A Journey Through Time (unedited) -Time Slipping Away Chronicles Volume 1-

The Saxon Queen

Guinevere was put in a cell below the castle, the same one that I had inhabited at one point. She refused to let anyone near her, with the exception of me, because of this I became her caretaker. I brought her food, tended to her wounds and talked with her. During these talks I learned many things about the Saxons and their people. I knew her view point was spun but from what I had seen of Uther and their reign I felt like the Saxons were the more worthy people. But being more worthy doesn't mean you will be the race to survive.

While caring for Mordred, who accompanied me to the cells, my main job was preparing Guinevere for her marriage between her and Arthur. Although Arthur hasn't decided if he wants to marry her and if he doesn't then he told me that he will allow Lancelot to marry her. I met Lancelot when the troops had come back and my impression of him was that he was stern. Not handsome in the traditional sense but he wasn't bad to look at, though he was scared up. Lancelot seemed to me like the boring background type of man who takes orders silently and doesn't really have a presence.

Back to Guinevere since that's all I can say about Lancelot. Guin hated Mordred. I'm not sure why since I never asked but if Mordred got close to Guinevere she would move the child with her foot away from her. It was comical at first but that feeling didn't last long. Guinevere was a proud woman who looked to me like she would kill Arthur in his sleep. She was a warrior through and through and while she may have been the Saxon queen it was clear to me that castle live would be torture for her.

After a month of this Arthur let her out of the cell, with the order that she couldn't leave the castle grounds and all the guards at every exit were told to keep her from leaving. Guinevere tried to escape, many times, but found that she couldn't leave the castle and slowly resigned herself to the fact that castle life in Camelot would be her life.

After Guinevere got out of the cell, I didn't think it was prudent for me to be friends with her so I tried my best to leave her alone most days. That didn't stop her after a week of living in the castle from coming to me with questions about Arthur and Lancelot. I quickly explained that she met Lancelot before I did and the small amount of time that we had spent together was him flirting with me while I was working and trying my best to ignore him. But her questions of Arthur weren't as easy to answer.

She wanted to know all about him, his habits, likes, dislikes, and what he is like in general. At first I thought she wanted this information because she was interested in Arthur but it soon became clear that this wasn't the case. Guinevere wanted the information because she didn't want to be anywhere close to Arthur, it was clear that she loathed him and if she was in a room and he walked in she would quickly leave the room as if a plague had come into it.

Arthur however seemed to think that Guinevere was shy and that she liked him a lot. I'm not sure where these delusions came from but when I told Merlin and Alden what Arthur thought of Guinevere they both fell over laughing. And not those fake laughs that people do when they think they should laugh, a real laugh like it actually was funny, even though I don't think it was that funny but it brought a smile to my face none the less.

The month past like this, Arthur chasing Guinevere around the castle and Guin doing her best job trying to get away from him, not that it always worked but most of the time it did. When it didn't she would answer him curtly and she would only stay in the room if someone else was present, which normally meant me. I watched as Arthur flirted with her the same way he used to flirt with me. The entitled rich prince who though everything wanted should be dropped at his feet was losing the battle on how to woe a woman.

Despite getting no where with the relationship the wedding still took place 2 months after Guinevere's deliverance to Castle Pendragon. The ordeal was extravagant, and that was putting it mildly. However when the reception was held I don't think anyone appreciated this fact. The people of Camelot didn't like the Saxon queen and what she stood for, the knights were fearful that she would kill Arthur, Uther Merlin and Alden thought the prince was being stupid, and Lancelot was heart broken. I wasn't sure at first but I think Lancelot might have really loved Guin, I over heard him telling some knights how he met her that day in the battle field and what he thought when he first saw her. I was impressed by his thought process and how his mind worked and I genuinely was impressed, my first opinion of him was wrong.

Arthur and Guinevere left the day after the wedding. I learned that they didn't call it a honeymoon back then but the non-peasants who didn't have to work for their food would go away for a few days. Since Arthur was the Prince he and his father decided that they would spend a month away from castle pendragon, at a smaller castle that bordered a neighboring small country that didn't have an army and was always at the mercy of Camelot for protection.

During this month I learned more of Lancelot since Merlin was gone to take care of his Prince. Me and Alden had stayed behind to tend to Uther and Mordred. I hated being left behind. I felt like my life wasn't my own anymore, I can't move freely, I have restrictions upon what I can and can't do because now I am Mordred's god mother and I am a ward of the King in a manor if speaking since whatever I do reflects either well or poorly on the king. I hate feeling like this.

My days go back to how it was when Arthur and Merlin were fighting with the Saxons. Except for Lancelot who plays with me and Mordred in the gardens and the hallways. It seems like he is always around lately. it was a weird feeling because at first I was just being nice since I knew Lancelot was bored without being able to be on a battlefield. But a few days ago I realized that Lancelot is always with us, when I'm cooking he is sitting in Merlin's chair conversing with me while making faces at Mordred. When I am helping Uther, there is Lancelot, watching us as we talk and sometimes joining into the conversation, the first time he gave me his opinion I nearly jumped out of my skin because I didn't know he had even behind me at the time.

That brings us to present day. Merlin, Arthur, and Guinevere is coming back home tomorrow and I couldn't be happier. The feeling is not shared in the castle. the knights dot want the Saxon queen in the castle, Lancelot seemed put out today as we wait for the carriages, Uther and Alden are the only ones who share my happy demeanor at the return of our Prince and his new Queen.

The first thing I notice when they pull up and get out is that Guinevere isn't pregnant, when she sees me she runs to my side and wiggles herself next to me moving Alden out of the way since Mordred was sitting on my other hip. She snaked an arm around me as hugged me looking so happy that I was busy her side again. I felt bad for her, she must really hate Arthur. Unconsciously I put my arm around her as Arthur and Merlin climbed out of the carriage. I didn't know this at the time but this was the biggest mistake I would have ever made, my life ceased to be the same.