Galahad and the other knights were in the back as they each smiled. But then frowned again as they looked at each other. They slowly walked up through the crowd and to the lovers. Lancelot looked at the others and realized the crime he had now committed. And now the others knew his past as well. There was no way out of this, but he was to be hanged for disloyalty to the crown.
"I am sorry Lancelot," Percival says as she puts him in hand cuffs.
"You are doing what is right by you. I cannot expect more than that," he said as he stood there with no battle. He looked at Melody and frowned. "Looks like this is goodbye?"
She smirked coyly, "Maybe not completely." She winked at him and walked back to her chambers.
Two mornings later Lancelot stood on the gallows. He was cuffed and without his armor. He stood before the murmuring crowd that had faces of disgust on them. He sighed and the only thing he thought of was Melody. Then a man came up with a scroll and read the charges. "Lancelot de Lauc let it be known that on this day that you shall be hanged for your willful crimes against the crown."
The Knights of the Round Table stood in the back in front of the king. "This is wrong," Galahad said wanting to save his father.
"Lancelot is bound by the law Galahad, as are we all," Percival said to him, also wanting to save him.
The man continued on and began to read the charges, "Some of these acts being, an affair with the departed queen, an affair with a princess of another kingdom, another affair with a princess of another kingdom," the man continue as Lancelot thought to himself about how many affairs he had been in. He looked down in the crowd and noticed a small figure in a navy cloak. The face was covered by the shadow the cloak gave. He looked at it intently and there was a flash of a white smirk underneath the shadow.
The figure then walked back to the knights and said in a raspy voice which was only a whisper, "Listen to the crystals." The man finished reading the charges and the figure then dashed back up to the gallows. The knights looked at each other, then at their crystals. It dawned on them.
"And for these crimes you have been sentenced to be, on this day, hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul," the man finished as he closed the scroll and walked off the gallows platform. The drums sounded and the figure pushed people out of the way to get to the front.
"What on earth?!" the king stood from his chair to see the figure. The knights knew they had to distract him, and that's what they did. The executor grabbed the handle to let the floor fall from under Lancelot.
"Move!" the voice yelled from underneath the cloak. When the lever was pulled a large crystal appeared underneath Lancelot to stop him from being hung. The cloaked figure ran up to the gallows and made a crystal sword as it cut the rope which Lancelot was tied to. The rope fell and he took it off around his neck.
"Father!" Lancelot looked up and Galahad tossed him his sword Arondight. Lancelot caught the sword and fought off the guards and knights. The figure jumped down off the gallows and stood beside the knight with its crystal sword. The Knights of the Round Table were still trying to distract the king but then joined in the fight to save Lancelot. They had to make it to the castle gates then Lancelot would be free from this kingdom. They fought each oncoming guard and defeated them all. Lancelot looked beside him and there stood Galahad running with him. He looked beside the cloaked figure and there was Percival and Gawain. They ran to the castle doors, but when they opened them they saw the moat was closing. Galahad and Gawain flew to the other side of the moat; Percival used her fire powers and levitated herself there, and Lancelot teleported to the other side. The cloaked figure ran up the closing door and then jumped from the top of the large door and fell down to the ground. In falling the air blew back her hood revealing the brown hair and purple fur. She landed in Lancelot's arms and she smiled at him with her glistening blue eyes.
The group back together walked through the forest and away from the kingdom. "What will happen to the round table now?" Gawain asked sadly.
"It shall continue on, in my kingdom. I will appoint each and every one of you as my new knights. But in my kingdom you will have nobility and you shall live in the castle with me. Does this offer please you?" Each knight looked at the other with a smile.
"That it does Princess," Percival said.
The other knights walked towards her kingdom and left Lancelot and Melody alone. "Lancelot, you will have the honors of not only being my knight, but sitting beside me every day in the throne room as my prince."
He kneeled down on one knee and kissed her hand lightly, "I shall be delighted my princess." He stood back up and then placed his hand on her cheek, and another around her waist. She placed her arms around his neck as the two kissed. Ever since the kiss was invented there have only been a few kisses that were pure and true of heart. This was one of those kisses.
The End
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