Told you I was going to add another chapter! :D

Again, do not own Merlin. How freaking awesome was Merlin! But omg! the ending! I'm not going to say anything in case someone reading hasn't seen it yet, but omg!

Arthur fell down at Merlin's side.

'Please don't be dead…' Arthur couldn't help but think.

But the moment he knelt down by Merlin, he realized that the warlock was no longer breathing. There was only barely a pulse present in the boy's neck. Thankfully, Lancelot had been smart enough to run off and fetch Gaius. He saw his father staring in shock – he had just seen magic destroy an enemy of Camelot, and Morgana had just used magic.

Arthur felt a little hope in his chest, that maybe the whole situation would make him think better of magic and that maybe Merlin could be free, without fear of being hunted. Because Merlin wouldn't die…he couldn't.

Arthur turned back to look at the young boy, who had gone very pale and still, unnaturally still. It would have been better if he had looked like he was sleeping, but he didn't. He looked as if he were already dead.

Gaius soon arrived and checked Merlin's pulse himself. When he heard that his father had heard of who Emrys was, and known how powerful he was foretold to be, he was shocked. Of all the people, he hadn't expected his own father, Uther Pendragon to have known anything about him. Morgana looked like she knew who 'Emrys' was too, but he didn't care at that moment. All that mattered was waking Merlin up.

When Gaius said those words….

"I can't do anything…"

It had cut at him like a knife. No, this wasn't possible. This was Merlin they were talking about. Goofy, clumsy, kind-hearted, idiotic Merlin, he couldn't just die, not after everything that they had been through.

He realized how Merlin had saved Camelot knowing that it was going to end like this. The curse that Morgause had put on him…Merlin knew that it would kill him in the end. He knew that using his magic would only speed up the process, yet he had done it anyway. He had gone through with it, without even thinking about himself – every bit the Merlin that Arthur knew.

Then Gaius dropped Merlin's arm back to the ground, and hung his head, and before he even said the words he knew what he was about to say. He couldn't believe it. Merlin was gone.

The druids around them were holding flames in their hands, in honour of Merlin, but that wasn't where Arthur saw the only light coming from. There was suddenly a soft white light glowing around Merlin, and it was spreading. It covered everything and everyone, reaching all of those who were injured. The pain in his leg receded, and Gwen was waking up, with Morgana rushing to her side to hug her. But as the light began to die away, Arthur realized that Merlin was still very still, and very pale. Arthur knew that it was the last thing he had been able to do. Somehow, the magic within Merlin knew that Merlin wanted everyone to be healed, and it had done just that.

He couldn't find his voice. He wanted to call at Merlin, order him to come back. He wouldn't allow him to die, not yet, it wasn't his time.

He needed Merlin to stay alive. He hadn't even had time to shock Merlin when he apologized for shouting at him – which he had pretty much planned the moment after he had done it, if it weren't for said warlock running off. He had ran off thinking that Arthur was angry at him, that he had hated him – when nothing could be further from the truth. Sure they had shared a few words after the whole great hall event, but he still had not told Merlin that he didn't hate him. How could he? But now he wasn't going to get the chance to tell him any of that.

Merlin wasn't going to come back.

And when another light shone, Arthur knew it wasn't coming from Merlin before he had even located its source. Because it couldn't be coming from Merlin, not anymore. And he was proven correct when he saw it shinning about ten feet away.

What he saw coming from the light however, was enough to create a small part of hope for the warlock, for his friend.

And I'm not revealing anymore, because it will definitely ruin 'Reclaiming Camelot'. I like to think the first three chapters of "Thoughts of a Prince" as a preview to that story so if you want to know what happened next, you're going to have to read that.