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Arthur turned to Leon. "I'm going to go and check on Merlin. Camelot is safe for now."

"How do you know?"

"The dragon told me."

"How? I didn't hear anything."

"I heard him speak to me with his mind."

"But I thought that only dragonlords can talk to dragons."

"Only dragonlords can. I don't know what he did, that's why I yelled in pain. He did something so we could talk to each other using our minds. But dragonlor-" Arthur stopped when he realised something.

"Arthur? What's wrong?"

"Merlin. He's a dragonlord. He has to be. When we carried him down to the caves and Gaius said he was speaking to someone, the dragon just told me it was him who Merlin was speaking to. Merlin was asking for his help."

Leon raised his eyebrows. "Merlin's a dragonlord?"

"Yeah." Arthur growled in frustration. "Why didn't he just say? Then we wouldn't have to go on that hunt to find that Balinor bloke?"

"I don't know Arthur. What else did the dragon say?"

"He wants to meet me just east of the castle as soon as I can get away. There he will explain everything and answer all my questions."

"Well what are you waiting for? I'll sort things out here and check on Merlin. And cover for you if your father starts to ask of you whereabouts."

Arthur clapped him on the shoulder. "Thanks Leon. You're a true friend."

Leon smiled. "You're welcome. Now get going."

Morgause stood looking into her crystal that showed her anything that she wished to see. In the crystal she saw Merlin being tendered to by Morgana. "Morgana you traitor you. And Merlin, you look as though you are slowly getting better but I'll soon change that. Your pathetic prince won't find me. They will never find me here. I am a lot closer to you all than you think."

Morgause waved her hand over the crystal and the image changed from Merlin and Morgana to Arthur who was riding out of the castle gates, urging his horse to go faster. "Soon Arthur Pendragon. Soon."

Arthur reached the woods just east of the castle and saw the dragon on the ground waiting patiently. Arthur got off his horse and walked up to him.

"What do I call you?"

"You can call me Kilgharrah Prince Arthur."

"Just Arthur."

"Alright. Arthur. I told you to meet me here so I can explain and answer any questions you have. Do you have any?"

"Yes. What exactly did Merlin tell you a couple of days ago when he asked for help?"

"He told all that happened during your hunting trip and asked for my help to protect Camelot and to find the witch Morgause."

"How could he tell you all that? Merlin is very weak at the moment."

"Yes he is. What you heard him say was just calling out to me. I heard him and took off for Camelot straight away. On my way here I've been talking to him the same way I'm talking to you now."

"Is that the only way that you and Merlin can Communicate?"

"No. we can talk to each other like you and he do."

"Is Merlin a dragonlord?"

"Yes. A few months ago when you, Merlin and your knights rode out to meet me to attack. You pierced me with that weapon. Whilst I was flailing about in pain I knocked you out cold. Whilst out cold, Merlin went to kill me but spared my life and told me to leave saying if I ever attack Camelot again, he will kill me. That night he showed me mercy and told me to show it others. When I heard Merlin calling I wasted no time in coming to help."

"Then when I woke up and saw you gone Merlin told me that I dealt you a mortal blow."

"I'm guessing he told you that because you still didn't know about his magic."

"No. I found out a couple of weeks later. I still don't understand why he didn't tell me he was a dragonlord though. If he did then we wouldn't have had to go and find that Balinor bloke."

"Balinor?" the dragon asked.

"Yeah. All the dragonlords died except him. Gaius told us about him and where to find him, so me and Merlin went to find him. Do you know him?"

"Oh Merlin I'm sorry." the dragon sighed. "Yes I knew him."

"Why did you just say sorry to Merlin before answering my question?"

"I never thought about it when he commanded me to obey him in the forest that night. Did you both find Balinor?"

"Yes. At first he didn't want to come back and help us but something Merlin said changed his mind."

"I bet it did."

"He died before we reached Camelot."

"How did he die?"

"Cenreds men. Merlin told me that one of them came at him with a sword and Balinor moved in front of him. The sword plunged into his stomach."

"Where was Merlin when he died?"

"Next to him. Balinor died in Merlin's arms."

The dragon bowed his head. "Oh Merlin."

"Kilgharrah. I don't understand."

"Then I shall explain. When you and Merlin left in search for Balinor, Merlin wasn't a dragonlord."

"Well he must of been because he made you leave."

"No Arthur. No-one can become a dragonlord. It's not something you learn. It is something that is past from father to son. The son has the power to talk to dragons, but he cannot make them obey him until his father dies. The son only becomes a true dragonlord when his father dies."

Arthur frowned as he started to think. "Hang on a minute. If what you just said was true. Merlin wasn't a dragonlord when we left to find Balinor, who was the only dragonlord left, but when we came back Merlin was a dragonlord?"

"Yes."

"Balinor was Merlin's father?"

"Yes Arthur."

Kilgharrah watched as Arthur growled in frustration and drew his sword before slamming it furiously into the ground. "Why didn't he tell me?"

"That is something you are to ask him yourself."

"I will. Will you help us?"

"I will. But first things first. When night falls over Camelot I will come and heal Merlin. He needs to be back on his feet."

"You know where he is?"

"Yes. He told me."

"How are you going to get in the cave to see him?"

"The same way I got out. Until tonight Arthur."

Arthur stood and watched as the dragon flew away.

Morgause looked in to her crystal in frustration as Arthur picked his sword up. "Stupid crystal, letting me see but not hear. What are you planning Pendragon?" Morgause waved her hand over the crystal and saw Merlin sleeping. She saw Morgana feel his pulse and smile and look up to tell her maid something who smiled back at Morgana. "He must be getting stronger. I'll soon fix that."

Morgause muttered something and smiled when she looked at Merlin through the crystal to see him arch his back. Even though she couldn't hear him, she saw that he was screaming in pain as Morgana and her maid tried to calm him down.

Morgause cleared the crystal and looked at the ceiling of the cave. "We can't have you getting better Merlin."

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