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Chapter Four: A Burial and A Reunion.

Listening to Kay as he spoke, Evienne stood beside her brothers as their mother was buried atop a hill not far from the castle; they were surrounded by knights and other people who had come for the funeral. A part of her didn't want to accept that it was her mother in the grave but she knew that there was no way that her brothers would lie to her about what had happened.

Evienne closed her eyes and swallowed, she squeezed her eyes trying to fight back the tears that she knew where growing; she wanted the man that had done this to suffer. She reached out and took Kay's hand once he had finished his prayer over their mother's grave; she squeezed his hand glad to know that she wasn't alone in all of this. Evienne knew that if she hadn't fled when she had then she'd probably have been killed like their mother had; her brothers would have been forced to bury not only their mother but their younger sister as well.

"I can't believe that she's gone," Evienne whispered wishing that things could have gone differently when she had last spoken with her mother. Kay nodded his head, he couldn't believe it either and it was clear that things weren't going to be as he had pictured when Arthur had been revealed as the son of the late King. They were in for a fight to keep Arthur's throne from his half-sister and another King; it wasn't going to be easy and they were having to find their feet pretty quickly.

"I want to stay with her on my own," Arthur announced making Evienne look away from Kay, she stared at him wondering if he had completely lost his mind; they weren't on the farm anymore and he was a King. He moved away from the grave and a couple of the knights came forward to seal the tomb; only for Arthur to turn back and stop them not ready for his mother to be buried.

Evienne walked away from the scene and towards her horse, she didn't wish to linger when there was nothing more to be done; she wanted to mourn her mother in safety not out in the open like this. Reaching the grey mare that she had ridden, Evienne swallowed the lump in her throat as she glanced back to her mother's grave and where Arthur was stood with tears in her eyes.

"I am sorry for your loss, my lady," Leontes murmured approaching her, he remembered losing his own mother and it hadn't been easy; he was sure that she would have been proud of the man that he had become. His father had followed been lost fighting for Uther, it left him alone now but he knew that it wouldn't remain that way for long. His engagement was set and her parents had been most approving of him, even with her mother's death; he was the one that had stood by her and helped her through her grief.

"Evienne," she corrected him, she was no lady since her father was nothing more than a mere knight; she was no higher in status than Leontes despite the fact that Arthur was her brother. Leontes nodded at that, his eyes sweeping back to Arthur as everyone prepared to head back to the castle; he was sure that he would not forget the family that had raised him.

Getting onto the back of her horse, Evienne stared at the grave knowing that they still had no idea what had happened to their father and she prayed he was safe. The loss of one parent was hard enough and she couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose another; she looked away from the grave as she felt tears building in her eyes again.

Kay pulled his horse up alongside hers before they started the ride back to Camelot; the two talking quietly about all that they had missed since they last saw one another. They made it part way down the hill when a figure appeared in the distance, a man staggering as he made his way through the long grass; his movements catching the eyes of those who were traveling back to the castle. Evienne pulled her horse to a stop as the figure drew nearer, her eyes locked on the man as he slowly became clear to them; he was dirty and bruised from his travels but there was no denying who he was.

"Is that who I think it is?" Kay asked stopping beside his sister, he had feared the worse but now being able to see the man; he almost felt like a fool for believing that he was dead. Ector staggered his way forward, he had travelled many days by foot after hearing what had happened and he feared that his arrival had come too late.

"Father!" Kay cried jumping down from his horse, he hurried towards Ector almost relieved to see him; he had feared that he had been killed by Lot just like their mother had. Evienne followed after him, she could barely believed that he was here; she watched Kay hug their father knowing that their reunion was quickly catching attention of those around them.

"It is so good to see you," Ector whispered closing his eyes and hugging his eldest to him, only when he opened them, did he realise that his daughter was here to. Of course, he had been expected to be greeted by two of his children; he had been so proud when Arthur had asked if Kay could join him on his travels.

"Evienne? Oh, how I have missed you," Ector said taken back at how much his only daughter had grown since he had last seen her; he pulled her into a hug and held her for a moment. Kay smiled watching the scene, after everything that had happened, he hadn't wanted to admit that he had been worried that their father had been lost as well. Kay and Evienne shared a look as she hugged their father, they had to tell them what had happened to their mother; everyone would be talking about it and there was no escaping what had happened.

"What is it?" Ector asked sensing that there was something that he had missed, he looked between his children before Kay moved forward and rested a hand on his shoulder. Breaking the news as gently as he could, Kay told their father of their mother's murder; tears forming in his eyes knowing that it should not have ended this way.

Arthur blamed himself for what had happened, he was fighting for his rightful place and it was clear now that Morgan and Lot would target any of them to get the throne. Ector crumbled at the news of Gwendolen was gone, he didn't know what he would do without her and he felt angry that he had not been there to protect her at the farm.

Kay pulled him into a hug, he closed his eyes unable to forget and he knew that it would be something that would haunt him for the rest of his life; he would never forgive Lot for what he had done. Evienne slowly moved forward, she reached out and touched her father's shoulder; she knew that this was hard but this was no place to discuss what had happened. Pulling himself together, Ector took a deep breath vowing that he would make Lot pay for what he had done; he swore to himself that if it was the last thing, he did then he would kill Lot himself.

"Where is Arthur?" Ector asked worried what his younger son might have gotten himself into, he had heard whispers of what had happened and he knew that the farm was gone now. Kay looked up the hill towards the cliffs that they had just left, he very much doubted that Arthur had stayed but it was worth a look.

Merlin watched the scene with a frown, this was not how he had pictured Arthur's reign beginning and he knew that they had to be extra careful since they barely had many men to fight with.


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