The Fall
Prologue
~Fran Gipani

Disclaimer- Flowers sadly cannot make claims to a TV show :(

Author's Note- So I had this angsty little idea grab me after rewatching the recent James Bond movie Skyfall (brilliant wasn't it?!) This won't be very long (about 5 chapters) but I hope you like it all the same. Anywho don't forget to review and tell me what you thought.
~Fran xx


"Take the shot Arthur! Take the shot!" Merlin yelled to his friend as he grappled with the assassin on the edge of a cliff.

"Don't be stupid Merlin! I might hit you!" Arthur called back from the shelter of the trees, a crossbow balanced on the rock in front of him. He watched as his friend wrestled and knew there was every chance he could miss and hit Merlin. Why the hell did he jump tackle the assassin that was after me?! Stupid selfless idiot!

"Arthur you know the right thing to do!" Merlin panted as he did his best to pull the assassin closer to the cliff.

"Merlin don't!" Arthur began but Merlin cut him off.

"Shoot!"

Arthur, against his better judgment, took a deep breath and let the arrow fly. His eyes widened as the assassin managed to maneuver Merlin at the perfect moment so that the arrow pierced the flesh of the slighter man's upper left leg rather than his own. The assassin didn't count on Merlin having thought about the possibility of that happening though and so was caught unawares when Merlin used the last of his energy and with a pained yell jumped back off the cliff with the assassin tight in his grip.

"MERLIN!" Arthur yelled and ran to the edge of the cliff just in time to see Merlin's limp body hit the lower ledge and roll off to plunge towards the raging river. "MERLINNNNN!" Arthur cried out again as his friends body was lost from sight in the wild white wash of the water below.