Effecting Fate

Arturia's Awakening

Arturia Pendragon - age 16

The sun shone through the clouds, the rays of light bouncing off of the sword that was stabbed in the stone. The sword seemed to glow a gentle light as she stared, and she almost felt like it was calling her.

Her companion, a strange white haired man with a staff, looked at her with a teasing smile "Well? Today should be the day. Are you ready to remember?"

She frowned at that, but just as she was about to ask what he meant the dream shifted, and she was somewhere else - a grassy hill with a setting sun, looking at a boy with red hair and amber eyes. Her heart skipped a beat as she saw him,

He looked at her with gentle eyes and a fond smile, and as he opened his mouth -

KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*

Arturia jumped out of her bunk, her heart beating wildly as she cast her eyes about her spartan room for the source of the noise, just to see her brother smirking at her from the doorway.

"C'mon sis! It's not like you to sleep in like this, especially on the day of your first visit to the Citadel," He said while leaning against the doorframe, his smirk never leaving his face, "What? Were you dreaming of your boyfriend again?"

Feeling her face heat up slightly, she narrowed her eyes at Kay, shifting her legs underneath her as she prepared to launch herself at her brother.

Seeing this and hearing her growl, Kay's grin widened and he quickly backed away, running into his own room, barely dodging the punch that Arturia sent his way and snickered. While his sister was usually polite and composed, he never failed to get some sort of reaction out of her when he teased her about the boy in her dreams.

Now, if said boy actually existed, then he might have had a problem... But he and his dad had done a fairly extensive search throughout the fleet and couldn't find a boy matching his description, so Kay figured it was just her imagination. On the positive side, it appeared that it kept her from being interested in any other guys, so that was a win in his book. And it gave him prime teasing material that never failed to shake her.

Back in her room, Arturia glared at Kay's closed door before taking a few steps back and focused on getting her frustration (and blush) under control.

Living on starships their whole life, she and Kay were used to living in cramped quarters. Unlike Kay's room, her's was relatively spartan, with her personal possessions being limited to a stuffed lion on her bed, a shinai, and several books on the medieval era's of various species.

Sitting down on her bed, she unlocked her diary and started writing down the details of what she remembered from her dream.

Having odd dreams was something that she was used to after years of experiencing them, and her Father had recommended that she write down what she remembered of them. Of growing up with Kay on Earth with no technology, of being frustrated by a white haired prankster, of leading armies... All taking place in the medieval era. They hadn't even spent a lot of time on that era during school when the dreams started!

And then there were the dreams about that boy...

She cursed to herself as her face started heating up. The boy had been about to say something before Kay interrupted! That was the first time that had happened!

The memories she had of the boy were few, but they always FELT important when she was in the dream. It was like her dream self knew something that she didn't. But no matter how hard she tried her dreams refused to cooperate.

Finishing with writing her summary of the dream she began to get ready for the day, putting what had happened behind her. Kay had been telling the truth after all - today was the first time that she was going to see the Citadel, and she was excited to see it.