Irony of Secrets

Galaya

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Chapter 10! Thank you, Shadows Curse, for reviewing my last chapter. I also think that the chapter spoiler will be a permanent fixture to my story.

Chapter 10: Smoke Mountain

They had been traveling for two weeks so far. They were going through the odd forests of Smoke Mountain.

Emrys had not spoken much since their first encounter. He had been kept under constant guard. He didn't seem to mind though. Nor had Emrys attacked any of them. It seemed he really didn't go out of his way to destroy the good. During the time they had known Emrys, he had grown on them a bit. He was quite amusing.

Often, the sorcerer would just stare off into the forest, as if studying something about it. At the moment, he was peering at something ahead of them. Arthur couldn't see what.

Arthur wondered what the sorcerer was thinking and why he remained so silent. Gwaine had been right; there was something familiar about Emrys. The sorcerer himself had said that they had met in the past. When? Where? Why?

(Merlin's point of view)

Merlin had figured out what had happened to his vision; he had cast a spell to blind Verin that the latter had deflected, causing it to hit Merlin. Since it was his own magic, it hadn't blinded him. It had just given him a new way to view the world.

He had learned many things about this new ability. He could control when his vision switched. Merlin had discovered what the colors meant; gold stood for magic, green for life, and white/grey for awareness (white being awake, grey asleep). He enjoyed staring off into the forest using his new vision.

Now, up ahead, he saw a green/white/gold figure. Watching it, he soon realized it was the sorcerer, Verin.

(Arthur's point of view)

Suddenly, a cry from Emrys jolted Arthur from his thoughts.

Thinking that Emrys was going to attack them, the king wheeled around.

He saw that the sorcerer was gesturing to something up ahead. At what remained unknown.

"What is it, Emrys?" Gwaine asked.

The sorcerer replied, "That 'Verin.' He's ahead of us."

I know these chapters are short, but they should get longer again. The part about Sir Korwan is actually going to be next chapter, sorry! I didn't realize this one was going to be split in two.

Next chapter: Verin