Sorry for the wait for the people who actually pay attention to my crappy writing. I was actually going to quit if no one reviewed. Sorry if the chapter is not as good as the last one, I'm slightly drunk myself. I probably shouldn't be, ive got work tomorrow. read and reveiw... please
The first thing serenity did when she woke up from her drunkness was groan her head hurt like someone was stabbing it with a blunt knife. The first thing she noticed was the strong smell of alcohol, and the first question her mind went to was: oh god, did I have a one night stand? Her eyes flew opened. Well unless someone chose to have a "fun time" on the wet, leafy grass in a forest, she didn't think so. She tried to sit up, but as soon as she did her head throbbed and the world spun. Where was she? The sky contained no smog and the air smelt clean and crisp, not like in the usual streets of London. It was then she heard rustling coming from a bush around a meter away. Her plan was to keep quiet until her friend muttered: "royals." In her sleep.
"damn," she thought, serenity forced herself to stand up in a bid to protect herself against the odd dog or hobo that she would occasionally find sniffing her when she woke up after a night at the pub.
"who's there?" she called out with little confidence in her voice, her left leg hurt and she guessed it too be sprained or maybe worse "show yourself. A young man slowly arose from behind the bush carrying some herbs in his arms. He was scrawny with short black hair and was wearing clothes of a fifteenth century peasant and yet she felt she recognised him from somewhere. "where am I?" she demanded
"Camelot." He answered
"no, that's not right. Camelot's a fairy tale. Historians have proved it to be a myth." The man looked at her as if I he knew she had, had too much to drink. "guys this isn't funny. Guys?" she looked around only to find her friends passed out on the ground.
"excuse me, but did I hear you say Gaius?"
"like the court physician from the story? No, I said guys, it basically means friends."
"oh."
"who are you?" she asked
"oh me, I'm Arthurs servant, Merlin." He said sticking out his hand and dropping his basket. she laughed and was about to step forward and shake it, but stopped short from the pain and sat back down, hissing.
"I'm Serenity Callow, and those are Artemis Occult and Serina Oracle." Merlin suddenly looked around in fear, serenity was guessing if he could see anybody who'd be able to hear the conversation.
"can you do magic?" he practically whispered
"like enchanting and casting spells? Yeah, some of it. Your not going to burn me for saying that."
"no, not." Merlin said waving his arms in crosses. "not me, but suggest you don't repeat that to anybody else, and maybe tell your friends to get better names."
"thanks for the advice, but I probably won't be staying long, until I've found, a way out anyway. It was pleasure meeting you Merlin."
"pleasures all mine." He started to gather his herbs again as serenity tried to crawl over to her friends.
"are you alright? Do you want to see Gaius."
"I'm afraid I have no currency."
"he doesn't charge."
"then it would probably be for the best." Serenity said bringing a water bottle form her modernised satchel that she hoped no one would notice and squirted some water on her friends faces. "up you lazy asses." Slowly her friends stirred and got up, Artemis complaining about his arm.
"Art, your name is now John Smith, Serina you Sarah-jane smith." Serenity said grinning and "Sarah" put her hand on her face and shook her head.
"will you stop with the TV references."
"what?" asked merlin confused
"err I wouldn't worry about it." Said "john" going over and helping serenity, he ripped a piece of his jacket and found a stick to keep her leg straight and tied them on her leg to make a splint. Then helped her up and put her arm around his shoulder so she could hop "when we get to flat ground we'll make a chair and take you the rest of the way."
"thanks."
"I don't think that's a good idea. If you use magic in Camelot-"
"a chair is not magic its…a medical- you know what? We'll show you when we get there." Sarah said
"wont our clothes raise suspicion?" Serenity asked. Merlin studied there clothes, the fabric was foreign, he had never seen it in his life. Black leather and cotton was the only two he could recognise and a chain.
"we'll make plan as we walk." Merlin said gripping his basket and leaving her two friends to help her get out of the forest.
