A/N: So, what's up? I have been writing a lot lately, partly because I got my muse back and partly because I am so fraggin excited about tomorrow! What is tomorrow you might ask? Well it is the release date of our first Merlin episode of course! I cannot wait to post it! It will be up around twelvish to please watch and drop a comment! The username is FenderGuitarForever so please pop on over there and observe how we spent our Saturday!

Now that we are past the shameless advertisement, here is part two:

Nightmares

Part Two

I woke up in a dungeon. Great. I loved dungeons. Who didn't? I sat up stiffly and looked around the tiny, damp cell. The floor had a thin layer of hay on it and the walls leaked water. I looked over in the corner to see that there were bars showing into the next cell. I also noticed that Aleya was lying curled up in the corner. I quickly slid over to her and turned her onto her back to reveal a bloodstain going down the side of her face. I swiftly tore off a piece from the bottom of my dress and began applying pressure to the wound which was still bleeding.

"Samantha." I heard a voice say. I left the cloth to absorb the blood and moved over to the bars. I saw Arthur peeking through.

"What happened?" I asked. He looked back at Merlin.

"We were attacked by bandits. To be more specific, Merlin got shot and Aleya being the idiot that she is decided she was going to stay with him. So we were captured." he said.

"Don't call her an idiot." I said. "How is Merlin?" I knew that Aleya would never forgive herself if something became of Merlin.

"I don't think he'll last long." Arthur said. "We have to get back to Camelot."

"We need a plan." I said.

oOo

It was as though my nightmare had come true. Leading the bandits towards us was him. The man who had attacked my family and left me an orphan. He was going to kill Merlin. I couldn't let him. I felt light begin to rush in as I came out of the darkness. I sat up. I felt a stinging in my head.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. Samantha was talking to Arthur through the bars. She looked at me.

"Oh you know, baking a cake." she said sarcastically. I stuck my tongue out at her. I slowly moved over to them.

"How's Merlin?" I asked fearing what the answer might be.

"He'll live. If we can get out of here." Arthur said. I could distantly hear footsteps. Arthur moved away from the bars. Samantha and I tried to act natural. A gruff looking man came up to the bars and looked in at us.

"Which one of you two is Arthur's servant?" he asked in a barely understandable accent. Samantha and I exchanged looks. "Alright then, I'll ask one more time before I kill both of you. Which one of you two is Arthur's servant?" he was beginning to sound angry. I stood up.

"Don't you dare." Samantha said.

"I am." I said. The man smiled to reveal yellow teeth. He motioned for the guards to open the door. He stepped inside. He was a couple of inches shorter than I was. I kept my head down as he circled around me. He grabbed my arm and yanked me out.

"I'll be fine, Sam." I said before I was out of earshot. I hoped that I would be.

oOo

"I think you're right Arthur." I began. "She is an idiot." She had lied to protect me.

"We must hurry then." Arthur said. Merlin began to groan and sat up. Arthur had removed the bolt and covered the wound with a strip from his shirt.

"What's happened?" he asked. Arthur and I simply looked at each other. Neither of us wanted to tell him.

oOo

I tried to hold myself with dignity. I assumed that the man would want information about Camelot. A subject which I knew little about. I was taken into a large throne room. They left me free. Probably because they assumed that I would be of no danger to them. The man instructed the guards to go outside. This was too convenient. I watched as he circled around me like a vulture. I didn't move. I simply held my hands behind my back. When he made it in front of me he stopped. I reached into the back of my dress and placed my hand on the dagger that I had placed there. If I was going to kill him, it would have to be quick. The guards would show no mercy on me. He looked me up and down and smiled.

"You do not look like a servant." he said.

"You certainly look like a bandit." I said. He smiled.

"I won't hurt you. That is if you tell me what I want to know." he said.

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

"Where is Emrys?" he said. I raised my eyebrow. Little did he know that he had him within his grasp.

"Never heard of him." I lied. He pushed me against the wall.

"He is within Camelot, I know that much. You must have heard something." he said. I felt my heart began to quicken as I felt the cool touch of his armor on my chest.

"I do not know where he is. I have never heard that name before." I said. I slowly and silently unsheathed the dagger holding it firmly in my hand. I would have to make my move soon. He rared back his hand and slapped me. I felt a ring on his hand pierce my skin.

"You had better tell me girl. If you do not, I will see that the girl is killed first." he said in a menacing tone. I decided that this was my moment. I in one swift move thrust the dagger into his stomach. He looked surprised. He fell to the ground. I removed the dagger.

"I'm sorry." I whispered to him. Even if he was threatening to kill us, it made me no better than him to have killed. I looked around the room looking for a way out.

oOo

We were silent. It was painfully silent actually. Leaving each of us with plenty of time to think. Arthur hadn't been able to devise a plan of escape. There were no guards outside so no hoped of one of us playing dead. I assumed that the fact that Merlin wasn't dead could be attributed to his magic. So that's what we did. We sat in a prison cell and waited for our fate.

oOo

I was walking down a corridor. I had to find my way back to the cells. I held the dagger in my hand ready to defend myself at any moment. I heard a voice come from behind me, the same way that Merlin spoke. I felt myself flying through the air and slamming into a wall quite painfully. Once I hit the ground I got a good look at the man. It was the man I had just killed. I cowered down next to the wall. I could do nothing. He approached me and leaned down in front of me and smiled. Then there was a look of absolute pain on his face. I saw the tip of a sword come through his chest and then he fell to the ground to reveal the man from my dream. He knelt down and pulled my arm around his shoulder.

"We haven't much time." he said. I would have said thankyou, but I felt as though...I found myself slowly falling into the darkness.

oOo

Merlin had gotten worse. His magic couldn't protect him forever. I saw the look of pain on Arthur's face as he was watching his friend sound of footsteps echoed through the cells. Arthur looked at me and then stood up walking over to the door. I did the same to see a man carrying an unconscious Aleya down the hallway. He set her down before walking over to Arthur's cell.

"Are you Prince Arthur?" he asked. Arthur nodded. "Then you might want to ignore this." he held out his hand and muttered something. The door opened and Arthur just stared at him. He moved over to my cell and did the same. I ran out of the cell and knelt down in front of her. There was a new gash on the side of her face. It was shaped like a ring. I recognized the pattern from the ring on that bandit's finger.

"I'll kill him." I said.

"We must hurry, our camp is not far from here." the man said before scooping Aleya up in his arms. Arthur had already slung Merlin over his shoulder. I followed behind them as the man lead the way out of the castle and through the woods. We came to a camp. It looked very peaceful. Very welcoming. After we had tended to Merlin and Aleya's wounds Arthur and I sat down next to the fire.

"Who is that man?" I asked.

"A druid." he said.

"Magic?" I asked.

"Yes." he said.

"Arthur, surely this proves to you that not all magic is evil. He saved our lives." I said trying to convince him.

"I have been told my entire life the magic is purely evil." Arthur began. "I am not sure anymore."

"What if, it's not the magic, it's the user?" I asked.

"I don't know Samantha." he said.

oOo

I woke up in a tent. That was a welcome change. I sat up. Every bone in my body protested to moving. I looked around the small structure to see Merlin lying on the other side. I slid over to him.

"Merlin." I said. I heard someone come into the tent. I turned and saw the man who had saved me. His face still struck fear into my heart. "I suppose I should thank you." I said smiling at him. He sat down on a stool and looked at me.

"That was very powerful magic." he said. "It was intended to kill."

"I suppose I just got lucky." I said.

"Have you ever considered the idea, that perhaps you have magic?" he said. I laughed.

"I don't. I can assure you that." I said.

"Emrys knows the truth about you." he said. I looked down at Merlin and then up at him.

"What truth?" I asked. I was beginning to get a bit frightened.

"In time you will see." he said. I wasn't sure what he meant. But I knew that Merlin was hiding something.

oOo

The walk back to Camelot was long. We were greeted by a worried looking Gaius and a cross looking Uther. The Druids had healed Merlin's wound so he was fine. And Aleya would be okay. I now understood the perils of trying to go for a walk in the woods with the once and future king.