11Prologue
So here it is, the first chapter of the rewrite. Its not beta'd so I cannot be sure that there isn't mistakes in it, however I did read through to check myself. On that note I am looking for a beta reader if anyone would like to message me if they'd like to do so.
Merlin Manor - Unknown Time
Merlin stood on the balcony of his manor staring out across the vast expanse of lands that surrounded the manor. He had lived for a very long time and had been witness to both the rise and the fall of Camelot, he had fought against some of Camelot's most powerful enemies and yet even through all that he had not held as much fear in his heart as he did now.
He could feel something approaching, something that possessed great power and radiated unspeakable evil so much that even being miles away he could feel it chilling his bones, he knew as soon as he had first felt it that his time would be up, he was powerful but he could not fight against this even with all his power.
A flash of light brought him out of thoughts and in the distance he saw a stream of dark energy colliding with his wards, he knew he had little time before they were completely drained and they would take far too long to recharge. Merlin turned and swiftly walked through his manor, he reached the back door within minutes, opening them with a wave of his hand without breaking stride, he headed towards back of the garden chanting as he went.
As he continued deeper into the gardens he saw the energy colliding with the wards was racing up over them, it had already gone over half way and he could feel it would soon overpower the wards. He hurried faster and reached his destination, a glowing circle was marked in the ground, lined with runes it appeared to radiate with energy, he raised his hand and a staff appeared in it.
Merlin's staff was as tall as he was, made of a white wood with golden lines running across the wood to form a swirling pattern, all the lines met at the top where they touched onto parts of a glowing blue crystal, it radiated with power. Merlin raised it above his head then slammed it down into the ground embedding it into the centre of the circle, the blue crystal began to glow with a blinding light and then a beam shot up into the air.
Merlin began to chant and the lines of the circle lit up with energy, symbols began to form out of the lines and different parts began to light up, the entire circle slowly began to move. The circle began to pick up speed as it revolved around Merlin, a wave of power exploded across the ground and formed another two circles larger than the one which Merlin stood within they each had different runes which began to glow and link with the inner circle.
As Merlin worked however the energy encompassed the wards and finally with a loud screeching sound they were overcome and collapsed. Merlin shuddered but did not stop his chanting, he could see a dark shape floating towards him.
It landed in front of the circle and Merlin could now see it was in fact a man in a dark cloak, he could not see into its hood however a pair of red eyes stared back at him from inside. Merlin without stopping his chant raised his other hand and a stream of fire shot out towards the man who raised a dark cloaked hand and absorbed the fire straight into himself.
"Do not bother old man, your power is no match for me" said the cloaked man, the voice sounded young to Merlin, it was not one he had ever heard before. He did not however bother with a response, instead continued his chanting.
"Enough!" said the cloaked man and a burst of energy shot out of his hand towards Merlin who finally stopped chanting. Suddenly the energy was pulled off its course and was pulled into the staff, it shot into the ground and the circles lit up, finally the circles collapsed their energy heading straight into the staff leaving nothing on the ground.
Merlin took hold of the staff and pulled it from the ground, the stranger raised both hands and lightning began to arc off them, "Put the staff down" he commanded but Merlin ignored him, instead he pointed the staff at him before finally speaking, "You were correct before, I do not have the power to defeat you, I knew that from when you first appeared, however I can do this!" Merlin thrust the staff forward and a beam of energy struck the stranger before he could react, the energy spread out to cover him and he gave a scream of rage as he seemed to be pulled backwards by an invisible force.
As he was pulled away he fired a curse at Merlin, he could not avoid it without breaking the spell before it was complete and so he held on as the curse struck him. Finally the stranger was flung backwards before the air seemed to explode and he vanished cast into a new dimension which he could not leave, having attacked Merlin his magic had contributed to the creation of the dimension and could not be used to break it.
Merlin stumbled down as he finally felt both the effects of the curse and magical exhaustion from creating an entire dimension. He knew he had little time before the curse killed him however so he had to work quickly, stabbing his staff into the ground a new circle exploded outwards and began to glow. Merlin began a slow, fatigued chant as he worked, he removed a ring from his pocket it was gold with plain patterns in it, he threw it into the air and it began to float above the crystal of his staff.
He managed to complete his chant and the ring began to glow with a golden colour, finally he smiled and collapsed to the floor. His body vanished and the ring began to glow even brighter before the circle imploded the energy rushing into the ring and vanishing the golden glow following it. Finally the ring fell perfectly balanced on top of the crystal of the staff not even a stray wind daring to blow it off.
In another dimension a powerful being began to plot his escape from a prison that he himself had helped to build.
Well hope you all enjoyed that and hope you all enjoy the next chapter when its ready.
Jakh33