Author: Well, some weird person tried talking to me on AIM. It was really creepy but I ignored him. So, enough of that weird story, here's chapter four! CHEERS!

Once there was a childs dream
One night the clock struck twelve
The window open wide
Once there was a childs heart
The age I learned to fly
And took a step outside

Dark Chest of Wonders by Nightwish

Chapter Four: Woads

They reached the top of the hill and Arthur stopped and they lined up. They looked over at the valley that shown only grass and the Bishop's carriage following a road with Roman Officers.

"As promised. The Bishop's carriage." Gawain said looking at Arthur.

"Our freedom Bors." Galahad said.

"Mmmm, I can almost taste it." Bors said closing his eyes smelling the air.

Everyone chuckled. Ever Tristan managed to crack a smile. Natalie just smirked her smirk looking at the ground and then at the carriage. Valerie smiled but it quickly faded. She didn't want to fight if there was trouble. She had never killed someone before. Unlike Natalie who killed their father and it took courage for her to do that.

"Your passage to Rome, Arthur." Natalie said on her horse standing next to him.

He looked at her and smiled. They sat there for a few minutes until an arrow hit a Roman officer.

"Woads." Tristan said and Arthur cantered his horse down the hill.

The other's followed. Natalie was in desperate need to kill something now since she needed to let her anger out from the past 7 years of her life. She unsheathed her sword and twirled it around her fingers as she rode to the war seen in front of her. Arthur through his sword in the air and caught just in time to kill a woad by stabbing him in the back. Blood flew in the air from his mouth and back wound. Valerie took out her bow and started shooting woads from the trees and river. She didn't miss once. Tristan did the same. Lancelot pulled out his twin swords and jumped from his running horse cutting woad's stomach open for his first kill. Galahad stayed on his horse shooting arrows at woads that snuck behind the knights. Natalie took out her sword and jumped from her horse running to a woad and stabbing him through the neck. Blood poured freely on the spring grass. She pulled her sword out of him and looked at it. Blood dripped from the end and she smiled. Her first kill and she stabbed him in the neck. She looked at his sword and it was identical to hers. She picked it up and used it on another, but very large woad. Natalie blocked his first blow with both her swords but her black handed her. Natalie fell to the ground and she winced in pain. The woad was going to stab her but he was stopped. She watched as a sword came through his stomach. She got up and put her two swords in a scissor like position and cut his head clean off. Blood sprayed her face and it poured freely on the ground. She looked to see who her savior was. And it was Lancelot.

"Thanks." She said and ran to kill woad.

Lancelot did the same. He felt better after saving her. Natalie took out her gun as a woad was going to kill Arthur and another behind him. She aimed and pulled the trigger. The bullet hit him in the head causing a piece of his skull to explode off from the impact. Blood sprayed every where. Arthur turned and put his sword to a woads throat. The woad got on his knees and dropped his to the ground. Natalie ran over there and so did Lancelot.

"Why did Merlin send you south of the wall?" Arthur asked.

Woad said something in his natural tounge and said nothing in English.

"Pick it up." Arthur said to the woad referring to his axe.

The woad didn't respond, so Arthur put more pressure on his throat with the sword.

"Pick it Up." He said more firmly.

The woad picked it up and Arthur looked into the forest. He was searching for something, but Val and Natalie didn't know what. Arthur removed his sword and walked over to the carriage was Bors was standing along with Gawain. Val whistled for her horse, but Tristan's came along too. She grabbed the reins and led Tristan's horse to him.

"She seems to like you." Tristan said taking his horse's reins and mounting his horse.

"I guess." Valerie replied mounting her own horse and riding over next to Galahad.

Natalie grabbed her horse and started walked away when Lancelot's horse trotted over to her. Natalie smiled and took the horse's reins and patted his nose.

"You should be trotting over to Lancelot. Not me." She said.

"Maybe it because your horse is a girl." Lancelot said walking up to her.

"So, your horse is a womanizer like you. Makes sense." Natalie said mounting her own horse.

"I guess so. But he doesn't warm up to people like that." Lancelot said mounting his own horse.

"He's right. And your horses hated all of us accept Lancelot when you passed out. He was the only one who could handle him." Valerie said trotting by them followed by Tristan.

"Is that true?" Natalie asked looking back at Lancelot.

"Pretty much, yeah." He replied.

"My horse usually hates men. You're the first to ever be able to get close to her." Natalie said rubbing her horse's neck.

Lancelot smiled and went over by the carriage followed by Natalie.

"Don't worry Bishop. We will protect you." Arthur said as Natalie went over there.

"I have no doubt commander. No doubt." The Bishop replied.

When he smiled, Val and Natalie hated him.