Right Back to the Starting Line

Chapter 3

3. Chapter 3
Thank-you again for all the favs and follows ;) I definitely know where i'm going with story, i'm not that good with intense battles so i'm not doing that (sorry if you were hoping for it), but i do have something in mind.

Stupid, stupid, stupid Colin! Of course, Arthur wouldn't know I time-travelled, he probably has never heard of it. Colin cursed himself in his mind. The room was silent. Colin knew he made a mistake, and he was trying desperately to think up an excuse, but how the hell do you cover this up?

"No... I was talking about Morgana." Arthur said slowly, squinting his eyes and furrowing his brow, "What do you mean you 'time-travelled'?"

"Did I say time-travelled? Ha-ha, no, said... something else that just sounds close to the words time-travelled." Colin laughed nervously, he could already tell that that was the worst lie he had ever made, and his friends were definitely not going to believe it for a second. Colin smiled his infamous grin, hoping to 'cute' himself out of trouble. But no, that never works for him – well it did in the future once but never in Camelot – and cue the suspicious looks.

"Merlin, mate, explain." Gwaine said, making an obvious move to stand in front of the door. Colin remembers Gwaine, he trusted merlin and would do anything for him, but now that Colin has mentioned travelling through time, has different clothes on and probably a slightly different accent, Colin wouldn't be so sure that Gwaine trusted him fully.

Colin looked around the room, the only person he could think of to get him out of this was Gaius.

"It's a, ah, long story." Colin said, truthfully. Because it was. He turned to Gaius with a pleading look, though he just looked back with... the eyebrow. For a moment there Colin wasn't sure that Gaius would help him, but suddenly he walked over to the book case, looking for something, hopefully to help Colin.

"Are you even Merlin?" Arthur asked, standing to his full height and resting a hand on his sword. Oh no, this isn't going well, Colin thought. He put his hands up in surrender, trying his best not to look threatening.

"No, I'm Merlin. I'm definitely me. It really is a long story." Colin explained, using drastic hand gestures to explain.

"I believe this should help the situation, Sire." Gaius had finally found the right book he was looking for, and dropped it on the table Colin was just on.

Arthur didn't like the fact Merlin said teleportation, now he was saying something about travelling through time? That was either complete nonsense or magic. Though he couldn't be sure, he trusts Merlin with his life, so he couldn't see why he would be lying. (A/N L)

Though Arthur did know one thing, Merlin's appearance. It was strange, he's repeated that to himself many times but that seems to be the only thing he knows, so he sticks with the information he has until more information arises. And some did. Gaius, his trusty know it all, thumped a thin old book on the table. It was small, had a brown cover and looked completely worthless, but still had the vibe that it held some of that vital information Arthur was looking for.

"I don't have much on the subject of time, in fact this is all I have. It is a very confusing and complex topic to study, and not much information is on it, except for, of course, how to 'tell it'. But, from what I remember, theoreticians believe that there is a way to travel directly back and forth through time itself, scientifically." Gaius clarified, though Arthur had to stop the old man at that.

"So, it's not magic?" He asked, just to make sure. He heard his knights behind him, sometimes shuffling around, not used to doing nothing. For now, they were spectators, waiting for the right moment to make a comment.

Arthur was expecting Gaius to answer his question, knowing that he had the books and research at hand that was decipherable to his eyes, but wasn't expecting Merlin of all people to answer.