The Kid Who Would Be King Edit

A boy named Arthur,

A boy.

A child too.

A child, a child.

A demon to slay, a country to save.

A disaster. I thought it was four years.

A few days ago, I found a sword in a stone.

A fortress, a castle.

A grown warrior cannot block

A land is only as good as it's leaders

A land is only as good as its leaders.

A leader, not a follower.

A long time ago, Britain was ruled

A pleasure to make your acquaintance.

A reward for once you've vanquished your foes.

A simple duplication spell

A sorceress called Morgana

A true King is brave and noble

A YouTube thing. A social experiment.

About the Knights of the Round Table.

Abracadabra!

Activa.

After all these years, this is your plan?

Ah!

Ah!

Ah...

Alakazam!

Alex Elliot!

Alex, are you okay?

Alex, don't die.

Alex, I know you're having a tough time.

Alex, is your light still on?

Alex, it's a dangerous weapon, and it doesn't belong to you.

Alex, look at you.

Alex, look!

Alex, look.

Alex, the sword.

Alex, we can't hold her for much longer!

Alex, what are you doing?

Alex, what happened?

Alex, what if this is a message?

Alex, you saved my life,

Alex, you're going to be late

Alex, you're gonna be late.

Alex!

Alex!

Alex!

Alex!

Alex!

Alex! Alex, we're up here!

Alex! Run! Alex!

Alex.

Alex.

Alex.

Alex...

Alexander Elliot, don't you dare leave this house.

Alexander Elliot!

Alexander Elliot!

Alexander, hand me the sword.

Alexander, I borrowed this book of yours,

All battalions, stand by.

All clear. Do it, Bedders. Go.

All hail the once and future king.

All leathery and on fire,

All right, then we have to call her.

All right. Don't look at me.

All the Paleolithic standing stones in the country.

All the time I was telling you to obey the Code,

All you ever cared about is yourself.

All you have to do is kneel and let Alex knight you.

All you have to do is pull it out of that stone.

Altogether... mm...

An army of children.

An ingenious alias, don't you think?

An ingenious disguise, don't you think?

An island off the coast of Cornwall.

And a boy from school came and he saved me.

And a cheat and a liar.

And a foolish child in every old soul.

And a mere, invigorating

And after school,

And are called precious metals.

And bound her into the bowels of the earth.

And declared that only Uther's true heir

And destroy Morgana.

And doing the right thing never makes anything worse.

And every mortal soul disappears,

And everything will go back to normal!

And excellent thing that's ever happened to me.

And finally, rule four.

And five!

And for centuries,

And formed a band of loyal knights.

And formulated an excellent plan.

And fought bitterly and endlessly.

And four!

And ground animal bone.

And he didn't want to know me.

And he knew about the sword.

And he knew.

And he's not a hero.

And how much money you've got.

And I am a perfectly normal

And I have to take the sword.

And I know you miss your dad.

And I was wide awake the whole time, I promise.

And I'll wait for you at lunch break

And I'm supposed to stop her, that's ridiculous

And I'm supposed to stop her?

And if this is our destiny...

And if you don't believe me,

And it's getting tougher all the time.

And it's making everything go... weird.

And just because the Romans knocked half of it down,

And look...

And Morgana will return.

And most terrible and brilliant and frightening

And not the kind of person who carries...

And now I can do it.

And now I know what she meant.

And now I owe you my undying loyalty.

And one!

And only a knight of pure heart can slay Morgana.

And open your hand.

And out of all the people in the entire world,

And remember the Code.

And role playing games, and Game of Thrones.

And ruled at a round table, so that all were equal.

And she has awoken.

And skip breakfast, it's like...

And slowly move your moons across, between the two.

And so will the sword.

And something came and tried to take it back.

And start punching them?

And that is why the sword has returned.

And that moment has come.

And that's exactly what King Arthur did.

And the boy himself, he clings to myth.

And the eclipse is in six hours.

And the land is lost and leaderless again,

And the land on which you live,

And the world is not going to change.

And then he turned into an owl.

And then I'm taking you to school.

And then something amazing happens.

And there's only one more night until the eclipse.

And these nuggets are largely gristle

And they find out they're descended from powerful,

And they find out they’re descended from magical families

And they hated us. We were sworn enemies.

And think about it.

And this boy among you drew Excalibur.

And this has to stop.

And this is yours.

And this time...

And this whole King Arthur thing.

And those who have been knighted.

And three!

And Tintagel's not a person, it's a place...

And together,

And two!

And we haven't even

And what I'm saying is always right.

And what on earth are you children doing,

And you can't keep it.

And you have found it.

And you haven't seen him for years.

And you will make excellent leaders.

And you're not leaving until you explain

And your quest is lost before it has even begun.

And, by the way,

And, even with the sword, who's ever gonna listen to us?

And... good luck.

Appearing in the mortal realm after dark

Appearing in the mortal realm after sundown

Are doomed.

Are my loyal and brave and worthy knights,

Are there no unglazed windows

Are you kids okay?

Aren't you going home?

Arthur fought a fearsome battle against her,

Arthur grew into a great king.

Arthur's knights gathered at a round table

Arturi...

As equals.

As far away as possible.

As I tried to explain last night,

As they grow weaker...

As yours against Morgana and the Mortes Milles.

At an alarming rate.

At night the penumbra between light and dark weakens.

At the amusement arcade.

At the top of the high street, then meet us

At the very least I bet he's into magic,

Awake, my warriors, cease your slumber.

Awake, my warriors, cease your slumber.

Awake, my warriors, cease your slumber.

Awake, my warriors, cease your slumber.

BBC News at 7:30.

Be brave and resolute.

Be brave, chivalrous...

Because he loved you.

Because he wanted you to grow up to be a good person.

Because it knows that if we fight together,

Because it would just make everything worse.

Because there's two of you,

Because you always ruin everything.

Because you're a liar and a cheat and a bully.

Because you're the strongest people I know.

Bedders has fallen off!

Bedders, I'm coming for you!

Bedders, tell your dad we've got homework together.

Bedders, wait!

Bedders, watch out!

Bedders, you come with me.

Bedders, you made it.

Bedders, you're a genius.

Bedders!

Bedders!

Bedders! Now!

Bedders! Where are you?

Beetle blood, ground bone and beaver urine.

Before the moon masks the sun,

Behold, Excalibur.

Beholden to the boy.

Believed that you could change base metals

Block the branches.

Bloody hell.

Bounce up and down in the saddle.

Boy.

Bravely.

Bravo, Alexander.

Break any of these rules

Break is over. Quickly and quietly fall in line.

Break it up! Break it up!

Built as a magical conveyance system,

But believe me, none were fought as bravely

But Britain's still the same place it was before.

But by heart and mind.

But even if you do not wield Excalibur,

But first, we have to promise

But he gave you that book

But he looks cool.

But he loved you.

But he said we're in mortal danger.

But I do now.

But I meant real demons.

But I'm no good at duplication illusions.

But if all four of us and these ponies disappear,

But if he was, I know exactly what he'd say.

But it escaped.

But it shouldn't be like that. That's why the sword came.

But it's true, and I can prove it.

But Lip Smackin' Chicken had it all.

But not before she swore dark vengeance.

But now we know that's how evil tricks you.

But only one succeeded.

But Rokas saw it with his own eyes.

But that which you already have.

But the five of us won't stand a chance on our own.

But their greatest foe

But we're not knights.

But we're right back where we started.

But when Uther died without an heir,

But why wouldn't we be?

But why? After all this time.

But you are light and agile.

But you don't need to anymore.

But, Alex...

But, Merlin,

But...

But... I refrained from wanton offense.

But... which door?

By an ancient, undead evil, Miss.

By King Uther Pendragon.

By which all noble knights live.

Callow.

Callow.

Came up with it on the spur of the moment

Careful not to drown in that puddle.

Cast a spell? Summon a dragon?

Charge!

Charge!

Choke her. Stop her breathing fire!

Christmas Day, that was exhausting.

Clear some space, quick as you can. Thank you.

Come across the garden walls. You've gotta see what I found.

Come on then!

Come on, Alex. It's time to join the land of the living.

Come on, Bedders!

Come on, Bedders.

Come on, Bedders. It's this way.

Come on, Lance!

Come on, my little pony. Go faster!

Come on, no doodling.

Come on, then, Simba. Let's see you pull it out.

Come on, then! Come and get it.

Come on, then. Get on with it.

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

Come on.

Come on. First car on the left.

Come! I've taken temporary lodging above.

Concentrate.

Congratulations, we did it. You did it.

Conjured a magical sword in a stone called Excalibur

Contain a wealth of history.

Contemporary British schoolboy.

Convinced she was the rightful heir,

Could pull it free.

Create a vortex.

Crumble.

Dad would understand.

Damn

Damn!

Damn.

Danielle said they tried to catch it for two hours,

Defeat Morgana in her own realm

Deluded.

Designed by yours truly.

Did you get separated or something?

Did you get that out of the attic?

Directly affects the rest of your life.

Do it like show jumpers on TV.

Do it. Then we get to play.

Do they teach you nothing in that so called school?

Do us a favor, Mertin.

Do you by any chance have any beetle blood,

Do you promise?

Do you take 50p pieces?

Do you think these little rats are worthy of this land?

Does not mean it's broken.

Does your mum even know you're here?

Don't be a hero. It's not worth it.

Don't let go!

Don't talk to us. We're only here for the fights.

Don't tell me you've never heard of the Chivalric Code.

Don't worry about it, Bedders.

Don't worry.

Don't you realize,

Drains my life force extremely fast,

Dressed like that?

Driver! Stop this coach at once!

Drop the horses! One!

Easy, again.

Easy.

Easy.

Emerged with two new allies,

Even though there's already a royal family,

Every time I need to drive a point home,

Everyone who does gets a sword and armor.

Everyone, gather round.

Everyone's car keys, could I?

Everything I said about the sword is true.

Evidence of past civilizations.

Exactly what just happened.

Excalibur.

Excalibur.

Excuse me, but why are we getting off the coach?

Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen,

Excuse me, ladies.

Excuse me, Pam, forgive us if we're speaking out of turn.

Excuse me, please. Sorry, this is an emergency.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Experts are warning that

Eyes and ears.

Fallen warriors from battles of old.

Faster, Alex! Faster.

Faster! Go, go!

Faster! Out of the way!

Filius Tintageli."

Finally.

Find me here tomorrow.

Find the horses and tie them up

Find the new king.

Find the new king.

Find the new king.

Find the one who drew it.

Find your long lost dad, kill some demon sorceress,

First. You want me not to smash your faces in?

Flaming swords, fire breathing horses.

Follow me. Quickly. No slacking.

For intensive revision.

For metallic objects should suffice.

For now, they can only enter this realm after dark.

For tomorrow, the moon masks the sun and all is lost.

Fought so bravely.

Four doorways.

Four!

From now on,

From now on, we stick together.

From the land across the roadway.

From the moment the sword was drawn,

Gaining power in more countries

Gather your allies!

Get back!

Get him a jacket!

Get in line. Break is over.

Get in!

Get off me!

Get off. Follow me.

Get out of my way! I need air, space to think!

Get the last one,

Giant, medieval weapons around.

Give him back the sword.

Give me my book.

Give me the sword.

Give me time to open a portal.

Give us a quick go with that. We'll give it back, I promise.

Glastonbury Tor.

Global divisions are increasing

Go away.

Go get her!

Go get him. We'll distract them.

Go to Cornwall with this freak new boy,

Go, go, gallop!

Go, go, go!

Go, go!

Go, go! Run, get him!

Go!

Go! Go!

Go. Go.

God's socks. This is a catastrophe.

Good luck with what?

Good luck, Alex.

Good night, Bedders.

Good night, Sir Beddersvere.

Good night, Your Highness ness.

Good people,

Good work! Go!

Good.

Gotcha!

Grab the rope! Back me up!

Greedy.

Greedy. Greedy.

Greetings, young academicians. My name is...

Ground animal bone, or beaver urine?

Ground animal bone. Something to revive him.

Guess that's a "yes," then.

Guys, I think we're gonna have to learn how to ride.

Halt!

Hardly older than the chosen king.

Has anyone seen Bedders?

Has been sleeping under our soil for centuries,

Has returned. Returned. The sword.

Hate.

Have I grown so old...

Have I waited so long?

Have you seen the world outside your window?

Having fun with our imaginations?

He and his knights lived by a code of chivalry,

He could be the Lion King.

He destroyed our sentinel

He did not turn into an owl, Bedders.

He didn't care about me.

He didn't even give me the book.

He didn't even sign it.

He drank.

He even signed it.

He got one!

He had his battles. His demons.

He had other things going on in his life.

He knew.

He lived here for a while, years back.

He made his enemies his allies.

He plans to take the sword for himself.

He said the penumbra between light and dark weakens.

He said...

He turned his enemies into allies

He united the warring tribes of Britain

He was a child, my Lady.

He was angry at everything and everyone.

He wasn't a good man, Alex.

He'd say that telling the truth

He'll know how to defeat Morgana.

He'll know where the entrance to the Underworld is.

He's half your size, and he's my friend.

He's not here.

He's right.

He's too small to be King Kong.

Hector.

Hello, boys.

Hello, Merlin.

Hello? Is anybody here?

Hello.

Help me!

Help me!

Help me! I can't breathe! Help!

Help me.

Help us!

Help us! I can't breathe!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help! Help us!

Help! Quickly!

Help! Something's got me.

Help! They're right behind me!

Her fury and resolve are doubled

Here

Here we go again.

Here.

Heroes! Heroes all!

Hey, Alex.

Hey, can anybody drive?

Hey, come and get it!

Hey, Lance! I've got him.

Hey, leave him alone

Hey, wait! Security! Security!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

His quest will be his doom.

Historians have puzzled over the purpose of Stonehenge.

Hold on!

Hold out your hand.

Hold out your hand.

Honestly, boy,

How could he know about the sword?

How could telling the truth make everything worse?

How could you do this?

How deluded they are.

How do we find the entrance to the Underworld?

How humiliating.

How many times do I have to tell you?

How you live.

Hundreds of them.

Hurry! Come on!

I am going to pass out.

I am Merlin

I am the last living Pendragon.

I beg your pardon?

I believe you can be trusted with it.

I can do real magic.

I can prove it.

I can't breathe!

I can't do this!

I can't face her, Bedders.

I completely forgot to include clothing

I did it! I did it!

I did it. I couldn't sleep, so I practiced and practiced,

I didn't know what she meant...

I do magic tricks for a hobby,

I don't care.

I don't even know where he is anymore.

I don't huddle.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I don't know. It's a coincidence.

I don't suppose I could possibly borrow

I don't understand.

I feel sick, Alex.

I feel weird.

I gave you the power of metal duplication.

I got one!

I hate her!

I have seen them in their heated hovels,

I have to go to school.

I have to go, and I'm taking it with me.

I have to show you something.

I have to talk to him. It's important.

I just had all of these made up.

I knight thee, Lady Kaye.

I knight thee, Sir Hector.

I knight thee, Sir Lance.

I knight thee...

I know Dad didn't care about neither of us.

I know who he really was.

I know why both of you are.

I know why you're a bully

I know you lied to me about the book.

I know, I know, I know it sounds ridiculous,

I know.

I know. I know where it is.

I know. She called.

I know...

I learnt a new trick.

I met my Aunt Sophie.

I persevered...

I promise I'll never use it for anything but good.

I promise we'll get them back to you.

I promise, too.

I promise.

I pulled it out of a stone

I said, leave him alone.

I said, leave him alone.

I spoke the truth at all times.

I swear.

I swear.

I think that's yours.

I think we did it.

I though Merlin was supposed to be an old man?

I thought I'd have trouble finding the ingredients,

I thought Merlin was supposed to be an old man.

I thought something magic was gonna happen.

I thought that if you knew the truth,

I thought we were taking an hour out to watch the eclipse.

I thought we weren't supposed to swear.

I told you, on a building site.

I tried to stop them.

I trust that is not a problem.

I used to know it off by heart.

I wanna be a king.

I was going to take it away, but now,

I went there once when I was five.

I will prey on their weaknesses.

I will return.

I wish I'd never asked you to join in.

I won't, I promise.

I wonder if you can help me.

I... I just... I wanted you to believe he was good.

I'd broken it myself.

I'll be dead before the day is done.

I'll be most impressed if you succeed.

I'll do my best.

I'll fetch some food.

I'll give you one last chance,

I'll hold them off.

I'll pull it out and you can hold it

I'm coming as fast as I can.

I'm going over the walls. Then through the back window.

I'm gonna fall off!

I'm looking for my father.

I'm not even old enough to do a paper round.

I'm not in the mood for magic anymore.

I'm not used to it actually happening.

I'm not vanquishing anything.

I'm nothing.

I'm putting it back.

I'm relying on you three to set a good example.

I'm so sorry, Alex.

I'm Sophie.

I'm sorry he broke the sword.

I'm sorry I lied, I just...

I'm sorry I was angry with you.

I'm sorry we picked on you.

I'm sorry.

I'm the king around here.

I'm the king around here.

I'm the once and future king.

I'm the only one who can pull the sword from the stone.

I'm your aunt. I'm your dad's sister.

I've been watching you.

I've failed you.

I've got an idea.

I've got it.

I've never been outside school on a weekday

I've never driven backwards before!

I've nothing left.

I've seen many great battles in my time.

I've seen your world.

I've seen your world.

Ice cream, cherryade and chicken nuggets...

If I could get a signal, I'd be in an Uber, right now.

If I could have your attention for a moment...

If I have to transform into my adult self

If I'm the once and future king...

If Lance and Kaye and Bedders

If my quest is noble and true,

If you both kneel and let me knight you.

If you don't know the Code, then this entire enterprise

If you'd helped me, we could've fought them off.

If you're the once and future king,

If your legends say different, then perhaps...

In a great and terrible multitude.

In four days the dark sorceress Morgana will take over the world

In four moons there will be darkness in daylight,

In my Vivifica Transubtantiatio.

In order to monitor you incognito.

In term time before.

In that case, I require your smock.

In the heat of battle we had each other's backs.

In the whole of Britain?

In two hours, there will be an eclipse.

Indeed, we are not.

Into the real world.

Is destroyed.

Is long lost.

Is really the wizard, Merlin.

Is seldom the easiest.

Is that clear?

Is that the fastest you can go? We got you now

Is the Lady of the Lake really in every body of water

Is utterly hopeless!

Is what makes you pure of heart.

It didn't work. She's not dead.

It doesn't choose by birth or blood, Alexander,

It doesn't matter, I've made up my mind.

It doesn't stand a chance.

It is strong in magic.

It means don't be rude or swear or be nasty to people.

It means sword of Arthur

It means, "Sword of Arthur, son of Tinta gel."

It must be the Code.

It takes a very particular potion to restore my strength.

It turns people against each other

It was the Sword in the Stone...

It was worth a try.

It was you who drew the sword.

It won't be easy, Alex.

It would hurt you, change you.

It's 7:30am, it's time for the news.

It's a duplication illusion.

It's a tough world out there

It's all a lie.

It's all just like in the book.

It's all lies.

It's already dark.

It's because you're scared.

It's been great to meet you, and good luck with everything.

It's catching up! On the left! On the left!

It's exactly the same in every story we ever read.

It's going to explode!

It's gonna get the sword. I'm suffocating! Help!

It's just like in the book.

It's just, I'm used to reading about this kind of thing.

It's Latin.

It's like no one's been down here for centuries.

It's Merlin.

It's not "Tinta gel," it's Tintagel.

It's not against the law to take a morning constitutional.

It's not exactly the right color, but...

It's not night or day.

It's not true, is it?

It's not yours. Alex drew it. It chose him. It's his.

It's okay. You don't have to lie to me.

It's pulling me under!

It's really good when it works.

It's stolen property, and it's a weapon.

It's the same place.

It's this way, behind the vines.

It's too dangerous, we'll die.

It's too late.

It's true. We're just kids.

It's where my dad lived.

It's working.

It's you that has to change.

Journey with care...

Jump!

Just calm down, Bedders.

Just like King Arthur did, just like in the legend.

Kaye, please.