Hey guys! I figured that, well people wanted me to continue this, and I may not be able to finish it but I am going to give it my best shot!

Thank you horsegirl332211 for the story alert! And I love your story Friend or Foe? is awesome! Go check it out people, another Merlin!
Thank you to
momo99momo for story alerting as well!

I hope you guys like it, I did write it a while back but I wanted to be sure I could do at least one or two more chapters to finish.

But I'll shut up now! Hope you guys like it!

Chapter 3 – If Only He'd known

Previously

"Calm down young warlock, the prince will learn soon enough"

"Let's hope that's very soon. I don't know what else he's going to get me to do"

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"Merlin!" Arthur shouted from a short distance away. He knew that the prince was in trouble and acted quickly, running to find him.

"Arthur!" He shouted as he saw him lying on the stones in the empty courtyard.

The prince's hands grabbed and scraped against the ground, trying to hold himself as something pulled him further into the darkness.

Merlin, who had paused from shock, once more ran to Arthur and took hold of his hands; trying to pull him from the danger.

The once empty courtyard was beginning to fill with the people. One face that Merlin did not mistake was the King, who could only look on in anguish as his only son faced his death.

"Use your magic Merlin!" The price shouted in fright, forgetting the people that were now gasping at this news. "Do it! Now Merlin! Save me! I beg you!" tears flowed freely down the young prince's face. He knew his mistake to his friend, but he did not want to die.

Merlin became fearful of the people around him, he didn't want to show his magic, especially not to the king, he would die for certain.

So against his better judgement, Merlin relied on himself to save Arthur.

"I've got you Arthur! Just hold on!" he continued to shout encouragement at the prince who was quickly loosing strength against the demon that held him captive.

"What are you doing Merlin? Help me!" the prince's final words cut through Merlin as he was pulled from his hands. Merlin fell back onto the hard stone and sobbed as Arthur's screams suddenly halted.

"You let my son die!" The king shouted furiously and stepped towards Merlin with his sword raised and held to his neck. "And for that, I will kill you with happiness."

Merlin looked into the eyes of his mentor and friend Gaius, who looked at Merlin with only disappointment.

The king drew the blade away from Merlin's neck and lifted it above his head, bringing it down with such a force.

Merlin took the sword gladly. He had failed. Arthur was dead because of him.

The blow struck Merlin with such speed-

Merlin awoke suddenly, sitting upright and breathing heavily. He shook his head lightly, trying to forget the dreams he had been having.

He moved from his bed and dressed, soon going to Arthur's chambers and knocked on the door before entering. The prince was asleep in his bed still and Merlin moved over to the heavy curtains and pulled them open. The sun shot through the room, awaking the prince.

"Argh, Merlin" he groaned and rolled onto his side. He swung his legs over the bed and sat on the edge, rubbing his eyes to adjust to the morning light. "Couldn't turn the sun down, could you?"

Merlin's smiled quickly faded and he stared at Arthur "not funny" he said flatly and collected Arthur's clothes for the day.

"Come on Merlin, it was just a joke" Arthur chuckled and took the clothes from Merlin and got dressed. "What's got your knickers in a twist anyway?" he asked. Merlin heard the underlining seriousness in his tone.

"It's nothing" Merlin brushed it off, he didn't want to tell Arthur he'd been dreaming of his death, he may think it's some sort of premonition. Although Merlin wasn't sure himself what the dream meant.

"Come on, that face is defiantly something" Arthur urged.

"It's just I've been-" he stopped himself, maybe telling Arthur wasn't for the best. "I still don't understand what that was with those two women that arrived in Camelot?"

"Lady Serena and Lady Justine? Well, there's a bit of a story there. Lady Justine once lived in Camelot but she used magic and was sentenced to death, Lady Serena was visiting from another city. She is a King's Ward, as is Justine's sister. Of course we do not believe it was by coincidence that she happened to visit only minutes before her sister was due to be executed. If my father were to prove that sort of disloyalty to other cities that we are supposed to be united with, it would cause problems to say the least, so my father had to release Justine. They returned to their homeland, and have only visited once before this."

"Why?" Merlin asked.

"Because Lady Justine still uses her magic and abuses our loyalty. You know how hard it is for my father to let magic pass, let alone like this. But of course they visit more because they have to than want to."

"But if she still uses her magic" Merlin thought aloud "that means that she may realise I have magic as well."

"How does that work?" Arthur asked confused "can you, sense each other or something?"

Merlin looked pointedly at Arthur "No, but if you use magic, it's easier to spot someone else who is also using it."

"Oh, so will she know from what you did earlier?" Arthur asked.

"Possible but unlikely" Merlin said "but while they're here, I'm not using my magic."

Hope it was okay! I'm writing chapter 4 this second so I have something to go by when I'm come back to it :)

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