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Chapter 5- The Once and Future King
The royal diners were beginning to stir. Merlin knew that if he didn't get the Doctor and his friends out of here now, they would likely never escape.
"Go!" Gwen hissed at him. "We'll take care of them."
Morgana feigned a smile. Her plan had failed and she wanted to make sure she was on the winning side. "Gwen is right. Go."
"Er... I agree with them," Rory said.
Merlin left the hall with the newcomers following quickly behind. Arthur had mentioned where the giant blue box was. He'd also mentioned it was guarded. Merlin hoped he would be able to get past the guards. It wouldn't be the first time he'd had to outsmart Uther's guards.
"Someone's sleeping on the job," Amy commented.
There were three armed guards sleeping soundly in front of the TARDIS. Merlin was confused for a moment, but then he realized what must have happened. Morgana had been planning to take over Camelot. She would have wanted to make sure anyone who could stop her would be out of the way. For once, the witch's evil plans were working in Merlin's favor.
"You should go before anyone wakes up," Merlin said.
"Yes, thank you for your help," the Doctor replied. "You are going to help a lot of people, Merlin. Arthur most of all."
Merlin stared at him. "You're not the first person to say that. Why is it so important that I help Arthur, Doctor?"
"He is the Once and Future King," the Doctor said with a sly smile. "As far as what that means, you'll find out."
Merlin knew he wasn't going to get any more information out of them, so he merely waved goodbye as the Doctor, Amy, and Rory walked into the TARDIS. A few moments later, it vanished.
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Amy picked up White's novel, staring at the cover. "They really got the whole Arthurian legend thing wrong, didn't they?"
"Close enough," the Doctor said, jumping in a chair. "Don't take it personally. Humans mess up on quite a bit of things."
"Oh, cheers!" Rory said.
The Doctor jumped back up, working the controls. They were on their way to the next destination. Where that was, Amy didn't know. But that was life with the Doctor after all.