Chapter 2

Tristan was talking with Lancelot, when he suddently felt, that someone was watching him. He turned his head, but didn't see anyone watching his direction. He shrugged a little and turned back to Lancelot to listen what he was saying. They were on the mission which was given to Arthur by Romans. Tristan didn't usually like anything which concerned Romans, but Arthur was his king and he was faithful to him. They were supposed to go to protect a small village in far north, because it was threatened by a Scotch clan. This had caused a wondering not only in Tristan's mind, but also on others minds. They were a bit amazed that Romans were concerned about a Briton village. Romans had destroyed themselves villages more than enough, and this order made everyone wonder that what was going on. Also something else was going on, because Merlin had been visiting King Arthur twice in past seven days and that made the knights a little nervous. When Merlin was around, it usually didn't mean anything good.

When Arthur told knights that it was time to go to their wagons and get some sleep, everyone obeyed him and Gawain was left to take the first guard hours. When Tristan climbed to his wagon, he thought about the woman he had seen in his dreams during last seven nights. Perharps this was the reason for that, when he fell asleep, he saw the woman again. Even in his sleep he felt that there was something strange in her. He felt like the woman wasn't part of the world he knew. She dressed like a Briton women, but she looked like a Scotch woman. She didn't say anything ever, she just observed everything what was happening around her. Everytime when Tristan tried to get closer to her, he felt like some kind of force was pulling him back and he couldn't approach her. This happened in his dream again on that night.

On the next morning the group continued its way towards north. It would take couple of days still when they would be in their final destination. Tristan was scouting with his hawk when he suddently saw a white owl sitting on a tree branch. He stopped his horse and watched the owl. He knew that it was that time of the day, when owls weren't supposed to appear. He got the strange feeling like the owl would have been trying to say something to him when it watched him from the tree. Suddently the sigh of the blonde woman of his dreams flashed infront his eyes. Tristan shrugged and then the vision was gone, at the same time the owl spread its wings and flew away. Tristan didn't let this bother him anyway and continued his scouting thinking that he got the vision because the woman was somewhere back in his mind all the time, even when he was awake.

When Tristan rode back to King Arthur and other knights, he informed that he hadn't seen anything suspicious on their way to next village, where Arthur had planned to spend the night.

"Good. We should be there before the night falls." Arthur stated.

"Finally we will have a good bed to sleep on." Gawain sighed.

"What's wrong in our wagons? They are comfortable and warm." Galahad raised his eye brows to him.

"You might think that your wagon is comfortable, but mine certainly isn't." Gawain snorted.

"You are so spoiled." Galahad grinned.

"Spoiled? I am certainly not. How could I be spoiled? I was raised…" Gawain started fiercely, but Arthur stopped him raising his hands.

"Don't argue. We will all have the change to sleep in the bed next night."

The knights just nodded and followed their king along the road. The rest of the day Tristan kept scouting returning once in the while back to Arthur and others and gave them reports. When the evening was getting darker, Tristan rode to the group and went to Arthur.

"There is a massive snowstorm rising. We should move faster."

Arthur agreed and yelled the order to the rest of the men. When the group reached the village, it was already snowing heavily. They rode to the yard of the only Inn in the village and got down from the saddle.

"I hate winter. It's so cold and wet." Sir Kay grunted and shivered.

"This is the best season of the year. If you want the eternal summer, you should go to Rome." Bors commented.

"I will never go to Rome." Kay barked.

"I thought that you would say that." Bors grinned a little.

While others were taking care of horses, Arthur, Galahad and Lancelot entered the Inn. When the owner of the place saw the men, who were carrying the cross of Arthur, he was all over them bowing and blabbering, but Arthur decided to put fast ending on that.

"I and my eleven men need a beds for one night. Can you arrange that?"

"But of course, Sir. This way, Sir."

It didn't take long when beds were made for all the knights and when the rest of Arthur's men got in the Inn, they were pleased that they had good beds to lay down.

"So, you can after all sleep on the bed this night." Galahad smiled a little to Gawain.

"Thank God." He blew out making Galahad to laugh.

"Don't thank God, thank Arthur."

The men spent the night on the beer house, which was on the same building as the Inn. The women of the place were all over them, but the knights knew, that when Arthur had given the order not to fool around with the women, he had been serious. Knights were polite to the women, but they made it clear that they were on a mission and were not allowed to take them to their rooms.

Tristan was sitting with Gawain and Bedivere on the same table and talking with them, when a blackhaired woman approached him.

"Aren't you a handsome man." She twittered.

Tristan just smiled and watched at her without a word.

"Want to have some fun?" The woman continued. Before Tristan answered, he got again the feeling, that someone was watching him. He turned his head, but didn't see anyone watching at his direction although he felt like someone was looking him very near. He just shrugged and turned back to Gawain and Bedivere.

"You don't speak much, do you?" The woman asked.

"No, he doesn't. He is the silent one." Bedivere answered on his behalf. "But you should know, that we aren't allowed to have fun, like you indicated the thing."

It looked like the woman was going to sit on Tristan's lap, but he was quicker and stood up.

"I'm going to bed."

Both, Gawain and Bedivere nodded and watched after him, when he left the room.

"Tristan has been acting a bit strangely last days. It seems like something is bothering him. He doesn't want to talk about it and he has been more quiet than usually." Bedivere said thoughtfully.

"If that man has been more quiet than usually, it means same as mute." Gawain answered. "But you are right, something is bothering him."

When Tristan got to the room, which had three beds, he saw that Bors was laying on one of the beds and was in deep sleep already. He lowered himself to the bed, and although he was thinking that he wouldn't get sleep so easily, he was asleep in few minutes. He saw the blonde woman again in his dream. Only this time there was something different in her. She looked the same and acted the same way as before, but Tristan sensed that something was bothering her. Although he still couldn't approach her, he felt the sadness she was feeling on that moment.

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Sorry, that I didn't update earlier, but I was two weeks overseas and couldn't do that. But I guess I will be updating more frequently for now on.