It was a normal working day in Camalot, the townsfolk were baking bread and selling animals. Casiel Blackworth was a simple fourteen year old girl with skills in foraging and horse riding. She had gotten her friend Merlin to convince his mentor Gaius to give her jobs to keep her busy and an apprenticeship in alchemy and potions. She was grooming her horse when the ward of the kingdom came in with her horse, back from a ride. Her name was Morgana and was quite pretty, she smiled at me as i tried to get Lightning to open his mouth and she helped me. I blushed and curtsied but she told me not to, she got most of that from visitors and kings. I smiled and hopped on him. His sandy coat with patches of white and black was soft as i picked up the reins. He had a white face with a stripe of black in a zig zag across it, thus the name Lightning. Morgana smiled and went back to her horse and i wondered if i should pick some flowers for her.

Before i went out to ride i packed my saddle pack with two apples, a cloth, some glass jars and carrot, for Lightning. I was trotting merrily through the thin forest and i came apon a flower that somehow glowed, i stopped Lightning and jumped down to look. It was like a lotus flower but the stem was slim and sleak, a dark green against the light pink of the petals, so light it was vibrant against the stalk. The petals were that of lotus flower but the other details made it quite unique. The edges were dotted with tiny luminescent dots that made it glow. The center had a tiny, beautifal gem that was hovering lightly above the bottem of the pollen bed. The colour of the gemwas slightly darker than the petals like a violet colour and it was a crystal shape and not a diamond.

I gasped as the detail and beauty that was of this flower, i heard Lightning bend down and put his head near mine, we had a strange connection between us and he sniffed the flower but was careful not to damage it. I instantly clicked that it was enchanted or had magic in the roots, and decided to consult Gaius. I made a mental note of how to get to it and trotted on. I felt like freely riding and went out to an open plane.

The wind flowed my bright red waves through the air and i kicked Lightnings sides gently and he began to go into a fast trott. We got to a point in the plane and went into canter and then slowly gallop. We were free and fast. I lent down and stroked his neck, he winnied in responce and i made sure to make him dodge the few rocks and holes. I heard another horse and turned to see Morgana riding beside me, her ebony hair whirling behind her. She smiled and we galloped all over the planes and through a stream, over copses and ditches, over fences and fallen trees. We returned to the forest and slowed to a walk.

I giggled and she smiled. "Wow! I never thought i would be riding with the ward Morgana! wo...wow!" I panted and lead Lightning to a river and let him drink. I jumped off and toppled over since my legs were so weak. Morgana jumped off her pure white cobb and helped me up. "You never get used to riding that long do you?" She giggled and i smiled "No, but i'm sure i will..i hope" She smiled once more and i went over to Lightning, opening the saddle pouch and getting out the apples and carrot. I snapped the carrot in half and gave Morgana an apple and half the carrot. She nodded in thanks and fed her self and her horse.

While we were relaxing under the shade of a large tree, i suddenly remembered the flower and said i would come back and jumped onto Lightning and tried to remember where i found it, i dodged some trees and went over some rocks and came to the flower. There it was, so immaculate and just as it was when i found it. I didn't want to pick it but Morgana deserved it for being my friend. As soon as i thought that the glowing parts of the flower shined brighter for a second and 3 more appeared and grew from a seed right in front of me, all different colours.

The different thoughts rushed through my mind 'Is it magic?'...'Would the king allow it?'...'Is it a trap?' these thoughts were erased when the origional flower's petals turned a dark greeny colour. This made confusion swirl in my head and the flower turned yellow. I got fustrated because i didn't know wether to pick it and the petals turned a red colour. I shook all these thoughts and picked the flower, placing it in my hair. Then i picked a light blue one and it slowly got whiter as i held it.

I was confused and my flower turned yellow once more. "This is magical..." I smiled and the flower returned to its normal colour, slightly blue at my calmness. With my thoughts swirling around in my head, i picked one last one for Gaius to study and popped the two in my saddle pack.

When i returned, Morgana looked worried. 'Oops guess i was gone longer than i though' I bit my lip and got out her flower, carfully handeling the delecate petals in my hand. Her eyes widened with wonder as she inspected the plant. I saw a smile curl onto her red lips and the flower went pink. This starteled her and it went white. Her eyebrows scrunched up in confusion and it turned yellow.

She giggled in delight and placed it in her hair, looked at mine and asked me what was going on. I popped down beside her and explained. "Well, from what i gather, the flower is either infused with magic in its roots, or has been enchanted to change colour when you have a different emotion!" I smiled and my flower glowed brighter for a second. Morgana thought for a second then asked me to think of something that made me really angry.

I thought of a boy called Henry, he always mocked me of my riding skills, saying he could do better on a blind pig. I hated him, he had some weird thing with me too but i never figured it out. Morgana saw as the flower turned an angry red, she told me to think of something sad and the flower turned a dark navy blue. This went on for a while and we found out that these were the colours of the petals when we were:

angry: Red.

Sad: Navy blue,

happy:Pink

Confused: Yellow.

Worried: Very Pale blue.

Calm: Light blue.

Scared: White

Excited: Orange.

Daydreaming: Green.

We explored most of the emotions we could think of then but we had to ride back because the sun was setting. When we got back, merlin had been coming back from doing an erran of Arthurs i had presumed. He grinned at me and mock bowed to Morgana as she smirked. We clipclopped into the stables and dis-mounted. I was hanging up Lightnings tack when i suddenly realized and asked. "Hey, Morgana?" She mumbled a Mmmm? to answer me and i continued. "When i was tacking up, you were just coming in...why did you follow me?..." Morgana stopped and her flower turned pale blue and i knew she was up to something.

"Well...oh ok, Merlin told me to look after you and get to know you..." She looked sheepish and i hugged her. "Its ok, i'll blame Merlin for that, but i don't mind...you'r nicer than i expected, not meaning to offend you or anything! But i never really knew you so..." I trailed off hoping she wouldn't be offened and was happily greeted with a hug. "Don't worry, people always think because i'm the Kings Ward, i would execute every one who i don't like...its not fair..." I looked at her and her flower and it was a light navy.

I smiled with sympathy and gave her a hug to cheer her up. I took the flower for Gaius out of the saddle pack bid her farwell for the night. I stopped by a stall and bought a loaf of bread and some onions. I set off to look for Gauis and Merlin and smiled as i would find Morgana the next day.

Thanks for reading, i rushed to get this out so i could start an avatar one so if any of the spelling is a bit naff, then sorry but i cant really help it sometimes :)) Hope you enjoyed! XxXx