Chapter 9: Dream
"You shouldn't cry", a soft voice sounded.
As Mary opened her eyes she was lying on a stone covered with moss in the middle of a cave.
Confused she got up. The cave was illuminated by torches and seemed almost cosy. Right next to a warm fire there was a young woman with black hair and white skin.
"Lilia", Mary said out loud in surprise and the other woman grinned.
"Looks like Merlin gave away private details", Lilia said. "Actually I'm dead, you know?" She twinkeld amused.
"Why should I not cry?", Mary asked. "It's a sad thing I'm crying about."
"But it is senseless", Lilia responded. "Nothing will change. You will only be even sadder."
"If it makes me more careful about my actions I can handle that", Mary replied. Lilia opened her mouth to say something but closed it again because she could not think of anything to say.
For a moment the two women just sat there.
"I don't know where to go", Mary finally said. "I can't stay in Camelot."
"Why not?", Lilia asked. "It is safe there. You will not come into the danger of using magic by accident unlike other people …"
Mary grinned and thought about the exhibition fight.
"That is not what I mean", she then said. "I am used to being surrounded by magic. And I love it that way. I cannot live in a world where it is banned. Magic gives me a too big a joy to be without it."
Lilia starred at the Lady, curious and a little joyful.
"I see", she finally said. Then she took a look around in the cave. "It is a bit lonley here, indeed."
Mary nodded smiling.
"You will find the way", Lilia whispered, closed her eyes and Mary fell back to sleep.
As she woke up again she was laying in her bed in Camelot. Gwen had bowed over here in worry.
"Why are you grinning so strangely?", the maidservant asked.
Mary flipped up, hugged Gwen and fell back on the bed with her. Infected with Mary's happyness Gwen had to laugh.
"Everything will be alright", Mary whispered. "Now I know where I have to go."
She turned her head to Gwen, smiled softly and jumped out of the bed.
"Why are you laying there that lazy?", she yelled out. "We have to pack my things." That being said she spun through the room, laughing, jumping and dancing.
Gwen got up and looked at the Lady while shaking her head.