A/N: I changed William's name into being William Elric de' Medci. Sorry for the trouble n review as always.

Chapter II: The Knightress reveals herself.

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The next day, Arthur was assigned to show William around, much to the displeasure of the young prince as he knew his father was planning for the two kingdoms to form an alliance. William, from what he'd seen throughout breakfast, was a soft-spoken man with a wise and intelligent mind yet, unlike Arthur and the other princes his stature or age, he prefers being inside the library, rereading old manuscrips and books; which in Arthur's view, was very boring.

"Do you even know how to spar then?" Arthur sighed. William blinked at the Camelot Prince and hesitantly looked at the courtyard, seemingly deep in thought.

"I used to learn how to spar and such but-!"

"Great! Spar with me then!" Arthur declared, dragging a reluctant William to the tent where the armors and weapons were kept for the knights' use. As he quickly and skillfully puts on his armor, William took his time, though his armor was sloppy and unskillfully put on. Arthur, seeing his friend in his state, sighed in exasperation and hollared for Merlin to enter the tent. Merlin came in, breathless as usual from having to run to Arthur's beck and call.

"Help him out will you?" Arthur said nonchalantly, pointing at the sheepish prince. Merlin moved to help the French prince out, taking note how terribally made the armor was. As he fixed William up, he couldn't help but feel as if there was something or someone staring coldly behind him but he looked back to see no one there. Shrugging it off as his imagination, he quickly helped William put on his head protector; taking note how shaky the prince seems to be.

"Don't worry; Arthur will go easy on you." Merlin reassured William with a smile, grimancing as he watched William went out of the tent, with a sword by his hand. Praying that Arthur has the decency to go easy on the prince, he hurriedly rushed outside. He didn't notice a shadowy form slinking out of the tent, fully intent on interventing the spar.

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"Arthur. . . I need to tell you something." William said meekly however Arthur didn't catch what he said. He merely lowered his visor and prepared to fight.

"Ready!"

"Arthur I really don't-"

"Steady!"

"I can't fight you-!"

"FIGHT!"

Arthur swung his sword to the french prince, expecting a fierce retaliation, however he was horrified to see the prince stumble down on the ground and clench his eyes close and froze on the spot. He wasn't able to draw away as most of his force was thrown into this possible fatal blow.

CLANG!

Arthur and the other knights as well as Merlin were suprised to see a fully armored knight with a black cape step in front of Arthur and block his sword in just the nick of time.

"Raven!" gasped William as he stood up. The knight turned and glanced down at the prince of France.

"Nigaud." At the knight's statement, William looked down at the ground.

"You!" The Knight, Raven shouted as he went over to Arthur staring coldly at him in close range. Arthur was able to see the stormy grey eyes blazing behind the visor and frankly; he was slightly intimidated by her presence. It was as if the air itself became scrace with the glare.

"Are you an idiot! Liam could have been headless then if I had not interfeared! What do you have to say for yourself, huh!" he spat. Arthur was shocked as no one had ever yelled at him.

"Raven, I'm okay. You don't have to yell at him. I was the one at fault." William said despite being on the end of Raven's glare. Raven then did something unexpected. He took off his head protector and revealed him-Herself! Arthur and the others in attendence watched as the knight in question revealed herself as a female with shoulder length glossy raven hair and a pair of stormy gray eyes that looked like an impending storm up close.

"Your fault? You are this close" Raven made a finger gap of only a few inch to emphasise her argument "To being killed and you ask me to chill. Oh great! Thanks a lot for being concerned for my little prince." She huffed, looking away in a cross manner.

William stared at Arthur awkwardly and grinned sheepishly. "My lord, I'd like you to meet my protector and knight; Lady Alexandria Raven le' Chevalier."