Running inside the castle after them, I began looking for Balin. I had no clue where to look so I formed the blue-ish black mist around me and began running around the castle at the fastest speed possible for me. I swung open doors and checked in each room. Some of the stuff I witnessed in people’s rooms was a little disturbing and I really wish I had not seen it. I also scared the shit out of a few people which made it slightly better. Eventually, I found him groggily waddling out of the dining hall and towards the main hall.

“Where are you going so early in the morning?” I asked him. He turned to face me with tired eyes and a sickly face just as the blue-ish black mist dissipated from my body.

“washroom…” he answered sheepishly and began waddling once again down the hallway.

“It’s the other way.” I said.

“No, no it’s… not.” he stated without any doubt in his mind. As he continued on.

“Whatever you say.” I said as I drew my sword quietly. Getting up behind him I planned to stab him through the back. If he died then he wouldn’t be able to kill the Lady of the Lake. before I could get behind him to stab his back though I slipped on a smooth stone sdet on the floor and fell over. Thankfully I was able to catch myself with my sword but the fact that that happened was proof enough that I wouldn’t be able to kill him.

When I looked up again I saw that Balin was now gone. There were two seperate ways he could have gone without me seeing him. One was down the hallway to the left, and the other was down the hallways on the right. Getting up I looked down both and didn’t see him down either. With no way of knowing which way he went down I began running down the one to the left.

Turns out he just fell down into one of the rooms down the hall straight ahead. Though I didn’t know this so I kept searching. He on the other hand ended up making it to a washroom that I didn’t know about before going to the main hall and overhearing Arthur get chewed out by Freya and her demands for his head. Like before he went out of the castle and hid around the corner.

By the time I had realized that I was wasting my time and should probably watch over Freya, Balin had already convinced himself to kill Freya. Running out of the castle I saw Freya leaving the castle and heading straight for the well.

“Freya!” I called out to her in hopes that she would stop. Thankfully she did and she turned around with a look of annoyance.

“What is it?” she asked as if I was wasting her time. As she said this Balin ran out from his hiding spot and swung his sword at her. I shot forward to try and block it in time with all the speed I could muster. However, I still wasn’t fast enough. His sword cleaved through her neck, severing her head from her body. Ramming into Balin, I yelled and tried stabbing him. As I was bringing my sword down on him he chucked a handful of dirt at me which managed to enter through the eye slits in my mask and into my eyes. I let out a pained yell as I tried to remove the dirt and dust from my eyes while Balin used this opportunity to make a run for it.

As I was trying to get the dust from my eyes one of the servants saw me, along with the now dead Freya, and the currently running Balin. Quickly she ran inside and began calling for help on her way to Merlin’s study. I on the other hand ended up making my way partially blind to the nearby well where I pulled up some water and tried to wash the debris from my eyes. Once I had cleaned out my eyes and finally could see out my eyes I noticed that I was back in the world of stars.

Tim was standing before me once again. The spectral time god was shaking his head as if I had committed some kind of sin or like a parent who told their child not to do something and they immediately do it in front of them. Obviously Tim was disappointed. Though, I was expecting him to start making fun of me or harassing me about trying to do something that wasn’t meant to be. Instead Tim just stood there.

“Well, aren’t you going to say something?” I asked.

“You failed. That’s all there is to it. Some things are just meant to be and you can’t change them. She was meant to die as was your friend Iscarat and many more. If you keep thinking that you or I can save them then you’ll just go mad from the guilt. I would prefer it if you didn’t do that.” Tim said as if he was an old friend consoling a recent widow at a funeral.

“As if you care. You only use people as entertainment.” I replied viciously.

“That may be so but that doesn;t mean I have never had friends or people who I enjoyed being around. I’ve walked the earth and lived among humans at their pace. I’ve watched them turn to dust before my eyes and suffered as their memory faded away to the point that I can barely remember what their names were.” Tim replied.

“Well, she wasn’t exactly my friend. I just wanted Merlin to not turn evil so that others wouldn’t have to suffer.” I replied.

“I’m not just telling you this for this case in particular. I’m telling you this now so that you might understand when you also have to suffer later.” Tim said.

“I think you just like to hear yourself talk.” I replied.

“Perhaps. Now, I’m returning you back to before you tried going back to save Freya.” Tim said as I felt the falling sensation of me being returned to earth. In a split second I was back in my room on the floor with Medea getting out of the bed to check on me. My head hurt a lot. Maybe because I just fell to the floor and hit my head?