This is bad...

Is probably the understatement of Alfred's life, or what's going to be left of it.

He tries once more in a vain attempt to move, even just an inch but it's no use. He sighs, dropping his head back down into the snow. The bolder on top of him is the size of a small house and weighs way too much to move. It's only thanks to his armor that he's not a squished pancake right now, though, he doesn't know how much longer that'll last. The armour's old, the runes binding the reinforcement spell into it are rusty and faded in places. Honestly, he's surprised that they still work, let alone are saving him from death by bolder. Not that he won't die here, but it's nice to know it won't be because of his gear, just his stupidity it would seem.

He looks about, or as best he can, pinned as he is, only his head and neck poking out from his stone prison. The howling wind of this Gods damned blizzard whips across his face, causing it to sting as he slowly freezes. The snow creating a white out, he can barely see two feet in front of him. But... death by hypothermia or starvation won't be his end... no, his end will be the one who trapped him here in the first place, his own fault really, he wasn't paying attention. Silly really, since he was running for his life, you'd think he'd look where he was going but, no, so now here he is.

He turns his head to the left, cheek pressed into the snow. Out there, over the wind, he can here it. The sound of a low growl, raw, animalistic. Four large paws near silently crunching snow as it stalks forward. Part of Alfred want's to shout at it for taking so long and to just hurry up already. He's cold, tired and just want's this to be over already. But that's only a small part. The bigger, and much more reasonable part, want's to tell the beast to fuck off while he works on a way, however hopelessly, to try to free himself. Not that the beasts of the world have ever been known to listen to anyone, at least, not that he knows of. But then again, his education in the realm of beast is more of the business end of a sword, so who knows? He doesn't, and he doubts it'll matter much now anyway.

Ah, he can see the thing now. Fur as white as the freshly fallen snow itself. Teeth bared, it snarls as it stalks closer, emerging through the blizzard, which it had created, he can see the puffs of air as it breathes. Green eyes trained on him, he's going to be it's next meal, they both know this. Definitely, he glares at the wolf, wishing so hard right now that looks could kill.

It circles him, sniffing the air, growling, snarling. So this is how he's going to meet his end? In a blizzard, trapped under a bolder and eaten by a Giant Snow Wolf. Not how he had planned to go out... Where's the heroic deed? The grateful villagers or indebted King? How's he supposed to leave behind and awesome legend like this? Alfred the Great! Alfred the Magnificent! More like Alfred, how not to be a Knight.

He watches the wolf as it stops circling, ceasing it's annoying noises. Oh, good, it must finally have figured out that he is truly stuck and can't cause it any harm, great...

It tilts it's large head, mouth easily big enough to rip his face off, and experimentally paws at his head. He jerks away from the touch, but is helpless to do much more. Annoyingly, the wolf somehow seems to smiles at this, as it sits and paws at him again. He pulls away again, but the wolf is insistent, and soon he finds he can't move away from it's touch. It sits behind his head, looking down at him, and Alfred swears the damned thing looks smug.

Cold, tired, and all too fed up with his hopeless predicament he angrily snaps at the beast.

"What?! Do you think this is funny?"

'Why, yes. I do.'

A voice floats through his mind, but it is not his own.

He stares.

"Wait, What?!"

Authors notes: Hey, welcome to my new au! Anyone from my tumblr might know that I mentioned this a while back. This story was one I originally abandoned since I couldn't think of what to do with it besides the original premise. Still not sure exactly where this is going or how long it'll last but we'll see. It'll be a journey for all of us.

So if you like this knight Alfred and Wolf Arthur, then please stick around! And leave a review and tell me what you think.

Expect updates to be a bit slow.

Until next time, stay awesome!