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Chapter 7
Fanny sneaked out of Camelot, using the secret tunnels that her queen told her roughly. Once Fanny was sure she was in the open, she rode out along her black horse dragging a wooden litter behind her. But as Fanny started to ride away from Camelot, she noticed that there were more scouts on the road. This caused Fanny to move away from the main road, and to take a path that would delay her for some time.
She soon discovered that the new path that Fanny was taking, was also being watched by a guard of Camelot. She was halfway down the road when the one guard rode up to her, thinking fast Fanny changed her expression to fear. The guard looked to be six feet tall, which was half the height of Fanny making her glad to be on her horse. His deep brown eyes never left her as he jumped off his horse, before grabbing Fanny's reigns which preventing her from bolting away.
"What are you doing out here all by yourself girl?" The guard asked in a strong tone while tightening his hold on Fanny's reigns. This made Fanny feel even more nervous when a soft groan coming from the litter. Fanny jumped down from her horse and tied him to the nearest tree, she then followed the guard to the front of the blanket covered litter.
"Please it's my dying sister, we live on the outskirts of Camelot. I wanted her to die in a place that he knew, instead of being surrounded by a stranger. Please let me take her home to die, I couldn't stand watching my beloved sister fade away outside the castle walls like that." Fanny begged in a fake scared voice, but the guard turned around and took a step towards the litter.
The guard was about to pull the blanket away from the body on the litter when again heard a low groan. Fanny jumped down from her horse and pulled a small dagger out, and stabbed the man in the left side of his neck. Once she pulled the dagger out blood squirted out, making the guard placed a hand on where he was stabbed. The guard took a step towards Fanny, as he drew his sword, he pointed it at her and was getting ready to strike her down.
Before he could thrust the sword into her, the guard lost his grip and dropped the sword beside him. The guard looked down at her and in his last moment, he watched as Fanny slit his throat. The guard gasped, his last breath as he fell to the ground, it didn't take him long to die. To make sure that he was dead, Fanny kicked him hard on his right side and heard no response.
Giving a smirk as she dragged the dead guard to the right side of the road, Fanny made sure to leave the body behind some thick bushes. Just to make sure that no one discovers what she had done, Fanny grabbed some fallen branches and leaves and placed them on the body.
Once Fanny was stratified and sure he was well hidden, she returned to her horse and continued on her way to the meeting spot. It took her an hour longer than it would have if she had remained on the main road, but Fanny couldn't risk being seen. When Fanny finally arrived in the clearing inside of the forest of the fallen kings, she found that there was no one there.
Which Fanny thought was odd, because every time she came Frank or Anthony who was there to take her report and they never been late before. There was a part of Fanny that was telling that it could be a trap and that she should leave, but another part of her told her that it could be a test.
While Fanny debating about what she was going to do, the wind started to pick up, causing trees to groan as they moved with the wind. Noises that caused Fanny to jump anytime she heard a branch snap, but what caused her to become more nervous was the loud deep growl that was in front of her. Fanny tried to move back to where the horse was, but no matter how hard she tired her legs refused to listen to her.
Soon the growling noise was so close then it stopped, making Fanny looking around for where the thing that made the noise. Fanny wasn't sure if the thing had made decided it wasn't interested in her anymore, or if it might be stalking for her. So she slowly pulled her dagger out getting ready for an attack, as she held her blade out in front of her she felt something bounce on her from behind.
The sheer force caused Fanny to have the wind knocked out of her, as she fell forward landing hard on her stomach. As she started to catch her breathe Fanny turned her head trying hard to get a glimpse of what attacked her. That is when she saw a white dragon on her back, growling loudly at her as if it was getting ready to set Fanny on fire.
But the sound of something else emerging from caused the dragon to become silent and look straight ahead. Fanny slowly did the same and soon out of the bushes, came Morgana in a long green dress with her hair done up in a messy bun. "Queen Morgana?" Fanny spoke sounding a bit shock to see her, never in her dreams did she think that Morgana would have come so close to Camelot.
Morgana looked down at Fanny with an evil smile on her face, she then looked at the dragon nodding her hand causing the beast to walk over to her. Fanny lay on her stomach still in shock by everything; she never thought she could see a real live dragon after hearing they all were dead. Though it scared her she was glad to have met one, taking a couple of deep breaths Fanny rose from her stomach but stayed sitting on her knees.
"Fanny, I hope you have good news for me and good reason to pull a blade Aithusa!" Morgana asked in a very cold voice, hearing her voice caused Fanny to get chills up and down her back as well as making her extremely nervous. For a moment Fanny sat there, completely forgetting everything she was going to say to whoever she was going to report to.
But after a moment of gathering her thoughts, and remembered everything that happened in Camelot that she was going to report. "Please forgive me, my queen, I didn't know that you were the one who I was supposed to report to today. If it will please you I have news from Camelot, your plan as work people are getting sick dying and the people are losing faith in the pretender." As Fanny started to give her report, her voice started to shake as Aithusa began to growl at her again.
Fanny looked at Morgana who did not move an inch, her expiration stayed stern with her cold eyes looking back at her. "Your cousin Anna has been arrested after I placed that book of spells in her room and took him to it, he sentenced her to death as you predicted." As Fanny spoke her voice still shaking, though as she made eye contact with Aithusa the white dragon blew black smoke at her.
Getting more nervous Fanny slowly slid back a bit, wanting to put more distance between her and the fire happy dragon. "Good very good, and I trust that my people are all in place for the next phase of the plan." Morgana asked keeping her voice firm and cold, she then placed a hand onto of Aithusa's head. It caused Aithusa to look away from Fanny, and up to Morgana who gave the white dragon a small smile which calmed the dragon.
Aithusa sat there for a moment and once Morgana removed her hand from the dragon's head, it let out a yawn and laid down. Seeing that Aithusa calm made Fanny feel a bit calmer now that the dragon wasn't on high alert, so she took a deep breath and nodded her head. "Yes my queen, everyone is in place and is waiting for your orders." Fanny spoke in a calmer voice, but she could still feel the cold stares of Morgana and Aithusa watching her every movement.
"Good, I have to admit that your idea to pay off that boy to say he saw an army worked perfectly. Especially shooting him in the back, so it sells the story and gets rid of him and ensures that he doesn't tell anyone the truth." Morgana tone remained the same cold tone, while she did give Fanny some praise for that one part of the plan she still didn't trust the servant girl. Morgana knew that the only person she can trust is herself, which is why she never told anyone her complete plan to reclaim the throne.
Fanny slowly stood up but would pause, anytime that Aithusa would growl at her fearing she might be attacked by the white dragon. "Thank you, my queen. If it would please you, I like to present you with a gift to show my undying loyalty to you and our cause." Fanny's voice became very soft and shaky as she spoke to Morgana, but as soon as her queen nodded her head she let out a smile.
Very slowly Fanny walked over to the litter, with Morgana trailing behind and the dragon walking behind its mistress. Once Fanny stopped at the litter she took a deep breath, then lifted the blanket. As soon as Morgana saw who it was, she smiled evilly.
First off I like to say how sorry I am that you guys had to wait for this chapter, I had a lot of stuff going on and really hadn't had any time to sit down and write. Now I do hope you like it, and please leave a review and let me know what you guys thought of it, I am going to try and start writing the 8th chapter before hitting the hay. Thank you to all those who follow and favourite this story, it's all thanks to your support that I have kept writing and I hope I won't disappoint you.