Arthur and the knights appear in seven girl's boarding wing when they are snowed in with just matron to keep an eye on them. What will they do?

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Catherine, Abi, Ami, Amy, Sarah, Sophie, and Steph

I noticed that I haven't been putting disclaimers in so I think now's a good time to start. So I DO NOT OWN BBC MERLIN CHARACTERS.

Soooo…How is everyone? Good? Excellent. Thanks for the reviews for the last chapter- every review means so much to me!

Friendships between the girls and the men grew stronger. Percival constantly stood loyally by Abi, Lancelot would often be seen with Ami, Arthur would talk quietly with Amy, Gwaine would start battles of sarcasm and wit with Sarah, and Leon would quiz Steph on life of the 21st century. Everything flowed rather smoothly aside from the occasional hiccup with technology and hiding from Matron.

There was an automatic routine that took place every morning: get up, girls shower, men shower while girls dress, breakfast for girls while men dress, sneak food up for men, girls take turns to go downstairs and wander around to keep Matron from getting suspicious and then the girls would get lunch and sneak food up for the men. Two days into said routine and the men were getting tired of being stuck in one room (with the exception of the shower room). So typically, Arthur decided to lead a mission to downstairs and outside into the garden while the girls showered.

8:00 AM

'Arthur, I don't think this is a good idea.' Merlin cautioned when Arthur led the party downstairs and to the door. 'They'll be angry when they find out.'

Arthur rolled his eyes pompously and without looking at him he replied. 'Merlin, do you really have to be such a girl? It's not like they can do anything to us.'

Elyan raised an eyebrow. 'I once thought that about Gwen… soon got that thought knocked out of me.'

'Will you lot shut up?' Lancelot hissed, his eyes darting around anxiously. 'If the Matron sees us then something bad is bound to happen.'

Eventually, they made it outside and made the most of enjoying their brief freedom. "Enjoying" included lots of snowball fights and play fighting. Unfortunately showering didn't last very long, so Leon had to cut the fun short. 'We need to get back upstairs.' He said loudly. 'The girls will be finished shortly.' There was a lot of grumbling at this, mainly from Gwaine. But nevertheless they headed inside only to be met by a frightening sight.

'I'M GOING TO KILL THEM!' Abi screeched when the girls returned to the bedroom…only to find it empty. T

Catherine ran her fingers through her hair. 'Get in line.' She growled.

Sophie groaned in agreement. 'Why didn't they listen to us and stay upstairs?'

'Who cares?' Ami shrugged, glancing at everyone in turn. 'Let's just go down and get them before they're caught.'

The noise they made was incredible. People say that people who make a lot of noise sound like a herd of elephants, but this was a lot louder than that. The teenage girls sprinted down the stairs two at a time only to freeze at the bottom of the last set; seeing Matron interrogating the men and the men trying desperately to convince her that their lies were truths.

'Who. Are. You?' Matron demanded. 'And what, might I ask are you doing here?'

The poor knights and Merlin shrank back slightly in fear. No-one had any idea what to say.

Matron's glare intensified. 'If you don't tell me, then I'll call the police!'

Arthur blinked and quickly started to spin a story. 'Oh, there's no need for that ma'am.' He began as pleasantly as he could. 'You see we're… we're friends of the girls upstairs!'

'And cousins.' Lancelot added.

'And stepbrothers.' Gwaine finished. Everyone nodded quickly in affirmation

Matron did not waver an inch. 'What are you doing here and how did you get here? The snow has been blocking the roads for days now.'

Leon chose that moment to add his say. 'I saw the girls the other day in the shopping centre,' he explained. 'They explained their predicament to me and I said I would try and get here by train to see them. But I'm friends with some of the others,' he paused to wave his hand at the other men, 'and once one found out… well plans travel fast.'

'Oh, really?' Matron said sarcastically. 'And which of the girls do you know?'

'Oh, I'm sorry!' Leon slapped a hand to his forehead theatrically. 'We haven't introduced ourselves properly!'

'I'm Jonathon,' Gwaine smiled, 'Steph and Sarah's youngest stepbrother.' He pointed at Leon. 'This is Matt, my brother.'

'Matron switched her gaze to Merlin and Lancelot. 'I'm Catherine's cousin.' Merlin explained. 'Jake.' He added.

Lancelot nodded and said, 'I'm a friend of Ami's family, Michael.'

Percival broke in finally and said 'I'm… Jacob.' He finished, picking a name that he had heard Catherine mention concerning a story named "The Twilight Saga". 'These are my friends Sam and Scott.' He added pointing at Elyan.

Lancelot nudged Merlin and indicated to the girls stood behind them. They looked furious. Another reason to be scared.

Sarah waved at them and spoke up, a hint of sarcasm in her voice. 'Hey Johnny! Hey Matt! I didn't think you'd make it today.' She gave them both a hug a whispered 'Work with me if you want to keep your heads attached to your bodies.' Steph followed example and hugged with fond but fake greetings. The others reluctantly joined them after a moment of speculation.

Catherine looked at Matron. 'I'm so sorry Matron! We should have warned you that they were coming but we just lost track of things.'

'Well…' Matron said finally, 'Will they be staying the night?'

'If it's not too much trouble,' Arthur smiled charmingly.

'Alright,' Matron replied in a daze.

8:45

'WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WERE YOU THINKING?' Catherine roared.

'I'm sorry!' Arthur apologised. 'But we just wanted to be outside for a while!'

'THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK US?'

'We thought you'd say no!' Gwaine yelled back in defence.

'So? Now what are we going to do when she wonders why your not leaving tomorrow?'

'We'll think of something-'Leon muttered.

'You'd better think of something! I thought you were the responsible one here, Leon! You should have known better!'

'I'm sorry, Catherine.' Leon apologised, bowing his head. 'If I'm honest, then Merlin and Lancelot were the only ones who really didn't want to go.'

'Then they're excused.' Sarah piped up. 'Merlin, Lancelot why don't you go and get yourselves showered?'

Merlin and Lancelot smiled gratefully and ducked out of the conversation.

'Merlin?' Lancelot called above the noise of the showers.

'Yeah?'

'I was meant to ask you earlier, but if Morgana sent us here, then can't you get us back?'

'Potentially,' Merlin replied, 'I'm not sure if my magic will work here.'

'You mean you haven't used magic since you got here?'

'No.'

'Try now, then! While nobody else is here!'

'Fine.'

They fell silent as Merlin concentrated on his work. After a few minutes Merlin spoke again. 'It works!' He said with relief, he smiled at the sheet of ice in the corner of the shower before quickly melting it.

'So when are you going to try to get us back to Camelot?' Lancelot asked, turning his shower off and wrapping his towel around his waist. Merlin thought carefully and stepped out of his shower to join Lancelot.

'Tomorrow, I think.' He decided. 'We need to let the girls know and organise so that Matron doesn't get suspicious.'

'Fair point.' Lancelot nodded. 'I'll let the girls know, so you can figure things out.'

Despite being excused from the scolding that the girls were handing out to their friends, Merlin and Lancelot were still scared to return to the bedroom, and when they did, everyone was quiet.

9:30

Nobody dared question the girls for the next hour. The knights held their own muttered conversations and the girls called their parents, revised and listened to music. Eventually, Abi stood up and moved to sit next to Percival.

'Feeling punished enough yet?' She asked with a small smile.

Percival relaxed and smiled in return. 'Yes…' he paused and bit his lip, 'I mean, yeah.'

Abi threw her head back and laughed. 'You're definitely learning,' she reassured him.

A shriek sounded from the other side of the room, causing them to look up in alarm. It turned out, Gwaine had been forgiven by Sarah and he had decided to pass the time by tickling her.

'Gwaine, please, please stop!' Sarah begged curling in on herself. 'Please! I'm begging you to STOP TICKLING ME!'

'Ah, but you see this is fun.' Gwaine smiled devilishly. 'I quite enjoy having the upper hand- WOAH!' He broke off as Sarah pushed him back and began tickling him.

'Now come on, Sarah; this is hardly appropriate behaviour for a young-'he never finished his sentence as Sarah clapped a hand over his mouth with one hand and tickled with the other.

Ami looked up when Lancelot sat next to her. 'Hey.' She said absent-mindedly.

'Hey.' He murmured. 'How are you?'

Ami looked up at him and shrugged. 'Alright I suppose.'

'Good. Then you won't mind if I tell you something.'

Ami raised her eyebrows. 'Go ahead.'

'You see the thing is…' Lancelot began, picking at the bottom of his T-shirt. 'The thing is Matron expects us to be gone tomorrow.' He sighed and frowned. 'Merlin said he was going to try to get us back tomorrow after breakfast, back to Camelot.'

Ami stared at him in shock. 'Oh.' She stuttered finally, looking down again. 'I suppose it was going happen eventually.'

Lancelot bit his lip. 'I'll miss you.' He admitted. 'A lot. I wanted to tell you first so that-'

'Ok.' Ami smiled kindly. 'You'd better make sure that the others know… the other knights won't be told I take it?'

'I think Merlin wants to keep his head after we return to Camelot.'

'I don't blame him at all.'

'I'm not very good at this.' Leon laughed.

'Neither am I.' Steph agreed. 'But you're getting there.' She took Ami's Ipod from him and started her turn on Doodle Jump. Leon watched the small screen intently and a small smile stole across his face. He reached out and flicked Steph's head. She elbowed him as best as she could before he plucked the Ipod out of her hands.

'You have the unfair advantage of growing up with this sort of invention. So I say that I should be allowed more practice.'

'Whatever you say, old man.'

3:00

The knights tucked in to the food served to them. The pure glee on their faces at the prospect of a dinner that wasn't thrown together with leftovers was enough to put a smile on everyone's faces. Arthur helped himself to some more blackcurrant juice and sighed in content.

'So… Scott?' Matron started. 'What are you?' Arthur didn't pay any attention as he had forgotten his alias. Amy kicked him gently in the leg and he jumped.

'Sorry, Matron. Could you repeat that?'

'I was wondering what your job was.'

'Oh this and that.' He stumbled. 'at the moment I am unemployed.'

'Oh.' Matron looked sceptically. 'I would have thought you were a model or something. You've certainly got the looks for it.'

Arthur blinked in surprise. 'Thank you. I have done a little modelling in the past.'

Matron smiled and nodded, returning to eating. Arthur exhaled and turned to talk to Lancelot, who was sat across the table from him.

'Lucky save.' Lancelot commented, grinning. Arthur smiled sheepishly and glanced at the girls, who all seemed distracted and talked in hushed tones to eachother.

'What are they talking about?' He wondered aloud.' Lancelot followed his gaze.

'Not sure. It isn't any of our business either.' He added pointedly, before returning to his previous conversation with Percival, Elyan and Sophie.

6:00

Merlin scribbled a note on the paper quickly and passed it urgently to Lancelot, who was talking to Ami again. Lancelot read it curiously with Ami peering over his shoulder.

'I know what to do. We leave at half nine tomorrow and when we're out of sight I'll make an excuse and stay behind to perform the spell without being seen. Pass this on to the girls. Merlin.'

Lancelot read through the note twice more before letting Ami pull it from him and take it to Sarah and Steph. Who's eyes widened they sent questioning glances at Merlin before passing it to Amy who bit her lip and handed it to Sophie, Abi and Catherine.

10:00

The note had dampened the mood considerably. Matron had sent the men in to a spare room on the boy's floor, but they had snuck back up once she had gone to sleep. Lancelot had swapped with Leon so he could share with Ami. Leon had then switched with Gwaine so they could talk to the sisters they knew best. Percival stayed with Abi, Arthur stayed with Amy, Merlin stayed with Catherine, and Elyan stayed with Sophie.

Most of the knights didn't know that they would be returning to Camelot the next day, but knew that the girls needed them to stay with them for a while. Unfortunately they fell asleep after a while. So the only comfort the girls had was there presence. The girls were awake for most of the night; they wondered why the idea that someone they had just met a few days ago upset them so much. When they did fall asleep, Ami, Sarah, Steph and Amy all turned and buried themselves into the knights sides.

Finally! So sorry about the wait. I hope this is ok… But I can't wait until the next chapter.

R&R but NO FLAMES!