Hello everyone. Here is chapter 10 and I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
While Henry and Eleanor were celebrating their marriage, Queen Sarah was currently looking after Mordred who had just been through the horrible ordeal of having to train with an battle-hardened war general that had just insulted his mother.
Sarah felt sorry for Mordred since she knows that he is going through a tough time right now but she hoped that he will eventually recover knowing that he still has the chance to prove that he can defend himself and that he is more than he appears to be.
Mordred was still visibly shaken by what the general had said about his mother and he was even more scared by the fact that he had just gone into a fit of rage as well as nearly killing someone because of his own anger which only scared him even more.
"It's ok, Mordred" said Queen Sarah as she continued to hug Mordred. "It's ok, it's not your fault".
"I want to go home" said Mordred who had tears forming in his eyes. "I miss my mom and I miss my best friend Tomada".
"I know, I know" said Queen Sarah as she patted Mordred on the back. "I know that you miss them very much, Mordred".
"Thanks, your majesty" said Mordred as the tears eventually streamed down his face. "I don't feel belonged here and I don't think that I will have any friends here, either".
"Don't worry, Mordred" said Queen Sarah as she wiped away Mordred's tears. "There is someone, that I know, is willing to be your friend".
"Who would that be?" asked Mordred with an confused expression on his face. "Who would ever want to be friends with me?".
"My youngest son, Banderas" said Queen Sarah as she looked behind her. "Banderas!, come here please!, there is someone that I want you to meet".
Mordred waited and waited until a male Spix Macaw that was the same age as him came into view and the young child went over to his mother who he hugged which Sarah gladly hugged back before the two eventually broke the hug.
The young male Spix Macaw child turned his head towards Mordred and he was happy to see Mordred much to the latter's surprise since he thought that the young child was going to stick out his tongue at him or make fun of him.
Mordred watched as the young child looked at his mother in a manner of asking for permission which Sarah nodded in approval and the young Spix Macaw child eventually made his way over to Mordred with a smile on his face.
"Hello there, I'm Banderas, it's a pleasure to meet you" said Banderas while smiling. "What's your name?".
"M-M-My name I-I-is Mordred, it's a pleasure to meet you too" said Mordred in an nervous manner. "So, your name is Banderas, am I right?".
"Yes, you're right, I really want to play with you, Mordred" said Banderas as he started to get giddy. "So, do you wanna play with me?".
"Yeah, sure, I would love to very much, let's play" said Mordred who now had a smile on his face. "Let's play, together, Banderas".
Banderas smiled as he and Mordred quickly hugged Queen Sarah before they made their way out into the castle gardens where they began to play with each other and they even played brave knights together as they both took on the role of a knight saving a princess.
Queen Sarah had a big smile on her face as she watched both her son Banderas and Mordred play with each other while knowing that the two are becoming the best of friends with each other which also meant that a bond was growing between them.
Over the next few years, Mordred and Banderas continued to be best friends with their strong bond growing to the point where they even considered each other as brothers and they even trained together with Banderas being Mordred's mentor and he taught Mordred about all sorts of fighting styles as well as his own fighting style which Mordred was able to match in both skill and strength.
Unknown to them, Banderas's older brother Charles and their father King Henry were watching them from the shadows and they had evil smiles on their faces knowing that they were slowly and surely turning Mordred into the perfect killing machine.