Briefly Untitled (Chapter 4)
Title: Briefly Untitled
Rated: PG13
Genre: Fantasy/Humor | MerlinxSHINee crossover
Summary: After receiving a strange pendant during a fanmeet, the five boys of famed kpop group SHINee find themselves waking up in a land of myth and a time of magic.
A/N: Dedicated to my prettymuch-sister Jenny because I wouldn't have thought of combining these two fandoms on my own.
"Where do you think they could be?"
"Maybe they ended up with somebody, like you ended up on the floor of my home." Guinevere suggested, switching the basket of flowers to her other hand as she sidestepped a group of little kids chasing after a chicken.
Key nodded. "Maybe. But how would I even begin to go about finding them? This place seems pretty big and they could be anywhere..with anyone. I'm not even sure they're here."
Guinevere stopped a moment, biting her lip. "I don't know...I suppose we'll just have to hope luck is on our side."
Key turned to her, surprised. "Our side? You're going to help me?"
Looking slightly taken aback but having too many manners to yell at her new acquaintance (friend really, she thought, but she wasn't going to push it), Guinevere nodded. "Of course I am. You're not from around here, i've lived here all my life. You don't know anyone, I know everyone. And..I feel it is sort of my duty to help you find your friends. You did end up on my floor afterall and maybe there was a reason for that." smiling and shrugging, she took off walking again. Unable to keep back his own smile at at least not being alone, Key followed.
"Where are we going again? I know you mentioned it earlier but..."
"We're going to see the one person who might be able to help."
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Sometimes being cherubic was annoying, especially when one wanted to be seen as a man.
But sometimes being cherubic was a blessing, especially when it kept one from being thrown in the dungeons.
After finishing the little plate of food, Arthur had looked him over once, twice, told him he looked like he was 12 and that he was pretty sure the baby-faced Taemin ("What kind of a name is that anyway? Mercian? They always were a strange bunch.") was not going to kill him (he agreed eagerly. he couldn't even kill a spider, how the hell would he kill a king?) and therefore was going to stay here, in his chambers (guarded but comfortable) instead of in the dungeons where most people would go after breaking into the kings bed.
Taemin didn't even try to argue this time that he had not broke in, he had simply woken up, and instead continued his residence on one of the wooden chairs, picking at the table as Arthur left brief orders with the guards and departed quickly.
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It was quiet in the physicians quarters. Too quiet.
Which could only mean that something was about to-
The door swung open without warning and Gaius jumped, almost knocking over his newest experiment.
"Guinevere!?"
"Gaius!"
"Guinevere?"
"Gaius?"
"Where's Merlin?"
"Wait..Merlin?"
"Key!"
"Who?"
"Jonghyun!"
"Oh! You have one too, Merlin!"
"One too?"
"A future friend!"
"More like future prat."
"Merlin!"
"Sorry."
"It's okay, massive ears."
A hand on his shoulder was the only thing keeping Merlin from turning the other boy into a frog.
Or a llama. With that giant mouth he was sure the kid would make a great llama.
In the mess of not-really introductions and barely intelligible explanations, Key all but ran across the room to his friend, tackling him.
"Oh I thought i'd never find you! Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" removing himself from the hug, he glanced Jonghyun over. Staying on the other side of the main room, the three Camelot dwellers exchanged information.
"So...you woke up with a stranger in your room too?" Merlin asked, arms crossed over his chest as he watched the two reunited friends. Guinevere nodded. "I hope he was at least nice to you."
Before the question could leave Guinevere's mouth, Gaius shook his head, a quiet "Don't."
Sighing and mentally snapping something about boys and their delicate sensibilities, she nodded again. "How are we going to find their friends? It was simply luck, an easy fix, that we each had one and that I came here..."
"Their friends? You mean there's more of them?" Merlin stared at her, his dislike of the two boys already very clear.
"Well yes... Three more."
With a groan, Merlin dropped down on the workbench and smacked his head onto the table.
"Shit."
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He wasn't sure, maybe he had sleepwalked, he had been known to do that a few times, but he usually only sleepwalked after drinking and he hadn't drunk anything before bed. Except milk but milk wasn't alcoholic..or was it? No..no he was pretty sure it wasnt and he was pretty sure, though not sure at all the more he let his mind run away from him, that the previous night he had gone to bed in his bed.
Not on a forest floor with a rather scary beautiful woman standing over him.
"H-Hi?"
After a moment of simply staring, her lips moved, eyes flashing (maybe. just for a moment. unless he was seeing things...he was probably seeing things). Unable to hear what she was saying, Onew tried to push himself up closer and found rather quickly that he couldn't. Glancing down, he discovered the reason behind his lack of movement.
He was bound with chains.
Tightly wrapped, heavy chains.
The woman smiled.
"Don't be afraid, lamb. I'm not going to hurt you." she knelt down at his side. "I am Morgana Pendragon and I want to help you, if you'll let me.."
"Oh.." Well okay. She was scary, something about her not sitting right with him even when she smiled, and he felt like he should turn down her offer. But... he was bound with no means of getting anywhere, he had no idea where he was, and this woman wanted to help him. Help from a stranger, frightening or, not was better than no help at all right?
Onew nodded. "Okay.."
She smiled. "Good. Now.." with a wave of her hand, Onew fell limp on the forest floor once more, asleep.
TBC
Chapter 5