Wizard's Wish - (Kinda) Yandere SGE x reader

Chapter 93: Allies and Enemies

(I'll only summarize most of the meeting Tedros had with the other leaders, cuz it's not that important. But peps, I'm joining Art Fight this year. There might be less chapters this month, buuut I'm on a quest to attack every SGE oc on Art Fight, or at least one SGE oc on every account that has one. So if you're doing Art Fight too and you have an SGE oc, send them to me!)

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Going back a few hours, Tedros had dreamt of his father again that night.

Staring at Tedros through harsh, peacock-blue eyes. But this time, King Arthur was taller than he'd been in real life. As tall as the statue of him that Tedros had desecrated. They met on the rooftop of the Blue Tower under gold night clouds. Tedros was in pajama shorts, no shirt, and his feet were bare and wet. He looked down and saw the roof was flooded with water an inch thick, mirroring formless clouds. Only the clouds had a different shape in the water's reflection. They looked like lions.

His father wore the crimson robes in which he was buried, his bearded face ruddy and fresh, the way Tedros remembered him in the prime of his reign. Camelot's crown glistened on Arthur's head and Tedros found himself reaching up to make sure his own crown was still there.
It wasn't.

"They say he's your son," Tedros accused. "They say you know who he is."
Arthur grew taller.
"Who is he!" Tedros shouted.
Higher and higher Arthur grew, reaching for the clouds.
"TELL ME THE TRUTH!" Tedros cried.
King Arthur roared, shaking the earth with his fury.
He bent down like a giant and glared into his son's eyes.
"Unbury me," he said.
Then the clouds pounced down and devoured Arthur into the night.

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Tedros woke in a pool of sweat on a cold floor.
He pried open his eyes and saw he was at the top of the dungeon staircase, curled up in front of the stone door.
How could I fall asleep!
He had to get to the Four Point. He had to find this snake now—
"KEI!" he screamed, pounding on the door again.
but his dream had felt so real, his father's roar reverberating through him.
For months, he'd been haunted by his dad, but this was the first time he's been given an order from the grave.
An order that didn't make sense. How could there be answers in a heap of bones and dust? All he was left with was a riddle of a dream.

But what happened with the advisors wasn't a dream.
They'd hinted that the Snake was his father's son.
Which meant he'd be Tedros' brother,
Just like Y/n had predicted.
Impossible.
He would have known. Someone would have told him. His mother. His father. Anyone. No secret like that could be kept for long.

"KEI!" Tedros blared, bludgeoning the door.
Faint shouts echoed beyond it, as if they were miles away.
He'd attacked the door for hours last night, shouting himself hoarse, waiting for someone to open it. It didn't make any sense: his guard, Kei, had left through the very same door—

Tedros' heart stopped. Unless Kei locked me in.
He thought back to their heartfelt conversation on these stairs.
Why would Kei seal me in the dungeons?
An oily dread coated Tedros' throat.
Did Gremlaine give Kei her key before she left?
Have Kei and Gremlaine been working with the advisors all along?
Tedros' blod went hot.
What were they doing while I was trapped?
He battered the stone with renew force—

Shouts amplified outside the door, as if multiple voices were yelling at once.
Tedros flattened onto his stomach and put his ear to the razor-thin slit at the bottom.
"Tedros!" the voices called.
"Get me out!" he yelled.
"KEY!"
Immediately Tedros fumbled for his key ring from his pocket and pried the black key off it. He tried to slide it under the door, but it got stuck beneath the thick slab of stone. Tedros pressed his little finger through the crack, trying to flick the key to his rescuer. No luck. He put his mouth to the opening and tried to blow the key across—
A piece of wire surged through the slit, stabbing his chin. Startled, Tedros watched the wire hook the top of the key and scrape it out the other end. The lock snapped and the door pulled open, revealing the shadows of Guinevere and Lancelot.