"Good morning beautiful." A voice says to me as I stir. I look around, and find myself in a stone room, lying on a stone counter.
"How are you feeling? Maybe a little hungry?" The voice asks, and I finally look to see who it belongs to. It is that girl, the one with the raven hair. Her eyes are beautiful, but filled with hatred. She has pale skin, as if she never goes into the sunlight. And her voice; it is so beautiful it could put a child to sleep, but her tone is one of darkness and despair. I wonder, what could have made her so sad? She seems to be about the same age as I, only 12, so how could she be so cruel? As I am thinking all of this, her small smile turns into an ugly scowl, and she sends a shock through my body. I don't know how she did it, but I screamed from the horrible pain it brought me.
"I asked you a question, did I not? When I ask something, I expect an answer." I shake from the pain, while trying to remember what she had asked. Oh yeah. Was I hungry? Yes, I am. I nod my head as much as I can, and she smiles again.
"Much better." She looks over to some men that I did not notice in the corner of the room.
"Feed him." They nod, and walk close to me. I shiver, feeling like something bad will happen. The looks on their faces seem to prove my suspicions. As they get closer, I start to feel dread, then…
I wake up in a cold sweat, shaking as if I was in a winter storm. These dreams have been haunting me for as long as I remember which really isn't that long. I can still recall that night I woke up, alone in a dark room, naked, starving, and close to death. I couldn't remember a thing about that night, or anything else before it. I was able to find my way out, and was lucky it was a warm, summer night. If I wasn't…I shiver, not wanting to think about that. After I got out, I wondered around, and that was when Gaius found me. I was so lucky he was a doctor; he nursed me back to health. He couldn't keep me forever though; I wasn't cheap. So, with some spare clothes, food, money, and medicine, he sent me on my way. That was over a year now. And look at what I've become. A scrap dog wondering around towns; no home, no family, no anything. And now I'm sitting in a rich boy's bed, in his house, without paying anything, and just being overall useless. As I am thinking about all of this, a knock comes on the door. I jump, not expecting it, and watch as it slowly opens.
'It's just Gwaine,' I think, as I see him come in through the door. But, right after, the rest of the group follows.
'Of course. Why would it ever only just be one,' I criticize as I watch them all file around the bed.
"How are you feeling?" Gwaine asks. He always seems to be the one talking to me. I think he must be the leader of the group. He has long brown hair, a long nose, dark eyes, but a mischievous smile.
'He must be a trouble maker' I decide.
"Well Merlin?" He says again, looking inquisitive. I flinch, remembering that horrible nightmare. I just nod, too nervous to do anything else.
"That's good." After Gwaine finishes speaking, the blond haired boy walks up; I think his name was Arthur?
"Hi, so, um, I was wondering, uh, could I ask you some questions?" he stutters, looking away shyly. I wonder why, he doesn't have to be. I'm the one imposing on him. He should be able to ask me anything, so I just end up nodding.
"Ok...so…" the next thing he says is so rushed, even the others looked terribly confused.
"Maybe, maybe you could slow down Arthur," the one with dark skin suggests. He nods, and starts talking in a much slower, smoother voice.
"So, do you go to school? Do you have any family? How did you get so hurt? Do you have anywhere you belong?" I look down, with tears in my eyes after each question. I slowly start to answer,
"I have never gone to school, at least not that I can remember. I don't know any of my family, because I can't remember anything from before a little over a year ago. I don't belong anywhere. I have no home." I guess I mumbled all of this, because they are all straining to hear me. They all look very sad at my last statement; I guess anyone would if they heard that.
"I'm sorry." I look up and see Arthur looking down. In truth, they all were looking away, but I only cared to look at that bright eyed blond haired boy.
"It's alright. It's all I know anyway." I say, presumably stronger than before because they all looked up at me. I hate being the middle of attention; I hate being noticed at all. So when five boys are all staring at me at once, it's very intimidating.
"Well, how about you stay with me from now on?" Gwaine teasingly states, although I don't think he was kidding. We all just stare at him, and he shrugs.
"I'm 18, and I have my own house and job. It wouldn't be a big problem. I could take you where you need to go, even to school." I must have gone through hundreds of emotions in that point, just staring at him.
"You, you would help me?" I mummer, feeling surprised. No one had ever helped me in my life before this. Well, people have, but have never been sincere. They always had something else they wanted. But this guy, he seemed like all he wanted was to help. As I think about everything, I see Arthur whisper something to Gwaine, and his face falls for a split second before smiling back at me.
"If you would excuse us, we need to go talk about some things. Please think about what I offered." With that, they all leave, but Arthur lingers for a few second.
"Get better quickly. If you need anything, you can call me." He stares at a wall while saying that, then quickly scrambles out of the room and shuts the door. I just stare at the door, before I shut my eyes. I'm so confused about everything that is happening. But before I have the chance to think about anything, I am whisked back to sleeping, dreaming those horrible, dreadful nightmares.