Mordrid POV
Gwaine kept teasing me about letting him go, it's not like I can say 'Merlin is a powerful sorcerer who can take care of himself.'
"Mordrid, what kind of herbs was he looking for?" Gwaine asked.
I thought about it, but I couldn't name one so I just answered with the normal.
"I don't know, he didn't tell me." I said.
The horses slowed a bit to eat. Come on.
"Let's let them eat." Leon suggested.
Percival sighed.
"The watch tower was a dead end, no pun intended." Gwaine said.
"With you the pun is always intended." Percival teased.
"And? There has to be some jokes around hear otherwise Camelot would be a very boring city." Gwaine added.
"Well you don't have to tell them whe- Leon cut me off.
"Do you guys hear that?" he whispered as he dismounted his horse "I think someone's listening to us."
Leon pulled his sword out and pointed it at a tree.
"Show yourself!" he commanded.
A man came out from behind the tree hand raised.
"Merlin it's us!" I told him.
Merlin lowered his hand and Leon did the same with his sword. Merlin leaned in and hugged Leon.
"I've missed you." He said.
"Where were you Arthur was really worried." Gwaine said.
Merlin shifted in his spot a bit as if trying to find out how to answer.
"I'll tell you about it on the ride home." He said.
Merlin POV
Mordrid let me ride with him.
"I was shot by Morgana's men, she was searching for the same sorceress we were, why? I'll never know." I lied.
"We might." Percival added. "We found the diary of the man morgana had been chasing through the woods, turns out you were right those markings on the trees were a result of sorcery. As far as we can tell Morgana was after information Alitor had, but being a Catha he probably didn't tell her, the diary also spoke of a servant, an old sorceress Morgana finds out about her and comes looking for her." He finished.
"And when did you have the time to piece that together?" I asked.
"Were you asleep the whole time? You were gone for days!" Gwaine said. "Where did you get shot?"
"Not now." I answered.
Gwaine got on evil smirk on his face.
"Tell us the rest of the story, or we'll tell Arthur you were in the tavern again." He said.
The rest of the knights were looking at me expectantly.
"I was with the sorceress when we attacked at the time I didn't know it was her. After I was shot she helped me to the watch tower cause she figured Morgana only needed her alive. We climbed several flights of stair- Gwaine interrupted
"Your still not telling us where you got shot." He said.
"I'm getting to it!" I said "she told me to go to the roof so that Morgana wouldn't find me, because morgana was only expecting her. All I can remember on the watch tower after that was collapsing. I woke up in a small shack, my wounds were healed, and there was a girl there, living on her own, she helped me as I couldn't move my legs. And the last time I saw her we were running from Morgana." I said.
Gwaine shifted in his saddle.
"Your gone four days and you come back from being shot with a arrow meeting a soreceress, running into morgana and being taken care of by a girl, how old?" he asked.
"Thirteen." I answered.
"It doesn't really matter we have him back." Leon added "You've missed a bit in Camelot too. Arthur before we left said he was going to lift the law on magic."