A/N. This a new story I decided to make. I've seen this concept done before and decided to add my own spin to it. Note: some of the names I had to come up with because I couldn't find any information on them, so I'm sorry in advance if they are incorrect. Without further ado, please enjoy.
Chapter 1
544 C.E.
The kingdom of Camelot was in grave peril. The once mighty kingdom ruled by the equally mighty king Arthur Pendragon now lay in ruin. Beset and besieged by army of darkness and chaos, commanded by the enchantress Morgana Le Fay and her lust for power, and the Knight Lancelot Du Lac and his lust for Queen Guinevere. Thousands were slaughtered in the country side as the army marched towards the castle. Not even the famed Knights of the Round Table could stop them as many were felled in battle and even some turned on their fellow knights and joined the army. Those that remained are now holed up in the inner sanctum of the castle, prepared to give their lives for their king.
"I have just spoken to some of the royal guards. They say that they have barricaded the eastern halls and will defend them with their lives." Announced Sir Gawain as he entered the sanctum chamber.
"And what of the remains of the army?" asked Sir Bors, another knight present in the chamber.
Gawain shook his head. "They have perished, the enemy now controls the main courtyard."
"I guess it's down to us then." Spoke Sir Galahad as he approached.
Sir Gawain looked at those around him. Galahad, Bors the younger, Lucian, Bedivere, Lionel, and himself, they were what remained of the Knights of the Round Table. All of the rest had either died or turned traitor.
The sound of a throat clearing brought the men's attention to one of the rooms in the sanctum. Before them stood the one who cleared their throat, their king, Arthur Pendragon, the sorcerer Merlin ever-present at his side. All of the knights bowed upon seeing him.
"Your Majesty" they said in union.
"My knights, it is time for our final plan to be enacted, Merlin bring them in." Arthur spoke calmly.
"Of course, your Majesty." Merlin replied as he walked back into the room.
It wasn't long before Merlin returned bringing with him who the king wanted. The knights still had their heads bowed but raised the them when they heard a soft cooing. Standing next to the old sorcerer was the queen, Guinevere, and in her arms lay a small baby. None of the knights had heard that the queen was having a child which meant that king had kept it a secret in order to keep the baby safe.
"Sir Lucian, approach." The king commanded
Lucian walked up to the king, waiting for the king's order.
Arthur put his hand on Lucian's shoulder and began to speak. "Lucian, you and your fellow knights have served this kingdom and my family faithfully for many years, but it seems now that our time is running short." Arthur took a deep breath before continuing. "Knights, I shall now give you your last command as your king"
Guinevere then stepped forward handing the baby to Sir Lucian.
"His name is Aiden." She spoke quietly
"A strong name" Lucian responded to her.
The queen stepped back allowing the king to take her place. Lucian watched as Arthur unstrapped the sword from his hilt and handed it to the knight. As Lucian took the sword, he felt an almost unnatural power radiating from the weapon. As he inspected the sword his eyes widened as he noticed the intricate runes and the golden cross-style hilt.
"Your Majesty, this is- "
"Yes, I know. Knights- "Arthur turned and pointed to another door in the sanctum." this door will take you to a tunnel that will lead you outside the castle, Merlin will show you. Knights I ask of you took take my son and raise him and guide him to be the future king."
"What of you and Lady Guinevere, my lord." Lionel asked.
"We are the ones Lancelot and Morgana are after and we intend to surrender ourselves to them in order to buy you time escape, but you must go time is running out." Arthur answered.
"Your Majesty, I, Bors the younger hereby pledge my family's fealty to your son and his descendants." Bors declared with tears in his eyes.
"As do I" said Gawain.
"As do we." The others declared as they followed Merlin into the passageway.
Lucian was the last one through the door and as he walked past, he turned to the king.
"Your Majesty, if you and the kingdom are gone then what would be the point saving the boy and your sword?"
"You will be saving the future." The king said as he closed the door. After closing the door, the king walked back and took a seat next to his queen. As he did, he heard the door leading from the castle to the sanctum being broken down. His hand found the hand of Guinevere as they sat together and prepared for the end.
Merlin and the others emerged from the tunnel and turned to watch the castle burn. Galahad took a step towards it but was stopped by Gawain.
"Why?" Galahad asked simply.
"Because we are too few. Trust me, I feel your pain and need for vengeance, but we have a mission to complete." Gawain turned and began to walk towards Merlin, who was waiting for them. "I believe that we will reclaim our home. It may be our grandchildren or our grandchildren's grandchildren, but one day the mighty kingdom of Camelot will rise again with the head of the Pendragon family on its throne. This I swear. Now come my fellow knights, we need to find a new home for our new king." Gawain finished as he walked past Merlin and towards the countryside.
Lucian looked down at the baby in his arms. Aiden had fallen asleep during their trek through the tunnel was now sleeping softly in the knight's arms.
He began to speak to the sleeping baby. "Grow up strong young king. For when the time comes you will take back your throne and then all of the known world will know of the family of kings, Pendragon."
Present Day, Los Angeles
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK "Anderson Stilton, wake up already breakfast is almost done."
The boy named Anderson groaned as he woke up to his mom's incessant knocking. Anderson finally decided to listen to his mother and got up made his way towards the door out of his room. As he was about to walk out, he glanced at himself in the mirror. Standing at about 5'10'' and having a medium build, the 17-year-old noticed his dirty blonde hair was strewn about in a bad case of bed head.
"Guess I'll have to comb that out later." He said quietly to himself.
Making his way into the kitchen, the first thing he noticed was his mother cooking at the stove and the rest of his family at the table eating.
"look who decided to join us." Said Robert Stilton, Anderson's step-father, as his twin son and daughter poked fun at their step-brother's hair.
"Did a tornado hit your hair in the middle of the night?" asked his sister, Natalie.
"I don't know, does it look as bad as your face." Anderson responded.
"Hey, watch what you say, we're older than you and you need to respect your elders." Said his brother, Mark.
"Oh yeah, and what are you going to do to enforce that." Anderson countered.
"Andy, please sit down." His half-Japanese mother said.
Andy grumbled as he did. He did not like his step-family. His real father, Adam, died in a car accident when his mom was pregnant with him, so she had to quit her business job to take care of him. That was when she met Robert, a single dad with twins. They bonded over taking care of their kids and grew closer and closer till eventually they decided to merge their families and got married. But as Andy grew older, he liked his step-dad less and less. All Robert did was bash Anderson's real dad about being selfish and dying and leaving his wife and child to be on their own. Granted he had never met his father, but from what his mom had told him his was a good man and a respected soldier in the British armed forces, basically everything Robert was not.
Knock
Anderson was brought out of his grumblings by a knock on the door.
"Andy, can you go answer that for us please?" Molly, his mother asked.
Anderson sighed as he got up and headed for the front door.
"Oh, and if it's the Mormons again, tell them we don't care." Said Robert rudely.
Anderson rolled his eyes at his step-dad, and upon remembering he still had bed head, licked his palm and smoothed out his hair before opening the door
At the door were not Mormons but three Japanese men and a girl. Two of the men appeared to be tall, wore business suits, and looked the same age, about mid-40s. The difference between the two was that one had white hair will the other had jet-black hair. The third man was shorter and much older, most likely in his 70s. He had gray hair, as well as a mustache and full beard which were also gray. Unlike the other men he wore what appeared to be traditional clothes similar to what one would see a dojo master wearing. The girl wore what appeared to be school uniform but Andy couldn't tell from what school. She also had black hair that stretched down her back. She appeared to only be slightly older than him, maybe just a year or so. It wasn't lost on Andy that she stood closer to the black-haired business man than anyone else.
'They're probably related.' Andy thought as the white-haired man began to speak.
"Is this the home of Molly Stilton?" he asked.
"MOM! IT'S FOR YOU!" Andy yelled back into the dining room.
"Oh, really Honey, who … is … it." Molly's voice died of as took in who was at her door. "Takashi, is that you?" she asked.
The black-haired man, now named Takashi smiled softly
"Yes, Molly it's us." He replied.
He then turned toward Andy. "And that must make you Anderson, doesn't it?"
Andy couldn't help but notice a slight widening in the girl's eye when Takashi said that.
"Yeah, I'm Anderson. How do you know my mom?" Andy probed.
"We were close friends with your father." The old man spoke.
Andy's eyes widen, not many people knew his father and even fewer knew anything more than skin-deep details about him. All of the information his mother had she kept from him, but he could never figure out why.
"And just who the hell are you?" asked Robert as he barged into the conversation from beside Molly.
Takashi simply smiled and replied. "I'm sorry, where are my manners my name is Takashi Huou, I am the head of the Phoenix conglomerate located in Tokyo, as I have stated before I was a friend to Molly's late husband Adam. My conglomerate has taken an interest in your son's higher than average grades and would like to place him in advanced placement in a prestigious academy we have partnered with. The men next to me are faculty of the academy."
He pointed to the old man. "This is the head of the academy, Hattori Hanzo."
The old man bowed. "Call me Hanzo."
"And this is the teacher in charge of the advanced placement class, Kiriya Nakamura."
The white-haired man bowed. "Simply call me Kiriya."
Takashi then put his hand on the girl's head. "And this is a member of the advanced placement class, my daughter, Ikagura."
Ikagura bowed her head but didn't say anything.
"May we come inside to discuss this further? Think of it as us paying our respects to Adam."
Robert grumbled something under his breath, then motioned for Anderson to move out of the way of the door to allow their guests to enter the house.
"Fine, let's hope this isn't a waste of our time." Robert stated as he made his way back into the kitchen.
The rest followed and everybody was now sitting at the dining room table.
"So, how much is this little gift of yours going to cost us?" Robert questioned Takashi.
"Nothing, as I said this is gift from me to your family. Of course, I would like to have Anderson and his mother tour the academy. If that is ok with you Mr. Stilton." Takashi answered.
Robert looked at Molly and she nodded. He grumbled to himself before rejoining the conversation. "It's okay with me but that doesn't mean that I have to like it." Robert concluded.
"Well, I must go pack my travel bag as well as Andy's, so I'll leave you boys to finish up the details." Molly said as she got up and headed towards the bedrooms.
As the adults were talking, Andy and the twins were sitting across from Ikagura as she read what appeared to be a sort of novel.
Mark leaned over a began whispering to Anderson. "Dude, have you seen the rack on this chick." He said pointing discreetly to Ikagura. "Now, that is a piece of cake I'd like to take a bite out of."
"That is an inappropriate thing to say in front of a lady." Andy responded. Although if he was being truthful, he had checked her out and, in his opinion, she was a very beautiful girl.
Mark was about to say something else when Molly re-entered the kitchen.
"Alright, Anderson we are packed up and ready to go." She said. She was carrying a backpack, a suitcase, and a long and narrow case.
"Well then, I say we get going, I have a jet waiting for us at the airport." Takashi said then turned to his daughter. "Ikagura it is time."
Ikagura stood up and offered her hand to Anderson and gave him a soft smile. Andy accepted the hand and began to walk with her out of the front door following the adults. Outside, waiting for them was a black luxury SUV. As Molly put the cases into the trunk of the vehicle Andy and Ikagura climbed into the furthest back seats with the Molly and Hanzo sitting in the middle row and Takashi and Kiriya in the front with Kiriya driving.
"Everyone strapped in and ready? Alright let's go." Kiriya said as he started to drive.
As the car began down the road Andy looked back at the house one last time. He didn't know why, but he had a strange feeling that things were about to get a lot more interesting.