"Follow me." Merlin said as he took Arthur's hand and guided him deeper into the woods.
Arthur had taken Merlin hunting. Alone. He had convinced his father that he did not need the knights to come on this trip.
"Where are we going?" Arthur said clearly annoyed. He was more annoyed that he hadn't caught anything all day more than the fact that Merlin holding his hand and leading him off somewhere unknown.
"Shush." Merlin said quietly.
"Did you just shush me? I'm Prince bloody Arthur! You can't shush me!" Arthur said deliberately louder.
Merlin rolled his eyes as they came into a big circular clearing.
"Just quiet down, will you?" Merlin said even quieter.
Arthur was looking around the clearing. Observing his surroundings. The sun was directly above them. Not a cloud in the sky.
"Okay," Merlin said as he adjusted Arthur left and right to just the right spot, "stand..just..right…there." Merlin stepped back and looked Arthur up and down as if he was a sculpture that was just finished. "Perfect."
"Okay…. What happens now?" Arthur lifted his arms a bit to emphasize his question.
Merlin took another step back.
Arthur was getting a bad feeling.
"Merlin, what's hap-" Arthur tried to move towards Merlin but it felt like there were boulders on his feet.
"What's going on!" Arthur pulled at his legs, willing them to move. "Merlin, what's happening?" Arthur looked up, with a scared expression, as Merlin took another step back. "Merlin, have you done something?"
Merlin just looked at Arthur struggling. Standing Perfectly still. Watching.
Authors note: This is the second version _ I wrote it once and forgot to save it so I wrote it again and it's not as good as the first one but I tried XD sorry.