So new chapter! Review and I will love you and if you have the time give me an idea of yours for this story.

~Friends~

Merlin was lying on his stomach, on his mattress. His shirt wasn't on due to the large amount of wounds of his back. Minuialwen was slowly massaging his back avoiding the most sensitive areas. She sang a soft song that she had learned in her youth. She finished and stood up. "I'm cold." said Merlin; she looked over at him because that was the first thing he had said since she found him. Dawn quickly took his blanket and covered him. "That better?" she asked. He nodded his head a tiny bit. She went and got some mint tea she had made like before to calm him down, he had already had a long hot bath.

Merlin's head was spinning; he looked around for the one person he knew would be there, Dawn. When he didn't see her he started to find breathing difficult, oxygen came in short gasps. When Dawn walked in she saw Merlin's hand twitching by his side. She ran and placed her hand on his forehead. "You're burning up." she said. "Merlin can you hear me?" she asked. He rolled over on his side and looked up at her. "Dawn." He breathed a sigh of relief. "Feel well enough to sit up?" inquired the young girl. "Yeah." Merlin said this and then slowly swung his leg over the edge of the bed. The rough wooden floor felt cool on his feet. She lightly pushed the cup of tea into his hands. "Thanks." he said taking a small sip. "You said there was something that people could not fix about you." said Merlin, he didn't know why he said it, the words just slipped out. "You really want to hear this now?" asked Dawn. "It will get my mind off things, I worry about you sometimes" he said. "When I was little my mom would tell me I wasn't worth anything, and after a while I started to believe what she said. After that I couldn't touch food, it had no appeal to me anymore. I get sick if I eat no one knows how to make me better." she said this and finished with a sigh. "Why does this happen, to us, to anyone? "asked Merlin looking at her. "I often wonder if we are just whispers fleeting moments in reality, but we must be here for something more, our calling, destiny." she said looking at him. He started to shiver from the cold and Dawn put his blanket over his shoulders. He leaned his head on her shoulder and she rubbed his sore muscles between his protruding shoulder bones. After quite a few minutes, in fast so many that neither of them could remember how long they stayed there. "Get some sleep Merlin" she said, "I'm so cold" he said. "I'll get you another blanket." as she said this she began to get up but Merlin grabbed her hand and stopped her. "No stay here please." he said in a pleading voice. "Please hold my hand. Don't sit on the chair it looks so uncomfortable" he said. Dawn took his hand and slowly got unto his bed. Under the covers they were both warm, like the one night under the stars when they were saving Uther. They both drifted off to an uneasy sleep.

Dawn left when Merlin was still deep in sleep in search of Prince Arthur. The guard tried to stop her from getting into the dungeon but she knocked him out with ease. "Dawn, what are you doing down here?" asked the Prince getting up from sitting on the ground. "I'm letting you out so you can help Merlin, and me, and give the 'King what he deserves'." she said with spit unlocking the door. After Arthur had heard what had happened he was seething with rage. Both he and Dawn had things to do as they walked into the crisp morning air.

Okay short Chapter sorry, I will try for a much longer one next time.