Chapter 35: Silvond's Trip to Avalon
Fifteen years had passed since Silvond had been born. Shadic and Galahad ruled side by side now, as the people had asked. The two queens looked at each other happily. Silvond was with them, crowned as the prince, as he was the rightful heir to the throne. Someday, he would be a king, or queen if he decided to be female. He looked at his parents and smiled, then spoke.
"Can I go explore Avalon?"
"Sure," Shadic said with a smile. "Lancelot is there, though, so be careful of him. That's the wyvern who tried to kill me."
"Why would he attack me?" Silvond didn't see the correlation. It wasn't as if Lancelot knew who their son was.
Shadic shrugged. "I don't know," she said. "I suppose you can speak to the wyvern if you come across it."
Silvond smiled and nodded. "I'll be careful, don't worry."
The two queens nodded and Silvond walked out of the he was outside, Silvond looked around. It could take a few days to get to Avalon on his own. He sighed and walked into the village, seeing all of the citizens. They smiled as he walked by.
"Hey, Silvond," Miles said. "How are you?"
Silvond smiled; he and Miles had become friends over the years, and he was glad for that. "All right. I was going to go to Avalon and do some exploring." He gave the blacksmith a smile. "I figured it would be fun."
Miles nodded. "Have fun. When will you be back?"
"I'm not sure yet. By the end of the month, maybe."
"Alright, then. We'll see you in a month."
Silvond smiled and walked off. Others in the village waved to him, asking him a few questions about where he was off to. Silvond smiled and answered, waving back.
As he walked out of the village, he went to Nimue. It would take a while for him to go on foot, so maybe she could transform him into something that would allow him to get to Avalon faster.
"I've got a question," he asked as he walked over.
Nimue nodded. "Of course, prince. What is it?"
"I was going to go to Avalon, and wanted to know if you could transform me into something that could get me there faster."
"Yes, I can do that. What do you want to become?"
"I'm not actually sure." Nimue nodded, and Silvond thought about it. "How about a hippogriff?"
"Those are very noble creatures. Very well."
"Can you make it permanent?"
Nimue nodded. "I could, but why do you want it permanent?"
"I was just wondering. In case I like it."
"All right, then. I will make the transformation temporary for now. If you like it, I will make it permanent."
Silvond smiled and then thought of something else. He would have to go in water as well on the way there. "Can hippogriffs swim?"
Nimue shook her head, and Silvond sighed.
"I could teleport you to the ocean and you could become a killer whale," she said.
Silvond nodded; that would be best. "All right. Let's do it then."
The Lady of the Lake said a spell and she teleported both of them to the ocean. Then she said another spell and cast it at Silvond, who began to transform. Looking at the water, Silvond wondered if he should go in there first. At Nimue's motion, he moved into the water and looked down as the transformation actually started. His legs and body changed, morphing into a single, fish-like form while his feet changed into fins. Falling forward, he landed in the water before anything else changed. His arms changed as well, becoming the pectoral fins at the sides of the new body. The upper half of his body morphed, becoming the head of the killer whale. On top of the curve of his back, the dorsal fin formed from his back. The eyes changed, becoming smaller and moving more to the sides of his head. On the curve of his face, the mouth took shape and filled with the teeth of a killer whale. Lastly, the color changed to black with a white underbelly. Some white came up on his sides, another patch coloring on his face.
Nimue smiled. "If you like it, tell me and I'll make it permanent," she said.
The orca nodded and swam out to the ocean. He took longer than needed to get to Avalon, swimming around and enjoying both the view and the water. When he finally got to the other side, Silvond felt himself change into his original form. Stretching, he got up out of the water. That was a fun form, and he liked it. Silvond nodded, considering on making it permanent. He would think about it some more. The prince sighed and looked around the island. Galahad and Shadic had spoken of a wyvern, and he wondered where it was.