I don't own Merlin.

They had been walking for hours, and Merlin was feeling really tired of the never-ending tugging on this collar. Bryce was still holding the chain leading to Merlin's collar, and every other minute he roughly pulled the chain making Merlin fall flat on his face, unable to catch himself with his hands bound behind his back, and every time he was starting to feel more and more angry at these people. They had just stormed into his for the moment perfect life with Freya and the druids, and they had hurt Freya and chained him up like a dog. They had even taken his magic, or kind of, he could still feel it inside of him, desperately trying to break free.

He had had enough, he had to fight back, he stubbornly dug his heels into the ground, grinding to a stop and making Bryce turn around.

When he saw the angry expression on Merlin's face he grinned "What has gotten you so upset now then Emrys?"

Merlin could only glare at him in response.

"Well spit it out then," he grinned if possible even wider and crossed his arms over his chest.

Merlin almost had some respect for the man when he only winced at the glare he was sending him, all the other men even took a step back. But Bryce only smiled at him, oh that was it, Merlin dug deep into his magic, forcing it to come forward he felt the cuffs burn and his collar tighten around his neck, his whole being felt as if it was on fire, but he refused to let go, he felt his eyes glow gold and he saw the men, even Bryce take a step back in fear just before he released his magic as he screamed through his gag. He saw all of the men fly backwards as he too fell to the ground panting in pain and exhaustion.

He kneeled there on the ground trying to catch his breath and was just about to get up when he heard a groan, he looked up to see Bryce trying to get up, he had apparently been lucky and had missed the trees and only flied backwards to land on his back.

Merlin forced himself to get up through the pain and he saw Bryce do the same.

"You really shouldn't have done that Emrys," he said with a murderous expression.

Merlin who still was gagged and bound realised that he didn't have a chance of defeating him, he wasn't able to summon his magic again his body couldn't take it. He had to run, but as if Bryce had heard his thoughts he said "Oh no you don't" he threw himself forward and grabbed the chain still leading to his collar and yanked it hard enough to make the warlock fall to the ground.

Before he had a chance to get up Bryce stepped forward and kicked him so he lay on his back with his hands awkwardly under him. He stared down at him and said with a smile "It seems like we have a problem, don't we Emrys?" he said and brought down his foot and kicked him hard in the head, and Merlin's world turned black.

-:break:-

When Merlin came to he had a hell of a headache, probably from when Bryce kicked him unconscious he thought angrily. The warlock shifted slightly and hissed when the shackles scraped against his burnt skin. Great just what he needed, though he wasn't gagged anymore that's always something. He pulled at the chain connected to his collar and realised that it tied to a tree. Damn that chain, He suddenly saw that they had moved, they must have carried him, apparently they didn't have time to wait for him to wake up, where were they going anyway?

Merlin started looking around, they were still in the middle of the forest and it had grown dark, they men who he realised were fewer then they were before, was sitting around a campfire. He turned to look to his left and saw another man further from the fire obviously guarding him, though what for he had no idea, it wasn't like he was going anywhere.

The man saw that he was awake and shouted towards the men around the fire, "Boss he's awake."

One of the men, now obviously Bryce rose from his seat and walked over to him.

"Well hello there sleeping beauty," he said with a amused smirk.

Merlin only glared at him in response.

"Still mad are you Emrys?"

"Yeah, can't imagine why," Merlin rattled his chains dramatically.

Bryce suddenly lit up "Oh thanks for reminding me, I almost forgot, those chains weren't enough were they? Well I suppose you aren't Emrys for nothing." He pulled out two weird looking bracelets.

"What are those?"

"Oh nothing just some pretty jewels," Bryce grinned and crouched down next to him.

"'Hold him"

The "guard" took a tight grip on his legs looking nervous. Oh hell like he was letting them put on even more things on him, like he wasn't restrained enough. Merlin started to squirm and kick in the mans grip, he even got in a kick at his face to his delight, before Bryce sighed and called for more men to hold him, "Do you really need to be so difficult?"

Merlin only smiled cheekily in response "No I live to please you."

It took three men to hold the stubborn man down, before Bryce grabbed one of his ankles and snapped the "bracelet" shut, the moment he shut it, Merlin felt his body go weak, like he did when the cuffs where put on, he felt his already weak magic go even more beyond his reach and he started fighting more furiously, but he couldn't keep it up and soon the other "cuff" was fasten around his other ankle. Merlin fought to stay awake but eventually had to give up, the last thing he saw before he fell unconscious was Bryce's smirking face, "Good night Emrys, don't worry you're not going anywhere for a while, I'll be right here waiting for you when you wake up."

Either you are getting tired of this story or my writing is suddenly even worse then before, either way I am getting a lot less reviews and things like that. Anyway I'm just wondering if I've started writing in a bad way or something, if I do please let me know.

I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes and stuff.