Arthur POV
I woke up in a dark place, but it slowly began to light itself. The walls glittered with crystal poking out of it.
"Arthur….. Arthur…" I heard.
I looked around, no one was there.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" I commanded.
There was no answer. I walked but the only thing I could see was the crystal covered walls then something happened to them instead of the bright glow it was replaced by a scatter of images, a girl was with merlin on a picnic blanket, Merlin was wearing his best clothes he was unconscious the girl was checking to see if he was alive then see stood up and walked away I didn't see her face. The next image came onto the crystal, Morgana was in my room, she had a candle in her hand, and then Merlin came bursting into the room. Suddenly the crystal went blank.
"Arthur, it's just a dream!" I heard a familiar voice.
I woke up screaming.
"What happened?" I asked Gaius.
He looked at Merlin then back at me.
"You were screaming, something about Merlin." He said.
"It was a bad dream. When did merlin get here?" I asked.
"Yesterday." Gaius said worried. "Don't you remember talking with him?"
I shook my head.
"Everything's a blur. Last thing I remember I was talking to Mordred, Merlin had gone missing and he was apologizing for something." I said.
"You don't remember talking about Emrys?" Gaius said.
I was confused.
"Really, what does anything right now have to do with him?" I said.
"You should get some more rest." Gaius told me.
Merlin POV
Gaius put a plate down in front of me at the table.
"Is the story you told the knights true, or was that to get them off your back?" Gaius asked me.
I scoffed.
"I am offended! It was true…. Mostly." I answered.
"With you I'm never sure." Gaius gave a slight laugh. "What was the girl like?"
"Like no sorceress, I've ever seen, her eyes, you know how a sorceress eyes burn gold after a spell?" I asked.
Gaius nodded.
"It was like nothing I've ever seen, her eyes turned white. Have you ever heard of anything like that?"
Gaius looked at me curiously.
"Never." He said.
We sat there in silence for a bit. Then Gaius reached for our plates.
"Merlin?" he said "Is that new?" he said pointing towards the bag over my shoulder.
I looked at it.
"This is her bag, I forgot I even had it." I said.
I put the bag on the table.
"It's weird watch this." I told him.
I reached into the satchel and pulled out a book. Gaius gasped.
"Merlin do you know what that is?" He said pointing to the mark on the book.
I shook my head. Gaius grabbed the book and opened it.
"It is as I thought, this is Claire Cordane's diary." He said. "It was at the isle of the blessed for a while but it vanished, the high priestesses may have had powerful magic but this, this holds wisdom not many have gotten their hands on. Do you have any idea how she got this?"
"No, I think the bags enchanted to hold a lot of stuff, I've pulled out several things and put them back in but it seems as if there's nothing there."
"The Cordane's were a royal family of sorcerers but Claire was the last sorceress in the whole line, the Cordane's are still a royal family but they haven't have had magic in eight generations. It's said that Claire was looking for a way to give someone who wasn't born with magic to have the gift, as if she knew the line was going to end. You must be careful with this, in the wrong hands nothing could stop them."
