Ch 10
Kia was worried as she and her son appeared in the Poison Apple Pub. She could feel total darkness in the air. Fiona wondered who the woman was that was with her husband. "She's my Mom. She was helping others in kingdoms far away. My Dad had me think she was dead but he lied." Shrek answered her.
Merlin could feel powerful magic coming from Kia. "She has Ogreix too! I have an idea. If using the counter spell from Excalibur doesn't work, we could get Shrek and Kia to combine their Ogreix and finish off Morgan's spell thus freeing those she changed with her dark magic." He suggested.
But then Snowgre appeared. "What happened to him?" Kia asked startled. "Morgan's spell. She made him along with the students of Worchester help her to overthrow Artie. I should've stopped him from getting it cast on him." Shrek explained. "Don't worry honey. My magic can break whatever dark magic is upon him." She replied as her eyes glowed with orange light and orange waves of magical energy surrounded her body.
"Nothing you can do will stop me or my dark mistress from obtaining our goal!" Snowgre yelled as the good magic surrounded him as a vortex. Shrek then heard his teenage cousin scream as the pentagram mark on his head vanished and he fell but Shrek caught him in his arms before he hit the ground.
"I hope he's okay. That was awesome what she did. Maybe we might have a chance to stop Morgan after all!" he thought as Snowgre woke up. "Please don't hurt me! I was only doing what that witch wanted!" he said worriedly. Shrek and the others laughed at that. "Yes we know. Morgan's messed the entire kingdom up worse than when Charming tried to take the kingdom. Come on! Tonight we're putting an end to this and putting things back into order. Merlin we're going to need you and Inogen's help to pull this off along with everybody else." he replied. Snowgre and the others agreed but Merlin wasn't so happy about this.
"Why don't you wanna help Dad? You and I are more powerful when we're together." Inogen asked him. "Yes I know but I'll end up screwing things up since I have no sight. Go on without me." the elderly wizard replied to her. Kia then put a hand to Merlin's eyes and it glowed with magic. "What're you doing?" Garrett asked her. "Restoring his sight." she answered him gently. "Can she do that?" Inogen asked Shrek. "I'm not sure. Anything's possible." he answered her. Merlin then smiled. He could see Kia and the others.
"My sight! It's back! Thanks but how can you do that?" he replied excitedly as Inogen hugged him. "I can do more powerful things because I believe in myself. That's what makes Ogreix stronger than ever before so that it can help others or destroy an evil witch girl like Morgan. I sense great power in you too Merlin but it has been dormant in your heart. Why?" Kia answered him softly.
"I decided to stop using it after I couldn't save my wife. After Inogen was born, Melissa got very sick. I tried to heal her with my magic but she died anyway. My heart hurt too much after that. After that, I decided never to use my powers to help again because that would happen to somebody I care about again." he explained sadly. Shrek felt sorry for Merlin for losing his wife. "But it won't happen again, right Dad? You can help us kick Morgan's butt?" Inogen asked him excitedly.
"I'm sorry but I can't. I lost the belief in myself long ago so my magic is weak, weaker than yours. With me by your side, we'd lose and the kingdom would be in turmoil." he answered sadly. It was night fall and they decided to strike. Morgan was still in the throne room gathering up her strength to finally summon the spell to take over once and for all. "I believe that my magic can help my friends stop Morgan." she heard somebody say. "Revealus!" Morgan yelled as dark magic made the teen wizardess appear. "You shouldn't have come here little hippy freak! You're just like your father, a loser! He doesn't know I'm the one who killed your mother long ago." Morgan yelled as a wave of dark magic hit Inogen and knocked her off her feet, ripping some of her dress. Merlin heard this in his mind and anger boiled within him. "Nobody hurts my daughter and gets away with it!" he yelled as he disappeared in a flash of light.
After his wife had died, Merlin had sworn that he'd protect Inogen no matter what and now was one of those times. Morgan cackled as he appeared in the throne room. She had wrapped her hands around Inogen's throat trying to choke her. But a blast of magic from Merlin made her let go. He caught her in his arms. "Dad help me. I'm sorry I couldn't stop her. She's too strong!" she whispered softly. He then put her softly on the ground. She wasn't dead, just badly hurt. "I can't believe Daddy's fighting your battle for you!" Morgan taunted as she punched Merlin in the face. "Your magic couldn't save your wife because of the spell I put on her that took her life from you. Now I'll make the same thing happen to your loser daughter!" she cackled as her eyes glowed with dark magic.
"You'll do no such thing you monster!" he yelled as he began to recite the counter spell from Excalibur's blade. "No!" Morgan screamed as the power she'd leeched from the sword went back into it. "You'll pay for that Merlin!" she yelled as she lunged at Inogen. "I place a curse on you so that when you bear a child, she'll grow to be a witch as evil as me!" she said as the spell entered the young girl's body. Merlin then used his strongest spell to trap Morgan in another dimension. Shrek and the others watched as the Goth soldiers turned back into students from Worchester again. "Yes we did it!" Snowgre cheered as they high fived. "Excuse me but what's going on?" Gwen asked harshly.
Artie then approached them. "You guys were going about your lives on campus when Morgan Le Fey stole the magic from the Sword in the Stone
It turned you into her Goth soldiers doing her every command but Merlin just kicked her butt and sent her away where she can't hurt anybody or the kingdom again!" he explained. Anwas was worried as he entered the Royal Infirmary. Inogen was badly wounded but not dying but in a coma. "You risked your life for us and more importantly me and your Dad. Merlin told me what happened to you. Morgan was evil from the start and we never knew. Pynchley should've expelled her." he whispered softly.
But as he was leaving, he heard someone speak. "Anwas don't go." it said. He turned around to see Inogen awake. "Thank goodness. I was really worried about you." he said as they kissed but he noticed she'd gained weight. He then saw the doctor approach them. "You should be proud. You're going to be a father." he told the teen. Inogen smiled as he touched her stomach and felt it kick but she was worried. She remembered what Morgan had said before her Dad finished her off. "I hope that won't happen. I want my little babe within me to grow up to be a good wizard or wizardess." she thought as Merlin watched.
He too was worried but they'd have to wait until it was born before they could tell if it was good or bad...