A/N: Look at this! I am actually updating in a timely fashion. This legitimately made me cry while I was writing it just so you know. Arthur can't die! Merlin can't die! Why must everyone die?

Le Morte d'Arthur

Part One

Arthur and Merlin were out with the knights on a hunting trip so Aleya and I really had nothing better to do than run about my room with sticks and sword fight like a couple of children. It got really weird when I stacked some pillows up on the floor and pulled my stick out of it like I was removing Excalibur from the stone. Boredom could cause people to do strange things. She began quoting Harry Potter spells at me. After I had killed Aleya…twice….and she had died rather dramatically on the floor, we stopped fighting.

"You want to know what I think?" she said. she had slid over to the wall and was now leaning on it.

"What?" I said.

"I think that if Merlin and Arthur had any idea just how weird we are, they would accuse us of being sorcerers." She said. I smiled and began laughing.

"You are probably right." I said. "We digress a few years when we are left alone for long periods of time."

"Oh, how I miss Tumblr." She said. "Proof that there are other people like us in the world." Before I could reply there was a knock on the door. I stood up and walked over to answer it. To my surprise it was Merlin.

"Ally, it's your boyfriend." I said turning to see that Aleya was read in the face. She stood up quickly.

"I hate you." She whispered as she shoved passed me and out the door.

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I walked out into the hallway following Merlin who had his, I don't want to worry you but you should probably be a bit concerned face on.

"What happened?" I said. He looked at me.

"There is a creature in the woods. Gaius says that it has been conjured by magic. Arthur and I are going to set out and kill it at dawn." He said.

"Is Arthur capable of killing it?" I asked. Arthur would go either way, and Merlin would do whatever it took to save him from himself.

"No." he said. I looked down at the floor.

"Are you?" I asked.

"I hope so." He said. I could hear a fearfulness that I had never heard in his voice.

"You'll be able to." I said. I grabbed his hand. "There is no doubt in my mind that no matter what, Arthur will become king." He smiled that goofy smile that I loved so much.

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I knocked on the door to Arthur's chambers. When there was no answer I just walked in. Arthur was sitting at the table holding his sword.

"Aleya tells me that you are going to set out at dawn." I said. I understood just how much peril that Arthur was in. he would go head first into danger.

"I am." He said.

"Be careful." I said. "I don't want you getting yourself killed."

"What makes you think that I will get myself killed?" he said rather defensively.

"You are one of the most danger prone people that I have ever met." I said. " I just don't want anything to happen to you."

"Nothing is going to happen to me." He said.

"For some reason that does no enstill very much faith in me." I said. I was nearly interrupted by him kissing me on the forehead. I feared for him. I could only pray that he would survive. Whatever this creature was, I knew that it was dangerous. Even more dangerous than anything he had ever faced before. I could only hope that he was ready.

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Samantha and I watched as Merlin and Arthur walked out of the gates. There was a solemn tone in the air. I looked over at my friend to see her staring longingly in the direction of Arthur. I knew that Merlin would do whatever was necessary to save him. I just hoped that he didn't kill himself in the process. It felt so wrong just sitting back in Camelot while Merlin and Arthur risked their lives for our well being. I wanted to help! I knew that I would hinder them more than I would be an asset, but still. Just standing and waiting for one of them to be carried back to the castle was not a good feeling at all.

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Aleya was quiet all day. I assumed that she was thinking Merlin. I, on the other hand, was playing out various scenarios in which their quest could go awry. I looked out the window. I saw red cloaks in the distance.

"Their back!" I yelled barely getting the words out before running out the door. I ran straight to the courtyard to see that the knights were carrying someone. My heart fell. I closed my eyes hoping that they were deceiving me. I opened them to see that they were carrying Arthur. Aleya came up behind me. I couldn't move. I just stood their watching as the knights carried Arthur into Gaius's chambers. I felt a silent tear run down my face. Arthur was dead or dying and I was helpless to stop it. I felt Aleya's arm wrap around me. I turned and began sobbing on her shoulder.

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Samantha cried for a good ten minutes straight before we saw Uther emerge with Arthur cradled in his arms. The sight nearly brought a tear to my eyes, but I couldn't let it show. Merlin came out and stood beside of me. I looked at him and saw a look of such pain. Of a destiny failed. Arthur couldn't die. He couldn't. Samantha watched helplessly as Uther collapsed and the knights took Arthur.

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I sat by Arthur's side. I had only left once since he was brought here and that was when Uther came to see him. I had never felt pain, or fear like this. I was meant to guide him along to his destiny. Now he would die. I would do anything, give anything it took to save him. there was nothing to be done. Gaius had made it very clear that a bite from the questing beast was fatal. He couldn't die.

"You listen to me Arthur Pendragon." I began. "If you die, all of our destinies are out the window. Camelot will never have it's greatest king. If you die, I'll die as well." The last words broke in my throat.

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It was dawn. I hadn't slept much. I kept pacing back and forth from my room to Arthur's checking on him and Samantha. I had gotten wind from Gaius that Merlin was planning on going to the Isle of the Blessed. Why did he have to be so stupid? So willing to sacrifice himself just because an overgrown lizard told him to. I watched as Gaius and him spoke. After Gaius hugged him I walked over to him.

"Don't waste your breathe." He said.

"What are you talking about?" I said. I truthfully knew precisely what he was talking about.

"You are not going to convince me not to go. I have to protect Arthur." He said.

"Don't you think it's a little late for protecting?" I asked. "It's crossed into, I am going to be a martyr territory."

"What do you expect me to do?" he said.

"What you think is right." I said. "Arthur does need to live. I just hope that it doesn't cost the world the loss of you."

"I'm just a servant." He said.

"A servant who has saved Arthur's life more time than Arthur has saved his own. A servant who is so selfless that he would ride to certain death, just so he could save an overbearing, patronizing dollophead!" I said beginning to cry. He wrapped his arms around me.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go." He said. he got on his horse and began riding away. I put my hand over my mouth praying that, that would not be the last time that I would see him.