Chapter 3

Hello, hope you are having a good day.

The third day he heard screaming as he was using his mind to sense his daughter. He ran and saw 5 bandits hurting a little girl. He ran to them and started beating one of the guys up. He got a glimpse of a little girl. Merlin knew that it was Morgain.

"Leave my daughter alone." Merlin shouted angrily.

"No. The girl will die because of who she is." The leader said mockingly as he took his sword and hit Morgain with it. It hit Morgain near the liver and Merlin killed the sorcerer using magic. Merlin's anger started to rise as he heard his daughter scream in pain.

"You may have magic but we will kill you and your daughter." A dark skinned man said.

"Astrice." Merlin chanted angrily. The man went flying back screaming and broke his neck on a tree. The man died instantly.

"Your daughter is bleeding to death. She is dying from her wounds. You cannot save her, sorcerer." A Spanish man mockingly warned. Then the man laughed evilly as he kicked Morgain in the head knocking her unconscious. Merlin felt his magic surge through his veins and he knew he had to kill the men if he wanted his daughter to live.

"Then you will die. Astrice." Merlin acknowledged.

The other 3 men died the way their leader died. Merlin ran to his daughter who was whimpering and crying even though she was unconscious. Merlin checked his daughter's pulse and found it weak and faint. Merlin felt tears threatening to fall and he let them fall. Merlin pulled his bag off his back. He pulled out Morgain's cloak, coat, and mittens that he was given.

"Hey, Morgain, wake up. Come on, please. Please, wake up." Merlin whispered tearfully as he rubbed Morgain's forehead with his right hand and held Morgain's tiny left hand. He kept trying to wake his daughter up but she didn't wake. So Merlin started to wrap Morgain up. He pulled the hood of the cloak on his daughter's head and picked her up. He held his unconscious daughter as close as he could. He walked for several hours and found a cave in the woods. It was surrounded by snow covered trees and bushes. It started to snow when Merlin saw the cave in the distant. He went to the cave and started to make a fire and kept his daughter warm.

He put his daughter on the cold ground as he got all the leaves together and made a pile. Then he set his daughter on the leaves and went out to get some wood. Half an hour later he went back to the cave with a bunch of wood. When he went in a man came out of the corner and cut Merlin just under the right ribs. He felt faint as a wave of pain rushed through his cold body.

"You and your daughter will die slowly, sorcerer. All it took for you was a cut and the cold. No curse or anything. Shame your daughter is too close to death to help you." The man in the black hood mockingly laughed.

"You will regret that you touched us. Thurhdrife hi ecg!" Merlin warned as a dagger from behind the man stuck the man in the heart. Then Merlin dragged the man out and left the body in the snow. He went to his daughter and saw that the coat was moved and blood stained Morgain's white night dress. Merlin looked at his daughter and saw her shivering. He put a cold hand on his daughter's forehead and found it cold.

"Oh, no. Morgain, wake up." Merlin sighed tearfully. Then his daughter opened her eyes and started to grab her father. Merlin chuckled as he saw her smile.

"Yes, I'm here. You're ok." Merlin cried happily as he put pressure on his daughter's wounds. His daughter whimpered and cried as a wave of pain shot through her.

"Hurt." Morgain quietly cooed.

"I know. But I have no choice."

"Cold."

"I'll warm you up. First, I need to stop the bleeding. Stay awake."

Morgain nodded her small head. Several minutes later the bleeding stopped. Merlin built a fire and cleaned his hands. He went to his daughter and started to warm her up.

"Ok, you feel warmer?" Merlin asked softly.

Morgana nodded. Merlin took a blanket and tucked his daughter in tightly. Then when his daughter was warm enough he made supper. Half an hour later Merlin finished making supper for his daughter and went to wake her up. When he did Morgain's eyes fluttered open.

"Time to eat." Merlin whispered sweetly.

Merlin feed his daughter and smiled as she ate and wanted to eat more. Then she started coughing and some of the strawberries spilled out of Morgain's mouth. Merlin wiped it away and watched as his daughter tried to grab him. Merlin smiled and feed Morgain more food till all the strawberries were gone. When Merlin was done washing the dishes he went to his daughter, grabbed the other 2 blankets and covered himself up and tried to go to sleep next to his daughter. When he got in the corner where he would sleep he grabbed his daughter and put her on his lap. He covered them up with the blankets and went to sleep. His daughter was asleep a few minutes before Merlin. They slept till dawn.

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