Hello. This is the prologue for my new story. Its a Flash and OC story that will take place though JL and JLU.

I do not own Justice League or Justice League Unlimited. Or anything else that isn't mine. Only my own character. Enjoy.

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Camelot

A place that was thriving under the rule of King Arthur. The kingdom was experiencing a time of peace. But keeping that peace often came at a price.

At the edge of the Dark Forest, located south of the King's castle, a battle was taking place. A small band of monsters were terrorizing the surrounding area. The king and a group of his knights had ridden out to meet the attackers and deliver a swift end to the creatures.

The clashing of weapons and the call of battle cries could be heard as the King's men fought valiantly to stop the oncoming forces that wanted to invade the kingdom.

Arthur, dressed for battle in chainmail, with his sword at the ready, gave orders to his men from the back of his white horse.

A young knight approached Arthur as his comrades continued to hold the line.

"My King! We have almost driven the enemy away from the west side and across the river. What are your orders?"

"Keep your eyes open Justin. There may be more lurking among the trees. Just be ready for an attack," Arthur replied.

As if to confirm the king's fears, an explosion near by knocked the men down and threw Arthur from his horse. As the young king got back up to continue to fight alongside his men, he found himself faced with three grey skinned zombie like beasts.

Raising his sword to prepare for battle, the king was pleasantly surprised when he heard a roar and the enemies were knocked away by a swift hit from the tail of the creature who Arthur called a friend.

The dragon and king watched the goons land some distance away, and then Arthur turned back to look at the black dragon before him.

"You have my thanks Kaida, my friend. And here I believed you would miss out on this glorious battle."

The purple eyes of the dragon turned toward the king and it cocked its head to the side. As the magical creature continued to look at the man, its eyes glowed a bright purple, and the creature morphed into a human female.

Pulling the hood down of her black cloak, and sweeping her long curly dark hair from her eyes, the female gave a smile to her friend before she replied.

" Tis only a glorious battle now that I have come to fight with you my friend. But I must ask you Arthur, how can I turn my back for one moment, and you find yourself in so much trouble?"

The friends shared a smile until the sounds of a battle cry brought them back to the problem at hand.

More forces were advancing through the trees. The young adult female grabbed a small bottle, filled with a light blue liquid, attached to her belt and threw it at a group of oncoming enemies. The liquid exploded as it hit the ground, sending debris and creatures flying.

The king, his knights, and the humanoid dragon continued the fight, pushing back the apposing forces and gaining the upper hand. But unknown to them, a creature stood in the distance, taking aim with its bow and poison tipped arrow. When it thought it had a clear shot, the arrow was let loose and sent flying toward the unsuspecting king. The arrow just missed Arthur and hit the tree right beside him. As soon as the arrow made contact with the tree, the bark started to turn black and it bubbled with a acidic hiss sound. The king took a moment and looked at the sight with shock. But that moment became his downfall as he was hit with a club from an enemy that had snuck up behind him.

Kaida had turned towards the sound of Arthur's cry and saw the enemy advancing on him while he was still down. With her eyes starting to glow, the girl ran toward her friend. As she neared the king, she used her magical abilities and the creatures were covered in a soft purple light as she levitates the enemy away and into a tree, knocking them out.

As Kaida turned with a small smile to help her friend finish getting off the ground, her smile fades as her advanced hearing picks up the sound of another arrow heading their way. Kaida pushes Arthur back down, but in doing so takes his place, and is pierced with the black poisoned arrow.

The arrow goes through the girl's cloak, landed on the right side of her stomach, and she collapses down to the ground where she lands next to the king.

Arthur is momentarily frozen with shock as he watches is long time friend start to wither in pain from the poison. Kaida's pained cries unfreeze Arthur from his shock. Getting on his hands and knees, the king moved toward the humanoid dragon to try and help her. As Arthur looks down, he sees his friend's purple eyes filled with pain and fear look back at him.

"Kaida? Can you hear me? I'll try and get the arrow out so you can heal."

The king cradled the female's head in his hand as his other hand inched toward the arrow still in her side. But his wounded friend grabbed his wrist to stop him from touching the arrow.

"Don't... the poison... evil," Kaida gasped out.

Arthur looked from the wound then back to the eyes of his friend.

"Then I'll take you to Merlin. He'll know how to counter this," Arthur told his friend before he turned and called out to his knights, "Fetch me my horse!"

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Merlin was reading in his study when the door burst open. Arthur came in, and upon seeing the wizard, called out to him while motioning for the people behind him to enter the room.

"Merlin! Quick, Kaida has been severely wounded!"

Merlin's white robes fluttered around him as he swiftly approached the distraught man. Two of the king's knights were carrying the wounded humanoid between them and at Merlin's gesture, they placed her on a table in the middle of the room, and at Arthur's nod, they quickly left the wizard's study. As the door closed, leaving the king and wizard alone, Merlin walked up to the side of the table to look at his young apprentice, who was gasping in pain and bleeding on the papers that had been left on the table. Merlin then turned toward Arthur and started to speak.

"How did this happen?"

Arthur, who had taken place on Kaida's other side to hold her hand, responded in a tired and soft voice.

"There was an assassin among the creatures we were fighting. Kaida took the arrow that was meant for me. She said the arrow was poisoned," Arthur turned his head to look at the wizard, "Can you saver her Merlin?"

The wizard was inspecting the damage done to his adopted daughter, but the look on his face showed the trouble he felt.

"This isn't a simple poison. There is strong dark magic at work here. If it wasn't for the natural magic that flows thru her blood, she would have already been long dead."

The older man had started to chant as he raised his hand over the arrow still lodged in the girls side. A white light surrounded the effected area, but there was no change to be seen. With a sigh, the wizard looked down and braced his hands on the edge of the table as he gave Arthur the news that he dreaded to hear.

"I'm afraid this is an evil magic that can't be undone by any spell I posses."

The king looked at his adviser with a small amount of shock and a greater understanding. His hand tightened its grip on his friend's hand, a grip she was almost to weak to return, as he tried to come to terms with the information he had just been given.

The two were quiet for a moment before Merlin came to a decision and turned away to walk towards a shelf of his potions. Arthur called back to him in a pleading voice.

"Is there nothing we can do to help her?"

The wizard grabbed a small vile, filled with a white liquid that was giving off a soft glow, as he turned back to the two younger beings.

"There is one thing that may save Kaida's life," Merlin said as he walked back up to the table, "But the result will leave her future in an unforeseen state. Are you willing to help?"

"If there is a chance at saving her life, I'll take it," was Arthur's steadfast response.

"Good. Now, help me by holding her down."

Arthur moved to the front of the table and grabbed both of Kaida's arms as he listened to the wizard's instructions.

"I'm going to take the arrow out first. Make sure you hold on tight. Then after the arrow is removed, step aside. I'll then pour this potion on the wound. It won't help heal but it will slow down the poison and give me time to cast the spell."

"Spell?"

Merlin ignored the king's question and had grabbed the arrow where it entered the girl's side and pulled. With a cry from the female, the arrow came out and disintegrated once it was free from the flesh of its victim. With a look from Merlin, the king took a few steps back. The wizard uncorked the bottle and poured its contents on the wound, which made a hissing sound at the contact and brought another cry from the female. While the magical being groaned at the pain it was going thru, the wizard took out a pendant on a simple string from around his neck, hidden by his robes. The pendant was a small clear glass sphere, no bigger than a human eye.

Arthur watched as the wizard held the pendant, up high, over his friend's body. Merlin put his other hand to hover over her head and started his incantation. Kaida tried to look between her old teacher and the person she called a brother. Softly calling out for both as she felt the powerful magic start to swirl around her.

A wind started to pick up and move around the two magical beings in the room. The king couldn't believe his eyes as the pendant and his friend started to glow with a blinding white light. Arthur tried to shield his eyes but continue to watch as his friend appeared to be transformed into a shapeless glowing form, then that form changed into a small version of a dragon, and then was sucked into the glass sphere.

The king walked in a daze up to the wizard, as he finished his spell, and was handed the pendant. The two men watched as the glowing light continued to spin in the glass before it slowly turned into a solid purple colour. The same shade that matched his friend's eye colour.

"Keep that safe, for Kaida is trapped inside of there. When a time comes that can over come the magic and cure her of the poison inside of her, she can be released. Until then, she sleeps in a frozen like slumber."

With a last sad glance at the pendant, Merlin turned and walked away, leaving Arthur with the magical item.

"Don't worry my friend. One day you shall be free again," the king said as he looked down at the pendant with a heavy heart, but hope for his friend's future.