Once Was He, Now Is She
Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away when there was a land of myth and a time of magic there was a young boy with a great destiny on his shoulder this boy was Merlin.
Now Merlin was at this moment traveling through the woods near Camelot collecting herbs for Giaus. It was one of the brightest and sunniest days that Camelot had seen so far this summer and it was probably the best day to collect the herbs he needed. Not far from where he was crouching digging through the earth to find a particular type of root, King Arthur and his knights were passing by. You couldn't miss them even if you couldn't see them since they were so loud. With their clinking armor, clomping horses, and loud obnoxious teasing of Sir Gwaine you'd think it was a small army passing through; though in this case it was only half a small army. Today King Arthur and his Knights are paying tribute to the people of Camelot, something Merlin can't stomach to watch since it wouldn't be surprising if people started to kiss the ground his horse walked on.
"You know Merlin if you have enough time to go digging in the dirt you might as well come along, after all we need all the help we can get with the gifts that we'll need to bring back." Arthur shouted causing some of the men to laugh.
Merlin was so caught up in looking for roots that he hadn't noticed that the party had stopped and that they had found a new source of entertainment for a few more minutes.
"Sorry I find it too tedious to watch a bunch of people praise an arrogant prat than I do digging through dirt." Merlin yelled back smiling causing a new ripple of laughter to run through the men.
"I'll remind you, that you are speaking to your King Merlin." Arthur said slightly annoyed at the joke told at his expense.
"Oh that's right you're not a prat you're a royal prat… your highness." Said Merlin back causing another and louder round of laughter at the kings expense.
"Sir Gwaine Sir Leon would please be so kind as to drag that idiot over here so he can be taught a lesson." Arthur asked gesturing towards Merlin looking more amused than angry. Sir Gwaine and Sir Leon jumped down from their horses as if something interesting was finally about to happen in fact all the men had that look even Merlin and Arthur.
"You're in for it now Merlin." Shouted Gwaine as he started towards him Leon right on his heels. Merlin deciding his best option was to probably run, got up dusted himself off hoisted his bag of herbs onto his shoulder turned around and ran as fast as he could away from them. He could hear the others speed up behind him as well. He didn't know where he was headed except forward until he came to a tall rock ledge. He heard Gwaine coming up behind him fast , deciding quickly he took a sharp left which was apparently the wrong choice as it trapped him.
"Give it up Merlin." He heard Sir Leon shout from his left he assumed Gwaine was behind him since his right and front were blocked. Noticing a small crevice just big enough for him to squeeze though but to small for Leon or Gwaine he took his chance. Suddenly everything turned white around him a giant boom sounded then nothing.