"My name is Danika Lynn Golovna. I'm from the United States, but my family moved to England two years ago. My father teaches at the London School of Theology. My friends call me Dani. I'm nineteen years old. All I know is I was running through the woods, trying to get away from my father, and probably my mother, when this mist began to appear everywhere. Their voices which had been shouting were growing fainter and fainter, and suddenly I was falling through the bushes and here I was. Those two men found me." Kassidy read aloud.

Everyone had met in the hospital area where Dani lay resting. It had almost brought a smile to Kass's face as she realized she and her brother and sister had been in a very similar position just months before. Now the place felt almost like home.

"Why were you running from your mother and father?" Arthur asked the small blonde girl.

Dani scribbled something on paper and handed it to Kass. Kass read. "They were very angry. I knew that I was going to be punished and I was scared." As Kass read Dani began to write again on a new piece of parchment. Kass continued reading. "You see, my sister Mira married a boy from town without my parents permission. They were furious."

"But why would you be punished if she's the one who made them unhappy?" Bri asked.

Dani stared at the bed for a moment before writing again. Kass squeezed the girl's hand briefly before continuing her translation. "Mira was born when I was three. She was so perfect, and I wasn't. I've always received the punishments, for both my transgressions and my sister's. They just always told me someone had to sacrifice for the greater good of others." Kass finished reading and looked at the girl. "That's where the scars came from isn't it Dani? These punishments?" Dani nodded. "And the scar on your throat? Was that from a punishment?"

Dani looked down at the bed. She didn't know if she should tell these people this stuff. Making a decision she looked at Kassidy Keller and nodded slowly. This time when she wrote it was with slow, jerky movements. Kass read the paper and tears slipped down her face. "Yes," she read aloud."My sister got caught talking on the phone to a boy. My father took a rope and tied it around my neck. He pulled and pulled, dragging me up the stairs. It crushed my larynx. There was hemoraging and severe blood loss. I was in hospital for a month..." Kass was openly crying now. She looked to Arthur. "She almost died."

"That's why she was running." Bri mumbled. "If they almost killed her for the sister talking to a boy, can you imagine what they'd do to Dani for her sister marrying the boy?"

Vanora moved forward and enveloped the petite blonde in her arms. "You poor little love." she murmured.

Arthur laid a hand upon Dani's head gently and looked at Guinevere and then Kass. "It seems your time has brought us another to look after."&&&

Everyone left the girl to rest for the afternoon. The men met at the round table and could tell that Arthur was worried. "I do not know or understand what is happening. I do not understand why these time travellers are coming to us."

"Does it really matter why it's happening?" Dagonet asked softly.

The men thought about these words. "Possibly not." Galahad nodded.

"I think what we should focus on is that these people were brought here after suffering much pain in their own time. Perhaps they were brought here for a purpose. Perhaps we're supposed to care for them. Or perhaps it's just some strange mistake. What matters is that they're here now. I see shadows that once filled Kassidy's eyes disappearing. And now this small girl, a woman, yet not, comes to us and there is so much pain there Arthur."

"The scars are monstrous. That a father would do that to his own child." Bors muttered angrily. It made him want to hold each of his little bastards close to him. "Dagonet is right. It doesn't matter how they got here. It matters that they're here."

"Perhaps we should keep a daily watch on that area of the land Arthur." Lancelot spoke. "I know Kassidy, Brandon, and Brianna all came together, but that makes four now. We don't know that there won't be more."

"Agreed." Arthur responded. "For the time being we will take daily shifts to go out and patrol that area of the kingdom."

As the men made to leave the room Bors approached Arthur. "Arthur, Vanora would like for the girl to live in our household." Bors began. "As long as Dani is okay with it. Would you permit that?"

"Of course my old friend. I think it would do the girl good to see how real families work."