Beauty and her prince

Prologue:

Uther Pendragon was woken by loud banging on his chambers doors, irrated he promised to himself whoever it was that had woken him better have a good reason.

"ENTER!" he said loudly, hoping the person behind the door was shaking in fear. The door opened to reveal one of the many knights of Camelot.

"My lord, there is an emergency. A knight from the kingdom Dubois arrived, bringing the princess with him."

Uther quickly put on a robe and to the great hall, knowing the princess would be there, when he entered he stopped, she had changed so much since he last saw her only 2 years ago. It was known through out many lands that she was a beauty none could be compared to. Her bright grass green eyes met his, "Uther..." she whispered softly before fainting, Uther noticed the Dubois knight catch her. "Follow me." he told him and brought him to Gaius.

Gaius immediately jumped out of bed and told them to set her on it, he checked her over. Looking for any signs of injury.

"Is she alright?" Uther asked him. Gaius shook his head and replied "She probably fainted of exhaustion." Gaius saw the knight in blue sway slightly where he stood and ordered him to sit down.

"Tell me what happened!" Uther demanded the knight.

"Prince Adrian killed the king and put the rest of the knights under an enchantment." Uther gasped in surprise, his closest friend, King David had been murdered by his own son who is a sorcerer.

"How did you escape?" Uther demanded the young knight.

"Whatever he used to enchant them was in the wine. I wasn't drinking, I had been assigned to watch over the princess. After Prince Adrian stabbed the king and left I rushed over to aid him. He told me to bring the princess here to you. He said you would keep her safe, that you once promised to."

Uther nodded, recalling that when the princess had been born he had promised David he would look after her should anything ever happen to him.

"Camelot thanks you and congratulates your bravery. To show you my gratitude you may become a citizen and reside in Camelot. Camelot needs more noble knights like yourself."

"It would be an honor my lord to stay where ever my princess is." the young knight said, bowing his head. Uther nodded before turning to the beauty on the bed, he turned to Gaius "I'll have someone come to carry her to her chambers." before leaving.

Arthur arrived home early in the morning from his hunting trip, he sensed something was not right.

He walked towards the throne room in search of his father, he found him sitting on his throne in deep thought.

"Hello father." he said getting the kings attention. Uther quickly looked up, "Ah your back. How was your trip?"

"Good. Is something wrong?" he asked looking around.

"The Dubois kingdom has been attacked." Arthur felt himself freeze in fear and feared his heart would stop beating at any second. Uther noticed his son's face.

"The princess was escorted here in the middle of the night. She was saved by one of the knights."

Arther immediately relaxed, he would have to thank this knight later.

"Who attacked the kingdom?" Arthur asked.

"Prince Adrian killed his father and took control of the knights using an enchantment he had put in the wine. Thankfully the knight who had been guarding the princess had not been drinking. I fear what would have happened to her if he had."

"Is she alright? Was she hurt?" Arthur asked his father, who shook his head "She collapsed from exhaustion but that is probably because they never stopped to rest until they reached the safety of Camelot."

Arthur sighed with relief.

"Go clean yourself and join me here for lunch. I'm sure the princess will be joining us." Uther told his son, who rushed out the door. Watching his son he chuckled, it was obvious his childhood love still remained.

The king and Prince were both eating when the doors opened to reveal a beauty in a silk and satin pink dress, it clung to her body and made her look like the princess she was. Her long pale golden blonde hair flowing down to her waist in curls, framing her flawless paled skinned face and bright grass green eyes filled with sadness. Both men stood, Uther walked towards her and opened his arms she immediately jumped into them and cried. Uther tried to soothe her, he had always admired and cared for the girl since she was born. She had always been smiling and seemed to always be happy. She had been stubborn and always said what she thought even to him which when she was a child he always found very amusing but she was also always kind and never selfish.

Uther pulled her back and wiped her tears away.

"Forgive me." she muttered. Uther smiled and gently put a hand on her cheek, "There is nothing to forgive my child. From this day on you may always come to me, I promised your father I would take care of you if anything were to happen to him. From this day on princess Lydia you are my ward." he finished by softly kissing her on the forehead.