Mostly because dead people don't talk back

10: Vigilance

Leon has a pebble in his shoe.

Yes, it's not that bad— a stab wound or a simple bruise would be worse. However, it's inconvenient. And annoying. And... adding onto the horrible things of the day.

He has bruises, but continues onward. Leon needs to return to Camelot. He needs to.

And you know why? Want to take a guess, my friend?

Well, here's your answer:

Morgana has returned.

.oOo.

Merlin helps Gwaine and Percival run off with some food from the kitchens, smiling all the while.

Then, wine is spilt on Arthur's shirt, but Lance knows it's easy to fix. It was. The manservant just needs a cheeky reminder.

Merlin delivered both the shirt and the speech he wrote just to be ribbed by Arthur.

He smiles happily if a bit annoyed.

.oOo.

Leon heaves and forces himself forward, faster. Only one other knight lumbers along with him.

Dear lord, this is not the eventful day he wanted.

Does anyone want this?

.oOo.

Gwen, though her life had been made stricken through Uther's acts, takes care of the broken king of Camelot.

Yes, he had raised Morgana as his ward but had hidden the fact that she was his daughter through infidelity.

Yes, he'd been a sort of father to her. However, however, however... he should have been that in the first place. Morgana wouldn't have existed without his sins.

He brought her up in a kingdom he thought good. Nope. He brought her up into a kingdom of his making, in a kingdom that he made to reject those like her.

He'd accused many of crimes they did not commit, committed others to unfair, cruel, and or unusual punishment, and induced fear into the rest. This resulted in fleeing and attacking of the kingdom.

Now? Morgana had attacked and fled from him because of her magic.

Why was he surprised? Oh, yeah. He'd probably thought she was a good daughter, ward, a good lady who followed the law, followed and abided by the words that came from his lips.

She was. Of course, she was. Then, the one lie that Camelot was made to follow was Uther's downfall, and Morgana's curse.

He was betrayed by a daughter he had betrayed before she was born.

You know what hurts even more? Uther had been raised in a land of magic— of high priests, priestesses, and dragonlords. He knew, he had known, people were born, though rarely, with magic in their veins.

.oOo.

Leon tell Arthur about Morgana, and they suspect she is headed towards the isle.

Only he and Elyan had survived her.

.oOo.

The shadows were cold.

She's stayed veiled from the sun, frozen from when she woke up to the furthest confines of sleep.

The bright thoughts of the fireplaces in the castle seemed to thaw her outer limbs, sometimes, but the cold sunk further in.

.oOo.

As the land celebrates Samhain, there are two who choose to observe it in a horrible fashion.

Yeah, that refers to Morgana and Morgause.