This story is set right after Lancelot leaves Camelot as Gwen realized she loved Lancelot and they ran off together into the sunset. Morgana does not have a maid during "A Remedy to Cure All Ills", and Kate comes in during this time. Romance will come in during later chapters. First few chapters may be a bit slow just to get things situated.
"Just my luck" I muttered to myself.
I stepped out into the bright sun, squinting around me as I tried to carry all of my wet laundry to the makeshift clothesline. The dryer had broken two weeks ago and I have been holding off on doing my laundry out of pure laziness, but I had no clean clothes left so I finally decided to get my procrastinating self to get the job done.
I honestly felt like I was in little house on the prairie or something. Seriously, this was something you only saw in old western movies, yet here I am in 2013, hanging shirts, jeans, and embarrassingly yet, my underwear onto a piece of string. Awesome…
The only reason I was in this whole mess was because I had been house sitting for an elderly woman who was on an extended visit somewhere in Europe. I needed some extra cash before I went on to my freshmen year in sophomore year of college, but now I was reconsidering my choice. The old lady had sounded nice on the phone, but the first step I took into the door of her house, I knew she must have been senile.
First off, practically everything was covered in a thick layer of dust. I had to spend three hours just trying to clear that up. Secondly, not a single thing seemed to work. The dryer liked to have spaz attacks, all of the chairs must have had atleast one leg missing, and the only way I could cook my food was by using an old gas stove that would may or may not light up.
The one good thing about this whole ordeal was that the house was set on a huge piece of property that had about a hundred acres on it. The fields were beautiful and littered with colorful wildflowers and grass that swayed with the breeze, not a single person in sight.
I sighed, breathing in the fresh air as I hung up the last few articles of clothing. This was actually the first time in my life I have ever lived alone. The peace and quiet was not what I was used to. I was accustomed to bustling dorm buildings, the honks of car horns and blasting music drifting towards my window from one of the many frat houses. My roommate was usually at those crazy parties, often coming home hammered in the early hours of the morning slurring unintelligible things.
A glint in the distance caught my eye. It almost seemed just a trick of the light, but as I examined further, it was definitely too large.
I set down a particularly embarrassing pair of superman underwear back into the basket and headed towards the strange thing. My steps were reproachful as I came closer. It seemed to be some giant blob of multicolored light floating in mid air.
"What the heck?" I questioned myself. I reached out my hand, trying to feel it to get some sense of what it was, when all of the sudden I felt myself getting sucked towards it, feeling as if my world was getting folded and unfolded and mixed around all at once.