AN: Hi guys! I've been re-reading all of my work for this fic and I thought I would re-edit. I won't be doing any new updates for it until I have finished editing it. Sorry for the loooong wait. If any of you have some suggestions that you think you might like to see a bit later, feel free to submit them and I take a look! Any way, here we go again!
Disclaimer: The characters of King Arthur do not belong to me. However the OCs are of my own creation. =)
Chapter 1
2008
Jasmine Matthew's brushed dark brown hair out of her face as she looked up at the sky. She had just finished her martial arts and weaponry practice with her two friends Stephanie Fletcher (or Steph) and Felicity Scully (or Flick). She smiled as she felt herself relax under the suns warm rays. She looked behind her as she heard her two friends walk out of the building talking about their latest training session.
"That has got to be the best we've ever worked today!" Said a very enthusiastic Flick, as she through her bag down and did a cartwheel. She was always laughing and smiling. No matter what she did, she always had a smile on her face. She picked her bag up and ran up to Jasmine, jumping in the air, clicking her heels together as she did, her long mousy brown hair bouncing away behind her.
Jasmine smiled slightly at her friend. "I suppose your right. We did do well today." Jasmine was the silent one out of the three. She always sat back and observed the things that went on around her. However, she usually had a smile on her face as she watched her friends laughing and joking around with each other. Jasmine used to be just like them, but after losing her father she changed. She'd lost her mother when she was very young and her father tried to bring up as best he could. However two years ago, he finally decided he could no longer cope and took is own life. After that she became quiet and stopped going out with her friends.
"Hey Jas? Flick and I are going our tonight. Are you going to grace with your presence?" Said Steph as she walked up beside her, her ash blond hair blowing in her her face because of a light gust of wind.
"You already know the answer to that one Steph."
"Yeah. I suppose so. Oh well. I guess I was kinda hoping you would come. But don't worry. I won't force you to."
Jasmine smiled at her friend sincerity and began to walk in the direction of her house, with her friends following close behind. She was thinking about what her friend said when she began to feel light, warm and dizzy all at once. She came to a halt, hoping she could stop the world from spinning beneath her feet. Her friends carried on a few paces in front of her and stopped.
"Jas? Are you OK? You don't look so good." Said Flick in concern. They began moving towards her when a bright light appeared from nowhere and blinded them both. When they opened their eyes, Jasmine was gone.
"Jasmine? Where are you? JASMINE?"
That was the last thing that Steph said before everything went black.
442 AD
Jasmine felt herself drop and she felt a cold and hard floor beneath her. She groaned and slowly opened her eye, moving her right hand away from her slightly so she could lift herself up. As she did she felt something underneath it. Her eyes widened as she realised she was touching a foot. As she looked up she took in the features of an elderly man dressed in elegant white and red robes looking down at her, with both a look of amusement and shock on his face.
She jumped up onto her knees and looked around. She soon looked at a young man with dark hair dressed in Armour and a blank expression. She gasped and crawled back until she hit a wall.
"Do not be frightened child. We will not hurt you. I am Casar Marcus Aurelius and this is General Maximus Decimus Maridius. Please, come and join us over in the seating area. We have much to discuss." Jasmine simply looked at the Caesar in fright and shock, trying to determine if it was safe to trust him or not. Finally she stood up and walked over to where he and the general had just taken a seat. She stood looking around in wonderment until she finally looked over at them. Aurelius and the General each had a small smile on the faces as they watched her run delicate fingers over a ceramic jug.
"Please, take a seat, child. We have much to talk about." He waited until she sat down to continue. "Three weeks ago, I had a most unforgettable dream. In my dream I was visited by a woman dressed in white with long flowing blond hair. I asked her if she was an Angel of our Saviour, but she said no and that she was something else entirely. She told me that she was a Dimension Shifter of some sort and that in three weeks time she would send a young woman from the year 2008 to our time. When asked why, she merely stated that it was the wish of the Gods that she was to come to our time. Well my dear, the time has come and you are the young woman that she spoke of."
Jasmine sat there in shock after hearing what she was told. She leaned forward in her seat rubbing her temples, trying to get her head around what was just said.
"I can see that your having trouble taking this in. I struggled with it myself for many days. I was very worrisome when she said Gods rather than God. She assured me that although I am a follower of the Christian, the Gods of history were still very strong in the minds of many."
Jasmine rubbed her hands over her face before she stood up and began to pace behind the chair. "I can't believe it. Why the hell do these things aways happen to me? Well I suppose there's nothing I can do about it? What's going to happen now then?"
"Well that's why Maximus is here. We were just discussing what you are going to say to every one you meet. You will be staying with Maximus and his family uh..."
As she sat down again, Jasmine looked at him momentarily till she realised he was asking for her name. "Oh. Jasmine, my name's Jasmine."
"Jasmine. You will staying with Maximus under the alias Rosita Meridius. Everyone will think you are his younger sister who has been asked for help in strategical planning and being apart of the up coming campaign in Germania."
Jasmine nodded in understanding at what Caesar had just said, coming to the slow realisation that she wasn't going home.
"Now. We have clothes, Armour, weapons and a horse prepared for your journey to Maximus' home. On the way their I suggest that your wear your Armour for safety, just in case." She nodded her head again and with that Caesar stood, she and Maximus standing out of respect, and left the room.
After a minute or two of silence, Maximus spoke to Jasmine for the first time since she arrived there. "Your new items are on the chair just across the room. I shall be just outside the door when you are ready." He bowed his head slightly and left the room, leaving Jasmine to get ready for her journey and new life ahead of her.
452 AD
Stephanie and Felicity were returning to Hadrian's Wall after a mission to the south with Arthur and the Sarmation Knights. They had arrived in this time 6 months ago, in very much the same way as Jasmine had. Except they landed at the feet of Arthur and his Knights and ten years later than her.
Everyone was exhausted. They had been away for three weeks and felt ready to just go to bed as soon as they arrived back to the wall. The Knights had only one year left of service before they were granted their freedom, and you could feel the happiness and excitement fill the air all around them.
They rode back to the fort in an exhausted silence, however it didn't last long. An arrow flew out of the forest next to them and hit Galahad in the thigh, causing him to fall off of his horse. Then the woads appeared from the forest like ghosts and rushed towards the knights ready to fight to the death.
Tristan started to fire arrows from his bow, along with Bors. Gawain, Lancelot and Arthur got off their horses and into fighting stances, whilst Dagonet, Felicity and Stephanie dealt with Galahad.
