M.C: This is my first story in King Arthur. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except maybe Nimue/Nat, Andraste/Andrea, Ceridwen/Clara and Aoife/Ally.
Chapter Rating: PG
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'There was lightning and thunder. A girl was hiding under her bed, a puppy by her side. Suddenly a light came through the door and in the doorway stood her father. The child got up and ran to him.
"Now now Andraste, I thought you were brave. You're not afraid of a storm are you?" The child nodded and the father laughed. He picked her up and carried her out of the room. "Well, how would you like to see my workshop?"
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She was older now, the same girl as before except she was no longer hiding under a bed. She was listening to her father teach her about shaping steel in the fire. Suddenly the door burst open.
"Andra! Come on! The Knights are passing through!" The girl looked towards her father, silently asking him if she could go with the girl at the door. He nodded and she raced to it. "'Ridwen and Nim are waiting for us!" The girl laughed at her friend pulling her out the door as she waved goodbye to her father.
"I'm coming Aoife! Slow down!"
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"Andraste, you have mastered the skill of everything I can teach you. Go now, travel to your uncle's home and see what he can teach you. You are almost twenty now. When you are done there, find me in Britain. I will be at Hadrian's Wall."
"But father! Why can't I stay here with you?" He sighed at his daughter and hugged her.
"You are my only child, please, go" she nodded and left to pack.
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"I'll miss you all" her three friends were hugging her. They were saying goodbye before she was leaving.
"Why must you go?" Her friends were crying and she smiled.
"We will see each other again my friends." They nodded and watched her ride off with her escort.
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I woke up with a start. It was the first time I had ever woken up so quickly, breathing heavily and covered in sweat. That had to have been the strangest dream I've ever had and yet…it felt all too familiar to be comfortable. I looked at the alarm clock, it was 4:30. I groaned and fell back in my bed, nearly hitting my head on the stand behind it. I didn't fall back asleep.
"Wow Andy, you look terrible" the name Andy, even though it is my own, brought sudden memories back of the dream. I sighed and sat down across from my friend.
"You don't look that great yourself" and it was true. She looked as bad as I felt.
"I didn't really sleep last night…had some really weird dream and I stayed awake." Wait, a dream?
"Are you serious?" I asked and she nodded, "I couldn't fall asleep after I had some crazy dream." We looked at each other, the same thought going through our minds. Weird. "Ready for class Nat?" she smiled and shook her head but we left, not knowing where our other friends were.
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M.C: That's it for now, a tester of sorts to see what people think about it. Please, R&R, I'm always up for constructive criticism and ideas. Until next time, M.C