Fears To Sleep pt.1
Hello, hope you are having a good day.
One cold sunny winter day Merlin was in bed sleeping peacefully. Then Gaius came in.
"Merlin, it's time to get up. You have a busy day. Your father's coming to visit. Come on time to wake up." Gaius softly said.
"Gaius, I'm sleeping." Merlin moaned groggily.
"You can sleep in some other time."
"I won't get up."
"I guess you don't want breakfast."
Then Merlin got up. Gaius left Merlin to get dressed. When Merlin took his shirt off, he saw red rashes. He looked at his arms and saw the same thing. Then he felt weak. He sat on his bed till it passed. When he put his blue shirt and neckerchief he felt really hot and sweaty. He put his hand on his forehead and found it burning hot. He put his reddish jacket on and went out to eat breakfast. After he ate breakfast Gaius went to the lower town. Merlin walked out into the hallway to go wake Arthur up but as he walked he felt weaker. He felt so weak that he would collapse so he went back to his chambers. He got into his room, took his jacket, shoes, and neckerchief off. Then he laid on his bed and went to sleep. Arthur was not very happy and had to do things on his own. He went to eat breakfast with his father.
"Good morning, Arthur." Uther greeted happily.
"Good morning." Arthur grumbled angrily.
"What's the matter?"
"Merlin didn't show up for work today."
"He's probably with Gaius. Gaius might have needed help taking care of people. You know that a plague has arisen."
"Yeah. Maybe you're right. I just hope he doesn't come down with the plague. It's caused several deaths. Merlin hasn't be too happy about."
"No one should be."
Then Gaius came in.
"AH, Gaius, how's the plague?" Uther asked sternly.
"I'll have to start moving people into my chamber. I'll need some help. Freya has volunteered. I might need Merlin's help so next time you see him Arthur tell him that." Gaius informed sadly.
"Merlin, didn't show up for work. I thought he was with you." Arthur answered concernedly.
"NO he isn't. I'll go see if he's still at my chambers. He didn't want to get up this morning. He might have gone back to bed."
"Ok."
SO Gaius went to find Merlin. On the way he saw Balinor.
"Hey, Balinor, have you seen Merlin?" Gaius greeted.
"No, I haven't. Why?" Balinor asked happily.
"Arthur hasn't seen him."
SO the 2 went to Gaius's chamber. When they went in they saw Merlin in bed. When Balinor went to Merlin he saw that Merlin was resting.
"Hey, Merlin, get up. Gaius needs your help. Some sick people will be coming in. Gaius needs your help." Balinor whispered gently. Merlin got up and put his shoes and jacket on. Then he went out just as Freya came in. Then a man came in with his daughter.
"My daughter, Rosetta, is sick. She's 14 and is all I have left of her mother. Please help her." The father cried.
"I will. Put her on the bed. How long has she been this way?" Gaius demanded softly. The father put his daughter on Gaius's bed and held Rosetta's right hand.
"Since last night. She collapsed. When she woke up she was worse. Since then she hasn't slept. She just tries to. I'm afraid. I stayed up with her all night and she was complaining about how cold it was. My names Peter." Peter answered tearfully.
"She has the plague that's been going around Camelot. Thing is knights have come from other villages saying that there is no plague but those within a mile of Camelot is affected."
TBC