Anya and I were in the council room as Gaius told Uther about a group of renegades lead by this sorcerer named Alvarr, who now had the recently stolen crystal of Neitid. Gaius had said that he had been informed of this by a anonymous source (cough cough Merlin). The whole time Gaius was talking to Uther I watched Morganna as her eyes suddenly got a panicked look in them. When Gaius finished talking to Uther, he told Arthur to put a stop to these renegades. When Arthur left the room Morgana soon followed after him.
"I'll be back" I whispered to Merlin and Anya going after Morgana and Arthur at a slow pace.
"Arthur you're not seriously thinking about going on this mission are you?" Morgana asked him.
"I'm not thinking about going on it, I am going on it" he corrected her. I smiled at his comment and hid behind a corner as they stopped.
"Arthur you're chasing after a silly rumor, I am sure of it" Morgana smiled at him sweetly grabbing his hand and rubbing her thumb against the back of it and brushing some hair out of his eyes with her other hand. Oh no she better not be doing what I thinks she's doing because if she is flirting with him I'm gonna…..do something bad to her oh yeah and then she'll be scared I thought. Arthur politely slid his hand out of her grasp and laughed at her.
"I had no idea you cared but I assure you I can take care of myself. I do it well with a mixture of raw talent and hard training" Arthur said his voice sounding cocky.
"You also are completely obnoxious" Morgana insulted him. I saw Arthur just smile at her and then I heard him walk off and Morgana walked off the other way.
Castiel and I stayed up late that night talking until we saw someone walking across the castle courtyard heading towards the stables. We both looked out the window and saw Morgana in her green cloak. A second later Castiel was putting her own cloak on.
"Don't follow me" she said.
"You're not going after her. Merlin told me about these people and they sound pretty scary. Not to mention they have Mordred with them too" I told her.
"Who?" she asked.
"He's a sorcerer that's supposedly going to try and defeat Arthur when he's king" I informed her.
"Isn't that everybody who comes into Camelot these days? Besides didn't Merlin say he's like ten right now?" she asked.
"That doesn't mean anything" I snapped at her.
"I'll be fine, if I don't come back you'll send a search party out for me though right?" she asked me.
"No never in a million years would I do that" I smiled at her feeling nervous as I saw her start to head out the doorway. Castiel smiled back at me and hugged me.
"I'm good at following people without getting noticed I'll be fine. See you in the morning" she told me. I nodded at her and looked out her window as I saw her give me one last wave before starting to follow after Morgana.
It felt like it took forever till Morgana finally stopped. I watched her as she spoke to this guy who I assumed was Alvarr and she told him everything about what Uther was up to and that Arthur was coming after them. I was ready to head back to Camelot when I had heard enough but I felt someone grab my arm and cover my mouth with their hands and they lead me out to Alvarr and Morgana.
"Who are you?" Alvarr asked.
"Castiel you followed me?" Morgana snapped at me looking terrified.
"Yes I did you liar" I said to her getting out of my capturers grasp and getting in her face now.
"You don't understand, you don't have magic, if you were in my position you'd do the same thing" Morgana tried to make up an excuse for me.
"Actually no I wouldn't" I told her the truth.
"Who is she?" Alvarr asked again.
"The Lady Castiel" Morgana introduced me.
"Is she of any importance" Alvarr asked. I looked at Morgana and she stayed silent. Alvarr nodded towards someone and I felt somebody pressing a knife into my back.
"Give me one reason not to kill you?"Alvarr said to me.
"I won't tell anybody" I lied. He smirked at me and nodded his head again at the person behind me and I felt them dig the knife a bit further into me but it hadn't caused any blood yet.
"Hang on" Morgana's voice squeaked. We all looked at her.
"She could be of some use" she said not making eye contact with anyone.
"Really?" Alvarr asked.
"Prince Arthur is in love with her if we kidnap her you could use her as a bribe to get him to leave you all alone with the crystal" Morgana explained.
"Smart and beautiful both qualities I love to see in a woman" Alvarr kissed her on the cheek.
"Take her away" he ordered.
"Morgana please" I said trying to look at her and see if she was giving me any sympathy but she didn't even want to look at me as they tied me to a tree.
I hadn't slept at all after Castiel left. As the sun rose she still hadn't come back. Time to get a search party I sighed. I walked down to Merlin and Gaius' chambers to find Merlin already awake and ready to leave with Arthur.
"Anya why are you awake so early?" Merlin asked.
"Morgana left last night to go warn the renegades and Castiel followed after her. She said she would come back but she hasn't. I think they might've kidnapped her" I said way too quickly.
"Slow down I have no clue what you just said" Merlin said putting his hands on my shoulders. I took a few breathes and then explained to him again what happened. He nodded and said he would keep an eye out for her when they got there. I walked him out to the courtyard with the other knights and told him goodbye. I looked up at Arthur and saw he was looking around the courtyard for someone.
"Who are you looking for Arthur?" I asked.
"Castiel usually she's not that far behind you so I was thinking she'd be here to say goodbye also" Arthur said a bit hurt.
"She's feeling a bit ill" I lied to him not knowing how to tell him she got kidnapped without blowing Morgana's cover also. Arthur slowly nodded.
"She's say she loves you" I smiled up at him which cheered him up a bit. When they rode off all I could hope for was that they would come back safely.
I leaned against the tree as I along with everyone else in the renegade camp waited for the knights of Camelot to show up. I tried to escape but found it hard to do when I tried slide out of the rope but every time I moved it seemed to tighten itself around me.
Castiel are there? Merlin's voice whispered in my head.
WHAT THE HELL? I tried not to scream out.
Taking that as a yes.
How'd you get in my mind?
Trying this for the first time so I'm not sure
Please tell me you didn't just pop in my head for a random conversation because right now I'm tied to a tree waiting for you all to get here and save me
I needed to see if you were alive and with the renegades. Also we're lost for the moment so your voice is kind of directing us where to go.
First, I will be happy to answer yes on both of those questions and second I will take that as a compliment
We'll be there soon stay strong
It's not like I can go anywhere else with a tree attached to me.
I saw this kid looking at me. He had dark hair and really adorable blue eyes.
"Hello" he said to me.
"So you're Mordred I take it?"I guessed.
"You know of me?" he asked.
"Just a little, what do you want?" I asked. He looked at me and his eyes turned gold and suddenly a scarf of some sort appeared out of thin air and tied itself around my mouth. His eyes turned gold again and nothing happened. I gave him a look.
"Good job Mordred you can't even tell she's there?" Alvarr said standing next to him.
"Glad I could help" Mordred smiled at him. I gave them both a confused look.
"Since you're probably confused right now my lady I shall gladly explain to you what my plan is. Mordred here has created a way of making you completely perceptible towards others when the time is right we'll make sure Arthur can find you and once he lets us go with the crystal and we've lied to him about giving you back to him alive. I'll make sure he watches you die so he knows what it's like to watch someone he loves die right in front of him" Alvarr explained to him. Since I couldn't talk I just glared at him. Suddenly I heard the sound of approaching hooves and all of the renegades hid. I watched as Arthur and all the other knights walked through the camp. I tried to shout for them but none of them could hear me. I saw Merlin's head looking around the place.
Castiel where are you? Merlin's voice asked
That damn Mordred made sure none of you would be able to see me till the right moment so I'm invisible but I can lead you towards where I am. I see you I informed him. Merlin gave me a slight nod.
Also be cautious they're all hiding I advised and just like that the renegades came out and started fighting against the knights of Camelot. Merlin made a run to get out of the fight and I could still see him.
Ok I'm on your left, your other left Merlin I rolled my eyes as he ran right
Sorry I don't know up from down during battles sometimes he apologized.
You're almost towards me. Ok a couple more steps. Merlin you can stop now. Merlin, MERLIN I mentally shouted at him as he crashed into me.
"Found you then I guess" Merlin said.
Great now get me out please Merlin stood back for a moment and concentrated on something. Suddenly he went flying through the air and landed on his back probably getting the wind knocked out of him. I looked in front of me now and saw Mordred glaring at Merlin and I.
I shall never forgive you for this Emrys and I shall never forget what you have done I heard Mordred say towards Merlin before he left. Just after he left Alvarr untied me from the tree probably making me visible now. He started dragging me towards the fight.
Come on Merlin get up I thought seeing him lying there. The first thing I saw was Arthur fighting with this one man. Arthur stabbed him and he turned around finally seeing me. Alvarr pointed a dagger at my throat.
"Let me go with the crystal and I'll spare her" Alvarr bargained.
"Don't you dare touch her" Arthur threatened getting closer now but that just made Alvarr point his dagger even closer to my throat.
"Choose quickly Prince Arthur I don't like to be kept waiting" he said. Arthur sighed and threw his sword down. I started crying because I knew Alvarr was going to kill me anyways and I didn't want Arthur to see that. I heard the sound of twigs snapping or something bending and Alvarr backed up which gave Arthur the chance to grab me as a branch fell down from the tree and it hit Alvarr slightly on the head.
"Did he hurt you? Are you alright? How'd you get here?" Arthur asked me quickly.
"I'm fine" I answered him as I hugged him. I looked over his shoulder and saw Merlin smiling at us. Arthur then searched Alvarr's unconscious body, he apparently had only been knocked out by the blow to the head, and found the crystal.
"You were going to give that up for me?" I asked holding on to Arthur.
"Well I was going to kill him after I got you back like any other smart person would" he replied.
"I'm just glad that you're alright" he said kissing me.
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I sat next to Merlin by the fire at where we had made camp that night. It was late at night and neither of us could go to sleep. I was awake because I just didn't feel tired and Merlin was awake because he had to guard the crystal.
"Very coincidental at how that tree branch happened to fall at just the right moment" I said to him.
"Very coincidental indeed" he said back.
"Thank you for that" I thanked him.
"I couldn't just let you die, well I could've but I'm pretty sure Arthur would kill me for that and then Anya would resurrect me and then kill me again" he replied.
"If I knew magic I would have done the same for you too" I whispered now since Arthur was sleeping by where we were sitting.
'Thank you" he nodded.
"Morgana told them we were coming didn't she?" Merlin asked poking at the fire now.
"Yep, you were right she can't be trusted" I told him. He made a disgusted look on his face and grit his teeth at how angry he was with her. We then both looked at the crystal of Neitid.
"So what's the big deal about this crystal I never actually got a clear telling of what it does?" I asked.
"It can allow someone to see the future when in the right hands" Merlin explained picking it up now.
"Mind if I look into it with you?" I asked as he started to look at it. He nodded. I didn't see anything but after a minute Merlin dropped the crystal with a fearful look on his face.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"The dragon, the great dragon. I saw myself setting him free and Camelot was on fire and it was all because of me" he muttered.
"But, Merlin that would never happen" I said to him. He let out a sigh.
"You're right but even if it could ever happen I'm not going to let it happen" he nodded.
"Good" I told him getting up now and lying down next to Arthur.
"Merlin don't let this worry you too much. You choose your own future not a crystal" I advised him. He nodded at that before I went off to sleep.
"Ariel, Ariel, Ariel Pendragon you come right out from where you're hiding right now" I demanded as I walked down the hallways of the castle in Camelot holding this little girl's hand. She had strawberry blonde hair and bright blue eyes and small freckles on her nose.
"We said we wouldn't use anyplace's outside as hiding places because that was unfair but she just has to always win mother that's why she cheated" the little girl told me.
"Believe me I know who she gets it from Lily" I sighed remembering how I always loved beating Amelia whenever we played games and sometimes I even resorted to cheating. We kept looking for Ariel. Finally we heard her laughter.
"That's her, ha I found you Ariel come out from where your hiding from, you cheater" Lily said letting go of my hand and following the laughter. I followed after Lily with a small smile on my face and found Ariel, who looked like an identical miniature version of her sister, walking down the hallway with Arthur.
"One more time please?" she asked. Arthur smiled at her and picked her up and spun her around really fast even making me dizzy just watching them. When they finally stopped both of them were laughing and Ariel had her tiny arms wrapped around Arthur's neck.
"Ariel Pendragon where were you, you had me worried sick. Not to mention you cheated while playing hide and seek" Lily snapped at her sister.
"I got tired of hiding and so I went down to see father and I watched him teach the knights how to fight. It was amazing he even taught me some moves too. I can't wait to try them out on you with a stick" Ariel said once Arthur put her down. Lily put her hands on her hips giving her sister an astonished look which made Arthur and I both laugh.
"Ariel, you can't do things like that. That's boy stuff" Lily informed her.
"I know that Lillian but it's fun, much more fun than playing princesses all day with you. Someday I'm going to be a knight of the round table" Ariel said proudly and Arthur smiled down at her.
"You can't be a princess and a knight" Lily told her.
"Yes I can"
"Can't
"Can"
"Can't" They both stuck their tongues out at each other.
"Mother"
"Father" both of the children looked at Arthur and I for an answer.
"Ariel, Lily, you two can be whatever you want to be in your life and don't let anyone stop you for reaching what you want most in life" Arthur said to them. They rolled their eyes at his comment.
"Forget it we're going to talk to Aunt Anya and Uncle Merlin about this" Lily groaned grabbing her sister's hand as they walked the other direction, still arguing. Arthur and I grabbed each other's hands.
I woke to the sight of seeing Ariel and Lily's eyes I almost thought I was still dreaming but then I realized that those eyes were Arthur's eyes.
Thought I would give this a cute ending, sorry there wasn't much Anya in it. I hope you liked this chapter review if you did also woohooo I made it to one hundred and so as a way of celebrating my one hundred reviews I'm going to start a new tradition of thanking all the people who reviewed the last chapter with short little messages :D
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