Forgive And Forget (Merlin BBC Fanfic)

The Long Forgotten

The hall was festooned with flowers, their delicate scent permeated the air as the afternoon sunlight gave the room a soft glow, the wood panelling on the walls glowed as the servants polished it one final time. Happy chatter echoed in the halls as the wedding guests made their way towards the hall. Servants scurried to and fro, smiling at the welcome distraction from the recent events. The citadel bustled with activity as the guests made their way down to the council chambers, Kyra woke from her nap and stretched lazily on the bed in the afternoon sun, she felt the bed beside her and found it empty. She frowned and rolled over to look, a note sat on the pillow in place of Leon. she opened it with a sigh,

I tried to wake you earlier but you were snoring and it was adorable, Ariella was looking for you at lunch. Don't be late.

-Leon

Kyra jumped up from the bed with a curse and looked out the window at the bright afternoon sun, she tossed her hair out of her face and ran down the corridor, dodging servants before she knocked quickly on the chamber door, a quiet hiss from down the corridor caught her attention and she saw Percival glaring at her as he shook his head. She held up her hands in surrender and mouthed "sorry", he scoffed and disappeared back around the corner. She let herself into the chamber quietly, closing the door slowly so as not to attract attention, she turned only to be greeted by Ariella standing less than a foot away with a murderous expression, Kyra yelped and backed into the door, "where have you been !?" Ariella demanded, her hands on her hips. Kyra tried to smile placatingly, " i'm sorry, i fell asleep and Leon didn't wake me!" she offered the excuse, the bride to be huffed and whirled around heading back to sit in the chair where a servant was waiting to finish her hair.

Bella babbled noisily in another servant's arms, reaching towards Kyra. She smiled and moved towards the servant, taking Bella from her arms with a murmured thank you. " Oh my beautiful girl, don't you look pretty, are we going to have fun today ?" Kyra cooed to Bella, smoothing her curls out as Bella continued to babble earnestly, " oh really, then what happened ?" Kyra asked her, going along with her baby talk. "Wow, that's exciting" Kyra answered with a smile as she spun around the room with Bella. Ariella glanced at them as the servant finished her hair, " Please stop spinning her, the last thing that i need is for my child to vomit in the middle of my wedding", Kyra made a face at Ariella and stopped spinning, " your mother is boring" she whispered to Bella who giggled and mumbled to herself. Kyra put her down on the floor and moved to sit on the table, she glanced at Ariella who sat rigidly in the chair, " you need to relax or you'll freeze like that" she snorted. Ariella shot her a look and relaxed slightly before glancing back at her and raising an eyebrow, " Please tell me you're not wearing your hair like that ?" she asked warily, Kyra frowned and jumped off the table to look in the mirror, her curly red hair stuck out at strange angles and tangled around her ears. "What, too stylish?" Kyra laughed with a sly grin, Ariella rolled her eyes and turned back. " At least brush it" she sighed, Kyra stuck out her tongue and began to tame her hair into braids on her head. " if i brush it, i will become a frizz ball"

Ariella finally stood from the chair, patting her neatly done hair gently, she eyed Kyra's hair warily before she disappeared behind the screen to change. "DId you see Percival on your way in ?" she called from behind the screen, Kyra stood from the table and fastened her braids behind her head as she moved, " yes, he was hiding around the corner,waiting for me" she laughed, she picked up Bella and sat her on the table, taking the hairbrush from the maid who stood next to her. Kyra made a face at Bella making her laugh before she began brushing her little curls out gently, " he's been camped outside that door all morning, you'd think the men would take him with them" Ariella called out with a laugh, pulling her wedding dress off the screen where it lay draped carefully. Kyra laid a flower crown on top of Bella's head and picked her up, bouncing her playfully making her giggle. She spun them around the room before Ariella called out from behind the screen one more time, "Okay, i'm ready", Kyra put Bella down and kept her still by her head as she stood next to her. " Let's see it then "Kyra called eagerly.