I own nothing!!!!!! Well I mean I own myself and erm….that's it! :P

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It was early on a Saturday morning when Merlin woke up to the enchanting sounds of birds. Wiping his eyes of sleep, he got up, washed then got dressed. Walking to the table he saw Gaius had prepared his breakfast. For some reason his porridge didn't taste how is normally does. It had more of a acidy after taste . Unconcerned he ate quickly and hurried to Arthur's room.

Walking alone the corridor, Merlin started to feel a little faint. Ignoring the feeling he carried on walking. Merlin collected Arthur's breakfast before heading towards his masters chambers.

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Arthur was sitting in his room looking out across his kingdom. He knew that when he became king he would make Camelot a better place, he knew that he would be a good king. After all he was prince Arthur. Even though he was confident about becoming king, he still had that nagging feeling about what could go wrong in his hands. He always worried most about the responsibility. If he made a mistake, it could have massive consequences for his people.

KNOCK KNOCK!

Hearing the knocking on the door, Arthur sat down at his table. He knew that it was Merlin bringing him his breakfast (finally).

"Enter"

Looking up at his manservant, he noticed that Merlin was not looking his normal self. Merlin was pale, almost like a ghost, and he has a disoriented look about his eyes. As Merlin got closer to bring him his food he also saw that his face was clammy and was sweating madly.

"Merlin you look terrible, been on the beer again?" Arthur asked with a smirk.

Merlin had once gotten drunk on beer at the Christmas feast. The next morning he had had the worst handover ever! Arthur remembered that he had not seen his manservant for two days.

" So come on Merlin. What's wrong with you?" the prince pushed.

"Nothing sire" Merlin replied with his bravest smile on, he turned around towards the bed so he could make it up.

Suddenly Merlin stumbled forwards and fell onto to floor, hitting his head hard on the stone. Arthur jumped to his feet and turned him over.

"Merlin?"

"I am fine. Sorry" said the somewhat dizzy servant.

Arthur picked Merlin up and helped him get his balance back, he has to admit, he looked worse that what he thought was possible. His servant was now swaying on the spot. Finally Arthur decided that he could do without his service today.

"Merlin go home, get Gaius to check you over or something. I want you back here tomorrow. No excuses."

Merlin looked like he was going to argue for a moment, but then thought better. Nodding he walked out the door.

Arthur started after his friend. Even though he did not show it, he was very concerned for his friend. He knew that Gaius was the best out there, and he would find out what was wrong. No matter how much he believed this, he could not get rid of the feeling that something was very wrong.

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Merlin was feeling terrible. He had no idea what was wrong with him, he had never felt like this before. His head was spinning, he was finding it difficult to just walk in a straight line. He felt his eyes rolling into the back of his head, his feet had become heavy and he felt like all the life had been sucked out of him. Finally he made it back to the door. He had no idea how it managed to find his way.

When Merlin entered the door Gaius took one look at him and rushed over. Merlin could see the look of concern in his eyes, this did not give him hope that he would be able to cure him any time soon.

"My word Merlin, you look ghastly. Lie down and tell me your symptoms." Gaius asked quickly.

Gaius looked more and more grave as Merlin continued the list. Finally after some thought, he told him what he thought had caused him to be horribly sick.

"I believe you have been poisoned" he told Merlin looking sadly into his blue eyes. " what have you eaten and drunk today?"

Merlin closed his eyes thinking, which in the circumstances were difficult. After a few minutes of going though the past few hours, he remembered that the only thing he had eaten was the porridge Gaius had set out on the table.

"Only the porridge you left for me" Merlin finally answered .

"What porridge?" Gaius replied with a startled look on his face. " I left nothing for you this morning. Are you sure?"

Merlin did not reply. Looking round Gaius saw that he had passed out. Rushing over to him he checked his breathing and pulse. His breathing was laboured and uneven. His pulse was racing. Whatever Merlin had consumed, it was causing great harm to him. Gaius knew that Merlin only had a limited time to live.

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To Be Continued!!!!

Ohh what will happen to Merlin?

Well you will have to wait mwhahahahaha!!!!!