Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who or the Arthurian legends, only the premise of the story. :] Don't bite!


"Come on, Amy! You have to!"

"I am NOT getting wet!"

"Amy, the childhood educations and stories of thousands of British children are at stake right now. Please? For me?"

"I can't believe that I am doing this."

The Doctor arranged the white robes over Amy and held her hand as she stepped into the pond.

"All you have to do is lay here for a few minutes until a scraggly, battle worn man comes around screaming and wailing. And then, sit up and catch the sword when he throws it at you."

"Throws it at me? He is going to throw a SWORD at me?"

"Merlin, Amy. No, way. I cannot use that curse here."

"Why isn't the Lady of the Lake doing this?"

"She's on vacation, and I…owe her a favour. Now DO it! Here's a straw."

"If I lose an eye to Excalibur, I'm blaming you."

"As long as you haven't said 'Macbeth' lately, you'll be fine."

"I hate you."

"No you don't. Now quickly, get in the water. I have to get out of sight before Percival arrives."

Amy lay in the water, white cloth billowing about her as the pond rippled. Minutes passed by before she heard the telltale, yet muffled, sounds of wailing.

Amy sat up, splashing water every which way. She spat the straw out and called to Percival.

"Come on, Percy. I don't have all day! We aren't going to do this 'second guess, run away, and finally take the high road' charade."

Percival stared at her wide eyed before flinging the sword into the water in a fit of terror. Then, he ran. Screaming, however, instead of wailing. Amy stood up and squelched across the pond to pick up the sword as the Doctor approached in the boat.

"He couldn't have thrown it closer?"

"A job well done, Pond, though a bit more vociferous than that of the Lady's would have been."

Percival ran pell-mell back to where Arthur lay dying.

"Good man," Arthur rasped. Terror mixed with consternation painted Percival's features.

"Gingers! Always so rude!"

In his death throes, Arthur gained a puzzled look.

"But…but the Lady of the Lake is blonde."


We just finished Arthurian legends in my English class, and it came to me that I needed to have the Doctor doing something nice for Arthur.