Merlin was strolling down the corridor when he heard something. Pausing, Merlin continued to walk towards his destination. "I hate you Merlin" a voice came out of the darkness. Merlin spun on his heel to the direction of the voice. "You have magic. You should be killed. Why should I spare your life?"
Merlin suddenly found himself in a corner of the cold stone walls. Uther was right in front of him, sword at the hand pointing at Merlin's throat. A small drop of blood was drawn at the tip of the shiny metal sword. A shiver went down his spine.
"Please father -"
"Silence sorcerer! You do not call me your father! You are not worthy of life in the living world! You shall die before the law that I set in Camelot!" Uther spat as he was readying for the finishing blow. Arthur suddenly appeared out of thin air and tackled his father from behind.
"Run, Merlin, run!" Arthur yelled at the top of his voice, clanging noises surrounding the area. Just then Uther disarmed Arthur and was ready to kill him through instantly.
"You have committed treason by harboring a sorcerer under Camelot's walls. I sentence you to death!" Uther all but yelled.
"Arthur! No!" Before he knew what was happening, Merlin jumped in front of Arthur. Merlin felt white pain. Gasping for breath, Merlin looked down at his chest and saw the sword that Uther held had run him through. Collapsing, Merlin clutched his chest and tumbled to the floor. The last thing he saw was Uther's face smiling down upon him, anger in his eyes. His vision turned into darkness.
"…lin…erlin…Merlin!" Merlin suddenly woke up panting, sweat covering his face. Merlin was silently screaming as all the candles simultaneously lit up. Merlin felt himself being shaken about several times. Silently groaning, Merlin turned around. Abruptly, he found himself face to face with Arthur.
'What the hell!' Merlin mouthed, jumping back falling off his bed. Gingerly he got up and turned towards Arthur. 'What are you doing?'
"Oh thank god Merlin! What happened? Did you have another vision again? Or was it just a dream?" Arthur babbled on. Merlin slowly put his hands over his ears and slumped back onto the bed again. Arthur having got the message sat down on one of the chairs in the chamber.
"Sorry, it's just that I've never seen you react so badly to a dream or a vision before." Arthur gave a non-convincing smile. After a few minutes of recovering, Merlin turned back around to look at Arthur. Frowning and pursing his lips, Merlin mouthed to Arthur. 'What are you doing here?'
Stunned by seeing the quizzical look on his brother's face Arthur paused. "Well, you see your servant William apparently came into the room to tidy up while you were sleeping. And, um, he saw you tossing and turning, so he thought it was another nightmare and came to tell me. He went to my chambers but of course at that time I wasn't there I was busy training the knights, so he went to tell the nearest servant that past him which turned out to be Gwenevere. Then she came and told my servant Turner, who told me disrupting the training and here we are…" Arthur smirked. 'Oh' was the only answer Merlin could think of.
Sighing he got out of bed and went to his wardrobe. Finding something suitable to wear, a blue shirt and a pair of simple brown trousers, Merlin gestured for Arthur to come over to his desk. He then went over to his shelf and got his magic book out. Holding his arm over the book, Merlin's eyes turned gold and the book started turning the pages all by itself. Standing behind Merlin, Arthur wide-eyed gripped the chair nearest to him.
"Merlin what are you looking for?" Arthur approached closely. Pointing, Merlin scanned the book in front of him. Silently muttering to himself, Merlin stilled then quickly grabbed a sheet of paper and a quill, scribbling a message down. Looking for a cure for the loss of voice. Before Arthur had a chance to reply, both were interrupted by the sound of the door knocking many times.
"Come in." Arthur called. Timidly, a servant, probably new Arthur thought slipped in between the door.
"Sires? The king requests your presence at the Courtyard at once. King Gedrick and the members of his court have arrived tonight."
"Thank you, you may leave." Standing stock still, the servant froze on the spot.
"Well what are you waiting for? Leave!" Arthur shooed the servant away. Quickly gathering his composure, the servant speeded out the door and into the hallway. Smiling at his success, Arthur turned around only to be met by his brother's look of disapproval.
"What? He was just lingering there. It was getting on my nerves." Sighing Merlin approached his cupboard and got out his coronet.
"Right, well I'll meet you in the Courtyard. I need to have a bath. I feel all sweaty and grimy." Upon hearing the door close, Merlin used his magic to glide the book back to its place on the shelf. So much for trying to find time to look for the cure.
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