CalyB

Artie had lived her whole life feeling like a joke. Whether it came to her full name, her parents ‘abandoning’ her and her next door neighbours taking her in, or finding out that her lover was part of a cult and was cheating on her. Said lover then stabbed her. 

It felt like she just couldn’t catch a break. 

So when she found herself in a puddle of her own blood, staring up at a fake painted sky, she could only find humour in the situation, and prayed that the next life was kinder. 

Only she woke up. 

In the same body, with the same stab wound, only in a world full of magic, swords, and a dead King Arthur? 

Yup. The round table existed, the knights existed, and so did everyone of legend that she’d heard about as a child. Only it was the beginning of their tales. Nothing had happened yet, except the formation of Camelot, the crowning of the King, and then the sudden death of the King of Legend, King Arthur Pendragon. 

She would have thought this was another cruel joke if everyone wasn’t wandering around in mourning clothes. If this was a practical joke, it wasn’t a very funny one. Artie was tired. She’d already spent almost a decade working as a police officer, and then a detective, so she felt like she had earned her peace. Especially after all the shit she’d been put through, but someone had different plans. And Artie’s life wasn’t quite done yet.

In fact, it seemed like in the eyes of the creatures of this world, this was where she was always meant to be. The time she spent getting her ass handed to her in the other dimension? Just a warm up. 

And now she was expected to just…go along with what everyone else wanted her to do? Including magical beings who were responsible for taking her from one dimension to another. Artie felt like she was in over her head, even if there were several concerned, attractive knights around her. She wasn’t sure if she was going to run away from all the new responsibilities, or embrace them. She wasn’t a rule breaker by nature, but maybe now was the time to change?

Sword in Stone

Well, at least for now. Sir Lamorak speaking up behind her didn't instill any confidence in her that she had done a good job.

"Sire, if you had heard the other knights speaking in the same way that some of the Lord's were speaking, you would have washed their mouths out with soap." Artie gave Sir Lamorak a glare over her shoulder as Sir Kay tensed more under her hand. Sir Lamorak shrugged. He didn't smile, which told Artie that they were still in dangerous territory.

"None of my knights did, and I did not have to do that to anyone. Now stand down, or else the spirits are going to get angrier. You are not the only ones who I have to quell." Artie jerked her head in Sir Lancelot's direction and Sir Lamorak glanced at the third man. "That idiot may be keeping himself together better on the outside, but I'm feeling he's the one who alerted the spirits." Sir Percy's laughter filled the air and Artie had to force herself not to jump. She hadn't expected it.

Who do you think the spirits listen to?