When they landed Merlin immediately looked at his surroundings, trying to figure out where he had brought Arthur and him this time. It clearly wasn't Camelot, which was a problem because Uther was probably going nuts by now. There was smoke all around him, obscuring his vision. Merlin heard something that was very loud and sounded like a broom handle snapping in two, the unidentifiable noise was all around them. He looked to the left and noticed Arthur groaning in pain, starting to get up. Even further to the left he noticed Bob the kid sitting up and staring at his surroundings with a scared look on his face. Arthur spoke first

"Where are we?" At the same time Bob asked

"Where did you bring me!"

"Well I wouldn't have brought you here if you hadn't grabbed on to me when we left. As to where we are it looks like a battle, there are men in red coats and men in ragged uniforms fighting with long weapons that seem to be very efficient in killing." Bob just asked

"Am I dreaming? Please tell me I'm dreaming." Merlin answered him

"No you're awake but I can put you to sleep if you like." Merlin did just that before repeating the spell.

"Where did you send him?" asked Arthur

"Hopefully back to where he came from, I don't know for sure." Said Merlin

"Ok" said Arthur.

We need to figure out where we are." Said Merlin, he noticed a man wearing a ragged uniform walk up to them

"Who are you?" the soldier asked

"I'm Merlin, that's Arthur. Where are we and what's the date?" Asked Merlin in an even tone, bracing himself for what he felt was true. The soldier didn't answer at first, he was trying to place Merlin's accent, it clearly wasn't American but didn't sound British. He finally answered after a few minutes/

"Charlestown, Massachusetts, its June 16 1775." Damn I'm right thought Merlin to himself. Gaius is gonna kill me! So is Uther, for bringing Arthur here, and Gwen too for the same reason, and all the knights of Camelot, except for Mordrid, he and Morgana would probably hug me for putting Arthur in danger.

"Earth to Merlin" said Arthur. The soldier gasped when he hear Arthurs accent, he shouted

"British spies! Get them!" some of his comrades heard them and started running forwards with those long stick thingy's. Uh oh thought Merlin, Arthur started running and Merlin followed close behind, with these small metal things whizzing past his head, he knew they were dangerous so he used magic to make sure they didn't touch Arthur. It was then that he noticed that Arthur's hair had changed color, to a dark shade of green instead of blue. Pity, he thought, Arthur's hair looked better blue. That's not the point Merlin! He scolded himself. He tried to catch up with Arthur. Who was heading towards the woods.

"Get us out of here before we all get killed!" Merlin was too exhausted to do any magic however, and collapsed soon after losing the colonists in the woods.

After the battle ended, Merlin and Arthur headed towards the redcoats. Once they got there Arthur tried to talk to the redcoats. The redcoats let him talk because they could tell he was British but they didn't understand why his hair was green or where he and the skinny kid in the brown coat had come from. They distrusted the black haired one because he looked like a patriot to them. The general decided to give the green haired boy and his friend a chance

"Come, you can break your fast near the fire." Said the soldier, Arthur and Merlin gratefully sat down and accepted the food they were given. When Arthur and Merlin were left alone, Arthur asked Merlin what he knew about this war. Merlin replied, saying

"Well the British colonized this giant land mass called America but they didn't let the people who move here have a representative in parliament so ..." Arthur then interrupted

"Hold up what's a parliament?" Merlin got annoyed and answered

"The British government, now let me get on with the story! So eventually the colonists got fed up with the British always raising taxes they decided to revolt. There are three sides to this. The patriots, who fight for America's freedom from the British. The loyalists, who were loyal to the king and therefore fought for British control with the redcoats. Finally we have the neutral people, who stand to the side and hope they don't get killed." Said Merlin, pausing because he anticipated the question that was going to pop out of Arthur's mouth

"So who won?" asked Arthur, Merlin replied

"The patriots won, because they had home court advantage." Arthur was about to reply when the general came up to them and asked if they would like to fight. Arthur stupidly replied

"No, because you are going to lose this war, you should just give up now." The general got very mad

"Now wait a minute, there is no way we can lose! We are his majesty's best army! This war started two months and it will end with the next battle, we are sure to win!" Merlin followed Arthur's terrible lead and said

"Nope, it will end a few years from now and you will lose." The general decided that he did not want these boys around his troops so he shouted one simple command to his soldiers

"These boys are traitorous! They wish to kill the king! Kill them!" Arthur and Merlin were off again, running for their lives as bullets missed them by centimeters. Arthur shouted

"There you go again Merlin! Everything was going perfectly until you opened your big mouth!" Merlin couldn't believe what he was hearing and shot back

"Me? You're the one who told them that they would lose the war!" Arthur replied to this

"Why didn't you stop me then?" Merlin replied

"You wouldn't have listened!"

"Fair point" agreed Arthur. And together they ran until they saw a girl ushering them into her house, where they were greeted by the girl's mother and father.

"I'm Ariana Smith, these are my parents." Said the girl

"I'm Merlin, and this is Arthur." Replied Merlin

"Whose side are you on?" Asked Mr. Smith, Merlin quickly answered

"We are patriot's sir, which is why we were being chased by those redcoats" Mr. Smith seemed to be pleased at this.

"How long have you been in Massachusetts?" asked Mrs. Smith and Merlin replied

"Not long ma'am, we got off the boat this morning and have been trying to find lodgings."

"Any family?" Inquired Mrs. Smith.

"Just each other ma'am, our parents died on the trip over."

"Well then you must stay here until you can find somewhere else." Said Mrs. Smith

"Thank you ma'am, that is very kind of you." Said Merlin because Arthur had wisely decided to keep quiet.

"How old are you two?" asked Mr. Smith

"I'm 17, Arthur is 18."

"I'm 18 as well" said Ariana, she had her eyes on Arthur since he stepped into the house. She didn't like the look of the scrawny boy as much as she liked Arthur.
When Arthur and Merlin were left alone again, Arthur began to inquire more about where they were. Merlin had a lot of information based on what the general had told them.

"Well it is summer of 1775, which means the Declaration of Independence has not been signed yet." Arthur interrupted again

"Wait back up a sec, what's the Declaration of Independence?" Merlin got really annoyed now and said

"A very important document that leaders of the US will sign to declare their independence from Great Britain."

"Will it work?"

"No of course not! That's why this war takes six years to finish!" said Merlin

"Oh Arthur!" said a voice coming from downstairs, it sounded like Ariana.

"Oh dear I'd better go see what she wants." Said Arthur, getting up to go, hitting Merlin on the back of the head when he heard Merlin smirk.

"Just get us out of here as soon as possible." Said Arthur as he left

"Yes Ariana?" Asked Arthur.

"Would you mind helping me get down from here?" Arthur then noticed that she was standing on top of a table. Just as Arthur was about to help her down he felt himself move yet again through time and space, the feeling was quite familiar to him now.

To be continued.
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