Lady Knight Missione (Merlin fanfic)

PART ONE - Chapter One

I stare into the mirror at the image of myself. I am wearing a blue tee shirt and dark blue jeans that hug my non-existent curves. My short light brown hair that is freshly cut just above my shoulders, hangs loose. My frame, long and slender, lean but strong and not at all weak, or so I imagine. My nose is a little bit longer than most and my lips small, and dark. I see all of this out of the corner of my eyes as I just stare back into my light brown eyes.

My hair and eyes are the same light brown. It's strange the color especially because my father has dark black hair and blue eyes while my older brother has black hair and green eyes. When I ask my father he only shrugs and tells me I get it from my mother's side, but when I look at her pictures I see that she has blonde hair and green eyes. Apart from that the rest my relatives have nothing close to my color.

I stop staring at my reflection and look down as I begin to wash my hands trying to force the question away yet it will not listen. It springs back up, fast and quick. Was I adopted? I struggle with this question most of my life, well since I was nine, five years ago. I'm fourteen now and I still ask that question.

Once I am done washing my hands and the soap is rinsed clean I dry them on a blue, almost brown towel nearby. After, I turn around towards the large wooden door that leads to the hallway of my house and out of the bathroom that I now stand in.

Adopted? How can I even think that? My mother would be disappointed, then again I barely remember her and really it feels like I never had a mother. I think these things all the time and afterwards all I feel is guilt. I shouldn't be feeling things like this but I do. The truth is I never really had a mother, my father hardly talks to me, and my older brother left for collage.... Five years ago.

I take in a deep breathe to keep myself calm and to think about the good things, not the bad. I will open this door, walk out, go to my room, and read all about King Arthur, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. I found out about King Arthur two years ago when I was twelve and ever since then I've read many books about him, his Knights, and Merlin over and over again. It has become my escape from loneliness.

I touch the cool door knob and open it with my head in the clouds as I walk out. I expect to meet a hard wooden floor but what I do meet is nothing of the sort. I take for granted that the floor is there but I am wrong, so very wrong.

My foot meets with nothing and then I am falling through something. What is it? I do not know. Then darkness and I no longer am conscious of the world around me.

....

My head throbs as does my ankle, it is the first thing I feel as I become aware of the world around me. Darkness. My eyes are shut and I am laying on something that is tickling my neck. I sit up fast making the itchy feeling leave me and the object that is causing it. I look around quickly to find that I am laying on grass? Trees, bushes, and moss surround me. It is all so.... Green. I tilt my head back and look up to see a clear blue sky, clearer than I ever would have hoped possible. The air, oh the air, I gulp it hurriedly and smell it furiously. It is so delicious, the sweetest smell that has ever hit my noise, sweeter than every perfume combined and all it is, is very fresh air. It is the freshest and cleanest I have ever smelled.

Where am I?

I slowly stand up with the help of a tree close by as my ankle still throbs horribly, I grimace. Pain shoots through my leg as I begin to stand tall. It is day I realize, yet only moments ago I was in my house and it was night. How is this possible and where am I? Why am I here? I look around at the dense forest and then it hits me. I am in the middle of a forest with no civilization in sight, no help, injured, and I have no idea when darkness will hit. This is not good. I have to find shelter, food, and overall, I really need help. So I pick the path on my left and start limping/walking towards it. I won't sit here and do nothing waiting for help that may or may not come.

I walk and walk while my head and ankle throb. I do my best not to put too much weight on my sore ankle but it isn't working too well. After about a half hour I come across a few sticks close to my height and then I get an idea. I try them all out until I find one that fits and supports the weight of my injured ankle. It is a makeshift crutch but it works. It is slightly easier to walk now.

After what feels like two hours of walking I am now truly exhausted. I don't even know where I am or if I am going in the right direction. And above all else, I am thirsty and hungry. If I keep this up I will drop dead soon of exhaustion and then this will all be for nothing. Still I know that I won't give up, I will walk until I do fall and I will not let death win so easy. Like Buffy sang in that one book, "it's do or die".

Finally when I feel like I can't walk anymore I come across a big clearing in the dense forest. In the clearing is a medium sized clay house with a huge yard around it that holds a large garden, what looks like a training yard, and a path behind it into the forest a little ways. I am very relieved. I try to make my way towards the house but I find that I can't walk anymore. It is all just too hard. I start to sway where I am standing and black dots dance in my vision. I fall. Before I lose conciseness I swear I hear footsteps running towards me.

I hope they aren't murders.

....

Back in the forest

The spot where the young girl only moments ago occupied now stands empty as men start littering the ground dressed in all sorts of different clothing and material. There are a handful of them that come on horses. One of them walks up a large important looking man on the only black horse and says, "She's not here, my lord."

"Well find her!" The man on the horse yells at him.

"I'm sorry but she's not here we have looked everywhere." He tells the man on the horse again.

"This is unacceptable, she should be here. What do you except me to tell the Lady Morgana? That she disappeared? She is to be the answer to our problems and I will not be able to return after, you know this. No matter, I must be getting back. I don't want to be stuck in this time any longer." Says the man.

With that said him and his men leave.