Chapter two
I woke up in the morning to a cold breeze the sky was light grey and there were still stars in the sky. I pulled my hood on while getting my swords and daggers. It took about 10 minutes to get my horse ready and after 15 I was riding towards the mountains to find Gareth brother.
I followed the signs I saw along the way. Sometimes it was hard to track someone but there were always clues. I scanned the forest in front of me until I found what I was looking for.
The trees were wide apart and there was dirt messed up and mixed around. Something no one would notice unless they looked really hard. I rode along quickly following the path of horse hooves I could see in front of me. I could tell I was catching up they were going slow and were only about 15 minutes in front of me.
I started to get excited about finding Gareth brother. I had heard of Lancelot before but never met him. I started to gallop through the forest lowering down onto the horse so I wouldn't get nocked of by the branches whizzing by. I was making a lot of noise but I just wanted to find Lancelot.
All of a sudden an arrow sped past my head and stuck onto a nearby tree. The shock caused me to pull on the reins hard.
The horse went up onto its two back feet. I tried to tighten my grip but it was too late I tumbled of onto the ground hitting my head on a nearby branch.
I could feel blood running down my cheek as I sat up to see who had fired the arrow.
There was a tall man standing above me with his bow drawn. He had scraggily dark brown hair with some bits in plats and a black tattoo under each eye.
'Why are you following us? He asked pointing his bow at me.
'I wasn't' I lied this had never happened before. I cursed myself for not being more careful.
'I know when someone is tracking something' He said not moving.
'Obviously not' I said standing up and pulling my hood further over me so he couldn't see my face. This must have been one of Arthur's knights. I looked him over finding no resemblance in Gareth.
'I don't even know who you are' I said. My eyes darted to my sword on the ground near my feet. He must have thought I was going to do something, quickly with out warning he fired his arrow next to my head causing me to fall backwards.
He pulled out his sword as I dived for mine. He was too quick for me as he was already on top of me. He grabbed my hand and twisted it behind my back pulling me up.
I winced in pain as he grabbed my other hand and held his sword at my throat.
'I'm not an idiot' He whispered into my ear.
'If you want to meet Arthur than you can meet Arthur' he said pulling me onto my horse. He sat behind me holding onto my arms so I wouldn't run.
'Are you Lancelot?' I bluntly asked as we sped around a corner bringing into view 6 knights sitting down.
'No I'm Tristan, Lancelot's dead' he said stopping and pulling me of the horse roughly. All the knights had stood up and were slowly walking over interested at what Tristan was doing.
'Dead' I repeated I never even considered he would be dead. I fell on my knees at the sound of the word.
'Who's that?' I heard a voice say. I didn't care who said it. I started to hate the knights in front of me. They should have taken better care of Lancelot. I knew it was a stupid thought but I didn't care.
'A spy' Tristan said pulling me to my feet.
'What's your name' I heard a man say. I was looking at the ground and my hood was still pulled over my face.
'Luca' I said not caring anymore.
'Luca's a girl's name' said another knight. I didn't even realise my hood had been on the whole time. Tristan had probably thought I was a man. I pulled my hood off causing my hair to fall down to my stomach. Tristan looked taken aback realising that he had been really rough with me.
I looked up at the knights who were all opened mouthed. I could tell which one was Arthur just by the way he was standing. I looked over the other knights. Tears were starting to run down my face.
'Why were you following us?' Arthur asked stepping forward.
'Saxons made me' I said sure that they were going to kill me anyway.
Some of the knights whispered things to each other before one stepped forward.
'You're alright now' He said placing a hand on my shoulder. I looked up at him angry that they judged the Saxons already without even knowing them. They just assumed I was in trouble if I had anything to do with them.
'I need to go to Carceres' I said thinking back to Gareth.
'That's where were going now' he said walking over to his horse as the other knights had already done. I looked up at them all it had started to snow and they were all sitting on there horses looking down at me.
'You can ride with me' the knight said holding out his hand. Some of the other knights rolled their eyes at this. I was hesitant about riding with a knight I didn't know but the thought of Gareth sent me forward.
I sat in front of him and he held the rains around me so I wouldn't fall.
'Why were you following us?' he asked as the horse lurched forward.
I sighed and leaned back 'I was looking for someone'
'Who?' he asked kicking the horse so it would go faster.
'A friend's brother' I said closing my eyes.
'He's a sarmation knight?' he asked
'He was Tristan said he's dead' I said quietly.
'What was his name?'
'Lancelot' I replied
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