Chapter 4
"Now, Harry, how much were you taught about Merlin and Morgana LeFey, Lady Nimue…?" Seeing Harry's puzzled look, he continued, "Okay, I'll take that as 'not much'".
"Well ,we three were skilled at magic from a very young age, but with different outcomes due to our different circumstances. I was always encouraged and taught. Morgana was punished for her 'different-ness' and Nimue repressed it until she almost became a Squib. "
"Between we three, we managed to organize the many types and branches of magic, while also categorizing spells as Light, Dark, and Grey Wizardry. Personally, I always believed Magic itself to be Grey, as it is one's intention when casting a spell that causes it to be considered Light or Dark. Just a thought," he said as Harry nodded his head. It made more logical sense to look at it that way, and was something Harry had felt before, but never articulated.
"Ah, where was I? Oh yes, so we three set to the enormous task of classifying and grouping the types of magic. It was during this task that we had a falling out. Morgana and Nimue had an argument over Light versus Dark classifications for Necromancy and Blood Rituals. Nimue was convinced that both branches of magic were evil and could only be used for Dark purposes, while Morgana argued that sometimes need had to outweigh squeamishness and so it should be classified as Grey magic. As you can imagine, this didn't go well. Both tried pleading with me to pick their 'side' of this argument. On the one side, Nimue was arguing to strike these magics from our books, not teach them, as they are Dark. On the other side, Morgana argues that Dark or Light, it was still magic and you had to have both for Cosmic Balance."
"I didn't pick a side. How could I when I knew in my heart and felt in my magic, that it was not the type but the intention behind it?"
"In their anger, they cursed me. Nimue swore that one day, my descendant and Heir would be subject to and injured by both Necromancy and Blood Rituals. Morgana then swore that this same descendant would have skill in those branches of magic, thus surviving and enabling a long, painfully drawn-out childhood and adolescence, leaving my Heir so changed that he would not fulfil his true destiny."
"You see, Harry, you are that descendant. And your true destiny has not been fulfilled. But I was able to assist in some ways." said Merlin.