Chapter three
Melodie stood there staring at the sword Baralie had dropped. She ran the conversation over in her head until she could make some sense of it. Why hadn't Baralie ever taken her outside of the gates? He always put it of saying some other time or just told her another story. She didn't understand why he was getting so angry. He didn't have to show her those things anymore, someone else could. A strong breeze snapped her out of her trance and she looked back up to the village. She couldn't see Baralie anywhere, but did see Lancelot walking down to where she was.
'Want to try it out?' He said swinging the sword at a nearby post causing a chunk of wood to fly of.
Melodie didn't say anything just looked back at Baralie's sword.
'What's wrong?' He asked. 'Nothing' she said shaking her head.
'I know you want to see the mountains' He said walking over to her. She quickly looked up when he said this.
'Ok then, I never break a promise' he said walking over to the nearby stable. He came out with a large black horse.
'What now?' She asked looking in shock at the huge animal.
'Why not, do you have somewhere to be?' He asked leading the horse over to her.
'Well no…It's just I've never been further than the tree line' She said looking over at the village wall.
'What? In your whole life?' He asked shocked. She nodded still looking open mouthed at the horse.
'Then now's a perfect time' He said skilfully lifting himself over the horses back.
She expected herself to be excited at the idea of finally going outside the village with a handsome knight but couldn't. She couldn't stop thinking about Baralie and what he said.
'You're right' she said shaking the thought of Baralie out of her head. Lancelot smiled and held out his hand. She smiled back and took his hand; he lifted her up over the horse and kicked the horse into a trot. She quickly grabbed around his waist as the horse lurched faster.
She looked back at the village to see Baralie standing near the tavern with his hands in his pockets. He turned and walked in shaking his head. She contemplated following him but her excitement finally kicked in as they reached the gate.
'We'll be back' Lancelot said to the guard as he opened a crack of the gate for them to leave. Melodie smiled as they moved through the gate and Lancelot forced the horse into a gallop.
She held on tighter as the horse jumped over a small hole in the ground. She heard Lancelot laugh and kick the horse to go faster. She felt free with the wind blowing through her hair and the never-ending horizon in view. He stoped as he reached the tree line, the trees were some of the tallest she'd ever seen, Melodie held her breath as he trotted the horse through the trees like the air would be poisonous to her.
She exhaled loudly as the horse came into a clearing revealing a small lake with huge stone rocks surrounding it. Lancelot jumped of the horse and held out his hand for Melodie to take. She ran over to the lake as soon as her feet touched the ground.
'This is the biggest lake I've ever seen' she said excitedly kneeling next to the lake and touching the water.
Lancelot looked from her to the lake shaking his head.
'You know it's more like a pond then a lake' He said putting his hands in his pockets.
'Are you kidding its huge' she said turning to look at him.
'Look it's not even very deep' He said walking over and dipping his leg into the pond. His leg went straight down unexpectantly causing his to loose his balance. He swung his arms trying to gain balance but couldn't. He fell backwards into the lake making a large splash as he went under.
'Ok it's a lake' He said coming to the surface and spiting some water out of his mouth.
Melodie couldn't stop laughing at the sight, She tried to speak but couldn't.
'Shut up' Lancelot said splashing some water at her.
She screamed as the water soaked through her dress. Lancelot swum back to shore and stood up.
'What don't like the water' He said grabbing her hand and pulling her into the lake with him. She gasped as she went under the water and was pulled to the surface.
'I can't swim' she spluttered grabbing hold of Lancelot
'You've been deprived' he said holding her up.
'Hey look' He said helping her swim over to a nearby rock. She grabbed hold of it and tried to get her breath back.
'What?' She panted.
'A cave' he said climbing up onto the rock. Melodie climbed up next to him. She started to see what he saw. It was a small gap made by two large rocks; she walked over and peered in.
'Go in' Lancelot said giving her a nudge from behind.
'What, why me?' She said turning around
'Because you're skinniest, you won't get stuck' He said smiling.
She looked back at the small gap grimacing. She could fit through, but the only time she'd been in a small place was when Barlalie locked her in a cupboard.
'I guess it will be alright' she said climbing down to a platform at the entrance of the cave.
'And if you get stuck then I'll visit you everyday' Lancelot joked looking into the cave. She walked in scrapping her arm on a rock she looked down as blood started to show on a long scratch. She walked further along noticing it widened out the further you got.
'It widens out' She yelled back to Lancelot
'I noticed' He said, She jumped hitting her head on the roof or the cave. She didn't realise he was already behind her. She rubbed her head as he laughed at her.
She jumped down a small ledge into shallow water. The water made splash noises as they walked along for about 5 minutes. Melodie suddenly stopped causing Lancelot to run into her form behind.
'Why'd you…' Lancelot began but stopped when he saw what she was looking at. The cave quickly opened out into a room, there was light coming from a small hole in the roof. And in the middle of the room was a small hut. It was made from sticks and held together with mud. Surrounding it were hundreds of bow and arrows and swords. All around the house covering the stone walls of the cave was what looked like to Melodie blue paint.
'We have to go' Lancelot said grabbing her hand and quickly climbing back up the ledge.
'Why?' She said looking back at the house. She'd never seen anything like it before and wanted to explore. He didn't answer just guided her outside. It was nearly dark and the sun was just setting.
'What was that?' She asked as Lancelot led the horse over to her.
'Woad hideout' He said drawing both his swords, 'wait here' he said leading her to several tightly grouped trees.
'If you see anything just run, run as fast as you can back to the village' He said, he was looking straight into her eyes and had the most serious look she had ever seen. He turned and walked slowly past the lake and out of view.
It was getting dark and Melodie could hardly see a thing. He had been gone for about 5 minutes when Melodie made a mistake a very big fatal mistake. Her nerves got the best of her. She steeped out from the cover of the trees and slowly walked to where Lancelot had disappeared from.
It was just the slightest unnatural sound that caught her ear. She was going to ignore it and go on, but her instincts took over, she stopped and looked to her right. And there it was, she saw several dark figures coming slowly towards her.
Now her instincts betrayed her, they told her to freeze; they stopped her from going anywhere. She tried to move but couldn't her head was screaming at her to move, telling her that if she didn't she'd die. She started to fade back into the trees slowly, she nearly screamed as she ran into someone behind her. The person spun her around and covered her mouth before she could make a sound.
A wave of relief rushed over her as she saw Lancelot's kind eyes staring back at her. He put his finger to his lips and took her hand leading her out of the forest. At the end of the forest the horse was waiting for them.
They rode back faster than before, they reached the gate and the guards opened it for them. Lancelot rode the horse back to the stable and helped her of.
'What's going on?' She asked more confused then she'd ever been
'Was that a woad?' She asked him as he put the horse away.
'I nearly let you go in by yourself, I 'm such an idiot' He said mostly to himself walking over to her.
'You're ok?' He asked taking her hand. She nodded.
He looked relived and lent down and kissed her on the forehead.
'Stay in the village, I have to talk to Arthur' He said leading her back up to the courtyard. He went in the opposite direction to her. She smiled to herself knowing she'd never forget this day. She started to think things were finally going good, the thought of Barlaie made her walk towards the tavern hopping to find him. She walked into the nearly empty tavern. She scanned the tables finding Baralie sitting by himself on a small table in the corner. She walked over and sat down across from him.
'Baralie what are you doing?' She asked noticing the many mugs of beer surrounding him. He looked up at her and took a drink.
'Time flies when you're…'
'Drunk?' She interrupted
'Well I was gonna say having fun but whatever' He said taking another drink.
'I went past the tree line, we found a cave and a woad hideout' she said. Baralie quickly looked up at the last thing she said.
'He led you to a woad hideout' He said standing up.
'He didn't lead me we just….' She started but was interrupted when Baralie grabbed her arm.
'You're hurt' He said looking at the large scratch on her arm.
'I'll kill him' He said drawing his sword and walking out of the tavern. Melodie quickly followed.
'What, he didn't do anything' She said running behind him.
'It's dangerous out there, he knows that, I know that' He said walking through the court yard looking around.
'It's not dangerous' She said standing in front of him.
'Yes it is, that's why I never wanted to take you out there' He yelled
Melodie stopped and looked at him in disbelief.
'You said you wanted to take me to the ocean… You were lying?' She said quietly
'This is his fault' Baralie said pushing past her towards the knights rooms.
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