Ok, here is the final edited first two chapters to the story Resolute Protecter. A very special thanks to my wonderful betas, Nefertil and TracksideEyore.

Also a thank you to my first reviewers, keykeybaby6, Hufflepuff Hex and SilentTalker2000.

To all you readers, please tell me what you think. :)

Chapter 1 – Medieval Roulette

"Okay," Mr. Moore announced gaining his class's attention. "First thing we are going to do is to break up into teams to write research papers. You will draw your topics out

of this." Pulling out a medieval knight's helmet, he started going around the classroom having students draw their essay topics out of the helmet. "Courtney, you're with

Ton: the architecture of Camelot. Interesting . . . Will, you're with Karen."

"Can't I be with Jen?" he protested.

"No, she's with Lance." Drawing his topic, Will held the text up to his teacher. "Ah, how apropos: the sports of Camelot. Jennifer: the tragedy of Camelot. Now, your paper

is gonna be about the love triangle between King Arthur, his wife Guinevere, and his best friend, Sir Lancelot. Ultimately, it destroyed Arthur and uh . . . Camelot itself.

Bit of a downer. Miles, you're with Allie."

The boy disagreed, "I'd rather work alone."

"I'd rather be eating pineapple on a beach in Hawaii, but that's not going to happen either," Moore replied sarcastically.

"Fine, I guess you'll do," Miles said.

"Wow, thanks," the blonde said retrieved her topic from the offered helmet and was surprised when the teacher announced their topic. "The Order of the Bear. What?

I've never heard of that."

"So much for the easy A."

"Ask your parents, I'm sure they have heard of the order." The professor paced over two rows and leaned on his cane. "Velma, you're with Marco." In the back of the

room, a girl raised her hand and reached into the helmet. "The Story of Mordred. You and your partner will tell Mordred's specific role in the downfall of Camelot."

Once the teacher had moved onto his next victim, Velma turned and seeing that Marco was looking at her, nodded at him. 'This is going to be interesting,' she concluded

and returned her attention to the front of the room, where Mr. Moore was saying, "Alright, now this is a semester paper. Good thing, you have two months to complete

it. Bad thing, you're stuck with your partner for two months; just don't kill each other." Laughter rippled across the room. When the bell rang, the students rushed

toward the door. Getting out of her seat, Velma walked over while Marco was rummaging through his bag and placed a piece of paper on his desk containing her e-mail

address and name. Then without a word, she walked out of the room.