"But you said he had 4 days!" Gabby shouted looking shocked
"Some things can speed up the potions affect" Gaius replied trying to stay calm
"Like what?" Gabby asked
"Magic"
"But King Bayard doesn't have magic" Gwen said looking confused
"I know" Gaius said thinking, "it can't have been, she wouldn't dare come here, unless…"
"Unless what?" Gabby asked
"What happened to the servant girl?" Gaius said
"What servant girl?" Gwen asked
"The one who went somewhere with Merlin before he ran in" Gaius said
"She had dark hair, very beautiful" Gwen said
"Find her!" Gaius said "Quickly"
Gwen ran out of the room and Gaius sat next to Gabby who was silently crying, even though she will deny it later.
Gwen looked in all of the cells but the girl wasn't there, so she ran back to Gaius as fast as she could.
"She isn't there is she?" Gaius asked
"No and no one has seen her since the feast"
"Who is she?" Gabby asked?
"Not who she claims to be" Gaius said
"But you know don't you?" Gwen asked
"Cara, but that's not her name, well not her real name anyway?"
"But who is she?" Gabby asked
"A powerful sorceress"
"Maybe we could tell Uther, he could send riders out after her" Gabby suggested
"No, she will be long gone" Gaius said with a sigh "Its impossible to know were though… oh no!"
"What?" Gabby said with wide eyes
"She will know the only place were the flower grows! It will be a trap for Arthur"
"Arthur, Arthur" Merlin mumbled "it's a trap, it's a trap"
"He's getting worse isn't he" Gwen said behind her tears
"Yes, the poison is setting in, his fever is getting worse" Gaius said
Merlin started mumbling words again, Gaius looked around the room, Gabby had fallen asleep at Merlin's feet he just needed to get rid of Gwen for a little bit in case the mumbling became spells
"Gwen will you get me some more wolfs bane?"
"Sure" Gwen said getting up and leaving
"Come on Merlin, you must fight it" Gaius said patting Merlin's forehead with a damp towel
"Arthur" Merlin said "Its to dark!, its to dark!" then he started to say something and a glow came from under the sheets, Gaius lifted the sheets up and there resting on Merlin's hand was a big blue orb, Gaius looked shocked and quickly looked a Gabby 'I'm glad she's a heavy sleeper
"Follow the light!" Merlin shouted "no leave them Arthur! Follow the light! Hurry, Climb faster!"
Merlin then stopped shouting and his light went out.
The next day, Merlin was hardly breathing, Gabby was shocked she just stared at Merlin, Gwen walked in
"Arthur is back, but he is under arrest" Gwen said
"Merlin hasn't got much time, has Arthur got the flower?" Gaius asked
"I don't know, Uther won't allow anyone to see him, is there nothing we can do?"
"Only the flower can save him" Gaius said
"I can sneak into the dungeon" Gwen suggested
"That would be dangerous" Gaius said
"Or I could" Gabby said
"What?" Gaius said
"They can't stop me going to see my cousin can they?" Gabby said
"Well… no" Gaius said
"Well I'll go" Gabby said she turned to look at Merlin and said "Don't die while I'm gone"
Gabby walked into the dungeon, when a guard stopped her
"Sorry my lady, Uther won't allow anyone to see him"
"What will Uther do when he finds out that you won't let his ward see her cousin, the last guard who stopped me doing what I wanted, well… I'd rather not say but it was horrible" Gabby said with a smile on her face, she was lying but the guard didn't need to know that. The guard looked horrified and let her pass "Thank you" Gabby said with a grin and ran to Arthur's cell. She hugged Arthur but she whispered in his ear
"Did you get it?"
"Yes" Arthur replied. As they separated there hands brushed against each other, Gabby smiled and left the dungeon, she ran back to Gaius's chamber and passed the flower to Gaius. Gaius mixed the flower with the other mixture then stopped
"What?" Gwen asked
"What if it needs magic to make?"
"We can't, even we could it's against the law!" Gwen said
"Gwen" Gabby said "Could you get us some more water please"
"Sure" Gwen nodded leaving the room, Gabby looked at Gaius
"Gaius, I know you used magic 20 years ago, please try now, I promise I wont tell, just please" Gabby begged, Gaius nodded and started to say a spell then stopped, he caught Gabby's pleading eyes and started again
"Sythan arrest wearth feasceaft funden. Denum æfter dome. Dreamleas gebad he gewinnes longsum" The potion started to bubble, Gwen came back in as they started giving the potion to Merlin, Merlin stopped breathing, Gaius checked his pulse and then listened to his chest.
"He's dead" Gaius said, Gabby breathed in and her eyes started to water, she stood up and looked away biting her lip
"I should of looked after him better" she herd Gaius say, Gabby turned around and saw Gwen and Gaius hugging, but then she saw Merlin's body in the corned of her eye and quickly faced away again. She was about to leave when she herd a voice like Merlin's say
"That's disgusting! Your old enough to be her grandfather" Gabby turned around with a huge grin, He was alive! She was about to hug him when Gwen grabbed Merlin's face and kissed him on the lips, Gabby was shocked, she left, but Gwen and Merlin were to engrossed with the kiss to notice,
"Sorry, I thought you were dead" Gwen said after they stopped
"Er…" Merlin said
Gaius wanting to change the subject asked "Were did Gabby go?"
"Gabby?" Merlin asked
"Yes she's never left your side the whole time, well she did once but that was to sneak into the dudgeon to get the antidote from Arthur"
Merlin looked shocked,
"Do you think she left because she thought Merlin was dead?" Gwen said
"If she did, she doesn't know he is alive!" Gaius said. Gwen ran after her and grabbed her arm
"My lady! Merlin is alive" Gwen shouted grabbing her wrist pulling her back, Gabby turned around and slapped her across the face
"I know! I'm not thick, and don't touch me again, you have no right or authority to do so!" Gabby said.
Gabby ran all the way to the dudgeon past the guards and the guard who was at the bars saw her coming and opened the gate, she ran into Arthur's arms and just cried, after 10 minuets she stopped crying and Arthur asked
"Is he dead?" Gabby shook her head 'then why are you crying?' Arthur thought.
Arthur was released from prison, and Merlin went back to his serving job, Gwen, although she had no right wanted to slap Gabby in revenge, but she wasn't allowed, so she didn't, Gabby decided she didn't care if Merlin and Gwen were in a relationship, as long as they were happy…. But slapping did Gwen feel good.
AN:Please don't hate Gabby, she was mad, she really is a nice person anyway…
This is one of my favourite episodes, my best bits in it is
A) Arthur: "I can't just stand by and watch him die" Uther: "Then don't look"
And B) I can't remember the dialog so I'll just say the basic dialog
Nimueh: "Will you help me, I'm lost" Arthur "Yes, but I need to find something first" Nimueh: "I can help, I know this place"…. :/ How can she be lost but know the forest? But yes those are my favourite bits but I didn't write them in :)
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