He'd been expecting his father to pick him up at the airport, but the driver informed him that Mr. Pendragon was on a business trip, and would not be at home. Everything had been happening so suddenly. It felt like he'd only just been at his mother's funeral and then suddenly he was in another country, another continent. England. Home.

Though in some ways, Florida had seemed like home. He'd been there half his life. He was leaving behind all of his friends, and teammates. Whether they won their division in football was no longer his problem.

The limousine seemed almost silent as it pulled up the winding drive to the impressive manor house. It was much bigger than the house he'd lived in with his father and mother. Arthur knew that his father had been wealthy, but it was much grander than he'd been expecting. He wondered not for the first time why his father had never invited him there before now.

He was met at the door by a pair of servants, one which collected his suitcase from the trunk, the other who was clearly more of a personal assistant, who started rattling off what Arthur would need to know about the house as they swept inside. The main dining room was to the left and dinner was served at 7pm unless there were special arrangements for guests; the main staircase lead to the gallery, and the family bedrooms to the right at the top of the stairs. He opened the door to a room straight across the expansive foyer, introducing it as the drawing room.

Then he was lead up the staircase, to be shown the room that would be his. He proceeded stoically, taking it all in, wondering if he should have been leaving breadcrumbs in his wake. His suitcases were already in his room, stacked neatly at the foot of an enormous four poster bed. A moment later he was alone in the room. He had his own bathroom, more closet space than he needed, a fireplace, a flat screen television, a desk with a new laptop computer. Everything a teenage boy could require. After unpacking his clothes and having a shower, he ventured out to explore the place, hoping he wouldn't get hopelessly lost.