The caravan was still heading east when they came upon a large mass of ice. Arthur had everybody dismount and spread their weight out all over the ice. Halfway across, the knights realized that they would have to make a stand against the Saxons sooner instead of later. Guinevere volunteered her skills with a bow, and the rest of the caravan was leaving for the wall.
"You know you can't resist killing a few Saxons, so why are you trying to?" Tristan said to Tamlyn as she was leading Jezebel away.
"Well, if I remember correctly, somebody is trying to marry me off. And if I'm not mistaken, there's no man alive who would marry a corpse." she replied to her brother.
"If you're a corpse, I don't have to worry about finding that man." Tristan replied teasingly to his sister.
"Well, if you really need me to protect you, I suppose I could lend a hand." she said tauntingly to her brother as she took the bow from behind Jezebel's saddle.
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They caught up to the caravan, Dagonet being carried by a dappled grey Percheron mare that Tamlyn owned. The caravan then passed through Hadrian's Wall. The knights received their papers. Arthur is called to the wall. He decides that he must fight the ever nearing Saxons.
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The next day the rest of the knights are heading home. Tamlyn is riding in front of Lancelot on Bear, leading Jezebel beside them. Arthur is seen on the hill. The knights decide that they must join him.
"I won't let you go." Lancelot said to her.
"And why not?" she replied almost angrily to him.
"Because I can't!" he said sternly as he placed Tamlyn back on her mare. "Jols, keep her here." he said to the man on the ground as he rode toward a wagon in the back of the caravan.
"Tristan!" he heard his sister call to him, and he looked her way. She didn't need to say anything. He just nodded and rode off.
"She'll kill me if you die." Tristan said as he stopped his horse atop the hill next to Lancelot.
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"Guinevere?" Tamlyn asked of the woad, and he pointed in the direction of the woad Arthur had saved.
"Guinevere." She said as she stopped beside the woad.
"Hmm?" was the reply.
"I need you to tell me where I can stay until this is over. It's been decided without me that I'm not going to be in on this." she told the girl.
"Sit in these trees with the archers. You'll have enough arrows to last you for quite a while. Tie your horse to a tree further back so she can't be seen." she told Tamlyn.
"Thank you." she told the woad.
"Tamlyn." Guinevere said as she was walking off.
"Yes?" she turned Jezebel to face Guinevere.
"It took a battle for him to realize how strong he feels about you. He loves you." The woad told her. She turned her horse around, still smiling, to go tie Jezebel, and climb a tree.
Haven't written for 2 days because family from California is here. (I'm in PA.)
I've also really summarized the boring parts I couldn't come up with anything for. That way we can get to where I can write anything about anybody. :-P