Hello guys, firstly I want to thank everyone who reads the story, it's my first fanfic so reviews will be very appreciated. I wanted you to know that English is my second language, I apologise if there's any grammar or spelling mistake. Hope you enjoy this Merthur fic. I don't own any of the characters or the background of this story, it's based on the show.
Chapter 1: The beast.
Merlin went out of his chambers as soon as the sun rose upon Camelot, he knew that if he was even one second late, the prince would be cranky all day long. On his way to his master's room he almost tripped with all the knights that were on his path. Merlin was known for being quite clumsy.
When he finally arrived to the prince's chambers, Arthur had woken up and was asking for his breakfast. "For God sakes, Merlin! Is it too hard for you to arrive early? I'm starving!" The boy replied rolling his eyes "I've arrived early..." he realised that Arthur was giving him a horrible look so he continued "...my lord and I will bring your breakfast right away" the boy ran out of the room mumbling how arrogant Arthur was and went to the castle kitchen.
Once the prince had been fed and dressed both of them went down to the throne room, where Arthur was meeting Uther, his father. When they entered the room, the king was informing the knights about a dangerous creature that lived in the woods. "Son, you arrived just in time. Please lead the knights to the beast and kill it, it's been causing a lot of problems in the village". The young prince nodded "Of course father, we'll be back as soon as we can".
Arthur, his manservant and the knights went out of the castle to fight the creature. They carried all types of weapons; swords, crossbows, flails, not to mention the powerful horses that could kill a man with one kick. By the time they got to the village, it had already been destroyed. The knights searched for any villager who may had survived the attack but not even one was found.
Merlin didn't want to leave Arthur's side, it was his duty to protect him, even if the prince didn't notice his hard work. "Relax, you're making me nervous Merlin". The warlock replied offended "I'm not scared" but he heard a crackling noise that made him change his mind "What was that?". The prince laughed "Probably your shaking knees". "That's not funny Arthur. Seriously listen". The noise became louder as they came closer to the woods that surrounded the village. "Stay behind me, I don't want you to get hurt" the prince said while he walked towards a tree that has just been scratched, it seems that the beast was a wolf, a huge wolf.
"Watch out!" Merlin shouted. The giant creature tried to attack the prince but he was faster and made a big cut on its leg. The knights ran to help Arthur, they used everything they had to protect their future king but the beast killed them one by one ripping them apart with its enormous fangs. Only the prince and his servant were left after a few minutes of combat, both of them were unarmed and the wolf was getting closer with every second that passed, its paws were covered in the knights blood and it was running towards the prince. Merlin knew what he had to do, he couldn't let Arthur die, his duty was to make sure he was safe no matter what so he decided to use his powers, even if he had to die because of it.