Chapter 11
Arthur walked into the dining hall the next morning and sat opposite his father and looked around noticing that Odin wasn't there.
"Father." he said piling food onto his plate. "I think we should leave this morning." he said simply. Uther frowned at him.
"What. Why on earth would we leave? We only got here yesterday." Uther asked confused. Arthur looked at him seriously.
"Can't you feel it. There is magic in the air." he lied knowing that that would get him to leave. Uther raised an eyebrow and looked around.
"Are you sure?" he whispered and Arthur nodded slowly hiding a smirk behind his hand. The sooner they got out of Odin's kingdom the better.
Katie and Morgana linked arms and made their way into the hall.
"Good morning." Morgana said and paused when she saw Uther's pale face. "Is something the matter my lord?" she asked. Uther nodded slowly.
"Eat breakfast then go pack. We are leaving as soon as possible." He said sternly and got up. "Be quick." he added and made his way back to his chambers. Arthur sighed quietly in relief and continued eating. Katie and Morgana looked at each other perplexed before sitting down.
Odin walked in moments later.
"Was King Uther unhappy with our food?" he asked and looked at Arthur a little surprised. Arthur smirked at him.
"No. He was just telling us that we are leaving after breakfast. Something has just come to his attention." he said smiling. Odin gulped nervously and sat down at the head of the table. "Oh." he said simply and glared at the food. 'I've been done.' he thought thinking of Myror. 'I'll have to get someone else to do it.' he thought. Katie looked a little perplexed but kept her mouth shut and didn't say anything.
A few hours later and they had all left the castle making their way along the path through the woods. Uther and Arthur were up front with Katie and Morgana behind them. The guards were keeping there eyes peeled for trouble. In the middle was Rob with Izzy next to him. He wasn't letting her out of her sight. He could see her glancing up at Merlin who was just behind Katie talking to Gwen. Ellie was at the back of the line, her horse walking slowly so she could enjoy the scenery. She loved nature.
Katie looked back and sighed. Morgana glanced at her and looked back as well. She rolled her eyes.
"She's always off somewhere else." Morgana giggled and stopped her horse letting everyone else go past her. Katie stopped her horse as well and both of them joined Ellie on either side.
"What you thinking about?" Katie asked curiously the group in front of them slowly moving further away from them. Ellie looked at her.
"Nothing In particular. Just enjoying the scenery." she said softly smiling. "It's beautiful." she said happily. Katie rolled her eyes.
"Yeah. Lovely. All those spiders and creepy crawlies." She said sarcastically. Morgana giggled and looked ahead.
"We better catch up." she said as the group in front of them disappeared around the corner. Ellie rolled her eyes.
"Yes my lady." she said bowing her head mockingly. Morgana tried to hide her smile.
"I can have you beheaded for talking to me like that." She teased. Ellie and Katie just laughed.
Kendrick smirked seeing the three ladies fall back and nodded at his men from across the path. They jumped out from behind bushes and down from the trees. Morgana jumped slightly and looked at them shocked. Katie looked at them one eyebrow raised and Ellie let out a small scream as they jumped out of nowhere.
"Who are you?" Morgana asked her head held high. Kendrick smiled at her and bowed low.
"Lady Morgana." he said. "We are here to escort you. Hengist would love to see you." He smirked. Morgana gripped her reins tightly. Ellie's horse shifted and Katie glared down at him.
"I don't think so." She said smirking and squeezed her horse making him walk foreword. Kendrick's men grabbed the horses reins and pulled Katie down from her horse.
"Let go of me!" Katie screamed.
Arthur slowed his horse to a stop. Uther looked at him.
"Son. What is it?" He asked worriedly. Arthur shook his head.
"I thought I heard…" he started.
Ellie looked at Morgana.
"Go." she shouted and jumped off of her horse. Ellie ran over to Katie but got grabbed by another man. Morgana kicked her horse so she could go and get help but her horse also got grabbed and she was pulled off.
"Come on." Kendrick said putting a bit of cloth in Katie's mouth. "And bring the horses." He placed her on his shoulder. Katie struggled and started hitting him on the back. Kendrick ignored her.
Ellie whistled at her horse and lily galloped off in the knights direction. Kendrick's men tried to grab her but she got away. The men swore and quickly grabbed Morgana and Ellie. One of them put cloth in Morgana's mouth. Ellie looked at the as he approached her. She opened her mouth and took a deep breath.
"ARTHUR!!!!" she screamed before having some cloth stuffed in her mouth.
"Quickly. We have to go." Kendrick said and they all ran in to the forest the three girls thrown across their shoulders.
Everyone turned around when they heard Ellie scream. Uther frowned and stood up in his stirrups.
"Where is Katie and Morgana?" he asked. Everyone looked around but couldn't see them. Izzy looked at Merlin worriedly. Merlin bit his lip and looked at Arthur.
"Ellie's gone as well." She whispered to Robert. Rob scoffed.
"Oh please. As if anyone care." he whispered back. Arthur gasped as Lily galloped around the corner.
"That's Ellie's horse." He said quickly and dismounted. Izzy dismounted as well and stopped the horse. "Come on. They must be in trouble." He said quickly and everyone ran in the direction they had just come seeing as most of them had been on foot anyway.
They rounded the corner and looked shocked. Arthur turned to them.
"Into the woods. Try to find them." he commanded and the knights and him went into the forest. Izzy looked at Merlin worriedly.
"What if they don't find them?" she asked. Merlin smiled down at her reassuringly.
"They will. This is Arthur we're talking about. He won't rest until he's found them." he said and held her hand squeezing it lightly. Izzy smiled back at him blushing slightly.
((please review. I don't like this chapter very much. But as my friend just said 'I never do.' Hope you like it:)))
