Note: Thanks for the reviews! Now I need a little input. What should happen? Should her secret be revealed now or later? Should Kida and Liam be part of the last days of the knights servitude? Should they be part of the events of the movie? Just wondering what you think should happen and hopefully Kida's romance will happen soon, hopefully. I apologize in advance if it is bad for I am not a romantic. Thank you for reading this note and have a smashing day.

Alone To Fight

Kida rode hard back to the fort as fast as her horse could go. The guards saw her coming and had the gate open for her. She flew through them and rode to the practice yard. As she galloped up the hill she was spotted by Jols and he alerted Arthur. He waited for her as she pulled her horse to a stop.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Woads!" Kida cried.

"Woads? Where?" Arthur asked.

"Woods…Liam…Took…Message…" she gasped.

"Woods? Liam? Message?" Arthur asked.

"They took Liam and told me to tell you he would not be killed until he could kill all of you."

There was a gasp from the knights then they all looked at Arthur. "Prepare for battle," he said and walked back into the fort. Without hesitation the knights left and geared up. Within ten minutes they were all geared and ready to go. Jols and some of the stable boys had mounts ready for them. Kida dismounted and took a fresh horse.

Lysander walked out with his knights and found Kida ready to fight. "What are you doing?" he asked her.

She turned around and said, "I'm going out with them."

"No you're not. I did not give the orders," Lysander said.

"I need no orders from you, besides I thought we were all on the same side?"

Lysander blinked and Kida smiled, she outsmarted him that time. Arthur and Lancelot came out of the building and mounted their horses. Arthur glanced at Kida but he did no make a remark. Arthur called his knights to him and they rode out of the yard in two single-filed lines with Kida bringing up the rear.

Lysander watched as Arthur, his knights and Kiran rode out of the gates. He fumed, for Kiran defied him and went with Arthur. He was Kiran's commander not Arthur. He called his knights to him and called for mounts for them. He would not be out done by an insolent boy. His knights readied themselves and soon they followed Arthur and his knights to the woods to face the blue demons.

Liam woke to the faces of the blue demons. They were sneering at him and speaking to him in a foreign tongue. He watched them as they painted each other and readied their weapons; it was as if they were preparing for a war.

Arthur led his knights towards the woods. He was not going to leave one of his men to the enemy. He knew it was a trap but he could not let them think they scared him. Once they reached the edge of the forest he sent Tristan ahead to scout and clustered the rest of them to him for he learned long ago that dividing his forces was not a good idea when dealing with the Woads in their territory.

Kida waited silently, she prayed that her brother was still alive. She knew she would have to pay dearly for what she disobeying Lysander but she did not care, Lysander was an imbecile. She rode next to Dag and Bors. They seemed to have formed walls around her as if protecting her. It insulted her that they felt like they needed to protect her; after all she had been fighting Woads almost as long as they had.

They stood in a cluster waiting for word from Tristan. The air was still and the horses quivered, they knew what was about to begin.

Lysander stopped his knights about two leagues from the forest. He ordered his men to dismount and watched Arthur and his knights' cluster at the forest's edge. He would not help them, he was sure about that. If the blue demons came after him then he would fight, until then he would do nothing. His knights looked at him oddly but none of them said anything for they knew their commander was in a foul mood and could not be reasoned with.

He scanned the group for his disobedient knight; he would make him pay dearly for what he did. An evil smile crept across his lips. What happened to him? This man that was usually level-headed and fair had been driven completely mad by this odd small knight. The older knights noticed the great change and thought the boy a witch and demanded his death, perhaps now would be the time for them to do away with him without an inquiry. The thought of revenge made the knights eager but they had to wait for exactly the right moment to strike.

Tristan scanned the shadows. They were there, he could sense them, just where they were presented him with a problem. He listened for the sound of his bird but heard nothing. The trees seemed to have grown eyes. The air felt heavy as if the earth was holding its breathe in knowledge of what was going to happen.

The knights eyed the forest. They were there they had to be. Arthur looked at his knights, they were ready to fight. In the distance he noticed Lysander and his knights sitting on the hill. It baffled him to what Lysander was doing up there and not down with him and his knights.

Kida waited silently, they were there waiting for them, if she had her way she would kill them all. It was hard for her to just sit there and wait. Finally, she grew sick of waiting and left the knights ranks. Bors and Dag looked at her confused. She pulled her horse towards the forest and rode into it. She was going to find Liam even if it was the last thing she did.

Lysander's jaw dropped as he watched Kiran ride out into the forest. What was that boy doing? He knew he was mad but not suicidal. All the other knights watched the crazy boy ride into the shadows surly doomed to meet his death within the dark woods.

Liam laid in the dark. He wished they would not come but he knew they would, Arthur would never leave one of his men to the enemy. He felt stupid for getting himself caught and hoped that Kiran made it back to the fort all right. The Woads kept a close watch on him leaving him with no way to escape.

The Woads were excited; he could feel it in the air. The main force of the demons had left, probably to annihilate Arthur and the others. If there were some way for him to prevent it, but hope was not present for he knew he could not escape. Death was inevitable and all he could do was wait for it.

Kida crept through the shadows. There was no sign of the Woads or Tristan. Her horse stopped and would not go further so she dismounted and continued on foot. She did not know what possessed her to go off on her own, but she was surprised when no one stopped her as she left. She imagined them staring after her dumbfounded and that made her smile a bit.

She heard footsteps approach her. Quickly she dropped into the undergrowth. Ten Woads came her way. She sucked in a deep breath and gripped her sword. They came closer and closer. Her heart pounded. Blood rushed through her veins like rapids. She held herself waiting to pounce. The Woads walked towards her then stopped right next to her. She expected them to attack her but they didn't, was it a trick to draw her out? Her body wished to attack but she could not move. She was frozen in place like a statue.

The Woads looked around them and let out a cry. It pierced the silence like daggers and they drew their weapons and faced her. Automatically, Kida drew her sword and stood up. Her body had melted and she moved quickly, slicing and stabbing at the nearest Woad. The Woads surrounded her, their small swords drawn ready to kill her.

Their circle grew smaller and smaller until they touched each other's elbows. She turned around eyeing each of them and cursing at herself for going of alone. They prepared to strike when an arrow flew passed her ear and planted itself into the chest of the Woad in front of her. The demons whirled around looking for the source of the arrow. More arrows flew, hitting their marks causing many demons to fall.

The arrows seemed to come from no where. Kida did not wait to find out who shot them for she cut her way through the remaining Woads and went into the forest.