Ben got into a carriage with Arthur, Lancelot, and Galahad "so...where are we going, uh, Your Highness" Arthur smirked "we are going to forge your weapon" Mordred was about to open the carriage but Arthur stopped him "you are to stay here Mordred, you are still to be reprimanded for disobeying me" Mordred simply walked away with Arthur sighing "let's go" the carriage began moving, Arthur intertwined his fingers and put them against his lips "Ben...I do not want you to think me a bad father, I just..." Arthur gathered his thoughts "my son has always had an inquisitive side, he was expressive and always craved freedom but...as a father I must keep my son from harm" Arthur leaned back "Mordred will not change, he will always push boundaries and in some ways he would become an excellent king but...I would never trust him with the throne".
The carriage stopped "why have we stopped? We are nowhere near the lake" Arthur felt a presence and suddenly exited the carriage. Ben, Lancelot, and Galahad exited to see Arthur confronting a woman in the road, Arthur held his sword and pointed it at the woman "you are not welcome here, Morgana" Lancelot drew his spear "who's Morgana?" Ben whispered with Galahad answering "a witch who our King has fought in the past" Ben nodded. Morgana spoke, her voice was sultry and a mysterious echo was present in her voice "my dear brother, I felt a disturbance, a temporal flux, and he is right there..." she pointed at Ben "what have you been up to my dear brother?" Arthur made a hmm sound "he is stuck here, we are trying to help him get back home, he is to battle Chronoa in his own time" Morgana's smile disappeared "I see...he has a battle ahead then...how is Mordred?" Morgana's tone changed to a desperate voice "he is...troubled" Morgana then retorted "let me talk to him, he will listen to his mother!" Arthur shouted back "his mother died! You may have given birth to him, but Guinevere raised him, nurtured him!" Morgana gritted her teeth "fine...this is not over, Brother, he will seek me out" Morgana raised her arms and a green tornado covered her and it dissipated with Morgana nowhere to be seen.
Ben and the others entered the carriage, Ben stopped Galahad "hey...so Morgana is Arthur's sister...and the mother of Mordred...Arthur's son?" Galahad nodded with Ben slightly gagging. The carriage finally stopped again, Arthur exited with Ben, Lancelot, and Galahad, Ben stepped into a thick fog "geez, can't even see an inch infront of me" Arthur drew Excalibur and lit the way "come...we head for the lake". Ben and the others made their way through the fog, Ben looked around to see figures moving through the fog "uhhhh what is this place anyway?" Lancelot answered "Bodmin Moor, a place where warriors are drawn to, get out alive and you'll gain a weapon that can rival the Miraculous" Lancelot pulled out his spear "this spear was not created here, I earned it by defeating a Viking Chief, it always hits its mark and nothing can stop it's thrust" Galahad lifted his shield "my shield comes from here" Arthur stopped "Ben...who is this woman?" Ben looked to see Sophia infront of them "that's Sophia" Arthur then asked "you're betrothed to this woman?" Ben shook his head "no, we're nowhere near there yet" Galahad tilted his head "she is quite beautiful, you are lucky" Sophia spotted Ben and rushed to him "do not trust it Ben, she is testing you" Ben stayed strong as Sophia ran past him and into the fog, she called for Ben but he didn't listen "good Ben, do not let her sway you" Ben responded "not gonna lie, I really do miss her" Arthur put his hand on Ben's shoulder "you will see her again, I am not so fortunate, my love is lost to me" Ben and the others finally made it to the water, the water was completely untouched by the fog, it's water was so deep and blue that Ben couldn't see past the surface, the smell was pure and the wind coming from it was so clean.
Ben apporached the water's edge "draw your sword" Arthur instructed with Ben nodding and drew his sword, Arthur further instructed "present your blade to her" Ben put out his sword, the lake suddenly began to stir. Ben stood there waiting for something to happen, the lake began to split and the ground rumbled, a figure emerged from the lake, it was a woman cloaked in an ethereal light. She floated across the air and infront of Ben's face "who. Are. You?" Ben answered "uh, I'm Ben" the woman looked at his blade "crude. Rusted. Old." Ben raised an eyebrow "gotta agree, the blade is a piece a-" the woman interrupted "I. Fix. I. Improve. I. Enchant." A slender tentacle came out of her visage and took the sword, she then dove down and the lake reconstituted itself "so...what now?" Arthur put his finger up "wait...you'll see". The lake began to stir again and something shot out of it, it flew over Ben's head and stuck in the ground right behind him, Ben turned around to see a sword sticking out of the ground, Ben grabbed the handle and lifted it out of the ground, it was a single edged blade which was indicolite in color with a silver edge, the crossguard was silver and blue with a space inside of it and the handle was wrapped in black leather and the pommel was colored cobalt and smooth. Ben swung the sword around, it was like he was swinging a feather in his hand "wow, so lightweight" Ben heard motion behind him, he turned to see Arthur with Excalibur in hand "let us see what your new blade can do" Ben readied his sword and Arthur charged at him, Ben and Arthur collided swords in a flash of light, Ben retracted and slashed, Arthur parried it and slashed at Ben, Ben ducked and hit Arthur in the chest with the pommel and threw a slash, Arthur struck the sword out of his hand and it stuck into the ground.
Arthur reered up and slashed down with Lancelot calling after him "Arthur no!" Arthur's sword stuck into the ground, Ben was gone. Arthur looked around, a voice called out "hey, over here" Arthur looked behind him to see Ben holding his sword "what?" Ben looked at the sword "I guess that's what it can do" Arthur charged with a battle cry. Ben flipped the sword and threw it at Arthur, Arthur deflected it only to see that Ben was gone again. Arthur looked up to see Ben coming down, Arthur attempted a block but gravity was on Ben's side and the slash broke Arthur's guard and sent him sliding. Arthur stabbed Excalibur into the ground to stop himself "well then, we have assessed your blade's abilities, let us return back to the castle".
Ben stood in the courtyard practicing with his sword, Mordred came into the courtyard "ah, a fine weapon, for a fine warrior" Mordred paced around Ben "what can it do?" Ben hesitated "uhhh, I don't really know yet" Mordred's face became stern and he grabbed Ben's wrist, Mordred peered into Ben's memories. Mordred stepped back, he looked at Ben in shock, Ben looked at his Miraculous and then at Mordred "Mordred..." Ben uttered, Mordred ran to a nearby horse with Ben following leaving his sword behind, Mordred mounted the horse and took off with Ben following close behind on another horse. Mordred made it to the forest Ben saw Morgana and began calling out "Morgana! Where are you?!" Ben suddenly called out to Mordred "hey, Mordred! You gotta stop, I've read about Morgana, she's only trouble" Mordred looked at Ben "do your books tell you that I am trouble?" Ben didn't answer "then I shall keep looking". A sinister laughter came from the forest "so you have finally attained the desire to seek me out" Morgana stepped from the forest, her body was shrouded in a swamp green cloak and her eyes glowed a mystical green "hello, my son, we finally meet..."
Mordred got off his horse as did Ben "come, my child, I will reveal everything". Ben and Mordred followed Morgana to a shack made inside a hollowed out tree. Morgana let the two in "please, sit" Ben and Mordred sat, Morgana turned to them "I do not know where to start" Mordred leaned forward, his anger and confusion were very apparent in his voice "let us start by answering this. Why did my father lie to me?" Morgana smirked "your father did not want his shame to be known, he stole you from me when you were a babe and raised you into believing Guinevere was your true mother" Mordred hit his knee in his face "so, he wished for his infidelity to be kept a secret, what else has he kept from me?!" Morgana stoked his anger even further "yes, he was willing to hurt you and I in order to protect himself, he is selfish" Mordred got up and paced while Ben also stood and confronted Morgana "okay, that's enough out of you, you're done messing with his head" Morgana emitted green flame from her hand "oh, I think his mind is as clear as it has ever been, Mordred, you know what we must do, make Arthur pay for his crimes". Mordred picked up his sword "yes...yes, that is what we must do!" Mordred approached Ben "Ben, join us, Arthur deserves to pay for what he has done, and I must take the throne to ensure stability" Morgana floated around Mordred and put her hands on his shoulders "yeeees, you are worthy of the throne" Ben backed up "I can't go along with this, Mordred you aren't yourself!" Mordred drew his sword "oh, I have finally found myself, who I really am" Mordred continued "last chance Ben, you are either with us...or against us" Ben's face became stern and he suddenly disappeared in a flash of lightning. Ben stood in the courtyard holding his sword "I have to tell Arthur".
Ben barged into the throne room "Arthur! It's Mordred!" Arthur stood up "what has happened?" Ben began explaining "Morgana got to him, she's manipulating him, he wants to declare war" Arthur punched the table "that witch! She will pay for what she has done" Ben then questioned "is Morgana really Mordred's mother?" Arthur held his head low "yes...it is true, Mordred is a product of a shameful union I had with Morgana, a decision I do not go a day without regretting, please understand Benjamin, I did not intend to hurt Mordred, I am not a perfect man, even with the power to rule the kingdom I make mistakes, but now is not the time for anguish, we must prepare for war, if my son raises hid sword against the kingdom, I must raise a sword to him". A sudden boom shook the castle walls "it is time, deploy our troops, Benjamin, I need you to gather things from Merlin's workshop in the castle" Ben nodded and made his way over there while Arthur and the Knights exited the throne room and into the courtyard, a squire rushed over to them "sire, Mordred has been spotted at the edge of the Forest!" Arthur inhaled deeply and then exhaled "then we shall meet in the field outside of the castle" an army energed out of the castle and Arthur led them to battle.
Ben opened the door to Merlin's workshop, the lab smelt like woodchippings and mealworms "hmmmm? Who is it?" Ben revealed himself to the wizard who was caught in a purple fog "whatever you do, don't breathe this stuff in, unless you want your eyeballs to turn into toads...ah, you're the timehopper, what can I do ya fer?" Ben was about to say something but then a voice came from behind him "well, this is a fortuitous postition for me" Ben turned around to see one of the Knights of the Round Table, it was Bors. Bors drew his sword "I am under strict instructions from Morgana to eliminate you" Ben drew his sword with Merlin looking at Bors "oh my" Merlin said before slinking off into the darkness to hide. Bors attacked Ben, Ben blocked a slash from Bors and countered with his own slash that caught Bors in the bicep, Bors thrusted but Ben parried it and shoulder checked Bors in the chest causing him to fall to the ground, Bors struggled back to his feet "it seems Lancelot's training has been paying off, but he did not teach everything" Bors twirled his sword and a strange purple smoke billowed out from it "careful young Squire! That's poison gas" Merlin squawked, Bors then slashed his sword and the poison gas began to cover the floor of the lab. Ben looked up to see a steel chandelier, he threw his sword up and teleported to it quickly deducing where he was in the air he grabbed the chandelier, Bors scanned the floor of the lab "that gas is supposed to incapacitate, how did he escape?" Ben noticed the chandelier was swinging and had an idea, he began to swing and the chandelier began to pick up momentum. Bors looked above "aha! There you are!" Bors began spinning his sword but Ben beat him to the punch, Ben cut the chain of the chandelier, Bors lowered his sword "by the Pope..." Bors uttered before being crushed by the chandelier. Ben landed and saw Bors struggling to lift up the chandelier, Merlin suddenly appeared and blew dust into Bors' face causing him to fall asleep "you couldn'ta done that earlier?" Ben said with Merlin shrugging "I wanted to see what you were capable of, now, I have something that will aid in the battle against Morgana" Merlin rummaged through his cloak "aha!" Merlin pulled out a bag "this, this right here can shut down magical abilities" Ben took the bag "and you...as a magic user...had this in your jacket" Merlin shrugged again "you never know when you need to stop yourself from going too far" Ben opened the bag and saw a vial "just get that stuff into her system and boom! Magic gone!" Ben looked at Merlin "okay, let's go stop a war".
Arthur arrived on the battlefield, he watched from a distance as Mordred and Morgana came from the edge of the forest, Mordred's armor was now black with red appearing from underneath the plates, Morgana floated above everyone and shocked the ground between Arthur and Mordred. Mordred suddenly roared at Arthur "come father! Face your sins, and die with what little honor you have left!" Mordred held out his balled fist, he was clutching a ball made of wood with runes enscribed onto it, Mordred thrusted his hand into the ground and pulled it up no longer holding the object "rise, my army!" The ground began to crack and clawed hands began to erupt from the ground "what dark magic have you been corrupted by my son?" Arthur whispered, creatures tore their way out of the ground, their skin looked like burnt wood with orange lines covering their bodies with a spiral pattern acting as their face with a red hot eye in the middle. Mordred pointed his sword and his demon horde attacked, Arthur pointed his own sword and his army aswell as the Royal Knights charged aswell, Ben stood atop the castle, looking at the battle off in the distance "Merlin...how are you with heights and speed?" Merlin scratched his head "boy, I created the compound your time will use as jet fuel, and I used it to fly to the moon, so whatever height or speed, I'm ready for it" Ben nodded "Prowwl, Let's Hunt!" Ben transformed and picked up his sword, Merlin tied a rope to his waist and Beowulf's. Beowulf lifted his sword and aimed carefully, he threw the sword and it created a boom sound as it broke the sound barrier "alright, let's do this" Beowulf and Merlin suddenly disappeared
