Reseme's Story

Chapter 18

Lancelot part 2

Authors note: Ok quick warning there is attempted rape in this chapter. Sorry, I don't agree with it and would say just skip it but it may end up being important later. Don't exactly know yet. Anyway I'm not really in a talkative mood and I'm sure you would rather just read so...read.

Reseme and Merlin skipped into the house laughing hysterically at something the other had said, effectively scaring Lancelot and Gaius. Gaius jumped up while Lancelot had a hand on the knife he kept at his side. "What do you two think you're doing?" Gaius said upset at the disturbance. The two quickly let go of each other and straitened up. Merlin spoke up while Reseme kept quiet knowing this was best after years of expierence. "We were just washing clothes." Merlin said as calmly as he could. "Oh is that all?" Gaius said with an irritated tone. They both nodded. Gaius looked to Reseme knowing she wouldn't lie to him. "Reseme is this true?" She nodded her head quickly. She really didn't feel like getting in trouble with him over something this minor. Gaius paused before shaking his head "Alright you two go get ready for supper." They both nodded and scuarried off to their rooms. Gaius looked to Lancelot shaking his head "Their such children!" Lancelot tried to keep the smile off his face.

They all sat at the dinner table silently listening to Lancelot tell stories of his adventures and past, Merlin couldn't help but wish Reseme would be this opened. He was starting to realize he was falling for her, hard! He was worried this would be how it always was. She would act as though she loved being around him and then she would still tell him nothing about herself unless it was from the time she had spent in Camelot! Merlin loved spending time with her and wanted them to be close. He wished for her to simply trust him! He looked over to Reseme to see her resting her chin on her elbows and listening intently with a satisfied smile on her face. Merlin smiled at how interested and at peace she looked. 'She's so beautiful.' He thought to himself before paying attention to Lancelot once more.

Reseme was walking by the market to return the basket full of clothing she had to the castle. She had decided to drop by and say hi to Lancelot when she saw him fighting Arthur! She dropped the basket on the ground and sprinted over to see if she could somehow break up the fight, but they were fighting with pointy objects and well…she had a basket. She got as close as possible before yelling at the two "What do you two think your doing! Stop it NOW!" She watched in impatience and worry as the two simply glanced her way surprised before continuing their fight. She knew she would face serious consequences since Arthur looked quite serious if she tried to break up the fight. She stomped her foot in frustration trying to think of a better idea. She didn't notice Merlin come up and touch her shoulder. She looked up to him with worry in her eyes. Merlin immediately became scared, Reseme was usually very calm and collected "What's wrong?" He said in tone he hadn't even heard from himself. "I-I can't get them to stop!" Her voice was angry but he could detect the fear behind it. He looked up analyzing the situation just as it became sticky.

Both Him and Reseme gasped in alarm as Lancelot put him sword to Arthurs heart! They both tensed up prepared to protect Arthur even if it meant taking out a so called friend, but…Lancelot made no further move. He stood there breathing heavily from the battle he had just fought. He put his sword down offering Arthur a hand. To both Reseme and Merlin's relief Arthur took it with an impressed smile. "I think your ready." They heard Arthur say. Reseme let out a sigh of relief leaning against Merlin and causing him to have to warp a hand around her shoulder to keep her from falling. "Thank God." He heard her mumble.

Reseme and Merlin watched in anticipation as Lancelot was being announced a knight. When the applause came you could hear Merlin and Reseme's above anyone. They felt like proud parents. At the dinner afterwards Reseme came up to Lancelot giving him a huge hug. "I'm so proud of you." She whispered excitedly in his ear. Lancelot could find himself struggling to contain himself. Reseme was standing so close to him he wanted nothing more than to just grab her and kiss her. He couldn't though, he wouldn't! He had a very strong feeling whether Reseme and Merlin knew it or not they belonged to each other. He would not stand it the way of that. 'Besides Gwenevere's pretty sweet herself.' He thought to himself as Reseme released him giving one of her dazzling smiles that made his heart flutter. "Thank you Reseme, for everything.' She nodded before leaving him to entertain the other guests there to congratulate him. He watched her all the way until she met up with Merlin. 'Yep, definitely don't have a chance.'

Reseme was skipping through the hallways put in an even better mood than usual due to the part and the knighting of her friend. She was walking past the throne room when she heard the name Sir Lancelot mentioned. She stopped in her tracks backing into the wall as quickly and quietly as possible. She was close enough to the doors to hear but far enough to not be seen. She strained to hear, she wanted this to just be a talk of how good he is but she feared this was something else. "There are no records of a fifth son of Lord Eldred of Northumbria. He only has four sons." Reseme while worried for Lancelot quickly became furious! 'They have been lying to me! All of them!' She quietly ran off the find the person she needed to talk to! She was storming through the hallway when she realized something quite important "Their going to arrest Lance!" She mumbled as she came to the realization. "Lance!" She yelled as she started to run the opposite direction to find his chamber. She rammed on the door "Lancelot it's Reseme you have to open the door now!" She could only hope that he was here! 'If he's at practice then they would already have him.' "Please open the door, please, please." She said to herself as her anxiety built up. Finally the door opened and there stood a shirtless Lancelot. Reseme didn't even notice as she barged in throwing him a shirt and pulling out a bag to put him clothes in and walking over to his drawers "What took you so long!" She said in irritation as she continued on with her tasks. "I wasn't dressed I was having a bath. What are you doing?" He said while watching her in confusion. "You have to get out of here! Their coming for you! They don't think you're a noble." He paused feeling very guilty. "Reseme?" "Yes." She said while continuing to throw things into bags. "I-I'm not a noble…" The silence was deafening to him. Reseme on the other hand was hearing that last sentence over and over again. She slowly turned to him, he thought he saw a hurt look on her face before she covered it would a blank canvas. "Well, thanks for letting me in on the plan it was really appreciated." She said the anger reaching her voice as she walked towards the door. Lancelot panicked and grabbed her arm. "Get off of me! I did everything I could to help you! I tried to be your friend! You're the one that betrayed me!" She screamed at him. His senses were getting out of control and Reseme looked fierce and terrified! He shoved her harshly against the wall his body as close to here as it could be. He held both of her wrists against the wall in a steel tight grip. "Lance let go of me and get out of here! You're wasting time!" She said in an anger that almost frightened him. He was beyond reason, Reseme realized this. She wasn't going to give up though. Lancelot was her friend she would get through to him.' "Lan-"Before she could continue his hand covered her mouth and was pulling her towards the bed! "Lance get off of me!" She screamed as he threw her onto the bed!

She looked into his eyes trying to plead with him not to make a huge mistake! "Lance…please." She whispered close to tears. His eyes were dilated to an unhealthy level as he stared at her and then scanned his eyes down her body. He licked his lips knowing what he wanted "Don't worry Reseme I can get you to love me, you'll see."

Reseme started to panic as started to undo her dress. "Lance I'm sorry I don't feel that way about you! You are a friend! A great friend! But not if you do this…please don't do this!" She pleaded. She couldn't let it come to this. She wouldn't be violated 'You can't let this happen!' She thought to herself as she came to the conclusion this wasn't Lancelot. She looked around racking her brain for any ideas before she saw the vase setting on the dresser. She trained her eyes on it wielding it to go to her target. The vase smashed against Lancelot's head, his eyes rolling into his head as he fell onto her unconscious. She pushed him off of her fixing herself before dragging him into the closet mumbling to the unconscious body "I don't know who you are but you're not Lancelot." She was tired and sweaty from all the exertion but she couldn't function properly. "What am I supposed to do?" She said to herself.

She quickly decided to go find Gaius and ask for help. "Gaius!" She said as she ran into the infirmary! He looked up alarmed "What is it?" She had to catch her breath before continuing "Lancelot's not actually noble he had fake papers that I believe Merlin helped him copy. They're going to arrest him for fraud!" Gaius made her set down getting her some tea to calm her down. "Well where is he we need to get him out of here?" Gaius said in a calm voice. Reseme almost visibly froze at that idea. She had no desire to be anywhere near that monster! "Umm I think he's hiding in the closet of his chambers." She said as calmly as possible. Gaius observed her closely noticing how hard she was breathing and she looked petrified. "Did anything else happen?" He asked cautiously. She quickly shook he head. "No…that's it." She said proud of herself for covering the nervousness in her voice. Gaius believed her but that still didn't explain the odd symptoms of her body. "We need to find Merlin."

Gaius was out looking for Merlin and Reseme had opted out of going to find him. She was sitting drinking her tea her eyes red rimmed and tear stains running down her face. She could only be strong for so long. She couldn't get the scene out of her head picturing it over and over. It only became more horrifying each time. "It wasn't him. It wasn't him. It wasn't him." She said to herself as she shook and cried. She heard the door opened and had just enough time to stand up and turn her back to the door. "…Reseme?" She shut her eyes tightly not wanting to talk or let him see her like this. She turned her head enough to acknowledge him without letting him actually see her "Merlin." She said in as stable a tone as she could. It worked, that wasn't the problem. Merlin had learned enough about her to know when she was upset. While her voice sounded fine, she loved to look people in the eyes-he remembered her telling him "The eyes are the door to the soul. You just have to pay attention long enough for the door to open.-he also knew her normal posture. He could tell she was struggling to keep this appearance up. She was barely holding herself together.

She heard every footstep he took towards her. They were slow and cautious. She started to quickly walk to her room "Well it was nice talking to you. I'm really tired s-Reseme." She stopped knowing she was caught. She waited until she knew he was close. She flinched when he touched her shoulder. Merlin definitely noticed the flinch, it scared him. He had never seen her so weak and scared. She hadn't faced him since he came through the door. He gently (ever so gently) turned her to face him. She had her face turned away, he lifted one of his hands to delicately lift her chip up. She finally looked into his eyes. He swallowed hard not realizing how much it hurt to see her like this. She was holding back, he could tell. He didn't need to ask to know she needed someone to be there for her right now. He pulled her in for a tight hug lightly rubbing circles against her bag. He felt her start to shake. "Shh….everything will be alright." He said in a soothing voice. 'He has no idea!' Reseme thought to herself. There was no way she was telling him either! 'He wouldn't understand that it wasn't Lancelot. He just wouldn't' she thought to herself. She wanted so much to open up to him and not have to carry everything on her own! She was tired of secrets! She was tired of no one knowing who she really was! She was losing herself! But she was Reseme, she couldn't open up even if she knew needed to. She pulled away from Merlin pulling the best smile she could. "Thanks Merlin. I feel better." I'm just going to go clean up and find Gaius ok?" Without waiting for a response she went to her room leaving him on the cold hard ground…alone.

Reseme was curled up in her bed with the covers covering her head. The darkness was comforting compared to what light could bring. Reseme was scared. She didn't understand why she was scared of something as simple as this! She was angry at herself for being scared! She was angry at Merlin and Lancelot for lying to her! She just didn't understand…'It wasn't him you know that. That was a monster inside of him that you need to get out of him. You know what you have to do.'

Merlin sat where he was destroyed. He was completely destroyed. He had no idea how to handle this situation. He thought he was doing fine until Reseme got up and left! She was just so confusing he never knew what to do! Then again maybe that was why he loved her. He heard the door open and close…silence. There was only silence. Merlin was guessing it was Gaius but for all he knew there was some poor customer looking for Gaius who came in to see his apprentice sitting on the floor staring at a door. He finally sighed defeated before getting up to turn and see it was Arthur…'Oh.'…Merlin had no idea what to say. Arthur just stood there with this blank look on his face. Merlin's face was blank as well. It seemed to turn into a staring contest for the longest time. Finally Arthur said "You know, I always felt like you would be that person who would stare at walls in his free time." Merlin smiled slightly "And I always thought you would be that pesky friend who would come barging into their friends' houses. But that's not what this is." Arthur looked expectantly "Then what is it?" Merlin froze. "It's not that." Arthur was enjoying being right (or what he thought was right) "So what is it?" Merlin didn't really want to tell Arthur that his best friend was in her room most likely crying…Arthur noticed the conflicted look on Merlin's face. Arthur's quickly turned to one of subtle worry. He squinted his eyes walking closer to Merlin. "Is everything alright?" He saw the hesitation but Merlin did trust Arthur. "It's Reseme." Arthur tensed. "Is she alright?" Merlin nodded unsurely "Physically I think so…" Arthur waited for Merlin to continue but finally lost patience "What about her emotional being?" "I seriously doubt it. I don't know what to do! I came in and found her crying and shaking like something traumatic happened and then she broke down and cried while I was talking to her and then when I tried to comfort her she went to her room." "Did something traumatic happen?" He may have been making this sound like a joke but on the inside he was worried.

Both the boys were now standing right outside her door. They looked to each other for confirmation before taking a deep breath and knocking…"Reseme…It's Merlin and Arthur." Reseme jolted up. 'They can't see me like this!' She had tears streaming down her face she was broken! She would never let anyone see her broken! She tried to fix herself up. Make sure they couldn't tell anything was wrong. She took a breath before opening the door.

The two were surprised she actually cooperated. Arthur thought he was going to have to kick the door down. He had to kick it down before he would do it again! She looked…fine. She had a gentle smile on her face. "Yes." While she was performing very well they could both tell she was antsy to get back in her room. "We were just checking to make sure everything was alright." Arthur said. She nodded her head energetically "Yeah, everything's fine." After nothing was said for a few minutes she seemed to conclude where this conversation had gone "Well…I'm going to go to bed. Night." She closed the door and it was almost like nothing had happened. The two stood there in awkward silence before Merlin finally spoke up. "Well that went well." Arthur looked over completely unamused. Gaius walked in about that time with a defeated look on his face. They both looked curious "What is it Gaius?" Merlin asked. Gaius froze as though he hadn't realized they were there. "Have either of you seen Reseme?" They both pointed to her room. "Well it was nice seeing you two but I need to talk to her. So if you'll excuse me." "Well we should inform you she's sleeping." Arthur said this in a tone that told Gaius she wasn't actually sleeping. Almost as if to prove them wrong Reseme walked out of her room that very second. "It's alright Gaius, did you need to talk to me?" He nodded before telling her that Lancelot had already been arrested. Arthur looked confused, "Gaius what are you talking about?" Reseme came up and touched his arm gently getting his attention. She knew Arthur had a soft spot for Lancelot and knew she would need to be the one to tell him. "Arthur, he wasn't a noble. I overheard your father talking to someone. He wasn't who he said he was." Arthur was angry and upset and still worried about Reseme, but he was mostly sad. He knew it wasn't right that only nobles could protect Camelot. He knew he had to try to do something. He grabbed Reseme's hand pulling her towards the door "Come on." Reseme shouted out in alarm. "Arthur where are we going!" "Were going to go free Lancelot.

They all ran to the court room to see it was only Lancelot and the King. "Father Stop!" The King looked up in rage. "Arthur you have to know what he has done!" "Father I already know!" Reseme, Merlin and Gaius stood in the corner wishing there was something they could do! Lancelot watched the scene with a pleading look. He turned to look at Reseme regretting what had happened. She quickly looked down. While she knew it wasn't him she still couldn't get the picture of him on top of her out of her head. The image kept playing over and over in her head. She tensed, getting frustrated that she couldn't do anything about it.

Gaius turned slightly startled when he felt Reseme start to shake. Her gaze was cast down to the floor, her eyes were wide and terrified. She was lost in her thoughts. He put a gentle hand on her harm startling her out of her state. He gave her a look asking 'Is everything alight?' She quickly nodded giving him a weak smile. She didn't want them to know. They couldn't know.

Merlin stormed into the infirmary infuriated! He kicked a chair over and knocked some papers off the table. He was going to keep going but Reseme ran up and grabbed his face while avoiding not getting hit. "Merlin! Merlin look at me! Everything's going to be alright." Once he had calmed he brought his hand up to meet her's. He nodded slowly processing her words. He patted her shoulder on his way to his room leaving her and Gaius alone. Reseme shook her head feeling sorry for both Merlin and Lancelot. They had become good friends in his small time here. She bent over to start picking up the papers that had been scattered. "What happened to you?" Reseme froze…'You can't tell him!' She quickly started to pick up the papers while trying to act as though nothing was wrong. "W-what are you talking about?" She got up to put the papers up not looking at him as she did. "Reseme don't lie to me." She looked up to him angered that he wouldn't believe her! "I am telling you the truth Gaius. Now leave it." She said tensely before walking to her room and closing the door waiting for the comforting sound of the lock clicking. She slouched down against the door already losing the strength as she felt the first tears trickle down her face.

Merlin had snuck out of the house making sure not to wake Reseme or Gaius. He walked out to where he knew the knights would be. He couldn't let Arthur die and Arthur was too stubborn to back down against the magical creature so he was forced to tag along. "Ah Merlin you finally decided to show up!" Arthur said jokingly. "Well sorry I had to get out of the house without waking Reseme or Gaius up!" He said dramatically. Arthur laughed in understanding "Believe me I know that Reseme is not a deep sleeper!" They laughed before going to join the others and riding out to where Merlin said he had seen the Griffin. Arthur and the other knights charged forward when they spotted it, Merlin stayed behind knowing he was not physically strong enough to take the thing on. Besides he would be able to focus better from back here. He watched closely as the Griffin took out every knight leaving Arthur alone. Merlin saw the Griffin try to claw him "Arthur watch out!" Arthur was able to take cover but couldn't hold back his commentary "Thank you Merlin have any other useful tips!" Merlin didn't bother to answer as he was too busy watching the monsters every move. He wasn't paying enough attention to his needy friend to see the Griffith swing its tail. He heard a grunt of pain and the sound of a body smacking into the ground. He turned to see Arthur on the ground unconscious with the Griffith making its way toward him "Arthur!" Merlin shouted getting nervous for his friend more and more by the second! He was about to run over and try to drag him out of the way when he heard the sound of heavy breathing. He turned to see none other than Lancelot riding up! Merlin's eyes widened when he realized what he was going to do…"Lancelot no!" Merlin shouted trying to warn his friends 'He won't make it.' Merlin realized.

'Well can't let him do this alone.' Merlin straightened himself before focusing and saying the words he had been practicing all night "Intereo." He spoke the words hoping with all his heart they would work. He closed his eyes repeating the words over and over again in his head. He opened his eyes to see the spear in Lance's hands glow and strike the beast in the chest! "Yes!" Merlin yelled in relief. He waiting for Lancelot to make his way back towards Merlin. He got off the horse to shake Merlin's hand. "Thanks." He said with a smile. Merlin was confused "Thanks for what? You did all the work." Lancelot smiled "Merlin I know." 'He knows! Someone knows!' Out of pure shock Merlin hugged him tightly. He heard Lancelot hiss in pain… He pulled away to look at his friend. "Are you okay?" He shook his head "I'm pretty sure my cut from the first battle is infected." He lifted his shirt to reveal the cut. Merlin's eyes widened…"Lance this is magic. Here sit down." He led him to a rock before concentrating "Auxilio." He mumbled under his breath still not completely comfortable using magic in front of someone other than Gaius and Reseme. "You're lucky I caught in time. Magical infections like this can make you do crazy things." Lancelot nodded quietly. "Ugh Merlin…" They both looked to see Arthur fading back to consciousness. "I need to go." Merlin looked confused "Why would you go? You saved Arthur's life surely Uther will oversee your first mistake." Lancelot smiled but shook his head. He pulled a small note out of his pocket. "Give this to Reseme." He knew he need not tell Merlin not to read it, he trusted him. He pulled Merlin in for a hug before mounting his horse and driving off…

Reseme was in a deep peaceful sleep when she felt someone shake her shoulder. "Huh?" She said in confusion. "Reseme I have something for you." She opened her eyes knowing who it was. "Oh what is it Merlin?" He sat on the edge of her bed holding a folded piece of paper. She took it confused "What is this?" Merlin breathed out in what Reseme almost detected as jealousy "It's from Lancelot." Her eyes widened not really ready to confront him in any way! She dropped it on the bed almost visibly scooting away. Merlin noticed "What's wrong? Did you guys fight or something?" She shook her head no. "I just don't want to read it right now." Merlin nodded suspiciously "Alright I'm going to try to get some sleep. Night Reseme." "Night Merlin." She waited till the door was closed before jumping up and pulling a chest out from under her bed quickly unlocking it and shoving the note inside panicked. She took a deep breath before crawling under her still warm covers and falling into a fitful sleep.

Authors note: Yay! I just saw the views and we have reached our goal of 900! I NEVER thought this story would get that much recognition! So thank you so much! I will be doing a special chapter is honor of the 900 view thing. I mentioned it in previous chapters, So please comment and tell me what you would like me to do. I will literally do almost anything. If no one says anything I'll be forced to make it up myself. (That's no fun).

Ok quick thanks to everyone who has been supporting and giving nice comments. It is highly appreciated and does make me have energy to continue this and even feel a little bit better about myself. So thanks, a nice night to all and awesome birthday part to my best friend Emily.