hi lovies,

I am really sorry I havent updated in a while I got sick again (fun fun i know right) and have been a veggie for a while. I put this chapter out and I am sorry if it sucks and since its short I am sporting a 103 fever and wanted to get another chapter out atleast.

with love,

dark

Chp 9

Our Solemn Hour

Hawke slowly opened her eyes and looked around the dark room from the bed; she could feel Tristan's warmth to her back and his arms around her. She blushed a little red realizing that if things went a little further she'd be waking up without any clothes on, which she though wouldn't be so bad except she would be spending a while on a horse and probably in pain if they went that far. Hawke guessed it to be about an hour or so before sunrise, so everyone would be up shortly to head out. She looked around the dark room when a dark thought entered her.

'what if I disappear and go home' Hawke thought to herself 'I can't stay here forever can I' Hawke then gently and quietly sat up on the bed and looked back at Tristan with a sad smile 'I can't do that to him, I can't' Hawke thoughts were dark with worry. Then ever so gently Hawke got up from the bed and snuck out of Tristan's room and into the hallway.

Hawke could feel the cool stones that lined the floor against her bare feet and she swiftly hurried down the hall.

'what are you doing'

Hawke immediately stopped and looked around her after hearing a voice "hello is anyone there" Hawke softly called out into the darkness.

'where would you go child?'

"is someone there" Hawke repeated as she heard the voice more clearly

'now my little one, no need to worry' the voice said as it got louder and caused Hawke to run down the hall and trough a door where she leaned against it and took a deep breathe

"you were imaging…" Hawke stopped as she looked around the room; there was a large orange couch with the TV and a recliner that was near a window. Hawke got up and looked around when realization dawned on her "I'm home" Hawke sunk to the ground "but why?"

She then got up and opened her apartment door and saw it was still dark out "did I just image all of that?" Hawke said as she walked down the stairs and saw an old man with marking all over his body "your…Merlin?"

"yes" he said as Hawke walked closer

"I recognize your voice" Hawke said and recognized it as the voice she had heard earlier "why am I back here?"

"to give you a choice" Merlin said "to lead this life, or the other"

"you mean you brought me back here so I could decide" Hawke said "then you're the one who brought me to them in the first place"

"yes" Merlin said with a nod "I brought you there so you could help change fates"

"what do you mean?" Hawke said

"I cannot say, but your choice will decide the outcome" Merlin said "will you stay here in this life, or will you go back to the knights, know this if you do not return they will not know you ever existed"

"will I forget to" Hawke said

"yes" Merlin replied "you will return to the day before I brought you"

Hawke looked around her apartment complex and thought about her family, the knights, and Tristan.

"I can't stay here" Hawke said "my heart belongs there"

"very well" Merlin said "where you end up when you get back I cannot say, you will be fighting for your life" Merlin then back to the woods with his back to Hawke "but the knights will find you, you have a strong spirit"

"thank you" Hawke said and Merlin merely nodded and walked back into the woods with Hawke behind him. She stumbled for a few moments before emerging to see a wall around a house and a small village like area where slaves were "I have a bad feeling about this"

"you there!" someone called scaring Hawke and she froze as guards came over to her "who are you and what are you doing here" they yelled at her as one guard grabbed her arm and she fought against it

"let me go" Hawke said

"bring her to Marius" a guard said and they dragged her into the estate and in front of a man that she already didn't like from the moment Hawke saw him "we found her wandering around outside"

"where did she come from" Marius said

"the woods" a guard said and Marius nodded to the other guards

"take her and place her with the other one" he said and Hawke was dragged away and fighting the whole time against the guards as they brought her outside and to a small building that went underground.

"let me go" Hawke said and struggled against and one of the guards hit her in the face and then threw her into a cell across from a women where she skidded across the ground scraping her arms and legs.

"stay in there you wrench" the guard said with a sneer and locked the cell and left

"what is this place" Hawke said as she crawled over and looked around and noticed a women across from her that seemed to be a few years younger

"hell" the women said and Hawke noticed her bandaged hand

"is your hand alright?" Hawke asked the women

"yes" she replied and noticed Hawke's bleeding hands "your bleeding"

"I am fine" Hawke said with a smile and noticed her faded blue painting "you're a Woad?" and the women nodded "I'm Hawke" she said with a soft smile

"Guinevere" the women said

"you have a pretty name" Hawke said as Guinevere made a movement to be quiet as footsteps could be heard and a priest came down with another one following behind them

"so you're the new she-devil" the priest said with a sneer as some guards came and dragged her out and Hawke struggled "associating with your own kind, may the lord have pity on you"

"and may be condemn you to the darkest realm of hell" Hawke said and the priest slapped her

"how dare you condemn me you she-devil" he said and the guards chained her to the wall at the front of the room opposite of Guinevere "and you let this be a lesson to you" and he pulled out a hot metal that was baked over a small fire and walked over to Hawke and guards held her and pulled down her shirt "first the flesh will be purified" he then put the hot metal against Hawke's skin causing her to cry out at first in pain and it made the priest smile.

Two weeks had passed since Hawke was imprisoned in the small hell hole. She and Guinevere were placed in the same cage, because more people had come. Hawke made a point to disobey the priests because they annoyed her to no end and no matter what they would have been cruel. Hawke was with Guinevere in the cell and Hawke was resting on her lap because she was totally drained and needed some rest before she was going to completely collapse.

"Hawke wake up" Guinevere whispered to her "I hear something" Hawke stirred and looked and saw Lancelot, Arthur and Dagonet looking around at the cells for survivors.

Arthur then walked over to Guinevere's cell and saw Hawke was inside as well.

"Hawke" Arthur said and Lancelot came over with a shocked expression on his face and then cut the chains and reached in and picked up Hawke and Arthur got Guinevere.

"birdie we thought we lost you" Lancelot said as he followed Arthur outside "we lost you in the woods"

"I'm tired" Hawke whispered quietly as they stepped outside and Hawke had her eyes half open

"your safe now birdie" Lancelot said as he noticed Tristan come over and dismount his horse "she's sleeping Tristan"

"she was down there" Tristan said and Lancelot nodded as Tristan got a deadly look in his eyes at all the people

"here take her to the wagon" Lancelot said and gave Hawke to Tristan and he walked over and laid her gently down on the furs that were in the wagon and Dagonet put Lucan on the wagon as well.

"I will tell you when she wakes up Tristan" Dagonet said to Tristan and noticed he did not want to go but had to go scout up ahead. A few hours past and Tristan was riding alongside the wagon where Hawke was and Dagonet checked up on Hawke again "hello Hawke" he then noticed her eyes opened and she looked at him

"hi dag" Hawke said softly and then turned her head and saw Tristan riding along side and saw him fall back and then get on the wagon and move towards her as Dagonet went back to check on Lucan. "hi Tristan". Tristan just starred at Hawke for the longest time before he just leaned down and kissed her. "guess your happy to see me?" she said with a slight lightness to her voice.

"you have no idea" he said and kissed her again.