Chapter 1 – What Happened To Me?
I opened my eyes to see the curtains of my house. They were beautiful. Red an…. Wait. My curtains aren't red? And certainly not that long. I shot up and gasped at the sudden pain I got from my ribs and arm. I looked around the room and saw it was an elegant room, certainly not one for a huntsman's daughter like myself. I pulled back the covers and got out of the bed. I instantly fell to the floor. Then the door opened.
"You shouldn't be out of bed. Gaius said for you to rest."
I looked towards the direction of the voice and found it belonged to a blue eyed, brown haired boy. He wore servant clothes and carried a hand full of bottles with liquid inside. He put the bottles on a near end table and came to me. He helped me back up onto the bed and sat next to me.
"How do you feel?"
Instead of answering his question I took a closer look at him. He was quite attractive. No wait very attractive.
"Oh! I'm sure you're wondering who I am. My name's Merlin. What's your name?"
He smiled at me as he waited for my answer.
"Atheline." I answered as I looked at the floor. I took a quick look at him and saw his smile grew twice as big. He got up; looked through the bottles. I tried to remember what happened. I just couldn't. I took a deep breath and yelped from the pain. Merlin came rushing back with a bottle in his hand. The liquid was this brownish color. It looked a lot like water from the river near my house.
"Here drink this. Gaius said it's supposed to help with the pain." He handed me the bottle. I examined it and looked at him. He just smiled. I dunked the whole bottle and gave a face. I looked at Merlin with a 'that was gross look' and gave him the bottle back. Just as he was about to say something the door opens again. This time three people came through. Two were dressed as royalty and the other in servant like clothes.
"Hello. I'm Gaius. You –"
"Her name is Atheline." Answered Merlin before the man known as Gaius could finish.
"Yes. Okay. How are you feeling? Have you taken the potion I made for you?" He asked.
"I- I … My ribs contain a great deal of pain. My arm too, but not as much as my ribs." I looked back at the other two men. One looked very concerned and the other had an emotionless face. The fair haired boy came forward.
"Do you remember what happened?"
"Arthur, she just woke up. Let her capture her thoughts for a second." Merlin responded with a little annoyance.
The boy known as Arthur just gave Merlin a look and looked back at me with concern.
"I don't remember what happened. The last thing I remembered was hunting with my father. I heard him call my name and when I looked back to where his voice came he wasn't there. Then I woke up here." I replied shyly.