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Chapter 2—Arthur

The forest seemed a dark and foreboding place to look upon, but for Arthur Pendragon it was a second home. The trees surrounding him gave him a sense of comfort where they gave others a disturbing insecurity. He had grown up in these woods, hunting and riding and wandering. The woods held no fear for Arthur Pendragon.

As he rode through them now he was annoyed and proud at the same time. The morning's hunting trip had been a disappointment for him, yet a success for his sister.

He looked over at his twin; she had the deer strapped in front of her on her jet black mount, riding comfortably. She saw him looking and grinned that devilish grin of hers.

"Jealous, Arthur?" she teased. She knew exactly what he was thinking, as always.

"Can't say I'm not," he admitted. "You had a nice shot, though."

She laughed. "Thank you."

Merlin came up from behind them.

"You're welcome for noticing the deer," he said, grinning.

"And for scaring away the first one," Arthur chastised him. His manservant had displayed a great eye in noticing the silent deer that had eluded the twins, but he would never hear that from Arthur.

Merlin looked slightly sheepish.

The forest road took a turn, and when they rounded it they saw a girl and a boy in the middle of the road, both looking slightly stunned to be there.

The girl was very small, smaller than Elsie, Arthur noted. Blonde hair fell down to the small of her back. Electric blue eyes too large for her face dominated her appearance, paired with a small nose and mouth. She was fairly pretty, Arthur supposed, but not overly so.

The boy was tall and skinny, with smooth hair that was so blonde it was white. Grey, narrow eyes stared from pointed features that brought to mind nobility and power.

The pair looked up at the trio in surprise. Arthur thought that both boy and girl had a surprised look about them, as though they didn't seem to know just how they got where they were.

"Could you tell us where we are?" the girl inquired.

"About a mile from Camelot," Merlin said.

"Where are you going?" Arthur asked them. Wandering in this forest unarmed and walking as these two were doing was dangerous. And these two looked a little young, about 17 or 18.

Not too much younger than us, then, Arthur thought, as he, Elsie, and Merlin were all 23.

"Camelot," the girl said after a moment's hesitation. "I…we were hoping…we were hoping to find work! Our family has too many mouths to feed so we were hoping to make a living on my own, take some of the burden away." She smiled, looking strangely pleased with herself. The boy next to her nodded slowly, his posture tense, glancing at the girl often.

"You should be able to find work in Camelot," Elsie told her.

"Good," the boy said.

"What're your names?" Arthur asked them.

"Tria."

"Draco."

"Well, Tria and Draco," Arthur said. "You'll come with us back to Camelot. Elsie's got the deer, so Tria can ride with me and Draco with Merlin."

Arthur swore that Tria and Draco shared a look of surprise at the mention of Merlin's name but figured that it must have been his imagination.

"I don't think we caught your names, though," Tria commented.

"Oh, right," Arthur said. "I'm King Arthur of Camelot; this is my sister, the Princess Celeste, and my manservant, Merlin."

Tria's eyes widened in wonder while Draco's narrowed with surprise. "It seems we shall have a royal escort," Tria grinned.

Arthur leapt down from his horse to help Tria onto it. Her hand felt very small in his as he guided her onto the horse. Merlin helped Draco onto his mount behind him.

"I've never ridden before," she admitted.

"Neither of us have," Draco added nervously.

"That's all right, you won't have to do any control of the horse," he reassured them. Elsie went ahead of them taking the lead as Arthur mounted in front of Tria. She really was small, he marveled as she put her arms around his waist. He guided the horse after his sister, Merlin and Draco following behind.