Chapter 9 (Blake)
"She told me to save her life...but she didn't tell me what I'm saving her from...DAMN IT OBERON WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE BEEN A BIT MORE SPECIFIC!" I said, "That man over yonder doth possess clothing most peculiar." A woman said, "Indeed, clothing most peculiar." Another woman said, "Are they talking about me?" I thought, "Excuse me!" I said as I walked over to them, "Excuse me ladies but do either of you have any idea where I am?" I asked, "What?! Such boorish behavior! You, sir, are a brute!" One of the women said before she slapped me, and they both walked away, "What did I do?!" I said, "That man mayhaps have been a boorish brute, but a handsome brute nonetheless." One of the women said as they walked away, suddenly I heard lots of screaming. I rushed to where the screaming was coming from, but by the time I arrived the situation was already handled. That's when I saw her, Oberon, she looked a lot younger, but it was definitely her. "Oberon!" I yelled she looked back at me for a brief moment before she walked away. "BURN HER! BURN THE WITCH!" An angry mob shouted as a man kicked a beautiful young woman out in front of the crowd, "HEY LEAVE HER ALONE!" I shouted as I ran over to the girl and separated her from the crowd, "Move boy, she doth be a witch!" A man said, "And I doth be pissed! And I swear that if you touch her I will make you regret it." I said as I helped the girl up, "Now either give me the key or leave!" I said and the crowd left, "Are you alright?" I asked, "Yes, thank you, kind sir." the girl said, "What's your name?" I asked, "My name is Morgana." the girl said as we walked to a nearby blacksmith shop where I used two iron nails to pick the locks on her cuffs. "That was a little too easy." I said, "Thank you, kind sir, how can I repay your kindness? I shall do anything you request of me no matter how vile or depraved the request may be." Morgana said, "Uh how about you just answer some questions, and we'll call it even." I said, "Very well." Morgana said, "Where am I?" I asked, "Oh kind sir, surely you jest. Even an infant knows this." Morgana said with a slight laugh, "Well let's just for a minute say that I didn't." I said, "You are in England the kingdom that I fear will soon fall." Morgana said, "Why will England fall?" I asked, "We find ourselves without a king nor do we possess a queen. The former royal family, God rest their souls, was cut down in the dead of the night, and the king and queen were unable to sire a proper heir." Morgana said, "Meaning they had a daughter, or they didn't have a child at all." I said, "Indeed. The queen had given birth to a daughter and had disowned her." Morgana said, "The child was taken in by a beautiful young woman who raised her as her own. The child loved the woman dearly." Morgana said, "MORGANA!" A woman yelled I instantly recognized her; it was Oberon, "Mistress Eve!" Morgana said, "I was worried for you my child." Oberon said as she hugged Morgana, "I am sorry for causing you to distress my lady, I am not worthy of the affection you give me." Morgana said, "Morgana I wish to speak with thy rescuer, please return home. I shall join you once I am done here." Oberon said, "Yes mistress. And, kind sir, I was the daughter born of the queen and taken in by lady Eve. She gave me my name, Morgana le Frey." Morgana said before she left, "Who art thou. Thou called me by my name which few know." Oberon said as she pushed me against a wall and drew a dagger and placed its blade against my throat, "Furthermore you bare the crest of my house. Now, who art thou and speak no falsehoods, or I shall strike thee down wherst thou stand." Oberon said, "Ok please don't take this but, ENGLISH WOMAN!" I said, "You people have been putting the highly limited knowledge of Shakespearean language to the test, and you just went way over my head just now." I said suddenly Oberon kissed me, "Better?" Oberon said, "What just happened?!" I asked, "I put an enchantment on you that will let you speak how we do and allow you to fully understand what we say. Now, who are you." Oberon said, "My name is Blake Grey and I'm from the future. You sent me here and you also gave me your crest." I said Oberon sighed and put her dagger away, "So I broke the rule. Well, that at least explains the timer." Oberon said, "Timer?" I said, "Whatever it is I sent you here to do, you only have one week to complete the task." Oberon said, "Well that's more time than I thought I had. Now would you mind answering a few questions?" I asked, "Very well I'll indulge you." Oberon said, "If you can time travel then why not go back in time and stop the Great War?" I asked, "Well that was certainly more insightful than I expected. It's simple, the repercussions are far too great. Even sending you back in time with a limited amount of time could cost my future self her life." Oberon said I looked at her in shock, I didn't understand why Oberon would do something like this if it meant that she would die, "But knowing how I am, I doubt that I'd do something so reckless. I more than likely sent you back here to do something simple that should take no more than a week to accomplish." Oberon said, "B-but wouldn't that mean she could still die?!" I said, "It's possible but highly unlikely. The larger the change the larger the risk. So changing a small event would cause very little risk if any." Oberon said, "That's good, I was worried." I said, "So why did those people think Morgana was a witch?" I asked, "I'm afraid that was my fault. I taught her a bit of magic. Nothing too great just a few healing spells and a couple of enhancement runes. However, no matter how much I warned her to be careful she would always go out and heal someone or something. I guess this time she got caught." Oberon said, "Now, you will be needing a place to stay. You may come and stay with me and Morgana." Oberon said.
Oberon took me to a dilapidated old stone house. It was covered in moss and vines. "Let's go, it'll be night soon and the beasts that roam these woods tend to be far more vicious during the night. Especially during a full moon like tonight's." Oberon said, "Wait what comes out at night?!" I asked, "Oh you know just the usual. Wolves, a few bears, and lycanthropes." Oberon said, "Wait, there are Werewolves out here?!" I said, "No, not Werewolves, lycanthropes. Werewolves are created when some poor soul is bitten by a lycanthrope. A lycanthrope is made far differently." Oberon said, "How differently?" I asked, "Oh my God you're really going to make me explain. Alright then. You see Blake when a human woman is a deviant." Oberon said, "Ok ok I get it, you don't have to explain the birds and the wolves to me." I said as Oberon opened the door. "Mistress!" Morgana said as Oberon, and I entered the house, and unlike the outside, the interior was a lavish palace. "Blake welcome to the Fairy Realm." Oberon said, "Oh is Raven here?" I asked, "Wait you know lady Raven?" Morgana said, "Yes how exactly is it you know me?" a woman wearing a power suit asked, "More than likely I told him." Oberon said, "Oh you're from the future then, got it. I should have noticed the timer sooner." Raven said, "Now Titania, you've been neglecting your duties for far too long. It's time you finally tackled the mountains of paperwork you've been neglecting for so long." Raven said, "N-Now Raven let's not be hasty I feel that I should give Blake a tour! Yeah, we wouldn't want him to get lost now would we?" Oberon said, "I would be more than happy to give sir. Blake a tour of the palace for you, lady Eve." Morgana said, "MORGANA!" Oberon said, "Now that, that is sorted out I believe it is time for you to get to work Titania." Raven said as she dragged Oberon away. "Shall we begin?" Morgana asked, "I guess." I said, "Is something bothering you sir. Blake?" Morgana asked, "No, it's just a feeling. Something just feels off for some reason." I said.
Morgana took me on a tour around the palace. She showed me all of her favorite places and where the kitchen was. "And this is my room. Lady Eve said it was the same room that she shared with lady Maria." Morgana said, "Your room is down the hall and to the left." Morgana said, "We are very close to one another. I hope you do not confuse our rooms. Who knows what trouble we could possibly get into." Morgana said, "Right, let's hope I don't have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night ." I said.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Oberon said as she woke me up, "Oberon? What time is it?" I asked, "Two thirty-two, and you are breaking poor Moragana's heart!" Oberon said as she smacked my arm, "What are you talking about?" I asked, "Oh come on, you cannot be this dense! It's painfully obvious that she likes you. You must like her on some level at the very least." Oberon said, "She's a nice girl, and very pretty, but where I'm from she's been dead for centuries. Hell until now it was debated whether she really existed or not!" I said, "So you're being an ass because of perspective." Oberon said, "Pull your head out of your ass Blake. Perspective is about where you are in this moment, not centuries down the line. So while she may be dead when you return to your time, Morgana le Frey is still alive here and now. That being said if you try anything I'll have you skinned alive, but do try to acknowledge her feelings.", "I get it, I'll try and be a bit nicer. Can I go back to sleep now?" I asked and before I knew it Oberon was gone and I was free to sleep.
The next morning Oberon took me to town so I could look for what it was that I'm supposed to protect her from. "DRAGON!" a man shouted as an enormous lizard flew over the town. I heard Oberon sigh. "Dragons, they have absolutely no self-control. So boorish and ill-tempered." Oberon said, "What?" I said, "To put it very simply, they're dicks." Oberon said as the dragon flew low to the ground. It rushed towards us dragging itself across the ground, its claws were about as long as my body, and its teeth were the same. It demolished everything in its path in a blind rage. The only thing that stood in its path was a single sword someone had plunged into a stone, I was tempted to use the Basilisk's Blade, but something told me that it wouldn't help me here. I sprinted to the sword and as I pulled it from the stone, I continued to run towards the dragon. Finally, I cut the dragon's head off in a single strike. My initial cut was superficial at best, but it felt like something forced the sword to cut far past where its blade landed, "What is this sword?" I said in confusion, suddenly I heard someone clapping, "Father, what are you doing? It is not safe out here." Oberon said as a priest walked out of the church, "Silence." the priest said as he motioned his hand towards Oberon, suddenly she vanished, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!" I shouted, "Oh I just sent her back to her cell. She was getting too comfortable in the outside world." the priest said, "You are fascinating, you have immense power similar to mine and yet it's somehow different.", "You're the Darkness. You are what I had to protect her from." I said, "You hit the nail on the head! You speak with such disdain towards me, but your eyes tell me that you're conflicted." the Darkness said, "Shut up." I said, "Oh it would be my honor, your majesty." the Darkness said as it bowed, "What are you talking about." I said coldly, "You are the new king of England. Since the old royal family's untimely demise it was determined that whoever would be deemed worthy by Excalibur shall be the new king." the Darkness said, "I'll ask nicely just this once. Give me the sword or else.", "Not gonna happen." I said, "Then you choose death. Very well then, I'll grant you your request!" the Darkness said as a bolt of energy flew from the palm of its hand, suddenly a hand appeared and stopped the attack while the rest of the body formed into a beautiful woman. She was translucent and a golden hue around her, her long hair was golden. "Eve." the Darkness said, "My love, you have lost your way. I cannot allow you to harm this child. He has a greater destiny to fulfill." Eve said as she waved her hand forcing the Darkness to vanish, "Blake, you have drawn Excalibur, however, you partly failed in your mission. Titania is locked in her prison once more." Eve said, "It is time for you to return home. But first I'd like you to return the sword to its stone." Eve said as I returned Excalibur to the stone, "Now before I send you back, I shall leave you this." Eve said as she grabbed my arm, suddenly I felt something burning searing into my flesh. "I have burned my symbol onto your flesh it shall protect you." Eve said before she returned me to my time.
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