Disclaimer: I do not own Quest For Camelot or any of the characters. I only own Amaryllis. Any of the story line that seems familiar, I most likely do not own.
It'd had been ten years since Lionel's death. Amaryllis had made a deal with King Arthur that once she felt that Kayley was old enough to take care of herself and her family, Amaryllis was to go back to Camelot. She would then visit them every now and again. Kayley had grown to be a nice young woman. She was determined and persistent. Just like her father. Amaryllis missed Lionel dearly. She was outside doing chores with Kayley. She heard the trumpet. Kayley gasped and ran inside.
"Arthur." Amaryllis breathed.
She quickly followed Kayley into the house. Kayley began bargaining with her mother.
"No! Absolutely not!" Julianna snapped.
"But mother! Excalibur has been stolen. I must go after it." Kayley pleaded.
"That is a job for the knights!"
"But I want to be a knight! Go on grand adventures! Fighting evil, rescuing damsels in distress. What is a damsel anyway?"
Amaryllis hid her smile under her hand. She was leaning against the wall across the room.
"Now Kayley, stand still and try on your new dress."
Julianna and the other woman forced the dress over Kayley's head.
"Mother! I don't want a new dress! I want to save Camelot. If you would just let me I know I could find Excalibur all on my own." Kayley insisted.
Amaryllis watched sadly. She wasn't a knight, she was a simple servant around the castle. She had been wandering the kingdom, near starvation when she was younger. Lionel saved her life. It was a few months after Excalibur had been pulled from the stone and after Kayley was born. She had stumbled among the knights, close to death, and Lionel had taken her to the beginnings of the castle. Amaryllis had ran from her father. He was going to sell her to a man so he could get more money. Even though she had been a servant, she learned sword fighting techniques from both Arthur and Lionel. Merlin had taught her how to bandage wounds and help the sick and injured.
"The knights will find the sword and they'll do it by working together." Julianna insisted.
Kayley ran to the wall and grabbed Lionel's shield off of the hook.
"But I'm working here! Doing the chores, fetching the eggs, taking care of the house, boring! Where's the glory in that?" she handed the shield to the man behind her.
"Kayley, one day you'll learn what Camelot means. Til then, you'll stay here with me." Julianna replied.
Amaryllis sighed. She felt bad for Kayley but she knew what Julianna was doing. She had already lost Lionel. She didn't want to loose Kayley as well.
"Oh all right!" Kayley grumbled.
She took off the dress and threw it on the floor. Julianna sighed.
"I'll go talk to her Julianna." Amaryllis offered.
Julianna nodded and Amaryllis followed Kayley up the stairs. Julianna turned around to face the tapestry of Lionel, Kayley, and herself.
"What would you do? What would you do?" Julianna asked.
Amaryllis was outside with Kayley. Kayley walked into the hen house to get the eggs. Amaryllis heard a noise and turned to see what it was. Someone grabbed her wrists and covered her mouth.
"How am I ever going to do great things? If I'm stuck here! With these silly chickens." Kayley sighed.
Amaryllis tried to say something, but she couldn't move. She was stuck and couldn't get out of the person's grasp. A man walked into the hen house and grabbed Kayley. This was not good.