A/N: My plan for this chapter is to explain why Anielle is so driven to get Lillian back. I also plan to have Lillian open up to the people who love her most about what happened to her. This chapter will contain the Knights. I always imagined that if arthur and Gwen would have a child they would be close with the Knights as well as merlin. And I'm sorry in advance, my prophecy is really crappy.
Anielle
Anielle was a teenager when she was looking through some ancient Druidic scrolls when she happened upon it. A prophecy older that that of Emrys and the Once and Future King.
The daughter of the Once and Future King
Shall free the people of Dorian of the darkness that overshadows them when she turns 30.
With the help of a prince, she shall overthrow and restore order in the kingdom.
Anielle knew what she had to do. She waited until Camelot was distracted and took the girl from right under her family's nose. Her original plan was to keep the girl until she was 31 so that the prophecy would never come to be. But Anielle knew that once the girl got older the prophecy would start to come true no matter what she did. But she wasn't that cruel a women to harm a 5 year old, no she waited until the girl was old enough to understand. Than she locked the girl away and had her tortured when the girl turned 15.
Lillian
Lillian woke up screaming in the middle of the night.
The guard who was patrolling the hall came into the room, "My Lady, are you alright?" He asked.
"Yes, would you mind checking to see if one of my parents or one of my father's Knights are awake? I-I had a nightmare."
"Of course." He bowed and left.
She leaned back against the pillow and thought about the visions she showed me.
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Her vision was dark, she couldn't see anything. The darkness was closing in on her. The darkness started to shimmer and an image appeared in front of her. It was her father, he held his head in his hands as he sobbed.
"Notice dear, how miserable you've made them," the queen's voice echoed through her mind. The image flaswitched to her mother hugging Lillian's baby blanket to her chest.
"They despair for the loss of their daughter. But what does their daughter despair for? Oh yes, I know."
An image appeared, an older version of herself walking down the aisle clinging to her father's arm.
"She despairs for the loss of her future."
Her evil laugh echoed through Lillian's mind.
"NO! I refuse for you to make me lose hope. I will never lose hope that someone will find me and bring me home!" Lillian yelled. Then she felt something sear red hot against her back and she knew no more.
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The door of Lillian's chambers opened and Lillian shook herself out of her stupor. Her Uncle Leon stood at the door.
"Hello Uncle." She said softly.
He smiled at her, "Hello Lillian, it has been many years." "It has indeed."
"Lillian, What's wrong?"
"Uncle...I've had a nightmare. About my time in Dorian."
"Was I the person to send for? I'm not the best person to talk to about these kinds of things."
"Please Uncle Leon, I just need someone to talk to."
"Okay, dear." He came over and settled next to me.
"When I turned 15, she started to torture me, with visions and mental speak. She would show me images and tell me that I had made everyone miserable and I had ruined my own future by running away and when I would disagree she would burn me." Lillian pulled the shoulder of her nightdress down slightly so her could see the 3 scars on her collar bone. He gasped and hugged her.
"I was so scared for the first few weeks that whenever I felt an intrusion in my mind, I would recoil into the back of the cell and try to block it out. But as it went on I learned to just sit and take it than remind myself it wasn't real."
"You are so strong to have endured that. I've known men in my lifetime who've been tortured and all of them gave in. But you, from what your saying you didn't give in."
"I kept up hope that one day someone would find me and bring me home. And they did but now she's after me again." I walked to the window and in the distance there was a horse with a rider on it riding towards Camelot. "Uncle Leon?"I said, "who's that?" Leon came over and looked worried.
"Come with me we'll find your father," Leon grabbed my hand and we ran down the corridor towards my parents chambers.
Leon knocked on the door, "Enter!",my father's voice said. We walked in and my father was still at his desk drawing up battle plans.
"Leon, what-? Lillian? Hello darling. What are you doing awake?"
"Sire, we have urgent news."
"What is it, Leon?" My father said his voice changing quickly.
"A man was seen riding straight for camelot and should be her by sun up sire."
"I will go down to meet him myself and find out who he is and what he wants."
"Father, I would like to be with you when you go down." Lillian said.
"No-"
"Please father, I'll be careful I'm trained in sword fighting."
He raised his eyebrows at me, "What?"
"I befriended one of the guards and whenever he was on duty we would take sticks and teach me to fight, but he was found out and executed a year later while he was attempting to get me out."
"Of course you did, okay fine. "
"Thank you father!" She hugged him tightly. The sun started to rise.
"We should head down to meet him now, it's almost sun up."
"Ok father."her father put his cloak on and gave her one of her mother's old ones, "Thank you, Uncle Leon, for listening."
"Anytime Lillian." She smiled at him.
Father and daughter walked from the room. The fell into step next to each other walking at the same speed. They walked to the front gate.
The man was in simple peasants clothing but he sat on his horse like a noble. He had close cropped brown hair and bright green eyes. He jumped off his horse steadily and walked over to the father-daughter team.
"King Arthur and Princess Lillian, it's an honor."
"Who are you and what are you doing in my kingdom?"
"My name is-was Crown Prince Jeffery of Dorian, but I guess now I'm just Jeffery. Anielle over through my father and I wish to help you and take back my kingdom."
A\N: I really like Leon, I'm sorry if he was a little OOC but I have trouble writing him. I hope you like the story so far let me know what you think I can do I have trouble writing battles and wars so if anyone has any suggestions let me know! Thanks guys!
