"Hurry up Merlin" Arthur called, annoyed at Merlin for being slow.
"It's not my fault" he huffed, "im tired I've been on a horse all day, why can't we rest?"
"Because," he sighed like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "im the king, and if I say we aren't going to rest yet, then we're not going to rest yet, okay."
"Stupid prat," he whispered, unfortunately not quietly enough.
"What did you just say Merlin" he called back.
Merlin turned his head; he had heard rustling from some of the bushes up ahead and started riding towards them.
"Excuse me; I was talking to you, where are you going now?"
"Shhh" said Merlin back annoyed at Arthur.
"Don't tell me to shhh, have you forgotten who I am" he said, and then suddenly he heard what his servant had been talking about.
They both dismounted their horses when they found an unconscious boy injured, he was covered in blood. As Merlin knelt down closer to the boy he saw a druid symbol on the boy's arm. He was so young, he could only be around nine years old, his parents would defiantly be worried about him.
"He's a druid," said Arthur behind him, for a minute Merlin had forgotten that he was there. "We should get him back to his people."
Merlin looked away from the child and gave Arthur a puzzled look.
"What, he's just a child, he hasn't done anyone any harm" he replied defending himself.
"No, I know-"
Merlin was cut off by the sound of a twig snapping. Both of the men turned round and saw a group of bandits, Arthur drew his sword and started to fight one of them.
"Bregdan anweald gafeluc" Merlin's eyes flashed gold as he spoke and two of the bandits were thrown back, he glanced quickly over at Arthur, he hadn't noticed him.
"Great Merlin, you just stand there while I do all the work then." The young king said as he walked towards his friend.
The bandits all lay dead on the floor. Arthur walked past them and took the young boy into his arms.
"We'd better get going; he needs to get back to his people quickly" He said to his servant as they mounted their horses. The druid boy was put on Merlin's horse carefully before they rode off. "The druids were last seen in the forest of Meytfih in Oden's kingdom, it shouldn't take long to get there, only a few hours.
