Hey guys. I know I havent updated in a while and I can give you a million and one excuses, most of them including an Artemis Fowl parody that isnt that funny but my little brother find hilarious, but I'm going to spare you the deatails of my sad busy little life.
Im really going to try and update this more regularly cause its almost done but I'm not going to make any promises. Reviews tend to encourage me to write much faster, but I'll beg you guys for feedback at the end.
Thank you so much to everyone who favorited/alerted and special thanks to all those who reviewed. I know this is going to sound super cheasy but its been you sporatic reviewers who reviewed 2 months after my last update who really influenced me to write again.
So without further ado I will let you all get to the story:
Disclaimer: I dont own Merlin
Merlin slowed his horse to a trot as he approached closer to where the Eradimus Flower was supposedly found. Like all other herbs, he knew the general area where the flower could be found, but it would take a methodical search of this part of the forest to find the flower.
Merlin dismounted his horse with a sigh, finding the flower in the dark would be difficult and time consuming, but the mental image of Arthur struggling to breathe had him dismounting his horse to begin the search.
After about twenty minutes of methodically checking the forest floor, Merlin grunted in frustration. Finding the flower in these conditions was impossible, yet for Arthur's, and to a lesser extent Uther's, sake he could not just give up. The only way to save Arthur, and Uther's, life would be to use magic.
He quickly scanned the immediate area and saw that he was alone. From experience Merlin knew that it was very easy for people to snoop in dark forests at night, but he was just going to have to risk it.
"Dod o hyd i hwn yn blodyn" Merlin whispered as his eyes flashed a brilliant shade of gold.
Suddenly a golden trail, that Merlin knew only appeared to himself, appeared in the forest floor. Merlin immediately sprinted down the trail deeper into the forest, trusting his magic to take him straight to the flower.
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"Is everything set?" a magnificent pair of ruby lips whispered into the dark night
"Yes My Lady," responded a heavily armed mercenary "All the men are in place. The manservant will be captured alive as you ordered."
"Good," smirked the sorceress as she watched the men settle down around the clearing where the Eradimus Flower grew "Let's find out once and for all Merlin's little secret."
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Merlin stopped running as he entered a clearing where the golden trail stopped. He stopped a moment to catch his breath before taking the final few steps to where the golden trail ended and a purple flower gleamed in the moonlight.
Merlin smiled as he recognized the flower from Gaius's book as the Eradimus Flower. He had done it! He had found the cure! Arthur would live!
As he bent down to pick the flower he heard a soft ruffling behind him and froze. He slowly turned around and saw three armed men walking slowly towards him from behind some trees.
He quickly turned around to find that six other men were coming at him from either side.
"Give it up Merlin," a familiar female voice called out "you're surrounded, there is nowhere for you to go."
Merlin felt his heart pounding in his chest as he recognized Morgana's voice and the adrenaline started pumping through his body. It wasn't fair! He had come so close to saving Arthur, he couldn't give up now!
Arthur need him to get that flower so Merlin did the only thing he could, he grabbed the flower and ran.
He heard Morgana shouting orders and the sound of multiple feet running through the forest behind him. His adrenaline would help him outrun the men chasing him for a little while but they were trained warriors and in much better shape than him. He would have to do something drastic if he was going to get out of this alive.
As he ran through the forest with the flower that would save Arthur's life clutched in his hand, he knew the only way he was going to survive was with magic, yet that was out of the question. With Morgana on his tail direct magic was too risky.
There was only one other option that his desperate oxygen deprived brain could think of. He looked deep inside himself and found that hidden power that was unique to him.
He tilted his head back as he ran and roared to the skies to call the great dragon.
Ok so you all probably all hate me right now because I made you wait all this time for an update and all you got was this short little cliffhanger thing, but please please please please please review!
the more reviews I get the less likely the chances that I'll leave you guys hanging for that long again! and I promise the next chapter will be a real chapter, not just a short little thing like this! so PLEASE REVIEW! 3
