A Lady in Waiting

A.N. I know, I have moved on to a full version, honest! I just couldn't resist one more drabble as I was fleshing it out in my mind! Many thanks to Resa and Redhood for being so encouraging.

The first sight of Camelot was astounding. It sat nestled between wooded green fields like a model from a film.

As they entered the lower town, things started to feel a bit more real and a little less Disney. The lack of sewering in this era, and the fact that bathing was considered a yearly annoyance, was making itself insistently known to her.

As they approached the thick walls of the castle, a whole platoon of armed guards marched to meet them. It suddenly struck her, with a shiver of fear, that she wasn't in a fairy story after all.