- I don't own King Arthur, the only characters that are mine are Kaydra and Delanie.
(this is my first fanfic so please be gentle!) oh! – sorry the intro to the girls was so quick, but everything will be explained in due time!
To Trust a Stranger
Kaydra was deep in sleep when Delanie woke her.
"Kay, we have to get going, the Wall is only a two days ride." Kaydra grumbled and slowly but surely was up, preparing her horse to leave. The sisters had lived in a small village in Northern Britain. They fled when the Saxon army attacked. They had been camping in the woods for two days before they decided to make for the great Wall. As they mounted their horses and began to ride, Kaydra sighed.
"Do you ever regret moving from home? I mean despite the Saxons and all, do you ever think we made a mistake?" she asked.
"In some ways I do, I miss Mother and Father, the way things were when we were young. But at the same time, I love the freedom here. We don't have the Romans controlling us as much as we did." Delanie looked at her sister. Kaydra was younger than her by a year and a half, and she always reminded herself that she was 34 years young. Delanie smiled; remembering some of the mischief her and her sister used to get into back home. She thought of home often, but had never regretted leaving. She wasn't sure if Kaydra had regrets. After a long time of silence, Kaydra spoke.
"What do you think will happen when we get to the wall?"
"I don't know, Kay. We'll probably just start over again," she looked ahead. "there should be some kind of village or town on the other side of the wall, we'll be able to find work." She smiled and looked at Kaydra "Don't worry, it will be fine. We will be fine." Kaydra smiled and looked up at the broad horizon.
"I know. You know me, I have to have a plan for everything. I can't stand just getting up and starting over. Then again, we have gone through it before. We can do it again." She paused. "Now, I was half asleep after you woke me, so how long…" Kaydra went quiet when she saw three horsemen appear over the hill. Delanie looked at her sister to see why she stopped talking.
"Kay, wha…" Kaydra cut her off
"Look." She pointed to the men. Four more appeared from the other side of the hill. They seemed to notice Delanie and Kaydra as well, for they started riding down the hill towards them. A cavalry of people and wagons stopped at the top just outside the woods.
"What are seven roman soldiers doing with that many people?" Delanie asked. Kaydra looked closer at the fast approaching group.
"Delanie, they do not look like roman soldiers." She said nervously.
"State who you are and where you are going!" a voice boomed. The men were too far away for the women to see which one was talking to them. As they got closer, Delanie snorted. They weren't roman soldiers, but simply men in a bit of armor. One came forward. "Speak." She could tell from the voice that he was the one who shouted earlier. Delanie raised an eyebrow.
"Give me one good reason why I should tell you my name, or anything given that you are a complete stranger who obviously does not know any manners." She snapped. Most of the men had stunned looks on their faces, which gradually turned into smirks. The mans face softened.
"I apologize, I did not mean to offend you. My name is Arthur, and these are my knights. However, we have no time for introductions right now. The Saxons are coming this way. Where are you headed?" he asked.
"South, to the Wall. The Saxons attacked our village, so we figured we would be safe on the South side." Explained Kaydra. Author shook his head.
"The wall will be safe, yes, but the Saxons have cut off the road to the South. If you wish to go to the Wall, you're better off coming with us." The women nodded. One by one the knights turned around and started heading back to the cavalry as Kaydra and Delanie followed. Once they were in the woods, Kaydra rode ahead and got into a conversation with one of the knights. As Delanie watched, one of the knights rode up beside her. She looked at him and gave him a weak smile. They rode together for quite some time before anything was said. After a while she wondered why he would ride with her if he wasn't planning on speaking with her. So she kept an eye on Kaydra he finally spoke, she jumped a little.
"You're lucky you escaped from the Saxons. Normally no one does." He murmured.
"Great,"she thought "Kaydra is having a great time, and I get stuck with the 'glass is half empty' guy." She smiled. "We were lucky," she replied. "we were coming home from hunting when we saw the village under attack. So we fled." He looked at her.
"You hunt? Using what?" he asked.
"Bows, daggers, my sister, Kaydra," she motioned towards her sister, "has an axe. Basically we use whatever is convenient." He continued staring at her intently. "What?" she asked. He shrugged and lazily looked away.
"It's just not often you see a woman that knows how to use all those weapons." He looked at her again. "You're sisters name is Kaydra, what's yours?" he never took his eyes off hers.
"My name is Delanie, and yours?"
"Tristan."
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