A/N drabble eleven. A small warning, there is a sort of spoiler of episode 3 of series 4. If you haven't watched it you might not want to read this…though its only small and some might not really have noticed it until I put a warning here…but if I hadn't I'm sure someone would have picked up on it and said something. So I put this here anyway…and considering it will soon be longer than the story itself, I'll stop here. Enjoy!

His brain shook; the thoughts inside threatening to burst right out of his skull. Merlin had used magic. After years and years of believing magic to be evil, this was almost more than he could bear.

Magic had killed his parents. Magic had tried to kill him many times. So why was Merlin of all people wielding the force like it was natural?

Merlin wasn't evil; the idea was preposterous. Yet he was doing magic. Those two pieces of information together meant that magic wasn't evil.

Arthur felt himself smiling, a weight lifting from his shoulders. Everything was clear now.