A/N: This is a recycled chapter from my old BBC Merlin story Merlin's Apprentice.

One day she is taught by Merlin magic as he learns also the ways of magic. Concentrating on a small dagger Gaius gave her as basic training to learn to lift it up and throw it when an enemy attack.

"HELP!"

The two of them heard telepathic screams she looked at Merlin the end of lessons were called when she ran out with merlin following her grabbing her arm "are you nuts?

Looking at him she smiled "you know I'll follow you."

"Not this time, okay?" He pulled her gently and kissed her forehead friendly. "If I need you, I'll call you."

He left as Gwen saw it all, she watched him leave, walking towards her she spoke: "seems like he's taken a fond of you."

"Yeah, he's a good friend."

"You're going to follow him, anyway are you?" Gwen asked looking at her.

"No doubt about that." Melanie ran after Merlin.

Merlin was hiding behind a wall when he got scared seeing Melanie who didn't listen, but now was not the time he was dealing with a boy.

"Is-is that an innocent child?"

"Yes, badly hurt." He answered.

"He won't listen to me."

Melanie looked and saw the boy run to her as he clung onto her, she and merlin took his hands running into Gwen's and Morgana's room.

However, every guard showed up in the shadows.

"What now, Melanie." He looked around.

She was thinking of a way, this was her specialty when around Arthur her older brother.

"Now Melanie!" He shouted.

She didn't say anything but ran a different direction into Morgana's chambers.

"Melanie merlin what a surprise"

The two were heavy breathing as she held the druid boy with merlin with one arm "sorry, guards up our asses..."

"He's ill," Morgana said as Gwen took him to the screen so in case no one is caught when someone comes.

"I'll go get water," Melanie said but as she was about to get up the young boy shook his head, no not wanting her to leave.

"No-no don't leave me," He said weakly "I want you with me." His eyes barely stayed open.

"Alright, I'll go get water you three just... find something," Merlin said heading to get water.

Melanie was busy getting the sweat off his forehead, the bells tolled, someone has found out, she tried to get up but he grabbed her out of sleep.

"No, don't." He spoke weakly to her and this time not telepathic.

"I'll be back, I promise."

Melanie left quickly but heard the shriek cries of the boy and a glass in Morgana's chambers broken, merlin heard it from all the way up as the two bumped into another.

"Melanie I-I told you to stay put." He said looking at her.

"It's the druid boy, he spoke to me." She told him merlin looked at her stunned and ran quickly with her.

Letting her lead the way taking her hand as she held onto his first she came into the room still holding it. Gwen and Morgana noticed with smiles, she walked to the boy.

"See I'm here I came back."

Uther was outside as he made a speech about magic Morgana was pushed to the side by him as he only wanted Melanie.

"Oh sorry, here." She apologized greatly.

Lying by him sitting sideways she held him as he buried himself in her chest she wrapped both arms around him, all you can see were his small eyes half seen.

Back in the middle of the castle, Uther was sending the signal went to chop him off, he let his hand drop and as he did the young one grabbed on to Melanie and screamed no! Making another glass break, once it was over he was breathing heavily in tears.

"Okay, we need to get Gaius." She said.

"No, no way if we get Gaius involved he will have us on the chopping block," Merlin told her.

"We can't just let him die, merlin!" Melanie argued.

"Please." Morgana agreed.

Gaius's cottage

Merlin sat in the bed thinking what to do with him as Melanie paced around he watched his eyes every move as this was making him nervous already.

"Melanie... do you mind...?"

She ignored him and kept pacing as he stayed there but unwilling to see her pace nervously he got up grabbing her by the shoulders, she looked up and smiled weakly.

"Sorry, I- we have to get him treatment merlin." Melanie looked up saddened as she spoke to him.

"I think I can treat him."

"No, you definitely cannot," Melanie said right away.

"What? Sure, I can." Merlin replied offended a bit.

"No" She began laughing "you can't"

"Oh? I can't?" Merlin playfully said and began tickling her "I can't huh?"

"No-no!" She giggles backing away "Don't even."

He grabbed her playfully tickling her as she laughed trying to wiggle out of his grasp, Gaius came in stopping with a light smirk.

"Well, can't help but interrupt this love fest but what on earth are you two doing?"

Merlin and Melanie looked up then he let go of her as she fixed her gown since it was ruffled during the tickling.

"Nothing Gaius, just having a fun."

He just nods and smirks leaving them be as he only came to get something, merlin looked at her as she walked to get the spell books, merlin had something in his heart but would it be worth telling? They've been friends since he's got here.

"Merlin, you okay?" She walked back to him.

"I-I'm fine." He said lying but went quickly to look for a way was he falling in love with a princess? No, I can't Uther would never allow it.

Melanie looked at him when he turned away, was she falling for a Sorcerer someone like her... she thought someone who could be like her through all the cruel in the world but even he knew what she already did, Uther was in the way as the two spent hours working on something to cure the boy.

Out in the woods, a young girl was seen, she talked telepathically.

"Emrys!"

Merlin heard it and thought weird he went out to find the sound it was coming from, it sounded off again, Melanie followed along and noticed a young girl about the same as the boy they're holding in Morgana's chambers looking at them darkly.

The young boy heard her and spoke in his mind to her "No, get out of there!"