Fenella
By Mustang Gal
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: You should probably have guessed by now, I own nothing except what I make up- and that's hardly going to make me rich now, is it?
Summary: I thought it would be interesting to write a Dagonet/OC romance where his love interest is beautiful. So flame me if you think it sounds Mary sueish. I happen to like my main characters being strong, warrior women. I just wanted to write this. Besides I believe women can fight just as well as men, why should it matter what she looks like?
Ephona
Thanks for your review.
SpectralLady
Thanks, well here's some more.
PhoenixFyre
Thanks. I just adore Dagonet, he rocks my socks!
Dazzler420
Thanks. Yeah she is a bit, lets just say she kind of hates her life and fighting's something she likes doing to forget all her problems. Something like that. I'll address the Adelphious thing soon.
Haley2
Thanks. I thought I'd make those three protective. I wasn't sure why I picked Tristan. But it seemed to fit.
Quin-FanFicAddict
Thank you! I just love Dagonet. There's been more Dag/OC stories recently. It's quite a trend now. Thanks for your support. Yeah I might make Adelphious suffer (cackles evilly) Lancelot's alright, he was just a bit drunk in this chapter. Don't worry Fenella will sort him out though. But Kay's gonna be trouble.
Gryffindors-seeker
Yeah Fenella is gonna end up confiding in Dagonet. Probably not right away, she doesn't know him very well yet.
Scorpian
Dagonet rules doesn't he? I love him.
Fenella woke before the sun rose because of a knock on the door.
"Coming" she muttered and went to put a cape over her rather skimpy sleeping gear. The door opened and Dagonet looked in. He saw her, she hadn't put the cape on yet and blushing turned away.
"Sorry" he said slightly breathless "I thought you said Come in." He explained.
"That's alright- I should have been clearer. You can look now- I'm decent." He turned to see her wearing a cape and was slightly disappointed.
"What was it you came here so early for?" Fenella asked, slightly flushed.
"Ummm, Arthur wanted us to meet him in the stables. You better hurry- bring your weapons. I'll be waiting outside for you." He said and closed the door.
Fenella quickly put on her clothes and some light armor, strapping knives onto her. She splashed her face with water and cleaned her teeth with a little brush that she bought in a market. In record time she was out the door, bringing her bow with her. Dagonet was true to his word. He was waiting for her and they walked to the stables together. As they were walking out of the barracks Lancelot joined them. He was silent for a little while.
"Fenella." He said suddenly.
"Yes" She asked wearily.
"I'm sorry for last night… I was stupid." He apologized.
"That's okay. So friends?" She asked as they stopped just before the stables.
"Friends." Lancelot agreed flashing his winning smile and shook her hand. Dagonet noticed the way he looked at her- full of lust and he didn't like it.
Arthur told them of some problems with Irish Raiders, as the Knights moved off to saddle their horses Arthur stopped her.
"Fenella are you sure you want to come?" he whispered. She glared at him reproachfully.
"Of course I do." Then she remembered something. "Arthur, I don't have a horse." She said. Arthur thought for a moment.
"Well, we have a new one. He's never been tried before, want to see him?" Fenella nodded.
Arthur took her to a big brute of a horse, a huge black stallion with a white face. She noted he had one blue eye, which made him look slightly evil. Fenella held out her hands and he sniffed it. After she was sure he'd accept her she entered his stall.
"Is
that his tack?" she asked pointing to tack on his stall wall. Arthur nodded.
"Does he have a name?" She asked.
Arthur shook his head. "Well the stable lads call him a lot of things, but I
doubt they'd make suitable names." Arthur said chuckling.
Fenella looked the stallion over.
"Tell me when the missions over if you want him. If you need to swap, borrow a more docile mount from one of the knights. If you don't want him we'll find you another." Arthur said. Fenella immediately flared up.
"I'll handle him just fine!" She said. Then she turned to the stallion and saddled him.
Fenella led the big horse to a court yard where some of the knights were assembling. They all watched her intently, after all the horse's reputation as trouble preceded him. Fenella turned to the horse, and started talking soothingly to him. He flicked an ear back and regarded her with a big blue eye. She gathered the reins in her hand and mounted him. She settled on his broad, powerful back and could feel him stiffen. She patted his neck gently.
"Shhhh" she said to the fidgeting horse. After a little while the Knights rode of to a fort where they would find Roman soldiers to help with the Irish. As the stallion moved off Fenella could feel the power radiating from his, his stride and the proud carriage of his head. He tested her ability a couple of times which made the knights- especially Dagonet and Arthur worry but Fenella stayed on him. After a while the stallion calmed down, and so did the Knights. Fenella rode beside Dagonet on his black mare they talked a bit- but not much. Sometimes other Knights would come and talk to her and Fenella got to know them better- they weren't that bad. Dagonet looked after her very well and Fenella warmed up to this man the best. There was something about him- something good.
"Ahhhh, the perfect place for a race. I bet my Pedro could beat any of you're mules." Bedivere boasted as they came upon a long, rather flat stretch of land. The Knights all looked at each other and grinned. All of them except for Arthur, Dagonet and Fenella started racing off. The big black stallion Fenella was riding saw this and started shaking his head, wanting to join the race. Fenella grinned.
"Why the hell not?" she asked no one in particular. She gave a war cry and let the stallion have his head. The massive horse jumped out from underneath her with a huge surge of power. If Fenella had have looked back she would have seen Dagonet come galloping after her, worried. The racing knights had a head start but the stallion made up the ground easily, he passed every one and gained a big lead and kept it. She rode until the end of the flat land and reined in, with difficulty and waited for the knights with a huge, smug smile.
'Good God this horse is incredible. I've got to keep him.' She thought to herself as Bedivere- who came second reined in.
The Knights stared in wonder at Fenella and her stallion. They thought she couldn't ride, well they were wrong. Dagonet and Arthur joined the group.
"Are you alright?" Arthur asked. She nodded happily.
"Could I keep him?" she asked the commander, who nodded.
"Have you thought of a name for him?" Bedivere asked.
"I think I'll call him Goliath." Fenella said smiling.
After the race the Knights rode for a couple of hours. Dagonet and Fenella rode in companionable silence for most of the way.
"Fenella." Dagonet said quietly, Fenella looked at him.
"You did a good job in that race." He said then continued riding. Fenella smiled.
That knight when they made camp Fenella placed her bed roll next to Dagonet. She woke very early the next morning with a muscular arm wrapped around her. She stiffened at first the saw it was Dagonet she relaxed. Looking around she noticed that the Knights were still asleep, so she snuggled into Dagonet and fell asleep again.
Arthur smiled when he woke at the sleeping figures of Dagonet and Fenella snuggled up together. Dagonet had his arm wrapped protectively around Fenella's waist and Fenella was facing him, face buried into his chest. Dagonet must have sensed Arthur watching him because he woke and looked at Arthur before his gaze fell back to the sleeping woman with him. He smiled to himself- Fenella looked like a sleeping child. Sometime during the night she had gotten cold and snuggled up to Dagonet, he had been greatly surprised, but pleased when she did that. He was unwilling to wake her up, she looked like she needed sleep so he stayed there and let her sleep. One by one most of the Knights woke and saw Dagonet and Fenella. At first most were shocked out of the skin and whenever someone asked what Dagonet was up to he's sheepily reply that he didn't want to disturb her. The Knights smiled knowingly at each other- though Kay looked like he had a sword up his bum. After a while Dagonet decided it was time to get moving. He prodded the sleeping woman with his finger. Fenella stirred and muttered into Dagonet's chest. He smiled and sat up gently pulling Fenella up. Suddenly without warning she jumped and cried "No" in an anguished voice.
"Fenella what's wrong?" Dagonet asked her, surprised.
"I thought, I thought you were Adelphious." She said breathing heavily. Dagonet cradled her head to his chest and smoothed her hair with his large fingers.
"Shhhh it's alright. Don't worry that man will never lay a hand on you ever again. If he does I'll kill him." He said softly. The Knights looked on in interest.
"No you won't," Fenella said "I'll kill him, he won't dictate my life ever again. I'll never be free of him again- but this is as close as I'll ever get." She said softly and stood to tack up Goliath.
A/N: So there's the second chapter. What do you think? When should I start introducing romantic feelings?