Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Merlin.

Copyrighted by Sherlocked Kat. (Although using this story as a inspiration is okay)


"Merlin was telling the truth." Arthur turned around to face Gaius the goblin and drew his sword out. As Arthur approached Gaius, Gaius's eyes flashed gold and a chamber pot was instantly smashed into the side of Arthur's head. Arthur dropped to the floor along with his sword, making a clanging noise. Upon hearing the commotion outside of Arthur's chambers, Merlin rushed into the room only to find Arthur lying on the floor with a concussion. Merlin bent down to help Arthur but was immediately confronted by Gaius.

"What the hell are you up to goblin?" Merlin asked getting his special throwing dagger at the ready.

"Well I was just going to go and…" Right at that moment Merlin seized the opportunity to throw his dagger at the goblin, only to find it stopped, suspended in mid-air.

"I told you Merlin, you can't hurt me without hurting Gaius. But that doesn't mean that I can't hurt you." The dagger slowly turned around to face Merlin and hurtled itself towards him. Merlin's eyes flashed gold in a desperate attempt to direct the dagger elsewhere only to find it had stabbed his leg. Merlin let out a cry of pain. Crumpling onto the floor, Merlin just managed to see a gleeful possessed Gaius walk slowly out of the room. Scrunching his face up in agony, Merlin directed his magic towards Arthur to awake him from unconsciousness. He then slowly crawled across the floor towards the door before finally passing out. Arthur waking up to find a slumping figure on the floor with a dagger in his leg, got up and rolled the figure's face so it was facing upwards. Shocked, Arthur instinctively said the first thing in his head.

"Guards! Prince Merlin has been attacked!" And with that Arthur picked his brother up and put him on his shoulders. Without knowing what to do, Uther suddenly entered Arthur's chambers. Finding a pool of blood on the floor, Uther turned to face Arthur.

"What are you just doing there standing about? Get him to Gaius!" Uther hurriedly rushed Arthur out of the room to the Court Physician's chambers. Travelling down the corridors at almost the speed of sound, Arthur kicked the door open and quickly laid down Merlin onto the bed. Gaius approached Merlin and bent over him wearing a smug grin on his face. Arthur stared threateningly at the goblin.

"Is there anything you can do Gaius?" Gaius turned to look up at the king.

"Of course, I just need to pull the dagger out of his thigh and then patch it up. Everything should be fine."

"Alright then, just make sure you hurry. Arthur" the king turned to face his oldest son, "I need you to come with me to the Council Chamber now." Grimly Arthur turned towards Merlin and then followed his father out of the room. Hurriedly, Gaius prepared a vile to make sure that Merlin was asleep. He then pulled out the dagger, stopped the bleeding and stitched the wound close. After cleaning up all of his medical equipment, an evil thought reached the goblin's mind. Looking towards the prince with his eyes flashing gold, Gaius muttered some words under his breath, turned back and made his way to the table. After preparing some potions Gaius wearily walked over to his bed before finally going to sleep.


AN: Please review!

Sherlocked Kat