A Fate Forever Sealed
Chapter 2: Someone interesting to talk to.
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I'm not sure if this chapter is as detailed as the last…………
But tell me what you think. On with the story.
The snow was getting heavier now, and the drums where more pronounced. We settled inside the carriage, furs wrapped tightly around are gradually freezing limbs.As we looked out over the Estate, that had been so long concealed from our eyes.
Soon everyone was ready to leave. Guinevere who looked pale and tired, yet she fought tiredness and refused to sleep, Lucan was there to, as well as the giant man who had rescued lucan. Lucan lay in the carriage in a restless sleep burning from a fever. Beads of sweat ran down his forehead as the fever took hold of him. Fulcinia went to help Dagonet the giant knight look after the Lucan. He was only a little boy, yet he had been subjected to all the evil in this world. It wasn't right for someone so young to have to see and be burdened with so many horrors of this world.
I sat by Guinevere at the opening of the carriage wrapped in gigantic furs that extinguished any hope the wind had of chilling us, at first we sat in silence as Dagonet and fulcinia attended lucan who was in far more need of attention than us.
We watched the knights as they trotted around the villagers trying to speed up the procession ; they all had anxious looks on there faces, and would constantly search the horizon for any sign of the approaching saxon army. All the knights looked very superior on their horses. They had an air of something very great; you couldn't help but stare at them.
At first Guinevere seemed guarded when she talked to me, but as we talked she seemed to realize that I wasn't a threat and began to open up. She told me tales of her childhood of growing up as a woad queen, and how the woads valued womens opinions and welcomed them into battle. She asked me about myself, and how I came to marius's service. I told her the story of my growing up.
"My childhood has always been very foggy in my mind……….I remember, one night. The Romans invaded our village. They took everything…….burnt everything." My voice cracked as images flashed through my mind. Guinevere moved over beside me and put an arm around me. "it was dark. Really dark, it was night, me and some other people in the village had hid in the woods. The ash and smoke made everything cloudy and darker. Then out of nowhere they just appeared." My face creased into a frown. "Then they just took us, and sold us. They chose us if we looked like any use. We were like cattle. Then I came to the estate, where I was fulcinias servant girl. She was a very kind mistress. I was a lot luckier than most. Then one night we where trying to get down to prison, we wanted to smuggle some things down for the prisoners. And he and his soldiers just walked out of the shadows. He grabbed fulcinia and strangled her…….. I just froze. He threatened me. He said he ad his soldiers would rape me. he just made me so angry , all the things he had done to fulcinia. I tried to keep calm, but I couldn't. Then I slapped him. And I ended up I the equivalent of hell on earth. Well that's my life story." I finished of in false cheerfulness.
After that the mood became considerably lighter it was as if we had a new level of understanding of each other. There was a comfortable silence as each of the two relaxed into deep thought.
At the front of the group I could just make out Arthur, through the veils of pearly white snow that fell, every now and then he would turn around in the pretence of talking to Bors or Galahad and checking on the villagers, but that couldn't fool me, every time he turned I could see his eyes wonder up to where Guinevere sat opposite me. I glanced over to Guinevere who was trying her best to look anywhere else but at Arthur. I laughed at this they where both man and woman yet they acted like two teenagers at a village banquet.
"What?" asked Guinevere. I carried on giggling. "Elle what is it?" she asked again.
"Don't tell me you don't know." I said incredulously.
"Know what?"
"HELLO? Do you not see it?" I said motioning to Arthur, who saw us looking, and turned away at the blink of an eye. Guinevere blushed.
"don't be silly, Bors was just telling him a joke."
I snorted
"Well he obviously thought you where bors because he didn't take his eyes off you."
Guinevere blushed deeply. "Ooh someone's blushing!" I teased.
"don't be stupid Elle. He wasn't looking at me."
I snorted again
"You know snorting isn't very lady-like." Guinevere replied in a mock snotty way.
"Well neither is painting yourself blue and running into battle." I joked, "look I may have been locked up underground, for god knows how long, but I know a fool in love when I see one."
Guinevere went even redder if possible. Her brown eyes turned and gazed out into the soft snow, that had begun to form on the earth beneath us, in fluffy clusteres, until it was mercilessly trampled over and ground into the soil.
"You really do like him, don't you?" I said smiling. Guinevere seemed to have developed a sudden fascination with her feet, and would not draw her eyes away from them.
"Well you know what they say about Arthur and his Legendary knights."
"What do they say Elle?" Guinevere asked in mock exasperation.
"That their good in bed. Especially Lancelot I hear, If the maid who brought your bandages is correct." Elle then collapsed into a fit of giggles, closely followed by Guinevere.
They may have been 19 nearly 20 but they were still little girls inside. Aren't we all?
After a while there sides ached from laughing, I gasped.
"Please, gasp I, gasp can't stop laughing gasp."Guinevere laughed harder than this. She abruptly stopped laughing and stared at a point somewhere just above my head. Her eyes where wide with shock, then amusement.
I was just about to turnaround to see who or what had caused such a change in my friend when an amused voice reached my ears.
"You flatter me milady." A certain curly haired knight spoke from behind me. "Does my reputation exceed me that much?"
I felt a blush rapidly creep up my neck and engulf my face. I just caught Guinevere whisper,
"Look who's blushing now." I'd remember to kill her later.
Why, Sir Lancelot. How nice of you to join us." I said, ignoring Guinevere's comment, out of the corner of my eye I could see her shaking with silent laughter.
Bits of the swirling snow above had landed on the tips of his curly hair, his chheks and nose where slightly rosy and snow had gathered on his strong shoulders. He looked like a boy, as he smiled his cocky grin, but even Elle had to admit, a very handsome boy.
"I came to introduce myself, but it seems you already know who I am." He said with his grin still firmly in place.
I searched desperately for a change of subject, anything, something just not this topic!
"I wanted to thank-you properly. For saving me back there. Sir Lancelot."
"The pleasure is all mine." He replied with undeniable charm, I could see why he was the object of so many women's affections. "Please, call me Lancelot."
"If I know your name you should know mine, I'm Elle."
"Nice to meet you, Elle."
"The pleasure is all mine, I assure you." He chuckled; it was a deep low chuckle. I liked the sound of it.
Arthur had obviously worked up the courage to come over, and talk to Guinevere. He led his horse over and talked to Guinevere, they both seemed to have forgotten that there was anyone there. Arthur had a misty eyed expression on his face as he talked to Guinevere. Guinevere would bush and look away everytime he looked at her or worried about her stating she should go inside for it was far too cold outside. It was the most amazing thing yet odd thing to witness, I still couldn't get over the fact that, with Arthur she felt so nervous so unsure, that she couldn't hide her emotions like normal. It was like they were too strong to be hidden.
"I think its time for us to leave." I whispered nodding m head to Arthur and Guinevere. Lancelot looked like he didn't want to leave.
"Fine, get on my horse." I stood up on the moving carriage my legs buckled slightly from the sudden use of the after so long, I grabbed the side of the cart to steady myself. Lancelot then helped me into the front of the saddle. The many villagers shouted words of praise at Lancelot, their faces hard to make out, as their faces where whipped by the wind repeatedly, as they clutched their worn rags to their bodies. As we rode Lancelot seemed to be thinking, hard.
"Lancelot is everything alright?" He hesitated before answering.
"Its just you're all so complicated just don't understand it."
"If by that you mean women, then your right we do have a way of complicating matters."
"She brought the fiercest warriors to his knees, with a look. Guinevere just looked at Arthur and he went all misty eyed!" he said, with frustration.
"I thought you of all people would have gained some knowledge of women through your plentiful experience."
"One look, he went as soft as clay." Lancelot said confused, he seemed to be talking to himself.
I laughed at this, "Lancelot you have a lot to learn about women, the entire world has a lot to learn about women, we could bring an entire country to it's knees. The ability to persuades, the ability to break and like you said the ability to bring even the fiercest warriors to his knees."
He looked disbelieving. "This is Arthur…Artorius…"
" You have never been in love have you?" I asked softly turning around to look him in the eye.
"No, I haven't." he replied meeting my gaze. "and I don't want to if it does that to people." He motioned to Arthur who was riding next to the carriage, completely enraptured by Guinevere.
"You sound like a child, a little boy," I said chuckling. "But when you do fall in love, you'll understand how Guinevere and Arthur feel. Plus, it will be the greatest thing you will ever feel, every minute will seen like a year when you're not with that person. And you'll think that saying you never wanted to fall in love was the most foolish thing you ever did.
"and how do you know all of this," he asked jokingly.
"I'm a woman I know everything." I said laughing.
Bors joined us soon after that. The wind blew hard sweeping anything and everything off the ground, before it could even think of settling.
"This place is truly, in my mind, a breath taking island." As I looked out at the white capped hills, and the brightly coloured plants trying to withstand the snow.
"If you ask me it rains to much." mumbled Bors.
"So what will you do after you get back to the wall Bors?" I asked.
"Have another dozen bastards,I think!" he laughed.
"Vanora is his lover. They have, what? Eleven children I think." Lancelot explained. I looked at Bors.
"You sure she wont mind? having to have another dozen of your children, I mean." I joked, Bors laughed.
"Finally, someone interesting to talk to!" Bors laughed again.
That's the end of this chappie! I think my reviewers who said it shouldn't loose detail might be a bit disappointed, I'm sorry, I wanted to get it out quickly. After all the nice reviews, I'll try harder next time,
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