Guineveremorgan Le Fay: My Hero's Journey

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Morgan le Fay, also named Morgana, was a powerfully skilled in magic of all sorts, and she despised her brother, King Arthur, due to the fact that he had killed the knight whom she had loved in a battle. With her heart torn, Morgana decides that she needs to revenge herself upon King Arthur, and it all starts on the day when she went to go ask Queen Guinevere for permission to leave the country. Finally. Morgana thought to herself as she started her way up one of the castles stairways. I finally have a plan for getting my revenge on Arthur for killing the man I loved. As Morgana reached the top of the stairway she came upon a closed wooden door, which she then knocked on. “Who’s there?” a voice asked. “Queen Guinevere, it’s Morgan le Fay. …show more content…

“Thank you Queen Guinevere,” Morgana said as she started making her way back down the stairs, shutting the door behind her. Well that was simple. Morgana thought as she made her way to her horse, which stood in the horse stables. Now I just need to get my horse and start moving towards Arthurs rest place. Once she was ready and had food, water, and clothes in a traveling bag, she climbed onto her horses’ back and took off, heading towards the Abbey of nuns, which was where Arthur had taken rest at.
Morgana, taking breaks only when she or her horse needed one, traveled for many days. She filled her water canister at every stream and well she came upon, but the food in her traveling bag was getting very low. Is that a building on the horizon? That must be where Arthur is resting at. Morgana thought as she handed her horse an apple, from which she had gotten from an apple tree. Just a few more miles and Arthur will have the revenge that he deserves. She thought as she drew nearer and nearer to the Abbey of nuns. After several minutes, Morgana reached the building and tied her horse’s rope to a pole. She then slowly, and quietly opened the wooden door that led …show more content…

Arthur was sleeping peacefully on his bed with the sword of Excalibur grasped in his right hand. At the sight of the sword, Morgana's heart fell to the floor, for she dared not to touch the sword, knowing that if Arthur would wake up and see her she would be as good as dead. Spotting his scabbard on his bedside table, she grabbed it, put it under her mantle and left the room, slowly making her way back through the hall and towards the door.
“Thank you for letting me see him,” Morgana threw out towards the woman as she opened the door and closed it behind her. In a rush, she huringly untied her horse, climbed on and took off with the wind in her face. Morgana was inspecting the scabbard when she started to hear what sounded like another horse galloping behind her, looking back she saw King Arthur chasing after her. Morgana, seeing that she couldn’t escape him, rode into a lake that lay in the plain on the edge of the forest.
"Whatever may befall me, my brother shall not have the scabbard," Morgana cried as she threw the stolen scabbard far into the water, where it would sink. She then turned around and fled into a valley full of great stones, and with her skilled magic of all sorts, she turned both herself and her horse into blocks of

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