--Author's Note—

I forgot to do it last time, thank you PLOT BUNNY! I realize that many of my historical facts concerning monks ect… are off, and I am sorry about that. But I needed it for my story to work. And, wow… this was a lot further along then I thought it was. So I guess I'll post it. Might take some time to update again. Finals and all you know.

Disclaimer—I own Will (her family minus Merik), Tess, and Lycus who is my dam awesome Roman!

And mostly, I love all of you my reviewers, because you rock and are just so cool!

Will smiled or attempted to, as her mind raced to try and figure out what to say to her parents. To her complete shock, Cynric spoke first.

"You are Will's family yes?" He asked almost innocently as he met the eyes of her father and brother who were looking him over with suspicion.

Her father nodded slightly. "We are. And you are…?"

Cynric did his best sheepish smile, which was all told, not a bad attempt. "I am… Cynric."

And that had given will enough time to think of something. "He's an exchange student!" She blurted out.

Her family's eyes turned to her, surprised, but Cynric just nodded.

Will smiled weakly. "He's from… Norway."

"We were just working on a history project." Cynric added.

"A history project?" Asked Jason, looking between his sister and this… man. "And what kind of history project may I ask?"

Now Will rolled her eyes. "Yes a history project." She gave her brother a look. "You know that… movie… King Arthur is out. Our teachers all obsessed with… the Romans and… Saxons. We're… doing…"

"A report on clothing of that time." Cynric finished smoothly. Obviously not having as much trouble lying as Will was.

That seemed to mollify her parents. "Well." He mother smiled. "It's nice to see you doing your homework."

But Jason wasn't as convinced. "Aren't you a bit old for high school?" He asked eyeing Cynric.

Cynric stared at Will's brother for a long silent moment, then bowed his head slightly. "Yes… I am not a… high school student." He laid his accent on slightly thicker so that he could pretended to just be searching for the word, while his mind though. "I am… learning… to teach. Will offered to… help me… if I…help her on this report."

That was enough for Will and she jumped on it. "Yeah." She said doing a mock guilty look. "He's more like an… exchange teacher aid rather then a student. But his English isn't the best so…" She shrugged. "I offered to help."

Jason still looked suspicious, but before he could say anything, Will glanced at the clock that now read 4:30. Had they really only been gone for an hour and a half? She made a gasping noise. "Whoops. Time to go meet the others at the library." She grabbed Cynric's hand and dragged him up the stairs. "We'll have to fly to change and be there on time." She said, more for her family's benefit then Cynric's.

Not soon enough for her liking, Will finally reached her room and slammed the door shut. She then put her back to it and slid down to the floor. "That was close." She said after a minute.

Cynric smirked. "It would have been easer if you didn't have a brother. They're far too inquisitive for their own good."

Will rolled her eyes. "It's like having the Knights around, but I only have to deal with one."

Cynric nodded. "Well…" He said after a moment of taking in his surroundings, white walls, most covered with posters of young and (at least Cynric considered) skinny to the point of unhealthy (and far more pretty then any man ever should be) men. "We can't stay here forever. You actually like these people?" He had moved over to a poster of a very thin Asian man who had obvious makeup.

Will had by then moved to her closet to dig through her clothes, but looked up at his last comment. She chuckled and found a pair of pants that the Knights had left her with when they'd gone back to their time. "Just put those on." She threw them at him, and continued digging to find a proper shirt for him. "I actually have an idea." She tossed a black tank at him. "Now… just tell me when you're changed." And with that, she walked into her closet and pulled the doors shut to change.

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Arthur rubbed his forehead and tried to comprehend what the man had just said, and thanked what ever deity was out there that none of his men were present.. "Wait… you want to… build a… monastery here?"

The man, Lycus offered the Sarmatian commander a weak smile. "Not exactly here no. Unlike most, I understand that a large percent of the population at the wall do not fallow our religion. But… eh… the monks want to try. So it wouldn't be at the wall, but… it would be close. For protection if necessary."

Arthur sighed. "I don't know. This land is so… untamed. Maybe… maybe now is not the best time… to start this?"

"That's why the main monastery outside of Roam has decided to send a… scout?" Lycus chuckled. "He's to learn the area, then report back on his findings."

Arthur shook his head. "I seriously doubt it, and I hesitate to let the man just… wander around. Even with one of my Knights… I'm still hesitant.

Lycus nodded. "I understand, I do. But I'm to at least make an effort. Hell, the man they sent probably won't even want to steep outside the keep. They're not very brave these monks."

Finally Arthur smiled weakly. "Now that's a blessing. I have enough problems right now. So… how long are you staying?"

Lycus couldn't help but laugh.

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Cynric fallowed Will on her heels, trying to let his eyes adjust to setting sun. "Where are we going?"

Will tossed a smile over her shoulder. "We're going to the library. Cuz I can use the phones and it shows up on caller ID."

Cynric arched an eyebrow. "On what?"

Will laughed. "Never mind. Here we are."

Cynric looked up at a large gray building that was fairly non-descript. "So what is a library?"

"It's a place that has lots and lots of books and other things like that." She grabbed Cynric's wrist and dragged the slightly hesitant man into the building.

Once inside, she released the Saxon and made her way over to the phones. Slowly Cynric fallowed. And reached her side in enough time to hear her say, "So we're working on this report you see, and… we were hoping to stay as late at the library as we could, then maybe go back to my house and spend the night? Awesome! No she'll call tomorrow k? Thanks Mike. Bye."

Cynric leaned against the wall. "Who was that?"

"Mike, Tess' older brother. I told him we're working on a history report, and that Tess will be sleeping over at my place. That'll buy us some time."

"For?"

"For my plan, now let's just hope it works." She picked up the phone again, and proceeded to dial another number."

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"So… where do you think Will and Cynric are?" Asked Tess as she joined Merik on one of the stone steeps, watching the Knights distractedly practice their blade work.

Merik shrugged. "I'm trying to not think about it. But… I'm hoping that she's safe."

Tess smiled, "She's with Cynric, and…" She raised her voice slightly to the ease dropping Knights. "Despite what some other men might think, he will protect her."

That earned her a smirk and a wink from Galahad, while the others pretended that they hadn't heard her.

But before Merik could respond, Arthur walked out of the main building, effectively drawing everyone's attention to him.

"So, what news from Rome?" Asked Lancelot lightly, he could see that Arthur was troubled by something. But he didn't know if it was just the Will and Cynric disappearing, or if it was something he'd heard from Rome.