Well meant deception
Rating: PG 13
I own nothing except places and people I make up. I don't even own the Knights you see in this chapter that weren't in the movie. The only knight I own is Sabina. A warning, there is swearing and fighting in this chapter.
Chapter Three: First Fight
MonDieu666
Thanks! Yeah Tristan's hell hot- but so are most of the others :p By the way, how much longer is A New Way Of Life going to be? Are you going to write another story? That would be good, hint hint. I want to know what happens to Emile and Tristan.
Dazzler420
Thanks for reading it, I'm glad you thought you made the right decision. I'm not sure where I'm going with the pairing yet. I'll just see what happens.
HGandRHrforever
Thanks for your review- lots of the Knights are yummy. Dagonet's my favorite Knight, even if he's not the hottest. He's still good looking- and every time I see him in the movie or see a picture of him he keeps looking better and better. But Galahad, Gawain, Lancelot, Tristan and Arthur are all freaking hot.
Elvenstar5
Thanks again, I'll update as soon as I possibly can.
As they walked into the bar Sabina looked around, searching for the knights. Bors was being lectured by an harassed looking Vanora, who was holding on to a toddler while serving drinks. One of the younger serving girls was flirting with a flustered looking Galahad; Gawain had a big bosomed blonde on his knees and looked like he was thoroughly enjoying himself. Gareth had a black haired wench on his lap and Sabina winced as Kay pulled a small redhead onto his lap a little too forcefully when she refused to sit with him. Tristan and Lionel sat in a corner doing business with some scared looking Roman soldiers. Lancelot and Bedivere were flirting with a pretty brunette. Percivale, Bleoberis and Safir all sat at a table drinking, ignoring the women. Palomides flagged down a serving wench and got three mugs of grog. Palomides, Dagonet and Sabina made their way over to a table and were joined by Tristan, Galahad and Gawain.
"Did you hear about the news?" Gawain asked, sitting down.
"What news?" Tristan asked.
"Well, I overheard- quite accidentally" Gawain started putting on an innocent look that we all saw through immediately "the Roman Commander that was in the caravan talking to Arthur. He said that our new friends here-"he swept his arms in a wide arc, narrowly missing Galahad to gesture to Galahad, Sabina and Kay-"are the last recruits we are to get. The rest of the Samartian lads are to go to Rome's new post in Arabia. And that's not all- a force of Saxons are going to land down south, we'll have to go dispose of them with a bunch of Romans." We were quiet while we took this in.
"So you're sure about the lads…" Dagonet asked.
"Yep. And the Saxons- there's not many but Rome- and Arthur are worried that they'll build up their forces for a big attack. They want to warn them- tell them it's a bad idea." Gawain said.
"Well, Gawain I must say I'm impresses I never thought that-"Palomides started solemnly but was cut short by Gawain.
"-I know, I am the most brilliant man here." Gawain said with a smug smirk. While Lancelot and Bedivere walked over.
"I was going to say I'm impressed I never thought that an oafish git like you could eavesdrop in the first place." Palomides finished still looking solemn. Sabina and the Knights laughed.
"So what was it that our oafish git heard?" Lancelot asked ruffling the glaring Gawain's hair. Palomides told Lancelot and Bedivere the news.
"No more Samartians in Briton then and it looks like our new arrivals are to have their first 'blooding' with us soon." Bedivere said, eyes twinkling.
The knights started talking about the Saxons, and how no new boys would come to Briton. After a while they noticed Arthur moving around the room talking to the knights who weren't part of the group Sabina was in. When he made his way over Gawain drunkenly told him to drink. Arthur declined- albeit politely.
"Knights, I must ask you to meet with me in the table room. Right now." He said and walked away.
We all made our way to the table room and sat down; I sat in between Galahad and Tristan.
"Knights" Arthur began when we were all seated "You probably have already heard of this by now, but I have two pieces of news. One- No Samartian lads are going to join us again. Some will go to other posts throughout Briton and others will go to Arabia." We all stared at Gawain, perhaps he wasn't that good at eavesdropping. However Arthur acted like he knew nothing of Gawain's attempts to eavesdrop and continued. "Two- a force of Saxons is to land on a beach south of here. A company of Roman Cavalry and we are to go to where the Saxons are to land and ambush them. We leave tomorrow, go prepare. Goodnight." Arthur said and left the room.
Sabina went back to her room and packed the essentials she would need. She also cleaned her armor and weapons before going to bed. She woke up early in the morning like she always did- usually to get a little practice in. This time however she went straight to the stables after dressing, eating a meal left by a serving girl and washing. She dumped her gear by Bonnies stall and noted that the stable boy had done the task she asked of him the night before. Bonnie had been fed, and watered. She was patting her mare when Dagonet walked in.
"Good morning." He said then walked over to his horse.
"Morning." Sabina replied, then realized her voice sounded distinctly girlie. Oh shit. She thought. Dagonet paused for a second, but Sabina couldn't see his face. Crap, he's going to ask questions. She heard him start to talk and thought that this was it- she'd been discovered but was relieved when he told her it would be a good idea to saddle her mount and take it for a quick ride to work out any kinks from spending a night in a stable. Sabina who was about to do just that turned and saw Tristan in the doorway- Oh no she thought he probably heard her 'slip' up. Tristan nodded to Sabina, eyes and face emotionless and Sabina nodded back. Then she got a Hessian sack and filled it with her horse's food like Dagonet was doing. This was to go in a supply wagon. She got Bonnie's tack and saddled her up, led her out of her stall and strapped on her gear and weapons. Leading Bonnie out to a yard where she could exercise her mare she passed all the knights, including Arthur. She mounted Bonnie and was joined by Dagonet. He looked at her and Sabina just managed to suppress a shiver. He rode next to her and put a large hand on her shoulder. The touch of his hand seemed to make her burn, but in a good way.
"If there's something you want to tell me, you can trust me to keep it secret- whatever it is." He said, looking her in the eyes.
Sabina swallowed. Could she trust him? She probably could, but she wasn't about to tell everyone yet. A strange feeling overcame her and she found herself wanting to tell him everything. She opened her mouth to speak.
"If there's something of importance for me to tell you, concerning you I will. But I hold no secrets that concern you- only me." She said instead and he nodded and withdrew his hand from her shoulder and rode off. Leaving Sabina feeling very confused and very much alone.
The Knights rode along the wall for most of the way, and about three miles from the beach where the Saxons were to land they met the Romans. Some of the Knights including Sabina, Dagonet, Tristan, Lionel and Safir went scouting. Sabina and Tristan each got a Saxon scout. He nodded at her appreciatively when he saw her kill the Saxon- it was a difficult kill. Even just shooting to wound him would have been hard but Sabina killed him with a clean shot to the eye. Sabina and the best scouts from the Knights went quietly to the beach where the Saxons were to land. Together they killed the five Saxon scouts and after they were sure there were no more Saxons they signaled the other Knight and Romans forward. The main army hid behind in trees behind the beach. The knights and some Roman captains met together. The tension between the Samartians and Romans was high. Arthur was standing silent deep in thought.
"The Saxons are in sight!" Galahad said running up to them. The knights and Roman commanders galloped their horses to a spot where they could look over the water without the Saxons seeing them. The beaches where the Saxons chose to land was very sandy, there were caves and large rocks to the right and left giving about two hundred meters of clear white sand. Sabina studied the land thoughtfully. Behind the beach it was heavily wooded. The Romans and Sarmatians could hide in the trees and ambush the Saxons when they landed. She turned when she heard Arthur suggesting the same thing. The Roman officer looked like he was going to argue but Sabina and the Knights were standing behind their Captain looking menacingly at the Roman. He didn't end up arguing and agreed readily to Arthur's plans. Sabina knew he was scared of her and the other knights. She heard the Romans talking. They thought the Samartians were evil pagans, who killed for pleasure. Well, the last part would be true she thought thinking of some of the knights. Riding back to the army she decided to leave Bonnie in the trees. Her horse would have trouble moving swiftly in the heavy sand, she would slip and probably hurt herself. All the other knights did the same and a few smarter Romans also abandoned their horses. She waited in the trees, hearing the Saxons getting of the ship. They were so sloppy! The Scouts were bad, they didn't send anymore ahead while they landed and they weren't being quiet about landing either. The time to attack would be soon. The Knights and Arthur were to lead the attack, they were lying behind a small bank reasonably close to the Beach. Behind them in the trees were archers, underneath them hiding were Roman soldiers on foot, and behind them were the Romans on horse back. They needed to be further back to avoid being seen. Lying between Dagonet and Galahad, Sabina was nervous. She'd been in combat before- but not like this. The Knights would be fighting a number significantly larger than them for a time before the Romans attacked. She licked her lips and listened carefully, breathing very softly. She was aware of everything around her. The sand starting to creep into her armor, sticking to her lips and tongue, her own soft breathing. She could feel Dagonet's and Galahad's thighs against hers, their soft breathing. She glanced first at Galahad through the corner of her eyes, he seemed nervous; she gave him a reassuring smile which he replied to. She glanced at Dagonet next, who seemed almost, well, relaxed. He smiled at her and she smiled back. She could feel the nervousness start to slide away to be replaced with an adrenalin rush, excitement. Galahad poked her once with his finger, a signal to get ready. She poked Dagonet and got her sword. A second later Galahad poked her with his foot and she did the same to Dagonet- it was time. Suddenly Arthur rushed up, followed by the rest of the knights. Sabina leapt from her hiding place and charged with the knights. The Saxons turned startled as the Knights launched themselves at them, a sudden strong wing had hid all sounds they made. It was so hard running in the sand, the sand seemed to drag her down and she could see others having trouble. She hacked and slashed and was only just aware of the Romans attacking the Saxons. She fought although she could feel the sand in her armor pulling her down. She saw Dagonet stumble to the ground close by her. He tried to rise, but couldn't. She pulled out one of her knives and hit his attacker in the chest. She rushed over to Dagonet, recovered her knife, which she held in her teeth. Ignoring the Saxons blood, she tried to pull Dagonet up, although he was helping it was hard, tiring work but they did it. He got up, took in her appearance and grunted his thanks. What Dagonet saw was Sabina looking more girly than ever, it was the way her hair sat he thought later. But then thought that he must be mad. The lad was covered in blood mixed with sand, with a bloody dagger in between his teeth- that wasn't girlie.
Sabina returned to the battle, terribly weary. The sand in her armor made her heavy, and this sand was hard to walk in. Her throat was dry and full of blood and sand. The blood was hers, and some unfortunate Saxon she had killed. One's throat that she has just slit spurted blood and Sabina had her mouth open. She spat it out in disgust, but some lingered mixed with her own blood that she got when a large Saxon punched her mouth, loosening a tooth. Despite this she still had the adrenaline rush, the blood lust. She saw Bedivere fall a Saxons axe biting into his chest. She rushed over with Lancelot, who was one of Bedivere's closest friends. Lancelot gutted the soldier who killed Bedivere while Sabina neatly beheaded a dirty Saxon. She felt an arrow pierce her calf.
"Fuck." She cursed. She took out her own bow and shot the clumsy Saxon archer who was stringing another bow to finish her of. She forgot all about the arrow in her leg as two Saxons rushed her. Screaming, both were wielding large axes.
"Idiots." She muttered. She ducked the first wild swing of a big blonde and gutted him, twirling around she slashed his friends chest, but was hit when his axe slipped from his hands. She cursed, but was only hit with the blunt side on her shoulder. Looking around she noted that the last of the Saxons, able to fight were slain. She heard a pitiful gurgling coming from underneath her. She looked down, the Saxon she had just gutted was dieing, blood gurgling in bubbles from his mouth. She took pity on him and cut his throat. Looking around she saw Lancelot trying to rise, blood falling from a wound in his side. She went over to his and checked out his wound. It wasn't deep; he probably couldn't get up because of the sand. She sheathed her bloody and sandy sword and put her arms under his armpits to help him up. She helped him over to the wagons where the wounded were to go. A boy her own age took care of him, a girl came to take care of Sabina, and she led her over to a makeshift bench and helped her sit next to Dagonet. It finally struck her how tired she was. The girl, a little older than Sabina, looked strangely familiar. She helped Sabina out of her armor so that Sabina was wearing a padded vest over a tunic and breeches. She helped Sabina drink then wiped her face. When she cleaned her face and looked into Sabina's eyes a glimmer of recognition flashed in them.
"Sabina!" She cried, and suddenly Sabina recognized the girl, Stephie, an old friend. She was about to reply, asking how her old friend was but then she realized. She was supposed to be a boy, and Dagonet was looking at her curiously.
"No, Salem." Sabina said acting confused. Stephie registered that Sabina didn't want to be known.
"I'm sorry Sir Knight." She said dropping her eyelids." You remind me of an old childhood friend, she died though, I just thought- I hoped, that you know…" she trailed of. "Foolish, I know." Sabina made herself look like she was sorry for this girl, making Stephie look like a stranger.
"No, I know how you feel. I'm sorry for your loss." Stephie looked ready to cry.
"I'll be right back sir knight." She said and wandered off to a wounded Roman soldier.
"That was interesting." Dagonet said. Looking at Stephie. Sabina was looking there too.
"Poor girl." Sabina said. Thinking carefully…
A/N: So there you go, I updated. Do you think I should up the rating? R&R please. Cookies, chocolate, lollies and my undying devotion to those who do. I made up the part about no more Sarmatian boys coming to Briton.