AM I THE ONE? | Arthur Pendragon [1]

The First Day of the Tournament

*Annabelle's P.O.V.*

I was sitting in between Morgana and Gwen at the stands. We were all waiting for the Knights who will be competing in the Tournament to come out. We were all very close to the King. He was sitting in the Royal stands with two Knights on both of his sides. Morgana was sitting on one of the Knights' right, I was sitting on her right, and Gwen was sitting on mine. It was rather cold today, so I had my cloak, as well as Gwen and Morgana, to keep me warm. Suddenly the guards started playing the drums and the crowd went mad with cheers as the Knights came out from the courtyard and onto the arena. The guards started playing horns, and that's when we got a good view of all the Knights. One in particular caught my eye. He was in the front row, and was rather handsome with short brown hair and scruffy beard. He was wearing a yellow cloak and had a yellow shield with green snaked painted on it. Morgana, Gwen, and I all clapped and the Knight that caught my eye locked his eyes with mine and winked at me. I smiled at him in return, and he seemed pleased with it, as he he smiled at me as well. He then adverted his eyes from me onto the King, as he stepped down from the Royal stands and came out onto the arena. He stood in front of the Knights, and everyone grew quiet and waited fro him to start his speech.
"Knights of the Realm... It's a great honor to welcome you to the Tournament in Camelot. In the next three days you will come to put your bravery to the test, your skills as warriors. And of course, to challenge the Reigning Champion. My son, Prince Arthur." At the mention of his name, I looked at Arthur and saw him looking at the Knight in the yellow cloak, and him returning the stare. Well, it seems as though they don't like each other already. "Only one can have the honor of being crowned Champion. And he will receive a price of 1000 gold pieces." At that statement the woman who was standing near the table with four Knights of Camelot, opened the case on the table in front of her, revealing the gold coins. Some people in the crowd gasped, and the Knights all wore expressions of determination. "It is in combat, that we learn a Knight's true nature. Whether he is indeed a warrior... Or a coward... The Tournament begins!" The crowd cheered and clapped, and the Knights all bowed to the King. Then they all left to the tents, leaving only Arthur and one other Knight to fight. Uther went up to Arthur and told him something quietly, but because of the cheers of the crowd I couldn't hear what it was. But Arthur didn't seem to pleased to hear whatever it was. He seemed even more stressed afterwards.
Uther clapped him on the back and went back to the Royal stands and sat down on his chair. Arthur and the Knight he was competing with both took off their cloaks and gave them to the Camelot guards who were helping out in the Tournament. The guards gave them their shields and left, leaving them to compete. Arthur and the Knight he was competing with put on their helmets, and the crowd clapped and cheered. I smiled when Gwen cheered next to me for Arthur.
Arthur spun his sword and they both got in their ready positions. They waited for couple of seconds, and then they attacked each other. Their swords clashed, and their shields got scratched when they got hit with their swords. I have to say that I was very impressed with Arthur's skills in sword fighting. I, myself am really good at it, and I'm not easily impressed, but he managed to impress me with it. He was very skilled, and you could see the years of training in his every move. The crowd gasped when the Knight he was competing with swung his sword above Arthur's head, but thankfully Arthur managed to duck in time. They separated and Arthur spun his sword in his hand, and then attacked. They continued to fight, until Arthur elbowed the Knight in the face, making his helmet fall off and him fall down. The crowed roared with cheers and happiness that the heir to the throne of Camelot won the match. I even saw my brother standing near the entrance to the courtyard, cheering for Arthur.
Arthur took off his helmet, and looked at the crowd. Morgana, Gwen, and I all clapped with smiles. He then made his way over to the tents, and guards lifted the unconscious Knight off the ground and took him away to the tents so that Gaius could treat him. Then the Knight with the shield with snakes walked out on the arena, with another Knight following him. The Knight with the shield with snakes on it looked over and winked and smiled at me, and I smiled at him in return, clapping along with the crowd. Morgana must have noticed, because she nudged me with a playful grin. I just rolled my eyes and turned to look at the match. I was also very impressed with the Knight's in yellow cloak skill with sword. He defeated his opponent easily. We all clapped loudly for him. He raised his sword in victory, and walked over to the tents. The guards lifted his opponent off the ground and made their way over to the tents as well.
The next two competitors couldn't be more different. One had two swords in his hands and was tall and muscly, whilst the other one had only one swords and a shield, and was pretty small and petite. The Knight with two swords swung them around for a show, and Gwen and Morgana looked at each other, impressed but I just kept looking at the Knights. I know enough about sword fighting to know that just because someone knows how to swing a sword around doesn't always know how to fight with it well. And I was right. He didn't really use them. He just kicked his opponent in the stomach, and hit him in the face with the hilt of his sword. His opponent fell down, unconscious. This Knight didn't even use his skill with swords, he used his size, which seems pretty unfair to me, but I put a fake smile on my face and clapped along with everybody else.
The next match was between the Knight with the shield with snakes and another Knight. Again, the Knight with the shield with snakes defeated his opponent easily with the first few blows. The crowd cheered for him loudly, and I clapped with a smile on my face. He bowed to the King and looked over at me with a smile for a second, before going back to the tents. I smiled to myself, and Morgana nudged me with a playful smirk again. I just kept smiling.
The Tournament was over for today.