" Run, come on just keep running! " said Maron to her little brother, she held his hand tighter and the two ran on through the forest, Maron looked behind her to sense them approaching quickly.

" I can't Maron, I can't! " said Oran to his big sister and he fell to his knees. Maron stopped, she lifted her brother onto her back and began running again but the time wasted had allowed them to catch up. Maron stopped when one appeared in front of her, she looked into her reflection on the dead knights helmet to see her little brothers face filled with fear. Maron held open her hand, her eyes flashed gold but the dead knight didn't even budge, he then drew his sword as two more appeared behind the brother and sister. Maron backed away from the knight in front of her while Oran held onto Maron even tighter. The dead knight attacked, Maron ducked under the swing of his sword and slammed into him, knocking him over, she then ran again but she was hit off her feet by magic, Oran screamed as he too was thrown away from Maron.

" Oran! " shouted Maron and she quickly got to her feet but a dead knight blocked her path to her brother

" Now now Maron " said a voice she hated to know, she looked around as Droom walked towards her. " You know you've been a bad girl Maron " he said with a smirk " And you know what happens to bad girls "

" Fuck off you fat bastard! " shouted Maron, she tried to attack him with her magic but the dead knight reacted first, stabbing his sword through her chest. Droom exploded laughing when Maron fell to the ground, he walked towards her with a growing smirk on his fat face.

" That was no way to talk to your owner " he said standing over her

" Y-you are not my owner! " spat Maron. Droom smiled and kicked her, she screamed when his foot made contact with the wound in her chest, Droom laughed, he pressed his foot harder against the wound causing Maron to scream even more. Oran looked up from where he was lying on the ground, he saw Droom torturing his sister and her screaming through the pain, Oran clenched his fist and grit his teeth as his anger boiled in him, electric begun to crackle around him as a white aura surrounded him. Droom noticed the rising magic in Oran and looked across at him as he stood up

" Leave my sister alone! " screamed Oran, his magic then burst out of him in the form of a massive explosion which hit Droom and the dead knights.

" MERLIN! " shouted Arthur, Merlin stumbled into the kings chambers moments later gasping for breath

" Yes Sire " he said.

" What is this?! " Arthur said pointing at his soup.

" oh " said Merlin once he realised his mistake, he had accidentally poured some of the leftover water used for Arthur's bath into the bowl instead of his soup

" That was some of your bath water " said Merlin

" I can see that " Arthur said " Why is it there?! "

" I must have poured the wrong thing in, sorry " Merlin said lifting the bowl before Arthur had the chance to throw it at him

" Then where is the soup? " Arthur asked, Merlin winced and said

" In the bath " he said sheepishly, Arthur smiled

" Great just great " said Arthur

"Sorry " Merlin said

" Oh no, no it's fine " said Arthur sanding up and putting an arm around his friend " You've been under a lot of stress lately and I haven't been helping you enough maybe you should take a break, take it easy for a day or two " he said, Merlin looked at him and said

" Seriously? "

" NO! " Arthur shouted and hit him " Get your head straight Merlin and waken up, get the horses I promised Gwen we'd go for a ride together later! " said Arthur, Merlin nodded and left. The truth was however that Merlin was extremely tired of late, he hadn't been sleeping as he had been having bad dreams for a while now, he could always only vaguely remember them but he could always remember the screaming and the cries for help in them. He knew better than to just dismiss them as normal nightmares, sure he has had plenty of nightmares in the past, how could you not after the things that he has seen, but these were different, they felt more real, more terrifying and they genuinely frightened Merlin, he knew that whatever was in these nightmares would find him someday and he had to be ready for them.

The sun was now beginning to set over Camelot, Merlin had accompanied Arthur and Gwen on their ride to the forest and had helped them pick a spot to settle down for a few hours near-by a river, he had set down the food for them as well as a blanket to lay on before leaving to give them some alone time. He was walking along the forest admiring the beauty around him, normally he was always to busy to appreciate the beauty that the forest had, he could see it even better than most. He walked over to a tall oak tree and lay down beside it, looking up at the sky that was visible through the leaves, he was tired and he figured that Arthur wouldn't need him for a ten minutes at least so he decided to get some rest while he could so he shut his eyes to take a nap on the forest floor.

" Please, someone help me ".

His eyes shot open when he heard the voice in his head

" Please help me "

He got to his feet quickly and looked around him trying to figure out where the voice had come from.

" Help someone please "

He took off running to where he sensed it was coming from, he ran between the trees and bushes trying to keep track of the voice, it sounded like a little boy and it sounded like he was crying but Merlin felt like he heard the voice somewhere before but he couldn't remember where, he slowed down once he heard the childs sobs in his own ears, not his head, he walked silently towards the noise and hid behind a tree and looked around it to see a little boy crying, he was kneeling over an older girl who had a wound in her chest. Merlin stepped out from behind the tree

" Hello " he said, the little boy jumped when he heard him, he then quickly jumped in front of the girl lying on the ground to protect her

" Don't take another step I'm warning you! " he shouted, Merlin smiled at the little boy

" Don't worry I'm not here to harm you, I heard you calling for help " he said, the little boys eyes widened

" But, I didn't say that out loud, are you a druid?! " he asked excitingly " Can you help my sister? "

" I'm not a druid " Merlin said " But I do have magic and I can help your sister "

" Wait a minute! " said the little boy " My sister says that the only good people with magic are the druids then you must be evil I won't let you anywhere near my sister! ", Merlin could only smile, he admired the boy for his bravery in protecting his sister despite how young he is

" It's OK, I'm not evil but I'm not a druid. I'm a Dragonlord " Merlin said. The little boys eyes lit up

" What?! So am I! " he said

" W-what? " Merlin said in disbelief