I had stayed in bed for the rest of the day. I was feeling better, not a hundred percent, but better.

Gwaine had informed me that Gilli's execution was to be held tomorrow at dawn. I didn't know what to do.

Gaius had said not to move too much, my body needed to heal. Gaius had to leave to give someone medication. It was late, he would have gone earlier; I was the delay.

The moment he was out the door, I got up. I used magic to get myself ready.

I saw a walking stick and I grabbed it. I made my way into the castle. How to distract the guards I wondered.

I saw two men at the table; drinking ale. If they were to fall asleep it would be blamed on the ale.

One snap of my fingers and they both fell asleep. I made my way down the stairs. I sighed; this was so hard.

I saw Gilli he looked awful. He sat in the cell; his eyes were raw as if he hadn't stopped crying.

"Merlin?' Gilli said as he looked up.

I walked to his cell and asked "why?"

"I am so sorry, I did not mean to hit you."

I was angry now. "Killing the King would be better!" I yelled.

"I...you have to understand." Gilli begged.

"Understand; all I understand is this is the second time you attempted to be an assassin."

"Listen please, I will explain." Gilli stated.

I sat on the floor; I was tired.

"I left to work with the Druids in the north, but soon they were dispersed. I came across another group. I did not like the magic they used. But I needed help so I stayed. They are headed by three brothers and their younger sister. I fell in love."

I realized that Gilli may truly have a reason for his actions.

"The rings?" I asked.
"Arion; the leader found my ring, He demanded I show him. He figured out how to make copies."

I sighed; why must everything be so complicated.

"What led you to try and kill the King?" I asked; that still did not make sense.

"The girl her name is Cleopeia. I love her so much. When they decided to take revenge; I was chosen to kill the King. To prove I was worthy of Cleopeia. She didn't want this. I planned to run away with her."

I did not like where this was going,

Gilli looked me in the eye. I could not see any hint of lies. "I was going to warn you. Arion caught me getting ready to leave. He threatened to kill his own sister. He had killed both his parents."

I understood why Gilli did it. But why was the girl so angry at him? She seemed to want blood as badly as her brothers.

"Cleopeia doesn't know. I was supposed to kill the king. If I fail she dies." Gilli choked the words out.

"Are you sure?" I asked; could a brother really kill his own sister. They were family. I thought about Morgana; being family didn't always mean love and loyalty.

"He poisoned her, she is unaware of it. In ten days if I do not return she will die." Gilli grabbed his necklace. "The antidote, the only antidote is in here."

I was confused if he killed Arthur how was he to escape back to Cleopeia. "Getting caught wasn't part of the plan was it?"

Gilli shook his head. "I planned to sneak into the castle, release the elf as a distraction. Throw the knives and be gone before the chaos stopped."

"Why did you still try and kill Arthur than?" I asked.

"I thought that if Arthur died; Arion would attempt to save Cleopeia. I was already dead; I just wanted to save her." Gilli sobbed.

Once he controlled himself. He started talking again.

"Merlin I know you have no reason to do anything for me, but here" He gave me the necklace. "Please get her the cure and tell her I loved her."

"Did you girl know you were going to be an assassin?" I asked.

"She thought that I wanted to escape her brothers. We were going to live together far away from everyone. Her brother knew that I had been to Camelot before. He knew that I had powers. He just wanted someone who he could control. Cleopeia probably thinks I left her behind."

I sighed; I held onto the necklace. I was sure that Gilli was telling the truth; he had an answer to everything.

I pulled myself up. It was time to do something reckless and stupid. A kind of decision that I would regret for the rest of my life.

"Tell her yourself. I can't let an innocent girl die, so come on." I told him. Gilli looked shocked to say the least.

"Merlin I am to be executed and I deserve to be. I attempted to kill. Murder, Merlin. I did not ask for help. I crossed the line, so now I must face the consequences."

Gilli had not stood up. In that moment I knew Gilli was honest. The guilt was clearly written on his face. I closed my eyes and boom. The cell door fell.

I had planned to slow it down, so it would not make a loud noise. I had not realized how tired and weak I was. The thud was ear shattering.

"Come on Gilli, unless you want me to join you in the flames."

Gilli was shocked but he nodded; he helped me up the stairs. Sadly my spell was wearing off, the guards were waking up.

"What now?" Gilli asked.

I shrugged "It's been awhile since I broke someone out, I am a little rusty."

Gilli gave me a look of incredulous.

"We run and avoid getting caught" I said; I thought it was pretty straight forward.

"You can't run" Gilli pointed out.

"Speed walk then. Just move."

Within minutes I could see the guards everywhere. We hid behind a column just as the alarm bell went off. God I knew this was a horrible plan.

"There is an exit to the side of the castle." I whispered; Gilli nodded and we made our way towards the kitchens. "There is a short cut through the Kitchen."

Gilli pushed me into a hallway. The Knights were coming.

We both hid ourselves behind another wall.

"We will not let that boy escape" Gwaine growled. "Not after what he did to Merlin."

I felt so guilty; the Knights were trying to defend me, I was trying to help Gilli escape.

Gilli looked unbearably guilty. He was about to get up. What was he doing?! I used my magic to keep him down. The Knights had passed.

"Merlin you should leave me to the Knights I deserve it" Gilli moaned. "You can save Cleopeia all on your own."

"I'm sure she doesn't want you to die and neither do I" I whispered.

Gilli nodded.

We both sneaked into the kitchens. I was slowing us down.

"Get some supplies." I whispered to Gilli.

In minutes we were out of the castle. It took us most of the night to get out of the castle. My absence was going to be noticed.

"Come on, there is a clearing we needed to get too." I was covered in sweat. I was dragging myself towards the clearing. Gilli was helping me.

It took the better part of the day to get to the clearing.

"What now?" Gilli asked. "I mean we barely avoided the Knights. The search parties will find us soon."

"I covered our tracks with magic. It will buy us some time."

I panted and called the Great Dragon.

"Merlin I don't think the spell worked." Gilli said gently.

"Now we wait." I said. Ending the discussion.

I hope that this chapter really explains why Gilli did what he did. He was scared and acted without thinking.

Anyways I hope you like the chapter, I tried to proof read but I am sorry if there are mistakes.

Peacelight :)