You Never Break Your Promises (Merlin Fan Fic)(Book Two)

Chapter 1 - The Reture Of The King

The busy streets of Camelot filled with the noise of galloping horses rushing up into the castle square. Awaiting the King and his knights was five stable hands ready to grab the horses.

Nyx ran out the castle doors and down the stairs leading to where Elyan, Mordred, Gwaine and Lancelot and Arthur were dismounting their horses. She looked around for Leon but could not see him.

She began to get more and more worried. She could not see Percival or Leon. She walked over to Arthur still looking to see if Leon was behind any of the knights but was not.

"Arthur, where is Leon?" She asked worried about her husband.

"Nyx, I am sorry, we got separated, Leon and Percival, I think are both taken hostage by Morgana," Arthur replied worried about his knights. "It's Adelaide that's going to be the problem."

Nyx's eyes were full of tear and couldn't help but let a few fall down her cheek. Elyan walked over to her and pulled her in for a hug.

"We will find him, both of them," Elyan said as he let her cry on his shoulder. Arthur patted her back agreeing with Elyan. Arthur took a deep breath before heading into the castle to speak with his council. He wasn't looking forward to telling his daughter of his return.

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The round table had three spaces missing, and of course Adela was going to be late. The king began the meeting of the round table to discus a solution to find Percival and Leon. Many ideas were made, but not one would get around the fact that magic was being used.

"I KNEW SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAPPEN," The loud voice of Adela shouted out as she came storming in through the large wooden doors directing her words at her father, "AND NO ONE EVER LISTENS TO ME!" 

Nyx sat back in her seat no daring to look at Adela at this moment, no one did they all looked away or down at the table, all except Arthur.
"Adelaide, we are going to do everything to get them back," Arthur said calmly.
Mordred looked up at her to she her eyes turn to him, "YOU DIDN'T SPEAK UP, OR YOU, OR YOU," pointing to Lancelot and Gwaine one after another. "THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU DIDN'T GO!" Lancelot and Gwaine sat back in their seats not looking up at their Princess.

"Adela, you are just worried and upset," Mordred spoke out standing up and moving over to her, "NO, I AM MAD AT HIM," She screamed pointing at her father, beginning to fill with tears, edging round to her father.

"Adela, we are going to find them," Mordred reassured her. He moved beside her taking her hands down from pointing at the knights and the king.  He could tell she was deeply worried, and scared. "Come here," he said hugging her letting her cry out into his shoulder. The knights looked up to watch them, before turning back to the king.

Mordred turned his face to Arthur asking permission to take her out the room. He granted him. Mordred picked the heartbroken Princess and took her back to her and Percival's chamber. The guards watched as they walked past Adela hiding her face into Mordreds neck. He kicked the door to the chambers open and sat her down on the bed to talk to her, and try get her mind off the situation. The room was silent. Not even a sound of a mouse could be heard. 

"Please say that you will look for Percival," Adela asked breaking the silence.

"Adelaide, you know I will look for him, he is my friend," Mordred replied, looking at her. "We will find him."

She smiled and hugged him.

"You are truly like a brother," Adela said in his ear.

"I think as you as a sister ever since I first met you," Mordred told her, "you are the closest thing I have to family,"
*knock knock*
The door slowly creaked open. The guards spoke out to them, "The King has asked for you both to get ready to leave with the rest of the search party," with that he turned and left.

Mordred got up off the bed and helped Adela up, he wandered over to the large table and sat down waiting on her getting ready. Adelaide went behind the screen getting changed into her red dress and chain mail ready to leave.

She walked over to the table and picked up her sword and slid it into her belt, then picked up her bow and arrows looking closely at the dents and scratches that were craved in when she was hunting in the woods.

"Ready?" Mordred asked.

"Let's bring them home," she replied looking up at the young knight. Mordred stood up and followed the princess out her chambers.

They both walked out into the Citadel square to see two horses waiting. Nyx was on Adela's white mare so she got onto Percival's large pure black friesian that he always rode. Mordred jumped on one of the bay horses waiting to leave.

Arthur and the other knights were also stood lined up ready to follow on. The party galloped out the square with the red of the knights capes following. Nyx was wearing a brown cape and Adela was wearing a red one like the knights.

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