Summary: King Arthur, it is foretold, will return to his country in their time of need. After hundreds of years, it is his time, and he is back, but in need of help...

Disclaimer- I don't own King Arthur (Though no one really does, he's a legend…though he may belong to the Celts or whoever…) so don't sue…otherwise my parents will have to pay you…

Have to repost the whole story, cos it screwed up… the chapters were all out of order

His Triumphant Return

Chapter 1

In the Beginning

She looked up at Hampton Court, and let out a breath of air in admiration.

"It's beautiful," she whispered. "Think of the hundreds of years of dust gathered here. Oh to have been a portrait… or a fly on the wall." She giggled softly at herself, and then looked around for her group. "Damn, lost 'em again."

Sophie ran into the beautiful building, glancing up once more, and almost collided with Eleanor.

"Watch it." The older girl sneered. Eleanor was the sportiest girl in the school. She was also severely blonde and fake tanned, and was therefore the head of the "popular" girls, i.e. the girls who thought everyone wanted to be like them, but pretty much hated by most.

Sophie rolled her eyes, and pushed her way through the crowd to get to her best friend, Giuliana, A.K.A. Gules.

"Where were you?" Gules whispered angrily, "you almost missed the tour!"

"I'm sorry! I was in awe of the beauty of the building, and couldn't tear myself away."

Gules snorted, "Are you kidding? It's just an old hunk of bricks,"

"AN OLD HUNK OF BRICKS!" Sophie was majorly pissed, "This is more than just an old hunk of bricks! This is an historical landmark, a part of our history! If you think that this is just an old hunk of bricks…"

"Miss Franklin, if you would mind keeping your voice down, we will be beginning our tour."

Mr Johnston, their head of history, began to talk about the history of the kitchens, a subject that had Sophie rapt. Gules, however, wandered off to look at the pretty pictures.

Only when Mr Johnston began to herd them into the next part of the tour, did Sophie look for Giuliana. She was over talking to Eleanor and her friends. As Sophie came closer, she heard parts of their conversation…

"And so Sophie got really pissed, just because I didn't like this little building. I mean really, it's not as if I called her a slut or anything." Eleanor and friends laughed at Giuliana's remark

"We heard. Geez, 'this is an historical landmark, a part of our history'" Eleanor had put on a high whiney voice to imitate Sophie, which caused her friends and Giuliana to laugh even harder.

"I mean, she's so obsessed with this crap, she's not even coming to schoolies, she's going to some German medieval town instead. For Gods sakes, she'll be 18, now who'll buy my booze?" at this, Eleanor and co. laughed even harder.

Sophie turned and ran off, trying to hide the tears in her eyes. When she finally gathered her surroundings, she realised that she was in the centre of the maze.

"bugger, what now?" She ran off, back the way she had come, but she was still trapped.

"I hope the group doesn't leave me. Maybe Giuliana will notice." Now she began to yell. "Help! I'm lost, can someone help me?" Sophie whirled around as she heard the drone of an aeroplane coming closer. She kept running, not knowing why, but got faster and faster as the sound grew louder and louder, and the plane closer and closer. She ducked down into the hedges as machine guns began shooting, and people began screaming.

Sophie screamed herself. Calling to her parents, her sisters, Gules, anyone who would help her.

After 10 minutes the noises dimmed, and the smell of smoke began to increase. Sophie looked up and saw that part of the maze was on fire.

"Oh God! Now what do I do?"