Here's the next chapter. Hope ya like it. Enjoy!

(Chap 3: The Hunt)

Laura knocked on the door of Arthur's chambers, shivering from the cold blasting through the open window behind her and trying not to drop the bowl of soup and plate of bred on her tray. She heard Arthur's muffled reply and opened the door, placing the tray on a large rectangular table.

"Your lunch sire." Laura greeted Arthur. "Hello Crystal, Merlin." She smiled to her friends who where sitting on Arthur's bed, polishing his armour.

"Morning Laura." Crystal smiled, not taking her eyes off of the heavy chain mail in her lap. "This is heavy! I have no idea how you can wear something like this… Merlin would probably fall right to the floor if he put it on." She joked.

"I would not!" Merlin smirked, forgetting the helmet he was polishing to playfully punch his friend.

"I didn't ask you here to have fun, get back to work." Arthur spoke. Even though she couldn't see his face, Crystal knew he was smirking.

"Yes master. Oh mighty slave driver." Crystal spoke sarcastically and Arthur couldn't help but laugh a little, almost spraying Laura with soup.

"Be careful or I'll put you in the stocks." He warned, which caused both Crystal and Merlin to quickly continue there work and Laura to join them.

After a while Laura was board and began to hum a tune that the boys had never heard before. Crystal joined in the humming.

"What's the name of that song?" Merlin inquired. Looking at the girls.

"It's nothing." The girl spoke together quickly, attempting to hide there slight embarrassment.

"No, I'm interested." Arthur spoke, again with a smirk on his face. Crystal noticed how this look was incredibly cute on him, but she shook the thought from her head and rolled her eyes in disbelief that she thought that. "Sing it." Arthur insisted, his smirk growing into a mischievous smile.

"Oh god no!" Laura cried out. "We can't sing to save our lives!" Crystal just nodded, her voice freezing at the very thought of singing in front of anyone.

"Come on, or would you rather singing in the stocks?" Arthur's grin grew bigger.

"Your evil!" The girls moaned, making both boys laugh.

"I'm not evil." Arthur protested. Crystal rolled her eyes yet again, resisting doing something that might get her into trouble.

"oh, fine." the girls yet again spoke together.

Laura:

I heard there was a secret chord

That David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do ya?

Crystal:

Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall and the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Both:

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Crystal:

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya

Laura:

She tied you to her kitchen chair

She broke your throne and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Both:

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above

But all I've ever learned from love

Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya

Laura:

It's not a cry that you hear at night

Both:

It's not someone who's seen the light

Crystal:

It's a cold and it's a broken

Both:

Hallelujah

Laura:

Hallelujah

Both:

Hallelujah

Crystal:

Hallelujah

Both:

Hallelujah

Crystal's fear had soon gone after she started singing and Laura seemed to be enjoying herself. It was one of there favourite songs and here they where singing it to the prince of Camelot whilst polishing his armour.

"Wow!" Merlin gasped. "Your really good! You should take that up professionally."

"I- I- I- I don't think so." Crystal stuttered at the thought of singing in front of a crowd. It was strange, since a year ago she would have sung upfront of the entire world without a care… but as of last year she found it impossible to sing in front of her pet cat.

"Well… maybe Merlin isn't being a total idiot this time." Arthur mumbled. He didn't know why he bothered opening his mouth since he didn't actually whish for the girls to hear what was in his mind, but it was too late, he had said it. "Anyway, its the first day of the hunting tournament tomorrow. I think I'll keep you girls under my employment. Merlin could use some help and I need some extra staff. You never know, the cleaning might actually get done at the end of the day."

Crystal and Laura rolled there eyes. Crystal couldn't help but notice how cute Arthur looked when he did that. She shook the thought from her head and sighed and found herself yawning…. Yawning? She never yawned, unless…. On she was in trouble now! She was never tired, hence her being an insomniac, so she never yawned, and if she did it meant she was getting weak. She wasn't going to be able to stand on her own too feet all day! It was only a matter of time before something would happen, like her legs turning to jelly or her vision getting so blurry she couldn't see anything at all. She could feel it already starting as he chest got tight and she found it hard to breathe.

"If you could now just go and muck out the stables now, that should be everything done." Arthur told them. Laura, Crystal and Merlin nodded and got up.

But as soon as her feet touched the ground Crystal knew something was wrong with her. She felt weak and couldn't support herself. She could tell she was already blacking out as she fell to the floor. She couldn't think. All she knew was that she was on the floor and everything was getting dark. She felt someone turn her around and saw Arthur's face. Although Arthur was trying to hide it Crystal could see the worry in his eyes. She knew they where calling her name, yet she couldn't hear a thing. She felt Arthur place a hand on her head. His had was so cold, and then she realised that he wasn't cold, she was hot. It wasn't too long after that everything went black.

Sorry that wasn't very good but it will get better. We've planned out the whole story and are working on a possible sequel. So, what did ya like, what didn't ya like. R+R and tell me, ok! See ya later!