Arthur lead the way down the stairs followed by Percival, Elyan, Leon, Gwaine and Merlin who was at the back. They raced done the stairs at top speed when they heard Merlin shout "Wait!" They quickly came to a stop struggling to keep their balance as they bumped into one another.

"What is it Merlin mate." Gwaine said

"Erm...I was just wondering if maybe you know I could...help."

"Merlin if your trying to ask permission to use your magic then it's a yes. Now let's go." Arthur said

"Really."

"Yes, now lets go." With Arthur's final statement they keep running to the fight. The numbers had gone down quite a bit, many red armoured men were lying on the cobblestone courtyard. Leon realised that most of the Camelot knights weren't down here, he quickly scanned the area. He sighed in defeat but then the noticed most of them were on the second story with crossbows.

"Clever." He whispered to himself.

The group sprinted towards the enemy with their swords held high. As they were running Merlin chanted a spell which put a blue shield around them as well as himself. The enemy were confused by this and faltered which opened up enough time for the Camelot knights to kill a few. The members of Morgana's army were quickly fighting with more anger.

The sound of metal hitting metal rang through the air. Merlin realised that he needed to do something to make the swords be able to go through the enemies shields. He muttered a few words not many people could understand and everyone's, including the men up on the second story, weapons glowed a bright gold. The bows shot their arrows which when into the enemies body with a 'pop' noise.

Within half an hour most of the enemy soldiers had died but the enemy sorcerers were surrounding Merlin and shooting various spells. The bow men tried to shot them down but the sorcerers waved them away with a wave of their hand. The grounded knights had gotten behind a couple of them and killed them.

The fight continued into the night, Percival had to go back inside to get his now bleeding shoulder fixed up. As I was getting dark it became increasingly hard to see until the most amazing thing happened. A giant blue orb like the one in the cave when Arthur went to get the antidote for Merlin but bigger in fact it was huge. It lit up the whole courtyard and surrounding houses.

They continued to fight as hard as possible but then the blue orb started to fade. Arthur tried to spot Merlin but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Merlin!" Arthur yelled. As Arthur yelled the blue orb shone brighter than before and rays of blue shot to the ground killing all of the enemies. The Camelot knights, the king and Merlin stood proudly and gave a sigh of relief. Gwaine who was the closest to Merlin hugged him tightly as the others ran towards the pair and joined in the hug. The broke up the hug and walked back inside with their arms on each others shoulders.

They walked back through the corridors not speaking a word to one another. Once they arrived at the king's chambers they sat down and were greeted by Gwen who was frantically checking everyone over for injuries and asking if they were okay. Everyone replied with a tired yes while Gaius chuckled in the background taking a sip from his cup.

"Thank you Merlin." Elyan said

"Your welcome."

"Hey!" Gwaine shouted excitedly.

"What now Gwaine." Arthur sighed

"It's sir Gwaine." Gwaine said smugly

"We still haven't had Christmas!"

"Oh yeah." Everyone but Merlin said.

"Gwaine I think your a bit confused Christmas was just over a month ago." Merlin said confusedly. Percival walked into the room and clapped his hands once and said "Well then let's go."

Gwaine and Gwen pulled Merlin along with them as they all ran down to the banquet hall. Elyan pushed open the double doors to see a Christmas tree and the round table full of food and wine. Everyone was gaping like a fish except Percival who looked proudly at his friends.

"So do you like it." Percival said causally

"Yeah." Everyone breathed. Gwaine pushed past everyone and sat down and called them all over to have a seat. Merlin sat next to Gwaine and Arthur who sat next to Gwen. Gwen was seated next to Leon and Leon sat next to Elyan who sat next to Percival who sat next to Gwaine.

They ate the perfectly cooked meats which ranged from fish to deer to sparrows and the huge range of roasted vegetables and fruit. After an hour of eating and drinking they all went over to the Christmas tree which had eight presents neatly wrapped and labeled Merlin in different hand writing.

Gwen passed her present to Merlin who stared at it then took it and placed it in his lap. "I can't take this Gwen."

"Yes you can. Come on open it." Gwen persisted. Merlin carefully in wrapped the present to find a silver necklace with seven different coloured letters attached to it. A ruby in the shape of an 'A' for Arthur, an amethyst 'G' for Gwen, a citrine 'E' for Elyan, a sapphire 'P' for Percival, a jade 'L' for Leon, a oxblood coral 'G' for Gwaine and in the middle the biggest letter, a 'M' cut from all of the crystals of the other letters.

"Thank you Gwen." Merlin said as he put it over his head. What made it good is that it was a manly necklace. 'Yes now Arthur can't tease me.' Merlin thought.

Arthur grabbed his present, the biggest one there and put it in front of Merlin. Merlin opened it with care and inside was blue chain mail, golden armour, a scabbard with rubies running down the side and finally a blue sword with a dragon ingrained on the hilt.

"Wow. Thank you Arthur."

"Your welcome. Here let me help you put it on." Arthur replied as he got up from the floor and stood next to Merlin. He picked up the blue chain mail and put it on to Merlin then he buckled up the golden armour and then tied the scabbard to his hips while Merlin sheathed the sword and sat down again. Merlin pulled the necklace Gwen had given him so that it lay on top of the armour.

Gwaine reached under the Christmas tree and pulled out the smallest gift and passed it to Merlin. Merlin in wrapped the gift and a key with intricate designs of dragons and leaves. Merlin studied the key and asked "What does it unlock?"

"We'll it unlocks two things. The door to your new chambers and the cupboard in your room which holds magic books."

"I get new chambers."

"Yep and magic books."

"Whoa."

Leon grabbed his present and passed it to Merlin. It was a cylinder shaped box. Merlin ripped open the wrapper to see a scroll. He unravelled it to his name on the seal of nobility.

"You did this for me, thanks."

"Your welcome, now you can use that sword and we can teach you. Also you may become the royal adviser and court Warlock."

"Really."

"Yep."

Elyan pushed his present in front of Merlin who took it into his lap. He put his finger under the paper and slid it along so that it ripped the glue and opened the package. Inside was a crown?

"Umm Elyan last time I checked I wasn't a king or prince." Merlin said unsurely

"Well Merlin I found out from the Druids that you are their king and this..." Eylan's said as he pointed to the crown. "Is a Druid crown."

"Really." Merlin said in a your joking voice. "I'm not lying Merlin. Come one try it on." That's what Merlin did he place the crown on his raven locks and looked at everyone who was gaping at him.

"What?" Merlin said

"You look like a king." Gwen said.

"Ptttfff."

"No really you do Merlin." Percival said joining the conversation.

After a moment silence Percival pushed his present in front of Merlin which was only slightly smaller than Arthur's. Merlin opened the red paper package to find a light blue cloak with a gold trim, a black leather saddle, a saddle blanket with the Camelot emblem on it, black leather bridle and a note in his loopy writing saying

Dear Merlin, The black stallion you took with you when you ran away is now yours to keep. From Percival

"Thank you Percival." Merlin said gratefully. He picked up the brand new cloak, swung in around this body and tied it up at his neck. He looked up from his cloak and faced everyone.

"Thank you. I mean it. I'm really glad I could celebrate Christmas with my friends. I'm sorry I don't have anything for you."

"It's fine" Everyone chorused.

"Hey Gaius where's your Christmas present for Merlin." Gwaine asked Gauis

"I don't celebrate Christmas Gwaine." Gaius answered.

"Well it's been a long day we best go to bed." Arthur said. Everyone got up and walked towards the door when it swung open to reveal ten Druids standing at the door.

"Thank you Emrys, you freed us all." One said and then they all left with a flash.

"Your welcome." Merlin whispered to where they were. They continued walking like nothing had happened. The knights and Gaius went separate ways when they reach the East corridor leaving Merlin, Arthur and Gwen walking to the rulers chamber. Arthur stopped at the door before his chambers causing Merlin to run into him.

"Hey!" Merlin said

"These are your new chambers." Arthur said pointing to the door.

"Oh." Merlin said. He pulled out the key that Gwaine had given to him out of his pocket and put it in the locks. He twisted the key and was greeted by a clean room smelling like roses. Arthur and Gwen followed him in. Merlin put his new seal of nobility and his key on the table while Gwen put the bridal on the table next to it. Arthur walked across the other side of the room and put the saddle and saddle blanket on a chair. Then walked back to Merlin and went to help Gwen get Merlin's new clothes off. Merlin tried to help but kept getting smacked on the hand by either one of them.

Once he was stripped to his shirt, pants and the necklace Gwen had given him he said goodbye to Arthur and Gwen and went straight to bed.

Merlin woke from a strong hands shaking his shoulders. He rubbed his eyes to see Leon standing over him.

"Morning Leon."

"Morning Merlin. Arthur wants to see you in the council chambers."

"Great." Merlin moaned as he sat up in his four poster bed. He went to his cupboard and got out his red neckerchief, blue shirt and black trousers.

"Ummm Merlin." Leon said

"Yeah."

"He wants you in your chain mail and armour."

"Oh with my cloak, sword and crown."

"Just the cloak and sword." Leon replied. Leon quickly helped him dress as Merlin still hadn't quite figured out how to get it on himself.

They briskly walked to the council chambers and opened the doors. The knights and councillors stood in rows with an aisle down the middle for Merlin to walk down. Merlin nervously walked down the lane and kneeled at Arthur's feet expecting to need to be there. Merlin looked up at Arthur to see if he was doing the right thing cause he had no idea what this was all about. Thankfully he received a nod from him.

"Do you swear to advise me to the best of your abilities?"

"I do."

"Will you take this ring to show your pledge?"

"I will." Merlin replied. Merlin stood and Gwen slipped the sliver ring with a wavy pattern on to his middle finger on his left hand. He turned around and the crowd cheered with a few whoops from the round table knights.

The round table knights came up to the alter and stood next to Gwen, Arthur and Merlin rising their swords with Arthur and Merlin.

This was the day magic was restored to the land, Albion was united and destiny had run its course.

The end

Thank you everyone who reviewed, favourited and followed Christmas magic. Please review for the final time and please read my other story (drabble series) and review that one as well, thanks. If anyone had any ideas for the goop gang series they would be greatly appreciated. Thanks