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Chapter 8Being Home and Captured
About two and a half years later...
Estel got off the boat and looked at the view before him. They were home. Two people came up behind him followed by a small infantry army. The two figures were of course, Guinevere and her trusted side-kick, Natalie. Yet, they were both dressed as men. They had to be men to join the sxon army though, so it's not like that actually wantedo be in that position. Anyway...
"The rest of the army is coming in a couple nights, sir." said Guinevere. From behind her a man came up. This man was Crynic, son of the saxon leader Cerdic. He pointed to a cliff where people had gathered to see who was approaching the shore. He pulled out his crossbow and told everone to do the same.
"KILL THEM!" Natalie turned towards him and knocked him over. "Your father said not to make any moves until he came!" Crynic got up and looked at her. "These are my men, we are not moving, we are attacking." Natalie ignored him and pulled out her bow.
Now, there were men in front of her and Guinevere. An idea popped intoer head. She took an arrow out and shot it into the saxon in front of her. Crynic came over, face red with anger and frustration. "You have no aim, you killed your ally you murderer! Kill them," he yelled pointing at the people on the cliff that were shooting back. "Or I'll have your head!" he finished and started to walk away to join the crossbowmen up front.
"That's not what you said last night." a smile glimmered on her face. The men around them, and Guinevere,stopped and looked at Crynic. Guinevere smiled at Natalie and winked. Estel looked to Crynic and said, "I never knew you were into men." Crynic took out his dagger and went to hit Natalie, but missed. He walked away to the rear of the group.
After awhile the saxons assumed they killed everyone that was looking at them while they approached the shores. Crynic started to command orders. "We will spend the rest of the days here waiting for the rest of the army! I need scouts!"
Estel, Natalie, and Guinevere walked over to him. "You need scouts, you've found scouts." said Guinevere, sounding like a man with a very bad cold. Crynic looked at them. "Fine, but take Loax and Geon with you." Estel looked over at the two approaching men, "Happily." he stated.
They all packed some supplies and headed out. They were in a wooded part of northern Briton when it was time to strike. Natalie walked over to Loax and asked him if she could see his dagger and split his throat with it quickly. He made some strange sound then just fell to the floor.
The other man, Geon,pulled out his sword and ran towards her, but he fell to the ground when an arrow hit him in the chest, then another in the neck. Both Estel and Guinevere jumped from the trees. "He was suppose to be mine." said Guinevere to Estel. He looked at her. "We both got a shot, call it even." She nodded in approval.
Natalie laughed at them and looked down at herself. "Maybe we should change into our woad attire before we enter a woad village. Estel and Guinevere laughed too and got changed.
The three girls and the knights were sitting on the wall. Lauren was talking to Gawain about the ways to kill a rabbit, while Galahad and Selene kept sending the pair death glares. Tristan and Emilee both noticed and it made them want to smile, but neither did so.
Emilee walked over to the wall and looked over at northern Briton. "That is no longer freedom." she said to herself more than everone around her. Selene walked up beside her. "That was never freedom for me." said Selene looking at Emilee. "I've never truly got to experience what was out there."
Emilee nodded. "Natalie loved it out there. She was amazed by it. Though, she didn't all it freedom neither. No woad never has ecept for those that lived hundred of years ago."
"And you will never see it." said Lancelot coming up to the girls with Tristan next to him. Emilee nodded. "Freedom is somewhere with no bounderies. That is what I say."
Selene shook her head. "No, freedom is not anywhere at all. Freedom is a place in the heart. Freedom is when you can wonder where you choose, when you can love what you want, when you do not have to worry, when you don't have to cry, when you and nature are one, when your heart doesn't have to break." Emilee looke at Selene and chuckled.
"Did you know, Merlin said that right after the romans attacked. Natalie memorized the wjole thing and said someday she would be in front of a whole group of warriors and saying the same thing." Selene looked at Emilee, "Let us not talk about the pat and deaths. The knights get their freedom soon."
Lancelot nodded as did Tristan. "Fifteen years and I'm getting it!" screamed Lancelot over the side of the wall. Arthur came up to where everyone was.
"Knights, we are to go on a mission. Woads have been acting up again." Emilee heard what he walked away and down the steps followed by Selene. Lauren got up and walked to Arthur. "I hope you know, we are not all bad. Look at your mother...she was one of us." Arthur put a hand on her shoulder and dismissed her.
He followed the knights to the training grounds.
Three blue figures ran through the trees. Running one minute than swinging from tree to tree the next. "The village is about two miles away." said Estel as he went in front of the girls to check ahead.
A while later the wo people came to find Estel on his knees staring at the village. It was perfectly fine, but was deserted. It didn't make sense. "Do you think they know about the saxons?" asked Guinevere. Natalie shrugged.
"Let's try the next village, it is pretty close." said Natalie. They got up and walked/ ran to the next village. There were people there, but they were dressed up in war clothes. Estel pointed out Mrlin and they head over.
Merlin felt a presense he had not felt in a while coming towards him. Reacting he turned around to fing three tiresome figures standing there. He planted a smile on his face and opened his arms to the people. Two of them smiled and jumped into his arms. When they pulled away he spoke.
"Guinevere, my daughter," he kissed her cheek. "And Natalie and Estel," he bowed to them. "You came right on time." Estel looked confused. Natalie spoke for him though.
"What exactly did we come in time for?" she asked. Merlin looked at her. "The first battle with the saxons, of course!" Three mouths suddenly dropped. Merlin actually looked happy about it. Natalie smacked her forhead. "You're happy about this? They are dangerous!" Merlin looked at her and nodded. "I know, now go, they are all leaving."
Natalie starting to grunt about how dumb Merlin was when they were heading towards the saxon infantry camp. Guinevere stopped and made Natalie stop too. "He is my father you know!" she yelled playing with Natalie. "Fine, then I should duel you!" yelled Natalie.
None of the woads payed attentiion because they had already passed them and now the two girls were alone. They started to play fight when an arrow came through the trees and embedded itself into Natalie's leg. "Naz!" screamed Guinevere as she went over o the fallen Natalie. :"The battle, it must have started...how though? We aren't close to the saxons! They move slow too:" screamed Natalie as her face showed an expression of pain nd worry.
A guy came up behind Guinevere and pusked her away. It was Nilon. "THe battle did not start. But the battle is over for you." he said as he pulled out a short sword. "You are a traitor, you killed Selene!" Nilon yalled as he pushed the sword dwon. Yet, the sword landed inside the ground because Natalie rowed away towards Guinevere.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you. I warned the Roman guards in the Northern Roman estate that two woads were here. They willbe here soon." He grapped them both and tied them up.
Natalie looked over at Guinevere when Nilon left. "He thought I killed Selene? If only he knew she was alive. He blames me fore everyone's death, though she's not dead. But, now we are going to die."
Guinevere tried to move but couln't, she was tied to the tree and the bonds were to tight. "We didn't even fight back!" she screamed. JUst then four ugly roman guards came over the the girls.
"Well, well, well, look like we might fill some cells in that chamber now." Natalie and Guinevere looked at eachother. They both didn't fight back when they were taken away.
The Roman guards dropped the girls onto the floor, making Natalie groan in man because she laded on her wounded leg. A man came up to them and looked at them. "They are woads! Put thme in the cells and make them wish they were not such followers of paganism and those vile creatures!"
Up in the main building of the estate a woman looked down at her hsband and the two girls. She felt bad for them, her husband was an evil man. She knew this first handed too. Looking over she saw her son, Alecto sleeping. She walked over to him and gave him a kiss before exiting the room towards the kitchens.
Natalie fell to the ground with a big thud. Her leg was killing her. She knew this would be her death, but for once she didn't want to die.
Guinevere was thrown into the cell next to her and she tried to talk to her, but found that she couldn't. Guinevere was breathing heavy, but Natalie couldn't tell why. That's when she heard Guinevere speak. "Nat, we will get out. Just please live." With that, Natalie just passed out. Everything went black.
Guinevere told Natalie to heard on, but got no response back. She wondered if her friend was alright. Sometime later, she hadn't heard any movement from the cell next to her, which belonged to Natalie. Soemtime later she heard a door creack open, but not the dorr she came through early that day or week, whenever it was.
A woman came before her cell and opened it up. "Eat this." said the woman. Guinevere did so. She did care if it was poisoned. After eating some food she looked at the woman, who was staring at her.
"I'm Guinevere." Gwen introduced herself. The woman smiled. "Fuliciana" Guinevere smile and rested her head on the wall and pulled her cold body together. "That is a nice name." Fuliciana mumbled a thank-you and went on to the next cell, which belonged to Natalie.
Natalie woke up when her cell opened. It was a woman. Natalie looked at her and aid, "You are a friend of Guinevere?" Natalie knew the woman probabaly already spoke to Guinevere so she actually responded. "Yes, I am Natalie." Fuliciana introduced herself as well.
After Natale ate, she let Fuliciana look up her cell. Before the woman could walk away Natalie called out for her. The woman turned around and bent down so she was face to face with Natalie.
"Fuliciana, my guardian angel." Natalie whispered. Fuliciana smiled and responded. "Natalie, the one I will protect." With that Fuliciana headed out through a door and let the monks enter days later, ready to torture.
Sorry this chapter kind of sucked, but I wanted to get it up today and I have so much to do. My mom is making me clean pretty much the whole house! Boo hoo.
Well please people review and tell me what you think. The next chapetr won't be as messy and will contain more humor because it mostly taked place at the wall. Yeah, so tell me if the story's terrible or great! Well, bye bye
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