Chapter 5
Merlin walked into Arthur's chambers early for once. Arthur stared at him shocked.
"Who are you and what have you done with Merlin?" he asked jokingly putting on his jacket.
"Lancelot woke me up early." Merlin said yawning. Arthur shook his head.
"How's he doing?" Arthur asked curiously. Merlin smirked.
"Well after he got a kiss off of Katie, I'm betting he feels great." Merlin snickered before making the bed. Arthur froze.
"What did you just say?" Arthur asked glaring at Merlin's back. Merlin turned to him.
"I said I bet he's feeling great after the kiss he got from…" Merlin gulped seeing the murderous look on Arthur's face. "kiss from…Gwen." Merlin lied hurriedly. Arthur stormed out of his chambers and towards Gaius's chambers. He slammed through the door and glared at Gaius.
"Where is Lancelot?" Arthur demanded. Gaius looked at him shocked.
"I don't know sire. He left a few minutes ago." Gaius said raising one eyebrow. Arthur almost growled.
"I demand that you tell me where he is." Arthur demanded again. Gaius sighed.
"I already told you sire. I do not know." He said almost sighing. Arthur growled and stormed out leaving Gaius feeling confused.
Arthur walked along the road, people quickly moving out of his way, not wanting to get in his way. As he approached the training ground he heard Katie shouting.
"Go Lancelot!" Katie cried out cheering him on. Ellie stood next to her smirking.
"That must have been one great accidental kiss. You usually find these things boring." She commented and smiled when she saw Katie blush.
"A girl can change her mind can't she." Katie replied simply before sighing. "Uh oh. Someone got on Arthur's bad side." she whispered to Ellie as Arthur stormed towards the sword fight. Lancelot and the knight he was fighting against stopped when they saw the prince approach them.
"Sire." Lancelot said bowing when Arthur stopped in front of him. Arthur gave him a sarcastic smile before punching him in the face. Lancelot fell to the ground. Katie and Ellie rushed over to them.
"Arthur. What did you do that for?" Katie demanded. Arthur grabbed her arm to stop her going any closer to Lancelot.
"You are not to go near him again. I heard about what happened. He is not good enough for you." Arthur said stiffly before turning around and leaving, pulling Katie along behind him. Ellie watched them go sadly before helping Lancelot up.
Merlin sighed and put the brush down finally finished with the horses. He left the stables and headed back for the castle. Izzy was on her way to Katie's chambers when she say Merlin just in front of her.
"Merlin!" Izzy shouted out running up to him. Merlin turned round.
"Lady Isabelle." He said surprised. Izzy rolled her eyes.
"I told you to call me Izzy." She insisted. Merlin smiled and nodded his head.
"So, Izzy. Where are you off too?" he asked. "To see Katie?"
Izzy nodded. "Yep. Mind if I walk with you? Katie's chamber is on the way to Arthur's." Merlin shook his head.
"Of course I don't mind." and they walked towards the sleeping chambers together.
Ellie sat on Katie's bed watching her pace up and down the room.
"How dare he say something like that. I mean, yeah sure he's my cousin but still. Ordering me too not see Lancelot. It's just…" Katie sighed and fell back onto her bed before looking at Ellie pleadingly. "Will you talk to him for me? Please." she whined just as Izzy came through the door.
"Talk to who about what?" she asked curiously joining them on the bed. Ellie stood up.
"Arthur banned her from seeing Lancelot." Ellie said heading for the door. "I don't know why your sending me to talk to him. I'm just a servant." she said before leaving. Katie and Izzy looked at each other rolling there eyes.
"She really is clueless isn't she." Izzy said. Katie nodded her head in agreement.
"Yup. But so are all the men. Which is a good thing really. I can only imagine what uncle Uther would do if he found out about there feelings." Katie said sadly.
Ellie hesitated before knocking on Arthur's door.
"Enter" She heard him say, and she took a deep breath before entering. When Ellie entered she saw Merlin picking up the armour from the floor and Arthur staring at the fire.
"Sire." Ellie said walking over to him. Arthur turned to her.
"Elizabeth." he said curtly before turning to Merlin. "Go polish my armour." he commanded and Merlin left wordlessly. "What do you want?" He asked as the door closed. Ellie stared at him.
"Katie." she said simply. "What you did was totally unfair." Ellie said sternly. "Arthur." she said when he didn't reply. "Arthur are you listening to me?" Arthur turned to her.
"So now it's Arthur is it. What happened to my lord?" he asked sarcastically taking a sip of his wine. Ellie bit her lip.
"Arthur." she said softly walking closer to her. "I wasn't…feeling well." she lied. Arthur huffed. "Like I said the other day. You're a terrible liar." he muttered. Ellie ignored him.
"Why did you hit Lancelot?" she asked avoiding the subject. Arthur turned to her.
"You mean you don't know?" he asked sarcastically. "Lancelot made a move on my cousin and I will do what ever it takes to make sure that he stays away from her." he said loudly. Ellie glared at him.
"And who are you to decide who Katie societies with." Ellie said her voice also getting louder.
"He is not a noble men. He does not deserve her." he almost shouted.
"You are such a hypocrite." Ellie shouted angrily. "You and Gwen can be together, but she cannot even converse with Lancelot." she said with tears in her eyes. "You are a selfish pig."
Arthur glared at her and slapped her hard.
