Just to save confusions, the italic is a dream. =) xD Oh, and Morgana's not "evil". Osea, she doesn't know Morgause.
Gaius was lost. The full moon bathed the clearing in moonlight.. In a corner, he could see movement.
"Merlin?"
The boy looked up and smiled at the physician before looking down, slowly and purposefully at the dagger protruding from his chest.
"No! Merlin!"
The old man rushed to catch the mage as he fell but he passed through his outstretched arms before disappearing into the silver moonlight.
From behind him, the physician heard a familiar laugh, but twisted and distorted until it sent chills down his spine.
Morgana, dressed in a blood red dress walked towards him, her arms outstretched as if asking for help. Suddenly her dress caught fire and her screams echoed through the clearing.
"Morgana!"
He spun around, seeing friends and foes everywhere. Uther, with a noose around his neck; Freya, the cursed girl, cornered by the king's men; Lancelot, drowning in golden water; Arthur, falling through empty space; Myror, aiming a crossbow at Gwaine; Cenred, drinking from the Cup of Life; Morgause, smiling as she slit Gwen's throat; the Great Dragon incinerating Sophia and Aulfric, with Mordred on his back; and Alice, fighting Nimwei (no idea how to spell this sorry) as the sorceress held her in strong arms and pressed a poisoned goblet to her lips.
The images wouldn't stop and Gaius sunk to his knees in the middle of the clearing.
"What is this place?" he asked the world in general.
All the apparitions melted into the moonlight until only Nimwei stood before him, casting the poisoned goblet to the ground with a laugh. The grass that its contents splashed withered and died instantly.
"It's not a physical place, Gaius, it's your imagination...all your nightmares and dreams are stored here."
The sorceress disappeared, to be replaced by Merlin, with the dagger still in his chest. He fell to the ground and Morgause kicked his corpse aside to smile at Gaius.
"I'm sure you'll have great fun here."
This couldn't possibly be real. The last thing he remembered was the symptoms of the long-forgotten curse and the urgent toll of the alarm bell.
Mordred tapped his shoulder from behind.
If this isn't real, physician he said in his mind Then what is?
The druid boy morphed into Edwin who whispered a few magic words for darkness.
The moon was extinguished and Gaius looked up at the starless night sky. When would this nightmare end?
"Never" whispered Morgana, writing the letters in thin air with the flames still trailing from her body.
The letters burnt in the cold air long after the king's ward had melted into nothingness.
...
It was complete chaos in the guard's chambers. Men rushed about, collecting swords, helmets, shields, spears...Anything that might help them in this confusing time of blood and fire.
"What is going on?" demanded Arthur
One of the knights stopped buckling his helmet and looked at the prince.
"'Tis not my place to tell you, sire, but the king awaits your presence in the throne room."
"Thank you"
The prince checked that his sword was safely buckled to his belt and grabbed his shield from the wall.
He was going to need them.
...
Morgana hurried to the throne room, disregarding the fact that she was wearing only her nightdress. Gwen ran close behind her, with her robe in her arms.
"What is happening?" she demanded of the king.
"That's for me to know and you to find out, dearie" smirked Morgause as she pushed the paralysed king out of the throne before whispering into her cupped hands and blowing the words towards the king's ward.
Her eyes as they changed colour were the last things Morgana saw as she hit the floor.
...
Merlin lent over the physician as he lay unmoving on the floor.
"Gaius! Wake up, please!"
Over and over again, the boy whispered the magic words for healing but nothing happened. Grunting, He lifted the lifeless physician onto his shoulders and laid him on his bed.
"I'll come back for you, I swear."
And the young mage set out to face the growing battle with only a dagger and desperation. It was his first fight without magic.
And he was determined to win it.