Love Is In The Air

by RainbowSheep1599

Freya is being chased by Bounty Hunters again! She flees to Camelot where she is reuinted with her love Merlin, who is overjoyed to see her! However, Uther, Arthur, and the Bouny Hunters are searching for her, and she is in danger. So Merlin sets out to deal with the Bounty Hunters, however there's more to them than meets the eye...

3. Chapter 3, The Bounty Hunters

Chapter 3: The Bounty Hunters

King Uther Pendragon glanced at the four Bounty Hunters kneeling before him. They certainly looked like men who were not to be messed around with, with muscles as bulky as theirs' and eyes as sharp and furious as theirs' were! But Uther wasn't interested in how they looked, he wanted to know why men like them were in Camelot instead of hunting for magical animals, which was their job.

"Greetings, Bounty Hunters! What brings you to Camelot?" asked Uther, intrigued to find out the answer. The three men stood up and faced the king, with anxious expressions on their faces.

"My lord...we apologize for charging into your kingdom so suddenly, but we have an escapee. An escapee, who, we believe, is hiding from us here, in this kingdom of yours'!" explained the shortest man, who had long hazel hair that ran down his back in a drooping ponytail, and piercing chocolate brown eyes. Uther frowned heavily. He knew this wasn't going to be good news!

"And who is this escapee?" questioned Uther, guessing in his mind that it was a magical creature of some kind.

"It is Freya, the Druid girl who cursed with the Bastet enchantment!" answered the man with tamer brown eyes and shorter hazel hair than the man who has spoke before him. Uther immediately sprang to his feet in fury.

"HER AGAIN! HOW COULD YOU LET HER ESCAPE INTO CAMELOT!" he shrieked, his eyes blazing. Arthur jumped at the sudden change of tone in his voice, and wanted his father to calm down before he started throwing people in the castle dungeons again.

"Father, please! Calm yourself! These men lost her by accident, they didn't WANT her to escape in Camelot! Shouting won't help us find this Freya girl, I'll send my men to search for her right away, don't worry, we'll find her soon!" assured Arthur.

"Be certain you do! The girl's dangerous! Remember that last time she was here she killed many innocent people, I will not allow such brutality to happen again in my kingdom! Once you find her, you must execute her before she can cause any more damage!" instructed Uther.

Arthur, although unconfident about murdering a once peaceful girl who had been cruelly cursed to become a monster, nodded in agreement and left the room to find his men and pass on his father's orders to them. The four Bounty Hunters grinned evilly after him, with their backs turned to Uther so he could not see them.