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"Just leave me alone already." Arthur really was getting annoyed now that those silly children wouldn't leave him alone.

"Not till you answer us! What's the reason why? Come on there must be a reason why you're here with Merlin, he's only a servant. Come on tell us!"

"No." Arthur refused.

"Fine we're leaving." Will said as he and the two other children left. Arthur sighed. The youngest one was still there!

"What do you want." Arthur asked still fighting Llamrei to keep her head up.

"I know why."

"Know why what?" Arthur asked, losing his battle with the brown mare.

"Why you brought Merlin here and why you care so much." Arthur froze. Why

was it noticeable to her! It wasn't even noticeable to Merlin, so why her.

"I won't tell." And with that she was gone. Arthur blinked a few times to check this was real. It most defiantly was when Llamrei stepped on his left foot. Arthur pulled the mare's head up and tied the two horses in a small barn, before hopping back out.

"Arthur!" Arthur whipped his head around to see the young boy, who he fought was called Will calling his name. He walked over to the boy.

"What now." Arthur asked in a very annoyed tone.

"It's Merlin he woke up and he won't stop saying your name and." Will blinked. Arthur was gone.

Arthur had left as soon as he'd heard the boy say Merlin and soon entered the house to find Hunith sat with Merlin.

"Hello Arthur." Hunith said acknowledging the blonde's presence.

"Ar - thur." Merlin chocked out. Arthur kneeled down by the top of the bed next to Merlin and took his hand.

"I'm right here." Arthur said his voice sounded weak, but calm and soothing and at that moment in time he couldn't care. Merlin was his worry.

Merlin tilted his head towards Arthur and placed his right hand on top of Arthur's left hand, which still had a hold of his left hand and relaxed again.

"Don't leave this time Arthur." Hunith said. Arthur nodded. He had no plan's on leaving anytime soon.

Hunith smiled. Merlin was lucky, very lucky. He had a home, a mother, Gaius and his other friends, but more importantly he had Arthur forever.

"Where is he?" Uther asked for a third time. Leon and Owain remained true to their word and didn't answer. They were not about to betray Arthur and tell him. If Uther couldn't notice Arthur's happiness with Merlin he certainty wouldn't take it well if his knight's were to tell him that now.

"This is the last time I will ask you nicely. Where is Arthur!" Uther shouted. The two knight's stood their ground. They wouldn't tell.

"Fine if you won't tell me I give you a whole night in the dungeons to think about it!"

"So Arthur tell me something."

"What is it Hunith."

"Merlin." Hunith said as she handed a bowl of food to eat.

"What about him?" Arthur asked curiously.

"He's happy with you and you're happy with him aren't you?"

"Well we're just friends." Arthur said before eating as quickly as he could to try and hide the lie he'd just told.

"I know that you like Merlin and he likes you, so what are you waiting for Arthur. Just ask him already."

"I'm waiting to get my confidence." Arthur said dropping his head. The incredible Prince Arthur of Camelot had just been defeated in his own head.

"I thought you never lost you're confidence." Arthur and Hunith whipped their heads around to see Merlin awake and eying them with wondering eyes.

"Arthur?" Arthur shook his head he been so lost in Merlin's lovely blue eyes.

"Hmm sorry I was just looking at you're eyes."

"What!" Merlin explained.

Leon and Owain sat on the floor of the dungeon's. They had to get out and warn Arthur and they had to do that fast. If they escaped now, took two very fast horses and galloped to the village they could get there before night fall and that was their only hope of warning Arthur and Merlin.

The door opened quietly. The two knight's looked up to see Percival and Edric.

"What are you two doing here?" Owain asked very confused as to why the other two were there.

"We were waiting for you two at the training ground and you didn't show up so we asked around the village ad heard that you to were down here. What happened?" Percival asked although he already had an idea on what the other two would say.

Owain and Leon stepped out of the cell and Percival shut the door locking it just as quietly as he'd opened it.

"Uther's on to Arthur's lie's." Percival and Edric looked shocked for a moment at Sir Leon's statement.

"What are you going to do go and find him?" Edric asked.

"Only Leon knows were he's gone. So if Leon goes alone we can cover for him, which should give him enough time to warn Arthur and get him to create a distraction for his father."

"Okay." Percival and Edric nodded as they spoke. The four knight's carefully left and helped Leon leave with out being spotted by anyone and watched as he galloped off out of their site.

"Now to face Uther." Owain said as he turned to face the other two knight's.

Percival nodded. "Let's just hope Leon reaches Arthur soon, before his father does."

Hunith smiled and left the two alone winking at Arthur as she left the room and the two boys alone.

Merlin noticed his mum wink at Arthur and also noticed Arthur acknowledge it, so he had to know. "What's going on?"

"Merlin it's not important."

"Arthur it is. What did you and my mum talk about while I was sleeping?" Merlin asked again.

"Merlin we didn't talk about anything really."

"Arthur I heard the end of the conversation and you said you were looking at my eyes. So tell me what is going on!"

Arthur sighed. There was no way out of this apart from telling Merlin the truth.

"Well Merlin you see I well I -"

At that moment some people ran in the door. Arthur relaxed for a minute now that he could tell Merlin another time.

He looked at the people. It was those four children again. However he then felt dread well up inside him and that terrible felling come back to his stomach as someone he knew all to well walked in the door.

Hunith came back in to the room and Merlin, with Arthur's help, sat up and looked at the person who had walked in with the four young children who all looked worried.

Arthur looked at the red cape that the man wore and then he knew everything he needed to know with out it having to be said. He tightened his grip on Merlin's left hand fearing that everyone would disappear if he let go. Merlin and the man locked eye contacted as Arthur opened his eyes and saw the piece of paper the knight held out to him.

He had a message for them and it wasn't a good one.

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