"Merlin. Where did you take us?" Mordred's voice had the tone of someone making a valiant effort to control themselves. It reminded Merlin of Arthur. Merlin scowled.
"I didn't do it Mordred, it wasn't me."
Mordred frowned. "Well, Where are we?"
"I believe we must be far south of Camelot. In one of the great deserts I've read about. Probably."
"What do you mean, 'probably'?"
"We really could be anywhere."
Mordred sighed and rubbed his forehead. "So what do we do?"
"We start walking."
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The knights and the king were gathered around Camelot's physician on the strange road where they had lost Merlin and Mordred. Gaius hmmed to himself, and his brow became increasingly furrowed as he stared at the stone before him. "I believe sire, that what we have here is a transportation device. A sort of doorway connecting two distant points. Merlin and Mordred must have been transported to wherever this stone's mate is."
"And where is that?" Arthur queried, tersely.
Gaius peered closer at the stone. His eyes widened and he stepped back.
Arthur's horse sidestepped nervously. "What is it Gaius?!"
"They've been transported far beyond Camelot's borders sire. This stone's counterpart is in a great desert far to the south...A vast desert known as the Sahara."
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Sorry for the hiatus. I am posting this fic as I write it, and posting small bits every day helps me keep writing, ergo the frustratingly short chapters. Thank you for reading and reviewing. :) I definitely intend to work through some of Merlin's...issues. XD I always liked Mordred's adult character, and I think he wasn't really a villain. I think Merlin drove him away. This fic is going to work through Merlin and Mordred's relationship, and isn't crack, but is definitely going to be somewhat lighthearted at points. I have no idea why I dumped them in the Sahara. I just wanted to. I had this mental image of Merlin and Arthur or Merlin and Mordred stomping around in a desert somewhere with one of Loreena McKennit's song playing along in the background as they met Djinns and Genies.