The Tale of The Great Sorcerer

Chapter 3

"Merlin! What is it?" Thomas yelled as he ran over and caught the falling Wizard.

"A vision, I just saw a vision." Merlin replied in heavy breaths as if the wind had been knocked out of him.

Mirabelle pushed through Xalvador and Moray, "And what was it about?" She asked.

Merlin sighed and began to speak, "I see a Great War coming. A war between good and evil. A war between us and Morgan Le Fay. She has some sort of plan to plague the earth. Her army will come when her spy is revealed."

"A spy?" Thomas asked.

"Yes a spy. I'm not quite sure who it is or what it is but my visions are never wrong. There is also one more thing. Three of us will not make it. I being one of them." Merlin shook his head.

"That's impossible! You're Merlin! Can you not defeat a bloody Queen?" Moray angrily shouts.

"Be calm Moray! It will not be the queen who causes my disappearance. She may be attacking us but, another great power will get rid of me."

"Another great power?" Moray thought for a second before blurting out, "It must be her bloody spy!"

"Yes but who or what could it be?" Xalvador said. Again Moray thought for a second before realization washed over his face.

"Her! Mirabelle! She must be the spy! She is the only one powerful enough to kill Merlin! I knew no witch could be trusted!" As Moray said that, he lunged forward towards Mirabelle. Defending herself, Mirabelle grabbed the candle stick holder and whacked him over the head. Moray fell to the ground whimpering in pain.

"You're quick to make assumptions Moray. I am nothing but a humble apprentice to Merlin. For five years I've been loyal. This is a gift I got. Why would I destroy something like this? I am sixteen not eleven! I am no longer so nïeve!" She shouted at Moray who was still on the ground.

"Mirabelle is right, she's done nothing but great things these past five years. She not going to kill me." Merlin said standing up. "Now get to your chambers all of you, it's getting late. We need our rest." Merlin started to walk up the steps from the dining hall. Followed by Moray, then Thomas.

"I feel bad." Mirabelle said to Xalvador.

"Why? He was being a jerk. To be honest he's always hated you."

"Really? I knew I was not one of his favorites, but he really hates me? I'm still going to apologize." Mirabelle started up the steps to Morays chamber. As she got closer she could hear him pacing in his room mumbling to himself. She pressed her ear against the door to see if she could possibly make out what he was saying but, as soon as she did that the door flew open. Moray was startled by Mirabelle presence and jumped back.

"Move out of my way." He barked at her.

"Well I was going to say I'm sorry for hitting you, but I guess now I can see you deserved it." Moray pushed Mirabelle of out his way and began to walk towards the front drawbridge of the castle.

"Merlin said we must go to bed." Mirabelle proclaimed, but Moray ignored her and left the castle.

"What an idiot. What. An. Idiot. We were just told of a spy and he goes and does this. That man need to be whacked again for being the biggest moron ever." Mirabelle said under her breath as she walked to her room to get her cloak. She put it on and with a wave of her right arms the cloak transported her to the place where Moray was heading. She was now at Morgan Le Fay's castle.

Standing just off in the distance was Morgan Le Fay. She was waiting with a few guards for something . Mirabelle tried not to move but she knew that  if she were to get caught, she wouldn't stand a chance to survive this far away from Merlin. So, she began to cast an enchantment on herself. If she were to be caught, no one would know it would be Mirabelle because the enchantment caused her whole appearance to change even her clothing. The only thing that didn't change was her cloak.

All of a sudden a crow landed right in front of Morgan. Then transformed into Moray. She knew it was him. He'd been an idiot for letting Mirabelle see him leave. He started to tell her something, but Mirabelle was too far away to hear it. She took a step forward and a branch broke beneath her foot. Both Moray's and Morgan's head turned in the direction of the sound. Moray transformed back into a crow and flew towards Mirabelle. Losing sight of the black bird in the dark night. Mirabelle stood still where she was until a hand grabbed her shoulder. It was Moray. He gripped her shoulder harder and  started to drag her out of the woods. She was thrown on the ground in front of the queen.

"Eavesdropping are we? Those ears are not meant to hear our secrets. I should rip them off your head so we won't have this problem again." Moray hissed at Mirabelle.

"Moray!" Growled Morgan, "I'm sorry child, this boy has no manners for witches like us. Come let's talk in the hall." 

"How do you know I'm a witch?" Fear washed over Mirabelle. Had her cloaking spell not have worked?

"I am the most powerful witch to walk this earth, I can sense you powers." Morgan smiled at her. With that they all went in the castle. A black knight led them to the hall where Morgan began to question Mirabelle.

"Now dear, who are you?"

"Um, Victoria."

"Surname?"

"None ma'am, you see I'm orphaned."

"Oh and what is a little orphan girl like you doing in the presence of a queen?"

"As you know I'm a witch. My powers have been a gift to me, but they are dying out. The fortune teller in my village tells me I need a Mentor, or I'll lose my powers for good. You're the only witch I know." Mirabelle thought for a second, "These powers are what helped get me food. Without these powers I will starve. I need to save them."

Morgan thought before replying, "How about this, not only will I help save your powers, I will make you a queen. You will have your own castle and land and-" Moray cut her off.

"You stupid, stupid girl!" Moray screamed.

"Moray! How dare yo-" he cute Morgan off once again.

"Don't be fooled by her your highness. She is the girl I've told you about. Mirabelle!"

The Queen gasped, "How dare you! Get her and take her off to the dungeon!"

"Wait before she goes." Moray ripped the cloak off her back, "I'll be taking this! How stupid do you think I am? Don't you know Xalvador tells everyone everything when he's drunk. Even the stuff about this cloak. Take her away."

The queens black knights put magical handcuffs on her to cancel out her powers. Her real appearance showed. 

Morgan La Fay gasped, "What a beautiful girl, too bad you will be rotting in my dungeon."

The guards drug her off. As she was being lead away she heard Morgan Le Fay hiss, "Let the war begin." And to the dungeon she went. the Knights chained her up to a wall. She tried to yell and scream for Merlin and the other two, but she knew it was useless. She was stuck. And now she had doomed everyone because without the help of her powers she could help no one.