Chapter One

Merlin sat to rest on a log, it was a hot day for gathering herbs and he'd been at it since before dawn. He looked around suddenly when a strange noise started up from nowhere, the birds were startled and a wind blew up. Merlin stood with his bag to his chest, shocked as a blue box appeared right in front of him. He sat back down with a thump.

A door opened and a man with dark hair stepped out backwards he appeared to be talking to someone.

"…..it'll be great we can dance the night away with William and Kate and get you back in time for lights out," he said as he stepped out of the box.

"Doctor…" a woman with fiery red hair came into the door way and saw Merlin still sitting stunned on his log. She pointed at him over the man's shoulder. The man, Doctor, Merlin assumed, turned quickly around saw Merlin and grinned.

"Oh, hello," he grabbed on of Merlin's hands, "I'm The Doctor, and this is River. Judging from you dress we've either gone a bit far, or ended up in a renaissance fair of some sort."

"You've got magic," whispered Merlin.

"Oh, the box, right no, this is my TARDIS isn't she great?" The Doctor grinned stroking the doors affectionately.

"You've got to leave; if the king's guard sees you you'll be arrested and executed," said Merlin standing up gesturing them to go back into the box.

"Oh, red flag to a bull there my man," said River closing the door to the TARDIS. She smiled at him. "So tell me little man, why would we be executed?" The Doctor pulled out a stick with a green light on the end.

"M-Magic is banned in the kingdom of Camelot."

"Well that's going to be hard this entire region is surging with, well you'd call it magic I'd call it a super excitation of the natural energy fields of the planet. Those who have magic are able to tap into the field with heighten telepathic abilities." He scanned Merlin, "and if it's true those who can access the field are killed here you should be dead about twenty times over, you're not just in communication with the field someone how it's a part of you. Interesting…hold on wait, did you say we're in Camelot?"

Merlin looked a bit dazed but nodded.

"That's fantastic!" said The Doctor grinning, "Much better than a boring royal wedding!"

"But how can magic be banned in Camelot?" asked River, "Wasn't there a famous wizard supposed to be from Camelot?"

"Yes!" said The Doctor, "What was his name?"

"Merlin," said River.

"What?" Merlin asked.

"No, that was the name of the famous wizard," said River.

"That's my name," said Merlin.

"You're Merlin the Wizard?" asked The Doctor.

"No, I'm Merlin the servant."

"You don't look like Merlin the servant," said The Doctor, "then again, you don't look like Merlin the Magician either."

"I told you anyone found with magic in Camelot is executed, by order of the king," said Merlin.

"King Arthur banned magic?" asked River.

"No King Uther, Arthur is his son," said Merlin.

"King Uther?" asked River.

"Right, of course!" cried The Doctor, "this must before the legend, the knights around the table, and stuff."

"The sword in the stone! Right I love that movie," said River.

"How do you know about the sword?" asked Merlin looking worried.

"Ah," said the Doctor, but he was saved from answering when a scream pierced the forest. A girl ran into the clearing she was bleeding from the head she tripped over a root and fell into Merlin's arms. He laid her down checked her pulse and airway. Then a great roar shook the trees around them.

Two creatures if you could call them that appeared as giant man-shaped mounds of mud and rocks. The Doctor pulled out his sonic-screwdriver, and aimed it at the creatures, nothing happened.

"River!" he yelled backing up very quickly.

River pulled out a small gun and started taking pot shots at the creatures.

"Is that all you've got!" cried the Doctor.

"Well, I didn't bring the big gun, because you said we were going to a wedding!" cried River.

"When am I ever right about where we're going!" yelled the Doctor, side stepping a boulder thrown by one of the creatures.

Merlin slid down in front of the girl shielding her with his body. The creatures bore down on him. He raised his hand his eyes glowed gold and he said.

"Dæl!" The creatures staggered back a few steps and fell apart. Merlin shielded the girl from the debris of rocks and mud. He sat up to check the girls pulse when he heard someone clapping from the other side of the clearing.

"That was fantastic!" cried the Doctor walking up to them, "your control is amazing all you did was, tell it to fall apart and it did! Fantastic!" He started the clapping again. Merlin ignored him, pulled some bandages out of his satchel wrapped one around the girl's neck and then picked her up.

"I have to get her back to Camelot, she's badly injured," said Merlin and walked away. The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and scanned the remains of the creature.

"Oh, dear!" he said and set off after Merlin, with River close behind.

Author's notes: I had to do it, I couldn't stop myself! More later, if you're good and eat all your vegetables.

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