Chapter 6

AN: This is in Merlin's POV in parts so the words in itelics are his thoughts. Enjoy!

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Merlin hit the ground hard on his left side sending shooting pain down his arm and around his shoulder and knocking the breath right out of him. The black dots in his eyes faded as he lay there for a minute catching his breath. Rolling so that he was laying on his right shoulder he looked around to try and spot the sorcerer or Gwaine, what he saw chilled him to his bones. The sorcerer was magically holding Gwaine up in the air by his throat and his sword on the ground a few metres away; he could see that he was choking Gwaine by the way the knight was trying to fight an invisible force. Merlin could see that Gwaine was weakening from the lack of air; he had to do something now. Struggling into a kneeling position he raised his right hand and let out an instinctive burst of magic in the direction of sorcerer and Gwaine. It did the trick as the sorcerer was forced back and with the sorcerer's concentration disturbed Gwaine was released from his hold falling down in a heap, head facing Merlin's direction and his eyes closed.

Getting up from his kneeling position Merlin ran to check on Gwaine, seeing that he was still alive but unconscious he let out a relived sigh. Looking up to see that the sorcerer was getting back on his feet, Merlin followed suit standing protectively in front of the fallen Gwaine. He had a shield spell ready to protected both Gwaine and himself, the only thing would be that Gwaine would kind of notice a shimmering wall all around him but that didn't matter now because Gwaine was not conscious and wouldn't see his secret.

Pulling him from his thoughts the sorcerer said. "Well, well, well you chose to challenge me do you boy?"

"What do you want?" Merlin asked glaring at him.

"What do I want? Let's see, I want to see your family, your friends and the whole of Camelot dead and burning. I want to see your blood run in rivers. I want to see you suffer in pain and loss. I WANT TO SEE YOU DEAD, THAT'S WHAT I WANT!" The sorcerer finished his rant shouting but didn't finish advancing to Merlin until he was a few metres away from him.

"Ohhhh so the usual huh. I mean you don't know a thing about me or my family. I don't even know your name!" Merlin shot back.

"My name is Jace! I knew your father before you did. He destroyed my family and I want my revenge! Now that he's dead it will have to be you."

"You're lying he wouldn't harm anyone let alone a family."

"Your father was just like Uther Pendragon, he hunted me down when I used my magic to help my family, magic wasn't outlawed where we were yet he tried to prosecute me, just like the new King of Camelot, Arthur." Jace accused.

"Your wrong about Arthur, he's different then his father, he's changed. He pardoned the druids; as long as they do not harm others with or without magic then he doesn't go after them. There hasn't been any burning or hangings of magic folk since he's been King." Merlin defended.

"I wonder what he would do to his manservant once he knows the truth. You know the one that has the magic. Would he be lenient or would he try to kill him because you are no druid, only a sorcerer and a weak one at that. No he would burn you into ashes but that doesn't matter because I'm going to kill you first." Jace said taking a step closer to Merlin, stoping when he raised his right hand.

"No I'm not a druid, but I'm known by them. I go by another name, the name of Emrys and I am no weakling." Merlin said creating a golden glow of magic around himself as a show of power.

Stumbling backwards Jace was shaking his head in denial. "That's impossible! Emrys is a legend, your too young to be him, you're just a boy!"

"I may be young but you cannot defeat me, I am no mere sorcerer I'm a warlock and the last dragon lord." Merlin said proudly.

"It doesn't matter that you're a dragon lord, all your dragons are dead so they can't help you in any way." Jace laughed.

"I don't need a dragon to defeat you." Merlin said confidently stepping forward.

"We shall see wont we." Jace said.

Being prepared for an attack it only took a second for Merlin to throw up his shield around Gwaine and himself when Jace throw a fireball in his direction. It dissipated on contact with Merlins magic shield followed by another and another. After a minute of flying flaming fireballs hitting the shield it was still going strong and looked like it would never break. Merlin however was getting slightly annoyed by Jace and decided enough was enough. After the next fireball dissipated he made his move, throwing a fire ball of his own he muttered a spell to create a ball of lightning. Merlin threw the lightning ball with dangerous accuracy hitting Jace on the right side of his chest throwing him backwards a few metres landing on back painfully but he didn't move, faking being knocked out.

Merlin dropped his shield and moved closer to Jace to see if he was down for the count, he realized he wasn't when he was blown back past where Gwaine still lay. Black spots danced in his vision as his he hit the ground hard. He could feel a sharp pain in his right side, placing his hand down to check he felt a wetness sensation covering his fingers. Bringing his hand back up, he could see that it was covered with blood. It finally registered in his brain that it was in fact his blood on his hand and that he was bleeding from a wound on his chest. Looking down to inspect the damage he could see a big looking burn just right above his navel on his right side. The pain finally caught up to him and he groaned as he struggled to stand up. He finally managed to get one knee underneath him that would support his weight; from there he stood up looking for Jace, spotting him nearing where Gwaine was he rushed forward on unstable legs.

Neither Merlin nor Jace saw that Gwaine had twitched slightly like he was waking up; they were too preoccupied with each other. Merlin could have sworn that he felt a dragon presence close by, but that was impossible as Kilgharrah should have been far away looking after Aithusa and she was too little to fly all the way to Camelot. So who is the mystery dragon coming this way, was he or she friend or foe. Merlin didn't have long to ponder that particular thought as he stopped in front of Jace ready for the fight to continue. Seeing Jace muttering another spell Merlin threw up his shield to protect Gwaine and himself from whatever spell Jace was incanting.

Feeling something solid slam into his shield he looked to see if anything got through to harm Gwaine, but the knight was still laying down. Relief rushed through him seeing the knight was: one not harmed by Jace's spell and two he hadn't seen any of his magic acts. Throwing out a burst of instinctual magic he pushed Jace back but not far due to Jace's own shield. Damn it! Jace is stronger than I thought. I have to finish this soon; I'm losing too much blood. Everything is becoming blurry. I have to I stop him before he kills us or Gwaine wakes up and sees my magic. Merlin thought, sending another burst of magic to try and knock Jace of his feet. Succeeding in unbalancing Jace Merlin rushed forwards to pick up Gwaine's fallen sword while Jace stood up. Advancing towards the enemy sorcerer he levelled the sword at Jace's chest stoping him from coming any closer.

"This has got to stop. You cannot defeat me, go and I will let you live as long as you don't come anywhere near me, my family or Camelot ever again." Merlin said strongly.

"Not till I have my revenge against your family and if I die killing you, well that's just unfortunate but at least I will have my revenge." Jace said standing there with his hands hidden behind his back underneath his cloak fiddling with something.

"Look I'm sorry for whatever happened to your family but I wasn't alive and I'm sure that my father would not do anything to hurt anybody, let alone a family. I'm giving you another shot to just go, leave and never come back before you can't. What would your family think about you killing me?" Merlin said trying to reason with Jace.

"They don't think! Their dead as you will be." Jace shouted bringing his hands around to the front holding a small dagger in his right and a small vile full of purple liquid in the other. He rushed forwards muttering a spell to knock the sword out of Merlin hands. It landed close to where Gwaine was on the ground. With the sword out of the way Merlin had no physical way to block to dagger as it was aimed straight at his heart. He managed to dodge the dagger at the last second, but got a scratch on his arm as Jace came around for another shot. A loud growl sounded as a little white blur swooped towards Jace knocking the dagger out of his hand it came around for another attack but stopped up short when a sword was driven through Jace's chest, the tip showing on the other side.

Jace gasped as the sword was pulled out causing the blood to rush out of the wound and with all his remaining strength spelled a whirlwind to transport himself away to Olesia. As Jace disappeared Gwaine was left standing there with his bloody sword in his hands and a triumphant look on his face. Merlin just stood there swaying from the blood loss and shock, Aithusa landed in front of him facing Gwaine growling as the knight stood uneasy at seeing a real life dragon standing there growling and preventing him from going to his injured friend.

"Aithusa stop that, Gwaine's a friend. Gwaine she won't hurt you." Merlin said sighing heavily as his strength waned. How was he going to explain all of this? Merlin thought.

"Oh is that right Dragon Lord or is it Warlock?" Gwaine said still eyeing the dragon as she did the same.

"You heard that?" he said turning paler than was healthy, with the black spots getting larger every second.

"I heard everything Emrys." Gwaine said turning to look at Merlin.

Oh crap! Was Merlin's last thought as he collapsed in a heap on the ground.


An: I posted this alittle earlier then I said but hey its another chapter which I hoped that you enjoyed. See you next time.

Mushushy.