Day 35

It's Christmas Eve

Now this is going to be a little different as I have merged my two favourite shows together and hopefully it does work.

So on with the story.

*Hums Doctor Who theme tune*

Title: The Trip to Camelot

Characters: The Twelfth Doctor, Clara, Merlin, Arthur

Paring: N/A

Word Count: 1,094

Summary: Robot of Sherwood (Series 8, Episode 3) rewrite. What if Clara had asked to see Merlin instead of Robin Hood? (3 Parts)

When he asked where and when she wanted to go, the Doctor had never expected to run around after some story. The moment Clara had mentioned Camelot, Merlin and the Round Table, he had rolled his eyes. It was all a myth, a fairytale. He knew it was a fairytale. It had all been made up so some king could prove that he deserved to be the true king. It was all just a story. There was no Merlin or Myddrin. There was no Arthur or Arturus. There was no Guinevere or Lancelot. There was no round table of knights. It was all just made up. And he knew for definitely that there was no such thing as magic.

He still allowed Clara to talk about chivalry and how cool it would be to do magic. He huffed at magic and told her that everything had a scientific explanation behind it. Clara told him to stop putting down her dream and that he was the one that looked like a magician with the coat he got on. The Doctor shook his head before walking toward the main console. He typed in a rough search just to prove her wrong. He would love to prove her wrong. He told her to go and get changed into something more fitting for the period. She ran off smiling towards the wardrobe.

Clara pulled the dresses apart trying to find something suitable. She knew what the Doctor was thinking, he had made it clear. He didn't believe that Merlin and Camelot existed. Part of her did realise that she was chasing a story but she would not let him hear the end of it if Merlin was real. Of course magic was real. There were some phenomenons in the world that science couldn't explain. She knew how childish she would have sounded to any other adult but she smiled as she pulled out a red dress. She was going to met Merlin and Arthur and Guinevere and Morgan Le Fay. She squealed at the thought. She quickly got dressed and tried to hide her excitement.

Merlin was collecting herbs when the winds picked up and a weird sound came. It was like some groaning noise. It was like nothing he had ever heard before. He stayed still as the sound stopped. Part of him wanted to run back to Camelot but his curiosity got the better of him. He had no idea what is was or whether they were friend or foe. It could be a new magical creature for all he knew. He walked towards the sound and saw a blue police box. He had no idea what a police box was or what it was doing in the middle of the forest. He was sure that it wasn't there earlier. He moved closer to it to investigate further.

The door opened and an old gentleman in a suit and a woman with a red dress came out. Merlin stood there and wondered how they could have fitted in there. The old gentleman called out to him and asked which way was Camelot. The woman looked excited. Merlin told them that it wasn't far and that he could show them the way. The woman ran up to him and asked him for his name, which he replied with Merlin. She turned to the older gentleman. 'Told you so.' She said to him. The man just rolled his eyes at her. The woman introduced herself as Clara while she said that the man was called the Doctor.

Merlin had enjoyed Clara's company as they walked back to Camelot, not the Doctor's so much. By the amount of times Arthur did it, he knew that he was sulking. She spoke to him about being from the future and the stories that were spoken about him and Arthur and Camelot. If anything, Merlin was happy that his story was still being told in the future. All his hard work wouldn't be for nothing. He wanted to ask her if they created Albion. He wanted to ask if magic returned to the land. But she got there first and told him that she expected him to be older, to which he didn't know how to respond to. What did she mean that she thought that he would be older?

Merlin was summoned to Arthur immediately when they entered Camelot, where he shouted at the man, asking where he had been. He told him that he had been out collecting herbs for Gaius when he ran into Clara and the Doctor. Arthur looked annoyed and just gestured for Merlin to follow him, to which Clara and the Doctor did too. Clara caught up to join Merlin and Arthur. She asked Merlin where they were going but he just shrugged at her. They went down deep into the castle until they reached a tomb. It was filled with gold and jewels, riches that Clara just gazed in awe at. Arthur started to explain what had happened and before Clara could stop him, the Doctor got out his sonic screwdriver.

The Doctor was immediately arrested and Clara had a hard time explaining to Arthur that he was a man of science rather than magic. Arthur played around with the sonic. She explained what it was and was it did. She thought that the truth would be the way to go but she seemed to dig them into a bigger hole when she mentioned that he was a 2000 year old alien from Gallifrey, a planet far away from Earth, and she was a school teacher from the future. Merlin had pulled Arthur to one side to speak with him and gestured to Clara to get the sonic. She grabbed it before sneaking out the room.

She found her way down to the dungeons and opened the Doctor's cell. By that point, Merlin had caught up with them. He told them that it was probably best that they got out of here. The bells started to ring as Merlin lead them through the tunnels, out into the forest. He took them most of the way before pointing in the direction that they should head. Merlin told them that Arthur isn't as open minded as he was. He thought that it was best that they left before they were sentenced to death for sorcery. They didn't get a proper goodbye but Clara knew that she would never forget Merlin or her short time with him.