The Red Cloak Trail

Meeting the King

Sam P.O.V.

The Doctor brought Dean, John and I up to speed. Then he brought us to the wardrobe.

"Why here Doc?" Dean asked.

"Well you can't go to medieval Europe dressed like THAT" The Doctor replied.

"Fine. What do we wear?" I asked afraid of the answer.

He handed me a bunch of armor and a sort of blue cape looking thing. I hurried to put them on. The armor was surprisingly simple, but I had trouble with the cape. Donna walked over and helped me with it.

"There all fixed." She said and smiled.

"Thanks." I said. Her smile was bright and I admired her medieval gown. "You look beautiful."

She blushed and I laughed. "Thank you. You look handsome yourself." She walked, following the Doctor to the console where everyone was gathered. When I walked in I noticed Dean was dressed similar to myself, Sherlock was wearing long dark robes with the blue Tardis symbol on it, and John was wearing tan ones. The Doctor remained in his outfit, but added a sword, which he looked uncomfortable with.

"So we are going to Camelot, but this version is apparently slightly different than the original." The Doctor said and then described exactly what Phoena had told him in detail. "This means should we meet Merlin, or any other well known sorcerer, or socerous in the legend we cannot give them up. It doesn't matter if they're evil or not. We must NOT interfere with the course of this dimension in any way, large or small."

"Yeah because we're definitely NOT going to interfere. That NEVER happens." Donna said, and I chuckled.

The Doctor frowned at both of us but continued. "People are sensitive in this era, so be careful what you say and to whom. There are royals and nobles that could attempt to execute or banish us and we wouldn't be able to help Phoena. I've slightly edited history and given us all rolls. Dean, Sam, you two are my knights. Here are you swords. I hope you have SOME practice with a blade?" The Doctor said handing us swords.

"Bobby taught me." Dean said.

"Fencing in College, as an extracurricular." I said embarrassed.

"You went to college?" Donna asked.

"Yeah.." I said making it clear I didn't want to say more on the subject.

"ANYWAY," The Doctor said. "John you're the court physician, and Sherlock your my advisor. Donna your my, erm, sister and Phoena is your niece, but not my daughter."

"I suppose that makes you the king?" Sherlock asked irritated.

"Yes, and we all come from the kingdom of Tardis." The Doctor added brushing of the king thing. "When we arrive, we will not be too far but with out horses I don't think it would be good for Phoena. John, Sam, and Donna will stay here with Phoena. Dean, Sherlock and I will walk to Camelot and ask King Arthur for aid. I hope the man Phoena mentioned is with in Camelot's walls."

Everyone agreed this was a good plan except Dean. He looked at his metal boots and spoke up. "If it's all the same to you Doc, I'd like to stay here and help guard Phoe. It's my fault, after all, that she's like this."

"If that's what you want... I see no problem." The Doctor said quietly. "Do know that no one, NO one here blames you. I bet you not even HER."

Dean nodded and The Doctor, Sherlock and I headed out. We walked for about 5 miles, which in heavy metal armor was a lot farther than it sounded, and arrived at the gate. The Doctor showed the guard on duty his a walet looking thing, and immediately we were ushered through a small noisy town, into a large stone castle. We were led to what appeared to be the room of the round table. The history nerd in me squealed with joy. This was all so facinating. Suddenly a group of men walked in and sat down. The majority of which wore armor similar to mine except with red capes and a dragon crest. The exception however, was a dark haired man with a blue shirt, a brown coat, and a red scarf. He appeared to be serving a fair haired man who faced the Doctor and spoke.

"Hello, my name is Arthur, and I am the king of this land."