DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MERLIN
Lightning flashed brilliantly overhead. Rain poured down onto the roofs of the houses up and down Lost st. Thunder rumbled through the sky, like a bass drum being bashed by mother nature in an angry rage. Through the sheets of rain, you could see very little light. The storm had blown out the power in this part of the city. Inside many of the houses, families were running around looking for candles and flashlights in the dark. In one house however, at the corner of Pine ave., and Lost st., it seemed as if no one was home.
Through the large bay window that overlooked the street, you could make out five silhouettes. The shadows seemed to be sitting, watching, waiting. From the outside, the dark figures seemed rather ghostly and unreal. From the inside however, well that was an entirely different point of view.
A large bolt of lightning crashed right over the house, causing the various shadows to react in their own manner. The figure on the far right jumped a foot in the air. The two to the left screamed. The last two figures were laughing at the reaction of their friends.
"That was not funny." the first three shadows said in unison.
"Awe come on Anna, it was funny." the smaller of the two figures said to the tallest shadow.
"It scared us Ember. Like you've never been scared before." Anna said, glaring at her friend.
"Whatever, I just wish I had caught that on video." Ember whispered to the second tallest of the five, Sabrina. Anna and the last two figures glared at them.
The smallest cracked a slight smile. "You know, it was kind of funny. Anna you jumped so high. You would have thought that someone had snuck up behind you."
"Oh shut up Jewels. At least I didn't scream." Anna countered. Jewels' expression quickly became a glare. She turned to the last shadow who was now laughing at this conversation.
"What are you laughing at Amelia? You screamed too. You should be defending me." Jewels indignantly said. This only made Amelia fell off the couch and clutch her sides. She couldn't help it, it was just to darn funny.
What happened next could have been called assault, but for the girls, it was normal. Jewels jumped at Amelia and started throwing punches. The small girl was to weak to do any damage, besides, Amelia was practically her twin, she would not be able to hurt her without hurting herself. Anna, Sabrina and Ember all sighed. They didn't bother to move, this small feud would be over in a minute. While the two small girls wrestled, Anna got up, stretched and walked over to the kitchen.
"Anyone want something," she called over the counter to her friends.
Everyone perked up at the thought of food and a drink. They had been watching the storm for a science project on electricity. Amelia and Jewels had thought the best way to judge the amount of electricity in a storm was to hold a copper pole amidst the perilous force of nature. That idea was rejected almost immediately. Anna wanted to go swimming in the near by lake. That idea was also rejected. Sabrina came up with the idea that they sit, watch the storm and record how many times they saw lightning. Of course that was the most practical of ideas, however, this group of girls were far from practical and argued for some time on who's idea was the most likely to get them an A. Since the first two idea's would most likely get them killed, they proceeded with Sabrina's idea.
All the girls piled into the smallish kitchen. Anna had brought out some snacks that included munchies, assorted vegetables and fruit with ranch dip, popcorn, and lemonade. While the group nibbled on their food, the power came back on. All the girls cheered and looked at the time. It would be time to start a movie soon. They were all sleeping over so their parents wouldn't have to pick them up.
On top of being in the same science class, the girls were also in the same socials class. Their teacher had given them a project on medieval England. They had been doing research on the computer when the storm had hit. Then of course the power had gone out so they decided to do their science homework instead.
Anna had just gotten her braces so she didn't eat anything. She powered up her laptop and hit the Internet icon. She then found her latest history and continued her research on the knights and their code. When she was done with that particular web page, she clicked a link on the bottom of the page. That link led her to a site that was all about the Arthurian Legend. Anna`s knowledge of Arthur and the knights of the round table was somewhat limited. Most of what she knew was from the awesome TV series, Merlin.
Ember had gotten her hooked a while back so Anna had watched the show on Netflix. All of the girls loved the show. Amelia had been the first to find it and had started the chain reaction.
Anna read the page and clicked another link. Before she knew it, she had visited ten websites on Arthur and Merlin. She looked up and saw the girls getting ready for bed.
They were all going to sleep in the backyard in a tent. They had put up a tarp that covered the tent. Hopefully, everything was dry. Anna quickly got changed and they headed out. The girls were not able to sleep; the wind was stronger than ever. They felt as though it would rip the tent out of the ground.
``Ugh. Why is there so much wind.`` Jewels complained.
``Because, we as humans have been putting so much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere causing a huge hole to form in th O-Zone. This, has allowed the sun to get through easily and heat up the planet. So with the all the extra heat, the polar ice cap has slowly been melting and adding much more fresh water into the ocean. This, by extension, has caused the weather to change drastically. So instead of the usual almost unbearable heat tat we are used to this time of year, we have been getting much more rain., whereas many other places are getting less rain and more drought, like Texas. If this continues then we will all be doomed...`` Anna gasped for air. The girls looked at her as if she was crazy.
``Anna, did you have Coke,`` Sabrina asked suspiciously. Anna grinned at her evilly. The four girls backed away as much as the small tent would allow.
Just then, another gust of wind caused one on the tent poles to be pulled from the ground. This made the tent collapse on the five teens. A loud rumble could be heard overhead, thunder boomed and caused the ground to shake violently. The group screamed and flailed around. When they found each other, they held on tight. More wind gusted, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Then, mother nature decided to cause the girls more fright and sent a bolt of lightning right at their measly tent. The tent abruptly caught on fire. The group screamed more and tried to find the exit. Five girls flailing aimlessly and screaming could send an army running.
As the flames overtook the tent, they licked the ankles of Anna and Ember. The girls cried in agony and attempted to worm their way away from the heat. This however was impossible. More wind and rain pelted the tent, slowly putting out the fire. Eventually, the girls gave up trying to find the exit and slumped in exhaustion. As the fingers of blackness crawled mercilessly into the minds of the girls, they could not help but feel relief. Little did they know that this night was only the beginning of their problems.
When the girls awoke, the first rays of sun were creeping over the mountains. They all groaned and stretched, eventually wincing because of their burns. Anna was the first to fully recall what had happened the previous night. She sat up as much at the collapsed fabric would allow and could see the damage that had been done. Most of the tent was ruined and scorch marks were visible. As her eyes searched the tent, she found that most of the tarp had been saved. Her eyes then settled on her four best friends.
They all had matted hair, and soot covered their skin. The burns were evident and some less prominent on the exposed skin. Anna twisted to get a better look at her ankles, which had the worst burns. What she saw nearly made her heave. The skin looked as if it had been boiled, the blister were huge and red. A puss of sorts was oozing from one of the worst areas. It was definitely going to scar.
She turned her gaze back on the other girls and saw that many of them had the same sort of grotesque blemishes, but in different places. Luckily, none of them had any bad burns on their faces.
"Is everyone alright?" Anna asked, concern and fear making her voice crack. Ember looked up at her with clouded eyes. She gave a weak nod. The others answered in the same fashion, either nodding or mumbling their response.
One by one they wormed their way out of their previous shelter, grabbing what could be salvaged. Once they were clear of the burnt wreckage, their surroundings became known. They had somehow ended up in a forest. There were few trees spotted here and there, and an eery fog snaked it way around them. All of e trees were tall, about twenty feet or more, they also seemed to be well watered, which could only mean that this area got a lot of rain.
The five teens gathered what they could from the tent. In total they had three large sleeping bags, two that were fully intact and one that wasn't, a bag that held a book (A/N These girls love to read), half a bag of munchies, and a roll of duct tape. They also had four poles and the tarp.
Almost immediately, survival instinct took control. They quickly built a makeshift leanto shelter, with the tarp, that would trotect them from the wind and rain. They gathered some moss and laid that down so they would have a semi soft place to sleep. They then unzipped the sleeping bags and put them down on top of the moss. They then gathered some wood for a fire. With two rocks and endless patience, they were able to get a spark and get the fire going. Now they had two of the four things they needed to suvive. Lucky for them, there was a nearby brook that was in site on the camp. With the remainins pieces of the tent, some sticks and duct tape, they were able to make some bowls.
After boiling the water, they split inot two groups, one would go hunt for food, and the other would stay at the camp. Naturally, the girls with the worst burns would stay at the camp. So it was decided, Anna and Ember, who had experienced the worst injuries, stayed safely at the camp. While they waited for Sabrina, Jewels and Amelia to return with some type of food, the two girls took out the book and started reading.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the nearby forest, Sabrina, Jewels and Amelia were searching for anything edible. Luckily, Amelia had a vast knowledge of what was dangerous and what wasn't. They didn't have a knife or anything sharp with them to they were stuck with eating plants. They collected an assortment of vegetiation and started back to the camp.
"So Amelia," Sabrina inquired, "Where did you learn all that information on edible stuff in the forest." Amelia gave her a sly smile.
"I have my ways," she replied in an ominous voice. Her expression then changed into a semi serious look. "My mom and I spent a lot of time downtown. So I went to the library a lot and did some research, I was curious."
"Well your curiosity might have very well saved our lives," Sabrina said. She then turned to Jewels, who was being unusually quiet. "Are you okay Jewels, you have hardly said a word."
Jewels sighed sadly, "I'm just wondering how on eart we got here, and my burns are startig to itch. Also, he probability that something will atack us is high. I wonder where we are exactly..." Her voice faded and she loked to her friends and started to laugh. Now laughing, of course, is highly contagious, so soon the trio was laughing so hard that they could hardly stand.
As their laughter died down, the girls beacme rather wary. Jewels had had a point with the attacking buisness. The girls soon seemed to hear cracking twigs and rustling leaves everywhere. Most of these, they apssed as their imagination. Soon they let their gaurd down and started talking about the lastest Harry Potter movie, which all of them had seen. They were in the middle of a debate on the Deathly Hallows and which one would be the most helpful in thir situation when someone snuck up behind Amelia. The mystery person grabbed her by the waist so she couldn't get away. They forgot , however to cover her mouth, so she yelled a waing to her firends. However, it was too late. Two more men had grabbed the other girls and started to drag them somewhere within the bushes. The girls screamed and thrashed, but to no avail.
Nearby, there was a company of kngihts who were out for a good hunt. They heard the screaming and put two and two together. They left their prey and ruched toward the ruckess. When they rached the source of the noise, the nights set eyes on some of the oddest looking maidens they had ever seen. They let that thought drift away and delt with the matter at hand. It took the all of three minutes to dispose of the kidnappers. The knights turned their attention to the three girls.
They looked to be between the ages of thirteen and fifteen. Two of then were small and one was at leat 5'9. The clothes that they were wearing were tatered and burnt, their hair was in no better shape. The odd trio took in the knights apperance as well. One by one they studied their saviors. Their eyes scoped the faces, wanting to remeber them. That was when Amelia set eyes on a handsome knight who's face she only knew too well. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He was tall and muscular. The way he held himself, he let off the aura that he was better than everyone else.
Amelia waited for the girls to realize who he was. Both the girls quickly understood who the were looking at, it was Bradley James from their favorite show, Merlin.
"Are you girls okay," Bradley James asked. "If I may inquire, what exactly are you doing, wandering around the forest alone, without any armed protection. Also, I do not mean to be rude, but who are you?"
"Well that depends, are you who we really think you are? And are we where we really believe to be," Jewels replied with a hint mystery in her voice. The Bradley gave her a look of confusion, but quickly recovered. He seemed to pull himself taller as he looked Jewels right in the eyes.
"I am the crowned prince of Camelot. I am Arthur, and these are my knights. Now who are you." Athur said with pride. The three girls looked at eachother and decided silently to play along. Afterall, they thought that they were being filmed. Though, they couldn't find any trace of cameras anywhere. Sabrina was the one to reply.
"We are three of five princesses from a far away land across the ocean. Our country was under siege from our sorn enemy. Our parents died afer the first attack and we were forced to flee and take refuge as far away as we could. Our ship was near the mainland when we were attacked by a group of treterous priates who set our ship ablaze, my sisters and I barely escaped with our lives."
'Arthur' looked her up and down with suspicion, then the other two girls, he half accepted their story. He wondered to himself how true their story was, he let it be however, seeing the girls burns and appearance. He turned to his companions and ordered them to get the horses. He sked the three supposed princesses,
"You said that there was five of you, where are the other two,"
"We had to leave them back at the camp. They experienced the worst burns and can barely walk." Amelia said. She looked over at her 'sisters', they nodded in agreement.
"If you promise not to harm us, can we trust you to help us heal their wounds," Amelia asked, raising an eyebrow. 'Arthur' looked at the small girl with bewilderment. Did she really need to ask that question, was he not, after all, an honest man.
"I somlemly swear that you can trust myself and my knights. You are welcome to come back to Camelot and stay the knight. We can talk to the King and he will give us further instruction." 'Arther' said.
Just then, the knights came back with some horses for the girls. They helped the young maidens mount and led them, by the reigns. The girls sat and snuck glances at the knights. Something was up, why were they not out of character. Why were there no sign of cameras. Could they have perhaps ended up inside the story. Was that even possible. Amelia, Jewels and Sabrina slowly turned to look at each other as they came to the same realization. Their faces paled as they saw one anothers expreassions, thus only confirming what the others were thinking. One thing was certain, they were no longer in reality.
(A/N) Hey so I am MusikGal and this is my first chapetr fan-fic.. I am a huge fan of Merlin and Love the Arthurian Legend. So this will probly be the longest chapter in the story. Maybe not. So I hope to update every one-three days. Please R&R. Don't be afraid to tell me what you think honestly, but please, no swearing. :)
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