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Chapter 9
The servant Merlin, the king, Queen, and what appears to be their daughter were taking a nice ride out one early morning. It was peaceful out and they were enjoying pleasantry conversation amongst themselves.
"I see that you're wearing the proper clothing of a princess now which is a good thing." Said the king.
"Why of course, I have accepted the responsibility and now I must look the part." Answered the Princess.
"Yes that is all true and it gives us more to do together." Interjected the Queen.
"I thought you said you never would wear dresses unless your life depended on it." Spoke Merlin.
"Will you ever shut up Merlin." Said Arthur.
"What?" said Merlin?
"It's okay Arthur and yes I suppose I did say that but times change, things change, and so do people." Said the Princess.
"Very true." Commented Guinevere.
"Yes and I am glad that you have given up on that ridiculous idea of learning more about swords." Said the King.
"I am sure that I know enough to get by. Plus even if I did learn I wouldn't want to embarrass you when I best you."
"Excuse me?"
The three of them laughed at Arthur but were soon interrupted by Arthur's horse going wild. Something spooked them.
Arthur fell of his horse as the Queen and Princess watched in horror yet it only got worse.
Saxons came running through the bushes but luckily there were only three and Arthur had his sword in hand ready to fight.
The Saxons fell but Arthur stood firm and tall.
"You're very fortunate, sire. A fall like that you could have broken your neck." Guise was saying to the king while bandaging his arm.
"What about the men who attacked us? Have they been questioned?" asked Arthur.
"I'm sorry, sire. Their wounds were fatal. We were unable to learn anything." Answered Guise.
"We know one thing." Merlin told them, "I can't have been a coincidence that they were there."
As he finishes speaking the door opened and in walked Sir Leon with a guard.
"Sire. We recovered your saddle from the forest trail. The girth has been unpicked and restiched. It was designed to break sire." Said Sir Leon.
"Who could have done this?" said the Princess quietly.
"It appears Merlin, on this single, solitary occasion, you may be right." Said Arthur.
They followed the trail and arrested the stable boy at once. He was brought to King Arthur and when question only said that he would never do such a thing.
With no choice King Arthur sent him to death under treason.
Merlin still believing that the stable boy would do no such thing as treason went to him, brought him food, and coaxed him into telling him more.
Merlin was right of course, the stable boy did see someone yet he was too freighted to say who.
"You went to the stables to see Tyr?" asked King Arthur to Merlin.
"Yes." Answered Merlin.
"We've been over this before. We know what he said. The evidence doesn't lie."
"I don't deny his crime sire. But the only part that Tyr played is to see it done."
"He told you this?" asked the king.
"Five minutes ago." Said Merlin.
"And who is it?"
"He wouldn't say. He was too freighted. They threatened him."
"I must speak with him at once." Announced Arthur as he began to walk to the door.
"Arthur, can't it wait? Guise told you to rest." Said Angelica who was standing by.
"I'll be fine Angelica. I just want to speak to him."
"You shall yet he has said all he will for now. Let him have a night in the cells to think about it and question him in the morning."
Arthur looked at his daughter unsure but decided to stay and closed the door. He walked over to the table and sat down as she did.
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"What is it Merlin? You have hardly touched your food." Asked Guise over dinner.
"Nothing. In particular." Answered Merlin.
"What is it Merlin?"
"It's Angel. She's been different since she returned. Not herself."
"Well she did witness her uncle dying for her sake, which can take a toll on people. Especially since she was with Morgana and who knows what she did to her." Said Guise.
"That's what I am afraid of."
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The Princess looks around the corner and makes sure no soul is around. Once she is sure she takes a turn and walks up to an air dent.
She opens it and places a burning item in it.
She turns another corner and walks past the guards who are unconscious up to the cell door where the stable boy is at.
"Tyr." She says calmly.
"What are you doing here?" asks the stable boy when she sees her.
"Nothing to worry about. I just want to talk."
"I've said nothing."
"Of course. Come here." She says indicating with her hand.
"I wish we could talk more but I am very tired and being a princess is very hard work."
With these last words of hers she pulls out a dagger and stabs it into the stable boys heart. He falls to the ground dead.
"Being a Princess is defiantly hard work. I think I could use a bath." Says the supposed Princess before walking away from the small cell and to her room.
The stable boy's body was found the next morning.
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The Princess followed the trail in the forest left by the high priestess for her. She comes across her.
"Ella." Says Morgana.
"Morgana." She answers back. "The plan failed. Arthur lives."
"Does he suspect you?"
"Of course not, I am his daughter and let me tell you it is getting tiring to play this role."
"Did anyone see you?" asks Morgana.
"The stable boy and he was going to tell them everything." Answered Ella.
"Was?"
She smiled a little and said, "I took care of him."
"Good. With him gone you have to find someone else to take the fall. When Arthur dies you have to be beyond suspicion. You must have the support of the knights."
"Well Arthur lives. The Queen lives. What shall we do now?"
"Don't worry you will have everything you need. I will come to you."
With those final words they depart from each other with a new plan in each mind.
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The Princess walked into Arthur and Gwen's chambers with Gwen nowhere in sight.
"Angelica. Have you come to join me? I will call for a plate." Said Arthur as soon as he saw her.
"No, I already ate but I will sit with you for a while id you don't mind?" she asked.
"Of course not, sit."
"How about a drink?"
"Sure."
The king got up and turning his back walked over to the jug. As he did so the Princess carefully took a small vile from her sleeve and poured a few drops into the kings cup.
He returned and poured some drink into her glass.
"Thank you." She told him.
"You're welcome."
They both took a sip as the princess waited anxiously.
Finally the king looked a little drowsy and then he was unconscious.
Very quickly the Princess took another vile from her sleeve and poured some into the king's ear.
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"All evidence suggests the King has been poisoned." Stated Guise to the Queen, Princess, and knights.
"Is there no hope?" asked the Princess who was taking charge since the Queen was cringing in her own chambers at the moment.
"The poison is a deadly one, my lady."
"One thing I am certain—whoever did this lives among us. Whoever did this betrayed us all." Said the Princess while looking at everyone. "Someone who is free to roam the castle as he pleases. There is only I can think of.
Merlin."
He is thrown in jail at the Princesses command and no one dares to question it.
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"My father which I have only just met and now for you to die. Gwen is crying and I seem to be the only one left. Only months ago I was just a pheasant. How am I supposed to run a kingdom if you die?" said the Princess to Sir Leon.
"My Lady, if Arthur is to die, the kingdom will lose its king." Says Sir Leon.
"As long as Arthur is alive there will be a king of Camelot."
"But when the time comes and it will come surely. If we do not have a leader and a guide, Camelot and the kingdom will be vulnerable. Everything Arthur achieved will be threatened."
"But how can I? How can anyone wear his crown? I know nothing, he deserved a better child." says the Princess.
"No you are worthy my lady. You must wear the crown." Says Sir Leon.
"Me? How can I? I know nothing."
"You know everything. No can deny the loyalty you have shown. I realize that this is a great responsibility, but you will not be alone. I guarantee you that I and all the other knights will stand by you, now and forever."
"Thank you Leon. I am lucky to have found such great friends."
Turning away from him and looking at the king the Princess smiled.
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Thanks to a certain magic user the king was revived and he lives another day.
The Princess had found some new evidence and now was going to be presented to everyone.
"The Princess found these vials in my chambers." Said Arthur as he held them up to everyone, "Thanks to her tireless efforts theses have been traced."
King Arthur walked up to the man standing there in shackles and asked, "This is your mark is it not?"
"It is my mark, yes." Answered the man.
"What does each contain?"
"One renders the person unconscious and the other is poison, my lord."
"And who did you sell this to?" the king asked.
"I believe it to be one, Morgana Pendragon." Said the man.
With a nod of his head the man was taken back to the cells.
"Because of the Princesses diligence, the truth has been uncovered. Each and every one of us owes her a great debt. Long live the Princess!"
Everyone began chanting, 'Long Live the Princess' as she turned around and looked at Merlin.
A knowing look crossed between them and once again the fate of Camelot rested on the young man's shoulders.
Angel
Darkness.
That's all that surrounds me
I have lost track of time, of knowing, and of life.
I chant my name over and over again, along with all the others, and I try my hardest not to forget. If I do I am afraid that I will fade into nothing which is what surrounds me.
The one thought nags at me all my waking hours which is always and sometimes I can't drive it out. It can't be true? It can't be, can it? Here it is again.
Am I dead?
A crack appears in the distance, this hasn't happened before. A white light fills the darkness and I turn away. It fades and I turn back around.
There is a figure coming closer. Who is it?
Then I know, then, I see, and it all makes sense.
I whisper her name, the one whom raised me as she comes closer.
"Mother."