Hey readers! This is my second Merlin fic...EVER so please don't judge too harshly! I got the idea randomly the other day for absolutely no reason what-so-ever. I love to read Dragonology books and they tend to make references about this talisman that supposedly the great wizard Merlin used to control dragons or something like that, anyways I got to thinking, I've never seen any fics about it so I thought I'd take a try at it. I'm going to make it's powers a little different since in the show he's already a dragonlord and all that, but basically it's just to show how he gets it. I hope you enjoy it PLEASE OH PLEASE review! I like reviews they help motivate me to keep on writing and they give me ideas as well. Any who ENJOY!

Disclaimer: If I owned Merlin I wouldn't be posting this so sadly it's owned by BBC


Arthur groaned for what seemed to be the hundredth time in the past couple of hours.

"You know Merlin," he whispered irritably, "The secret to hunting it to. be. QUIET!"

"Sorry," he snapped back, "It's just that hunting isn't meant for the uncoordinated like myself. It's not my fault that roots and rocks appear out of nowhere and throw me off balance." Choosing not to say anything, Arthur only shook his head and continued forward, but not before slapping his servant in the back of the head. He let a small smile grace his lips as he heard his knights chuckling at their playful banter but let it drop when he heard a twig snap off in the distance. He quickly raised a hand to quiet his knights. He took a hesitant step forward and looked around for any animals or bandits. Suddenly there was a loud roar followed by a scream. Instantly everyone ran in the direction of the noise, ready to fight.

They wound up running into a small clearing just in time to see a tiger-looking beast send a girl flying backwards into a tree. Immediately, the knights ran forward to attack the creature. Some shot arrows at it, some thrust spears at it, and the rest swung their swords. They were able to injure it, before it took out a couple of knights. This of course, gave Arthur the opening he needed to strike the mortal blow. Once Arthur pulled his sword out of the beast and they rushed to the girl, who was currently slumped over on the ground. Arthur gently rolled her over to allow Merlin to inspect any wounds. She had 3 long gashes on the lower section of her torso that wrapped from behind on her back, all the way across to the end of her stomach and onto her lower right forearm.

"She's losing a lot of blood." Merlin voiced as he pulled out some strips of fabric from his bag Gaius gave him. He quickly wrapped them around her, not bothering to clean the wounds. Afterwards Percival offered to carry her back to Camelot, while Arthur ordered his remaining Knights to take care of both the beast and the knights who fell.


"Well," Gaius said after he finished dressing the girl's wounds, "After a little bit of rest she should be fine. I gave her some sleeping draft but she should awaken within the next couple of hours or so." Arthur nodded then turned towards the door.

"Merlin," he said, not bothering to look back, "Stay and help Gaius, come get me when she awakes." he then swept out of the room, leaving them alone. Almost instantly the physician turn to the aforementioned warlock.

"Merlin," his was voice low and stern, "I fear we may have trouble with this girl."

"What makes you say that?" he asked leaning forward.

"It's seems she may be a sorceress." he said cautiously, holding up a small shiny pendant, "I found this on her."


Bum Bum BUM! Cliffhanger!...sort of... anyways let me know what you think PLEASE! I need reviews to go on! :P just push that pretty little button right down there. |

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