Chapter 2: A dragons call
As the days went by the young prince and her new best friend grow closer and closer as the two played almost every day, when they both have free time. Seth was able to become Merlin's apprentice as the courts physician with Merlin being king Uthurs closest friend he had no trouble at all convincing to letting him adopt Seth as his apprentice.
(6 years later)
The years have passed and things have gotten slightly tougher on the twos friendship as now the King is starting to take more of Arthur's time and teaching her the basics on being a king.
The two friends are engaged in combat without armor. Arturia has grown taller over the years and has blossomed as a woman but still manages to hide her gender to the public. She is wearing a pair of brown pants along with brown leather boots and a long sleeve blue shirt with her hair tied up in a ponytail with two long bangs on the side of her face. Seth had grown as well and now has a lean built while his hair is now medium length and combed to the right side of his head. He is wearing brown pants along with black leather boots and has a red sleeves shirt with leather fingerless gloves. Arturia is swinging nonstop swings at Seth as he takes the defensive and manages to block all her attacks. Eventually Seth begins to start taking the offensive and begins to swing back at Arturia. As she blocks him and Arturia notices Seth leaving an opening on his lower body and she quickly swings her foot and knocks both of his legs off the ground causing Seth to fall to the ground.
"What the!" Seth yells as he drops his sword and falls to the ground.
Arturia puts her sword in front of Seth's face and she smirks. "Do you yield?" Seth smirks back and raises his hands in defeat. "I yield your lordship." Seth says mockingly.
Arturia lowers her sword and offers Seth a hand to get up. "You cheated I thought knights fight with honor not cheap shot tricks."
"Well sometimes the enemy won't always fight with honor and you got to be prepared for if that ever happens in battle, besides it's not like you don't ever use cheap shot tricks on me as well." Arturia teases.
"Well that's different I'm not a knight, so I don't have to worry about honor and stuff." Seth then notices the silver necklace on Arturias neck. "Glad to see you still wear that necklace, I honestly thought you would've forgot about it or lose it."
Arturia scoffs and pretends as if she's offended. "I'm hurt you really think I would forget about something my best friend had given me. Besides it's really special to me and I see it as a symbol of our friendship."
"Well I'm glad you still wear it. Anyways shouldn't you be getting ready right now for that party your father is throwing tonight."
Arturia looks up annoyed. "Don't remind me I hate having to go these formal parties my father always throws. I have to pretend I'm all proper and I got to dress in such uncomfortable clothes." She says with a smile.
"Yeah but I don't have to dress formal at least since I'm just Merlin's apprentice if anything I'll probably have to be a servant. Merlin seems real fond of volunteering me as a servant for all these events."
Aurturia laughs. "Anyways I better head back to the kingdom, have fun collecting herbs for Merlin." Arturia mounts in her horse and heads back to the kingdom.
Seth groans. "Man, what a pain why does Merlin always send me to get these super hard to get herbs."
Meanwhile back at the castle as Arturia arrives inside the castle she is greeted by her twin sister Morgan. Now Morgan resembles greatly like her sister other than her hair being longer and she is wearing a green long dress and she doesn't have to hide her true gender to the public. "Well sister you seem to be in a good mood again, where you on a date with the boy again?"
Arturia blushes. "It's not a date we were simply sparring, and besides he still doesn't know I'm a girl. I've wanted to tell him before but I'm honestly afraid if I were to tell him he would see me differently and our friendship would be ruined." She says with frown.
"You truly have grown fond of this boy haven't you sister?"
"It would be a lie if I deny that I have. Do you think I should tell him my true gender?"
"That is something only you can decide, but do know this he will eventually find out and that can cause trouble for you two if he found out on his own rather than you telling him. It would seem as if you didn't trust him if he found out on his own. But don't worry he seems very trust worthy, more trustworthy than many of father's advisors, I'm sure he wouldn't see you differently as a woman. In fact, I'm quite jealous of you sister. Perhaps I'll borrow him from you tonight at the party since he knows I am a woman." Morgan chuckles.
Arturia begins to feel her face heaten up again. "What no! I can't allow you to do that! Besides father wouldn't let you be with someone who isn't royalty."
Morgan smirks and raises an eyebrow at her sister. "Since when do you care about father's decrees, if anything you and I both know that we both don't always agree with father. But don't worry sister I'm just teasing a little I'll just have one dance with him."
Just as Arturia is about to make a comeback for her sister they both suddenly hear a crowd in the courtyard of the castle. The two quickly rush to nearby balcony to see all the commotion.
Meanwhile as Seth makes his way back to Camelot he notices the crowd as well and makes his way to the crowd. As he makes his way to the crowd he notices two guards bringing a man. By the looks of it the man seems to be a peasant. The man is wearing a white looking long sleeve shirt along with a black vest, with some gray pants and brown shoes. The man has short grayish hair along with blue eyes and pale skin. The guards bring the man to a mini stage with mini stool on it. The guards put the man's head down on top of the stool.
"My fellow subjects of Camelot, bare witness on what happens to those who break the laws of Camelot. Tomas Collins is charged for committing treason by using magic. As the laws of Camelot say the punishment for the practice of magic is death. Therefor I Uthur Pendragon must carry out this punishment to set an example to you my fellow subjects." The king announces in a very prideful voice on a balcony from the castle. The king stands about 6,0 with a muscular body built and average tan skin. His hair is short and blond along with blue eyes. The king is wearing his royal knights armor that has blue cloth on the torso area with an emblem of a golden dragon ,along with the sleeves of the arms and legs being made out of chains with his lower area having a silver plate on it and to complete his look he has a gold crown on along with a blue long fur caped.
The executioner walks on the stage and swings his giant axe downwards chopping the man's head clean off.
"Now as all of you know when I arrived her to this kingdom it was filled with chaos due to the use of magic. But as magic was driven out of this kingdom I have seen nothing but peace and order in Camelot therefor that is why we are having a celebration tonight to celebrate twenty years of peace in Camelot."
The crowd begins to cheer and chant in unison. "All hail the king!" But the crowd is soon interrupted by the whales of an old woman mourning for the now deceased sorcerer.
"Uthur Pendragon! You will pay dearly for killing my son he was innocent and committed no wrong, you are the one who is at wrong here and will suffer greatly!" The women then disappears from thin air leaving black smoke where she once stood.
(At Merlin's house)
"Ahh your back Seth I was beginning to wonder if you got lost again in the woods." Merlin says in a jokingly tone as he is mixing chemicals on his table filled with all sorts of herbs and weird looking ingredients.
"No sorry I was too busy being caught in the crowd to see one of Uthurs famous beheading rituals along with his speech about how magic is banned." Seth says in a sarcastic tone. "Tell me Merlin how can you put up with Uthur I mean you use magic yet you don't do anything about Uthur and to make things more ironic you and Uthur are old friends as well."
Merlin just chuckles. "While I disagree on Uthurs opinion on the use of magic, I do have to admit that he has brought great peace and order to Camelot by banning magic and I can understand why he would ban it due to his past with it."
"What do you mean? Did Uthur use magic himself before he was king?"
"No Uthur never used magic himself but he did have others use magic for him to achieve what is now Camelot today."
Seth clenches his fist. "What a hypocrite he claims all magic is bad which it isn't but he technically still dabbled with magic in his past, he has no right to condemn users of magic!"
Merlin sighs. "It is what it is, but like I have said before do not use what little magic I have taught so openly in Camelot or else, and that includes that you cannot tell Arthur that you can use magic as well is that understood?" Merlin asks with a dead serious expression on his usual carefree face.
Seth nods. "Yes, Merlin I understand I wouldn't be as foolish enough to do that."
Merlin expression then changes to a smile. "Good now then I believe you should be getting ready for tonight's party."
Meanwhile somewhere on the outskirts of Camelot in a dimly lighted cave. The old woman that had threaten the king begins chanting a spell. As the woman's chanting begins to get more aggressive her appearance begins to change into of a younger woman. Her skin begins to turn unwrinkled and becomes a milky white color. Her hair changes from a white color to a dark black color and healthy look. Even her clothes change from rags to a beautiful fancy yellow dress that has a very poofy skirt. "You will suffer greatly Uther Pendragon tonight for it will be the night your heir to the throne will die." The woman says in a very evil tone.
(Later the same evening)
The main hall of the castle is booming with loud music and everyone dancing and eating to their hearts content. Seth is currently serving the crowd fine wine. "Oi lad bring me another one will ya!" A half drunken noble yells at Seth.
Seth just nods at the man and hands him another glass of wine while taking the empty wine glass and the empty plates. Seth then begins to head to kitchen and leaves the empty plates and heads back to the main hall to stand by on a corner of the wall. As Seth is looking around he notices the lady Morgan Arthur's twin sister chatting with her brother and the two seem to be laughing at something.
"She's beautiful, isn't she?"
Seth turns to the direction the voice came from. He notices a girl dressed in a black servant dress. Her hair is black and is in a ponytail. She has amber eyes and milky white skin with a petite figure.
"Honestly yeah she is." Seth says with a smile.
"Some girls are just born for royalty." The girl says with a giggle. "By the way my name is Lily." She sticks out her hand for a hand shake.
Seth shakes her hand. "I'm Seth! So, you a servant also I'm assuming by the way you are dressed?"
Lily nods. "I'm actually Lady Morgan's personal servant."
"That must be something you and her must be pretty close then if you're her personal servant."
"Well I consider her my friend to be honest and I can tell she considers me her friend to despite our status difference."
Just then a woman in a yellow poofy dress begins singing. Everyone in the castle looks at the girl and they look as if they are becoming enchanted by the woman's singing. The woman continues singing and makes her way to the center of the room underneath the chandelier. Seth begins to feel very sleepy as does everyone else in the room.
"Seth cover your ears the woman is using magic to put everyone asleep!" Merlin speaks telepathically in Seth's mind with magic. Seth quickly covers his ears and notices the crowd falls asleep except him and Merlin who is standing across the room from Seth. Luckily the two are behind the woman and out of her range of sight.
"Seth I'm going to use magic to drop the chandelier on top of the woman you should rush towards the king and Arthur, chances are she is attempting to assassinate either one of them."
Merlin casts as a spell causing the chandelier to break and fall. As the chandelier is falling Seth quickly makes his way towards Uthur and Arthur's table. The chandelier falls on top of the woman thus the woman begins to transform into the old woman from earlier that was condemning Uthur. Everyone in the room begins to slowly wake up. The old woman attempts one last assassination by making a knife float in midair and aiming it toward Arthur. Seth quickly reacts and rushes towards Arthur.
"Arthur look out!" Seth quickly knocks Arthur on the floor and feels the wind of the knife fly over his back. The woman then takes her final breath as the knife misses her target. Seth and Arthur get up from the floor.
"You saved my sons life." Uthur says with a smile. "You will be greatly rewarded for this."
"That's not necessary your highness I was just looking out for Arthur is all."
"No I insist, so as your reward you shall become prince Arthur's personal servant!" Uthur announces out loud with immense joy causing the crowd the cheer with joy.
After the whole ordeal at the party Seth is standing outside the courtyard just looking at the sky lost in thought. "Hey, I never got the chance to thank you."
Seth turns and notices Arthur walking next to him. "It's no problem I mean I was just looking out for a friend." He says with a smirk.
"So now that you're my servant at least we don't have to hangout in private anymore but be warned I will be giving you hell just for fun sometimes." Arturia says with an evil smirk.
"Bring it on, I can take on anything you throw at me."
"Careful what you wish for. I expect breakfast in bed and my clothes ready when I step out of a bath. I want my weapons sharpened my gear clean."
"Okay okay I get your point at least let me worry about all that tomorrow."
"Well anyway I'll see you tomorrow then night."
"Night."
As Seth is sound asleep in his bed he is awoken by a strange mysterious voice calling his name. The voice leads Seth into a dark cavern underneath the castle grounds.
"Hello who are you?" Seth calls out to the voice inside the cavern. Just then a giant red dragon that is chained by its leg. fly's in front of Seth causing Seth to jump back.
"Ah so we meet at last apprentice of Merlin." The dragon says in a deep voice.
"You know Merlin?"
"Of course, I do he is the one who helped Uthur imprison me here."
"So who exactly are you?" Seth asks with a hint of curiosity in his voice.
"My name is if no importance to you right now, I have summoned you here young one to warn you that your journey has begun."
"What journey would that be?"
"The journey to lead the young prince Arthur to become king. You two will face many trials along the way but be warned the actions you make will can have consequences on both you and Arthur and even the kingdom of Camelot itself. Be prepared to face many hardships and great disaster at the end of your path. I wonder will you and the young prince be able to overcome this disaster at the end of your journey or will you both overcome it."
"I have no reasons to doubt you since Merlin has told me dragons never lie. But tell me dragon what exactly is this great disaster that you speak of?"
"That I cannot tell you for you are not ready for that knowledge yet but when you are ready you will discover what this great disaster is."
"So be it but tell me one last thing. Why me? Why am I the one who is chosen to lead prince Arthur?"
"Because even before yours and Arthur's birth your fates where already binded together for this journey, there is no escaping your destiny."