Gaius awoke.
It seemed that what older he came, the less he needed sleep.
Outside seemed to be still dark and he though whether Merlin had already came back.
He was noticed that the boy seemed to be unusually tired lately.
Gaius blamed himself.
Merlin was his ward and apprentice, but he was also so much more.
Merlin had more responsibilities than anyone else knew.
Gaius peeked inside Merlin's room and frowned.
Maybe Merlin was just stuck with Gwaine and other knights.
But something caused Gaius to doubt himself.
He was sure that he was missed something earlier in the evening.
Something about Merlin.
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Gwaine couldn't believe himself.
Merlin was disappeared right under his nose.
He didn't know what way the boy was gone.
Gwaine cursed silently.
He knew that he had to find his friend soon.
A really soon.
Something was really wrong with Merlin.
"Gwaine?"
Gwaine turned and saw Percival and Leon walking towards him.
"Have you seen Merlin on your way here?"
"No. Why?" Leon looked confused.
"He… Remember the last year, when he got too exhausted?"
"That was bad then." Percival grunted. "Do you mean that.."
"I have really bad feeling. I think it is worse, or something else. We have been too busy lately so I didn't noticed it earlier. I know that he didn't sleep almost three days before we came back here, but I though that he slept after that. But now I think that he doesn't. He say that he can't sleep. And…"
Gwaine remembered Merlin's face when he stared his hands.
That terrified appearance
That empty gaze.
"Something else must be happened. I think he is seeing things. Leon. Please. Go see if Merlin headed back in his room. And wake Gaius. Tell him. Percival, come with me. Half our and we meet again in yard."
Gwaine didn't look back, he was already gone when Percival get his feet on move.
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Gwen spun sleepy to her another side on the bed and realized that there wasn't anyone else. Arthur's side was empty.
"Arthur?" Gwen shore up on her elbow and searched her husband at dusk.
Arthur stood at the fireplace, staring at the flames.
"Arthur. What's the matter?"
"Hmm?" Arthur looked up in bed and startled awake on his thoughts.
"No, it's nothing, really." Arthur tried to smile.
Gwen sighed.
"Tell me."
"I just have a bad feeling about this night."
Gwen's eyebrow rose.
"About this night? Should I be offended?"
"Oh, no, no, nothing about you, or me. I have feeling that something is happening, right now. And I… No, it's nothing. Really."
Arthur walked beside the bed watching his wife.
How beautiful she was.
But Gwen looked doubtful.
"I know you Arthur and I can see that you are really worried. Don't hide that from me. You can't do that to me. Not anymore. I'm your wife."
Arthur sat and leaned forward.
"Maybe. I usually trust my guts."
"And your guts tell you…"
"That I have to go. But I don't want to." Arthur kissed her. "I want to be here. With you."
Gwen smiled. "And I want you to be here with me. But, I'm just your wife. And you are the King. You have a kingdom to rule. If something is really happening you can't forgive yourself if you hear about that not until the morning."
And she was wise too.
"Are you sure Guinevere? This is our wedding night."
"Oh, I'm sure of it. We have whole future ahead of us. It is not falling for the one night in our life." In Gwen's voice was a promise of future nights and Arthur grinned.
"Now I know why I love you." Arthur kissed her again.
"Love you too. Now. Go. And let me sleep."
Arthur dressed quickly.
When he was about to take his sword, he hesitated.
Excalibur.
His premonition got worse than ever.
But he took his sword and left.
Thank you for your alerts, there was a LOT of them. Now I know that you are interested about this.
And that there is folks who actually like this kind of writing style. Some people just hate it. Maybe that's why I don't always write like this, but this is actually my originally style to write stories.
And thank you for all of your reviews too. I'm sorry that I didn't responded all of you.
I'm thinking two kind of ending, that is this going to be reveal fic or no. Both of them should work with this.
What do you think?