This is my first attempt at this so please be nice I will try and edit it a bit more later to make it better however I wanted to see first whether anyone would enjoy it before I post anymore. Keep in mind that this is just a start and I would like to continue to edit and improve it as much as possible.

I don't own Merlin or any of the characters in Merlin they belong to the BBC

Lily however is my own Character.

I Would like someone who would be able to beta my work for me to help me make it better

Journey to the Past, Picture of the Future

April 2014

The day started just like any other ordinary day. It was a warm spring morning the sun shining brightly in the crystal clear sky not a cloud to be seen. The birds outside sat on the windowsill chirping, calling out to one another as the day begun. Flowers of all kinds and colour beginning to bloom in the fields and Gardens, Lilies, blossoms, tulips and roses filling the air with a sweet scent. Amongst all this stood a house, a small ordinary house with four bedrooms and a small garden nothing special about the house or its occupants. OR so it would seem...

Looking through the back bedroom window adorned with dark rich purple curtains, there on the bed lay a lone figure. The figure a young girl, women I suppose you would call her, around eighteen years of age lay sprawled out across the bed, flat like a starfish with half her body hanging off the bed and mouth slightly open. With the light of the morning sun on her face the young woman began to stir with a yawn and a stretch she sat up, reached down and pulled on her slippers. She brushed out her hair from the stuck up nest it had now created on top of her head, from a restless night, and began to make her way downstairs in search of food. Downstairs the young woman's mother was pottering around the kitchen organising breakfast, hearing the shuffle of her daughter's slippers muffled by the thick carpet as she makes her way down the stairs. She turns to see her daughter entering. 'Ahh your awake' she says 'I was just about to come and wake you up Lily". Lily blinked back owlishly as though she did not know she was being spoken to, she looked as though she was not yet fully awake. You could tell this by that fact that she was attempting to pour orange juice on a bowl of cereal that she had procured from seemingly nowhere.

Lily was a young woman with brown hair, blonde highlights and dark forest green eyes. She had a fascination with all things magical particularly mermaids, Greek Legends and of course the Arthurian Legends. What she loved most about the Arthurian Legends was the tales of adventures, brave Knights, Handsome princes and most of all daring magicians. She also a talent for getting into trouble without always meaning to. She was short around 5'2 with long wavy hair, often wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Whilst she enjoyed some sports (football, Dancing and gymnastics) she could most often be found with her nose in a book. To most she appeared to be a shy quiet young woman but once you got to know her (as her friends found out) she could be very quick witted and sarcastic. One things for sure though Lily was not a morning person.

"LILY!" Snapped her mother. Shooting up Lily tripped over a chair leg flying forward she landed hard on the ground looking up at her mother "huh what sorry…. What… Why am I on the ground?" She spluttered looking around herself in confusion as to how she had suddenly ended on the floor rather than seated at the table. "You tripped" her mother sighed exasperated. "Huh… I mustn't have been paying attention" Lily said as she attempted to get to her feet. "You weren't" replied her mother offering her a hand to help her back up "have you got everything ready for today, don't forget you have to be at the school by 8:00 for the coach otherwise it will leave without you, goodness knows I don't want to be rushing around again because your late. "Ready, ready for what? What do I need to be ready for and school at 8:00 that's a bit early isn't it considering school doesn't even start till nine honestly who in their right mind would need to be at school that early anyway? Lily rambled on putting her orange covered cereal in the bin and getting herself a fresh bowl.

"your school trip remember" Her mother turned to her, hands on her hips and scowl in place "please tell me you haven't forgotten, is your last trip with the school, your meant to be going to visit those that old castle" when she received no look of recognition from Lily she continued on " for your English class? Come on Lilly you can't seriously have forgotten about it. You've been going on about it for weeks now. Lily's eyes flashed in recognition "oh yeah that trip, did you know they believe that the castle could really be the remains of Camelot castle. You know where Arthur Pendragon and his Knights of the Round Table. I mean how cool would that be if it was. I'd love it if it was… hmm I wonder…" Lily continued to mutter on to herself. "Hmm yes you've said, only a few hundred times since you found out about the trip" her mum said shaking her head in despair.

After finishing her breakfast Lily quickly ran upstairs to her room to get ready. Banging the door open she flew into the room, coming to a standstill at the centre she looked around at her messy room. There were clothes strewn all across the floor, piles and piles of books scattered around the room some in her larges impressive dark oak book case others piled precariously in a tower on her desk in the corner. Another laid open upturned on the floor by the head of her bed, the book she had been previously reading the night before, Left where she had dropped it once she fell asleep. Her purple walls were decorated with black flowery pattern climbing up the walls like a vine twisting and turning beautifully to shape beautiful roses. One wall was entirely dedicated to a cork board which held hundreds of pictures of Lily herself along with pictures of family, friends and her horse Apollo whom she had named after one of her favourite Greek Gods. Another wall held a huge quote written in Italics "life is not about waiting for the storm to pass it's about learning to dance in the rain". Unlike the rest of the walls which were lilac the wall at the head of her bed was a dark purple colour covered in gold butterflies delicate wings spread in flight. She had a large bed covered with patterned pillows in cream and purple and a purple on gold bed cover thrown across the bottom of the bed was a fluffy gold blanket thick and warm perfect for a cold winter night. All in all Lily loved her room because it was completely unique and chaotic which she felt matched her personality perfectly.

Lily stepped quickly over the errant clothes making her way to the wardrobe and rifling through it. She quickly grabbed her clothes for the day putting them out on the bed ready and got in the shower. She showered quickly using her favourite coconut scented shampoo and conditioner before washing herself with her specially bought strawberries and cream body wash and jumped out of the shower. She dressed quickly in a pair of dark jeans paired with a loose white/dream shirt before showing her feet into her favourite brown boots and exiting her room. On the way passed she grabbed her brown/tan messenger bag that was sat by the door and made her way back down the stairs. Once back in the kitchen she ran around looking in all the cupboards grabbing various foods on the way past and shoving them into her bag, including several cereal bars, a couple of apples and a small bunch of grapes as well as a chocolate bar, then she hurtled past her mother straight out the door heading towards the car screaming over her shoulder "HURRY UP MUM OR WE ARE GONNA BE LATE, honestly mother telling me to hurry up and then not being ready herself pfttt". Grabbing her car keys she followed her daughter quickly to car hopping in they sped away from the drive making their way towards the school.