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When night fell, Arthur ran to the throne room.
"Father, I heard that Merlin and the escaped druid girl are leaving tonight and heading south."
Uther looked up, pleased that Arthur no longer cared for the serving girl. "I see. And where did you hear this from?"
"The informant did not want their name to be shared. Merlin shared with the informant her plan and the informant told me, being a loyal citizen of Camelot." Arthur said. Uther grinned.
"Very well then, if you believe them, then go and gather the knights. Fetch this girl and the druid and being them back here. Now."
Arthur nodded his head and turned around; heading to the tavern to gather his probably wasted knights.
Arthur opened the thick wooden door and saw his knights in the corner of the room, talking quietly.
As Arthur approached, he heard what they were saying.
"I bet the princess doesn't even care what happens to her. Merlin needs to live, she can't die. I won't let her die." Gwaine was saying. Arthur smirked and walked closer, putting a hand on Gwaine's shoulder.
"Well, this princess was about to ask you to help me save Merlin. You all game?"
The knights and their prince quickly went over the plan, follow the fake prints south, and Merlin and Amina would go north. The knights grabbed their armor and swords and headed out.
"Amina, we need to leave now. Arthur is leading the knights south." Merlin whispered. She said the spell and the two girls were no longer visible to anyone. "Amina we need to be quick because I can't keep this spell up for too long." she whispered into thin air. Merlin grabbed onto Aminas shoulder so that she could keep track of where the girl was.
Merlin led Amina through the castle, avoiding all of the servants and noble passing by. When they reached the gate Merlin made sure that the spell was still strong, and the girls crept past the guards posted at the entrance and then sprinted into the woods. When Merlin felt safe enough, they stopped and she took off the spell.
She smiled down at Amina and laughed.
"Amina, you, a little kid, outsmarted Uther Pendragon. Kudos to you!" she said before laughing harder than she had in a while. They walked for a while longer before resting and making camp.
A few hours into the night and Merlin heard sound coming from the west. She sat up, wide awake, and listened. Prepared to fight. After a few more moments of dead silent, she heard it again, closer.
Merlin smiled and whistled quietly. Bounding from the forest was Aithusa.
The small dragon was only the size of a dog, not yet big, but when she jumped and landed on top of Merlin, the girl yelled out and fell backwards.
Hearing the yell, Amina sat straight up and looked around for the source of noise. What she saw Merlin on the ground with the beast on top of her, Amina jumped to her feet and ran to her fallen friend.
"MERILN! Are you ok? What's going on?" Amina yelled. Merlin pushed the dragon baby off of herself and pulled herself to her feet to comfort the younger girl. She pulled Amina into a hug and then explained the situation.
"Wait, you hatched a baby dragon?" Amina asked, cutting off Merlins story.
"Well, yes. I couldn't let them kill it and I couldn't let her die in the ruins."
Amina started laughing and then she looked at the baby.
"Hello Aithusa, I'm Amina,"she said before placing her hand on Aithusa's head. The dragon nuzzled back and then lad down next to their fire, ready to sleep. Amina laid next to her and closed her eyes, feeling safer knowing that she had both Merlin and a dragon to keep her safe.] **
The next morning, Merlin woke with the sun and packed up their camp before Amina woke up. The two ate breakfast of bread and some meat and then continued on their path to the druids.
ARTHUR POV
After the plan started, Arthur led the knights through the woods farther and farther away from the castle, and away from Merlin.
After a few hours of wondering, the knights all at down and stared at each other.
"Well, I guess we'll have to make out own tents and such," Leon finally said. They all looked around in confusion, almost forgetting that Merlin wasn't with them. Gwaine stood first and began to pitch his tent, and the others soon followed. Elyan began on making a fire and Percy went off into the woods to find them some dinner.
"So, Arthur, I hear you fancy a certain servant,"Gwaine said with a smirk. Arthur glared at his knight, but nodded anyway. Gwaine smiled from ear to ear at this.
"Me and Merlin have a history of our own, but I think she is a better match with you," he said. Arthurs head snapped up, completely ignoring the complement.
"What do you mean, you and Merlin have history?"
"Well, I mean, me and her are really good friends. And for a little bit we were together. But that didn't last long. She was still head over heels in love with you and I still went to the tavern and got wasted. Whenever I went to the tavern, I would grab some bar rat and me and her would go to a room and…you know. Merlin decided that it wouldn't work and I had no objections. Were better as friends," Gwaine explained. Arthur looked about ready to grab a sword and stab him, but instead he sighed and thanked his knight for being honest. Gwaine smiled back and said, "I think of her more as a little sister anyway." The two men laughed and then Percy was back with the food and they all ate in a comfortable silence.
The next morning, they all woke up a bit late and after breakfast, they continued away from their magical friend.
The whole journey, all Arthur could think was, 'I hope she's ok. Did they pack enough food? What if bandits attacked them? What if my father figured out that I lied? Does Merlin know that I desperately wish that I was with her? Will she be okay with Amina, alone in the woods?'
But those thoughts quickly left when he remembered, Merlin is the most powerful sorceress there ever was. She can handle a short trip through the woods.