Avalon High Page #5

Arthur is coming back.

Arthur is coming back.

"Beware Mordred, Arthur's

half-brother and sworn enemy,

"who is tasked

to destroy Arthur

"before he even knows

himself to be a King. "

"Destroy Arthur"?

As in, permanently?

Dad, quick King Arthur

question for you.

It's for our research paper. Shoot.

Okay. Say King Arthur did come back,

and Mordred came back

to destroy him.

What would he do?

Well, the legend said that

Mordred would try to make

Arthur's perfect world

fall apart.

He would try to make Arthur lose

faith in himself and his destiny,

and he would cause infighting

amongst Arthur's knights.

And he would try to crush

Arthur's spirit so completely,

he would lose

the will to go on.

Nice guy.

I don't know how Mordred would

do it today, but 1,500 years ago,

he did it by telling Arthur that his

wife Guinevere was in love with Lancelot.

Arthur was so upset

and betrayed...

He lost all faith, he didn't

have the strength to go on.

I know.

What is it, honey?

What you just said?

It's happening.

It's Will. Will is the

reincarnation of King Arthur.

I told you, Paul! It's

really him! I knew it!

I told you we were right

to move here!

Whoa, whoa! Wait. We moved

here because of the prophecy?

Um, a little bit.

And you already knew

it was Will?

I had a hunch,

which you just confirmed.

Of course, we won't know for

sure until he wields Excalibur.

Oh. And where is he

supposed to get that?

It says here, any sword in King

Arthur's hand becomes Excalibur.

Pardon?

Any sword in King Arthur's

hand becomes Excalibur.

I know.

But I thought it was cool.

Very cool.

Now we just have to keep

an eye out for Mordred.

Oh, stop.

This is ridiculous.

Even if this were real,

which it isn't,

if Mordred were here, it'd

be very hard to spot him.

Unless, of course, Will

has an evil stepbrother.

I was kidding.

Will has

an evil stepbrother?

Evil doesn't even

begin to describe Marco.

I need to do

some research.

So that's why Marco,

I mean, Mordred,

didn't want me to tell

Will about Jen and Lance!

He wanted to be the one

to ruin Will's life!

Joan! I need you! I need

the book about the thing.

Don't worry, sweetie,

we'll do some more research,

and do everything we can

to help Will stay strong.

Now would be good.

You know what? We don't

have time for more research.

We have to tell Will

so he can defend himself.

Oh, yeah,

that'll be great.

"Will, you're the

reincarnation of King Arthur,

"your step-brother

is Mordred,

"and he's going to

try and destroy you.

"Are you gonna

eat those fries?"

Hmm. Yeah, it's a little

out there, isn't it?

Yeah, we passed out there

about five exits back.

Maybe we should wait until we can

do it without freaking him out.

Good call.

Yeah. But what if Marco tells him

about Jen and Lance before that?

Like your mom said, that's

Mordred's biggest weapon.

He won't use it until he's

sure it's the final blow.

I hope you're right.

Of course I'm...

Miles?

Miles! Wake up!

Say something!

You could really look

into a breath mint.

Did you have a vision?

Yeah. I think I saw Excalibur, but...

Where was it?

What did it look like?

Well, if I saw what

I think I saw, then...

It was pretty awesome.

You know,

if Will is Arthur,

and Marco is Mordred,

maybe you're Merlin the

wizard. Merlin was a psychic.

Doubtful. Merlin had

a long, white beard.

I can barely grow

a nose hair.

Drool much?

You're just jealous.

But then again, you

have been for centuries.

Okay, hurry up.

This is your final test

on King Arthur.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And you have exactly 45 minutes. Begin.

What is that on the bottom of your shoe?

Give it to me.

Looks like a cheat sheet.

That is not mine.

So, what, it just

adhered itself

perfectly to

the bottom of your shoe

all by itself?

No.

Don't lie to me,

Mr. Wagner. How could...

I expect more from you

than this.

Dude, if you get caught cheating,

you're out of the game on Friday.

Mr. Moore, you have to

believe me! I did not cheat!

Because of your spotless record

and service to the school,

I'm going to give you the

benefit of the doubt. This time.

Thank you.

Sit down.

Special treatment.

Quiet.

Back to your tests.

I know it was you who planted

that cheat sheet, Marco.

You don't know anything.

I know more

than you think.

Wagner, it'll be

a 28 sweep on two.

Yes, Coach.

All right. Everyone know the new play?

We don't need to.

We have cheat sheets.

Funny.

Ready.

28 sweep on two.

Ready?

Ready.

Ready.

Down. 20, 45,

hut!

Hut! Hut!

Hey, hey, hey, hey! What

do you think you're doing?

Target practice.

Apologize.

Why? He didn't get hurt. Doesn't matter.

I'm sick of some of you guys

acting like you own the field.

Come on, Will. Just leave it alone. No!

I'm the team captain, and

I'm not happy about this.

Maybe we should find

a new captain.

One with

a sense of humor.

Or maybe one who doesn't cheat on tests.

Yeah.

That's right.

Hey.

Thanks for what you

did out there.

It was about time

someone told that guy off.

Yeah, well, I'm glad someone

thinks I did something right today.

You stood up

for yourself in class,

you stood up for us

out here.

It takes a lot of courage to do what

you do, and you do it all the time.

Maybe I should just

start being a jerk,

then no one will expect

anything from me.

You are constitutionally

incapable of being a jerk.

You know who else was brave like

that? Who stood up for people?

King...

Sorry.

There's something

I've got to try to do.

But we'll have to talk

later today, okay?

Okay.

So, see you.

See you.

Okay. Got it? Sure?

Off you go. Yes. Yes.

Oh!

Whoa.

Sorry. Sorry, Mr. Moore.

My mind is

somewhere else.

Will Wagner has

that effect on people.

How did you know I was

talking about Will?

Not that I was.

I wasn't.

Okay.

I was.

I understand.

He's a special

young man.

You have no idea.

I wish...

Yes?

Mr. Moore,

if I tell you something,

you can't tell anyone. Okay?

Whatever it is, you have

my word it'll be between us.

Allie, what's

on your mind?

It's about the book,

The Order of the Bear?

Oh, no, I didn't leave a

coffee ring on it, did I?

No, no. It's fine.

The thing is,

we found a secret page.

And it said...

You're probably not

going to believe this,

but it said the return of

King Arthur is happening now.

And I think that...

You think it's Will.

How did you know?

I've had

my suspicions.

If anyone at this school is the

reincarnation of King Arthur,

it's Will Wagner.

Amazing, isn't it?

King Arthur walking the

halls of Avalon High?

Then does that mean you'll help

me protect Will from Mordred?

Of course.

And I assume you have a guess

as to who that is as well?

I don't think it's

too hard to figure out.

I suppose not.

Don't worry, Allie.

When the day comes

for Arthur to rise again,

Marco won't stand

in anyone's way.

Today, we're going to

see if we can create

a small but safe

chemical reaction.

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