User blog:ZXSpidermanXZ/Young Merlin

                                                                     Young Merlin                                                                        Chapter 1

The dragon swooped down. Spreading its large purple wings, it breathed white hot flames on the knight below. The knight absorbed the fire with a long silver blade. Then the dragon started chanting unintelligible words. As the knight charged at the dragon, a bright white flash lit everything up. Then…

 Merlin woke up. The same dream again and again, He thought. I wonder what it means.

     As he got dressed, he kept wondering about the strange dreams he’d been getting. I wonder if it has something to do with Father. He’s been gone for so many years.

     His mother called for him to eat breakfast. While he was eating, his mother asked. ”How was last night?”

     “It’s been the same all week,” he replied, “A knight and a purple dragon battling. Does it have anything to do with Father?” He asked.

     “I don’t know,” she replied as she was washing some dishes. Tears were in her eyes as she remembered her husband. He had gone fishing when she last saw him. He had never come back.

     “Do you want to go to Alice’s house? She always cheers you up,” said Mother enthusiastically.

     “Ok,” he replied, thinking about his beautiful friend. ”Do you need anything while I’m out?”

     “Maybe you can fetch me some water. I’m almost out and I need to do some laundry.”

     “Sure,” he said, not knowing that his little trip would be longer than expected.

     As Merlin was on his way to Alice’s, he couldn’t help thinking about the strange dream he had. He had nightmares before. Sometimes even more than once, but he couldn’t help feeling like it meant something. He was so busy thinking that he almost walked right into Alice’s front door. He knocked on the door and waited. After a few moments, the door opened and there stood Alice. Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail, and she looked as pretty as ever.

     “Hi Merlin,” she said. ”What brings you here so early?” she asked.

     “I had the same dream again,” he said, feeling a bit awkward around Alice.

     “The dragon one?” she asked. ”How many times has it been now?”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Eight!” he exclaimed, “all in a row. I don’t know what’s happening. It’s so strange.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Yeah, do you want to take a walk?”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Sure, that would be great,” he said, happy that he had such a caring friend. “I have to get my mom some water so maybe we could walk to the well,” he suggested.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Sounds cool,” she replied. “My mom needs some water too.”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As they were walking, they talked about the dream. Alice was trying to comfort Merlin, but he still had a strange feeling. Then he saw a glint in the dirt near a berry bush.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Hey, what’s that?” he exclaimed.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Um, it’s a raspberry bush,” replied Alice.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “No not that, the glint. Don’t you see it?”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Oh, yeah. Let’s go check it out!”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As they drew near to it, Merlin noticed that it was the hilt to a sword. As they got closer, Alice ran ahead and tried to pull it out.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “It won’t budge,” she said exasperated. “It’s really deep in the dirt.”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Here, let me try,” said Merlin. He took the hilt and pulled the sword out with ease. Then he looked at it and gasped.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “What’s wrong!” cried Alice.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “This sword,” he said bewildered, “is the same sword that was in my dream.”

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “It has to mean something,” said Alice. “You can’t have a dream about a sword <span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">eight times, and then find the sword, and have it just be a coincidence!”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Merlin was about to reply when the bush behind him started shaking. A deep growl emanated from the bushes, and suddenly a wolf-man emerged. He had long yellow fangs, a wolfish head, and fur all over his body. His eyes were evil and intelligent.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Alice and Merlin both stood shocked, when the wolf-man spoke. “Give me the sword,” it growled. Merlin stared at the wolf-man, then did something so unexpected, it surprised him <span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">and  the wolf-man. He stabbed the wolf-man in the gut, and in a quick motion, beheaded the strange creature.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Alice looked white as snow, but she had managed to draw her dagger. “What was that thing?!” she cried.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “I think it was a werewolf. I’ve read about them before, but only in fictional books.”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Then, before he could say another word, five more monsters emerged from the bushes. All of them were werewolves, but they all had different colored fur. One had orange fur, another had black fur, and the other three all had different shades of red.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     They all seemed to be murmuring a word, “Excalibur, Excalibur, Excalibur.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Give us the sword,” the black one growled.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Merlin didn’t know why they wanted the sword, but he knew he couldn’t let them get it. “Never!” cried Merlin. He swung the sword, cutting a red wolf in the stomach. It growled then disintegrated. Merlin glanced where the brown wolf he had killed had been, but he had also disappeared.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Alice had managed to stab the orange werewolf in the stomach who disintegrated on the spot, but the werewolves soon overwhelmed her and Merlin. They slashed Merlin across his right arm, causing him to drop the sword, and they grabbed Alice.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Once he had picked the sword up, the black one said excitedly.”Our mistress will be happy. After so long, we have captured the sword <span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">and the boy.”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “We should return at once,” growled one of the red wolves. “She’s been waiting long enough for her victory. Soon the throne will be hers.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Who is this mistress of yours?” asked Alice.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Her name is Morgan Le Faye, and she has a special little surprise for your boyfriend,” growled the black werewolf with an evil glint in his eyes.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As the werewolves tied up Merlin and Alice, Merlin wondered about the surprise that would be revealed.

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     When they arrived at Morgan’s looming castle, All they saw was an ugly, dark, foreboding building that looked like the night itself.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “What are you going to do to us?” asked Merlin as he slowly inched toward the black wolf who held the sword.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “We will do nothing, it is Morgan you should…” his sentence was cut off when Merlin grabbed the sword and killed the wolf. With a few Quick slashes he killed the other two wolves as well. He grabbed Alice’s dagger from the ground where the black werewolf dropped it and handed it to her.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Ready to meet Morgan?” he asked.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “As ready as I’ll ever be,” Alice replied.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As they walked to the castle’s front door, Merlin could feel how evil this place was. He knocked on the door which creaked open. “Unlocked,” he said, surprised.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As they cautiously worked their way through the castle, He could sense the evil getting stronger and stronger. It made him want to crawl in a hole and hide, but he had to find out who this woman was and stop her, or she would keep sending monsters after him.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As he neared a large door he knew Morgan was inside. He could feel the coldness as he opened the door. He felt a familiar presence and when he walked in he saw a beautiful woman with flowing black hair, and a man next to her. He instantly recognized his father, but something wasn’t right. His father looked strange and his eyes looked hazy.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Then the women spoke. “ I’ve been waiting for you Merlin,” she said. “I thought getting your father would speed you up. I apparently was mistaken,” she said evilly.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Father, why are you with her?” asked Merlin. His father didn’t answer.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Tsk,tsk,tsk,” scolded Morgan. “Your father is under my control. And if you want him back, give me that sword.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Merlin remembered the wolves talking about her getting the throne. “Not a chance,” said Merlin. He knew that this sword was no ordinary sword, and he couldn’t let this evil woman get it.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “So be it,” said Morgan. Then she started chanting words, they were strange and evil, but he couldn’t understand them. Then it happened. The woman grew long claws and slowly turned purple. She grew and grew until she was a dragon. A purple dragon with long wings, and an evil smile. “Now you die,” said Morgan.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “No, now you die!” cried Merlin as he ran toward the beast.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Uh,uh,uh,” chided the dragon. She grabbed Alice then squeezed her. Alice screamed in pain, then grabbed her dagger from her belt and stabbed the fingers of the beast.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Aaugh!” cried Morgan. She dropped Alice, who landed on her feet, then Morgan breathed fire at Merlin. He absorbed the flames with his sword, causing the sword to glow.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Let my father go!” cried Merlin.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Never!” screamed Morgan. She then started chanting words.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">      Just like in the dream. Thought Merlin. Then he jumped up aiming for Morgan’s neck. As he struck her, a bright flash lit up the room, and the dragon disintegrated.

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Merlin’s father slowly started to gain his own consciousness back. “Where am I?” he asked.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “You are in the sorceress Morgan Le Faye’s castle,” replied Merlin. “How are you feeling Father?”

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “A little dizzy, but besides that, fine,” he said.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Good let’s go home, It’s been seven years. I think Mom will want to see you,” said Merlin with tears in his eyes.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Seven years!” exclaimed Father. “The last thing I remember is going fishing. I caught this beautiful purple fish. Then it bit me, and now I’m here. That’s all I remember,“ said Father.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “It doesn’t matter. You’re here now, that’s what matters. Let’s go home.” Merlin said.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As they were walking home, Merlin told his father everything that had happened, starting with the dream. “And that’s how I ended up at the castle,” said Merlin.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “I’m so proud of you!” exclaimed Father. “My little boy is growing up to be a man, and with such a pretty girlfriend, too!

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     Merlin and Alice both blushed and kept walking. When they neared Merlin’s house, his mother looked outside, and ran out toward her husband. Tears were in her eyes as she hugged him.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “Where were you for so long!” cried Mother.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     “I think Merlin should tell you,” he said.

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As Merlin was walking up the hill, he saw a large rock at the top. He ran up thinking that his time of being a hero had come to an end. He had had so many adventures. He couldn’t even count them.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing">     As he looked at the rock, he stabbed Excalibur into it. There was a bright flash and then he saw the sword in the rock without a single crack on either. “Now it’s someone else’s turn,” he said.

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