Merlin silently poked a camouflaged head around the wall, and glanced around, wishing, for the umpteenth time that day that he had not woken up that morning. Ahead of him, he could see Arthur edging along the other wall, holding the two branches close to his body, in case he caught sight of the pixie and had to halt.
It had been Arthur's idea to disguise themselves as trees, his reasoning being that the pixie was probably too stupid to notice the difference. Unfortunately, they had not yet had a chance to put his theory to test, as they had not seen the pixie since he disappeared around a corner well over an hour ago.
Suddenly Arthur froze. There! Merlin had also caught sight of the pixie which was now only a few feet away from him. He looked at Arthur, and could tell he was thinking the same thing.
Three…Two…One…
Go! Arthur and Merlin charged at the pixie who jumped a foot in the air, dropping the daisy that it had just been smelling, and darted off. Unluckily for Arthur and Merlin, they couldn't brake in time and ended up in an unattractive heap on the floor.
"Merlin!"
"What?"
"Your elbow's in my face. Quickly, it's getting away!"
They picked themselves of the ground, and ran off after the pixie, with Arthur in the lead. Merlin had just dashed round the corner, when Arthur halted abruptly, making Merlin bang into him. Arthur turned, and tried to go back around the corner, but it was too late. He had already been seen.
"Arthur?"
Arthur turned to face the voice. "Morgana! I'm sorry, I didn't see you sitting there. Sorry, I'm obviously disturbing you. We'll just be going" He started to return the way he'd just come, but was stopped by Morgana.
"Not until you tell me why you both have branches strapped to your arms and leaves stuck in your hair."
Arthur closed his eyes and groaned inwardly. This is so not happening.
Merlin, noticing Arthur's discomfort, stepped in. "It's just that there's this, um, pixie that I accidentally let loose, and Arthur bravely volunteered to help me catch it before anyone else notices it."
"A Pixie?"
"Yes, and Arthur, well he came up with the idea of disguising ourselves as trees to try and catch it."
"Maybe I could help you catch it?"
"NO!" Arthur said hurriedly. "Not that I don't think you could, it's just that it's a very vicious, dangerous creature, isn't it, eh Merlin"
"Well, we could do with some more help"
"Great. That settles it then. I will help you to capture this pixie." Morgana smiled.
"What!? Oh, I give in. Fine, you can help. Come on, before it attacks somebody, or before I do." Arthur strode off in the direction that he had seen the pixie go, with Merlin and Morgana trailing behind.