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Chapter 2

We ran away from the men, but Selina and I were having trouble running in our dresses. We kept stumbling over the ground as the men chased us.

"Hurry." The Doctor said.

"Have you ever tried running in a dress? It's not easy." Selina said.

"No, but I've run in a toga before." He said. The men were gaining on us and I started to hear the sound of horses.

"Help! Someone help!" I yelled, hoping to catch the riders' attention. We kept running, but with my luck today I tripped on a tree root, lost my grip on the Doctor's hand, and fell face first on the ground. The Doctor and Selina stopped and turned back to help me. I rolled over on my back and propped myself up on my elbows. All three men were only about meter away now and looking at me on the ground. The one man, probably the leader, sauntered closer to me, leaned down, and said, "Hello Princess" with a grin that lacked all the charm of the Doctor's.

The Doctor and Selina were right behind my head and the Doctor said, "Step away from her." with authority.

The men laughed and one of them said, "What are you going to do about it with no weapon?"

"Well... That is actually a fair question." The other men began to go closer to Selina and the Doctor, while Leader pulled me up. His grip on my arm was really tight.

"Let me go you bloody arse." I yelled and thankfully the sound of horses grew louder.

The men took their focus off of us and looked around. Without warning an arrow notched in the tree next to one of the men's heads. All of us looked and saw two men riding horses coming toward us. One was a blond, muscular, good-looking man in armour with a red cape. The other was a smaller black-haired man with high cheek bones, who was also good-looking. He was wearing a beat up brown jacket over a blue shirt with a red scarf.

The blond one hopped off his horse, unsheathed his sword, and stepped in front of the Doctor and Selina. The cheekbone man did the same except he didn't have a sword. Thank God they were ok, but Leader's grip on my arm tightened. He put his sword to my throat and said, "Back off or I'll kill her." Behind Blondie Selina gasped and the Doctor looked like he wanted to do something to help me, but didn't know what.

Blondie glanced back at them for a moment, looked at me, and then Leader. "If you know who I am then you know I'd kill you before I'd let that happen." The Leader took a good look at Blondie and I believe he did recognize him because he started to look nervous and so did his men.

Both Leader and Blondie had a staring contest for a few moments. Leader must have decided it was in his and his men's best interest not to fight this man because he proceeded to shove me to the ground. This just wasn't my day! Anyways, the bandits ran as fast as they could in the opposite direction of Blondie.

Cheekbones came to my aid and helped me up. I winced as he pulled me up. I had a nice sized gash on my forearm and bump on my head. Selina rushed up to me and crushed me with a hug.

"Are you ok?

I returned it and told her, "I'm fine." The Doctor came over to me as well. He didn't say anything, but his eyes asked me if I was ok. I nodded to him.

"Are you sure?" Selina asked, releasing me.

"Yeah. You know that's not the first time I've been on that side of a hostage situation. Although the sword was new." The Doctor looked at me quizzically.

"Tell you later." I said, waving him off.

Cheekbones interrupted us with, "Are you sure you're alright?" I looked at him and he had the most brilliant blue eyes I had ever seen.

"Yeah. I'm fine, it's just a small cut." I said.

"I should clean and bandage it so it doesn't get infected."

"Uh. Ok. Sure." I said. He went over to his horse and began to rummage around in his satchel.

"Are the rest of you, of you ok?" Blondie asked, looking at the Doctor and Selina.

"Yes. We're fine. Thank you for your help." Selina said.

"No problem. I'm Prince Arthur of Camelot and this is my servant Merlin." Prince Arthur said, pointing to the other man who had just pulled some cloth from his bag.

We, including the Doctor, just stared at them for a few moments. "Prince Arthur and Merlin. Well... Um, yes." The Doctor said, "I'm Sr. Doctor and these are... The royal princesses Erin and Selina.

"It's very nice to meet you your highnesses. Where were you going before those men attacked you?" Merlin asked as he walked back over to me and opened a pouch that was full of water. Then he poured some of the water on a piece of cloth and began to wipe the dirt away from my arm.

"We were going to Camelot, but got lost in the forest." Selina said.

"Great, we were just on our way back to Camelot. You can come with us. My father would love to meet you." Prince Arthur said. "Merlin, give Erin your horse."

"Why my horse?" Merlin said as he began to wrap my arm in a cloth bandage.

"Because I'm giving mine to Selina."

"Oh! That's not necessary, we can walk." Selina said quickly. Selina had a bad experience with horses. The last time she was on one, it got spooked and bucked her off. She had a pretty bad concussion and vowed never to ride a horse again.

"You see Arthur. That is how royalty should act towards servants." Merlin said tying off my bandage.

"Oh. Shut up Merlin." Arthur said, shoving Merlin. Selina and I giggled because it was more of a loving shove than an angry one. "Well, if you insist on walking than Merlin and I will walk with you."

"Ok. How far is it to Camelot?" I asked.

"Not far, but we should get going before it gets dark." Merlin said.

"Don't be such wimp Merlin. Come on." He and Merlin started walking the horses. We followed behind them.

The Doctor started to whisper, "Prince Arthur and Merlin. This is impossible. This is just not possible."

"Apparently it is. We are here and so are they." I said whispering as well.

"But I thought they were legend." Selina said joining in on the whispering conversation.

"Every legend comes from a truth. Maybe they are the ones who father the legend." I said.

"Yes." The Doctor said, "But Merlin is magic in the legend and magic doesn't exist. Science does, but not magic." The Doctor said.

"Maybe Merlin isn't magic, it's just something people made up. For example, in the legend, Merlin was an old man, but here, he is the around the same age as Arthur." Selina said.

"Good explanation. Hey Doctor good job with the cover story. I've always wanted to be a princess and you being a knight. Brilliant" I said.

"Hey! That wasn't a cover story. I really have been knighted, but... Well, technically speaking not yet I haven't"

I was about to ask him about that when Arthur turned around and asked, "So where are you from?"

Selina and I looked at the Doctor for an answer. "Oh. Yes, we are from... Gallifrey. It's very far West. You might not have heard of it."

"No, I don't think I have. Why are you coming to Camelot?"

"Our castle was attacked and we had to flee. We've always wanted to see Camelot so we decided to do just that." I said so smoothly that it left me wondering how I became such a good liar.

"Oh. I'm sorry about your home. My father will be happy to let you stay awhile."

"That would be great. So what were you two doing out here before, you rescued us?" Selina asked.

"There were some reports of a magical beast and we were looking into it." Merlin said.

"Oh. A magical beast? What does it look like?" The Doctor said sounding curious.

"Not sure. We didn't get very good descriptions from the witnesses." Arthur said.

While he was talking I saw something big off to the left. I thought it was nothing at first, but then it started coming towards Merlin. "Merlin! Watch out!" I yelled.