The knight looked back and forth between his best friend and his queen, he did not understand the order. Gwen looked furious, and Gwaine couldn't ever recall her looking this angry before.

"Did you not understand me sir Gwaine? Take this filth down to the dungeons."

Merlin didn't so much as flinch, but Gwaine did. He had never heard Gwen speak like that to anyone and his growing suspicion, that this was not the queen Arthur had married, was mounting. Merlin finally met his eyes and what he saw in those deep blue eyes was not anger like he expected but only pity, pity for the queen.

"Its alright Gwaine, she found out my secret."

"Take him away, Now!" Gwen shrieked as she lifted her hand and slapped Merlin across the face, hard. Gwaine took a step towards his friend who had crumbled to the floor. Leon and Percival crashed into the room hearing the Queen's outraged cry. Gwen turned on them spitting "The kings manservant, is a disgusting sorcerer and will be executed at dawn."

Gwen let out a pained gasp, and tried not to cry out in protest and he noticed the others doing the same. What had happened, how did the Queen know?

Lancerlot had told Gwaine about Merlin's magic the night before he had sacrificed his life for theirs. Gwaine had always had his suspicions; Arthur always seemed to come out unscathed from the most dangerous situations. However knowing all Merlin had down for the King and Camelot had sent the admiration Gwaine already had for his friend skyrocketing. He had kept an eye on his king and wondered how Arthur could not know about Merlin's magic? The one day after a furious bandit attack Merlin had stopped a knife from plunging itself into his King's back and Arthur had seen Merlin's eyes turn from blue to a shining gold. Gwaine had waited with baited breath for the King to turn around and sentence his friend to death, but to his surprise and huge relief Arthur just turned around and carried on fighting, he showed no signs that he had seen anything and even Gwaine would have though that the king had missed it, if it wasn't for the small smile that played around Arthur's lips. Arthur already knew, and Gwaine grinned to himself, as he thought of the great advantages to having a powerful warlock on their side.

"Seize him NOW!" the yell from Gwen sent Gwaine hurtling back into the present. The knights looked at each other, all reluctant to move to seize their friend. Merlin was a close friend to all of them and Gwaine strongly believed that all of them had at least a feint idea why no one got more that a few scratches and bruises in battle.

"My lady," Leon tried respectfully, "with all due respect Merlin is our friend, can we at least wait for Arthurs, I mean the King's return before we sentence Merlin to anything so serious?"

"Are you going against me sir Leon? Remember that I am queen and my word rules while the King is not in Camelot." She advanced on Merlin who still knelt on the floor. She towered over him as she said; "This filth will kill the King if we allow him to live another day!" To Merlin's credit he did not back down from the Queens menacing glare he just looked back at her with the same look of pity. She lashed out again and her ring caught on his cheek leaving a deep cut across his face, Gwaine went to intervene when restraining hands landed on his shoulders. He looked up at Leon and Perce, asking them what to do?

"We will take Merlin down to the dungeons to get his away from Gwen and then we will figure out what to do?" Perce whispered franticly into Gwaine's ear.

"My Lady," Leon said again. "We will escort Merlin, I mean the sorcerer, down to the dungeons." For a fraction of a second, Gwaine saw Gwen's emotionless mask melt, and Gwaine felt his stomach churn, as he saw the melious satisfied grin spread across her face, but then the Queenly mask was down again, and he was looking at the regal Queen Guinevere.

"Very well, I want him out of my sight, the pyre will burn at first light."

Sorry its Agsty like the last story but it came to me while I was running and I couldn't get it out of my head. this chapters short but they will get longer.

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