“Where… Where are we?” The girl looks around diffused, her blue eyes flickering around, taking in every bush and every tree.
“What do you mean? We’re just in another part of the forest. Come on, we have to move on if we want to arrive in Taykon in time.” One of the men says. He’s young, but the oldest of the four and obviously the leader of the group.
“No, Cade, you don’t understand. We’re not in the Forest of Fertroué anymore. Didn’t you see it? That light?” There’s a slight sound of panic in the girl’s voice.
“That was just the sun shining through the leaves.”
“I think Valora is right.” The young man on Cade’s right gets off of his horse and grabs a bit of the sand. “I swear we were on a grass path one minute ago.”
“Felix, get back on your horse! We don’t have time for this!” Cade orders.
“No, Cade, listen. We were following a straight path, right? Look over there,” The fourth man points to a turn. “does that look straight to you?”
“Shut up, Aiden.”
“Oh, guess who’s pissed now. What’s wrong, your highness? Have you fallen off of your horse?” Felix teases.
“Really, Felix, if you’re not shutting up you’ll find yourself in the stocks when we’re arrived in Taykon.” Cade looks angry at Felix before turning back to Aiden. “What are you trying to say? That we suddenly moved from Fertroué to a magical world?”
“Err, if you say it like that it really sounds unbelievable.”
“Exactly. Then why should I believe it?”
Aiden raises his shoulders. “I don’t know. Sire.”
“Of course you don’t know. It’s all nonsense! The sun probably made you a bit dazed, that’s all. Now, Felix, how many times do I need to ask you to get back on your horse? It’s not like...” Cade’s voice gets drowned out by a weird, almost roaring sound. Felix’s horse prances when he grabs the reins, and Cade, Aiden and Valora try hard to calm down their horses. The next moment, something appears out of the bushes, crushing them at the same time. The thing looks like a big machine, one the four strangers have never seen before. It must need a lot of manpower to get one of these moving. But then, what’s that noise?
As Cade rides towards Felix and helps him to calm his horse, the noise stops and the machine stands still.
“Shouldn’t we...”
“No.” Cade says determined, not waiting for Felix to finish his sentence.
Something looking like a door opens and a man shows his unshaved face right above. “Oi! Move away, mate! We’re trying to work here! If you wanna play hide and seek you better go to a playground or something.”
“Excuse me, but who are you calling mate, mate? Do you even know who I am?” Cade asks.
“I don’t care who you are, even if you were the prince of England. I’m trying to do a job over here, and I can’t do that if there are four teenagers blocking my path playing King Arthur.”
“We’re not playing King Arthur. Really, why on Earth would I pretend to be one of my ancestors?”
“Your ancestor? Ha, now you got me! I must say you’re almost convincing, with those horses and those weird clothes. But really, mate,” the man says, spitting out the word ‘mate’, “move out of my way and go buy some new clothes or something. You’re in twenty-first century England, not in Runescape.” Without waiting for Cade’s comeback, the man goes back in the machine and the thing starts making the roaring noise again. Another noise sounds for a second, like someone blew a horn, and Cade turns his horse and rides away.
“Cade, wait!” Valora yells. Cade lets his horse slow down a bit until Valora and the two men catch up. “What do you think he meant? Are we really in... in the future?” She asks carefully.
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a set up of a nemesis. But what I do know is that we should move away quick and find out what’s going on.”
“What do you mean? We’re just in another part of the forest. Come on, we have to move on if we want to arrive in Taykon in time.” One of the men says. He’s young, but the oldest of the four and obviously the leader of the group.
“No, Cade, you don’t understand. We’re not in the Forest of Fertroué anymore. Didn’t you see it? That light?” There’s a slight sound of panic in the girl’s voice.
“That was just the sun shining through the leaves.”
“I think Valora is right.” The young man on Cade’s right gets off of his horse and grabs a bit of the sand. “I swear we were on a grass path one minute ago.”
“Felix, get back on your horse! We don’t have time for this!” Cade orders.
“No, Cade, listen. We were following a straight path, right? Look over there,” The fourth man points to a turn. “does that look straight to you?”
“Shut up, Aiden.”
“Oh, guess who’s pissed now. What’s wrong, your highness? Have you fallen off of your horse?” Felix teases.
“Really, Felix, if you’re not shutting up you’ll find yourself in the stocks when we’re arrived in Taykon.” Cade looks angry at Felix before turning back to Aiden. “What are you trying to say? That we suddenly moved from Fertroué to a magical world?”
“Err, if you say it like that it really sounds unbelievable.”
“Exactly. Then why should I believe it?”
Aiden raises his shoulders. “I don’t know. Sire.”
“Of course you don’t know. It’s all nonsense! The sun probably made you a bit dazed, that’s all. Now, Felix, how many times do I need to ask you to get back on your horse? It’s not like...” Cade’s voice gets drowned out by a weird, almost roaring sound. Felix’s horse prances when he grabs the reins, and Cade, Aiden and Valora try hard to calm down their horses. The next moment, something appears out of the bushes, crushing them at the same time. The thing looks like a big machine, one the four strangers have never seen before. It must need a lot of manpower to get one of these moving. But then, what’s that noise?
As Cade rides towards Felix and helps him to calm his horse, the noise stops and the machine stands still.
“Shouldn’t we...”
“No.” Cade says determined, not waiting for Felix to finish his sentence.
Something looking like a door opens and a man shows his unshaved face right above. “Oi! Move away, mate! We’re trying to work here! If you wanna play hide and seek you better go to a playground or something.”
“Excuse me, but who are you calling mate, mate? Do you even know who I am?” Cade asks.
“I don’t care who you are, even if you were the prince of England. I’m trying to do a job over here, and I can’t do that if there are four teenagers blocking my path playing King Arthur.”
“We’re not playing King Arthur. Really, why on Earth would I pretend to be one of my ancestors?”
“Your ancestor? Ha, now you got me! I must say you’re almost convincing, with those horses and those weird clothes. But really, mate,” the man says, spitting out the word ‘mate’, “move out of my way and go buy some new clothes or something. You’re in twenty-first century England, not in Runescape.” Without waiting for Cade’s comeback, the man goes back in the machine and the thing starts making the roaring noise again. Another noise sounds for a second, like someone blew a horn, and Cade turns his horse and rides away.
“Cade, wait!” Valora yells. Cade lets his horse slow down a bit until Valora and the two men catch up. “What do you think he meant? Are we really in... in the future?” She asks carefully.
“I don’t know. Maybe it’s a set up of a nemesis. But what I do know is that we should move away quick and find out what’s going on.”
Writer's note: Funny, when I read this over I kinda read Cade's sentences in the voice of Bradley James (Arthur Pendragon in the BBC series Merlin), Felix sentences in the voice of Colin Morgan (Merlin in the series), and funny enough, the voice of the 21st century man in the voice of Kai Owen (Rhys Williams in Torchwood). I must say this is all pure coincedence.
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