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loved_by_twoGreatest obstacle?
Let's see...I'm a Celt. I'm a female warrior leader. I'm in love with a Sarmatian knight and our half-Roman king. I know sorcery.
Oh, and did I happen to mention that I'm the only child of Merlin and destined to follow in his footsteps as the mystical warrior leader of our people?
As you can see, I am no stranger to obstacles in my life. I have faced challenges and obstacles because of who I am for far longer than I can remember.
Yet, you still want to know what the biggest obstacle I have ever had to overcome in my life was? Fine.
Gerard.
Happy now?
I had to overcome that particular obstacle not once but twice. Yes, twice.
The first time was when I had to choose between Merlin and Gerard. He challenged my father for the leadership of our people and he lost. He wanted me to leave the village with him. I had to make a choice---between my father and the man who claimed to love me. He loved me, I have no doubt about that. However, I think he loved power more.
I chose my father and Gerard was banished.
Some months ago, Gerard reappeared in my life in a very violent way.
*Guinevere touches the scar at her throat and her hands shake slightly with the memory of everything that had happened. She closes her eyes for a few moments to regain her composure.*
He attacked us. He kissed me when I went to plead with him to forget the madness he was plotting. He kidnapped Lancelot.Caused distrust, hurt and distance between Arthur and I. He tortured Lancelot and used him as bait to lure Arthur into his deadly trap. He would have killed both Arthur and Lancelot. I could not allow that to happen. Arthur was our king and the best thing that could have happened to Briton. Lancelot and Arthur balance me out and keep parts of me under control. They give me peace and they complete me. I could not allow them to be killed. I loved them too much to let them die if I could in anyway prevent it. They were too important to me, I would rather have died than been left without my heart and soul.
I didn't even think about it. I just knew that I could never live in a world without Arthur and Lancelot in it.
So, I challenged Gerard to a death match, and I killed him---thus saving the lives of the two men that I couldn't live without.
However, his dying words will forever haunt me, I think. I know he meant every word he told me in those final moments as his blood flowed.
Gerard was --- and may still be --- my greatest obstacle.
Word Count: 473
Muse: Guinevere
Fandom:"King Arthur"; Misc Movies and Mythologies
Let's see...I'm a Celt. I'm a female warrior leader. I'm in love with a Sarmatian knight and our half-Roman king. I know sorcery.
Oh, and did I happen to mention that I'm the only child of Merlin and destined to follow in his footsteps as the mystical warrior leader of our people?
As you can see, I am no stranger to obstacles in my life. I have faced challenges and obstacles because of who I am for far longer than I can remember.
Yet, you still want to know what the biggest obstacle I have ever had to overcome in my life was? Fine.
Gerard.
Happy now?
I had to overcome that particular obstacle not once but twice. Yes, twice.
The first time was when I had to choose between Merlin and Gerard. He challenged my father for the leadership of our people and he lost. He wanted me to leave the village with him. I had to make a choice---between my father and the man who claimed to love me. He loved me, I have no doubt about that. However, I think he loved power more.
I chose my father and Gerard was banished.
Some months ago, Gerard reappeared in my life in a very violent way.
*Guinevere touches the scar at her throat and her hands shake slightly with the memory of everything that had happened. She closes her eyes for a few moments to regain her composure.*
He attacked us. He kissed me when I went to plead with him to forget the madness he was plotting. He kidnapped Lancelot.
I didn't even think about it. I just knew that I could never live in a world without Arthur and Lancelot in it.
So, I challenged Gerard to a death match, and I killed him---thus saving the lives of the two men that I couldn't live without.
However, his dying words will forever haunt me, I think. I know he meant every word he told me in those final moments as his blood flowed.
Gerard was --- and may still be --- my greatest obstacle.
Word Count: 473
Muse: Guinevere
Fandom:"King Arthur"; Misc Movies and Mythologies
