As great as it was being able to hear and do magic again Merlin couldn't believe he had been so stupid. Once when he was a child a bunch of bullies had surrounded him, he couldn't really control his magic yet and sometimes it just burst out of him, that was one of those times. Just like this time the magic had burst out of him in all directions and with nothing more than a yell all the bullies were on their backs.

Except this time not only had he done it in front of other people, he had done it in front of his father, King of Camelot, who hated and killed anybody with the slightest magical gift. His acting was going to have to be perfect for this, Arthur's too.

'Sorryaboutthis,pleaseplayalong!' Merlin quickly thought, projecting his thoughts into Arthur's head. It was hard considering Arthur had no magic but the way his eyes widened showed he had indeed been able to hear.

"I'm sorry!" Merlin yelled, not even needing to put fake fear into his voice, he was scared enough. He stumbled backwards away from Uther and Arthur pathetically, Arthur gave a slight smile from his place behind the king.

"I..I didn't m-mean to I swear I just wanted them t-to go and I couldn't hear and I-I just couldn't think!" Merlin babbled "I swear I d-din't mean to! I don't even know how I did..."

Uther took a step towards the young warlock who took a step away, shaking.

"Father, he's scared" Arthur insisted shooting Merlin a quick wink beforehand, "He couldn't control it"

Uther was staring at Merlin with an unreadable expression, the warlock felt his breath increase speed. He couldn't tell if Uther was planning on killing him or not, one things for sure, he wasn't going to stick around to find out. Stepping backwards a few times, not wanting to have his head turned just yet he tried to get away. That's where Uther began to walk to wards him and his resolve failed and he turned to flee. He ran out of the hall an through the twisting halls, past every knight and every guard that called out to him.

FInally, with tears stinging in the back of his eyes he made it outside into a crumbling garden full of overgrown bushes and trees. He walked up to the empty stone foundation and collapsed down onto the ground and leant against the rock, head in his hands.

He was so stupid! He had ruined everything! Ever since he was a child he had always ruined everything. His mother had died bringing him into the world, his father had died defending him against knights, Mary had died because he was too stupid to realize fire was too hard for him to control yet. He had only wanted to help, they were low on wood, he only wanted to keep the house warm, but he hadn't had any magical training yet, no spells. He had sent the whole house up in flames. It was his fault Mary had died, and he was so scared Gaius would not take him in that he had never told him.

Over the past two years Merlin was really begging to think he had a family, he had a brother and a father. Sure his father was strict and sometimes harsh but he proved that he cared for him. At least he did. Arthur and Gaius would vouch for him, he knew they would but there would be no stopping him, Merlin was going to burn.

-BREAK-

"I'm almost done tending to the injured Knights My Lord" Gaius sighed standing up after bandaging Leon's arm, "Any sign of Merlin?"

"No" Uther sighed sadly

"It was the potion sire" Gaius added "He reacted badly to it, the deafness, his magic wanted to help him heal, plus all the stress and fear coursing through him made his magic react instinctually. It would of felt like he was exploding from the inside out, the magic had to be realized, it wasn't his fault"

"I know Gaius" Uther sighed "Where's Arthur?"

"Off looking for Merlin, he said that Merlin was injured" Gaius explained.

"Did anybody else see what happened besides Arthur and I?" Uther asked quietly

"Not even me sire"

"Good, I'm going to look for him"

"What are you going to do Uther?"

"I'm going to bring him home"

Gaius looked surprised at that, did the physician actually think he would consider killing his son?

"I saw how afraid he was Gaius, after that I doubt Merlin will go looking for more magic"

Gaius seemed to hesitate for a moment before nodding with a warm smile, "Good luck Sire".

Uther wandered the corridors for some time before he found a door outside into the garden. It seemed like the kind of place Merlin would go to find solace, he had seen him in the gardens at Camelot all the time. This garden was overgrown but Uther imaged at one point it would of looked quite lovely. A large broken stone foundation caught his attention, or more specifically, the boy hunched over in front of it. From the way he was curled around himself Uther could see the rips int he back of his shirt, the marks left by what ever weapon inflicted them however were simple thin red lines. Merlin must of healed himself when the magic burst out.

Merlin's eyes widened when he looked up and saw Uther standing over him. The king expected Merlin to bolt the second he could but instead he just stayed there, frozen and shaking on the ground. Uther quickly undid the couplings on his cloak and hung it around Merlin's shoulder, much to the boys surprise.

"Your shirt is ripped, can't have you getting cold" Uther explained holding out his hand, "You can use it until we find you something more suitable to wear, come on"

Slowly Merlin took Uther's hand and stood, Uther smiled and began heading back to th castle his very confused and shaken son a few steps behind him.

"I don't understand" Merlin said finally "Aren't you going to kill me?"

"No, I saw your fear of magic Merlin"

Merlin went quiet after that. He didn't say much the rest of the trip home either, he rode mostly silent behind Uther, never straying far from his brothers side. He spoke with Gaius a little, the physician obviously spent lot of time apologizing, Merlin forgave him quickly. That was a good trait to see in him. Forgiveness.

Perhaps one day Merlin would forgive him too.

There we go new chapter all finished :) Sorry its so short