She knew who they were before she met them.

She'd heard stories about their bravery, ruthlessness, and legendary skills, Arthur and his Knights. Yet here they were, in the village market, making their way through the crowd, and mixed in with the common people.

"Are you going to stand there all day, or help me with these orders?" Her thoughts were interrupted as her twin brother's voice tease in her ear.

"Oh", Cara tore her gaze away from the knights and returned back to the wine orders. Cara and her brother ran the little wine stand, a simple job that brought them everything they have now. Their profits were high; wine constantly getting sold weekly to the taverns, or villagers.

"Here, put these new bottles in the cabinet, they're not for sale", Julius said as he sled over a crate of freshly packed wine.

"Why not?" Cara opened the crate and looked inside, the wine bottle looked normal, nothing out of the ordinary, but the wine itself looked black, the darkest wine she'd ever seen, almost like poison.

"Because it's the new blackberry shipment. Only sold to nobles", Julius explained as he shut the crate and gave her a warning look. She was about to question him further, when an old lady rapped on the counter with the tip of her cane.

"Excuse me! Can't I get some service here?" She rasped her voice chipped and sharp from age. She came weekly, ordering wine for her and her husband. The woman was a cranky customer, who was always asking for the newest shipments and most expensive wine. Julius sighed as he nodded at Cara and went to the counter to help the woman. Cara's lips curved into a smile as she watched her brother roll up his sleeves as he walked to the counter. He wasn't the skinny little boy anymore; in fact, he had grown up in front of her eyes; tall and slightly built.

She watched his face as he tried to reason with the old woman, explaining gently that the new shipment of wine was reserved, Julius' still had that boyish look to his face, and tousled dark brown hair that was always unruly.

Cara turned back to work as she though about him, they were alike in looks and personality, possessing the same dark brown locks and green eyes. Of course, that was to be expected from twins.

The marketplace was bathed in the last golden rays of sunset as customers hurried to get the last sales of the day. Cara sighed as she packed up wine bottles and cleaned down the counter, it had been a long day. Commotion from the street alerted her as she looked up to see two knights walking through the path, moving through the crowd talking nosily.

Oh no, what if they come here? Cara thought nervously as she looked around. This wasn't exactly her idea of meeting one of the knights.

I look like a mess…

"Let's go get us some wine Gawain!" The larger of the two knights shouted. Cara bit her bottom lip nervously as she glanced at her brother who was still dealing with the old woman. The knights were weaving their way closer now, a long golden haired one in front, followed by the boisterous large knight. Cara occupied herself with organizing more wine bottles as she listened to the knight's voices get closer.

"Sir, a flower for you", Cara heard a girl offer shyly. There was a ruffle of boots against dirt as she heard the knight kneel down.

"Thank you little one, what's your name?" Cara felt shivers run down her spine as she heard the knight's voice. It was soft, deep, and rumbled, almost like a growl.

It was mesmerizing.

"Rehan." She heard the little girl say, Cara sneaked a glance at the two, out of the corner of her eye. The golden haired knight was kneeling in front of the little girl, whose cheeks were flushed from embarrassment or the hot day. Her deep brown hair was braided delicately and pinned up. Rehan looked like a little angel in front of the knight. He was gruff, everything about him hardened from years in battle, from this long unruly hair, to the worn leather clothes, to his slightly tanned skin. Cara watched as he ruffled Rehan's hair and stood up to join his friend who was moving towards the wine cart.

"You got all the ladies charmed don't ya Gawain?" The loud knight teased as he attempted to pull Gawain into a headlock. Cara watched as they joked and bantered down the street. She quickly returned her gaze to the wine bottles, organizing them aimlessly.

"Hello there missy!" The large knight greeted, as he slammed his fist down on the counter, earning a slight flinch from Cara.

"How can I help you Sir?" Cara asked kindly, despite the nervous tingle she felt.

"What do you have?" The knight asked as he scanned the selves against the back wall of the stands.

"Well, our most popular bottles are Willowglen, Merlot, Pinot Blance, White Grape, and Semillon", Cara pointed at the wine bottles as she named them. The knight nodded his head along, and seemed interested in all the flavors.

Seeing him unable to decide, Cara added "Perhaps you'd like to try so samples?"

"Yea, that will do!" He bellowed loudly, slamming his fist on the counter once more.

As Cara went to the back of the stand to get more wine, she snuck a glance at Julius, who was looking back at her and the knight. She game him a reassuring smile, the knight was loud, but she doubt he was harmful. Julius took one more look back at the knight and returned to his customer.

"Here you are, these of the more preferred flavors", the wine glass clanked on the counter as it was set down along with the wine bottles by Cara.

Cara corked opened the Merlot flavor and poured a little bit of it into the wine glass. "This one is not so tannic, and has a lusher flavor to it".

The large knight took the glass and drank its contents in one gulp, ending with a loud sigh.

Cara raised an eyebrow at him, inquiring what he thought of the famous Merlot.

"Good. Pour me another one".

At that moment, the blonde knight stepped behind his friend, and looked over his shoulder curiously. " What are you trying Bors?" His voiced rumbled, as he took a look at the three wine samples Cara had poured.

"Trying some mighty fine wine!" Bors shouted happily, as he gulped down the next sample.

" Would you like to try one Sir?" Cara asked suddenly, holding at a glass of wine to Gawain. She felt like she would melt when he turned his gaze to her, his clear blue eyes regarded her kindly, as he nodded and took the wine glass. Gawain kept his gaze on the girl as he drank the liquid slowly, it tasted like plum, cherry, and chocolate all mixed at once, sweet and bitter at the same time.

"What is this?" The blonde knight asked softly, setting the empty wine glass down.

"Melot". Cara answered, aware of how soft and little her voice sounded, she scolded herself mentally.

Gawain nodded, and looked to Bors who was gulping down another glass of the Melot, burping and sighing loudly after each gulp.

"Do you have any new wine?" Cara watched as Gawain's eyebrows rose up as he asked the questions, leaning in closer to the counter. She felt her heart skip a beat, as she struggled to take in what he was saying. The only new shipment of wine was the…Blackberry. Julius's voice rung in her head as she remembered the warning about Blackberry only being sold to nobles.

The knights are considered noble, aren't they?

With a sudden surge of confidence, she nodded happily to Gawain as she went to the back of the stand and pulled out the crate of Blackberry wine. It was the same as she left it, the liquid being black as night, in the clear ordinary bottle.

" This is one of our specials", Cara barely paid attention to what she was saying as she poured the onyx colored wine into a small glass and handed it to Gawain.

She watched as he observed the liquid curiously, before drinking the whole amount in one gulp, tilting his head back as he did so. Cara's heart pounded in her chest, this was wrong, but it felt so right at the same time, Julius would will her.

Gawain set the glass down as he swallowed the last bit in his mouth, and his eyes gleamed with mirth.

"It's perfect".

Thanks for reading everyone! This is my first King Arthur fic, so that's pretty exciting!

The names have meanings to:

Cara: Dearest

Julius: Youthful

Rehan: Flower

I actually did some research on wine, and the names I picked sounded interesting. Lol.

Keep reading, the next story will have some good knights in it. wink wink