"I'll never be like her,"
Merlin's own words from the previous day ran through his head. His heart started to pound loudly, in and out of his chest.
He almost choked, he felt like it was impossible to take the next breath, however he did, and as he did, the day rewinded and played through his head, right from the beginning.
The Dragon laughed at Merlin's comment, bowing his great jaw back as he did.
"What's so funny?" Merlin asked, he was slightly enraged about the Dragon's laughter, however he did his best not to show it.
"I'll never be like her."
The Dragon stopped laughing and smiled.
"Why not?"
"Why not?" Merlin repeated in shock. "What do you mean why not?"
The Dragon stopped smiling.
"Have I enraged you young warlock?"
Merlin folded his arms.
"I don't believe you sometimes!"
The Dragon calmly swept his tail across the grass before leaning forward.
"You have the same motive as her, the same goal. A land where magic can live in freedom and peace."
"You said that Morgana was evil," Merlin said, watching the Dragon stretch it's wings out.
"I'm starting to reconsider." He said, he saw that Merlin was confused and continued. "Maybe Morgana has a higher chance of succeeding than Arthur."
"No," Merlin said. "I can't believe what I'm hearing."
The Dragon shrugged. "Yet again I must be wrong, because you young warlock, are far stronger than her."
"What are you saying?" Merlin asked, he was very concerned now.
"Maybe Arthur will be the thing that prevents our freedom."
"Don't you dare say that!" Merlin shouted. The Dragon froze and bowed his head.
"As you wish." He said with a tremor in his voice.
Merlin noticed the sudden change in the Dragon and a thought ran through his head.
"Do you fear me?" Merlin asked the Dragon, Merlin found it hard to believe that anyone could fear him.
"More than you could ever imagine." The Dragon said. "You have no idea, of your absolute power."
Merlin couldn't help but laugh. "I see," He said. "Anyway it's almost dawn, I must get back to wake Arthur."
The Dragon simply nodded and flew away.
As soon as the Dragon was gone Merlin hopped onto his black horse and rode back to the castle, it was a quick journey and before he knew it, he was back in Arthur's chamber.
"Rise and-
"Shut up Merlin," Arthur grumbled before rolling over in his bed.
"You seem happy this morning," Merlin said with a cheerful smile.
Arthur grabbed a pillow from underneath his head and pegged it at Merlin.
"What was that for?" Merlin exclaimed.
"For being so damn cheerful," Arthur said as he watch Merlin open the door. "And where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to help Gaius collect herbs today, I asked you yesterday." Merlin said as he stuck one foot out the door.
"Hey I don't remember you saying that!" Arthur exclaimed as Merlin rolled his eyes.
"Well you did."
"Hey don't you even think about shutting that door-
Merlin shut the door and ran all the way to the hall where Gaius was waiting.
"Are you ready Gaius?" Merlin asked as he entered the room.
"I was born ready," Gaius said causing them both to laugh.
It was quite a long walk to the forest where they would collect herbs, however with the company of each other, it was pleasant.
Gaius brought a horse but he didn't ride it. He was quite happy walking with Merlin.
"Gaius," Merlin said as they stopped to eat. "Do you think I'm powerful?"
Gaius almost choked on the apple he was eating.
"Merlin," He said, "I don't know how to say this but you've never really been that great with a sword-
"I mean, am I powerful, with my magic?"
Gaius stopped.
"You could change day into night."
Merlin opened his mouth to speak however a sudden crack from a nearby bush caused him to stop.
"Who there?" Gaius demanded as Merlin picked up a stick.
"It's just me," Arthur said standing up. He had a couple of leaves in his hair, causing Gaius to laugh.
However Merlin was not smiling.
"You didn't hear what we were saying did you?"
"Merlin, all I could hear was you being a pathetic idiot."
"So why are you here Arthur?" Gaius asked.
"My father told me I had the day off to go hunting."
"So why are you here, with us?" Merlin asked.
"I am hunting, just in a different area," Arthur said. "Plus I wanted to see what had Merlin out the door in such a hurry."
Gaius was silent.
"What's wrong?" Merlin asked him.
"Look at the clouds." Gaius said.
Merlin looked up. What had just been a perfect blue sky was now covered in grey clouds.
"Looks like a storm's coming." Arthur said.
Merlin was just about to tell Arthur how everyone already figured that much out when he saw a figure move out of the corner of his eye.
He spun around to face the figure however it was so fast that it was already past him and onto Arthur.
Arthur went to pull out his sword however before he could, something smashed the back of his head.
"Arthur!" Merlin and Gaius both shouted before the figure which was a man showed his sword.
"Nobody move or your friend here dies." The man said, his deep voice rung out with an evil tune as he placed his sword at Arthur heart.
Merlin saw Arthur lying unconscious in the grass. The man had hit Arthur so fast that he didn't even have time to draw his sword.
"What do you want?" Gaius said camly.
"All of your gold," the man said.
"Are you serious!" Merlin exclaimed. "You don't mind killing someone for gold? You're sick."
The man turned away from Gaius and looked at Merlin.
"You're a servant aren't you?" The man said. Merlin glanced at Gaius, hoping he would help out however Gaius was watching Arthur.
"I used to be a servant, but that was before I knew that I was better then that, being treated like dirt." The man paused, Merlin's guess was that he was remembering something.
"As soon as I killed my master, my life had a purpose."
"You killed your master?" Merlin asked.
The man laughed. "I thought he would bring peace to me, I did everything for him, what did he do in return?"
The man face grew red, Merlin felt a deep anger come from him.
"He mocked me, called me weak, an idiot!"
Without warning he lifted his sword.
"I'll make your job easier for you." He said as he plunged the sword into Arthur's chest.
"No!" Merlin screamed as his magic blasted the man back.
Gaius ran to Arthur but Merlin walked over to where the man was lying on the floor. He pulled out a sword that he was carring for protection and pointed it at him.
"How dare you!" Merlin shouted. "Arthur's a good man!"
"You do everything for him right? And what does he call you? An idiot, am I right?"
Merlin pressed the sword hard onto the man chest.
"You don't know that."
"Oh but I do," He said calmly. "He'll never change, he'll never say thank you or even I'm sorry."
Merlin rasied his sword.
"Merlin!" Gaius exclaimed.
Merlin froze.
"Go on, kill me. Once you do you'll never be able to stop."
Merlin dropped his sword.
"If you move, I'll kill you." He said to the man.
The man didn't move as Merlin ran over to Arthur.
"Is he alright?" He asked Gaius.
"I've done what I could, we need to get him back to Camelot right now."
Merlin nodded. Gaius got the horse and Merlin placed Arthur on it.
"Ride back to Camelot," Merlin said.
"What about you?" Gaius asked.
"There's something I have to do."
Gaius looked confused however he knew there was no time to waste.
Merlin turned his back to Gaius ridding off and watched the man on the ground.
"Can I go now? I want to kill something, maybe a rabbit, maybe a girl?" The man said.
Merlin was silent.
"What's your name?" Merlin finally said.
"Lucas," The man said with a sly smile. "Why?"
Merlin looked up at the sky.
"Goodbye Lucas," Merlin said as he lifted his hand towards him.
Before Lucas knew what hit him, lightning struck him dead, just like what Merlin had done to Nimway.
A sudden realization hit Merlin. He had just killed a man with the flick of his wrist, no effort on his behalf, just the knowledge of the spell and his magic.
He had just killed a man. No wonder the Dragon feared him.
He has absolute power.
And he was being corrupted.
Gaius's jaw dropped. He had stopped to see if Merlin was alright, however he would have never have guessed what was coming. He quickly turned around rode off.
He was shock. Merlin had just killed a man, not in self defence, but because he was angry.
And because he could.
A/N: Hey everybody, this fanfiction is based of this wonderful video .com/watch?v=sMwjpb0d284&feature=related
I loved it so much I just had to write a fanfiction. I haven't re-read it so there is going to be alot of mistakes, I'll fix it up later.
This is part 1 of the first chapter.