Time Travel

Tth-Drabble #035 - Time travel
Crossing: Arthur
Characters: Giles
Wordcount: 198

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He landed with a soft 'oomph' as joints stiff from nights poring over musty books were unceremoniously dumped onto hard, cold ground. He blinked up at stars too bright and clear to belong in the sky he was used to, in fact the oft-dreary London sky was currently covered with a blanket of cloud.

Oh, dear.

Groaning softly, he sat up and sighed. Trees to his left, open field to his right, not a sign of his comfortable leather chair or his fire-lit study. What on earth had he been doing to invite this mess? He tried to think back, absently cleaning his glasses as his brow furrowed with concentration.

There'd been a few odd run-ins over the last few weeks, blokes in chain mail and whatnot waving swords about. All rather traumatic for Dawn and, by extension, Buffy. He'd been researching orders of old, all the way back to the Arthurian legends and -

SSTHUNK

A quivering shaft of wood vibrated between his knees. Giles gulped, why did it have to be the Woads? This sort of things happened to Xander or Dawn, not him! He was the one who suffered from concussions, not accidental portal-travel!

"Bugger."

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Disclaimer: I own nothing and this is the only time I shall be saying that for the following however-many-there-are chapters, capiche? Started this out of a demented idea to get JediButtercup to write for me, but now i am challenging myself to see how many I can get done before midnight... I am a sucker for punishment...