Enemies Reach

Chapter 1

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"When the hell are we going to get the hell out of this damn forest," Lancelot whined as he kicked a stone from his path. Pacing back and forth in the same spot he had been for hours. The grass that once existed there now was nothing but the dirt it grew on.

"Soon enough Lancelot," assured Arthur as he watched Lancelot pace. "We still have to find the tribe of Woads that attacked the village," Arthur pointed out to him.

"Why can't they send Roman soldiers , to look after Roman problems," Gawain stated sourly as he tossed another stick into the small fire he created.

Arthur let out an annoyed sigh, "they don't have any Roman soldiers to spare to investigated this problem," he repeated for the hundredth time. At times he questioned the matured of his knights, he wondered if they weren't five.

"Why don't we just wait in the village for them to attack again," Bors questioned.

"The villagers don't trust having a bunch of pagans sitting around their village," Arthur explained once again. He was starting to feel like a broken record.

"Well maybe these pagans shouldn't defend these villagers and let them handle their own damn problem," Jason pointed out bitterly.

"Look, I have gone over this alright," Arthur screamed finally losing his patience with his knights. "You all know the mission," Arthur barked as he got up to go and enjoy some quite time alone. As Arthur walked over to a creek that was near by he could hear the moans of complaint and announce from the knights. He knew being out here for five days straight with no action at all was driving them insane. But they has to finish this mission and the sooner the better. Arthur was still awaiting news about the tribe they had been tracking. They had lost their trail in the last big strom they had, the amount of rain they received washed away any trace of them. Arthur swept over the camp, looking from knight to knight; there only remained 10 of them including himself. Lancelot still paced the same spot he had been for the past hours, and watching him made Arthur dizzy and gave him an uneasy feeling. Gawain, Galahad, and Claudius all sat around the tiny fire Gawain had managed to get started, which was a miracle for how wet it was. Claudius was still a boy in Arthur's eyes, he was two years younger then Galahad. He manage to become close friends with Galahad and Gawain, which was a wonder because sometimes Arthur could swear that Galahad and Gawain were brothers at times. Claudius had short brown hair, soft green eyes and stood about Galahad's height. He was one of the quieter knights that only spoke up when asked, but yet talked enough to know that he was there. Arthur continued to look about the camp, his sights fell upon Bors and Dagonet. They had perched themselves up against a rock and were deep in conversion. Jason and Daniel had lined up apples on a rock, that was about 10 feet from where Bors and Dagonet where. Jason and Daniel were throwing knives and shooting arrows at the apples to knock them from their perch.

Daniel was a bright kid, another who was to young to be here. He always had a smile on his face, he was a good man. One of the few knights that had made a family here, a wife and two kids. .Daniel had short black hair, soft brown eyes and stood about Lancelot's height. Jason was a shady character, Arthur didn't trust him all that well. That made Arthur a little uneasy around him, he could tell the other knights also had a slight dislike of him too. Jason would back talk to Arthur about orders, and even sometimes not even listen to a order. There has been a few times that Jason has just about coast them a mission. He was about Arthur's height, shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. But they were a strange color of blue almost white they seemed. Those eyes were emotionless and the rare time he did show emotion it was of hate or built up rage. A horse galloping into camp broke Arthur's train of thoughts. Arthur quickly made his way to the horse and rider, it was Tristan. Tristan had sent out to try and find the trail of the Woads they were tracking.

"What news of the Woads," Arthur interrogated Tristan as he handed Tristan's horses reins to Jols.

"I picked up on their trail again, they are heading east about a days ride away," Tristan informed as he dismounted his horse and let Jols take his horse for a well deserved rest.

"Why would they be heading East," puzzled Galahad. Galahad looked to Arthur with a puzzled look on his face. Arthur go the same blank look on his face as Galahad had. "Jols bring me the map, please," Arthur asked as he headed to the rock Bors and Dagonet had been leaning up against earlier. Jols quickly made his way to the pack horse and returned with a tan hide rolled up, and handed it to Arthur. Arthur unrolled the map and laid it out, and the knights gathered around to see.

"Well we are here," Tristan stated as he pointed to the location with his finger. " I found the Woads camp here," he dragged his finger to another location just East of the pervious one.

"But what would they be heading East for," Arthur thought out loud as he examined the map for any clues.

"Well the only thing that is East are more villages then the ocean," specified Daniel. "But what interest are villages to the Woads," pondered Daniel. "They never really paid much care to the settlements before, why now," further explained Daniel trying to figure this out.

"They are searching for something or someone," Tristan pointed out casually. Everyone stopped and looked at Tristan, waiting a further explanation.

"But what could they be searching for, do you think one of the villages have something of theirs," Lancelot spoke up when Tristan took to long to answer.

"If so what could it possibly be," inquired Bors rubbing his bald head.

"There only one way to find out, knights we move out," ordered Arthur. The knights were to excited about this, they all quickly grabbed their gear and started to saddle up. Within a couple of minutes the knight were ready to go.

" Where to Arthur?" Lancelot asked as he rode to ride up front, beside Arthur.

"We are going back to the village to ask some questions," informed Arthur as he kicked his horse into a steady trot.

A Woads' camp a few miles east.

"No sign of them in the village," reported a Woads scout to a man in robes, with wild hair, and a full beard.

" Then we well raid the other villages until we find them," instructed the man with the wild hair.

"Merlin, the Saramation knights have been spotted," enlightened the Woads scout. "They seem to be investigating the village," warned the scout.

"They could provide useful to us," the man named Merlin thought out loud. " Tell the men o stay in camp until I say otherwise."

"Yes, m'lord," the scout bowed and left to carry out his orders.

AN: So what do you think, this chapter is kind of boring but just wait for chapter two some action happens. Yes i know tons of grammar and spelling mistakes my computer is running on a really crappy program right now. Once we get the new computer I will go through and fix the story. But tell me what you think. Please Review!!!!!!!!!!!!!