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.

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Chapter 2

A short drive later Lily and her mum pulled up outside the school St Richards Secondary school. St Richards was a large and imposing building that held around 6,000 students not including the sixth form students which included Lily herself. At the front of the school was the reception which held several comfy looking sofas for people who are waiting to sit on, a large desk which was covered in stacks of different kinds of papers all organised neatly into separate piles depending on what they happened to be whether they were reports or applications or even just stationary orders. Each one had its own individual stack and place that they were kept in. There was another slightly smaller building to the right which was the school sixth form. The sixth form building whilst only small in comparison to the rest of the school, had several classrooms, a common room which held several tables and chairs as well as a few large red sofas, a small kitchen area in which there was a microwave, toaster and cutlery. There was also a hot and cold drinks machine sat in the corner for the students to use, as well as a sound system which allowed them to play music in the common room.

Hoping out of the car with a quick goodbye to her mother Lily made her way over the small group of students that was slowly beginning to assemble in front of the sixth form building waiting for the coach to arrive. As she drew closer to the group of sixth form students Lily was able to spot her three best friends standing a short way away from the group huddled together talking. Creeping up behind them Lily pounced on the friend who was closest to her, which happened to be her friend Keira. Keira let out a screech of shock before jumping away from Lily with her hand held over her heart. She turned to face Lily with a glare on her face "Lily!" she shouted their other two friends sniggering behind her back at the events that were currently unfolding. "What are you playing at" She continued "You scared me". "Yeah I noticed" Lily replied laughing all the while "It was wayyyy too easy to sneak up on you, how did you not notice me standing right behind you?" "Yeah well….. You know what that doesn't matter what" Keira replied as she cracked a smile

"Just glad you finally made it I thought we would have to leave without you and we know just how much you were looking forward to this you know what with your weird obsession with the Arthurian legends" Keira joked poking Lily in the ribs a few times causing her to let out a small giggle. The pair turned towards their giggling friends, smiling. Leah, another of Lily's friends, was tiny red headed girl with bright sparkling blue eyes, she always had a smile on her face and was bright and bubbly. Leah had one amazing talent though, she talk at about 100 miles a minute on just about any topic each with the same amount of enthusiasm and was spectacular at debates. She had an unusual talent of making you see things her way. Leah through herself forward straight into Lily's arms nearly toppling the pair over, Leah screamed it Lily's ear "AHHHH YOUR FINALLY HERE THIS TRIP IS GOING TO BE AMAZING! THIS DAY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING! I'M SO EXITED!" "Huh yeah no kidding I can tell your never usually so loud, exited yes, loud not so much" Lily replied untangling herself from Leah's arms and taking a step back. "Yeah she's been like that all morning "Stated Mia another of their friends a relatively tall girl with dark brown hair and Hazel eyes she was sporty but was slightly shy unlike Leah who could talk enough for both of them. She was also one of the more responsible ones out of the four girls, whilst she liked to have fun she tended to stick more to the rules that needed to be kept which suited all four girls just fine. "Honestly "she continued " I think someone let her have a little too much sugar this morning, not just that but I think I found two energy drinks squirreled away in her bag. Which you know is never a good sign if she has those". Another thing about Mia was that once you got to know her she could be quite quick witted and sarcastic when she wanted to be. Keira Like Mia had dark hair only instead of it being brown it was black she also had blue eyes. She was quite similar to Lily in many ways and was one of Lily's best friend she was very into her music you could nearly always guarantee when you saw her that she would have a least one of her earphones in. She was also kind and a very good listener however when she was tired she could be veeery moody and when she was the best thing to do was stay out of her way until she had has at least two cups of tea and something to eat. At which point she would become less of a grouch.

"Alright sixth formers time to get on the coach, we leave in five minutes if you're not on the coach by then you're not coming" Shouted Mr Miller as he stood by the front of the coach. The four girls grabbed up their bags from the floor and walked towards the large silver coach, which was meant to set all of the sixth form students comfortably. Chatting between themselves they made their way onto the coach, walking down the aisle they looked for some free seats that were close enough together that they could continue their discussion. Lily seated herself in the window seat next to Keira with Mia and Leah sat just behind them, placing her bag on the floor by her feet Lily turned around to the girls behind her and continued talking. "What do you reckon it'll be like, do you think they will have all the old artefacts like King Arthurs crown or Excalibur?" "Hmm I'm not sure" Said Mia "But I think it would be pretty cool if they did". "Oh!" Cried Leah "Oh imagine if they had all dresses their ones like the ladies of Camelot used to wear like the Lady Morgana made of silk with jewels and pretty fabric and…and…and well just pretty dresses" Gushed Leah completely excited about the prospect of getting to see a royal dress "oh what if we got to try them on I would look soooo good in one of those old medieval dresses I think" She continued completely oblivious to Keira who looked at Lily with an expression that said seriously? And rolling her eyes at the girls' antics.

This continued the whole way there. About an hour and a half later they arrived, the coach pulling up in a large spacious car park not too far away. "Right then" Said Mr Miller clapping his hands together " Whilst we are here I want no funny business, no running and no messing around the stuff that is here is old and delicate and cannot be replace so if you break it there is no way of getting another one. The artefacts that you see here are a hugely important part of our history." He continued on for a few more minutes. "Right okay then now that you know that rules on how we expect you to behave you can grab your stuff and we'll begin making our way off the coach and start heading towards the castle" He concluded " make sure that when you go around the castle you are going round in groups a minimum of four. You know what time you have to meet and where at the end of the day so we can head home and Mrs Cole and myself will be somewhere around if you need us. So off we go." "Urghh" groaned Mia "could his speech have been any longer?" she questioned "I know right it's not as if it isn't the same speech they give us every year, on every school trip. You would think they would know that we are responsible enough to take care of ourselves now considering the fact that most of us are 18 already" Keira added on. "Yeah well I don't think that was entirely for our benefit, I get the idea that that may have been directed at Zac and his group of buddies" Lily said delving into the conversation. "Yeah" said Leah "that wouldn't exactly be a surprise now would it? They always seem to get themselves into some sort of trouble or more than that causing trouble" "Hmm yeah I suppose that would make sense" Mia agreed with a nod of her head. The girls had finally managed to get themselves off of the coach, after waiting for everyone else to make their way outside, and joined the back of the group that had collected at the side of the coach.

Once everyone was off the coach and ready to go the teachers who were there to supervise the trip began to lead them towards the old castle. The castle, Camelot, was only a short walk away from where they had parked across a large field and onto a small pedestrian pathway. The closer they got to the castle the more of it they could see. It started that at first they could only see the very tops of the castle turrets and then the battlements and finally the very top of the castle which could only suggest the sheer size of the actual building. It was as they turned around that last little bit and out of the tree line that they were really able to get the first full view of the entire castle in all its beauty. Lily had to admit to herself it was a magnificent site, you could practically feel the magic seeping from its every pore. It was more than what she could have created in even her wildest imagination, to her it was perfect she could see everything that it would have been back in the time of king Arthur before all the wars and battles had taken its toll on the building making it what it was now. Even with small bits of the castle having been renovated and changed throughout the centuries with each new king and Queen coming in and making their own changes Lily could see it in all its original glory. The golden aura of magic surrounded the place swirls of it coming of the place in small rivers and patterns. She could picture it now Camelot full of life and people bustling about getting on with their daily lives she could see it all their in her mind's eye imagining herself there as well. She could feel it the love and hope of Camelot and its people the love for their King and his saviour Wizard, the love of the knights for their friends, the love of Merlin for his friend and King and finally the love of the great King Arthur for his people, his friends and his kingdom. Whilst all this was going on for Lily she looked around and noticed that no one else seemed to feel that same spark of magic and of hope that she felt, they didn't seem to recognise just how important this building was. The impressive castle made of white stone which had gone grey with age and dirt the large windows which had cracked over time and that was only the outside. Lily could imagine how it would be all the more wonderful inside with all its great tapestry's and decoration.

Moving forward as one the sixth form group slowly made their way the rest of the way forward. The entered the impressive open courtyard with its cobbled stone, through the imposing archway which hid the dangerous points of the portcullis. They came forward to stand in front of the large stone steps which lead to the massive oak double doors where they were greeted by a tour guide who had been waiting for their arrival. "Hello there" Greeted the tour guide, a young women who didn't look to be much older than themselves "Welcome to Camelot Castle, we hope you enjoy it here today. I'll by explain the basic history of the castle and some of its features as well as telling you about some of the facilities we have here…"she began going into a long and obviously well prepared and practiced speech. Whilst she was talking Lily looked around taking in as much as she possibly could slipping her camera out of her bag she quickly took a few picture of the castle and surrounding courtyard without anyone noticing. Looking up she noticed a large balcony with a big piece of red and gold fabric hanging over the side on it their appeared to be the faded image of what once must have been the Pendragon crest, she could just slightly make out the image of a golden dragon. She could imagine the kind standing up their overlooking a crowd of people, delivering an inspiring speech, powerful and unchallenged of his authority. After a while the tour guide came to the end of her speech and the student were allowed to break off into small groups and have a look around. Naturally Lily went with Keira, Mia and Leah who decided that the first place that they wanted to go and look at was the Great Hall. Going through the great oak doors they ended up in a long corridor going left they followed the corridor down until they passed many rooms on they was past until they came to a set of doors with the sign GREAT HALL stuck outside. Peeking inside they could see a lot of people milling about looking at all the different artefacts "come on let's go in and have a look" suggested Keira. The four girls went in, from inside the great hall seemed to be sooo much bigger than when they were just peeking in through the door. You could clearly see that this room was made for banquets and court meeting from the sheer size of it. Inside was two large, long tables pushed to the side of the room, on which there were several plates full of plastic food (obviously for show unless your Leah who decided she wanted to eat it because it looked pretty) and pieces of cutlery all set out to look like a medieval banquet, similar to one King Arthur may have had during his own time. On the walls hung multiple tapestries depicting various battles that had been won over the centuries and of course the classic Camelot coat of arms hanging right at the very front of the room on its Pendragon red fabric. At the very front of the great hall there sat two massive thrown elegant and strong, they weren't simples thrones but ones that were decorated beautiful with innate carvings all up the arms and on the back. You could very clearly see that these had been made with care and were especially made for a King and Queen of Camelot. They were the kind of chairs really were you expect anyone who was sat in them to be a commanding presence one who expected respect from their people.

"This is amazing" Whispered Kiera her voice echoing around the room "I told you it would be" Lily whispered back whilst Kiera rolled her eyes net to her at Lily's statement. After spending while in the great hall nosing around and reading all the different pieces of information Leah decided she wanted to move on desperate to get her chance to try on some of the medieval dresses. Leah and Kiera came over to where Mia and Lily were stood or in Leah's case the correct term would be bouncing over. "Can we go now please, please, please I want to go and try on pretty dresses please" She whisper/shouted jumping up and down all the while occasionally whacking Kiera over the head with her bag in the process "PPPLLLEEEEEAASSEE!" she screeched "Will you stop doing that" snapped Kiera glaring at her whilst trying to smooth down her hair from where she had been hit " Stop what?" questioned Leah eyes wide and innocent, she tipped her head to the side questioningly and if Lily was being honest with herself she kind of resembled a Labrador with that face. "Hitting me, you know with that suitcase your carrying around, the one you pretend is only a little bag, I mean what do you pack in their bricks?" "urrr no just you know make up, my lunch, chewing gun and stuff you know it's all essential right" Mia snorts loudly causing Leah to turn to her "Yeah because like 2 giant bars of chocolate, giant gobstoppers and a cordless hair straightener are essential" Mia scoffs her voice full of sarcasm. At this point Lily decides it might be time to step in "well for Leah the gobstoppers really might be essential, you never know it might actually keep her quiet". At this Kiera bursts out laughing loudly, Mia snickers quietly beside her while Leah gives her a look of outrage. "Doubtful" mutters Mia quietly, thinking that Leah can't hear her, unfortunately she does and turns to glare at her full force. Lily and Keira just stand their laughing watching and waiting to see how Leah will reply. She opens her mouth as though she is going to say something then closes it again, she repeats this motion again and then realising that actually she has no argument grabbing her bag she stops her foot and marches straight out of the Great Hall. Laughing all the while the three other girls follow her, quickly catching up to her just outside the doors, with a quick look at them Leah soon joins in laughing loudly as well, never having been truly angry at the three weirdos she calls friends.