Prologue I wore my hair in a simple bun that day, under the hooded cloak I wore. The day I met Merlin. The man I love most though at that time I couldn't tell him who I was. See I was a woman and I was the daughter of one of the most evil people on the earth. Queen Mab was trying to destroy the "New Religion" of "Christianity". I didn't see why though. People are free to do as they please. They are free to be what they want. But not in the time of Merlin, my time. I found that out the hard way. I disguised myself as a guy that day. I wanted a chance to pull "Excalibur" out of the stone. I knew as a girl I would never be able to pull it out so I took my chances. As I climbed the rocks toward the sword I heard footsteps coming from below. I looked down upon the one I would fall in love with. Merlin, the wizard, he was standing before me the one I had before tried to help. I tried to save his girlfriend Nimue from the dragon my mother had told to the king to sacrifice her to. Nimue had been my best friend and I know how it was to be filled with pain. When I last saw Merlin he was angry and hated anybody that had to do with Queen Mab so I had to flee from him. He didn't even let me tell him that Nimue had been my best friend and that I had run away from home. No, he had to get angry and told me to go away. He knew my name and swore to kill me and my mother. I thought that things could never get worse until the day he found out that he had let a girl pull "Excalibur"out of the stone. I stood there about ready to take hold of the sword. "Stop.." I head him hesitate. "What is your name?" My hood stayed upon my head as I spoke as manly as I could. "I am Hayden I'm here to see if I can pull the sword from the stone" I crossed my fingers and hoped that he would not ask me to remove my hood. If so I would have been brought before whoever was in charge of the kingdom at this time and tried for treason. He look up at me and I felt as if his eyes were burning right through my disguise but he just continue. "You may try but do not be upset if it does not come" With that he raised his hand. I stepped forward. I felt as if a hand was helping me. As if I were cutting through butter. *The sword* I thought. It slipped out of the stone with the greatest of ease. I looked at Merlin and he smiled. I knew then he had helped me. A sudden breeze blew the hood from my head. My hair was whipped out of it's bun. Then a woman appearred in front of us. She has long black hair and her vioce was raspy and quiet as she spoke. This woman was Queen Mab, my mother. "Merlin.. see how she's deceives you" Queen Mab hissed. "She is no man. She is Hayden.. my daughter" Merlin looked at me in disbelief, then the surprise in his eyes turned into anger, then to hatred. All those years of hatred was coming back you could see it in his frown. He looked up at me his vioce flickering with anger and hatred as he spoke. "You lied to me" He shouted up at me. I replied with my vioce returning to normal my vioce sounding a lot like my aunt's "The Lady of Lake" "I did not lie to you Merlin. You asked me what my name was and I told you" I looked at him with soft eyes hoping he would believe me. "Don't listen to her Merlin.. she lies" My mother, yes, she sounded like a serpent... because she was as slimy and slippery as one. "I don't lie to you... Nimue was my best friend. I've hated my mother every since what she did to Nimue. I swore to myself on the grave of Ambrosia that I would destroy her and I mean to." I looked at Merlin, hoping with all my might that he would believe me. "Well, now that the sword has been pulled from the stone. We have no choose but to make Hayden queen" Merlin walked up to me and placed his hand on my shoulder. "I believe you" he smiled at me and we went together to his tent. I spent the night with him.. if you get my drift.