Chapter 10
It was already evening and Merlin was getting tired. He couldn't stop until the knights stopped. He was following Percival at a safe distance. Mostly out of view and only feeling where they were going through his magic.
It was already dark as Gwaine gave in to set camp. Merlin was relieved to see the fire. He found himself a cave near a river, not much different from the cave Balinor lived the last years of his live. He didn't dare to make a fire that could give him away. It seemed to be true that Draco avoided closed places because he decided to sleep just outside the cave. Merlin didn't bother to bind him. Draco would not run away without any reason. After some while Merlin gave in to sleep.
Not far away the two knights were still awake. Not that Percival wanted to be but he couldn't sleep by Gwaines never ending speech.
"For the love of Camelot. Gwaine! Could you please just shut up already, I would like to catch some sleep. Tomorrow we will be on enemies ground." Shouted Percival. Gwaine didn't even flinch, he just continued on with his thoughts.
"What do you think how this prince is? Most royals are kind of snobbish. Do you think he is a prat like Arthur? Hey, Percy, do you think that in Ellisar they have better mead? I mean is the mead made by magic? Oh, oh, Percy, Percy! What do you mean do they have unicorns?..." And the questions just continued without end.
At the end Percival was just so pissed that he hit Gwaine over the head with one of his hands knocking the other out cold.
Percival sighed in relief. He could finally sleep in peace.