Chapter 6: My Story

Before the sun rose king Fergus together with his band of soldiers left the castle to continue the search for his daughter. Couples of Hours have passed, the sun finally rose from its bed and the bright sunshine drifted throughout the Scotland but still the king didn't find his precious daughter. It's been several hours of searching in the woods but , no princess appeared. All they heard and saw were some animals and chirping sound of birds.

"Merida! Lass! Please answer me! Where are ye!. Yer mother is already awake and she wanted tae see ye! Please show yerself tae us!"The king dismounted from his horse, stood still, pleaded and roared desperately. Tears were already rolling down from his cheeks. His hopes to find his precious daughter was starting to vanished.

"MERIIIIIIDDDDAAAA! PLEASE SHOW YER SELFFFF! YER MOTHER IS ALREADY FINEEEE! COME BACK HOME LASS!" Fergus shouted and fell from his knees. His fingers are tugged in the grass , cried loudly and keeps on calling his daughter's name hoping that the princess might be able to hear him if he screamed louder and show her self but no red headed lass appeared in front of them. The soldiers look at their king mournfully and they felt pity for him. They just can't bear seeing their beloved king in pain but there was nothing they could do. He lost his precious daughter and they know how hurtful it is for a father. Several minutes have passed and the king withdraws his self and mounted back to his horse.

"Let's head back tae the castle." The king ordered with frustration and sadness look on his face. He pulled the reins of his horse and took off while his soldiers exchanged glances at each other with flash of loneliness on their face. They spent the whole day searching for the princess but they just found nothing. Night had already fallen when they arrived back into the castle. King Fergus dismounted from his horse and told them to have a rest. The king was already walking towards the door when the leader of his soldiers named Arthur called him.

"M'lord!"

"Aye wot it is lad?"

"We'll continue to search for the princess tomorrow."

"Nah just take a re—"

"Even without your accompany m'lord"

"Aye! Even without yer accompany my lord we'll search for the princess."

Each soldier agreed that they willing to search for the princess. The king's eyes widened when his soldiers voluntarily want to search for the princess

"But why? Why are ye willing tae search for my daughter?"

"Because I know wot it feels like tae lose someone precious in yer life and besides m'lord we want tae return tae ye the kindness ye've shown tae us for several years and we think that well somehow this offering might ease yer pain."

The king gave them a weak smile and nodded allowing them to continue the search for the lost princess. Arthur knew that the hopes of the king were starting to vanished so he took a deep breath, dismounted from his horse and told his story.

"M'Lord I know that your starting to give up but hold on still. M'lord. Like ye I once had a daughter. She's very beautiful, thin, and joyful just like yer daughter m'lord. She means everything tae me. She and my wife, they are my precious girl. Well me and my daughter get along well until one day we fought and I've lost her." Arthur sighed and Fergus noticed the sadness in his face.

"Then did ye find her?"

"We—ll I'm sorry m'lord if—"

"Nae continue. I want tae hear yer story."

Fergus smiled at him and he nodded.

"Days have passed and just like ye m'lord my hopes in finding her was about tae vanished. I and my wife stopped the search for her for several days but I realized something. If I give up I might regret it later so I kept on fighting. Everyday I got disappointed with the results. I always found nothing. My world was being torn apart little by little but still I continued the search until one day I finally found her. M'Lord it took me years to find her. Years of frustration, loneliness, and dismay."

"Where is yer daughter now lad?" The king asked him with smile on his face. Arthur smiled at him weakly and the king noticed something in his eyes. There were tears forming around its corner.

"She's already dead M'lord, She and my wife. After I found her at the river, she was still healthy but then suddenly she became so weak like a certain kind of disease took all over her body. After her death, several months passed my wife got depressed because our daughter died. IT reached tae the point that she actually killed her self."

"I'm sorry about yer daughter and yer wife Arthur." Fergus walked towards him and patted the shoulder of Arthur. He felt bad for him but Arthur wiped his tears and smiled at his beloved king.

"Nae its okay M'lord don't be sorry besides I already accepted it. I shared my story tae ye because I see myself in ye. I was hoping that my story would somehow boost yer hopes. That ye will not stop searching for yer daughter even if it takes years and we as yer loyal soldiers will not also stop supporting ye M'lord."

"Aye! Arthur is right M'lord! For ye and the queen! We'll always here fer ye tae join any kind of battle!"

Each soldier gave their king a smile and keeps on raising their weapons in the air showing that they're ready for any kind of battle the kingdom will face. The king's eyes narrowed and his heart was touched. He just couldn't believe that they will join him in his personal battle. He didn't expect that they will react this way.

"For the king and queen!"

"aye! For the queen and king!"

Voices of support filled the courtyard of Dunbroch then suddenly Harris was standing by the door and catching his breath. The laughter of the king dropped when he saw the facial expression of his son. He hurriedly approached him and his massive hands were place on his sons shoulder.

"Wot is it lass?"

Fergus asked Harris nervously but no responsed heard from him then suddenly his son grabbed his arms and they hurriedly went to the queen's place.

"Oh no this can't be." Arthur murmured to his self and each soldiers exchanged glances. Some of them were confuse about the reaction of the prince, some of them started to sobbed and cry and some of them were a little bit shocked. They still don't know what happened to the queen but all of them feel that something terrible happened to her.

And chapter 5 and 6 done! =))) sorry about the fifth chapter kinda short and this chapter is just an extra to my story I guess because I don't know what to write anymore!hihihih..=))) My brain is kinda not working this week maybe because school is about to start next week..huhuhu but I promise as soon as I finish the next chapter I'll upload it…thanks for reading! And reviews are welcome!=)))))