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After the end of the reign of Emperor Constantine III, his son Uther Pendragon came to power creating the kingdom of Camelot.

Anastasia was temporarily living with Vivian and helping her friend with the fairy tasks of guarding and guiding the people of the region.

She watched the journey of the young half-devil who became Uther's royal advisor, helping the young king even kidnap a married woman to become his wife and give birth to an heir to the throne.

The woman Uther fell in love with was called Ygraine, she was the wife of Duke Gorlois and, surprisingly, the sister of the lady of Lake Vivian.

Merlin altered Uther's form so that he looked like the woman's husband and thus slept with her, causing her to bear a child who according to Merlin would be the greatest king of Britannia. After the incident of delusion and the duke's timely demise, Ygraine was betrothed to Uther and the two were married.

From her previous marriage to the duke she brought forth a young girl named Morgana who assumed the name Pendragon after her mother's marriage. And from the fruit of the relationship between Uther and Ygraine a young boy named Arthur was born. The family lived happily until Uther's brother rose through a rebellion with the Saxons to take control of all Britannia. And so began the downfall of Uther and the rise of the usurper king Vortiger Pendragon.

Anastasia watched Merlin's journey that took Arthur from the palace to a rural environment to train him and make him fit to fulfill his infamous destiny. But what intrigued her was the fact that he had let the young girl Morgana return alone to the duke's lands to assume them as heir.

"Hey Vivian, we haven't had anything new to do in a while." She sighs.

"Mrs. Le F— I mean, Anastasia, shouldn't you have gotten used to it by now?" Vivian starts to speak cordially as usual, but when she receives a look from the former fairy queen, she tries to speak more relaxed.

"I'm bored." She sighs louder.

"That's obvious, but what do you intend to do?"

"Do you know the little girl who is your niece? I'll teach her magic, at least I'll be able to occupy myself."

"You shouldn't use work instead of mourning to move on your bestfriend's death." Vivian seriously warns her, being aware of the hidden reason for this interest in the girl.

"Come on, the little girl is called Morgana and I used to be Morgan Le Fay. This is clearly fate. I will teach the girl and pass my title on to her." Anastasia says this with a fake smile.

"Just do as your majesty wishes." Vivian ignores her friend when she knows she won't take the idea away.

Anastasia doesn't respond, she just teleports to the lands of the former Duke Gorlois, now ruled by the young Morgana. She goes there covered in a cloak similar to the one she wore when she found Merlin at his birth.

The guard of the place is not very efficient allowing her to reach the quarters of the lord of the region with extreme ease. Upon arriving in the room where the girl was, she introduces herself directly.

"Hello Miss Pendragon. My name is Morgan Le Fay." Anastasia smiles at the girl, but decides to use her other name.

[Hey Ana, why are you using the old name?] Apollyon questions, receiving in response. 'It's the name I'll grant her, after that I won't meet her again so I won't need my current name.'

"What are you doing here, intruder?" Morgana quickly rises from her bed and looks at the person in the room with a look of panic that is immediately replaced by a false expression of courage.

"So cold, I've already introduced myself, no need to call me an intruder. You can call me Morgan, as my motivation is quite simple. I want to train you to succeed me." She speaks with a playful tone while putting her hand on her left breast feigning a pain in the heart.

"Fine Morgan, but how do I know you're not a spy sent by Vortiger?"

"If I was a spy I wouldn't have come forward to greet you."

"Indeed, but you could be a assassin with a specific task." She tries to find a more logical explanation than training for my presence.

"If I were a murderess you would be dead, well not just you in fact everyone in this castle would become ashes." She briefly summons a black flame in her hand and then quickly extinguishes it.

"Okay, I accept the training." Morgana swallows her saliva in fear.

"Good choice." Anastasia pats her head.

Anastasia continues with the girl's training, teaching about the style of magic developed by Merlin using equations, a method that Morgana was very apt to use, and also presented other methods such as those developed by her or the runic magic of the nordics.

Over the years word has surfaced that Arthur Pendragon withdrew the sword from selection from a stone. By withdrawing Caliburn became the rightful heir to the throne. Anastasia noticed that Morgana was slightly irritated at not being chosen as the future queen of Camelot.

"Morgana, your training is complete."

"Are you sure master?"

"Yes, and with the end of your training I will bestow upon you my surname Le Fay. So your new name shall be Morgana Le Fay or Le Fay Pendragon, whatever do you prefer."

"I accept master."

"So this is our goodbye, I wish you the best of luck show me the results of training through your achievements." Anastasia has a sad face as she says goodbye to her third student.

"Don't worry, I will." Morgana has a distant look.

After leaving, Anastasia returns to help Vivian with fairy activities. The story of the Arthurian legend is running normally, what makes Anastasia sad is the fact that Morgan became obsessed with the throne of Camelot and even destroyed the sword of selection for that reason.

Arthur visits the lake after being instructed by Merlin to obtain a weapon capable of subduing the usurper Vortiger who fed on the remains of blood spilled by the dead body of the white dragon Albion. Since the end of the three factions war, the two heavenly dragon's bodies had been sent for use in sacred gear and after its completion the first hosts of the dragon emperors were: Vortiger, the white dragon emperor, and Arthur, the red dragon emperor.

Even though he had the power of one of the dragon emperors, Arthur was still weaker than Vortiger which led to Merlin's decision to obtain a holy sword. Arthur came to the lake and introduced himself.

"Hello lady of the lake, I come to plead for your help in overthrowing the usurper." Arthur He bowed his head slightly as a sign of respect.

As the young Pendragon waited, Anastasia said to Vivian. "Hey Vivian, give the boy that sword and tell him to return it when he's done using it." With that she throws a golden sword whose glow seemed infinite.

Apollyon screamed internally. [Are you going to give the sword created by the fairies to a brat?]. Anastasia simply retorts internally 'Excalibur represents the hope of human beings, nothing fairer than using it to defeat an enemy that tries to subjugate it. Don't tell me you're jealous because this is my old sword from before I use you?'.

[...] Apollyon ignores her.

"Anastasia, what exactly is this sword?" Vivian asks after feeling the holy power emanating from the blade.

"Nothing special, just follow what I said and everything will be fine." Anastasia simply shrugs.

As they debated the voice of the young Pendragon could be heard pleading for assistance, with him were Gawain, one of Morgana's sons, and Lancelot, a boy raised by Vivian near the lake.

after which Vivian followed Anastasia's instructions by granting the sword and imposing the term of return.

Years passed, Arthur eliminated his sworn enemy Vortiger, was crowned King of Camelot, and gathered many peerless knights with Merlin's help. However, the time of her downfall arrived, after a series of events caused by Anastasia's third student who, through intercourse with her own brother, gave birth to a boy who would become the knight of betrayal. After Arthur's death at the hands of his own son, he asked Bedivere, one of his only remaining knights, to return the sword to the lake.