The Lost Day In Camelot
Chapter 1
"Arthur! I have to tell you something!" Merlin staggers in shouting.
"What?" Arthur asks, already on high alert.
Merlin drunkenly staggers towards Arthur and grabs the sides of his face loudly declaring, "You're so blonde!"
"What?" Arthur asks puzzled.
Just then Gwain comes rushing in straight towards a pillar, bouncing off it like nothing happened, "Merlin? Oh, Arthur hello…. I'll just grab Merlin here and be off."
"Merlin, are you drunk?" Arthur asks, his anger quickly rising.
Merlin looks at him like a kicked puppy and raps his arms around him in a hug whining, "No."
"Gwain. Explain. Now." Arthur demands while trying to dislodge his errant manservant.
"Ummm. I might have given him something..."
"What?!"
"It was just to loosen him up!"
"Bloody hell. Perceval! A little help!"
Perceval comes up behind Merlin and grabs him around the waist dragging him off Arthur. Merlin turns around to hug attack the man who dislodged him only to stop and look up exclaiming with a childlike awe, "You're so tall!"
Arthur then starts shouting at Merlin, only to pause when he sees the kicked puppy look on his face. "Arthur look what you did, you hurt him!", Perceval says disapprovingly.
"What?" Asks a confused Arthur, "I didn't do anything!"
Perceval takes Merlin into his arms shushing him like one would a wounded child while glaring over Merlin's head towards Arthur.
Leon hurriedly strides into the throne room only to pause at the strange scene. "Uh, would someone care to explain what exactly is going on?"
"You and I both." Arthur complains sullenly.
"Arthur, please don't be mad at me?" Merlin whines from the comfort of the giants embrace.
Perceval gives Arthur a meaning full look.
Arthur heaves a huge put upon sigh before calmly saying, "I'm not mad at you Merlin."
No sooner were the words out of the Kings mouth that Merlin was once again attached to him. Arthur just glares at Perceval, who's got a shit-eating grin on his face.
"Well this is all good and strange but Arthur the scouts have reported that there is any army headed towards Camelot."
"What?! Why wasn't I informed of this sooner!?"
"It seems that they were magically concealed until they were practically at the gates. Morgana is leading them." Leon solemnly declares, "I have had the men bring everyone from the lower towns into the keep and prepare to ride out."
"Good. Merlin, you and Gwain stay here until you've sobered up, and then follow us. The rest of you come with me." So declaring Arthur spins on his heal striding purposefully out of the room.