Hello all! This is another story that I have written. This story is in a different universe. Freya never existed and Merlin never fell in love with her. Reya is the younger sister to Arthur and has magic and is my own character.

I do not own Merlin or any of the characters besides Reya.

"See you tomorrow" Cenred spat as Reya was shackled roughly to the wall. She struggled against the chains but to no avail. "I will ask you again then; maybe your answer will have changed." Cenred laughed a malicious laugh and slammed the cell door in her face. How am I going to get out of here? was the thought that ran through Reya's mind as she dangled in the cold dank cell. How did she get here again? Oh,that's right, she was on a secret mission to find Merlin, who had gone missing for quite some time. She had to go through Cenred's kingdom when, speak of the devil, she was attacked and dragged to the throne room.

"Ah. Hello, Princess Reya, how kind of you to pay me a visit." he said, mouth twisted in a horrible smile.

"What do you want Cenred?"

"Ah, now that is the question now isn't it. Why did I go after you and not Arthur? Well... let's just see, shall we?" He walked slowly closer to her kneeling figure. "I want to know about Camelot's defenses and you are going to tell me everything or you will suffer.

"Wha..." She stuttered. "Never! I will never betray Camelot!"

"I was hoping you would say that. To the dungeons with her!" Cenred shouted.

After a good hard slap across the face from Cenred, Reya was dragged out and into the dungeon she now occupied. Her arms were beginning to grow numb from holding her body weight up even for a few hours.

Something deep inside her wanted to come out. Her magic. "I can't use magic," she thought, "Cenred cannot know that about me." And so she resolved to keep her magic a secret and not betray Camelot. She was Arthur's youngest sister after all. She was a royal and could take care of herself. As she started to think of everyone back home, she started to cry. "Princesses don't cry" she said, but she still could not hold back the tears.

"I wonder where he could possibly be?" Arthur said to his knights. "He has been gone for a good 2 weeks now. I'm beginning to worry about him."

They had heard reports of Morgana in the area and had immediately set out a patrol to ease the matter.

When they found Morgana, however she attacked them and eventually cornered Merlin. She realized the bond between the Servant and the King was very strong and so decided to test it. She and Merlin then whisked away in the wind, leaving Arthur screaming and almost on the verge of tears. He and the knights rushed back to Camelot to try and formulate a plan but nothing seemed to work. Arthur would never give up on the search for his servant but he had a kingdom to run. The search would have to be postponed except for Reya. She could go and look for him and even try to talk some sense into Morgana. After all they were sisters...

"Sire, sire!" A young page running towards Arthur cried, breaking Arthur's thoughts about where his sister was and if she was doing ok.

"Yes, what is it?" She should be home by now anyway, he thought.

"Princess Reya has not returned from her trip, but her caravan has. It looks like they were attacked."

"WHAT!" Arthur screamed and almost broke into tears. Morgana can't have both of them, it just can't be true. "Did they see signs of Morgana?" he asked the young page who was now thoroughly frightened.

"Ummmmmm...well, The caravan says that they were attacked in Cenred's kingdom my lord."

"All right, I shall go on a patrol at first light into Cenred's kingdom and see whether we can find any sign of Merlin or Reya."

"Yes, Sire," chorused the knights.

"I've come to ask you one more time, will you help me take over Camelot and end your suffering?" Reya just dangled in silence. "So, giving me the silent treatment now? *slap* "I'm wondering if I should just kill you right now."

Reya lifted her head up with all the strength she had and said " I will never tell you anything Cenred, no amount of torture could make me betray my brother or Camelot. So go ahead, kill me!" The words reverberated in her mind giving her strength and courage to look Cenred in the eye.

Cenred saw those eyes. There was no fear, only sheer hatred for him, but he liked that. "Oh, I would, if the choice were up to me, but alas, it is not"

Reya looked up again, thoroughly confused but tried not to show it on her face. "W..hy..." she finally breathed out.

"Because someone with higher powers than me has shown great interest in you and will pay me handsomely if I hand you over to her.

"Who is this person?

"You will find out. Release her." He commanded to the guards.

As they undid the shackles, Reya collapsed under all the weight and exhaustion that had suddenly overtaken her. Her magic almost flowed out of her and she had to fight to keep it inside. Reya was dragged through the castle and to the outside to where a mobile cage was waiting for her. She started to struggle against her captors but it was no use. She was thrown unceremoniously into the cage and immediately bound with shackles again above her head. She then found herself blindfolded and gagged, helpless and powerless against her captors. A punch in the stomach from Cenred sent tears to Reya's eyes; but Cenred's parting words were even more painful and fear-inflicting. "Have fun and behave," he said.

Reya could just imagine his horrible sadistic grin on his face.

"Or it will not be just you who feels this pain." And with that the door clang shut with finality and hints of death.

If you liked that, check out my other story "I am Emrys." Please R&R! ~Ralyssene118