Chapter 1: The Knights

"Hey guys come see what I've found" shouted the tall knight looking at me. I froze; I didn't know where I was or who these people were. I didn't know whether to run, to fight them or to see who they were. My mind decided to run, my legs said otherwise. I stayed where I was, frozen. "What is it this time Percy, another pretty flower?" replied a disembodied voice.

"Shut up and get your butts over here" shouted Percy in response.

Finally the others came and stood surrounding me. "Well look what we've got here" said a small man. There was six of them and five of them were knights. The other one looked like a servant or something.

"Don't be scared" Percy said seeing the worried look on my face, "I'm Percival and this is Gawaine" he said pointing at a scruffy, smiling man, who was probably the disembodied voice. "This is Elyan" Percival said pointing to the small man, "Leon" Percival pointed to another scruffy looking man. " And finally this is King Arthur" he said pointing to a handsome blonde stood behind him.

"heellloooo" the servant sang.

" Oh yes, and this is his manservant Merlin" Percival said. Merlin smiled.

" Camelot" I said.

" Yes we're from Camelot" Leon said warmly.

" So what's your name?" Merlin enquired.

"Lucinda" I said shyly.

"Lucinda, right, got it" Merlin said banking it in his memory.

" How long have you been in this forest?" King Arthur asked looking down at my dirty face and torn dress.

" About six days" I replied a little more confidently than before.

"Why?" he said.

"I ran away from my village"

"Why?" he repeated.

" I... I was being abused" Only half the truth I thought, but I couldn't tell them the whole truth, they'd kill me.

" Poor thing" I heard someone mutter.

" And your family?" Arthur sure was nosy.

" I don't have any. They're all dead."

" So you have nowhere to go?" Percival asked. I nodded.

" Then... you had better come back to Camelot with us" Arthur said, "She can have your horse Merlin"

"But I'll have to walk" he complained.

"It'll do you good" Gawaine chuckled.

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