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Chapter 12: Eavesdropping Prince

Ivar's words circled around in Rohan's mind like a hawk. Rohan couldn't allow a silly argument come between him and Deirdre. They were a part of the same team and needed to get along so they all could save Kells.

As he searched for Deirdre, what he was going to say to her rolled around in his mind.

Rohan checked all of the usual places that Deirdre would have been. As he walked down the corridor, he had almost run into Garrett.

"Do you know where Deirdre is? I wish to speak with her," Rohan said.

"No, I do not," Garrett said quickly.

Rohan frowned and knew that Garrett was lying. "All right. I'm going to see if she is in her room," Rohan said as began to walk past Garrett.

Garrett grabbed Rohan's shoulder and spun him around. "She does not wish to speak with you."

Anger flashed within Rohan that surged through his blood. He had the same feeling when Garrett had been looking at Deirdre when Macha and Angus had been telling them about how they had gotten the Crystal of Sight. "Garrett, I am going to speak with Deirdre," Rohan said gritting his teeth to refrain himself from wrapping his hands around Garrett's neck.

Garrett sent his fist flying and it connected with Rohan's chin which caused Rohan's head to jerk back.

Rohan blinked several times to clear his vision. He was shocked but that soon melted as the anger quickly took over. He sent his own fist at Garrett, but Garrett grabbed Rohan's arm and bent it enough to cause the Mystic Knight of Fire pain.

Rohan hooked his foot on Garrett's ankle, causing the Mystic Knight of Forest to fall. Garrett jumped quickly to his feet and began to throw punches and trying to dodge the ones thrown by the Mystic Knight of Fire.

Two Kells soldiers arrived and tried to break up the fight, but they were pushed out of the way. Plus, they weren't about to battle two of their own Knights who had mystical weapons.

"What is going on here?" Cathbad asked once he had entered the hallway. Once he saw Rohan and Garrett, he cast a spell that caused them to freeze in their positions.

Rohan had his arm around Garrett's neck while Garrett had grabbed onto Rohan's leg to trip the Mystic Knight of Fire.

Cathbad looked at the handful of soldiers that had gathered to watch the brawl. "I believe that this is not a show," Cathbad said firmly and the soldiers scattered.

"Do you wish my assistance, Cathbad?" Macha asked.

"No, you may leave us. Apparently I must discipline my apprentice as though he were ten-years-old again," Cathbad said.

Macha nodded and left the Druid and the two frozen Mystic Knights.

He waved his hand and the two Mystic Knights were able to move again, but before they could speak or continue to hurt each other, Cathbad waved his other hand and the two Knights were separated.

"Cathbad, release me!" Rohan yelled as he struggled to free himself from the invisible barrier that kept him from choking Garrett.

"Yes, Cathbad, so I may teach Draganta a lesson," Garrett spat as he glared at Rohan.

"What has gotten into you two? You both are Mystic Knights and therefore have the duty to refrain from such child-like behavior. Tell me what has caused this fight or is it something that I would rather not know?" Cathbad said his gray eyes blazing as he stared down the two Mystic Knights.

"It is not important, Cathbad," Rohan said after a few moments of Cathbad's disappointed gaze.

Cathbad studied Rohan a moment before he looked at Garrett and awaited his answer.

"No, Cathbad, it is important and it is something between me and Rohan," Garrett replied as he shot Rohan a dark look.

Cathbad sighed as he shook his head. "You two need to work this out, whatever it is, but I do not want to see or hear that you two have been fighting."

Garrett and Rohan nodded but they still looked at one another with fires in their eyes.

Cathbad frowned but released them. "No more fighting. You two are Mystic Knights and therefore, must work together, so for the sake of Kells, resolve your issues without throwing a fist! If you do not, I will turn both of you into frogs!" Cathbad said firmly before he turned and walked away.

Garrett and Rohan glared at each other for several minutes before they turned away from each other and headed in opposite directions.

Ivar was rubbing his lower back since Angus had hit him there with the quarterstaff. He stopped once he heard someone speaking quietly. Ivar knew that it was wrong to eavesdrop but something about the way the person was being quiet caused his curiosity to rise and his good manners to wane. He crept closer to the room and listened.

"I was unable to see through Anian's illusions. I do not know what this means." Ivar recognized that it was Macha's voice.

"I am not certain, but it may mean that he has discovered some new magic that hinders your sight," an unknown voice replied sounding as though it were miles away.

"That is true. He has taken over Temra and its people quite quickly," Macha replied with a sigh.

"There is something else," Macha said and then she paused, "I have discovered that there is indeed one known as Draganta on this island."

"Truly? Who is Draganta?" The voice asked.

"Rohan is the one known as Draganta," Macha replied after a moment's pause.

"Are you certain?" The woman's voice asked.

"Yes, Fedelma. He bears the mark."

"I see." The woman's voice, now Ivar knew to be Fedelma, sounded grave. "You know what you must do."

"Yes, Fedelma. I must destroy Draganta," Macha said emotionlessly.

Ivar's jaw dropped. He could not believe what he had just heard. This all could have been one of Anian's tricks, but he knew that it was definitely Macha in that room and the words that she had spoken were her own.

Ivar was debating whether he should confront Macha or warn Rohan first. He decided to warn Rohan. He froze when he realized that he had been thinking about his course of action that he hadn't heard the conversation stop. He heard Macha moving around the room. Ivar let out a quiet breath, glad that Macha had not left the room. He silently left to find Rohan.

Angus had just left the kitchen with a piece of bread when Ivar grabbed him. "Hey, Ivar, how many times do I have to ask ye not to sneak up on me like that when I'm eating?" Angus said as he swallowed the piece of bread that he had in his mouth and was glad that he hadn't started choking.

"Angus, do you know where Rohan is?" The Mystic Knight of Water asked urgently.

"I haven't seen him since he went to speak with Deirdre," Angus said and then was about to take another bite from the piece of bread, but realized that Ivar had sounded strange. Ivar sounded afraid. "What's wrong, Ivar?"

"Listen to me, my friend." Ivar paused for a moment hoping that his friend would believe him. "Macha wants to kill Rohan," Ivar said slowly as he held Angus by the shoulders and forced the Mystic Knight of Earth to look into his eyes to see that he was indeed speaking the truth.

Angus shook his head stubbornly refusing to believe that Macha was going to kill Rohan. "Ivar, ye must have heard wrong or Anian created another illusion to turn us against her."

"Angus, it was indeed Macha I heard discussing killing Draganta and that she was unable to see through Anian's illusions when you and her had faced him on your own. She was speaking with one called Fedelma," Ivar said firmly.

"Ye are wrong, Ivar. Macha would never hurt Rohan. Or any of us! It is just Anian playing another trick!" Angus yelled his dark eyes flashing as he threw the remaining piece of bread onto the floor.

"Angus," Ivar said calmly, "our priority is to find Rohan. Then we must contact Cathbad and King Conchobar. Then we can discover if it was truly Macha or not."

Angus knocked Ivar's arms away and took a couple of steps back. "I'm going to go speak with Macha." Angus turned away and ran down the hall.

Ivar called out to Angus, but the Mystic Knight of Earth ignored his friend's pleadings to stop. Ivar sighed and couldn't believe what had happened. He shook his head and went to find Rohan, hoping that Angus would be all right.

Anian walked into his chambers. The chambers that Anian had chosen in the Temra Castle had been ones empty of any living being for a long time. It was located on the north side of the castle so it was very cold and dark. He chose this location because he had the view over the ocean and he could watch the violent waves as they crashed against the sharp rocks below.

He waited until the servant closed the door before he stepped into the smaller room that held only a table and a stone. He studied the obsidian stone that was shaped like a hawk.

He picked up the stone and muttered an incantation. The stone turned a blood red and glowed, making it seem as though Anian's eyes were the same color as the stone.

"Master, Macha is here in Kells just as you had expected," Anian said.

"Yes," a cold voice replied, "has everything been going as planned, Anian?"

"Yes, Master. I'm having the pitiful witch searching for the cauldron and everything is almost ready just as you had planned," Anian said with excitement in his voice.

"Yes, my plan is coming together perfectly, but you must keep an eye on Macha, she is clever Anian. She may discover what you are up to," the voice warned.

Anian's eyes narrowed and anger flashed with his glowing eyes. "That girl has no inclination of this plan nor will she discover it any time soon."

"You have underestimated her once, Anian. I would have thought that you had learned your lesson. Do not fail," the voice warned.

"Yes, Master," Anian said as the stone's light faded and it became black once again.

Anian tossed the stone onto the table and walked out of the room. He began to pace in the larger room. He knew that Macha would never figure out his plan. She was not as clever as he was and she certainly wasn't going to interfere in his Master's plan.

Anian stopped pacing as a fiendish and thrilled smile came onto his face. He knew what he was going to do, even though it was going to interfere with his Master's plan, but only a little.

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