Avalon- A Merlin FanFic

Chapter 1- Avalon

"Do you need any help with that?"

Suprised, I dropped the basket of washing I had been carrying, and almost fell over when a pair of arms caught me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you!" I looked up at the face of the man who had caught me. "It's fine, I'm clumsy anyway." I said, smiling. "So who are you?"

The man let go of my arm and began to pick up the washing that had fallen out of the basket. "I'm Merlin, Arthur's servant." He finished reloading the basket and stood up. "I'm guessing you must be Gwen's new maid." Giving the basket back to me, he asked "What's your name then?"

"I'm Avalon, but my friends call me Avie." I replied, looking up at him from underneath my fringe. Compared to my short height, he was quite tall. "Well, it's nice to meet you Avie. I'm sorry, but I have to go. There are three sets of armour that I need to polish and..."

He was cut off by the sound of a voice coming from the end of the corridor. "Merlin, stop gossiping. Those stables won't clean themselves, you know. If you've finished already I'm sure that I can find you some more work to do. I think my boots may need a polish, actually..."

"What, all thirty-six of them?! Again?! I only polished them last week!"

The voice, as it happened, belonged to King Arthur of Camelot. I stayed quiet and stared at the basket of washing in my arms. Not wanting to attract any attention. "Ah, Avalon. I see that you've started work already? Excellent." Arthur ignored Merlin's outburst and gave him some 'friendly' advice. "You see, Merlin? This is exactly the sort of attitude that you should have. Getting on with your duties, rather than trying to do as little as possible." Arthur looked at Merlin expectantly. "Well then? Get on with it!"

"Yes Sire." Came Merlin's reply.

I looked at him apologetically, as he walked off. Arthur nodded to me, and followed Merlin out. I tried not to laugh at the fact I was complimented for my work ethic, when just a minute ago, I had succeeded in emptying the entire basket all over the floor.

I walked in the opposite direction, trying desperately to not drop the basket again. They're difficult to carry, believe me.

As I struggled to open the door at the end of the corridor whilst carrying the basket, I checked to see who else was around. When I was satisfied that it was empty, my eyes flashed gold as I muttered a word under my breath.

And the door opened, without me lifting a finger.

Author's note: I know it's short, but it felt like a good way to end the first chapter, and to introduce the main characters of the story :) I'll be updating really soon, with a longer chapter! :) If you liked it then please leave a comment as that would be awesome. Thankyou! :)