King Arthur (2017 Legend of the Sword OC Fanfic)

7. Abandoned

''The castle?'' Brooke gasped with surprise. ''With the King?"

''Yes, but only because he has requested me to be his personal tailor. There is nothing going on between us.'' Lucy quickly retorted, refusing to let her friend jump to conclusions.

''I call bull feces! You called him by his first name. You slept with him didn't you.'' She accused me. I knew I shouldn't have told her anything, the gossipy little wench.

''Gods no! I would never do anything of the sort.'' I argued defensively, my cheeks betraying me. I had no intentions of doing anything of the sort with him, but I couldn't say the same of his intentions, remembering the compromising position I found myself in this morning.

''Then why are you blushing so?" She asked, her arms crossed over her chest.

''This isn't what's important. Don't you care at all the Mary is missing!?'' Lucy turned the tables.

''Of course, I do, but I also care to know if my best friend is shacking up with the damned King of England!'' Brooke all but yelled.

''Shhh. Someone might hear you.'' I pressed my finger to her lips and quieted her.

''Mughnf gulfnd murbur.'' She mumbled against my finger until I pulled away.

''You would tell me though, right? If you actually hooked up with the sexy King.''

''Yes, I would. But I assure you nothing of the sort will happen.'' Lucy stated sternly.

''And why not, you've already been invited to the castle, what's next? You're going to live there?'' Brooke joked.

''Um, about that...'' Lucy looked away guilty.

''You're kidding me? You get to stay in the castle!?!'' Brooke's mouth dropped in shock and her eye's nearly bulged out of her head.

''Only for a little while. With Mary suddenly disappearing, the King has suggested that I stay in one of the guest rooms for the time being.'' Lucy said, carefully.

''Suggested huh?" Brooke scoffed. ''Sounds more like demanded. He likes you.'' She smirked satisfactorily.

''He barely knows me. He is just concerned for the people of his kingdom.''

''Yeah, except for the rest of the kingdom who hasn't received an invitation to live in the castle. Why won't you just admit it, you have a thing with King Arthur.'' Brooke laughed, people turned and stared at the girls.

''Heavens no! Do you know the sort of outrage it would be if the King were to marry an orphaned peasant? I don't even have a family to give me away."

''Who would outrage? The Aristocracy? Nobody cares about that. The rightful King can do whatever he wants, he is a legend, a god amongst man. You would be a queen of the people. Everyone would look up to you.'' Brooke praised.

''If you think that's great and all why don't you marry the King?" Lucy argued.

''Because the King isn't interested in me. He's interested in you.''

''That is just absurd. Why would he be interested in a poor, broken, and abandoned girl like me? I have no parents. My only sister is missing and I don't know if she is hurt, lost, running away from me or someone else. I have no one to go to, nothing that I can do that isn't already being done. I don't know what to do.'' Lucy suddenly broke down crying, and Brooke wrapped her arms around her.

''Shh, its okay, everything will be alright.'' Brooke soothed Lucy for couple minutes then promised to get the word out about Mary's disappearance. They agreed to keep in contact and then parted separate ways.

Lucy went back to the shop and decided to pack some things to work on back at the castle. Since she would be spending more time there, she might as well have something to do. She readied some supplies and packed it all into a bag then locked up the shop.

Before heading back to the castle she decided to go home quickly and make sure she didn't need anything from there. A small part of her hoped she would find her sister sitting at the table waiting for her to get home, but a larger part knew that wasn't true.

Upon arrival, the place felt empty and cold. Nothing had moved its place. If she did come back, she had shown no signs of it. Lucy found herself in Mary's room missing her sister. All of her stuff was still here. Her dresses hanging in their parent's old wardrobe. Books from her studies resided on the bedside table. Her paintings of the ocean still hung on the walls. Even the pendant Mary had received from their mother still hung on the hook next to the mirror. Lucy reached up and grabbed it. In was a little silver pendant that hung on a leather cord, similar to the one Lucy had also received as a child.

Lucy couldn't help but wonder if these things were the remains of her family. Was her sister truly gone? Was this all she had left to remember her by?

She couldn't wrap her head around it, so instead, she just cried. She cried for her sister, she cried for her parents, but mostly she just cried for herself. She had nothing left, nobody to love her. She was alone, abandoned.

After a few minutes of complete self-loathing, Lucy decided to get up, dry her tears, pack an overnight bag, and go back to the castle. Some warm food and maybe a bath of some sort sounded like a perfect end to a long day.

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Author's Note:

2 chapters in one day! Say what?!

So this chapter is about 200 words short of my standard goal but I think this is a good ending spot. Since this chapter is done I'm just going to upload it now, you guys have earned it!

Until next week!

-Surviving 7/23

*Minor editing changes (7/25) So I added some stuff and then wattpad lost it so I had to rewrite my edits :(. I think I got it all but yeah, some good stuff has been added.