1. Come with me where the magic is {prologue}
Merlin was panting so heavily he was sure he couldn't soon breathe at all anymore. Arthur beside him wasn't any better, his breathing was quick and shallow as they kept running through the grim woods. The reason that kept their legs still moving, even though they felt like lead already, was a quite massive army of bandits chasing them. And, as Merlin and Arthur were alone without any Camelot knights with them, their best chance was to run or they would most definitely be killed.
"Here!" Arthur called out to Merlin as he spotted a potential hiding place to their left, a small cave that wasn't too easy to see behind the trees. They both dived in and tried to calm their breaths so they wouldn't be heard as the bandits came running only seconds after them. Luckily no one saw them so after a while they slowly crawled out of the small hole they were packed in and cleaned their clothes with their hands.
"Phew, that was a close one!" Merlin said huffing out loud. Arthur was just commenting back, but he didn't have time to even open his mouth when there was a loud yelling and they saw the bandits all around them. They were in a trap! Arthur pushed Merlin back as to make sure he was safe and took his sword from his belt. There was no other choice but to fight, even though there was practically no chance to survive out of this. There were about 20 bandits against Arthur, Merlin being somewhat useless because he didn't even have a sword with him.
First bandits were already running towards Arthur and with a few nicely done and well practiced movements he had got them down and killed them with a quick swing of his sword. But already more bandits were running to them, swords shining in the last rays of the setting sun. Merlin was standing helpless against the cave they had been hiding in, he couldn't do anything without a weapon so he just had to rely both of their lives on Arthur's hands. But then he saw one bandit coming from sideways that Arthur couldn't see, and before the bandit could pierce his sword through Arthur, Merlin was running there to save him.
"NOOOOO!" was the only thing Arthur heard, as Merlin rushed with all his bodyweight against the bandit, pushing him so hard that he fell on the ground. But then several things happened at the same time, as Merlin had saved Arthur from certain death. As Arthur had lost his concentration for few seconds, the bandit fighting against him had the opportunity to strike his sword out of his hands, making Arthur totally defenceless. And when Merlin had pushed the one bandit down and took his sword and killed him, one of the bandits farther away had loaded his bow and aimed for Merlin who now dropped down with an arrow on his right arm. Although Arthur had killed most of the bandits already, there were still too many to fight bare hands and wounded Merlin on the ground, so this was pretty much it, they would die.
Arthur too dropped on his knees showing they would surrender, but he knew better than that and was just waiting for the final blow from the bandits to end their misery. He couldn't bear to see Merlin in so much pain and that already killed him inside. And right then he could see without even moving his head how the man next to him raised his sword for the killing strike, laughing out loud because he could be the one to kill the King of Camelot. But the final blow never came and Arthur wasn't sure what happened next. He only heard Merlin saying "No." quietly and the next thing he knew was that all the remaining bandits were flying in every direction, ending up at least unconscious or dead.
Merlin was now almost unconscious too, sweaty and muddy and in so much pain, the arrow still sticking up from his upper arm. He fell on the ground and more felt than saw Arthur moving next to him. He tried to open his eyes to look at Arthur, but he couldn't see a thing because his eyes were too watery. And then he was unconscious and he had no idea if he had died or if Arthur left him there to die.
In The Dark by Sonata Arctica
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I'm from where the magic is
I'll give you what I cannot take away with me
And the sunlit day and moon
I wanna have a silent kiss, I wanna make you mine,
I'm thinking how... can't leave me now
Stay with me somehow
You come from where the fire is, you give me what you couldn't burn the last time
One sunless day and moon
I wanna be so close to you, see whatever scars you carry within your broken heart,
Mine's your missing heart
Come with me, where the magic is, there's more than light we could share
We could join the sun and moon if you want to
Be my lifeline for this lifetime, suffer in pleasure forever and ever
I'd like to see how the walls around your heart will fall apart...
Stop resisting, let the light in, suffer in pleasure forever and ever
...for this one lifetime
Let me take you where the magic is, back in time,
Remember the light, of the cold December moon
I wanna have a silent kiss, I wanna make you mine,
I'm thinking you can't leave me now
Stay with me somehow
Stay with me somehow
Come with me where the magic is, there is more than light we can share
We could own the sun and moon
Be my lifeline for this lifetime, suffer in pleasure forever and ever
I'd like to see how the walls around your heart will fall apart..
Stop resisting, let the light in, suffer in pleasure forever and ever... for this one lifetime
Be my lifeline for this lifetime, suffer in pleasure forever and ever
Stop resisting let the light in... oh, oh... for this one lifetime
I am feeling your face in the dark
I'm hearing you breathe in the dark
I am tasting your lips in the dark
I'm holding you close in the dark
I'll take you where the magic is
I'll give you everything I only can offer
You can have my broken midnight moon
If you give me your broken heart
And I will give you something real and golden.
We can make this life the finest art...
I come from where the magic is
I'd give you what I could take away with me
And a sunlit day and moon
I wanna have a silent kiss I wanna make you mine,
I'm thinking you can't leave me now
Stay with me somehow
I am feeling your face in the dark
I'm hearing you breathe in the dark
I am tasting your lips in the dark
I'm holding you close in the dark