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Melinda woke up to a bright light streaming through her window. She squinted and shielded her eyes. After blinking a few times, she got up reluctantly and stretched, then turned her attention to the large mirror on her closet door. She didn't look too bad in the mornings, just a little less than presentable for her own liking. She let out a long sigh, walked out of her room, and started towards the bathroom.

After bathing, she noticed that some clothes that were laid out for her and took them gladly. When she was done, she admired herself in the mirror. The dress was made of an elegant and natural flax linen which was a dark forest green in color. The lacing on the back allowed making size adjustments easily and the material was light, great for the hot weather and had an amazing authentic structure.

After putting on her gold jewelry, a small giggle escaped the female's lips as she performed a twirl in front of the mirror.

Suddenly, a light rapping was heard on her door, "Milady, may I come in?"

Immediately, Milanda recognized the voice to be her father's.

"Please wait a minute!"

Quickly, she took the matching cloak that was laid out for her as well and put on the hood.

"You can come in now."

Merlin and Gwen entered and bowed but Merlin couldn't help but smile when he saw her, the dress suited her young petite figure.

"Milady, this is Gwen. She'll attend to all your needs until we leave."

Melinda nodded and smiled at Gwen.

Gwen smiled back and curtsied to the young lady.

"An honor my lady."

After breakfast with Arthur, Melinda went back to her room to get ready for the journey.

"Is there anything you need milady?"

"If you can, could you fetch me a satchel?"

"May I ask what you plan to do with it?"

"I would like to keep my old clothes in it."

"Ah I see. Right away my milady."

Melinda smiled as Gwen curtsied to her before leaving the room. But once she was outside, Gwen's thoughts went back to Melinda's smile from earlier.

Why did her smile look so familiar?

The knights watched as Melinda made her way down the steps.

"Good morning" she greeted them.

"Morning milady" they greeted back.

"Linda, you may choose whatever horse you wish."

Immediately, a mischievous smile formed on her lips, "Whatever horse?"

Arthur nodded and immediately, the young girl pointed to a black horse that was kept into the stable.

"That one"

"That one?"

"Is there a problem?"

"Well he's difficult to tame."

"Really? Then could I try?"

"You might get hurt" he warned.

"I'll be fine."

Arthur, Merlin and the knights watched in surprise at how easy it was for Melinda to tame the horse.

"Surprising" Arthur murmured.

Merlin, who heard him, nodded his head in agreement, "Surprising really, only Morgana could ever tame it right?"

"Right"

Melinda got on the horse with ease. Unknown to everyone else, this was HER horse in the future and she loved riding it. Plus among all the other horses, it was the most striking. The horse was black in color, its coat was beautiful and it had a thick mane and tail to match. Touching him was like touching her favorite material, velvet.

"Congratulations, you're the second person to ever tame Velvet."

Melinda smiled, "Do you want to race?"

Arthur laughed, "You and me? You've got be joking. I'll win you easily."

"Oh really? Sir Leon, is there a certain landmark on the map?"

"Actually there's supposed to be a bridge on the way so-"

"Perfect! Whoever gets there first wins!"

And before Arthur could protest against it, she rode off.

"Hey! Wait!"

Nightfall

"I win!"

"You cheated!" Arthur argued.

Melinda laughed, the sound of it echoed in the trees.

When Merlin and the knights finally came, they set about making camp. When they were done, they ate the dinner Merlin made for them around the fire.

"So Melinda could you tell us more about out future?" Arthur asked.

Immediately everyone looked up with interest.

"Alright, then tonight, I'll tell you of your future Arthur Pendaragon but first I must ask you, what would you like to know specifically?"

Arthur thought about it, part of him wanted to know how Camelot had developed over the years and another part of him wanted to know more about the family Melinda had mentioned he had yesterday.

"My children. Tell me more about them." Arthur finally decided.

Melinda smiled, "I knew you would ask that."

Melinda took a moment to gather her thoughts and began, "Well you had 3 children. Aaron, Aurora and Aurea."

Arthur nodded.

"Aaron is 15. He's good at practically everything. Sword fights, jousting and etc. And he's the best friend of my older brother too. The two of them are really close. But he can get pretty stuck-up like how my father said you were but the only difference between the two of you is that he likes bootlickers. He just adores praise."

Just thinking about him made Melinda roll her eyes whilst Arthur's face puckered at the thought of his own son to be as arrogant as that.

"How does he look like?" Merlin asked.

"A spitting image of his father actually."

"Really?" Arthur asked.

Melinda nodded, "Aurora too."

"And how old is she?" Elyan asked.

"13 like me."

"What is she like?" Gwaine asked.

"Well, she's a pretty proud person and can get pretty irritating because she talks a lot. But if you get to know her more, you would know that's she actually really nice but you must never wake her up in the morning."

"Why?" Percival asked.

Merlin chuckled, "Let me guess, she hates mornings doesn't she?"

Melinda nodded, "My father said she's just like her father like that!"

Arthur scowled whilst everyone else laughed.

"And the other one?" Lancelot asked "Aurea?"

"She's 10 and very pretty. Her hair isn't straight like her father's but curly and she has her mother's brown eyes. She's a real kindred spirit. She's really independent and dresses herself on her own too."

Merlin rolled his eyes, "I do wish Arthur was the same."

Arthur scowled in response.

"So who is her mother?" Lancelot asked

Melinda smiled, "I'm sure all of you had already guess."

As soon as she said, they all watched Arthur's cheeks flush red.

Suddenly, Melinda yawned, "I'm tired. I'll go to bed."

The knights nodded,exhausted as well.

And after bidding each other goodnight, they all left to go and have a good night's rest.

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