“I used to love a girl once…” Zayn muttered to himself as he looked up at the stars. They had not stopped riding after the incident at the town and no one had really spoken. They had just stopped as the sun was setting, leaving Liam and Zayn to make a fire instead of Niall. Harry had stolen a piece of fire wood and was carving it away, making God knows what. Liam was propped up against a log eating some berries, Niall was sat closets to the fire, his knees pulled up to his chest, and Louis was resting his head against a log. Zayn was sprawled our next to Niall, a hand behind his head as his eyes darted around the sky.
“Oh. Please. Tell us all.” Harry muttered as he blew away some wood shavings.
Zayn looked over at him and rolled his eyes. “She was a baker’s daughter…her name was Saxa.”
“Saxon woman.” Louis muttered, shifting around to get more comfortable. “Did she look it…blonde hair, blue eyes, tan skin?”
“Every bit. And she had a laugh…” Zayn’s voice trailed off and he sighed as he blinked at the stars.
“What happened to her?” Niall asked quietly.
“Plague swept through. Her mother died in childbirth long before that, so Saxa was left to take care of her father when he contracted the Black Death.” Louis blinked a few times, almost as though he related to Saxa; her mother having died of childbirth and then losing her father years later.
“So she got it as well.” Liam noted. “It is rare those who have to take care of their family ever survive.”
“Saxa may have been a rarity, but she was not you, Liam. She did not thrive through the plague.” They all looked over at him. “She was nineteen, prettier than the first rose of spring and sharper than a sword.”
“Learned, then?” Liam asked around a berry.
Zayn shrugged. “Worldly, I suppose…couldn’t really write much- save for her name- and could only read her name. But she was very knowledgeable about the world. Wanted to be a midwife.”
“Did you know if she would have been any good?” Harry asked as he cut away a large chunk of wood.
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The Knights of the Winter Kingdom (One Direction AU)
Fanfiction"A prince, a peasant, a kitchen boy, and two thieves are sent to rescue the biggest misfit of the all- the Winter Princess. Now, isn't this a tale to tell children at night?" It's been thirteen years since the raid killed all of the Winter Kingdom...
