Chapter One

I watched as Samantha carefully switched through the channels. I had no desire to watch anything as I was too deep in thought. It took me a moment for it to register that Samantha was talking. I looked at her.

"I'm sorry, what?" I said. She looked over to me.

"I was just saying how they should have let David Tennant carry the Olympic torch." She said. "Alright, what's wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong." I lied. There were a million things wrong with me. Within a week Samantha and I were starting university. We had taken a trip to London as kind of a 'farewell' to our days of being free to do what we wanted. I was scared about starting school. I had never really been very good at making friends. The only reason I had Samantha was because she saw me at school one day being teased and stood up for me. I was worried about fitting in. So yes there were several things wrong.

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I stared at Aleya. I had always been able to tell when she was lying and when she was worried.

"Listen, this is all going to be fine. You will get to university and find that all of the things that you are worrying about now are nothing." I said. She gave me a look and then flopped down on the bed.

"So then, what are we going to do tomorrow?" she asked. I thought for a moment.

"Doctor Who marathon." I said. "In honor of being in London."

"Number one Doctor who is filmed in Cardiff, number two we are in London and are not going to sit in a hotel room all day watching Doctor Who." She said. "Besides, that's what we do when we are at home." I smiled at her.

"So what do you have in mind?" I asked.

"A castle." She said.

"Nerd."

"What?"

"You are a nerd."

"Sam, that's what you do in London, you see the sights."

"And a run down castle is a sight?"

"Coincidentally, yes"

"Fine, but after that we are going shopping." I said.

"Deal." She said.

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We walked up to the castle. Aleya did have a point. It was breathtaking. It looked like somewhere the TARDIS would land and sweep the Doctor and Amy into some adventure. I hoped that something adventurous would happen. I knew I could handle it, but I wasn't sure about Aleya. She wasn't really the adventure type. I blinked and I felt the ground fall out from beneath me. Then I fell into darkness.

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I looked over to where Samantha had been standing and watched as she disappeared. For a moment I didn't know what to do. I stepped over to where she had been and felt myself falling. I tried to scream but it was no use. I began to fall asleep. I tried to fight it but it was no use.

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I opened my eyes to see a rather attractive blonde haired man leaning over me. He looked relieved when I began to sit up.

"Are you alright?" he said. His hair was blonde while mine was a light brown. His eyes were a deep blue while mine were a grayish color.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said. "How did I get here?" I looked around. We were in the middle of the woods.

"I was hoping you could tell me that." He said. "I'm Arthur by the way."

"Samantha. Have you seen my friend?" I asked. I rubbed my eyes suddenly feeling very tired.

"She's with Merlin." Arthur said. My eyes went wide.

"Merlin?" I said. He nodded. "Is that a fact." I said. It was obvious by my tone of voice that I was shocked.

"Yeah. Merlin." He said.

"And…and you're Arthur?" I asked.

"I think you may have hit your head." Arthur said.

"I feel like it." I said.

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I opened my eyes to see a pale black headed boy leaning over me. I looked into his blue eyes. I immediately felt my pulse quicken.

"Hello." He said. It took me a moment to find my voice but finally I a managed to speak.

"Hello." I said. He wasn't bad looking. His ears were a bit large but I liked them.

"Are you alright?" he said. I sat up rubbing my head.

"I think so. How did I get here?" I asked. One moment I was on a history tour and the next I was in the woods.

"Arthur and I just found you here." He said.

"My friend, is she here?" I asked remembering Samantha.

"Yeah, Arthur was working on getting her awake." He said.

"Alright. Who are you?" I asked.

"I'm Merlin." He said.

"Aleya…Wait…Merlin?" I asked.

"Yes." He said.

"And Arthur?"

"Yes."

"I'm going mad." I said. I heard some one walking up being me. I turned my head and saw Samantha being lead by a blonde man whom I deduced was Arthur.

"Aleya! It's Arthur and Merlin!" she said. I stood up and stepped over to her.

"So you see them to?" I said.

"Yeah. How?" she asked.

"I don't know. Just play along right?" I said.

"Alright." She said.

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"Where were you two heading?" Arthur asked. I looked at him.

"I'm not sure." I said.

"Well Merlin and I need to get back to Camelot before night fall so you will just have to come with us there until we can get you two sorted." Arthur said in an authoritative tone.

"Camelot. Sounds like as good of a place as any." Aleya said.

"Merlin fetch the horses." Arthur said.

"Horses?" I tuned to Aleya who did not seem phased.

"Sam. How else do you think that we are supposed to travel?" she asked.

"Anything but horses." I said. I had a bad experience which involved me falling off of one when I was a child. That was not a road I wanted to go down again.

"Sam, just suck it up." Aleya said. I stuck my tongue out at her. At this time Merlin returned with the horses. I walked towards Arthur who was already on his horse.

"Do you need help getting on?" he asked me. I stared at the creature which stood before me. Yes. I thought but I would give it a try.

"I can manage." I said. I put one foot in the stirrup and used my arms to pull me shakily up. The moment I was up I wrapped my arms around Arthur.

"Are you scared of horses?" he asked.

"A bit." I said.

"Don't worry you'll be fine." He said. Aleya had already taken her place on the horse with Merlin. I saw her mouth, I'm riding a horse with Merlin the warlock! I smiled at her and mouthed. Bloody King Arthur. With that we rode towards the castle.