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I'm back! I told you I'd publish the next one soon. Anyway, this is based on the other quote, which was harder, but I decided to do Uther because you don't get many fanfics about him, and I thought it would be different :) Hope I got it right!
Thanks to MissSophieHolmes, mischief-manager00 (as always XD), Squiddy (Jeez, Squid! I thought I was the grammar and spelling nerd! But I corrected it) SereneMayhem and MollieWTF for reviewing. I posted it, went to orchestra for a couple of hours, came back and was like 'OH MY ROWLING! So many reviews!' You all made me so happy.
"It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way." . – Rollo May
Uther paced the cold throne room, hands behind his back. A sharp knock echoed through the space, shattering the King's thoughts like glass.
"Enter!" he barked.
A nervous looking guard trudged in, shepherding a small child. The girl looked up at him, brown eyes wide with wonder. She'd probably never seen so much splendour before.
Uther looked at the guard in annoyance. "And?" he asked sharply.
"The...er, child, sir. She, erm, has magic." admitted the guard staring at the floor.
Uther turned his back. "Burn her." He ordered. Hearing the guard leave, he collapsed back into his throne, face in his hands. He always looked away. He couldn't bear to see their faces as he sentenced them to death. The adults, yes, but the children? Never.
"This is for you Ygraine," he muttered sadly as he remembered his wife, beautiful and golden, "all of this. It used to make so much sense, this purge of magic, but now... is this right? Am I doing the right thing? Or am I just making things worse? I'm lost. I can't even bear to look at my child anymore. He reminds me too much of you. Those eyes, that hair... Is it right that I should condemn children as young as him to death? I need you Ygraine, I need you. But that is why I'm doing this," he reminded himself, trying to convince himself that he was right, trying to ignore the doubt gnawing away at the back of his mind, "this is for you."
This is for you.
Thoughts? I just thought that Uther would have had his doubts, but kept on, cos he's headstrong like that, using the justification that it was in the name of his wife.