Chapter 4.

It was well past midnight. Someone was standing on the shores of Avalon. They were wearing a black cloak and their shoulder length blonde hair was twisted into a plat. They were chanting, their head tilted up towards the moonlight. They had high cheekbones and pale skin with green eyes. "Dotiag-sa ar idbairt do denam!" She called into the night. The light filled with a yellowish light.

The Sidhe appeared from under the water. They darted about in the night sky too quick for the girl to see. Her eyes flashed gold and time slowed down. The ripples on the water slowed. The leaves fluttering on the trees moved so slow anyone would have thought that they weren't moving at all. She could now see the Sidhe clearly now, she was amazed by them. She had seen a Sidhe before but that Sidhe had been inside a human body.

The elder Sidhe fluttered down in front of her. "Who are you?" he called, "You are not one of the Sidhe members. What do you want witch? How did you come by that spell?"

"To answer your first question." she said, "I am Tawni. No I am not a Sidhe. I am as you said a witch. I was given the spell by a dear friend of mine who was a Sidhe. Her name was Tiannia. She said if I was to need help all I had to do was call the Sidhe."

"What is it you wish to ask the Sidhe?" the Sidhe elder said.

Tawni thought for a while. She had been watching the boy with the black hair and shocking blue eyes ever since he first came to the lake. She knew what she would ask. She had heard at Camelot about the king's death and the grieving of his servant and wife most of all. "King Arthur." she said in a loud clear voice. "Is he healed yet?"

"He is almost healed but not quite. It will be a long time before he can return. The magic used against him was powerful indeed." Tawni nodded in understanding.

"Will Camelot still be around by the time he returns?" Tawni asked.

"That is something I cannot answer. We are Sidhe not seers. Is that all you wish to ask of us?"

"Yes. That's it." Tawni replied, "Thank you for your help." The Sidhe disappeared back into the lake. Tawni stared after them. She had asked what she had come here for, now it was time to leave.