When he woke up Dave was in a forest. Immediately on edge because of the lack of both lava and clockwork. Sensing that not only was he on earth, but earth in the time of kings and queens, and by extension bandits he brought a still broken Caledfwlch out and set off in search of civilization.

Karkat awoke with a much less peaceful way. While the view was much the same he heard shouting and the sounds of battle in the distance. Getting up and deciding that he should see who and what was making all the noise he ran towards the battle. Maybe it's john and his friends, he thought

Bursting through the trees Karkat immediately took note of the weirdly dressed humans fighting each other. One side wore red capes, chainmail and had the crest of a dragon on their chests, and the others wore brown everything. Why the fuck do they all look like Dave? Do all humans dress like piss drinkers? Fuck it. He took cover behind a nearby tree and took his time watching the others fight.

He then took notice of a scrawny looking male just outside of the area action with his hands raised, just as he was about to shout out to the seemingly defenseless boy to ask what the fuck was happening when another of the brown dressed men came running from behind the dark haired boy. Without pausing to think Karkat ran at both of them yelling as he jumped around the boy and attacked the bigger human. He aimed high and planted his fist directly into the man's nose breaking it and knocking him down using his own weight against him. Once they were both on the ground Karkat used his superior strength to beat the human senseless.

"Do. Not. Hit. Someone. When. Their. Back. Is Turned. You. Dishonourable lowlife scumbag." His yelling was broken up with the downward swings of his his fist. Effectively knocking out the man, as well as causing significant injury. Panting he took notice of the man's lack of movement.

Seeing that the man wasn't going to be bothering anyone for a while he got up and turned to ask the boy if he was alright. As he turned to face the other boy he saw the collective group of red and yellow clad men and looking closer he noticed some boys closer to his age as well. They were all looking at him with their swords raised. The dark haired boy however was looking at him in mild shock.

Clearing his throat he turned his attention solely on the person in front of him. "Are you hurt?"

His gruff voice seemed to knock the shock out of the one in front of him and he nodded his head. When he talked his voice was filled with disbelief. "You saved me."

"Yes, that's generally what decent people do." The whole group looked at him like he had grown an extra head. "Well if that's all I'll be going."

Karkat eyed the swords pointed at him as he started to back away, Never once turning his back. he made it just inside of the tree line before the blond leader spoke up.

"What are you." Karkat look at the leader, and raised his eyebrows.

"I just saved one of your friends, you should be thanking me." Karkat crossed his arms. "It's rude to demand someone's name when you haven't even introduced yourself."

"You will answer." The blond one raised his sword and stepped closer.

"Fuck you." Karkat spat. How can this shit dick think he could talk to people like that.

A shocked silence followed his words. The next moment the boy rushed forward with his sword aimed at Karkat's chest. Karkat brought out his sickle and countered the blow, again using his strength to push the human back, but the human came right back at him.

"What the fuck is wrong with you!" Karkat shouted as he looked up at the taller boy. He went to swing his sickle at him again aiming to stop the attacks, but the world went black as something struck his head.

Dave heard familiar shouting and he immediately took to the sky. Thank god that dumbass is so loud. He flew quickly towards the sound of Karkat's voice.

Yelling picked up from another person and the brief sounds of fighting could be heard before a dull thunk and an eerie silence. Dave flew quicker and landed just out of sight when he saw a party of other humans. As soon as he saw one of them raise their sword he rushed and blocked it from killing his friend.

"Whoa dude. You can't just hit someone when their down." Dave pushed him back and took up a protective stance in front of Karkat's prone figure. "My buddy over here likes his blood inside his body, old fashioned I know."

"That beast is magic and must be destroyed." Leader McDouche addressed Karkat as if he wasn't a person with intelligence about the level of a boar. What the fuck is this guys deal?

"Karkat? Yeah, no. He's all bark and no bite." Dave shrugged.

"It has a name? And who are you anyways?" This guy has no manners.

"Dave Strider, Knight of Time. Yourself?" Dave answered in a clipped tone. He didn't see any point in hiding information when they probably needed this guy and his friends to help them.

"Arthur Pendragon, Prince of Camelot." Blondi-Arthur's chest puffed up, and he stood a little straighter after giving his title.

Internally Dave was freaking out. Oh fuck. Holy shit. Real Deal. Is the skinny one Merlin? Arthur and Merlin. Damn. Shits crazy. On the outside his face remained void of all emotion. The only thing to indicate that Arthur's words were acknowledged was a slight upturn of Dave's lips.

"Nice to meet you. Now can you help me with him I don't think he's waking up for a while." Dave gestured to Karkat with one hand and used the other to put his broken sword on his belt.

Arthur and the others did the same with their weapons before coming to help Dave.

If you've been on ao3 you'll know that I'm writing two other stories, so now I'm posting them here as well. Please leave a review and hae a good day/week c: