Chapter One: A New Discovery
It was another normal day. Gaius dragged me out of bed. I was late getting his Pratness his breakfast. The prat threw a goblet at my head, which I barely ducked. And I was given a load of chores.
I sighed. I just finished the prat's armor and I decided to take a break. I quickly slunk into my room, Gaius was out doing his rounds, but stopped mid-step.
There was a strange square object lying on my bed. I walked up to it, and carefully examined it. There was no harmful aura around it, so I opened the crack. There were little square that you could push with odd buttons on them.
"Huh," I said.
"Merlin," Arthur yelled.
I groaned.
I would just have to explore the oddity later.
It was past sundown when Arthur let me leave; the prat.
I quickly ran to my room, ignoring Gaius, and found the odd object where I left it. I opened it back up and started pushing buttons. After clicking one, light started appearing on the half with no buttons.
"Huh," I said. "What magic could this be?"
After a few moments, the object's window thing said "Welcome".
"Hello," I said wearily, wondering if someone was sending me a message.
The object didn't reply—to which, I felt a little stupid—and a picture with other tiny picture appeared.
I didn't know how to proceed from here. I knew that there was something more, but how did I get there.
I hit the object, and a little arrow flew on the window.
How did I do that, I thought.
I touched the same spot and the arrow followed my movement.
I smirked.
I picked the picture of a blue and green ball and started pushing button. I finally found the right one after fifteen tries.
A new picture came up that said Google on it.
Google, I thought. What an odd name.
I started typing letters in the little bar. I put in random ones, and the word I came up with is fanfiction.
I laughed. A funny name for another funny name. It fit.
What came up surprised me. There were all sorts of other things that had the name "fanfiction". I picked the one that said .
It came up and I looked at the page. The link that interested me was TV shows. What they were, I wasn't sure, but maybe I could find out. I scrolled down and then jumped in shock. My name was on the list of different other titles.
"Gaius," I called.
I heard Gaius bang around, hurrying in fear for me.
"Merlin," he yelled barging in panting. "What's wrong, my boy."
"Come here and look at this," I said.
"What," he said.
"Look at this," I yelled and he came over and looked.
"What is this," he said.
"I don't know," I said. "But did you see my name on it?"
"What," Gaius said and looked closer.
He jumped when he saw what I meant.
"How is this possible," he yelled.
"How is what possible," a different person said walking in.
I jumped.
"Arthur," I said in shock. "What are you doing here!?"
"I came to get you, idiot," he said. "I wanted you to get more wood for the fire. But, that's not the point. What are you two screaming about?"
"Merlin's name is on some abnormal object," Gaius said.
"What," Arthur yelled. "Let me see!"
We stepped back and let Arthur look at the object.
He visibly palled when he saw it.
"Where did you get this," he asked.
"It was on my bed," I said honestly.
"Do you know how it got there," Arthur asked sternly.
"No, Arthur, it was just there," I said.
Arthur nodded.
"Can I see it again, Sire," Gaius asked.
Arthur nodded and handed it over to Gaius. Someone must've hit something because the screen changed again.
"What happened," Arthur asked.
"You hit something," I said. "It makes the picture change. What does it say now?"
"It's a list again," Gaius said. "But there are new titles. It seems to be a list of different events."
"Can I see," I asked.
Gaius nodded.
I picked up the computer—that's what I'll call it—and scrolled down. I picked on the summary I liked and a new screen popped up.
"What are you doing," Arthur asked.
"I'm trying to find out if Gaius is right," I said.
Protect the Protector
Author: iloveyogithebear553
Summary: It's time for someone to be protected for a change. See how Arthur and the Knights can change that.
"What is this," Arthur asked.
"I don't know," I said. "I'm trying to find out."
Chapter 1: The Hunting Trip
"This isn't a recollection of events," Gaius said. "It looks like it's a story."
"About us," I asked.
Gaius nodded.
"But, what would it be under Merlin's name," Arthur asked.
"I don't know, Sire," Gaius said. "I don't know."
"Let's read it," I said.
"Why," Arthur asked.
"Aren't you curious about what people write about us for," I said. "What if they're spreading harmful information about Camelot?"
Arthur sighed, but gave the signal to go ahead.
It was another hunting trip. Arthur and the knights were goofing off as usual, but Merlin hung at the back. He didn't fell like joining in. He was having trouble staying awake. He didn't sleep much at all last night because of the assassin. It took all night, but he finally stopped him.
"Wait, what," Arthur screamed. "Why would Merlin need to protect anyone?"
"It's just a story, Arthur," Gaius soothed. "Let's just continue reading.
"I don't know, Gaius," I said. "I don't think I like this idea anymore."
"What's wrong, Merlin," Arthur said. "Hiding something?"
"No," I said quickly.
"Then let's continue reading."
I groaned.
"Merlin," Arthur said with annoyance. "Hurry up or we'll leave you behind."
Merlin snapped back into reality and found the knights and Arthur a good distance ahead of him.
"What's going on," Gwaine said as Merlin caught up with him
"Nothing," Merlin lied quickly. "I'm perfectly fine. I was just trying to enjoy not hearing the prat's voice for a change."
Arthur scowled, but the other knights laughed. Merlin smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. It was getting too easy to lie to his friends.
"Wait," Arthur said again. "What does it mean 'getting to easy to lie to his friends'," Arthur yelled. "And don't say it's just a story, Gaius. It's too accurate to be false."