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I don't own Merlin. And the spells used in the story are from Merlin so I don't own then either. In other word I own nothing.

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Still seventeen years' old

In Camelot:

"Father!" Arthur said as he entered the throne room in the morning. "Morgana is missing and so is her maidservant." Uther stood up. For the plan to work he had to act like he did not know what had happened with the two of them. "Ask everyone in the castle if they have seen Morgana and send some guards out searching for her" the prince nodded and left the room.

As Arthur and a group of knights asked around a guard told them "I saw Morgana, her maid servant and some guards for a late night walk but they never came back." After that Arthur and his knights started searching for the group that went out. Later in the afternoon Arthur and his group found Morgana, Gwen and their supposed guards dead on the ground. The seemed to have been fighting something before they died.

That night Arthur sat in silence eating dinner with his father. He had grown up with Morgana and she was like a sister to him. Always teasing him about how she was better at fighting with a sword. That was when he started training more seriously with Merlin. That he made it so that he got a lot better. Morgana was the only one who had know he was meeting a friend o train with before his father found out. She had even helped him sneak out more than once. How could she have died like that? Was it Balinor's men? They had often been spotted at that location where he had found Morgana's group.

In Elador:

"Maybe I should contact Arthur to let him know that I will come visit him soon" Merlin mumbled to himself "However, magic is still banned in Camelot so it would be difficult for one of our people to even get near the castle" He had been thinking about how to get in touch with his old friend since he had gotten back from the druids. As he kept pacing he got an idea. "I could enchant a letter to fly to him" He said and went to get some paper.

Hello Arthur it's Merlin

It has been a long time since I saw you last but I have good news my friend.

I have undergone training to become better at magic. I hope that you have not forgotten me.

I would like to meet you again the same place we used to play when we were kids. I hope that we can change the way both of our people look at each other. Let us meet a week from now.

Your old friend

Merlin

His eyes then glowed golden and the letter flew out the window.

Some days later in Camelot:

Arthur had still not come to terms with Morganas death and he did not know what to do. Why had she been so close to Balinor's land? Who was it that had killed her? He had twisted and turned everything in his head time and time again to make sense of it. The young prince had caught him self hoping that it had not been Balinor's people that killed Morgana. Maybe it was because he still hoped that Merlin and him one day could meet again like the old days.

In the throne room:

"Sire, I have caught a flying piece of paper" A guard said as he entered. "Give it to me" Uther said without moving from his chair. He had been dealing with the finances for a while now and needed something else to do. The guard handed him the paper and bowed before leaving.

Uther started reading. What he read enraged him. There was no way his son would meet the sorcerer from his childhood. The king decided to burn the letter. Then there would be no way his son would meet with that boy. Instead he chose to send a group of nights to meet with the sorcerer and hopefully kill him. Taking the poisonous idea of magic not being evil out of his foolish sons head. He need an heir that could continue his hunt for all things magic.

"Guard, call sir Radnor. I need to talk to him" Uther said and the guard left. Soon sir Radnor arrived at the throne room where he kneeled before the king. "You sent for me Sire" he said looking up at the king. Uther sat in his throne looking at the knight before he raised. "The sorcerer my son was found with a couple of years ago sent him a letter and asked him to meet. I want you to take a group of knights out to the meeting place and kill the sorcerer. The meeting will take place where sir Leon found my son with the sorcerer. You can ask sir Leon for directions" Uther commanded the knight. He bowed and left the king.

Arthur hid behind a pillar when sir Radnor left the throne room. He had heard everything his father had said. Merlin wanted to meet. The only thing he did not know was when the meeting would take place so he needed to take a look at the letter Merlin had sent.

Later when his father left the throne room Arthur went inside to find the letter but it was nowhere to be seen. His father must have gotten rid of the letter to make sure Arthur did not get his hands on it. As Arthur thought about what to do he took a deep breath. The only thing he could think about was keeping a close eye on sir Radnor for the time being and follow after him when he rode out to kill Merlin. Cause there was no way he was going to let his friend get killed by his own knights.

Two days went by without sir Radnor doing anything that could point at him going soon but then when Arthur was training with sir Leon one afternoon Arthur noticed that there were fewer knights on the training ground than usual. It suddenly hit him that that they must have left the city. Arthur gave it a little more and defeated sir eon before storming off to catch up to the other knights.

An hour before the meeting:

Merlin sat down and waited for Arthur to show up. He did not even know if the letter ha reached his friend but he hoped. He desperately hoped that the boy how had been his best friend for a long time was still the same and even he was not then just not like his father.

Suddenly he noticed that all the animals had gone silent. Something was not right. He stood up and noticed that there were a group of Camelot knights surrounding him and Arthur was nowhere to be seen. A sad smile crept up on Merlin's face. If that was how Camelot wanted to play he was ready.

The knights seemed to have noticed that Merlin had spotted them so they attacked but they were no match for Merlin. He stood in the middle of the knights not even wielding a sword but he was Emerys the most powerful warlock to ever walk the Earth so a group of knights with sharp stick was no problem for him.

The first swung his sword at Merlin but quickly dropped it. The sword was burning hot. Then it started levitating and before the knight could be surprised it was in his stomach. The next knight had the idea that he could sneak up on Merlin but was crushed under a falling branch.

Merlin picked up the sword. It was not like he needed it but it would be nice to have if it got to that. Out of the corner of his eyes he saw two knights sneaking up on him attacking at the same time. Merlin held up his hands and the knights where caught in the air. The sword he had picked up fell to the ground and the same did the swords of the knights. They desperately tried to get free from the force that was choking them but to no use. Their bodies fell to the ground and Merlin looked at the remaining five knights. Fear was clearly in their eyes but they did not run.

Merlin turned to them and said "Flíeh fǽgð" And the sword by his side flew towards them killing them one by one. When the last knight was dead he turned around about to leave and there Arthur stood. Fear was clear in his blue eyes. "Arthur.." Merlin said moving towards the prince. But as he moved forward the prince moved backwards. "Arthur I can explain" he said but the prince did not seem to hear him. "My father was right" Merlin heard the prince say.


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