Still covered in the remains of Avalon's once proud castle I heaved my chest as much as I could just to inhale the dust and debris that clung to the air. I was barely able to breathe through the weight on my chest, between Peter and the fallen infinity stone I was lucky to be alive. I guess having a room in a tall tower has its advantages when everything comes crashing down. Moving my arm I noticed it was now free from the crack, but my leg was stuck under a large stone beam. Peter was still unconscious, or maybe even dead at this point. I couldn't tell if he was breathing, there was too much shifting above us to try and tell.

Focusing on my emotions I tried to feel the castle and try to send my mind tracing all around us to see if there was a way we could escape. I was able to see a little bit around us to know there was hope if the beam on my leg was removed, we would be able to make a clear shot to where the window was where there is a small opening that we may just fit through. If I tried to search any farther through the castle past the borders of my room nothing would show, it's as if my room was disconnected from the rest of the castle. The only way to get out is if Peter was to squeeze out and go get help, the beam may shift enough to let him out, but not to free me. The problem is he's not awake.

I shifted as well as I could to be able to try and wake him up but every small motion tugged at my foot, it didn't hurt but i was worried if I shift too much that the beam may gain too much extra weight from other objects falling on it. Poking at Peter's side for what felt like an hour his eyes gently started to flicker, at least he's alive. As he started to stir he gently shifted as if to stretch, "Peter stop moving or you may crush us worse." I groaned.

His eyes shot opened when I spoke and he looked straight at me, a small ray of light started to glow around us. "Are you alright?" He asked in his usual worried tone.

"You know with how much you worry over me you'd think we would've known each other more than over a month." I tried to laugh but it came out in more heavy grunts. "If you can manage to crawl past the beam by my foot there is a small tunnel that leads to an opening where the window was, it may be the only way to get free."

"What about you? I'm not going to leave you here." He tried to act all brotherly.

"Now is not a time for you to be a hero, you may be my half brother but you have a duty to the kingdom before me. They're all missing and you have to follow your duty to them." I ordered.

"Guinevere they're all safe. Everyone has been moved to a safe location and won't be harmed. Now I'm worried about you before anything else happens. I don't know what Uther is planning but all I know is Camelot would face worse than a civil war if you were found dead in these ruins." Peter explained. "It was only a the day after you left that Uther claimed Lancelot was once again in Camelot, but planning to assassinate him under the effect that Avalon has been protecting him this entire time. Uther instantly sent troops to Avalon but we have more than just Lancelot in Camelot, as you know, they informed us and everyone left before they showed up. Then we got news that someone was in the castle and we heard nothing about another attack coming in from Camelot we believed it may be Lancelot. I came here but with the rate at which the castle was turning black I knew it had to be you. After seeing what you had done to your room I didn't know anyone else to have raw Wolam witch to do something like this."

"You're sure that everyone is safe? My family, my father?" I was undeniably worried.

"They're all safe. Papa is too, I know you're worried about him but he's more worried about you. I barely got him into the carriage to leave, he wanted to run after you and make sure you were safe. He was afraid that if he didn't reach you before you returned to Camelot that Uther would kill you too." Peter grunted as he shifted his hand towards his belt.

"Wait, Lancelot couldn't have been in Camelot the day after we left. He was at the honeymoon palace, Arthur let him hide there and he was just returning back here." I jumped.

"Okay Guin, we can talk about this later, first we need to get out. I'll slip past the beam first and then you. Deal." Peter glared into my eyes.

"Just go and I'll follow okay." I used my authoritative voice. "You may be older but I just took down an entire castle, you do not want to mess with me."

He looked away from me and started to shift his arms until they were both above our heads."I'm sorry if I hurt you." He whispered before he started to quickly turn. With him shifting I could feel everything around us shifting too. He moved slowly in order for everything to remain intact, but he still kicked my face as he was just able to turn around. He shifted the beam enough to fit through, but when he moved it I sent my hand to my face to muffle the scream. "Come on your turn." His voice called and echoed lightly around me.

"Keep going I'm on my way. I'll meet you outside." I lied.

For some reason he actually believed me and started crawling out the rest of the way. When he left the light he was able to barely make with his hope was gone. I was again in darkness and all alone. I strained my ears trying to listen and see if he got out, but all I could hear was the faint shuffling of debris as he moved. I could tell he managed to get out when I heard him cheer loudly. "Guin, where are you?" He shouted into the tunnel.

"Keep going!" I shouted as loudly as I could.

He didn't answer right away, and for a minute I was scared that he was going to leave me. "Where are you?"

"Peter just keep going and leave me!" I shouted as tears escaped my eyes. He wasn't going to try and be a hero, not now, not with so many people counting on him to survive.

"Guin what's wrong? Why aren't you coming?"

"My legs stuck, it's under the beam. There's no way to get it out without everything collapsing. Just go you have a whole kingdom of people depending on you, you can't leave them."

"I can't leave you either!"

"Yes you can and you will!" I kicked a nearby rock and the tunnel that showed me a flicker of light of where he exited caved in. Still alive I would be running out of air soon, but at least Peter won't try. He won't risk it collapsing anymore and he knows I'm right, also he knows how mad I'd be at him, and the life I'd be forced to return to. Before I lost consciousness I heard him leaving finally, we would both be free.

~~~~~

Camelot guards had appeared just as Peter ran, but he made sure they saw where he was fleeing. Of course the curious guards had to check it out, and they saw my foot sticking out of a lot of rubble. Wanting a survivor of someone to attain secrets from, but they found me. Huge rescue crews showed up to try and unbury their new princess, and now I laid on a cheap cot surrounded by guards as they pushed water and blankets at me. "Thank you but please just give me some space, I'll be alright." They finally listened and I got a chance to lie back. A splint made of branches and ripped cloth wrapped my leg to keep it still, it is happy to be free but it hurt like crap.

"Guinevere!" I turned to see Arthur running towards me. "Oh thank heavens you're okay." He scooped me in his arms as he sat me up on the cot. "I told you not to come back here and you still did."

"And you knew about this, about all of this!" I pointed at the castle in rubble.

"I swear to you I didn't. My father is many things but this is a new low, the second we left." He started to get frustrated.

"I know the story and I don't need it repeated. And it's all a lie. They said the day after we left Lancelot went to assassinate the King."

"That's impossible he was ... we can't even tell he was there.Otherwise we would be charged with treason as well." Arthur realized.

"I know, well at least I'd be executed, Uther may pardon you saying it was my fault or emotions and give you a lecture, maybe a week in a prison time out." I mocked.

"He won't touch you if I have any say in it. As for Lancelot no one can ever know we knew where he was. As of this, my father will hear a great ear full. Nevermind, how are you doing? Does your leg hurt much?" His anger melted into compassion.

"It was crushed by a beam, what do you think? Did they find anyone else in there?" I couldn't let on that there were spies in Camelot.

"No one has been found, the knights say that the castle was intact when they left the first attack, the say this collapse was a trap incase there was a second attack." I knew that wasn't true, I had caused the collapse. "Your father must be worried, but for now we must return to Camelot."

"What about your year away?" I asked.

"That has changed, they are now coming to Camelot, as we should."

"My lord and lady," A messenger rode up to us in a hurry.

"What is it?" Arthur used his authoritative voice.

"You must return to Camelot at once." The messenger panted, "King Uther has been killed."