Back faster than I've expacted. Hope you like it. Thanks, Meri Ley, for your nice words. Till now I haven't done much for the two. I'm still following the notebook. I'm waiting for much more opinions. Please, there are just two more chapters left and I hardly know how to develop the plot from that point on.
Waiting for suggestions.
"I need your help, Freya." The warlock begged. He'd started to get better at astral projection, but there was still a lot to learn.
"Things have changed, Merlin. I can't allow anyone to come to Avalon. You won't be able to come back should I allow you to enter. Nimueh had altered the balance between the worlds when she'd brought Morgause back."
"So, Morgause is really back, isn't she?" The warlock exclaimed. He wasn't actually surprised.
"No, she's not. Her soul is trapped between the worlds. What Nimueh brought back is a material reflection of Morgause".
"Like Morgana did with Lancelot." The warlock added.
"Yes, kind of. Yet Morgana didn't allow him to stay so long and his soul found peace when you set it had spent too much time among the livings and the sidhels decided to close the gate in order to prevent something worse for happening." Freya explained to him with the patience of a teacher.
"How has Nimueh managed to stay so long among the livings, then? I killed her eleven years ago. I'm sure of it."
"Her soul has never been to Avalon. Something kept it trapped in this world."
"Do you know how I could kill her?"
"You need to find the anchor that keeps her in this world and destroy it."
"Do you have any idea what it might be?" Merlin kept on asking her.
"I wish I knew. Theoretically it must be her body."
"But I destroyed it."
"Which is why I can't offer you an answer. I'm sorry, Merlin. Maybe, it is just much more complicated than you think."
"What you mean?"
"Maybe her body isn't destroyed as you thought."
"How could it be possible?!"
"I don't know. Yet it's strange…. Could I do something else for you Merlin? I can't stay long."
"You said Morgause's soul is in this world." Freya nodded. "That means I don't have to travel to Avalon in order to speak with her. Could you help me find her soul?"
"I doubt she would want to be found."
"I guess I know how to make her want that." At least he was certain of something.
"Be careful, Merlin. I don't think she likes you."
"So you'll help me?!" He smiled. Freya smiled back.
"I will if you promise to help her find her way back to Avalon."
"Of course. I will do everything I can." The Lady of the Lake smiled and soon she was gone.
The warlock waited for what seemed like ages. Then as he started to lose hope he felt a magic presence near to him.
"What if I don't want to see you?" Upon hearing the voice, the Dragon Lord turned to face Morgause.
"Then you wouldn't have come, Morgause."
"I was curious. I can't imagine why you might want to see me."
"I need your help" She watched him with awe. "I want to kill Nimueh."
"Not interested. Why should I want her dead?"
"Because, despite the hatred between us there is something we share." Morgause started to get curious.
"Enlighten me, warlock."
"Morgana"
"She's safe."
"Is she? Does your hatred towards me makes you willing to sacrifice her? She's with Nimueh's puppet right now. Is it necessary to remind you that Nimueh has tried to kill her before?"
"So does you." She answered hastily.
"I didn't want to. You know that better than anyone. Morgause, are you willing to risk your sister's life again because of your stupid vanity? I'm not the only one to blame for what happened that day."
"If Nimueh dies, Morgana dies with her."
"That's why I need you to tell me how to break the enchantment that binds them."
"You don't have the power to do that. If Nimueh has the slightest suspicion, she will go after Morgana. That spell is the only thing that keeps my sister alive."
"I will find that power no matter how long I will have to wait."
"You will have to wait longer than you expect. You will need years to master the astral projection and even then, the cuffs will still be able to affect you. You will be able to do a single spell at time before they suck you of energy. If you fail, Morgana will die. My sister seems to be your only weakness and Nimueh won't hesitate to use her against you."
"I love her, Morgause. I don't care how much I will have to spend in this prison if I be able to keep her safe."
"All the spells you need are in Nimueh's book. Find that book and use it. But make sure you are able to do the spell well before you use it against Nimueh. She's very cleaver, Nimueh. If…"
"I know… How will I manage to kill her?"
"She needs an enchanted object in order to switch the bodies. When you'd kill her, her soul would be trapped between words. Without such an object she wouldn't be able to find a new body. Make sure there is no object left."
"Wait. She gave Morgana a necklace. Is it…?"
"No. Once the object completes its purpose it becomes useless. Yet she might create another."
"Thank you, Morgause. Yet there is something else I want you to ask before. I can't let Nimueh's puppet to destroy Morgana."
"Yet that "puppet" prevents Morgana from coming back to you and getting caught or worse, killed." He couldn't hold back a smile.
"She wants to come back for me, doesn't she?"
"She's a complete idiot. Yet she would be saffer far away from you."
"I know and that's what I want to ask you to do."
"I wish I could read your mysterious mind"
"I'll explain you late, but I think we're going to need Freya's help and a little of siddle's magic."