Author: I know it seems this story is coming to end but there's still more. So don't worry. CH33RS!
"I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by." Captain Jack Sparrow
Chapter Eighteen: Sorrow
The caravan made it to Hadrian's Wall. Evy still didn't wake up. Dag has been by her side and wouldn't leave her and Bors was worried about him. Lancelot took his discharge paper from the bishop and took Natalie to her room and to try and talk to her. Valerie went to her room and changed in a black corset, black breaches, black blouse and boots. Then she left her room and walked to somewhere quiet. Dagonet cleaned Evy's wounds and let her sleep on her bed. She looked pale and tired like the life was taken out of her. Her breathing was regular but her body was still regaining heat. Tristan went to his room and sat on his bed and just was thinking. He thought about Valerie and everyone else. More of Val though. He decided to go find her and talk to her.
Valerie was walking around outside looking at the sky, but then it started to rain. She didn't care though. She was filled with to much sorrow.
"You really shouldn't be out here." She turned and saw Tristan.
"Neither should you." She plied and leaned against a tree.
Tristan walked over to her and stood next to her.
"So, you don't care that you're getting wet?" he asked.
"You don't care so I don't care." She replied not looking at him.
Okay, she couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't keep her feelings from him anymore. But she couldn't bring her self to tell him too.
"Um, I'm going to get inside so yea." Val said and started to walk away.
Okay, it's either now or never. Tristan thought.
He grabbed her arm and spun her into a kiss. Valerie responded almost instantly. She was a little surprised but this is what she wanted. He broke from away from her.
"I love you." He said to her.
"I love you too." She said and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
Lancelot came back to Natalie's room once he was cleaned up and she was. She was still sitting on her bed looking at her hands.
"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked sitting next to her.
"Yea, I'm fine." She responded not looking at him.
He nodded and got up to the door. She looked up and walked over to him and grabbed his hand.
"No, don't leave." She said almost in a whisper.
He looked at her and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Natalie wrapped her arms around his neck. They made their way over to the bed taking off clothes as well and let them selves drop on the bed. Lancelot broke away from her.
"Is this what you want?" he asked.
He looked her in the eyes.
"Yes." She answered.
She ran her fingers through his hair as he kissed her neck. As he moved his hand up her back, she couldn't help but pull him up for another kiss. She pulled him closer as his other hand went down her thigh. She put her head back, offering her neck. He made a trail of kisses down to her shoulder, and went back up. As he reached her neck, each kiss turned into a sort of suck, until finally, he had almost left a hickey. He moved to the other side of her neck and did the same, but this time when he reached her neck, he started to move lower. Lightly, he kissed down to her stomach. She felt as if she were in heaven, like nothing could separate them. He kissed her cheek, and whispered, "Are you ready?"
She knew what he had been talking about and nodded as he looked deeply into her eyes. Slowly, she spread her legs as he made his way in. She felt a slight pain for a few seconds, but then the pain turned into pleasure. She followed his rhythmic pattern, and whispered his name. He knew what she meant and made the pattern faster, and harder. She dugher nails into his back, just enough so it wouldn't hurt him. He pinned her down, and she wrapped her legs around him. It was no sooner, that after she came, he did. He lied down next to her, and put her head in his chest as his arms cradled her. He kissed the top of her head as the both relaxed under the sheets.
(okay i did not write that at all. i'm just letting you all know, i am the biggest weanie and couldn't write a scene like this myself so my friend wrote it for me. yea, just call me a weanie and i think i taught my friend too much stuff.)
Tristan and Valerie were walking up to the wall. Val looked over and her eyes widened.
"Tristan…" she said and he walked over.
He looked over and there were Saxons camped out side Hadrian's Wall. Val looked at him with concern.
"Go get Arthur. Natalie and Lancelot as well. I'll get everyone else." He said and she nodded.
Evy was awake and was talking to Dagonet.
"I'm guessing you're going home tomorrow, huh?" she asked fiddling with her hands.
He nodded and looked up at her.
"Yea, I'm guessing almost everyone has some one to take home." He said.
"I really don't think they'll all leave. All of you grew up together here. This place is more of your home then Sarmatia. You've been here most of your life." Evy told him.
Then there was a knock on the door.
"Dagonet, Evelyn come to the wall." Jols said.
Dag looked at her and got up and so did Evy.
(Okay Evy is wearing like the same thing in the beginning of where she came in)
Sabina and Galahad were walking and talking. Then Valerie came up to them.
"You guys need to get to the wall and now would be great." She said and walked passed them.
"It better not be what I think." Galahad said and Sabina nodded.
They walked to the wall and saw that Evy and Dag were already there and Evy looked worried. Sabina looked over first and put her hand over her mouth. Galahad looked over and then looked away. Soon Bors came, followed by Gawain. Lancelot and Natalie came up and every one looked at them.
"You guys looked flushed." Gawain said.
"Shut up." Natalie replied.
They both looked at the Saxons that camp before them. Natalie lets out a sigh and leans against the wall. Lancelot stands beside her and puts an arm around her. She looks down and then over at Valerie. Val stood there with Tristan behind her and his hands were on her shoulders. She looked so sad. She knew what was going to happen. Of course that's when it clicked in all the girls' minds. Dag was supposed to die, but Evy saved him. But Tristan and Lancelot were left. Sabina looked at Natalie who looked like she was ready to cry. Sabina knew that Lancelot was going to die but she wouldn't let that happen. Sabina wouldn't let the man her best loves die. Soon, Arthur came up followed by Guinevere. He looked over the wall and back at everyone else. He saw the sorrow on their faces.
"Knights, my journey with you ends here. May God be with you." Arthur said and walked down the stairs. Lancelot looked at Natalie and went to follow Arthur. Natalie followed and so did Sabina.
"Arthur. This is not Rome's fight. It is not your fight. All these long years we've been together, the trials we've faced, the blood we've shed... What was it all for, if not for the reward of freedom? And now when we are so close! When it is finally within our grasp - look at me! Does it all count for nothing?" Lancelot said to him and Arthur looked at him.
"You ask me this? You who knows me best of all?" Arthur asks.
They stare at each other and Arthur begins to walk away.
"Then do not do this! Only certain death awaits you here. Arthur! I beg you! For our friendship's sake, I beg you –" Lancelot was cut off by Arthur.
"You be my friend now and do not dissuade me. Seize the freedom you have earned and live it for the both of us. Take Natalie home with you and make her your wife. I cannot follow you, Lancelot. I now know that all the blood I have shed, all the lives I have taken have led me to this moment." Arthur said and walked away.
Lancelot let out a sigh and looked at the ground. Natalie walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. He looked at her and she pulled him into a hug.
Tristan and Valerie walked passed them and Valerie didn't say anything. Too much sorrow was filled in her heart. Tristan felt the same and he just couldn't find anything to say at this moment. Galahad stood next to Sabina and she looked at him. He put an arm around her and they walked away. Dagonet and Evy stayed up there with Bors and Gawain for a while.