{"id":18454,"date":"2013-12-20T19:39:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T19:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/12\/20\/i-already-regret-this-21\/"},"modified":"2013-12-20T19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T19:39:25","slug":"i-already-regret-this-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/12\/20\/i-already-regret-this-21\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I already regret this.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sonofpendragon.tumblr.com\/post\/70275169322\/i-already-regret-this\" class=\"tumblr_blog\">sonofpendragon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/iamthefirechild.tumblr.com\/post\/70218470009\/i-already-regret-this\">iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/sonofpendragon.tumblr.com\/post\/69867378068\/i-already-regret-this\">sonofpendragon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/sonofpendragon.tumblr.com\/post\/66343635351\/i-already-regret-this\">sonofpendragon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t be, this\u2019ll be lots of fun for us, not everyday one goes exploring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/be25f79f06a4ed6a44fe71432b2d257a\/tumblr_mum5yl35P91qbuxf7o1_250.gif\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arthur\u2019s eyes watched the knight carefully, he wasn\u2019t going to stand if he laid a hand on Summer. She hadn\u2019t done anything to deserve what was happening to her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do challenge you.&#8221; He spoke confidently, turning his sword toward the knight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When you are defeated, I will take your shield and hang it with others who have fallen to me. I will take your lady and hold her in my castle.&#8221; The dark knight\u2019s voice was strange, emotionless and cool and with an odd echo from the helm.<\/p>\n<p>With caution, the knight turned back and lifted Summer from her horse, setting her on her feet a little distance away from the road. \u201cYou will abide the outcome.\u201d He collected the reins of both horses and tethered them to a tree nearby, before, finally, drawing his sword and turning to face Arthur.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;And when you are defeated, you will leave everyone that comes across here alone, you will also grant safe passage across the bridge for me and the lady.&#8221; Arthur spoke confidently, but with calm, still wanting to know just who this mystery knight is.<\/p>\n<p>He watched him treat Summer with care, concerned and confused, not knowing why he was being so kind to her. Perhaps the knight still had a sense of honour and was going to treat the lady with the respect she deserved. He kept his sword up, getting into a defense stance for when the knight attacks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Summer clasped her hands together, watching with held breath. She knew Arthur had won many tournaments; he was a skilled knight, but there was nothing to know about this stranger knight. His grip was strong, that was all she knew. And the way he spoke &#8212; she wondered if there were many folk in his castle; how long had he been plundering this bridge?<\/p>\n<p>The dark knight&#8217;s shield was as black and blank as his armor. He lifted his sword in a kind of salute to Arthur, then brought it down in a mighty stroke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sonofpendragon: iamthefirechild: sonofpendragon: sonofpendragon: &#8220;Don\u2019t be, this\u2019ll be lots of fun for us, not everyday one goes exploring.&#8221; Arthur\u2019s eyes watched the knight carefully, he wasn\u2019t going to stand if he laid a hand on Summer. She hadn\u2019t done anything to deserve what was happening to her. &#8220;I do challenge you.&#8221; He spoke confidently, turning &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/12\/20\/i-already-regret-this-21\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;I already regret this.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,1067,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18454"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}