Note: Thanks for the reviews! Here is a bit longer installment. This story has an end I promise you and I do believe it is somewhere in the near future. Well thanks for reading and have a great day!

All Hell Breaks Loose

Kida found Guinevere in the stables. "Hi," she greeted.

"Hi."

Kida went to her mount and brushed him for she could not finish it last night because she got distracted. Once she finished she turned to leave when Guinevere said, "It happened didn't it?"

"What?"

"You and Tristan."

Kida blushed wondering how Guinevere knew. "How did you…"

"Me too."

Kida looked at her confused.

"Arthur."

"Oh." They looked at each other. Kida then recognized the look on her face reflected in Guinevere's. "It's trouble."

"I know."

"What will we do?"

"Live it up until it's over." Both of them knew that the chances of their romances being long ones were slim. Kida's with the fact she still had three years left and many other personal reasons; Guinevere's over Rome and Arthur's desire to return to it. All they could do was enjoy it while it lasted.

"I suppose so."

"Come on, my father wanted to meet with you." Guinevere saddled a mount while Kida looked at her.

"What?"

"He wants to meet with us."

"Very well." Kida followed Guinevere in saddling her mount. They both mounted and rode out of the stables.

Tristan found Lorna. He had to let her go and that was that. Lorna sat in his room waiting for him. "Where were you last night?" she asked.

"Listen, Lorna," he started.

"No, I won't. You were with her right. With Kida."

Tristan stared at her. "How did you know about Kida?"

"I have ears. They talk about her often."

"Do you know who she is?" Tristan asked, hoping that she didn't.

"The knight who died." Tristan's jaw dropped. "I overheard Liam and Arthur talking about her. I would never have guessed."

"What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing, if you leave her and stay with me."

Tristan stared at her. He had not seen her as the manipulative type, he was wrong. "What?"

"If you stay with me I won't tell. If you don't, I'll tell the Romans and they will execute her. Either way I win." Lorna smiled.

Tristan could not believe this. Lorna, shy Lorna blackmailing him. "No."

Lorna cried. "What?"

"I won't stay with you."

"Fine!" Lorna stalked off.

Tristan watched her go, shaking his head. No one was going to believe a word she said, or at least he hoped they wouldn't.

Guinevere and Kida rode into the forest. They were greeted by two Woad men. They nodded at Guinevere and led them deeper into the forest. They came to campsite where they dismounted and was sent to a fire. They sat and waited. Within minutes Merlin appeared. He smiled and embraced Guinevere. "My daughter." He nodded at Kida, "You look well."

"Thanks to you," she replied.

Merlin and Guinevere sat down and Kida waited. "You are wondering why I asked you to come," Merlin started, looking at Kida.

"Yes."

"The Romans are leaving, but the Saxons are coming. We must fight if we are to have our land back."

"And where does that involve me?"

"We ask for your aide. With your help you can help sway the knights to stay and fight."

Kida laughed. "I highly doubt that. What makes you think they will do anything I ask?"

"They like you. In away you are a sister to all of them. Sisters carry great influence over their brothers."

"What makes you think I could ask them this? They want to go home. All they have talked about over the last few years was what they would do if they got home. Now they are so close to going home that I could not bear to ask them. This is not their war and they will not fight it. The only reason they fought for the Romans was because their villages would have been destroyed if they hadn't."

"If not all the knights, perhaps Arthur."

"Arthur?"

"Our people respect him. He is the leader we have been waiting for. He can unite us and the other people."

Kida shook her head. "You ask me to ask him? Why not have Guinevere?"

"I have tried, he will not listen."

They grew silent. From the distance the sound of drums came. "What?"

"They are here." Merlin stood up. "They are close and now they will start forming before the wall. They are a large army, but if we have the right leader we can beat them."

The drums grew louder. Kida did not like this. Not one bit. "I owe you, so I will do as you ask but don't expect anything from it."

"Thank you." With that Kida stood up and left. Guinevere stayed with her father. Kida rode out of the forest, the drums sounding in the background. She did not even want to think what Arthur would do when she asked him to stay and fight with the very people they spent the last ten years of their lives killing. As she came through the gates she noticed something was not right. She looked around her. All the men were lined up at the wall but there was no friendly greeting that she usually got. She rode into the courtyard where her answer waited her.

"Kiran," a Roman officer said. Kida was seized the moment she dismounted. "You are under arrest for treason."

Kida blinked. "What have I done?"

They did not answer. They just handcuffed her and led her away. "What have I done?" she asked again. Again they did not answer. She saw Arthur and the knights watching. They were angry but being restrained. "What have I done?" she yelled to them.

"They found out," Liam replied. "Some how they found out." From the look on his face there was no question of what they found out. Kida bowed her head and let them lead her away. They placed her in a cell and she waited. Death was what awaited her; she knew that, she knew that from the moment she left home. It was always a threat, and now it was a reality.

The knights watched helplessly as they took Kida away. After they took her away, Tristan told them that Lorna told them. Liam wanted to kill the worthless witch and Tristan for letting her have the chance to tell. "How could you?"

"I thought she was just threatening to do it. I never…"

"You love her, you say, and yet you let the person who knew get away and tell." Liam didn't know what to say. He was too angry.

"Calm down Liam. We will think of something, we will," Arthur said.

"But what?" Tristan asked.

"I don't know, I will think of something. I just have to make sure that they don't have us as knowing what she was. If they do we will hang with her."

"Romans," Bors muttered.

"I will speak with the Bishop," Arthur said and left.

Kida sat in the cell. She was calm and collective. She didn't know how they found out, but there was now lying her way out for they had stripped her and saw the truth for themselves. All she had was her shirt and trousers they had taken her vest, tunic, the special corset she wore to hide her chest, shoes, and weapons. She leaned up against the wall. This was her punishment for not heeding the sign. She should never have let Tristan have his way, she should have been stronger.

It was then that it dawned on her. Lorna had to be the informer. She did not know how she knew but she had the motive. None of the knights would have given her away, and Guinevere definitely wouldn't have because she was to talk to Arthur about the Woads' cause. There was nothing else that led to believe that she was not who she had claimed to be. Perhaps Guinevere had let it slip to Lorna and when Lorna discovered that Tristan was leaving her she decided to get her revenge. Kida shook her head. She knew Tristan was trouble she knew it and yet she didn't heed her own intuition. She should have, but 'should' and 'could' was not going to get her out of this. Nothing was going to. Lying down, Kida prepared herself. She would die, she would and there was nothing she was going to do to stop it.

Arthur found the Bishop in his chambers. "Bishop Germanius, I must speak with you."

"Did you know? Did you know that the knight was a woman?"

"Yes."

"Blasphemy!"

"Bishop…"

"Arthorius, I had expected more from you. I cannot believe you letting this pagan sinner to hide among your knights. She will be executed. She must be."

"But sir…"

"Be grateful that I do not do the same to you and your other knights." The conversation was over before it even began. Arthur bowed and left. He could not argue Kida's case without condemning the rest of them. There was nothing he could do. Frustrated, he went to where Kida was being held. Surprisingly they let him in to see her.

"Arthur," Kida greeted him.

"Kida."

"You look sad."

"Lorna told."

"I know."

"You're going to die."

"I know."

"Is that all you have to say?"

"Yes. I have known something like this could happen, and now that it has I am prepared to take it silently and calmly. If I am meant to die, I will die whether it is by Roman hand or another. If it is the creator's will I will go. The Fates do as they are commanded by him. We cannot argue with them."

"I tried to argue your case…"

"Don't," Kida interrupted. "If you did they would have you all hanged. It is better this way. I made this choice."

"You made? I thought you were forced."

"I wanted to leave. I could have easily ran away and hid. Perhaps taken with another tribe or let out the secret when she put me on the horse. The truth of the matter is that I didn't want to stay. I was happy to leave as Sheridan. I could not take the looks and the hatred. I also thought that I would find Liam and protect him. And I did. I am happy to know that he is going home and will find a wife and marry and have his own family; hopefully he is blessed with girls so that they will not have to suffer what we have suffered."

"I…"

"Hush, Arthur. I am not your obligation. Do not feel like you have to save me. I made choices and these are the consequences. Let's leave it at that. Now go. The Saxons have started to gather outside the wall, as you probably have heard and seen. They will probably want to leave as soon as possible, the Bishop. Go Arthur. Take the knights away and get them home. Tell Liam not to worry. Everything will be alright." She paused. Should she give him Merlin's message? She didn't want to, but she understood what Merlin saw in Arthur. Him caring this much about her that he would risk his life and all the others to save her. Yes. "Merlin sends word. He wishes you to join them and help them to fight the Saxons."

Arthur blinked. "What?" He had a bit of trouble grasping the sudden change in topic.

"Merlin says that you can unite the people of Brittan and that if you can do that you can defeat the Saxons. You are the leader they have been waiting for. Forget about me and be the leader you were born to be. I cannot be saved but there are people who can."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"I did not want to, but Merlin is right. You can lead these people. You were born for it. It is obvious how you care about your knights and even me, a misfit girl. If you care so much about me and would even risk your own life for mine, why not risk it for thousand more lives, worth far more then my one. I believe what Merlin says is true. With you as their leader, they could have a chance at beating the Saxons and having, at last, their country back."

Arthur was silent. He was taken back by what Kida said. Here he came to save her, or try to find some way to and she was telling him to forget about her and fight with the Woads. He shook his head. "I don't understand any of this. Merlin wants me to lead his people against the Saxons no less. Does he expect me to talk my knights into fighting as well?"

"At first he did, but I talked him out of it. I don't think they would and I could not bear to ask. I wasn't even going to ask you, but this changed my mind."

"This?"

"You coming to tell me not to worry and trying to find away to help me. Go to Guinevere. She will explain things in more detail for I don't know all of it. She should be in the stables this evening waiting for you." Arthur did not move. "Go Arthur. Explain things to Liam, he will need it."

"What about Tristan?"

"Tell him I don't blame him. Tell him to forget me and move on."

"Very well." Arthur took one last look at Kida. She had changed over the pass few days. It was odd, but Kida made sense. He nodded to her and left. As soon as he got out of the prision area, the knights bombarded him with questions for they had been waiting for him to emerge.

"Well? What happened?" they all seemed to ask at once.

"Nothing. She will die. Probably here before they leave."

"What?"

"Can't we save her?"

"If we do, we too will die." This silenced the knights.

"What did she say?" Liam asked.

"She said to tell you that she is not scared and not to try and save her. She said that it was her choices and these are the consequences. I think we should leave her to her wishes."

"But…"

"No buts. She said that is what she wants and we will let her have it that way." Arthur looked at his knights. "She said that you are not to ruin it for yourselves. She said to remember that you get to go home soon and to go home, find wives, and forget about her."

"But…"

"I know. I tried to talk to her, but she is set. There is nothing we can do."

"There is always something," Tristan said.

"I think you should stay out of this," Liam snapped. "If it weren't for you she wouldn't be in this mess."

"Liam, Tristan, behave. Kida does not blame Tristan. She said that it is all her fault. She chose to disguise herself as a man. She let Tristan woe her. Now she thinks she must pay."

"We can't just sit around and do nolthing," Galahad pointed out.

"We have to. There is no other choice." They all grew quiet. None of them were willing to risk their lives for Kida, it was too much to ask, that was, if Kida asked it. What made it hard was the fact that she told them not to even offer and they could not heed that.

"When is the execution?" Lancelot asked. They looked at him shocked. He didn't usually participate in matters such as these. All he wanted to do was go home.

"Tomorrow morning," a female voice chimed in. The knights turned to see Guinevere and Vanora coming towards them with Lorna in tow. "They are going to hang her."

"What is she doing here?" Liam asked.

"We heard about the mess she caused and brought her to reckon with it," Guinevere said.

"How?"

"By apologizing for one thing, after that, I don't know. What ever you can think of."

"I have done nothing wrong," Lorna said.

"Have you?" Liam asked sarcastically.

"I just told the truth."

"Which will cost someone their life."

"So, she's nothing but a whore anyway," she said smugly.

"Why you little…"

"Liam, no," Arthur ordered. "We are not going to be violent with her."

"But…"

"I said no." Liam and the other knights backed off, all grumbling.

"Ha, you are pathetic. Not even man enough to fight back. You're all probably going to leave her to swing. Serves her right, any woman who pretends to be something she's not deserves to burn in Hell with the devil. Honestly, how desperate can a woman be to actually pretend to be a man to get to the knights? She probably bedded all of you many times," Slap. Lorna stumbled back stunned. Arthur stood over her.

"Silence. You go on like that and I will let them loose on you," he threatened. Lorna looked up at him and cowered behind Guinevere.

"Are you going to let him do that?" she whined.

"You had me fooled with your mouse act. An act was all it was," Guinevere said coolly as she stepped up and stood beside Arthur. "If they don't kill you, I will."

"Guinevere, I thought you were my friend."

"What you did was wrong, and now some one is going to die."

"I told Tristan I wouldn't tell if he stayed with me."

"Lorna, run," Arthur said.

"What?"

"I am giving you a head start. In two hours I will let my knights hunt you down and do whatever they please with you. Go now."

Lorna looked a bit confused but when the knights began to close in around her she ran. They watched her go. "Arthur, you hit a woman," Lancelot pointed out.

"She was no woman. She was a snake," Guinevere spat. "But even with her gone, Kida's still going to die."

"Not necessarily," Vanora said. All eyes turned to her for an explanation. "She is going to be publicly executed."

"So?" Liam asked.

"You may not be able to save her, but how about a few rebels?" Vanora looked at them.

"Woads."