Chapter Three: The Goblin

It was Friday night and it had been raining all day causing the knights, Merlin, and Gwen to be stuck in Arthur's chambers bored.

"So this is what you men do when your in a room together and well as fun as hearing you talk about training, magic, and ale. I think I'd prefer going to the servants quarters and hear the new gossip." Gwen said getting up to leave when Gwaine got her wrist and pulled her back down.

"Oh no no no Princess you are going to stay. In fact..." Gwain says getting up and walking to the door locking it, "...No one is leaving Bwahahahaha"

'Gwaine how much have you drunk you do know we can just get up and unlock the door you idiot."

Gwaine just smirks, "Well see about that after you pass out and find yourselves tied up Bwahaha."

Everyone looked at each other than turned to Gwaine glaring, "Did you dru drug uss..." Merlin barely managed to splutter before every one collapsed.

They woke up to be tied to chairs, the table leg, and the bed post.

"Alrightty then now lets play. We'll start with The Princess and by 'Princess' I mean Gwen not you Arthur."

"I don't know what game your playing ,but you better untie us before I tie you by your limbs and throw you into the lake." Arthur replied sitting down on the floor tied to the top of the curtains trying to get up the farthest he could move standing up was the table

"I don't think so, and the game is truth and truth or ale since truth or dare would involve you moving and well we can't allow that can we."

"What is 'truth or ale'?"asked Percival uncertain of the situation, he was sitting on a chair tied up.

"Don't go along with it. Release us." Leon spoke who was tied up on the other chair next to him.

"Not until the game ends."

"Why are you doing this?" Spoke Gwen who was sitting next to Merlin near the window tied up.

"Because I'm bored."

"Well go to the tavern and leave us alone."Arthur said trying to untie his hands.

"Ican'tgotheybannedmebutitdoesn'tmattertheylosttheirbestcustomer."Gwaine said in a hurry glaring at Arthur for reminding him.

"And the game is 'Truth and Truth or Ale' the first truth is simple questions: favorite drink, best day, yada yada while truth two are more interesting: biggest secret, horrifying fear, etcetera etcetra and ale is for those who refuse to answer their questions their to drink ale as forfeit or drink ale then saner the question or just if you want to have some. Got it good so Prat what shall it be Truth 1, truth 2, or Ale."

Arthur rolled his eyes but decided to play along un till he was untied, "Ale."

Gwaine smiled and threw him a waterskin, "It your turn."

"Leon, Truth or Truth and Ale."

"Umm Truth."

"Alright and is that the first or second." Arthur said annoyed and loosing his patience.

"First."

"What is the most boring form of training."

"Um none." Leon said cautiously wondering if it was a test.

Arthur nodded and watched as he asked Eylan a question who in turn asked Gwen who asked Merlin.

"What is one thing you have done with your magic for fun."

"Umm I don't remember I haven't used it for 'fun' in a long time ,but I guess it was when I was little. Will and I use to go playing in the lake and I used it to catch fish then afterwards we used to go to Grumpy Old Man Simmons Yard and pull pranks on him."

Gwen smiled at Merlin and nodded. "Um Arthur?"

"Truth and I don't care which."

"Right what was you're most embarrassing, nevermind what was one of the most horrible day for you but amusing to others."

Arthur sighed he was so close just a few more tugs and he'd be out of his knot, "Umm the event before we met Gwaine."

"Which?"

"You know which the one that caused my father to be bald, the knights to have boils, Gwen Uther, and Morgana to have flatulence problems and well my ears."

Everyone who was their that day winced while the others just wondered.

"Oh what about your attack with the curtains."

Arthur's eyes widened, "It was you wasn't it. You snuck into my room."

"Technically I didn't I'm you're manservant I am allowed in your chambers whenever. Also I bet the donkey ears weren't that bad the braying on the other hand."

"Shut up! and how can you be so cheery you were condemned to death by Gaius who was possessed."

"As interesting as this is if you won't tell us the whole story then stop and lets continue."Gwaine said annoyed that he didn't know what was going on.

"I released a Gob... I mean a Goblin was released..." Arthur looks at him and frowns,"no one knows by whom and possessed Gauis who pulled pranks on everyone and told the court that I had magic to get me out of his way and unable to stop him Arthur was on to the Goblin so the Goblin jinxed him to get him out of the way so Gwen and I came up with a plan to poison the Goblin out of Gauis and into a lead box then saved Gauis and cleared my name."

"What ya mean cleared your name. I think you mean saved your secret."

"Merlin I can truth or truth you but I think we're above that, "Did you release the Goblin."

"Nooo." Merlin said drawing out the 'o' lying.

"Merlin!"

"I was so embarrassed."

"It was you!"

Were the replies of Arthur, Gwen, and Leon Glaring and unhappy who then begun to scream and give Gwaine a headache so he left making sure to leave a dagger where Percival could reach so he could cut himself and the others loose.