Author's Notes: Honestly, I planned for about two more one-shots, but because I'm an unorganized mess, I wasn't able to get my thoughts together to come up with more background stories of Anabel. However, I may or may not decide to throw in a random one-shot during the midst of the main plot of the story. But, in the meantime while I decide, I present to you the main plot of The Child of Dawn and Dusk!

Prologue: Anabel, Joshua, Dilan, and Dayana are around sixteen years old. When we last left the four teens, Dilan and Dayana were offered a place in the royal household. They act as sort of honorary "wards". They have no set guardians, but they both know how to fend for themselves and are considered adults as are Anabel and Joshua. Dilan and Dayana continue to be together, while Anabel has admitted to herself that she does have feelings for Dilan. Dayana's skepticism on Anabel, due to her father dying at Morgana's hand, remains slightly but they have learned to be on friendly terms after living together under the same household, especially when Anabel saved her life once. As for Joshua, he has already been named as crown prince and heir to the throne, with his rite of passage quest already completed at his exceptional young age.

Our story begins at the same time of year where we last began the story: Sorcery Day


Anabel stood at the staircase of the citadel. She was wearing a blue robe, lined with ancient symbols that she honestly had no clue what they stood for even if her magical studies had become independent. No longer was she under the tutelage of her father and her great-aunt Alice. Her great-uncle Gaius had died several months ago in his sleep, leaving everyone in the royal household in a state of depression of mourning. His death hit Merlin and Alice the hardest. But, today was not a day to focus on his sad death. It was a day to celebrate magic and the good it's brought to the kingdom.

Her father stood beside her, dressed in simple red and gold robes, bearing the crest of Camelot. On the step under her stood Dilan and Dayana. Dilan, whose attractive features in the sunlight made Anabel's heart flutter annoyingly, was dressed in dark grey robes, also lined with ancient symbols that Anabel knew that the young warlock did not know as well. The robes were in a similar fashion as hers. Dayana's robes were the same, but in a darker shade of red than Merlin's. Prince Joshua also stood next to her, wearing his traditional chainmail, knight cape, and his crown that pushed his blonde hair back. They were awaiting the arrival of warlocks and benevolent witches and welcoming them as they came. Sorcery Day in Camelot had become so popular that several kingdoms across the land that supported magic would send many magical representatives to compete in the tournament and partake in the festivities.

Eventually, Merlin allowed the four teenagers to be dismissed from their hosting duties and roam the festivities. As they wandered around, many people would stop and stare at Anabel. Most would shake her hand and say, "It is an honor to meet you, great daughter of Emrys." This would receive a sarcastic eye roll from the other three. However, there would be some people that would look at her with apprehensiveness and sometimes fear, usually leading the people to whisper loud enough to hear, "That's the spawn of the witch Morgana." Joshua and Dilan would clench their fists after hearing such insults, but Anabel refused for them to make a scene. A dark look would often cast over Dayana's face when this happened, remembering that her father died at her hand. To this day, she would refuse to talk about it, even to Merlin who was curious as to how Morgana murdered someone after the Battle of Camlann when she was presumed to be good. She claimed that she did not know the story as she had not been born by then. However, she learned to let go of her anger towards Anabel, especially after she had saved her life long ago, a story that was only known between the two of them. Even Dilan did not know the story.

Speaking of Dilan, his hand was entwined with Dayana's as they walked around. Anabel sighed. She wished it would be her hand in Dilan's, her lips upon his when they were alone. It took her a long time to realize that she had feelings for the boy she found dying by the creek. She merely ignored the flutters in her heart upon seeing him at first. She even was once with a druid boy, the son of the druid ambassador, for a while before she ended it when she realized her feelings for Dilan. The druid boy, whose name was Eralon, was nice and all, but she knew she couldn't be with him if she had feelings for another. Nevertheless, the breakup often caused awkwardness between Merlin and the druid ambassador during Round Table meetings, perhaps more awkwardness than there was between Eralon and Anabel, even though they had not seen each much of each other since the breakup. Only Joshua knew of Anabel's feelings for Dilan. He had guessed it, which she was still confused as to how he knew since the prince was often clueless, and threatened to tell him if she did not admit it. Anabel hated having feelings for Dilan. They had become good friends over the years and she had even developed a stable enough friendship with Dayana. Having feelings for her boyfriend was not exactly the best way to continue their friendship.


Anabel found herself in a tent with Dilan and Dayana as the three prepared for the magical tournament. Due to the increasing amount of participants and how magic could sometimes be uncontrollable, the magical tournament was moved to a large field on the outskirts of the city. This had been done because of a simple Fire Spell gone wrong from an amateur warlock that set fire to the tournament field. For odd reasons, this Fire Spell could not be doused by water and needed a specific spell to counteract it. Merlin had managed to find the spell but not before damage spread. Because of this, the tournament was decided to be moved outside the city which increased the range of spells a wizard could cast.

A servant had rushed in with three scraps of parchment that bore each of their names. Anabel found herself faced against a random wizard from a visiting kingdom. Dayana was to duel with a young warlock from Camelot.

"Do any of you know some wizard or witch named Fai?" asked Dilan. "I'm not even sure if it's a man or a woman?"

"No, it's probably some newcomer to the tournament," remarked Dayana. "Nothing you won't be able to handle, sweetie."

Anabel rolled her eyes unnoticeably and said, "Yeah, you'll be do fine. I'll see you at the finals." She gave him a friendly wink. Anabel, Dilan, and Dayana had actually never made it to the finals of the tournament. The closest was when Anabel advanced the semi-finals and lost to a young woman who cast a spell that turned her vision into darkness. Panicked and afraid, she could not think of any counter-spell which led to her loss. The magic tournament was intense and often packed with many several powerful magicians all across Albion. Sometimes, being the daughter of Emrys was not enough.

"Yeah, I'll manage," said Dilan as a bell sounded, commencing the tournament.


Author's Notes: First of all, many apologies for the wait for this chapter! It's been a busy and complicated life for me lately, but I still love FF and I still plan to keep both of my fanfics going. But the wait for updates may be longer than they were in the past, so I do apologize for that.

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