Unmei no Henka
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Sorry about the slight delay, I had some last minute homework to finish. (ugh, school tomorrow TT~TT) This chapter is slightly shorter than the other two but I really struggled writing this chapter so sorry if it's not as good.
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"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another"- Anatole France
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Chapter 2- Propositus est cogitavit
'Revenge'
Arthur froze at the words uttered from the thief's mouth. Never had he heard the word spoken with such hatred and loathing. It left him too shocked to move for a moment as he and the thief stared at each other. Arthur narrowed his eyes.
'What have I ever done to you?'
'You killed so many of my kind. Slaughtered innocent, killed hundreds, Arthur Pendragon, what haven't you done.'
Arthur stepped towards the thief, sword pointed towards him 'If you want revenge why did you kill Lord Richard?'
'The best way to get to you is to kill the ones who stand by you and your wrong views against magic.'
Arthur growled and moved to attack the thief but was stopped when his eyes glowed gold and was thrown backwards into Gwaine who was stood behind him and they both fell to the floor with a thud. 'Did you really think you could stop me with a sword?' The thief taunted with a grin 'I have magic, you can't touch me!' He frowned when Elyan and the other knight came charging towards him. With a simple hand movement they were sent flying against the hard stone wall and knocked out. The thief turned to look at Gaius who had until now stood forgotten in the corner of the room. He raised his hand to face Gaius and Arthur feared that the thief would attack him. Arthur tried to get up to stop the thief but was stopped when the thief muttered a spell and Arthur found himself unable to move, glancing to his left Arthur found that Gwaine couldn't either. Arthur cursed.
The thief's attention was now focused solely on Gaius as if trying to decide what to do. Then, with a slight sigh, the thief lowered his hand and turned away from Gaius to face the window he had appeared from 'I will not harm someone innocent.' He spoke softly, and then with more venom in his voice he added 'I have more mercy than you Arthur Pendragon.' He walked towards the window 'Stop thief!' Arthur cried from his position on the floor 'You can't leave. I won't allow it!' He struggled to get to his feet but couldn't move no matter how hard he tried. The thief laughed at him 'You will not be able to escape my spell.'
'Release me thief!'
'The spell will stop when I've gone.' He stood in front of the window and turned to face Arthur 'I don't believe I ever introduced myself, how rude of me' he grinned 'Nice to meet to Arthur Pendragon, I am known as Emrys.' Before Arthur could reply the thief, Emrys, had disappeared.
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A couple of minutes later Arthur and Gwaine found that they were able to move. Arthur ran towards the window 'How the heck did he disappear like that?'
'Probably magic sire.' Gaius replied. Arthur turned to face the physician who looked slightly pale and had a worried expression on his face. 'Are you okay Gaius.' Arthur asked and walked towards Gaius who was looking over Elyan and the other knight. Gaius nodded his head 'just a bit surprised sire.'
'That the thief- Emrys,' he corrected himself 'didn't attack you?' Hesitantly Gaius nodded. Sensing Gaius didn't want to talk about it he changed the subject 'how are they?' he asked, indicating to the fallen knights. 'They are fine' Gaius replied 'just a slight concussion.'
'What are you going to do now?' Gwaine questioned from behind him. Arthur shook his head, he didn't know. He could only hope that they managed to find Emrys before it was too late.
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Gaius slumped down on the bench when he arrived back in his chambers. He ran a hand through his gray hair with a sigh and shook his head. The words of the thief echoing in his mind
'I am known as Emrys'
Emrys...
Gaius knew that name and who it belonged to, how could he not. But the realisation of this filled him with a cold sense of dread and he felt almost sick. He hoped things were not as they seemed that it was some misunderstanding but he knew that it was not.
He would not tell Arthur what he knew. He wouldn't be able to take it or start to hate magic more.
He would have to make sure for certain, find out why this was happening. His gaze fell to the closed wooden door at the other side of the room and he sighed again.
'What have you done, Merlin?'
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3 ½ weeks later...
5 nobles and knights had been killed since Emrys had begun his plan for revenge. Arthur was frustrated and annoyed. Every time the chased him down, Emrys would manage to escape from them. This had to be stopped before things got worse.
'Do you think we're going to capture him?' Gwaine spoke
'Of Course we will.' Leon responded
'He's pretty good at disappearing though' Elyan supplied
'He's a sorcerer though' Percival responded 'that makes things easy for him.'
'We need to think of a plan.' Arthur snapped 'and not discussing how good a thief he is.' That made the knights quiet and they all turned to look at him from their places at the round table.
'Why do you still call him a thief?' Gwaine asked
Arthur frowned, this was not the time to be discussing names 'I hardly think that matters Gwaine.' He snapped. Gwaine looked slightly annoyed for a second but the look quickly disappeared 'what's the plan then?'
'That's what we're trying to figure out.'
'No need to get so grumpy Princess. How about we just surround him?'
'Unless you forgot Gwaine, he has magic, we have swords. Even if I hate to admit it, he has an advantage.'
'Not if we take him by surprise him.' Leon spoke up; Arthur moved his head to look at him and motioned for Leon to continue. 'If we distract him then one of us could try and sneak up behind him. He can't use his magic if he doesn't know that we're there.' Arthur nodded in agreement, it sounded like a good plan. Looking at the rest of the 4 knights he trusted the most he could see that they agreed.
They spent the next 10 minutes thoroughly going through the plan. They made sure everything would hopefully work out as planned. They needed to catch Emrys, they couldn't afford any mistakes; he needed to be caught.
It was just as they were finishing up that the warning bells tolled, ringing loudly throughout the large castle. Arthur glanced at the 4 knights who stood from their seats the moment he did, the sound of chairs scraping against the stone floors echoing slightly, and they knew it was time. As one they drew their swords and moved out of the room.
Arthur grinned, it was time to begin the counteroffensive, and this time they would not fail.
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There you have it, Chapter 2 of Unmei no Henka! What do you think?
(Oh and if you're wondering the chapter title means 'a plan is planned'. Sounds cooler in another language)
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