Like I said, a complete redo of the train wreck I wrote a long time ago. In this story Arthur knows about Merlin's magic, basically everyone knows BUT Uther. I really hope you like it but even if you do or don't like it reviews are appreciated!
It was morning, another bright and sunny day in Camelot. Arthur was just about to sit down to breakfast that Merlin brought in half an hour late. The first thing Arthur did was take a sip of the water Merlin put in front of him with that stupid smirk on his face. The water tasted a little off to him, and Merlin knew why. Merlin had put a clear, odorless potion in the drink that was meant to make Arthur's hair turn a lovely shade of electric blue for the day. While that did happen, Arthur was also transported through the void of time and space to a different world, a different time period. He wasn't completely alone because Merlin somehow got dragged along with him.
"MERLIN! WHERE ARE WE?" demanded Arthur, Merlin was too busy laughing at Arthur's hair to answer. Finally he managed to choke out
"I…don't know…..sire…..that…wasn't…supposed to….happen!" wheezed Merlin, he couldn't get his laughter under control, that is until Arthur hit him over the head.
"Hey! I don't know!" said Merlin
"Well that's just perfect! My father is going to freak out! He doesn't know that you have magic Merlin! He is going to think that someone kidnapped me!" Merlin started to get defensive
"Hey this wasn't supposed to happen! The potion was only supposed to turn your hair blue!" Arthur looked at Merlin
"How were you going to explain that Merlin! Did you think this thing through at all?" Arthur asked
"Yes, I was going to tell him that I poured a bucket of blue dye over your head last night and you couldn't get it out of your hair. He'll have put me in the stocks for sure, but it would've been worth it." Arthur sighed and hit his servant over the head again for good measure before saying
"Alright how are we going to get home?" asked Arthur
"I don't know. There's a spell but I'm not sure it will work, it's only ever been used on animals." Said Merlin
"So it will only work on you." Said Arthur
"Hey!" Arthur laughed a little
"Alright, I think the first thing to do is find out where we are. There's a stream nearby, if we follow it I believe that we will come across somebody. Towns are always built near streams." Said Arthur, Merlin nodded and together they began walking along the stream. A few miles later they came upon a town.
Meanwhile people had just started to notice that Arthur was missing, Leon had gone to his rooms to get him for training and noticed the goblet on the floor and Arthurs untouched food. Leon left and asked the servants if anyone had seen Arthur or Merlin.
"I'll look in the kitchens for Merlin." Said Gwaine when Leon told him what was going on. Leon went to inform King Uther that his son was missing. The king was sitting in the breakfast room finishing up when Leon walked in
"My Lord, I am sorry to disturb you." Said Leon, Uther beckoned him forward
"Come Leon, what is the matter?"" asked Uther
"My Lord, Prince Arthur was not in his chambers when I went to get him for training, no one has seen him. Hs servant Merlin is also missing, no one has seen him since he went up to deliver Prince Arthur's breakfast. I have searched the whole castle and cannot find any trace of them." Uther was still and did not move for some time, after a while he said, his voice dripping in anger
"Look again, send out a search party. Find him." Said Uther, Leon bowed his head and left.
Merlin and Arthur entered the town hesitantly. They were surrounded by houses made out of wood and logs, also a few shops. The town looked deserted until a girl who looked like a maid stepped out of one of the bigger houses on the corner.
"Excuse me, miss" called out Arthur, the girl looked up and screamed, running the opposite way down the street
"Well I don't think that she will be very eager to help us." Said Merlin, Arthur glared at him. Merlin looked around and noticed a man inside the town barber shop
"I see someone." Said Merlin, running into the shop
"Excuse me, sir. My friend and I are lost. Could you tell me where we are? And what the date is, please." Asked Merlin
"You are in Massachusetts, the year is 1692." Merlin nodded
"Thank you, one more question, where is everybody?" asked Merlin, gesturing to the street that was empty except for Arthur.
"In the courthouse, they caught a witch. She is being tried and will probably burn at the stake." Merlin nodded
"Thank you." He said again, Merlin went back outside to Arthur
"We are in colonial Massachusetts in 1692. The period of the Salem witch trials." Merlin explained in a hushed tone
"The what? How do you know what's going on here, this is the future. Oh wait, forget I asked. I temporarily forgot that you can see the future" Merlin nodded
"We need to get out of here, if they even suspect that I'm a warlock then they will burn me at the stake. I have an idea." Said Merlin
"Well that's just perfect, the last time you had an idea we ended up here!" said Arthur
"Just come on!" said Merlin, starting to walk away
"Merlin!" shouted Arthur, Merlin turned around
"Are you forgetting who gives the orders? I'm the Prince, you are my servant." Merlin looked at him like he had gone crazy.
"Are you forgetting what time period this is? The only royal family here is across the ocean in Britain, and people around here aren't too happy with them. So I wouldn't go around announcing that you are a Prince anytime soon." Merlin turned back around and started walking again, Arthur rolled his eyes and started following, very annoyed that his servant seemed to know more about the situation they were in then he did.
should I continue?
