25.06.12 Well, look who's back with a brand-new chapter! Hey there, guttersluts and bubblebutts. :)
I hope you've all been well. Once again, I apologise for the lateness of this chapter, but I'm sure the content will more than make up for it. I'll probably have to up the story rating, too. You'll see, don't worry. ;)
So, little update, I have been working on this chapter since early May, adding bits as and when, and I've finally gotten it all typed up and uploaded today during college (I've had no work to do, so it's all good). I thought my boyfriend breaking up with me would de-motivate me even more to write, but apparently the reverse happened, and you got this ending.
I hope you're happy. :)
So yeah, time for my usual Reviewer Replies! Let's do this thang! (... never saying that again.)
Noerue: This whole cross-over with Merlin is about the Doctor doing something for Rory that he's really going to appreciate. But if an alien or a monster comes along, well, that's all part of the fun, isn't it? ;)
SeverusHermioneForever: I'm glad you like it. I hope this part also pleases you. :)
kitkathope: I'm glad you're liking the story. It makes me all fuzzy inside to know that my literature (and I use the term loosely) is making people happy.
Jp: Of course there will be more, what do you take me for, someone who would just leave you on a cliff-hanger? I'm not Moffat. xD
Chuckfan101: Hopefully, series 7 will have more of Amy actually appreciating all the things Rory has done and would do for her (as much as I want him to ditch her, and run off with the Doc). You knew? We're clearly on the same wavelength. On the question of do I ship Merlin and Arthur, you'll just have to keep reading to see. ;)
RulersAreRoyal: You should throw Doctor Who DVDs at her. Just as a hint, or something. And you should definitely check Merlin out, it's a brilliant series.
beatlesaddict: Feel free to fangirl as much as you like, I certainly won't stop you.
Chapter 10
"MERLIN?" The voice sounded angry, and the black-haired boy let out a soft groan. Rory and the Doctor exchanged a look of surprise at hearing the name called out, while the boy turned around to see a muscular blonde man in a red tunic descending towards them.
"Yes, sire?" he answered as the blonde man reached the bottom of the stairs and gave Merlin a sharp poke in the chest.
"What do you think you are doing, standing around while my armour gets dirty after you've thrown it on the floor?" the blonde asked accusingly. Before Merlin had a chance to reply, Rory stepped in to attempt to save the boy.
"He fell down the stairs carrying all your precious armour, so it's your fault." Rory retorted, defending Merlin while causing a look of shock to cross the blonde's face.
"My fault? The prat should watch where he's going," he said, looking down on Merlin as if he'd just trodden in something particularly nasty, before looking at Rory with amusement. "and who do you think you are to not address me correctly? I am Prince Arthur Pendragon of Camelot, and you would do well to remember it." He declared, giving Rory's breastplate a jab with his finger.
"I think I can answer that one." The Doctor said, chiming in at just the right time. He stepped forward, presenting the psychic paper to Arthur. "I am Sir Doctor of TARDIS," he said as Arthur examined the paper carefully, "and this is Sir Roranicus, the strongest and bravest knight at my disposal." He gestured to Rory, grinning cheekily at the man, who looked more than a little surprised to be called the "strongest and bravest" of anything. The Doctor was glad that for once, he wasn't really lying about who he was. Not a great deal, at least – while Rory may not have really been a Sir, the Doctor had been knighted by Queen Victoria in 1879 after he'd saved her from a Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform. She'd banished him straight after the knighthood, but that was beside the point. Arthur stared at the paper for a moment, glancing up at the Doctor and Rory before passing the paper back to the Doctor.
"My apologies, Sir Doctor, and to you, Sir Roranicus, I didn't realise." He said, earning an amused look from Merlin, which went unnoticed only by Arthur. "You must be here to see my father?"
"Your father?" Rory questioned, the Doctor coming forward to explain once again.
"Yes, Rory, his father, the King of Camelot, why wouldn't we want to see him?" he asked rhetorically, clapping his hands together excitedly at the thought of sitting down to dinner with a king.
"I'll get it arranged right away." Merlin said with a smile before turning on his heels to head back up to the castle.
"After," Arthur started, causing Merlin to groan silently. "you've polished my armour. Again." Merlin turned back around and began to pick up the pieces of armour. "Good boy." Arthur said with a smirk before folding his arms and walking off towards the training field in the grounds.
Rory stood, looking down at Merlin as he picked up the armour, and felt sorry for the boy, quickly getting down on his knees to help retrieve the armour.
"He can't expect you to carry all this on your own." He said as he picked up a breastplate to use as something to put more armour on top of.
"You don't have to do that, Sir, I can manage." Merlin said quickly, seeming flustered by Rory's act of kindness, as no-one but Guinevere or Morgana had offered to help him with such a menial task before.
"No, really, it's fine." Rory said, attempting to reassure him. He offered a hand out to Merlin. "And it's Rory, not Sir." he grinned. A smile crept across Merlin's lips as he took Rory's hand, shaking it firmly.
"Same here," the Doctor said as he stood smiling, hands in his pockets and watching the two. "Not Sir, just Doctor."
"It's nice to meet you both. It's not often that I get to hear Arthur apologise, so thanks for that." Merlin said with a grin.
Once all the armour had been gathered up, Merlin led the way towards the training field, the Doctor and Rory following a bit behind.
"I thought the legend of King Arthur was just that – a legend." Rory said in hushed tones, leaning slightly towards the Doctor to ensure that Merlin would not hear their topic of conversation.
"Well, in every legend, there's always a sprinkling of truth, to give the legend the start it needs." The Doctor began to explain. "I mean, look at the Loch Ness Monster." he said as an off-the-cuff remark. Rory remained unfazed for a moment before looking at the Doctor with shock.
"The Loch Ness Monster is real?" he asked, mouth slightly agape with surprise.
"Real in the respect that it was really an alien creature called a Skarasen brought to Earth from the planet Zygor in the 12th century by the Zygons." The Doctor said, giving Rory a look as if he should have already known. With over 1100 years of travelling through time, he could forget that imparting knowledge like that could sometimes shock a person.
"Wow…" Rory sighed, somewhat stunned by the revelation. He thought that by now, with all the time that he'd spent with the Doctor, there wouldn't be anything left to faze him, but on the other hand, he also knew the Doctor always had a surprise or two hidden away somewhere.
"So, where are you two from?" Merlin asked as he glanced back over his shoulder at the two men.
"We're from the land of…"
"Tardis." The Doctor said, finishing Rory's sentence for him.
"Tardis?" Merlin repeated, sounding confused. "Where's that?"
"Oh, it's all over the place, really." The Doctor replied with a sly grin to Rory, earning himself a chuckle in return.
"Ah." Merlin said, as if he knew what the two meant. "It's one of those kingdoms."
Rory gave the Doctor a puzzled look.
"Some kingdoms kept all their eggs in one basket, while others decided to have their territories more spread out. It allowed them to cover wider areas, even if it did leave them more prone to invasion." The Doctor explained quietly. "But after a mass invasion of one such kingdom, the trend kind of died out."
Merlin led the pair under a great archway that opened up into a small, grassy area. At the back of the field, there were large bales of hay, which had pieces of cloth with targets painted on attached to them; at the side were numerous sandbags strapped to wooden frames to look like people, and next to that was a rack that looked like it should have held snooker cues, but instead held swords, maces, and various other sharp weaponry; and on the opposite side stood a hut, covered in red and yellow drapes, with a yellow embroidered dragon on the curtain that led inside.
"Where do you want me to put it?" Rory called over to Merlin, referring to the armour, but for some reason, Merlin blushed profusely and began laughing to himself.
"In here'll do." He replied through his laughter, as he walked towards the entrance of the hut. Rory began to follow, and was about to ask Merlin why he'd blushed, but the voice of the Prince rang across the field once more.
"There you are!" Arthur called as he appeared from behind the curtain. "About time, too." He looked straight at Merlin, noticing he was carrying significantly less armour than before. "Where's the rest of it?" he demanded as he stalked towards Merlin, eyes staring daggers at the boy.
"I've got it." Rory said, coming to Merlin's aid yet again. Arthur halted, eyeing up the load of armour that Rory was carrying, and huffed in annoyed, seeming disappointed to have lost an opportunity to berate Merlin.
"C'mon Merlin, I need to train." Arthur spat, as he stormed back inside the hut. Merlin rolled his eyes, and followed him, Rory trailing along behind so he could leave the rest of the armour with them.
Inside the hut, there were wooden frames shaped like a basic skeleton, plated in various parts of armour, large cabinets spaced apart along one side, while benches with weaponry laid out on them went around the other two sides, the side with the entrance remaining clear. Merlin and Rory set the armour down on a bench, and Rory began to head for the curtain.
"Thank you." Merlin called to Rory, causing him to stop and turn around. Merlin smiled happily, and Rory couldn't help but smile back at the boy.
"Any time." Rory replied, smiling happily.
"You and the Doctor should head up to the castle, take a look around, get to know the place." Merlin suggested. "Once I'm done here, I'll inform the King of your arrival, and have you invited to tonight's meal." Rory nodded before lifting the curtain and leaving to rejoin the Doctor.
"Look at you, making new friends!" The Doctor cheered enthusiastically, giving Rory a playful nudge in the shoulder. Rory smiled, genuinely having a good time, the first in a long while. "I'm really proud of you, Rory. You've come a long way since… you know." The Doctor fell silent, wishing he'd not brought up that topic, but Rory still smiled.
"I know. I'm really enjoying myself." Rory said before placing his arms around the Doctor's shoulders, hugging him. "Thank you so much for bringing me here. I love it." The Doctor smiled, and lifted his arms to drape around Rory's waist.
"The pleasure is all mine." He spoke softly into Rory's ear. They stood like that for a moment, probably longer than they should have, but what the hell, they were enjoying it, and that was what mattered. The Doctor finally let his arms fall from around Rory, and turned to head back to the castle. "C'mon, Sir Williams, let's go have a wander. Might meet some more interesting folk. I bet this castle's doctor doesn't have anything on me." He said with a wink, before moving for the archway.
Rory was about to follow, when he thought about doing something.
"Wait here a moment, I just wanna tell Merlin he should stop letting Arthur push him around so much." Rory quickly explained before walking back to the hut.
As he got closer, he heard noises coming from inside. They almost sounded like a child whimpering. Was Arthur hurting Merlin? Rory silently moved past the outer curtain, the sounds getting louder as he got closer.
Instead of barging in, Rory took the subtle approach, moving the curtain to the side just enough so that he could peek through and see what was happening inside.
And it was certainly a shock.
Merlin was forced back up against the side of one of the wooden cabinets, head tilted back, face contorted in pleasure as Arthur's mouth worked up and down the boy's neck. Arthur's hands held Merlin against the cabinet, while Merlin's were grabbing at Arthur's hips, holding the prince close.
"Please…" Merlin whimpered. "Stop toying with me…"
Arthur released the boy's neck from his teeth, and let out a throaty chuckle.
"Okay." The Prince said before mashing his lips against Merlin's as he ground his crotch against the boy's. One of Arthur's hands snaked up Merlin's side, and into the soft, black locks, gripping them tightly and pulling Merlin's head back, causing him to moan. Arthur looked up at him darkly, his hot breath on Merlin's neck. "Now, now, Merlin, be quiet, or people will hear you."
"Just hurry up…" Merlin pleaded, his hands leaving his hips and travelling to the front of his trousers.
"Fine." Arthur conceded, before nipping sharply at Merlin's earlobe. "Where do you want me to put it?" Arthur uttered into Merlin's ear. At least Rory knew now why Merlin had blushed when he asked it.
"Inside… Put it inside me…" Merlin begged.
Arthur grinned devilishly before forcibly turning Merlin around, so the boy was now facing the cabinet. He forced his crotch against Merlin's backside for a moment, before gripping his trousers at both sides, and wrenching them down to his knees, Merlin's bare behind now on display for the world to see.
Rory knew he should've stopped watching the second he looked in, but he just couldn't stop. He could feel his own nether-regions stirring as he watched the scene unfolding before him.
Arthur's hands roamed over Merlin's bum for a moment, before he moved one to unfasten his own trousers, freeing what they held inside.
"Here I come, Merlin." Arthur groaned into Merlin's ear. As Merlin began to cry out, Rory knew he had to leave, and quickly turned, hurrying from the tent.
The Doctor smiled as he saw Rory coming back, but was very puzzled as to why the human was so red in the face.
"Did everything go okay?" he asked, Rory walking straight past him to the archway.
"They were a little… 'busy'. I'll explain later." Rory replied. The Doctor rolled his eyes and followed Rory under the archway and into the streets of Camelot.
So, thoughts? Good, bad, very bad, as always, your comments are appreciated very much by me.
I promise, I'll try not to leave it so long until the next chapter. I don't mean to forget, it just happens. But summer is coming once again, and this time, I might get some actual story writing done. Who knows?
Anyway, until next time. :)
~RyRy