"The day I decided to curse my own fate."
"Oh, that? Yeh don't worry about it, Judal already told me what happened," I waved him off.
"Wait, what? You said if I told you why I was half fallen you would reveal to me your past. It's not fair that you asked him," he whined like a little boy. "You still have too tell me about that king, since you got your answer give me mine."
"No way! The reason I asked Judal was because I didn't want to tell you," I say slyly, but this only enrages him as he sits up towering over my body, blocking my view of the nights sky.
"Well since you know my true self I won't be needing to hide it from you," he forcefully grabs me by the chin and brings my face closer to his, with a cynical look on his face. "Now tell me, what is your relationship with Judal?"
Out of all the things he could've asked in this moment he ask that, isn't it obvious?
"If you must know, I guess I can tell you," I groaned, not enjoying the intensity of our current position but he tightened his grip, raising his brows in anticipation.
"So.....what is that little devil to you?" He growls. "For him to tell you something like that he must be really interested in you."
Oh, I see what's going on here. Judal only shows interest in those who are powerful, but not in the way a normal person would. He only causes chaos for others, but here he is willingly calling me 'Master' and following my every word.
"Isn't it normal for friends to exchange stories?" I laugh but stop once he starts to tighten his hold on my neck, blocking my airway.
"Friend? No. Not Judal. He doesn't have friends. Everyone is just a toy he can play with until he loses interest. Life is just a game to him," my throat burned and my lungs begged for air, but that didn't stop a cheeky smirk to form across my lips. "You think that's funny!? Using people and fucking with their lives?!"
In all honesty I enjoyed our current position, to think someone so composed and leveled headed would show their true colours to this extent. However, I can't have him thinking he can dominate me, because that means he wins. The last thing I want to give him is control.
So using my most underrated spell I attack! Causing him to remove the hand that was wrapped around my neck and instead use it to cover his face, finally allowing me to breathe.
"Oh honey, you've got it all wrong," I rubbed my neck to ease the pain. "If what this was was a game, you'd be in first place. All you do is use people. I bet you don't have one friend that you can't benefit off and all for what? Some watered down utopia that you no longer have sight of?"
"You know nothing of the sacrifices I've made! The friends I've lost! Just how much pain I've endured!" He stood to his feet in an attempt to intimidate me, but I saw right through it. "You don't know. So why? Why do you keep reminding me?"
Sinbad fell to his knees, gripping his violet hair with his trembling hands as the pounding pain he oh so hates returns once again. "What did I ever do to you? Did I sleep with your sister or something? Is that why you're putting me through such hell?! Or you're one of the Organisations muppets aren't you, here to carry out duties with judal."
"If you wanted to know if I was one of Althermans you should've just asked," I smirked. So that's what he wanted to know, whether or not I was one of them. "But no, I am not. Those old hags are quite boring, especially now since I killed them all."
"Wait-you what!? No, impossible," Sinbad first shrieked in disbelief but quickly gained his composure. No she's lying, she has to be. How could this woman do what I couldn't.
"Hard, yes. Impossible, no," he really doesn't believe I have it in me. "Maybe for you such task would seem unachieveable, but for a powerful and not to mention beautiful witch like me, anything is possible."
"Except that," he laughed, while standing back on his feet and stretching his limbs. "Well, I need all I need to know."
"And what do you think you know?" I asked.
"That you Miss Merlin, are one weird girl, and that I should stay as far away from you as possible," though his next actions did not portray that of his words. Crossing his arms a smile spreads across his moon lit face, but not one of sincerity. This smile was a declaration. He now views me as a threat, took him long enough. "But unfortunately that won't be happening anytime soon, since I've just welcomed judal in as my own."
"Come again?" I snapped. What was this idiot talking about? Judal has told me no such thing.
"Didn't he tell you?" He mocked, finding my shock amusing. "Judal has agreed to step down as Kou's priest and is now the Magi of Sindria, my magi. Now if you're my magis master what does that make us."
"It makes you a dirty slut that's what it makes," raising to my feet I prepare to take off to find that brat Judal, but am pulled back down by his grip around my wrist. "Let go of me."
"Is that really the way you should speak to your king," the warmth from sinbads grip felt like fire on my skin, as I stood frozen in place. "Don't be so mad Merlin, I thought this was what you wanted."
"Why would I want such a thing?" I snarled.
"I don't know, Judal was the one who approached me asking- no, begging for me to be his king. I thought maybe you would've been the one behind this, since you like me so much i saw it as you trying to get closer to me," he flirted with a wicked smirk upon his lips.
"And you sending an assasian to seduce me and lure me to the middle of the woods isn't your attempt to get closer? Cause I wouldn't be here with you right now other wise," I huffed. "Now if you don't mind letting go of me, I have a cat to chase."
Making another attempt to leave I fail once again when Sinbad wraps his arm around my waist and presses my back against him, his strength stopping me from escaping.
"No matter how far away as humanly possible I want you to be from me, fate just won't allow that to happen," he sighed, finally letting go of my wrist, his hot touch lingers on my skin, my insides hot. "You attack my thoughts, my dreams, my sight. I couldn't get rid of you if I tried."
"No you couldn't, but I sure wish you could," with that I took off into the night sky in search of Judal. That shit had some explaining to do. "Judal, get the fuck up."
Looming over his sleeping figure I call upon his ruhk to wake him up, but the ruhk are so frantic around him, he must be having a nightmare. Sweat covers his forehead as he whimpers in his sleep. My mood quickly changes from one of anger to worry as I gently cup his face between my hands. When my magic ring makes contact with Judal I am immediately bombarded by images of Judal nightmare.
Flashes of Judal as a young boy being tortured by altharmans puppet and then- Sinbad? In the middle of what looks like to be a battlefield, Sinbad cradles a corpse in his bloody arms; screaming, crying and cursing his own fate.
"I'm sorry," Judal barely whispers. I knew he had a hand in the first Sindria's demise, but he never showed any regret or sorrow for what he did. "I had no choice."
Sighing, I calm his ruhk, causing Judal to fall into a deep dreamless sleep. Why does my only companion have to be so damn naive? He may act tough but under all that power is just a beaten up little boy with no friends.
"Enjoy your sleep now, cause when you wake up I'm gonna make you wish that you never did," I growled, but my heart softens when I hear cute little snore escape him. "You cute lil shit."
I'll deal with him tomorrow, but as for now....
"Hey kitty cat, your little tour might've been a hoax, but my offer still stands," leaning against the royal office door I smirk at Ja'far, who is drowning in paperwork might I add. Prancing over towards him I sit on top of his desk causing some of his hard work to fall to the floor, but he paid no mind to it. With a snap of my fingers all candle light diminished, leaving only the light from the moon. His eyes glowed in the dark confirming what I had asked earlier about him using it to see while with another.
"Now...." Facing him on top of his desk I slowly spread my legs so he has a clear sight of where I need him most. "Time to begin the tour."
I've been writing this chapter since June last year, that's gotta be a record. I know where I went wrong though and it's because I'm tryna rush this story to much and get straight to the point. But I'm gonna take it slow from now on I've just been trying to do this chapter so I can start writing chapters that aren't all plot. Next chapter you will get to know Merlin a bit better.