"Homicide, Lieutenant. Late Ms. Mona le Noel took a gun and threatened to kill Ms. Nancy Lake, but she pulled the trigger on herself instead."

Lily Fay was making her statement. Thankfully she didn't mention how on earth I was able to hit a bulletlike a hockey ball with a hockey stick, made of plastic. Or how the hockey stick felt as heavy and hard like a steel sword. Like… Excalibur.

William had woken up shortly after that. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Mona's dead body. Then Anna heard the gunshot and entered the restaurant, saw Mona lying on the floor and freaked out. Elaine filled William on what was happening. The "pulled the trigger on herself" thing. William was totally apologetic. And he and Elaine were back again. He dumped Anna rather unceremoniously

when he heard that his temporary girlfriend was in league with a murderer.

Lance arrived on the scene. Lily Fay explained everything. About how she was forced to steal him from Jennifer, but her guilty conscience made her help us. Of course Lance forgave her. Then Jennifer arrived too when the police called her. She learnt the whole "Marco, Mona, Anna scheme" and broke up with Marco on the phone. Then she and Lance made up.

Marco was on the run. He did an off ski as soon as he heard about Jennifer going to the police. He was not found yet.

The whole school was informed about this thing. I became the "heroine". Edna, without Anna's bribes for dating Pella, soon lost interest in him. Pella crawled back to me, wounded, and begged me to forgive him. But you know what? I don't have to follow the Arthurian Legend and loving Pelleas forever. No. I want my own choice, so I said I'm on planning on reconciliation with him very soon.

Ms. Kali wanted to see me and Elaine. "Tell me what really happened," she suggested. So I told her what really happened, and Ms. Kali nodded like she knew that, and Elaine gaped at me.

"You mean, you deflect a bullet with a hockey stick?" she asked incredulously.

"Yes!"

"I believe she changed the property of the hockey stick to metal. Though you must ask your Chemistry teacher, Mr. Nicholas, to verify this."

"You mean, you know this is going to happen?" I asked.

"Yes. Look at this." Ms. Kali flipped that leather-bound book of hers and pointed to a poem:

"When Arthur bowed his haughty crest,

No princess veiled in azure vest

Snatched him, by Merlin's powerful spell,

In groves of golden bliss to dwell;

But when he fell, with winged speed,

His champions, on a milk-white steed,

From the battle's hurricane,

Bore him to Joseph's towered fane,

In the fair vale of Avalon;

There, with chanted orison

And the long blaze of tapers clear,

The stoled fathers met the bier

Through the dim aisles, in order dread

Of martial woe, the chief they led,

And deep entombed in holy ground.

Before the altar's solemn bound."

"It means that when Arthur was vulnerable, no princess, which means his sister Morgan le Fay, can harm him as he was protected by Merlin's spell to dwell in safety. But when he's in mortal danger, his protector, the Lady of the Lake, took him to safety. She healed Arthur, then brought him to Avalon, where he dwelt for eternity. His earthly friends were sad that he died, and he was buried in honour. In modern definition, you saved him from Morgan le Fay, as Nineve was Merlin's apprentice. You deflected the bullet shot. 'Cause as long as you're alive, nobody can hurt William."

Wow. I'm my best friend's boyfriend's babysitter. "Dose that mean I'll have to take care of William all my life?"

Ms. Kali shrugged. "Probably. It's your duty and destiny."

"Hey, I've saved that guy thrice already."

"I know, but without William, the whole world will fall to the dark side."

This is too deep. Elaine, however, envied me. "I would love to be in charge of him for life."

I rolled my eyes.

Ms. Kali suddenly looked serious. "Nancy, have you made up with Pella yet?"

"No. Why should I?"

"Nancy, you're got to follow the legend."

"I want to choose my own love life, not to follow a rigid several- millenniums ago's love."

"But if you don't do that, William will be in danger."
"Ms. Kali, I want to take a break from nursing him. I want to be plain old Nancy, not the Lady of the Lake. With you as Merlin, what could possibly go wrong?"
A lot of things would. But how would I know that's going to happen? I might be the Lady of the Lake, but I'm not all-knowing,

THE END

All characters' names are of Meg Cabot's Avalon High. Some personification are of my classmates. Sources about the Arthurian Legend are from http/