Disclamer: I don't own any characters from the movie King Arthur. Not him nor his Knights, how much as I would like to.

Summary: Love is a strange thing; you never know when it hits us.

Based one the life two years after the movie. None of the knights were killed (Denial!)

Plot: She loved him from a far, but didn't show it. Now is her chance - you just got to let your heart decide.

A/N: Bear with me! My first fan fiction story in English!

"Let the rain come down and wash away my tears

Let it fill my soul and drown my fears

Let it shatter the walls for new, new sun"

-Céline Dion, New day has come

I

Mathilda laid on the ground near her burned past. When she had returned from the fields, her home along with her family had been burned. All she could do was to pray the gods they didn't suffer. Soon after the last flame had died, came the rain, she had hoped for, but too late. If there were any gods, they must hate her very much.

She wanted revenge; revenge to the bastards who did this to her family. But she wasn't able to move, she was too weak. She didn't know how to use a sword or a bow. Maybe it was just better, if she stayed there waiting for death. She didn't fear it; actually she was waiting for it to take her away from this hell. There just wasn't anything to life for.

Little did she know that her rescue was very near. Eight horses with eight men riding them galloped to the ruins of burned hut. They dismounted their horses, took out their swords and started to study their surroundings. It took them awhile to find a young woman lying in the ground all muddy and weak.

One of them lifted the woman's body from the ground and put it gently in front of him hen he mounted his horse.

"Is this wise?" one man asked of his Commander.

"Yes, Lancelot. We can't just leave her here to the Woads", he replied. Arthur Castus – the legendary commander of the Sarmatian knights and the King of Briton mounted is horse as did the others and they rode of to the Hadrian's Wall.

"I know that you like that, but you know they won't harm her. But we must let her be. People will never learn how to take care of themselves if they know that you will take them in when there is a little problem", Lancelot protested, but was quickly silensed by Arthur.

"Why do protest so much? Latley you have been acting really wierd. Now, we will take her with us to the Wall. Dagonet, you will ride with her", he motioned to him. They all mounted back to their horses and rode back to the Wall.

Once returned to Hadrian's Wall; Arthur ordered Dagonet to take her to one empty room, which would be hers. Arthur then summoned the healer who would go to check on the woman. He also appointed Dagonet to be her personal guard, so that she would feel as safe as possible.

Dagonet stood outside of her room waiting for the healer to come out. When he finally did he had a very worried face.

"How bad is she?" Dagonet asked quite natural voice.

"Her condition is stable, she needs to rest and eat. After that, she'll be fine", the healer said then walking away.

Dagonet went to check up on her but left after a little while. She needed rest, and she was going to have it.

It had been two days, since the knights had rescued Mathilda. And for two days she had been sleeping.

Mathilda slowly opened her eyes. She wasn't lying on the ground in front of the ruins of her home, but in warm bed in a large room with food near by table. She was about to charge to the food, but then she witnessed something – she didn't have any proper clothes on. Just a very large tunic.

And just then there was a knock on the door. Mathilda quickly jumped back to bed. "Come in", she said.

Dagonet came in with a deep forest green dress and shoes to match her outfit.

"Ah, nice to see you are finally awoken milady", he said putting the dress to a near by chair, "We were beginning to worry that you would never wake up. Here are some clothes so you don't have to walk around in nothing but a tunic." He smiled to her and started to make his way back to the door, when Mathilda finally opened her mouth to speak.

"I'm sorry, bur who are you? And where the hell am I?"

"I'm Dagonet at your service milady, and welcome to Hadrian's Wall. Over there is some food if you feel hungry, bur you can also go to the tavern. But you better look out for Lancelot", Dagonet smiled politely to her. He was measuring her; the woman had light brown hair that went all the down to her lower back. She was about 5'5 tall, in her twenties and had beautiful eyes – mix of green, gray and a hint of blue.

Mathilda was watching the man that stood by the door. He was kind, but at the same he was frightening her.

"Are you alright lady?" he finally asked her.

"Yes I'm fine. Please, call me Mathilda. I am not a lady." she answered quickly back at him. He nodded as goodbye and closed the door behind him.

Mathilda jumped out of bed on her intention to change her outfit. She put it on: it was a beautiful deep forest green dress which went all the way down and it flattered her figures nicely, it also had long sleeves. She put the shoes on too and looked herself by the mirror before walking by the window.

She still couldn't believe that someone had actually rescued her. And that someone was a knight.

A/N: I know it's short. Next chapter will be longer. I hope

Real twist is yet to come. Stay tuned!

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