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Chapter 4
Merlin held onto the power that Morgause had summoned. He kept it away from Arthur. He had to. He would not be able to hang on to it much longer. Morgause was strong and possessed powerful magic. Merlin was fighting against her. It was evident that even she was finding it difficult to control the magic, to force it to move. The strain was evident in her face. It was the same with Merlin.
The magic was powerful, and it was growing. Both sorceress and warlock were summoning magic to move the fire ball, that the magic in the ball was building up, growing larger. The others moved away, as the wind picked up, blowing papers from the table around the room. It was so strong the furniture started moving. A window shattered somewhere behind Merlin. He couldn't take his focus of the magic to notice. The wind was circling them. Now the others were not just moving back, but being pushed back by the force of the gale.
His arm still outstretched to his left, he tried to move it. Holding the it there was not going to help.
He looked to Morgause, who was looking at him.
With a yell at the fire ball, he pushed the magic more than he had before, hurling the ball towards Morgause, the volume of magic causing him pain. At the same time, Morgause had used more magic to send one of the thug's daggers in Merlin's direction, and the dagger shone bright red. She then jumped out of the path of the fire ball at the last second, missing it by inches.
She landed on her side, and looked to Merlin with a look of both anger and fear.
The wind picked up as it had before, and Morgause vanished within it.
Merlin gave a gasp of relief, but discovered he was too exhausted. Blood was trickling from his nose. He collapsed forwards onto his knees, and had to use his hands to stop himself from falling over entirely. The blood dripped down onto the floor, and Merlin closed his eyes and breathed, trying to get his breath back. He felt like there was some sort of immense pressure on his chest, limiting his ability to breath.
"Magic…" he heard Uther whisper.
Somewhere behind him, he heard everyone get up of the floor - where the wind had pushed them to.
Merlin tried to stand, using the table to help him pull himself up.
He wiped away the blood with the back of his hand, and swallowed as he looked up to Arthur. He felt like he was about to collapse again, but he had to stay standing. Then he saw Arthur's eyes drop, but it wasn't out of anger, disappointment, or hate. It was shock. But not the kind of shock Merlin would have expected.
As Merlin followed Arthur's gaze, Merlin saw the dagger - which was sticking in his side.
Merlin's hand automatically reached for the dagger, but he didn't have enough strength to pull it out, nor did he want to feel the pain of doing so. The dagger's blade was still shining red, but was dimming down, the red of his blood replacing it in stead. Uther didn't care. He gave the order to arrest Merlin.
Arthur looked from Merlin to his father, unsure of what to do. He looked back to Merlin as he heard a gasp escape his lips. Merlin started breathing heavily, and the guards stopped where they were, unsure of what to do. They heard Uther gave a command to arrest him again, but didn't move. They were afraid.
That's when Merlin started to vanish. The same way Morgause had, Merlin disappeared from the room.
He felt his magic working by itself, he wasn't even commanding it to take him away. He felt his feet lift off the ground, and saw everything around him go out of focus. When his vision returned to normal, he didn't know where he was.
It was dark, and all he could see where the trees in front of him. There may have been a cave somewhere off to his right.
But he didn't get to look any further.
As soon as his feet hit the floor, he collapsed, falling into unconsciousness.
Damn, I can't stop with cliffhangers! I love them! I know how annoying it is though. Once I read a story and got to a cliffhanger where I just wanted to tear my hair out because I wanted to read the rest of it that very moment - it was an A-MA-ZING story! Thanks for reading! Hope this chapter wasn't too short for you. Promise the next one will be longer :D
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