Intertwined (Merlin Fanfiction)

Chapter One

The trees flew past me in a blur as I ran through the vast lush forest. Full of many bushes and towering trunks of bark, it was difficult making my escape. Running for my life, I searched for a way to rid my self of my former mistress who was right on my tail. She had powerful magic and I knew of the horrible punishment I would receive if she caught me.
"Oh, Evangeline!" her singing voice echoed through the branches calling for my demise.
Evil laughter quickly followed as I heard trotting steps of a nearby horse chasing me.

I had to move quickly.

I ran down stream and into a patch of large natural hedges that crowded the space. I pressed on and struggled through the branches, scratching up my ragged white lace dress under my brown cloak. After getting past it, I bounded for the large open, wide field starting toward a new kingdom. A smile took upon my face at the sight of freedom, but quickly faded when I felt a tug on my hooded cape.
I pulled with my might and realized the branches were keeping it in hold. I grunted in frustration as I heard the sounds of a close horse getting louder and louder.
Suddenly, my cape ripped and the release sent me plummeting into the dirt.
But, instead of impacting with soil, I landed in a sort of, warm embrace. I was caught. But not by my evil pursuer, by a man.
I gasped as I grabbed ahold of him and he held me. Catching my breath, I slowly lifted my face to look at him holding onto his leather forearms.
He had dark rough hair, piercing blue eyes, and pale face with very cheek bones that could cut glass.
He wore a blue worn-out shirt and a dimmed red scarf around his neck.
But immediately, I pushed away from him, breaking our contact. He looked at me with a concerning expression and quietly said,
"Hello, are-are you okay miss?"
I looked up to meet with his eyes and nodded slightly. He smiled, "I-I'm Merlin. What's your name?"
My face started to loosen and I opened my mouth to speak, but before I could say anything, "Evangeline! Come out, come out wherever you are" a voice sang, striking fear into my heart.
Merlin's face became tense and spastically looked around to see where it came from. I was frightened. He took another look at me and grabbed my wrists. "Come with me" he said with urgency.
Merlin pulled me along the path, treading the bark and grass. Into the bright open field we ran. The trotting became too close for comfort, and I could feel her presence right behind us. Cold and very powerful. However, I also felt another near force. Good, and also strong. The high grass of the field brushed across my flying cape and tickled my hand that was latched onto his. But a sudden magical power, ripped us two apart and brought me to the ground at the feet of my lady.
My head held down and my body immovable in a forced bow. My loose brown hair hung from my face and grazed the dirt beneath me.
She laughed, "That was quite pleasurable, watching you, thinking you could escape from me". She bent down and grabbed my chin making me look at her smug pail face with messy towering dark hair.
"But play time is over now" she taunted and pulled her hand away.The man, Merlin, shouted my lady's name, "Morgana!" he seemed to have known her. She walked away from me and towards him. I couldn't turn to see, but I heard what they said.
"Ah, Merlin, what an unpleasant surprise" she spat.
"Let her go" he said sternly, with no stutter.
"Oh, look at you, a servant boy trying to be the hero...Go ahead then, try to take her from me" she laughed.
And with that, another strong force by her magic, flew me over to stand still and straight in front of Merlin and Morgana. His face was still tense as before and her's looked like she was enjoying this quite a lot.
Morgana came around and walked behind me, placing her cold hands on my shoulders. "Come on then, Merlin" she smiled. Her fingers started entangling with my hair and I winced as she did so. His face became more worried and his lips started moving to make angry sounds of enchantments. His eyes flashed from blue to bright gold and Morgana suddenly from my back, went soaring to the edge of the forest. I gasped as I felt the burst of air fly from my shoulders. Merlin grabbed my hand and smiled at me, having his eyes back to blue once more. The spell that paralyzed me vanished and I ran with him into the gates of a kingdom they call Camelot. Safe from the evil lady Morgana, and beginning a new life with this wondrous man in the castle.

Finally safe.