed "all this time you've been loyal to me but it was a lie. Merlin, I can understand but…" Arthur drifted off.
"I'm sorry, I was brought up by druids, and it had always been a part of me. You took me in Arthur, I could not stand leaving Camelot, and it had become a home to me. I had not planned on using magic for the rest of the time I remained in Camelot. Kara showed up and I knew that she was a good person but then you sentenced her to death, I thought you were my friend I had been blinded by guilt, it was I who had found her and I had lead you to her hiding place. They say that the more you care about someone it is easier to get mad at them. If Merlin hadn't opened his mouth, we could have still been here."
"Don't blame Merlin." Arthur said restlessly. "It doesn't matter for our death; the biggest threat of Camelot has gone."
"Arthur, all I want is to forget about these last few weeks and just be friends again." Mordred begged. He knelt down on one knee.
"You don't need to do that." Arthur said. "Once a knight of Camelot, always a knight of Camelot." He pursed his lips and then put out a hand to help Mordred get up. Mordred took it and then after getting up he pulled Arthur into a hug.
"The after world is a place of peace." Mordred smiled as they broke apart.
"I'm not a king anymore." Arthur said, "We can start again as equals. I may need some time to regain your trust but I think I can manage to see the face of my murderer once in a while."
"I can say the same thing to you." Mordred nodded. Mordred stepped back a few paces and said "I must leave now."
"But we've just made peace." Arthur protested.
"And what a great conversation we'll have in the next one." Mordred smiled. Arthur turned around to face Gwaine, Elyan and Lancelot.
"Well I suppose that was nice." Arthur said.
"I always knew you were loyal to everyone." Lancelot smiled. He emphasized the word 'everyone' Arthur had a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong?" Gwaine asked.
"Mordred said that all the angriness in Kara had gone, could that have happened to my sister?" Arthur asked.
I'm not going to do a vote this week, I will do one again, but I think the next chapter will be about the basin and the next step of the mortal world. Yay, can't wait to write the next one:P
Review are ALWAYS welcome!
