Ruina's New Plan

Clay's Fight with Evil

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Clay was having a fight with himself. Clay knew that there was an evil inside him and he wanted to tell Merlok and the other Knights but was unable to. His evil self prevented him from speaking about it. 'You can't fight me. Our mother needs this spell to revive our master to a more powerful form.' Evil Clay said. 'Never. Monstrox must never return. He is going to hurt thousands of innocent people. We can't let that happen.' Clay told Evil Clay.

'No, you and the other puny knights can't let the master return. Don't you want to be reunited with our mother? We were an orphan. Left alone in Dnullib. We had no one till Merlok found us. Even then he never told us about our past! We thought that our family was gone. He didn't tell us until our mother told us. We never knew anything about our past till our mother told us. We need to be with her in order to find out who our father is. Our mother is the only one who we can trust.' Clay wanted to argue but even he himself couldn't deny how much he wanted to learn more about his past. He has met all of his friend's families but he himself knew nothing about his father. 'You know I'm right Clay. We should return to our mother and give her and our master what he wants.'

'No. Our mother may know about our father but I will not let Monstrox return. As a knight of the realm, I must protect innocent people.' Clay told Evil Clay. Clay left his room and started to ignore his evil self. Plus Evil Clay remained quiet since he knew that Merlok would be able to hear him if he spoke.

Clay went to the main room where Merlok and Ava were working on a cure for Clay. "Merlok, Ava, how goes the cure to return me to my original age?" Clay asked hopefully. "Unfortunately, no but we are close," Merlok told him. "Should I use my magic to help?" Clay asked. "No. At your current age, your magic could attract your mother since we moved far from your old home. Clay, no matter what, do not use your magic." Clay could feel Evil Clay smiling evilly at the new revelation. 'Don't even think about it.'

"Merlok, why don't you cast a spell to create a stronger shield around the Fortrex? Maybe a spell where no matter what spell I used, I couldn't leave unless someone left with me," Clay told Merlok. "Hmm. Good idea, my nephew." Merlok told him. Merlok spouted some words and created a shield around the Fortrex. "There we go. This spell should prevent you from leaving but why would you want a spell like this?" Merlok asked. "In case, I reverted back to my five-year-old self and fled back to my mother," Clay told him since he couldn't tell him about his evil self. "That makes sense, but be careful, Clay. I sense a dark magic nearby and you must be careful."

"I will. I'm going to see how the others are doing." Then Clay left. "That was weird," Ava said as soon as Clay left. "Yeah, I've known Clay for a while and even though he's younger then us now, that didn't seem like him," Robin said in agreement. "Indeed, I fear that Ruina did indeed cast a spell on Clay that caused him to briefly turn evil. If that evil is still inside him, I am unsure. I just hope nothing bad happens to Clay." Ava and Robin nodded in agreement. 'We have to help Clay return back to his original age before it's too late.' Robin thought to himself.

Clay was walking to the training room since he figured the other knights were there. 'You may have put up the barrier but you cannot stop the master from returning.' Evil Clay told him. 'We will stop Monstrox. Even if I succumb to evil and Monstrox returns as a hologram. We will stop Monstrox.'

'That means nothing to me. I will have control when you get angry. Once you get angry then I will break that stupid barrier and we will bring back the master!' Evil Clay said. 'I will never help bring back the master!'

Evil Clay laughed. 'What's so funny?' Clay asked confused. 'You called Monstrox, 'the master,' that means we are that much closer into combining into one being. Once we become one nothing will stop our mother Ruina Stoneheart and the master from returning and destroying the kingdom of Knighton.'
'You're wrong. Even if we do become one, the other knights will save me and stop my mother and the master... Monstrox from returning.'

Clay was determined to never let his evil side from becoming part of him completely.

The middle of the night

Macy was worried about Clay. She was happy he got his memories back but she felt Clay was hiding something or he wanted to say something but couldn't. Merlok wanted to have a private meeting with her in the middle of the night while everyone else was asleep especially Clay.

"Why did you want to speak with me privately, Merlok?" Macy asked curiously with a bit of tiredness in her voice. "Macy, this is an urgent matter. You must not tell the others," Merlok told her. "What's wrong?"

"I fear that Clay was affected by something in the time he was with Ruina. I sense another presence inside of him. One that his evil part. He is fighting it but I fear that he will not win this fight," Merlok told her worried. "What should we do?" She asked worried about her friend and possibly her future soulmate. "For now, keep a close eye on Clay. Clay has the spell that turned me into a hologram and I fear he will give it to Monstrox if we are not careful. Do not tell anyone. The spell I put around the Fortrex should prevent him from leaving alone. He can only leave with one of the Knights. I will be working on a cure to read him of his evil self but I fear that his evil side will grow stronger as the days pass and Ruina I will get what she wants. Remember tell no one. You cannot tell anyone about our plan no matter what." Macy nodded in understanding.

Sorry I took so long to post this y'all. I went out of town on a campus event for my church. I worked on this a little but I didn't have time to post and I have to edit on my phone because my stinking computer broke. Hope y'all enjoyed. See y'all next time.