It was a bright день in Camelot. King Arthur and Caliburn were practicing out in the arena, as they always did at this time of day.
“No, no, no, Arthur!” yelled Caliburn. “Hit the bigger enemies first, then go and take out the little ones!”
“I don’t know if yelling at me is going to help my strategy any, Caliburn.”
“Blue boy’s got a point there, Caliburn,” сказал(-а) Mordred, a Knight of the Round таблица whose thirst for power is greater than Arthur’s desire to help people.
“Mordred, Показать your King some respect! Ты are nothing like your brother!”
“You mean Gawain? Ha! He’s no better than that stupid Knight who claims to be the strongest, and bravest of all, Lancelot,” mused Mordred.
“What was that, Mordred?” fumed Lancelot as he came out to the arena to train.
Mordred then became scared, but tried to keep a straight face to hide his fear.
“Nothing, Lancelot,” he said.
“That’s what I thought.”
Gawain, who’s never up at this time, came outside. Once he saw that Lancelot and his brother Mordred were near each other, he tried to go back into Camelot Castle.
“Oh no Ты don’t, Gawain!” сказал(-а) Arthur. “Where do thou think you’re going?”
Gawain felt like he was going to yell at the King. But he knew better. He wasn’t going to act like his brother so he could just go back to the castle.
“I was heading back to the castle, Arthur,” he said.
“And why is that?”
“Because I saw that Lancelot and Mordred were near each other.”
“I see...”
Lancelot and Mordred actually tuned out their conversation because they were getting real mad at each other for no reason.
“Uh, your majesty?” сказал(-а) Gawain.
“Yes Gawain?”
“I think Lancelot and Mordred are going to battle each other.”
“How do Ты know that?”
“Both of them have that fierce, battle ready look in their eyes.”
Once that was said, Arthur looked behind him and saw what Gawain was talking about. “That can’t be good…” сказал(-а) Arthur.
Mordred then сказал(-а) to Lancelot, “I challenge thou, Lancelot, to a battle!”
“I thought you’d never ask,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
King Arthur and Gawain weren’t too happy about Mordred and Lancelot having a battle.
“Whenever these two have battles, it never ends well,” сказал(-а) Gawain, “and they need no have anymore battles!”
“Gawain, just saying that doesn’t change the fact that they’re going to have a battle anyway.”
Arthur was right. Mordred and Lancelot headed down to the battle arena.
Lancelot was as ready as a red tailed hawk about to kill its prey. Mordred was as mad as a T-Rex ready to fight.
“Thee ready, Lancelot?”
“What do Ты think, Mordred?” Lancelot сказал(-а) with his sacred sword, Arondight, drawn.
Mordred had his axe ready and started to charge at Lancelot. He was just about to try and cut Lancelot in half. But his attack was blocked.
“Is that all Ты got, Mordred? Pathetic,” сказал(-а) Lancelot through clenched teeth.
Then Lancelot’s son, Galahad, heard all the commotion from the castle.
“What the bloody hell?” he сказал(-а) with a deep English accent. He then walked outside to find out what was going on.
“Father, what are Ты doing?” he asked.
Lancelot then saw that his son was watching.
“Galahad, what does it look like I’m doing?” he сказал(-а) as he dodged an attack.
“I need not ask questions…” сказал(-а) Galahad.
Mordred now realized that Lancelot was distracted; he tried to find his weak spot. Lancelot is so going to be defeated, thought Mordred.
“Lancelot, everyone looses once! Ты can never win every time!”
“My father will not loose to you, Mordred!” yelled Galahad.
“How do Ты know that?” asked Mordred.
“Because you’re all talk and no action.”
Mordred then go outraged. He wasn’t going to be told off by a knight who still had much to learn about chivalry.
“I will not be told off by the likes of thee, Galahad!”
Once Lancelot heard what Mordred was yelling at his son, he couldn’t believe what he heard. “Don’t talk to my son like that, Mordred,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
“Yeah, like Ты care!”
Lancelot then punched him in the stomach, HARD. Mordred had the wind knocked right out of him. He fell to the ground clutching his stomach. Then Lancelot realized that Mordred’s axe was away from him. But it was nowhere in sight.
After Mordred recovered from the battle, he found his axe, and went to his hideout.
“Collins! Ты here?”
Sir Collins, who wasn’t a Knight of the Round Table, was technically Mordred’s sidekick. He had as much of a desire to become king, или his right hand man, as Lancelot’s protection for his son.
“Yes Mordred?” he said.
“I feel as if the день to kill the king and take his crown is near,” explained Mordred.
“Really? It’s been 15 years, Mordred. Are Ты sure that we can pull this off now?”
Mordred had to think for a minute. “Not without a plan,” he said.
Now Collins and Mordred came up with many plans, but they always failed, and ended them up in prison.
“Mordred, maybe we should use one of the plans I came up with.”
“And why is that?”
“Because your plans always backfire on us and get us put in the dungeon.”
“No, it’s just because Lancelot always knows our plans!” he yelled.
Collins knew for sure that Lancelot wasn’t the cause of all their mess ups. It was because of how their plans were set up.
“Mordred, we’re using my plan this time,” сказал(-а) Collins.
“Fine,” replied Mordred.
Later, it was dark, and there was no light. The only light Mordred and Collins had (other than torch light) was the stars and the beautiful full moon. So far, Collins plan was working.
“Okay, what is the Далее part of your plan?” asked Mordred.
“We need to get arrested.”
“ARE THEE NUTS?!”
By the time Mordred had yelled this, guards were headed their way.
“Mordred, Collins, none of us care what thou are doing, but you’re under arrest,” сказал(-а) a large guard.
Once they were down in the dungeon, Mordred said, “Why did Ты want to get us arrested, Collins?”
“I wanted us to get arrested because the dungeon is just under the castle. Which means that we need to get out undetected, and make out move,” explained Collins.
“One problem, how do we get out?”
Then Collins gave an evil grin and pulled out the keys to unlock the prison door.
“How did Ты get a hold of it?”
“When the large guard wasn’t looking, I took the keys from his armor.”
Mordred was surprised that Collins was able to steal keys from such a huge guard.
“Okay Collins, lets get out of here.”
Collins unlocked the jail door, and ran out as quietly as he could. Mordred did the same. They walked up the steps, and into the main hall. King Arthur and the other Knights of the Round таблица were having a meeting. As usual, Mordred’s spot was empty. Collins and Mordred tried to stay out of sight so they can use a surprise attack.
Mordred drew his axe quietly, ready to kill King Arthur.
Caliburn, who was in his scabbard, looked over and saw Collins and Mordred, but he didn’t know who they were because they were cloaked in the shadows.
“Arthur,” сказал(-а) Caliburn.
“What Caliburn?” Arthur sighed.
“Look over at the North wall.”
Arthur sighed and looked over at the North wall. He saw two shapes that looked like hedgehogs. He looked back at the Round таблица and saw that all the knights, except Mordred, were there.
“They see us. What now?” whispered Mordred.
“Just turn into that liquid stuff when King Arthur turns around, and I’ll hide.”
Mordred agreed. When Arthur turned around and no one was looking, he turned into the liquid he used to be, and Collins hid.
King Arthur went back to talking to the other knights.
Mordred and Collins waited until all the Knights left and King Arthur was the only person there.
Now’s our chance, thought Mordred. He turned back into himself and drew his axe. Collins came out of hiding. He drew his sword.
Arthur was completely unaware.
Mordred came up to Arthur, and put his axe up against the kings’ throat.
“What are Ты doing, Mordred?!” screamed King Arthur.
“Getting the трон one way, или another,” replied Mordred.
Then blood spilled. King Arthur blacked out.
Mordred and Collins cleaned up as much as they could. Mordred and Collins had to clean their weapons unless they wanted to be revealed as murderers. They hid the King’s body and walked out of the castle.
The Далее day, Galahad walked into the castle. The only thing was, King Arthur wasn’t up at all. So, Galahad called, “Father! Come quick! The King isn’t here!”
Lancelot came in and looked around for the King. Then he said, “King Arthur? Are thou here?”
Silence.
Then Galahad went to look for the King. Nothing.
All the other knights came in and couldn’t find the King.
Mordred came in. He asked his brother, “What’s all the commotion about?”
“The King is missing,” Gawain answered. “We can’t find him anywhere.”
Mordred had to think of a quick plan. Then he said, “Fellow Knights of the Round Table, I have a sad tale to tell.”
When Lancelot heard this, his suspicions hit the вверх about Mordred.
“What is the tale, Mordred?” asked Dame Percival.
“Last night when I came to the замок for the meeting…”
“Which thee missed. Which is not surprising,” mused Sir Hector.
“Like Ты don’t,” сказал(-а) Sir Alymere.
“Let me finish! I came in the замок and saw the King on the floor dead.”
Everyone froze. But Lancelot didn’t believe Mordred’s tale because he knew that is was just a tale.
“Then who’s going to rule the Kingdom?” asked Sir Safer.
“Lancelot should because like King Arthur said, if anything happens to him and he has no family, Lancelot will take his place on the throne,” сказал(-а) Sir Lamorak.
“There is no way I’m going to take the Kings place,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
Then Collins walked in.
“Mordred should be king.”
“If Mordred becomes king, then what of his place as a Knight of the Round Table? We’ll be one knight short,” сказал(-а) Galahad.
“Collins will take my place.”
“Why Collins?”
“He’s the only knight who doesn’t belong to any kingdom.”
All the Knights agreed to Mordred becoming king, and Collins becoming a Knight of the Round Table, except Lancelot and Gawain.
“Something doesn’t seem right, Lancelot,” сказал(-а) Gawain.
“I’m with you. Arthur wouldn’t be fine one minute, and then die the next. If he died of natural things, such as Black Death *a disease that killed over 50% of medieval Europeans*, his body wouldn’t just disappear.”
“Why do I have the feeling my brother committed murder to become King?”
“Because he probably did, Gawain. But we need еще evidence.”
So Gawain and Lancelot made a plan that they would come back to the замок after sunset.
“No, no, no, Arthur!” yelled Caliburn. “Hit the bigger enemies first, then go and take out the little ones!”
“I don’t know if yelling at me is going to help my strategy any, Caliburn.”
“Blue boy’s got a point there, Caliburn,” сказал(-а) Mordred, a Knight of the Round таблица whose thirst for power is greater than Arthur’s desire to help people.
“Mordred, Показать your King some respect! Ты are nothing like your brother!”
“You mean Gawain? Ha! He’s no better than that stupid Knight who claims to be the strongest, and bravest of all, Lancelot,” mused Mordred.
“What was that, Mordred?” fumed Lancelot as he came out to the arena to train.
Mordred then became scared, but tried to keep a straight face to hide his fear.
“Nothing, Lancelot,” he said.
“That’s what I thought.”
Gawain, who’s never up at this time, came outside. Once he saw that Lancelot and his brother Mordred were near each other, he tried to go back into Camelot Castle.
“Oh no Ты don’t, Gawain!” сказал(-а) Arthur. “Where do thou think you’re going?”
Gawain felt like he was going to yell at the King. But he knew better. He wasn’t going to act like his brother so he could just go back to the castle.
“I was heading back to the castle, Arthur,” he said.
“And why is that?”
“Because I saw that Lancelot and Mordred were near each other.”
“I see...”
Lancelot and Mordred actually tuned out their conversation because they were getting real mad at each other for no reason.
“Uh, your majesty?” сказал(-а) Gawain.
“Yes Gawain?”
“I think Lancelot and Mordred are going to battle each other.”
“How do Ты know that?”
“Both of them have that fierce, battle ready look in their eyes.”
Once that was said, Arthur looked behind him and saw what Gawain was talking about. “That can’t be good…” сказал(-а) Arthur.
Mordred then сказал(-а) to Lancelot, “I challenge thou, Lancelot, to a battle!”
“I thought you’d never ask,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
King Arthur and Gawain weren’t too happy about Mordred and Lancelot having a battle.
“Whenever these two have battles, it never ends well,” сказал(-а) Gawain, “and they need no have anymore battles!”
“Gawain, just saying that doesn’t change the fact that they’re going to have a battle anyway.”
Arthur was right. Mordred and Lancelot headed down to the battle arena.
Lancelot was as ready as a red tailed hawk about to kill its prey. Mordred was as mad as a T-Rex ready to fight.
“Thee ready, Lancelot?”
“What do Ты think, Mordred?” Lancelot сказал(-а) with his sacred sword, Arondight, drawn.
Mordred had his axe ready and started to charge at Lancelot. He was just about to try and cut Lancelot in half. But his attack was blocked.
“Is that all Ты got, Mordred? Pathetic,” сказал(-а) Lancelot through clenched teeth.
Then Lancelot’s son, Galahad, heard all the commotion from the castle.
“What the bloody hell?” he сказал(-а) with a deep English accent. He then walked outside to find out what was going on.
“Father, what are Ты doing?” he asked.
Lancelot then saw that his son was watching.
“Galahad, what does it look like I’m doing?” he сказал(-а) as he dodged an attack.
“I need not ask questions…” сказал(-а) Galahad.
Mordred now realized that Lancelot was distracted; he tried to find his weak spot. Lancelot is so going to be defeated, thought Mordred.
“Lancelot, everyone looses once! Ты can never win every time!”
“My father will not loose to you, Mordred!” yelled Galahad.
“How do Ты know that?” asked Mordred.
“Because you’re all talk and no action.”
Mordred then go outraged. He wasn’t going to be told off by a knight who still had much to learn about chivalry.
“I will not be told off by the likes of thee, Galahad!”
Once Lancelot heard what Mordred was yelling at his son, he couldn’t believe what he heard. “Don’t talk to my son like that, Mordred,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
“Yeah, like Ты care!”
Lancelot then punched him in the stomach, HARD. Mordred had the wind knocked right out of him. He fell to the ground clutching his stomach. Then Lancelot realized that Mordred’s axe was away from him. But it was nowhere in sight.
After Mordred recovered from the battle, he found his axe, and went to his hideout.
“Collins! Ты here?”
Sir Collins, who wasn’t a Knight of the Round Table, was technically Mordred’s sidekick. He had as much of a desire to become king, или his right hand man, as Lancelot’s protection for his son.
“Yes Mordred?” he said.
“I feel as if the день to kill the king and take his crown is near,” explained Mordred.
“Really? It’s been 15 years, Mordred. Are Ты sure that we can pull this off now?”
Mordred had to think for a minute. “Not without a plan,” he said.
Now Collins and Mordred came up with many plans, but they always failed, and ended them up in prison.
“Mordred, maybe we should use one of the plans I came up with.”
“And why is that?”
“Because your plans always backfire on us and get us put in the dungeon.”
“No, it’s just because Lancelot always knows our plans!” he yelled.
Collins knew for sure that Lancelot wasn’t the cause of all their mess ups. It was because of how their plans were set up.
“Mordred, we’re using my plan this time,” сказал(-а) Collins.
“Fine,” replied Mordred.
Later, it was dark, and there was no light. The only light Mordred and Collins had (other than torch light) was the stars and the beautiful full moon. So far, Collins plan was working.
“Okay, what is the Далее part of your plan?” asked Mordred.
“We need to get arrested.”
“ARE THEE NUTS?!”
By the time Mordred had yelled this, guards were headed their way.
“Mordred, Collins, none of us care what thou are doing, but you’re under arrest,” сказал(-а) a large guard.
Once they were down in the dungeon, Mordred said, “Why did Ты want to get us arrested, Collins?”
“I wanted us to get arrested because the dungeon is just under the castle. Which means that we need to get out undetected, and make out move,” explained Collins.
“One problem, how do we get out?”
Then Collins gave an evil grin and pulled out the keys to unlock the prison door.
“How did Ты get a hold of it?”
“When the large guard wasn’t looking, I took the keys from his armor.”
Mordred was surprised that Collins was able to steal keys from such a huge guard.
“Okay Collins, lets get out of here.”
Collins unlocked the jail door, and ran out as quietly as he could. Mordred did the same. They walked up the steps, and into the main hall. King Arthur and the other Knights of the Round таблица were having a meeting. As usual, Mordred’s spot was empty. Collins and Mordred tried to stay out of sight so they can use a surprise attack.
Mordred drew his axe quietly, ready to kill King Arthur.
Caliburn, who was in his scabbard, looked over and saw Collins and Mordred, but he didn’t know who they were because they were cloaked in the shadows.
“Arthur,” сказал(-а) Caliburn.
“What Caliburn?” Arthur sighed.
“Look over at the North wall.”
Arthur sighed and looked over at the North wall. He saw two shapes that looked like hedgehogs. He looked back at the Round таблица and saw that all the knights, except Mordred, were there.
“They see us. What now?” whispered Mordred.
“Just turn into that liquid stuff when King Arthur turns around, and I’ll hide.”
Mordred agreed. When Arthur turned around and no one was looking, he turned into the liquid he used to be, and Collins hid.
King Arthur went back to talking to the other knights.
Mordred and Collins waited until all the Knights left and King Arthur was the only person there.
Now’s our chance, thought Mordred. He turned back into himself and drew his axe. Collins came out of hiding. He drew his sword.
Arthur was completely unaware.
Mordred came up to Arthur, and put his axe up against the kings’ throat.
“What are Ты doing, Mordred?!” screamed King Arthur.
“Getting the трон one way, или another,” replied Mordred.
Then blood spilled. King Arthur blacked out.
Mordred and Collins cleaned up as much as they could. Mordred and Collins had to clean their weapons unless they wanted to be revealed as murderers. They hid the King’s body and walked out of the castle.
The Далее day, Galahad walked into the castle. The only thing was, King Arthur wasn’t up at all. So, Galahad called, “Father! Come quick! The King isn’t here!”
Lancelot came in and looked around for the King. Then he said, “King Arthur? Are thou here?”
Silence.
Then Galahad went to look for the King. Nothing.
All the other knights came in and couldn’t find the King.
Mordred came in. He asked his brother, “What’s all the commotion about?”
“The King is missing,” Gawain answered. “We can’t find him anywhere.”
Mordred had to think of a quick plan. Then he said, “Fellow Knights of the Round Table, I have a sad tale to tell.”
When Lancelot heard this, his suspicions hit the вверх about Mordred.
“What is the tale, Mordred?” asked Dame Percival.
“Last night when I came to the замок for the meeting…”
“Which thee missed. Which is not surprising,” mused Sir Hector.
“Like Ты don’t,” сказал(-а) Sir Alymere.
“Let me finish! I came in the замок and saw the King on the floor dead.”
Everyone froze. But Lancelot didn’t believe Mordred’s tale because he knew that is was just a tale.
“Then who’s going to rule the Kingdom?” asked Sir Safer.
“Lancelot should because like King Arthur said, if anything happens to him and he has no family, Lancelot will take his place on the throne,” сказал(-а) Sir Lamorak.
“There is no way I’m going to take the Kings place,” сказал(-а) Lancelot.
Then Collins walked in.
“Mordred should be king.”
“If Mordred becomes king, then what of his place as a Knight of the Round Table? We’ll be one knight short,” сказал(-а) Galahad.
“Collins will take my place.”
“Why Collins?”
“He’s the only knight who doesn’t belong to any kingdom.”
All the Knights agreed to Mordred becoming king, and Collins becoming a Knight of the Round Table, except Lancelot and Gawain.
“Something doesn’t seem right, Lancelot,” сказал(-а) Gawain.
“I’m with you. Arthur wouldn’t be fine one minute, and then die the next. If he died of natural things, such as Black Death *a disease that killed over 50% of medieval Europeans*, his body wouldn’t just disappear.”
“Why do I have the feeling my brother committed murder to become King?”
“Because he probably did, Gawain. But we need еще evidence.”
So Gawain and Lancelot made a plan that they would come back to the замок after sunset.
