Unfortunate
Meetings
Merlin
There were no guards. None. This area was to be under constant watch, yet there was not a guard in sight. This worried me, but I still needed to talk to her, so I made my way to the door. Now with caution. As I came within arm's length, I reached out intending to open it with my own magic.
Before I could utter a word however, it swung open to reveal a room that was circular in shape and all stone, floor, ceiling and walls. Opposite me was a small arch window with iron bars, blocking all escape.
To the side there was a small folding bed, in the middle there was a thin brittle looking wooden table accompanied by to similar looking chairs. The room was dark with nothing but the watery light of the winter sun coming through the window. But where was the girl? And the guards?
Then I noticed a dark shape huddled in the shadows, pulled up against the wall.
"Nichelle?" I spoke her name in a whisper, hoping, no, begging to be corrected.
"How do you know my name?" she asked in a small voice. I closed my eyes, after the kingdom just started taking a turn for the better, the appearance of this girl may very well turn it right around and send it back to square one.
"You told me, remember? When you were first brought here, you whispered it to me, in my head."
She looked up at me and met my gaze. Her big, round eyes were a dark brown that matched her hair and she held none of the beauty in which her mother had, but they held the same confidence and sense of superiority as Nimeuh. But her eyes were also crazed.
"You are Emyrs, I would not tell you of my origins, nor allow you entrance to my mind." She said the words in an even tone but the venom in which they were said sent shivers down my spine.
"I-I am not Emyrs…" all these years of hiding it, no one but druids knowing, it was hard to comprehend that someone had just stated it before me.
She let out a short, harsh laugh.
"Oh I think you are, and do you know what else I think?" I didn't want to play her games, I didn't want to answer, but I needed information.
"What?" I replied, almost regretting speaking she didn't answer.
"I think that you're going to help me." She whispered finally.
"Help you? Help you to do what?" I asked wary of what she might be able to do, I really didn't it when people starting fiddling around in my mind.
"Well, destroy the world eventually, but there's some people I have to er, remove first. I think you're just the person to do it." She stated proudly.