"Gaius, he will never believe me, he would never trust my word over hers." Merlin argued as he took a bite of the chicken breast on his dinner plate.
"But we have to do something Merlin, we can't just let this happen," Gaius reasoned.
Merlin Knew, after all it was his destiny to keep Arthur and Camelot safe. "I know Gaius, but he doesn't trust me that much, I mean, he doesn't know half of what has happened these last years and he barely knows anything about me! I'll just have to ride out alone."
"Then you must be careful…" Gaius was worried. "We still have time, eat up," he said and pointed at Merlin's plate.
Having overheard the conversation between his manservant and the court physician, Arthur decided that it wasn't the right time to disturb Merlin. He returned to his chambers and waited half an hour, allowing Merlin to finish his dinner, before he called for Gwaine, thinking it better to send their mutual friend rather than a guard who might listen in on the conversation and jump to conclusions.
Gwaine, slightly confused as to why he was doing a servants job, did as he was asked. When he arrived at Gaius chambers, he was immediately sent back to Arthur, with the message that Merlin was out.
"He isn't home Sire, maybe he can be found in the Tavern," Gwaine joked, well aware that Merlin, despite not being someone who frequents the tavern, had gotten in trouble for this countless times.
"Did Gaius say that he'd gone to the tavern?" the king asked, not picking up on the joke and thinking that Marlin hadn't sounded like a man in the mood for drinking.
"No sire", Gwaine answered, the pondering mind of Arthur making him uneasy. What was Merlin doing? This worried Gwaine to a point, were he decided to follow Arthur, who had decided to personally inquire about his servant. Arthur too felt a rising worry for his servant and friend, surely his idiot servant hadn't gone out on what-ever journey he was planning already? It was dark outside, winter was coming and an icy rainstorm was raging outside. He was wrong. When he asked the old physician where Merlin was, he was told that he had left Camelot after finishing his dinner. Accordin to Gaius they had received a letter from Merlin's mother, she had fallen ill and Merlin had left in order to help her in whatever manner he could.
The conversation he had overheard had sounded nothing like a conversation concerning Merlin's mother. Arthur knew the woman and Merlin should know that he could come to him with anything concerning her. However he decided to trust the physicians word and wait for Merlin's return…
Authors note: So... it's a start, i won't promise you and end to this, simply because i am no fan of writing fanfiction, but with motivation it might get there, so far i have a plot in my mind for 4 maybe 5 chapters? And the chapters will be short. I won't promise any more than that however.