"Two weeks?!" I gasp. Arthur takes an urgent glance to Guins door and puts a finger to his mouth. "Shut up idiot. You'll wake her!" He whisper yells. An unintentional smile spreads across my lips at his concern for Guinevere. 'Damn love really does change people.' I say grinning. I open the door once more and leave heading to the one place I called home. Where father wasn't there.
I open it to see someone in my chair. I quickly take out my sword and lunge at the person. I put the sword to their throat. "Leave immediately and I'll spare your life." I threaten my entire body on edge. "Is that really a way to treat a friend?" The person speaks. I sigh in relief removing the sword. "Merlin." I breath out. He looks at me. "The one and only." I put my sword down to the side of the cottage. "How'd you find this place?" I ask getting the bucket of water, washing my face and brushing my teeth. "I remembered you came here a lot after fighting with your father. And since you took up my room over at the palace I decided to take yours." He says.
I look around and see that it looked a lot more organized and clean. I look at the floor. "How many times did you sweep?!" I asked bending down and touching the floor, basically no dust or dirt on it. "Enough to get it clean." He says. "Oh and I made some dinner, they're simply left overs but I don't know if you'd want it." He say pointing at a cupboard in the cottage. I walked over and got the dish out. I breathed in the air and my mouth watered. "It seems delicious to me already." I say giving him a thankful smile. "You can sleep on my bed I'll get some blankets from father and sleep on the floor." I say finishing up the food. I put it in the sink and get my sword once again. "Are you sure. I could sleep on the floor if you'd like." He asks walking with me. "It's fine, plus the consistency of the bed and the floor have little to no difference." I say laughing. I grab my coat put it on and head to the door. "I'll be back soon. Don't burn the place down." I say giving him a smile he returns it and I close the door.
"Why does Arthur treat him so rashly? Merlins a real nice person to be be talked that way by a guy born in a castle." I say taking one last glance at the cottage before entering town.
I reach the front of house and hear very... inappropriate noises. I grit my teeth and sneak into the living room window and reach down. Right where my hand lads there was the blanket and makeshift pillow I used when I did sleep here. I grab them and bring them out the window with me. I smile my mission have been successful.
I close the curtain once more and walk back into the town. I make my way closer to the edge of town but I get a weird feeling. I turn around and see someone sneak into a corner. I smirk. I shrug my shoulder continuing to walk then make a turn. I wait at the corner until the person turns. I push them against the wall my hand on their throat. "Well this is a very suggestive position wouldn't you say?" Says the voice jokingly. I grit my teeth. I toss him to the side making him stumble over. "Want me to get you for real this time, or what?" I snap at him. "No but when you left you didn't say where you would be of course I had to know idiot." He scolds and I scoff. It's at the edge of town in a cottage by the woods. Now leave!" I say shooing him. He raises and eyebrow at me. "What exactly do you do there?" He asks suspiciously. "I used it as an escape from my father. But now it makes itself my home." I say venom dripping from 'father'. He nods not seeming convinced. "Now leave me I want to be able to sleep without being stalked!" I say and walk away. "This guy already ruined my fucking mood." I say my lips a line.
I make it to the cottage and put on a smile. "I'm back!" I exclaim closing the door. There was no reponle though. My eyebrows furrow as I search around the cottage. When I reach my room I take out my sword just in case but all I see is Merlin sleeping on my bed. Just to make sure he was actually sleeping and not dead I checked his pulse. I sigh in relief. He's fine. I walk out closing the door and going to a corner in the living room. I extinguish the fire and fix myself on the bed.
I sigh the thoughts of the few hours I was up, entering my mind. The thoughts lulled me to sleep. I open my eyes seeing Morgana in the same field of trees and flowers. She smiles at me as I walk up to her. "We will meet very soon." She cheers holding my hand. "How?" I ask. "The way we were supposed to meet."She says looking at my eyes. "Well then I can't wait." I say returning a smile. "Oh I do wish for your safety. For I don't know what Uther will do to you." She says putting her face in her hands. "Well whatever happens to me, at least I'll be happy eventually on both endings." I say reassuringly. She gives me another one of her smiles. "I do hope you are." She says. Then a black hole opens in the middle of the field. I begins sucking in the flowers, the ground, the Earth. Morgana panics. "Anika you must wake up!" She exclaims. "I can't just wake up!" I tell her. "Well you must or your brain will wield insanity." She warns. I try my best. 'WAKE UP' 'WAKE UP' 'WAKE UP' but no matter how hard I try nothing happens. The ground gets sucked up more and more the edge getting closer and closer. "Anika!"
I jolt awake sitting up straight. I feel a sudden pain in my head after hearing a thwack. I groan, my eyes slowly opening and getting accustomed to the light. I see a raven haired male across from me holding his forehead. "You have one heck of a hit." He says chuckling. He stands up and walks over to me. "Are you okay? You seemed to be having a nightmare. You were shaking, and you even started sweating. I don't know how hard I had to shake you or how loud I had to yell for you to wake up. " He says putting a napkin to my forehead. I grab his wrist pulling it away from me. "And just like you said. I was just a nightmare." I say giving him a smile. He face stays worried but he nods standing up.
"Go wash up I made breakfast." He instructs and I nod getting up. I go to our bucket of water, brushing my teeth then washing my face. I flip my hair away from my eyes and go over to where Merlin day on the table. "What is it?" I ask sitting down. He gives me my plate. "Eggs and pork." He says and begins eating his own plate. When we finish I grab his plate and wash it it the sink. "I have to be going Arthur would kill me if I were late again." He says smiling at me. He grabs his coat. "Alright have a nice day." I say giving him a smile and closing the door after him.
I continue washing dishes until they're all clean. I grab a cloth drying my hands then grab my sword. I put it to my side and grab my coat. I look around the small cottage then leave closing the door behind me. I go to the edge of the woods and mark the ground with the sword. Then I go to the opposite side and do the same there. Though I hadn't eaten I felt l like I wasn't in shape for I had not practiced in two weeks.
I put my sword in the ground in front of the cottage. I got to one marking and began sprinting back and forth.
After twenty minutes of doing this continuously, I get to the front of the cottage grab my sword and enter the woods. I pick a tall tree catching my breath. I put my sword down in front of it and begin to climb up and down over and over. After a while I stopped and sat down by the tree I looked at my hands and saw splinters and cuts. "Tch." I say looking as the blood comes down. I grab my sword and go. Ask to the cottage washing and getting rid of the splinters from my hands. I wrap bandages around them for the bleeding and grab my sword once again. I put it to my side and look at my hands. They weren't soft and smooth like other women in the town had them. Mine were calloused and marked. They had a nice size that gave me a good grip on my sword and, though I rarely used it, my bow and arrow. I looked into my cupboard for water and found the water but saw I was running low on food. My lips turn into a line and I head to the door after drinking my water.
I walked around, biting my lip as it became a habit, looking at the food they had in the market. While I was looking at fruit I heard a scream from my left. I looked up to see people running, but I didn't know from what. I walked against them trying to see the source but one of the knights grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "Sir I would suggest you leave." He says sternly but I ignore him getting my arm back. "Sir!" He screams. But I continued jogging to where they were running from.
I turn a corner and see a woman floatin gn un midair. At first I think 'Woah I can do that?!' But then I see her holding a man by his throat so that thought wasn't on my mind for long. I run around to another street that ended at the same place but I was behind her. I saw the knights come in where I was before. If she was a sorcerer then it wouldn't me that smart to hit her with any mortal weapons unless you want to die. I look around me and enter a house. Through the window I face the woman. My eyes turn turquoise as I imagine what could be done. As I stare at her her arms catch blue flame and she lets go of the man. The man floats slowly to the the ground then scurries away. The woman turns her arms ice to be rid of the fire but it simply turn to water. She tried putting more and more ice and the knights simply look in shock. I can see Athur and Merlin make it to the front of them. Then an idea pops in my head. The fire disappears and she relaxes looking at the knights viciously. But then she's surrounded by freezing air. From only where she is snow falls and she begins shivering. At the sudden change in temperature her body collapses as it was too much for her body to take. Then the knights Arthur and Merlin run time her. The snow no longer falls and what remained on the ground melts with the sun. Everyone looking confused grab her and take her to the castle. But Merlin stays looking around. Then he looks at me. His eyes widen but he goes and returns with Arthur.
I sigh in relief and leave the house. I walk around the people and go to the market once more. People were gossiping about there being another sorcerer helping. That the knights didn't do a thing and simply watched I smiled. 'Take that golden spoons.' I say picking some fruit and paying. "Thank you have a nice day." I say nodding to the person running the stand. "Yess you too." She replies putting the money I gave her in her bag.
I begin walking away and see someone putting fruit in their bag. They walk away not saying anything and don't pay. My eyebrows furrow and I walk closer to them. "Hey!" I yell. They turn back and see me and begin to run frantically. I easily catch up and grab their bag. I hold their wrist and they take off their hood screaming. I look at them confused. "Help me he's stealing my bag!" She yells. I was even more confused. "What?" I say but knights grab my arms holding me in place. "Wait! Wait! I didn't do anything!" I exclaim getting them off me but only for even more to come get me. Everyone starts whispering and gossiping. I close my eyes shut.
'People just can't help themselves can they.'