Chapter 8 Thank you for all of your reviews and for reading. XOXOXO
Galahad came back with Arthur and Tristan about 10 minutes later. I sat up as Tristan came and knelled down in front of me examining my leg.
"I have to clean It." he said walking to get a wet cloth.
"Did you see him?" I asked Galahad referring to Hernam.
Tristan and Arthur both shot a quick look to Galahad to see what he would say, it looked suspicious.
"What?" I asked them curiously
"Lancelot found him." Arthur finally answered.
"And…?" I urged him.
"He killed him." Tristan said simply not looking up from what he was doing.
I could feel the knights watching me I didn't really know how to react though; I think I was more relieved than anything. Galahad snapped me out of my trance.
"In Noah's room." He said looking away.
"What?" I asked hoping I had heard him wrong.
When nobody said anything I jumped up and hurried to the door, trying to ignore the pain in my leg. Arthur stopped me by grabbing hold of my arm.
"Let go." I yelled trying to loosen his grip.
"We have to fix your leg." He said calmly. It had started to bleed again.
"Is Noah OK?" I asked him.
"He wasn't hurt." Arthur answered taking me outside and leading me to Noah's room. "Lancelot got to Hernam before he could hurt Noah."
We got to Noah's room and Arthur entered I closely followed him. There was blood on the floor Hernam's body wasn't in there. Noah was still laying down breathing steadily. My gaze wandered over to where Arthur had walked.
Lancelot was sitting on a chair looking tired. He had no shirt on and Dagonet was wrapping bandages around his stomach and chest. The probably once pure white bandages had been stained red with blood. I put my hand gently to my mouth in shock.
Lancelot lifted his head tiredly and smiled at me. I walked over to them just as Dagonet stood up.
"You'll be fine, just take it easy for a couple of days." Dagonet told Lancelot.
He nodded and started flexing his muscles seeing how far he could move without to much pain, I watched him as he winced in pain every so often.
Dagonet and Arthur both turned and walked out of the room.
"That was very brave." I said moving closer and sitting in a chair next to Lancelot. Hernam was
a lot bigger than Lancelot and could have hurt him a lot worse than he already had.
He didn't say anything just kept fiddling with his bandages.
"Why don't you experience fear like the rest of us?" I asked him curiously.
"The only time I feel fear like others do is when I think you might be hurt." He said looking up and watching me. "I fear for your safety before all others."
I swallowed hard and looked down. I felt his hand under my chin as he lifted my head back up to look at him. His face was closer than I had expected he moved to kiss me I started to lean in but Noah made a noise we had forgotten he was in the room. I stopped and looked over at Noah who had started to sit up. Lancelot sat back in his chair and sighed
I stood up and walked over to Noah he was rubbing his eyes.
"How are you feeling?" I asked him sitting down on his bed.
He put his hand to his head.
"I'll get someone." Lancelot said standing up wincing a little when he did.
"You need rest, I'll go" I said standing up and walking to him.
"I'm fine." He said brushing some hair of my face. "You stay with Noah." He said walking out of the room.
"What's going on?" Noah asked me groggily.
"Do you remember anything?" I asked kneeling next to his bed.
He turned his head and stared at me, "Your very pretty, But I don't remember you" He said finally, after looking at me for awhile.
I stood up and stared at him trying to figure out if this was one of his jokes.
"Noah I…" I couldn't think of anything to say, would I have to go through our 18 years of knowing each other again. Silent tears started falling down my face.
"It's me, Jess." I said finally rushing forward and taking his hand determined to make him remember. He was still a little groggy and had only just woken up maybe he needed a little time to get his memory back.
"Jess." Noah said to himself. "Sorry." He said turning back to me.
I shook my head and started to back away. It didn't seem like Noah something was different. I was still backing away when I ran into Arthur I hadn't even heard anyone come in. I turned around to face them. Lancelot had brought Arthur and Bors back.
"What is it?" Arthur asked me concerned after seeing the look on my face. I turned around to face Noah again he was rubbing his eyes with his hands.
"Noah?" Arthur said walking over with Bors to his bed.
"How are you feeling?" Bors asked him
Noah didn't answer he had his head slightly tilted to the side I wasn't even sure if he had heard the question. He was scanning Arthur and Bors's faces as if they were someone he had known a long time ago.
I stepped back and went out the door, he didn't recognize them either I sat down in the corridor opposite Noah's door.
Lancelot came out a few minutes later with some bandages and cloth, I had forgotten all about my leg. I looked down at it the blood was mostly dry and ran all the way down to my ankle.
He didn't say anything just sat in front of me. I took one of the cloths from him and started to clean my leg.
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The next morning as I was walking down to the hall for breakfast I had an idea in the back of my head. The more I thought about it the more it made sense; I started into a run excited to put my plan into action, when I saw Arthur talking with some villagers. I skidded into a halt in front of him; he laughed and held onto my shoulders so I wouldn't fall over.
"Where's the fire?" he asked smiling.
"I need to find Bors" I told him.
"Bors? I think he's having breakfast in the hall." He said "Why?"
I took of before answering. I ran into the hall Bors was eating with all the other knights. They all looked up as I entered.
"You OK?" Galahad asked
"Bors I need to talk to you." I said bouncing on my toes.
"Can it wait?" he asked looking back down at his food that he had barely touched, he was obviously still hungry.
I shook my head "Please Bors." I didn't want to say my idea in front of all the other knights I wasn't even sure if it was a good one.
Bors stood up a little reluctantly and walked out of the hall I smiled at the other knights and followed him.
"What is it Jess?" he said smiling
"What's going to happen to Noah? I asked
"Well…I doesn't look like he will get his full memory back." He said putting his hand on my shoulder. "He might be able to remember you in a couple of days and maybe his family but not much else, but who knows what might happen."
"What if…What if I showed Noah like people and stuff that might jog his memory." I asked. "What do you think?"
Bors thought for a minute then smiled. "I think it's a great idea, it's worth a try anyway."
"Thanks Bors." I kissed him on the cheek and then took of to the kitchens.
When I got to there some of the servants and nurses looked up I scanned their faces.
"Did anyone here talk or were friends with Noah?" I asked them hopefully
"I'm Alex I have been giving him breakfast." One of the servants finally said stepping forward. She was about 17 years old, had long dark straight hair and a pretty face.
"Great what breakfast?" I asked walking over to her.
"Bacon and eggs, every morning" She said smiling.
"Can you make that now? The same as you always do?" I asked.
She nodded and turned to make them "Bring them up to Noah's room when your done." I called after her.
"Anyone else?"
"I'm Jocelyn his nurse." A short woman said stepping forward "We occasionally talked."
"Perfect." I said taking her by the hand. My plan was to start with the most recent people that he had met, maybe if he remembered a couple of people the rest would come back to him.
I lead her into Noah's room. He was sitting on the bed and fiddling with a dagger. He looked over when we entered and smiled.
"Hi Jess" he said my heart jumped and I thought he might have gotten his memory back. But then I remembered that I had told him my name yesterday.
I smiled and walked over to him. "Do you remember anything?" I asked him hopefully
He shook his head and looked a little ashamed. I smiled at him.
"This is Jocelyn." I said leading the nurse in front of Noah. "She was your nurse and helped you
get better when you were shot with an arrow." I stepped back as Jocelyn tried to remind Noah of their past conversations. He didn't remember. Alex came in with the bacon and eggs they smelt strongly.
"This is Alex." I said to Noah "She's been bringing you breakfast." I added as Alex placed the food in front of him. Noah smelt the food and smiled a little.
"This smell is familiar." He said looking up at Alex.
"Its working." She said smiling at me.
"You two stay here" I said heading towards the door. "Keep talking to him."
I raced down the corridor back to the kitchens I rounded up about five more people who had ever given Noah food or talked to them they each made some food he had eaten and brought it up to him, each time he smiled but didn't fully remember.
I raced back down to the hall where the knights had been before maybe I needed someone who Noah had known for longer and had spent more time with.
The knights weren't in the hall I ran to the stables and found Galahad brushing his horse. He looked up when I came running in.
"What's going on?" he asked
"Come with me." I said grabbing his hand and taking him back to Noah's room.
He laughed when he saw all the people crammed into Noah's room.
"Party in Noah's room." He laughed as I dragged him in.
"Noah this is Galahad." I said pushing him in front of Noah. "He taught you to build a fire." I nodded at Galahad urging him to say something. The smile on Galahads face had vanished once he realized what I was trying to do.
"Umm…do you remember when Jess was too frightened to go to sleep because she thought she heard someone in the forest?" He said smiling. "So you and I stayed awake all night for her just in case and it turned out that Tristan had gone to sleep in there"
I hit Galahad in the arm I didn't want Noah remembering me being a coward. Noah and Galahad laughed, but he still had a bit of a confused look on his face.
"Keep going." I said as I walked out of the room, but Galahad had already started another story of: "Jess had just fallen over and you and I were trying not to collapse from laughing…"
I ran down to try and find someone Lancelot, Gawain, Bors and Dagonet were in the pub playing cards.
"How's the plan going?" Bors asked me looking up.
I shrugged I really didn't know how it was going the most he had remembered was the smell of bacon. "Can you guys come help?" I asked them
"Help with what?" Gawain asked
"I'll explain later." I said "Just come quick, before Galahad starts telling another story."
Lancelot stood up first "Come on." He said to Gawain clapping him on the shoulder. I was grateful to Lancelot for getting them all moving. Bors stood up and followed as I led them to Noah's room.
I walked in on Galahad and Noah laughing. "And she dropped her sword at the most crucial time…"
"OK that's enough." I said interrupting him and pulling him back.
I stood at the wall with Galahad as I watched Bors introduce himself and tell Noah about his children and a story of them going to get some fire wood and getting lost for 3 hours.
"Did jess find us?" Noah said suddenly looking over to me
Galahad took my hand and squeezed it. I smiled at Noah and nodded.
"Yeah." Bors said enthusiastically. "Jess found us walking about 200m from the campsite."
Noah laughed as Gawain stepped forward and told him how he had taught him to throw knives and carve arrows. He looked a little disappointed when Noah didn't really remember.
I smiled at Gawain as he came and stood on the other side of me. The room was getting very crowded the seven servants were still here watching keenly.
Lancelot stepped forward and introduced himself. "Do you remember that time at Marius's village and you told me if I hurt Jess you would tear me apart with your bare hands?" he asked smiling.
"And you said that you loved her and cared about her too much to ever hurt her." Noah said slowly.
Lancelot looked over at me and winked "I think he's getting his memory back."
I smiled back at him "Keep going." I said walking to the door when I went past Lancelot I lent up and kissed him quickly. I heard Gawain whistle as I went out the door to find some more people.
I ran down to the round table room Arthur and Tristan were in there talking, they both looked up when I ran in.
"Can you guys come with me?" I asked rushing over to Tristan and grabbing his hand.
"What's going on?" Tristan asked
"I'm trying to get Noah's memory back." I said
"Jess…"Tristan said sadly he probably thought it was a waste of time and I was just setting myself up for disappointment.
"No its ok, its working." I said as I started to pull him along.
"Please." I said looking over at Arthur.
He shrugged and started walking. Arthur laughed when he saw all the people packed into the small room. I lead Arthur forward Noah looked a little tired but he seemed to come around when Arthur stood in front of him.
I stood next to Lancelot against the wall and watched. Arthur had a different method to the other knights.
"Do you remember me?" he asked
Noah stared at him and thought for a bit before finally nodding. "You're Arthur."
Arthur continued for another 20 minutes trying to jog his memory he was going pretty well and had gotten Noah to remember why he was here and what they had done. He stepped back after a while and let Tristan go Arthur walked to the wall where the rest of the knights and I were all standing.
Tristan stepped forward he was my last hope I was already pretty happy with myself and had gotten Noah to remember quite a bit. I thought Tristan would be effective because he had known him the longest.
"Hi Tristan." Noah said laughing when he stepped forward.
Arthur clapped me on the shoulder it had worked he was going to be ok I was so relieved. After a while the servants and knights left, I sat next to Noah on the bed as Tristan and I went through memories we had of when we where younger. He kept finishing our sentences and had started telling his own stories after awhile.
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