Author's Note: Ok disclaimer still stands…yada yada yada…not mine :)
This is gonna be a bit longer now lol Yeah yeah, I know I said it was a two part thing but I decided to make it three. It could be longer but it probably won't be cos I'm concentrating on my Orlando Bloom fic 'Who Knows What the Future Holds?'
Anyway…enjoy (hopefully)
~~~even more time passes~~~
'Oh this place is so cool', Lucy thought to herself. She loved theme parks (I know what you're thinking! Theme park!?! Well I did say that time had passed didn't I), they were so much fun and this particular park was going straight to the top of her list. She was wandering around 'Camelot' with her two best friends and they'd been on just about every single ride in the whole park.
"Shall we go and ride that big whooshy one?" her friend Pippa asked excitedly
"Whooshy one?" Lucy pulled a face, "which one's the whooshy one?"
"That one" said Pippa pointing towards the biggest roller coaster in the park, it was the only one that the three girls hadn't been on yet.
"Umm…maybe later huh?" said Lucy nervously
"Later? Why not now?" Pippa asked impatiently, "I wanna ride it now"
"Not having an attack of the nerves are we Lucy?" Kate taunted her, "I didn't think you were a scaredy cat"
"I'm not" Lucy protested, "I just feel a bit sick after that last ride. It's ok you two go and have fun, I'll just wait here for you"
"Fair enough" Kate said shrugging her shoulders, "we won't be long" and then she dragged Pippa off towards the 'big whooshy roller coaster'.
"I'll just sit here then" muttered Lucy to no one in particular, "all alone and I'll just…" she stopped mid-sentence. 'What's the huge castle over there?' she thought to herself, 'and why haven't I noticed it before?' There was a very deserted looking castle on the edge of the theme park boundaries, which the three girls hadn't noticed before. 'That's got to be a haunted house', Lucy thought. She was drawn to the castle somehow and decided to go closer to get a better look at it.
After ten minutes of walking around in circles Lucy was ready to give up, it seemed as if the castle was impossible to get to. There wasn't a path that led to it and she couldn't find it on any of the park maps, she decided to try asking at the information desk.
"Excuse me" she said politely to the old man behind the desk, "could you tell me how to get to the haunted house please?"
The man looked at her like she'd gone mad, "we don't have a haunted house," he said slowly as if he expected her to not understand what he was saying.
"Oh" Lucy looked puzzled, "I thought that the big castle over there" she pointed behind her at the huge building that loomed over the far side of the park, "was a haunted house. I'm sorry, what is it?"
"It's out of bounds," said the man simply
"Why?" Lucy continued to press him
"Well…" the man paused dramatically and glanced around as if he was going to tell Lucy a closely guarded secret then he leant forward onto the counter so that he could whisper to her "you were right about one thing young lady. It is haunted"
Lucy laughed, "uh-huh, yeah right, by some ancient Knights of the Round Table or something right?"
"No" the man said still totally serious, "by something much older than knights", he stood up straight again. "So anyway, I'd advise you not to go over there and if you don't mind I'm going on my lunch break" and he shut the shutter on the information desk before Lucy could say anything else. Lucy was someone who wouldn't take no for an answer and decided not to heed the man's advice, she was going to find someway to get into the castle and see for herself what secrets it was hiding.
Lucy tried her best to get to the castle but a high wall and plenty of thick foliage barred her way, she was going to need the help of her friends. 'Oh no!' She thought suddenly, 'my friends, I forgot all about them, I bet they're really worried about me' and she began to run back to the spot where she had last seen Pippa and Kate.
She spotted them straight away sat on the bench where they had left her about half an hour ago.
"Oh my God guys, I'm so sorry" blurted out Lucy when she ran up to them,
"Sorry?" asked Kate concerned, "sorry about what? What's the matter Lucy?"
Lucy gave her friend a puzzled look, "sorry about wandering off and not being here when you got off the ride"
"Oh. We weren't worried," Pippa said offhand before going back to eating her ice cream,
"You weren't worried about me?" Lucy was slightly hurt, "you made me run all the way over here and you weren't even worried?"
Kate laughed, "sorry mate, we thought that you'd obviously found something better to do. Where've you been anyway?"
Lucy began to explain to her friends about the castle and the old man at the desk warning her away from it.
"Haunted?" Pippa asked worriedly, "I don't like that idea Lucy, I don't like ghosts"
"Oh don't be silly Pip" Lucy laughed, "it won't really be haunted, ghosts don't exist"
Kate nodded, "she's right Pippa. We should go and check it out though, I bet its really cool inside, all medieval"
"Yeah one problem with that" Lucy said, "I have no idea how we can get inside. It's got a really high wall and there're too many trees and bushes and stuff. I got pretty close but I couldn't even reach the top of the wall myself"
"There must be a way in" Kate said matter-of-factly, "show us just how close you got and we'll see if we can figure out how to get over the wall".
Lucy nodded and the three friends set off towards the old castle together with Pippa bringing up the rear, grumbling about ghosts.
"See," said Lucy when they reached the wall that barred their way into the castle's grounds, "big wall" she sighed, maybe this was as close as they would get.
"Piece of cake" Kate said smiling, "if me and Pippa lift you up you can easily reach the top of the wall. Once you've got a firm grip we'll just give you a boost and you'll be over in no time". Lucy didn't feel so confident but it had been her idea to try to get into the castle in the first place so she decided to go along with the plan.
"One, two, three" Kate said and Lucy felt herself lifted by both legs, she grabbed the top of the wall and with her friends giving her an extra shove she managed to haul herself up to straddle the top of the wall.
"What if I can't get back out when I want to leave?" Lucy asked suddenly very unsure of this plan, "I won't be able to climb up the wall myself"
"Hmm" Kate thought for a moment, this was a tricky one, "Oh I've got it" she said finally smiling, "see just along there?" she pointed a few metres along the wall to where a tree was growing. "If you can climb up that tree then you should be able to reach the wall easily and then we'll be here to help you down on this side".
Lucy nodded, "ok, I'm gonna drop down and explore now. If I find another way in I'll let you know, just wait here for me" and with that she dropped down on the other side of the wall into the castle grounds. Luckily a strategically placed plant cushioned her drop and she didn't hurt herself.
"You ok Lucy?" Pippa called over
"Yeah fine Pip" Lucy replied, "I'm going off to explore" and she began to push her way through the trees. 'This place hasn't seen a gardener in a long time' she mused as she found herself constantly battling with branches.
It didn't take Lucy long before she found a clearing, the forest around the secluded spot was wildly overgrown and even the 'clearing' wasn't very clear anymore instead the floor of the clearing was covered in various shrubs and long grass which reached to Lucy's knees. She noticed a gap between the trees on the opposite side of the clearing and could just spot the castle, she headed for the gap carefully stepping through the long grass.
Suddenly she tripped on something solid hidden in the grass and let out a shriek as she tumbled to the ground.
"Ouch" she muttered rubbing her leg and turning to glare at the offending tree root, she gasped, it wasn't a tree root that she had tripped over, it was a leg! She opened her mouth in a silent scream, 'Oh my God! It's a severed leg!' the thought flashed through her head quickly before rational thought returned, maybe she should check if the leg was attached to a person.
Lucy stood back up and leant forwards to part the long grass so that she could inspect the leg further. Indeed the leg was attached to a body…'oh well that's ok then' he brain said and she turned to walk away, no hold on, that wasn't ok! 'What if she's not dead?' Lucy thought staring down at the blonde haired woman who was lying deadly still and face down. 'She might be hurt' the rational side of Lucy's brain kicked in, 'I'd better have a look and see if I can help her'. Lucy frowned as the other side of her brain argued back 'yeah but what if I turn her over and she's dead, ick, I'll have touched a dead person!'
"Ok" she said finally out loud, "I am not going to have a panic attack…or a schizophrenia attack right now!"
Bending down in the grass beside the woman's head Lucy tapped her arm, "are you ok?" she asked quietly, the skin was still warm, she guessed that was a good sign. She pushed the woman's body so that she lay on her back and Lucy could see her face. As soon as she'd done this Lucy jumped backwards in shock, 'ok not a woman' he brain told her, 'definitely not a woman, he's a man and a very attractive man too! 'He' was dressed in leggings and had long hair that any supermodel would be jealous of…hmm' she stopped that train of thought and turned her attention back to the 'man'. She could see the steady rise and fall of his chest proving that he was very much alive, just sleeping. But he couldn't be asleep, his eyes were wide open, and what eyes they were! A beautiful bright blue colour that only existed in fairy tales and they seemed to sparkle, it took Lucy a few moments to tear her gaze away from them.
Now what was she going to do?
TBC.
This is gonna be a bit longer now lol Yeah yeah, I know I said it was a two part thing but I decided to make it three. It could be longer but it probably won't be cos I'm concentrating on my Orlando Bloom fic 'Who Knows What the Future Holds?'
Anyway…enjoy (hopefully)
~~~even more time passes~~~
'Oh this place is so cool', Lucy thought to herself. She loved theme parks (I know what you're thinking! Theme park!?! Well I did say that time had passed didn't I), they were so much fun and this particular park was going straight to the top of her list. She was wandering around 'Camelot' with her two best friends and they'd been on just about every single ride in the whole park.
"Shall we go and ride that big whooshy one?" her friend Pippa asked excitedly
"Whooshy one?" Lucy pulled a face, "which one's the whooshy one?"
"That one" said Pippa pointing towards the biggest roller coaster in the park, it was the only one that the three girls hadn't been on yet.
"Umm…maybe later huh?" said Lucy nervously
"Later? Why not now?" Pippa asked impatiently, "I wanna ride it now"
"Not having an attack of the nerves are we Lucy?" Kate taunted her, "I didn't think you were a scaredy cat"
"I'm not" Lucy protested, "I just feel a bit sick after that last ride. It's ok you two go and have fun, I'll just wait here for you"
"Fair enough" Kate said shrugging her shoulders, "we won't be long" and then she dragged Pippa off towards the 'big whooshy roller coaster'.
"I'll just sit here then" muttered Lucy to no one in particular, "all alone and I'll just…" she stopped mid-sentence. 'What's the huge castle over there?' she thought to herself, 'and why haven't I noticed it before?' There was a very deserted looking castle on the edge of the theme park boundaries, which the three girls hadn't noticed before. 'That's got to be a haunted house', Lucy thought. She was drawn to the castle somehow and decided to go closer to get a better look at it.
After ten minutes of walking around in circles Lucy was ready to give up, it seemed as if the castle was impossible to get to. There wasn't a path that led to it and she couldn't find it on any of the park maps, she decided to try asking at the information desk.
"Excuse me" she said politely to the old man behind the desk, "could you tell me how to get to the haunted house please?"
The man looked at her like she'd gone mad, "we don't have a haunted house," he said slowly as if he expected her to not understand what he was saying.
"Oh" Lucy looked puzzled, "I thought that the big castle over there" she pointed behind her at the huge building that loomed over the far side of the park, "was a haunted house. I'm sorry, what is it?"
"It's out of bounds," said the man simply
"Why?" Lucy continued to press him
"Well…" the man paused dramatically and glanced around as if he was going to tell Lucy a closely guarded secret then he leant forward onto the counter so that he could whisper to her "you were right about one thing young lady. It is haunted"
Lucy laughed, "uh-huh, yeah right, by some ancient Knights of the Round Table or something right?"
"No" the man said still totally serious, "by something much older than knights", he stood up straight again. "So anyway, I'd advise you not to go over there and if you don't mind I'm going on my lunch break" and he shut the shutter on the information desk before Lucy could say anything else. Lucy was someone who wouldn't take no for an answer and decided not to heed the man's advice, she was going to find someway to get into the castle and see for herself what secrets it was hiding.
Lucy tried her best to get to the castle but a high wall and plenty of thick foliage barred her way, she was going to need the help of her friends. 'Oh no!' She thought suddenly, 'my friends, I forgot all about them, I bet they're really worried about me' and she began to run back to the spot where she had last seen Pippa and Kate.
She spotted them straight away sat on the bench where they had left her about half an hour ago.
"Oh my God guys, I'm so sorry" blurted out Lucy when she ran up to them,
"Sorry?" asked Kate concerned, "sorry about what? What's the matter Lucy?"
Lucy gave her friend a puzzled look, "sorry about wandering off and not being here when you got off the ride"
"Oh. We weren't worried," Pippa said offhand before going back to eating her ice cream,
"You weren't worried about me?" Lucy was slightly hurt, "you made me run all the way over here and you weren't even worried?"
Kate laughed, "sorry mate, we thought that you'd obviously found something better to do. Where've you been anyway?"
Lucy began to explain to her friends about the castle and the old man at the desk warning her away from it.
"Haunted?" Pippa asked worriedly, "I don't like that idea Lucy, I don't like ghosts"
"Oh don't be silly Pip" Lucy laughed, "it won't really be haunted, ghosts don't exist"
Kate nodded, "she's right Pippa. We should go and check it out though, I bet its really cool inside, all medieval"
"Yeah one problem with that" Lucy said, "I have no idea how we can get inside. It's got a really high wall and there're too many trees and bushes and stuff. I got pretty close but I couldn't even reach the top of the wall myself"
"There must be a way in" Kate said matter-of-factly, "show us just how close you got and we'll see if we can figure out how to get over the wall".
Lucy nodded and the three friends set off towards the old castle together with Pippa bringing up the rear, grumbling about ghosts.
"See," said Lucy when they reached the wall that barred their way into the castle's grounds, "big wall" she sighed, maybe this was as close as they would get.
"Piece of cake" Kate said smiling, "if me and Pippa lift you up you can easily reach the top of the wall. Once you've got a firm grip we'll just give you a boost and you'll be over in no time". Lucy didn't feel so confident but it had been her idea to try to get into the castle in the first place so she decided to go along with the plan.
"One, two, three" Kate said and Lucy felt herself lifted by both legs, she grabbed the top of the wall and with her friends giving her an extra shove she managed to haul herself up to straddle the top of the wall.
"What if I can't get back out when I want to leave?" Lucy asked suddenly very unsure of this plan, "I won't be able to climb up the wall myself"
"Hmm" Kate thought for a moment, this was a tricky one, "Oh I've got it" she said finally smiling, "see just along there?" she pointed a few metres along the wall to where a tree was growing. "If you can climb up that tree then you should be able to reach the wall easily and then we'll be here to help you down on this side".
Lucy nodded, "ok, I'm gonna drop down and explore now. If I find another way in I'll let you know, just wait here for me" and with that she dropped down on the other side of the wall into the castle grounds. Luckily a strategically placed plant cushioned her drop and she didn't hurt herself.
"You ok Lucy?" Pippa called over
"Yeah fine Pip" Lucy replied, "I'm going off to explore" and she began to push her way through the trees. 'This place hasn't seen a gardener in a long time' she mused as she found herself constantly battling with branches.
It didn't take Lucy long before she found a clearing, the forest around the secluded spot was wildly overgrown and even the 'clearing' wasn't very clear anymore instead the floor of the clearing was covered in various shrubs and long grass which reached to Lucy's knees. She noticed a gap between the trees on the opposite side of the clearing and could just spot the castle, she headed for the gap carefully stepping through the long grass.
Suddenly she tripped on something solid hidden in the grass and let out a shriek as she tumbled to the ground.
"Ouch" she muttered rubbing her leg and turning to glare at the offending tree root, she gasped, it wasn't a tree root that she had tripped over, it was a leg! She opened her mouth in a silent scream, 'Oh my God! It's a severed leg!' the thought flashed through her head quickly before rational thought returned, maybe she should check if the leg was attached to a person.
Lucy stood back up and leant forwards to part the long grass so that she could inspect the leg further. Indeed the leg was attached to a body…'oh well that's ok then' he brain said and she turned to walk away, no hold on, that wasn't ok! 'What if she's not dead?' Lucy thought staring down at the blonde haired woman who was lying deadly still and face down. 'She might be hurt' the rational side of Lucy's brain kicked in, 'I'd better have a look and see if I can help her'. Lucy frowned as the other side of her brain argued back 'yeah but what if I turn her over and she's dead, ick, I'll have touched a dead person!'
"Ok" she said finally out loud, "I am not going to have a panic attack…or a schizophrenia attack right now!"
Bending down in the grass beside the woman's head Lucy tapped her arm, "are you ok?" she asked quietly, the skin was still warm, she guessed that was a good sign. She pushed the woman's body so that she lay on her back and Lucy could see her face. As soon as she'd done this Lucy jumped backwards in shock, 'ok not a woman' he brain told her, 'definitely not a woman, he's a man and a very attractive man too! 'He' was dressed in leggings and had long hair that any supermodel would be jealous of…hmm' she stopped that train of thought and turned her attention back to the 'man'. She could see the steady rise and fall of his chest proving that he was very much alive, just sleeping. But he couldn't be asleep, his eyes were wide open, and what eyes they were! A beautiful bright blue colour that only existed in fairy tales and they seemed to sparkle, it took Lucy a few moments to tear her gaze away from them.
Now what was she going to do?
TBC.