"Arthur's an inbred little braggard" I heard Gwaine complain as I walked into the armory. I plopped down between him and Merlin as they cleaned up some boots. Arthur found out about how we had made him pay for Gwaine's large bill so Merlin and Gwaine were repaying him through manual labor.
"Having fun?" I joked.
"No" Gwaine whined. Merlin chuckled at that.
"So why is Arthur an inbred little braggard?" I asked Gwaine.
"He's making us do this" he said.
"I think it's fair" Merlin told him.
"Really? The entire army" Gwaine motioned to the dozens of pairs of unclean boots.
"If you admitted your father was a knight you wouldn't have to do this" Merlin reminded him.
"Maybe but I don't want to end up like him. Besides my father always treated his servants with kindness". Merlin and I looked at each other as we recalled Gwaine saying he didn't know his father.
"You said you didn't know him" I told him.
"Well I like to think he did" Gwaine explained.
"Arthur's not that bad' I told him.
"Not that bad" he commented.
"Ok sometimes he can be a prat" I admitted.
"Yeah I know swore" I smiled at Merlin as he looked at me. I hardly swore in front of him.
"One thing I have learned from my father's life is that titles don't matter" Gwaine said.
"I agree one hundred percent" I said leaning my head on Merlin's shoulder. I picked up one of the cleaning tools and grabbed a pair of boots.
"Come on boys my grandma can clean these faster than the both you" I said.
"Is that a challenge?" Gwaine asked.
"Well I'm not asking you to dinner am I?"
"Ha" Merlin laughed. I shoulder bumped him.
"You're on" Gwaine challenged.
"You in Merlin?"
"If I must" he sighed and we started cleaning as fast as we could.
"Gwen do I honestly have to be the model for this. I mean you're the one who's closer to Anya's size" I said.
"True but you'd have no idea what to do" Gwen said.
"I'm sure I could make something"
"A potatoe sack most likely" I formed my mouth into an O and made a face at her which made her laugh. There was a knock at the door. Gwen and I immediately went quiet. She took a peek out one of her windows.
"It's Merlin" she said.
"What do we do?" I asked seeing as I didn't have enough time to change and we definitely didn't want Merlin to see the dress.
"Gwen can I come in?" Merlin asked.
"Not yet" she told him.
"There's a side door stay outside till I give the ok" she advised. I nodded and went out the side door which lead to a sort of alley.
"Castiel what are you wearing?" I heard Arthur's voice ask. I looked to the side and saw he had noticed me.
"ugh"
"Is that a wedding dress?" he asked.
"yes but it's not mine its actually not even for me" I told him.
"Shame I was going to say you looked beautiful in it" he smiled at me.
"Well you don't have to hold back on that comment" I assured him.
"You look beautiful Castiel like a Princess" he told me. I felt my stomach do flips when he said that.
"I'm sure you say that to all the maidens you run into that just happen to be wearing wedding dresses" I joked.
"Only the ones I love"
"He's gone apparently he was looking for you I told him you'd meet him in his chambers" Gwen told me sticking her head out. Then she noticed I was talking to Arthur.
"But take your time if you have to" she smiled at me closing the door again.
"I should be going I have to go train for the melee" Arthur sighed.
"Don't tire yourself out" I smiled at him kissing him quickly on the lips. I walked back into Gwen's house and quickly changed.
"Sorry we didn't have enough time to finish it today" I apologized.
"It's alright" she said. I hugged her before I left.
"So what did you need me for?" I asked Merlin as I walked into his chambers without even bothering to knock.
"Arthur's in danger" Merlin told me.
"How?" I asked.
"I think Sir Oswald and Sir Ethan mean to kill him in the tournament" Merlin explained.
"But why?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I found these swords that were not dull and in the tournament your supposed to fight with only a dull blade" he explained. I nodded.
"I need you to help me sneak into their room and steal their weapons" Merlin whispered.
"You can't do this by yourself? And why don't we just tell Arthur"
"I'm not as good as you when it comes to sneaking around. And besides we can't just blatantly blame a knight for something he hasn't done yet without proof" Merlin told me.
"So will you help me?" he asked. I hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"Have I told you you're the best lately" he tried to kiss up to me. I rolled my eyes at him. Later that night Merlin and I met back up in his chambers. I waited for him and found Gwaine there.
"Are you wearing Merlin's clothes?" he asked.
"They're comfortable and easy to move around in" I retorted.
"So your going with Merlin then?"
"Yes, yes I am. Got a problem with that"
"No, I just didn't think he'd need help from a girl"
"You clearly don't know what we've dealt with before" I told him. He jokingly backed off.
"I'll come with you two" he insisted.
"We've got it. But if we need any help we'll call for you" I said smacking him on the shoulder as Merlin came down the stairs. He looked at me strangely considering I had just smacked him on the shoulder which wasn't something most girls did.
"Ready?" Merlin asked. I nodded and we quietly made our way to Sir Oswald and Sir Ethan's room. It took us awhile to open up the door as silently as we could but we walked in safely. Merlin made his way to a chest where the swords were. I kept an eye out for him waking up.
"Have you found them yet?"I whispered. Merlin nodded. Sir Oswald rolled over in bed and I grabbed on to Merlin's shoulder telling him to freeze for a moment. We both noticed that Sir Oswald had this weird necklace on that was a huge crystal that started to glow. Merlin and I made eye contact and I held the chest open as he made his way to the bed. He looked at the necklace and started to pick it up and examine it.
Don't do that you idiot he'll wake up I told him.
I just need to see something he replied. I was holding my breathe now.
Come on let's just grab the swords and go I snapped but just then Sir Oswald woke up. I grabbed the swords and ran for it but ran into Sir Ethan. I made an attempt at injuring him by kicking him but he grabbed my foot and twisted it flipping me over and making me land on my stomach. I tried to kick him. Then as that failed I did the only thing I could do.
"HELP" I screamed but my mouth was quickly covered.
GEE I SURE HOPE SOMEONE WITH MAGIC COULD HELP ME OUT RIGHT NOW I said to Merlin but he was to busy trying to get away from Sir Oswald. I didn't give up my attempt at kicking till I had a sword pointed at me.
"Is there a problem here?" I heard Gwaine ask as he walked nonchalantly into the room.
Thank god I thought letting out a sigh of relief.
"No everything's fine" Sir Oswald lied.
"You two alright?" Gwaine asked. More or less I thought as Merlin and I nodded at Gwaine.
"I thought he told you to leave" Sir Ethan threatened.
"I wasn't talking to him" Gwaine replied.
"How dare you speak to a knight like that" Sir Ethan said as him and Sir Oswald grabbed their swords off the floor. Gwaine was ready as he unsheathed his. He fought pretty well for it being two against one. Merlin and I were sort of back seat drivers in this fight as we warned him of oncoming blows. Gwaine was able to knock out Sir Ethan and had Sir Oswald cornered just as Sir Leon came in.
Oh now you come for help I rolled my eyes at him.
"What's going on?" Leon asked. Gwaine looked away for a moment giving Oswald the advantage to hit him over the head. I went to go help him but Merlin held me back.
"This man attacked me I deserve to have an audience with the king" Oswald told Leon.
"Are you two alright though?" I asked Merlin and Castiel for the hundredth time as we walked to the council room. They had just told me about what happened.
"Yes we're fine" Merlin assured me.
"Just a bit shaken up but fine" Castiel added.
"I think you should pull the Arthur card on them. I mean if you tell him what they did to you I'm they'll be sorry for every being born" I told her.
"Yeah but what do I tell him 'Oh Arthur I was only trying to steal something out of his room because I thought he was going to kill you' I don't think that'd go down well" she put down my statement. She stopped for a moment as we passed by Xavier's chambers and she opened the door to see him asleep.
"Sir Oswald and Sir Ethan are not who they actually are they're those two men who ran away from the bar the other day. They're using some sort of disguise with those crystals" Merlin informed us.
"That would make sense then on why they want to kill Arthur" I agreed we walked into the council room where they placed Gwaine on his knees in front of Uther.
"Sire this man attacked me and tried to kill me with a sword" Oswald told him.
"Ooooh wahh why couldn't you just fight him off yourself you big baby" Castiel whispered to me.
"Is this true?" Uther asked Gwaine.
"I stepped in to help protect Merlin" Gwaine told the half truth. I noticed he didn't mention Castiel and that was probably because he knew she would probably get into trouble along with him.
"I tried to talk to him but the man's possessed and doesn't listen" Oswald lied.
"I can vogue for him" Ethan added.
"He's a liar" Gwaine shouted at him.
"I will have your tongue for talking to a nobility like that" Uther snapped at him.
"Nobility is defined but what you do not who you are and these men are arrogant frauds" Gwaine said glaring at Oswald. Go Gwaine I thought.
"For a commoner to strike against a nobility is completely against the law" Uther told us.
"I completely agree with you sire" Oswald chimed in.
"Oh shut up" I said to myself.
"He should be made an example of" Oswald continued.
"Sir Oswald please. Father I understand that this situation is a tad bit embarrassing but as Sir Oswald is your guest Gwaine is mine. He may not be of noble birth but he has a noble heart" Arthur cut in. I could see Castiel was smiling at him and we were both holding back the urge to jump up and down screaming That's right you tell him Arthur.
"How can you say that when you see the way he acts" Uther said.
"Because I know Gwaine and he saved my life. If a knights word is what is persuading you against him than I give you mine that is telling you that Gwaine is a good man and he deserves clemency" Arthur tried to persuade his father.
"You are banished from Camelot and are to never return unless you value your life. You must leave at dawn" Uther said to Gwaine as guards took him away. Merlin, Castiel, and I just glared at Oswald and Ethan before leaving.
"Gwaine I'm so sorry" I apologized when I walked into Merlin/Gaius' chambers to find him packing.
"It's ok I don't usually stay in one place for long people get tired of me" he sighed.
"I thought you were alright" I admitted.
"Even after all the trouble I caused and the flirting?"
"Eh made life exciting" he laughed at that.
"Why didn't you mention my name when you said you were protecting Merlin?" I asked.
"You would have gotten in the same trouble I was in for getting caught for trying to steal something. Then again we could've been exile pals together now that I think about it" Gwaine realized.
"I'm sure that would've been fun" I agreed.
"Look after Arthur alright he's in danger"
"He always is and besides I thought you hated nobles" I reminded him.
"I guess Arthur's different he's one worth dying for"
"Your right he's going to be a good king someday"
"I know that especially if your with him. Which explains why you turned me down then" Gwaine realized.
"Maybe we'll see each other again and I'll have some who's perfect for you that'll make you forget all about me. Even though that's quite hard to do" I joked.
"Maybe. Well I'm off and keep an eye on Arthur" he repeated.
"Wait" I said before he left. He paused. I opened my arms.
"You can't leave without a hug"
"I don't do hugs"I hugged him anyways.
"Goodbye Gwaine" I told him.
"Goodbye Castiel"
Castiel and I made our way to the arena to watch the melee. Xavier was practically at the point of becoming a human bouncy ball as he jumped up and down with excitement. I noticed that he didn't sit near us and he sat near that little girl Castiel had told me had kissed him.
"It's like a mini you and Arthur" I whispered to her. We both looked at them and saw they were bantering just like Castiel and Arthur did sometimes. Castiel gave me a small smile which was soon wiped away as Morgana sat down next to us.
"Castiel, Anya" she said her voice dripping with hatred.
"Morgana" we answered her in the same tone.
"You nervous for him?" I asked Castiel as we watched all the knights line up.
"I'm always nervous for him" she answered.
"Merlin said he'll try and stop them as best as he can" I informed her grabbing her hand. She nodded. The melee started and there was a lot of wincing from Castiel and I as we saw most of the knights get pummeled. We knew Arthur was doing well because of the red and gold ribbons tied to his arm that Castiel had given to him. Soon Arthur was starting to fight one on one with most likely Sir Oswald as he kept trying to make attempts to stab Arthur. Suddenly Sir Ethan started fighting along with Oswald.
"Come on Arthur" I said. One of the knights that had fallen got up and went to Arthur's aid by dueling against Ethan.
"Who's he?" Castiel asked. I shrugged. We leaned in closer to watch the fighting and the knight did this trick where he unarmed Sir Ethan and caught his sword in his other hand. Castiel and I recognized the move.
"Oh my god it's Gwaine" Castiel and I shrieked in unison. Gwaine stabbed Ethan. Oswald had Arthur down on the ground and was ready to stab him but Gwaine blocked the move and killed Oswald too.
"Yes" I punched the air which made a few people stare at me. Gwaine and Arthur were pointing their swords at each other both looking very tired. Arthur took off his helmet and the whole crowd cheered. Gwaine put his sword down and took off his helmet. We saw Arthur smile at him.
"Guards seize him" Uther said standing up.
"WHAT?" Castiel and I shouted over the roaring crowd.
Castiel and I waited outside the council room with Gwaine and Merlin as Uther and Arthur discussed what they were going to do to Gwaine. Arthur came out of the council room. We all looked at him.
"The king is overlooking the fact that you participated in the melee" Arthur told him.
"That's great" I smiled.
"But he's a stubborn man and he's still putting you into exile. I'm sorry Gwaine if it were up to me I would let you stay but-"
"It's alright Arthur I understand you're a great man" Gwaine understood shaking Arthur's hand.
"You have till sunset" Arthur told him.
I looked at the finished product of Gwen's creation. Anya's dress was beautiful.
"You are amazing Gwen, you're like a fairy godmother" I complimented her as I admiried the dress.
"Well I'm not that good" she put herself down. I hugged her. We quickly wrapped up the dress and I started to carry it to the castle. I tripped over something and the dress fell out of my hands. I saw that people were about to step on it till someone picked it up. I recognized the hand as Gwaine's.
"You're a life saver" I sighed as he handed it to me and I saw it still looked clean.
"Getting married to Arthur already then?" he asked looking a tad bit disappointed.
"Not yet. This dress isn't for me" I told him. He nodded. I noticed he had a packed sack.
"So you're actually leaving this time. I mean your not going to come back disguised as a traveling salesman or anything because if so let me know ahead of time" I told him.
"I may come back someday but I'm definitely leaving for now" he nodded. He hugged me this time which put me off guard but I returned it.
"It was nice knowing you princess. Hopefully next time that will actually be your title when I see you" Gwaine said.
"Maybe you'll find your princess someday" I assured him. He rolled his eyes at me.
"You know who you remind me of?"
"Adonis?" he asked flipping his hair. I shoved him.
"Flynn Rider. He's a storybook character that's a lot like you and in the end he definitely found his princess and that's how I think your going to turn out" I explained. He laughed at that.
"If you ever get tired of Arthur all it takes is just committing one crime and we can be exile pals together" Gwaine suggested. I rolled my eyes at him and hugged him again and then he left. I waved at him and watched him till he officially till he was officially out of sight.
I stood up top with Arthur and Merlin as we watched Gwaine leave from our spot that overlooked the whole lower town.
"It's a shame he would've made a good knight" Arthur said.
"Maybe one day he will" I told him.
"The rules won't allow it. Knights are noblemen. They always have been and always will be" Arthur put down my comment.
"It's a tradition tha-" Arthur drifted off as we saw Castiel trip and drop something and Gwaine picked it up the two of them started talking like two very good friends.
"They seem very friendly" Arthur said jealously leaning in now to get a closer look at what they were doing. I had to hold back laughter.
"Are you jealous?" Merlin asked.
"No" Arthur said a bit quickly. Then Gwaine hugged Castiel and I saw Arthur's eyes grow wide with jealousy.
"But, I mean come on she's got me why else would she want to be friends with any other man"
"She's friends with me" Merlin reminded him.
"Yeah but you're hideous" Arthur told him.
"Women actually like Gwaine" Arthur continued.
"I like Merlin" I added. Castiel playfully shoved Gwaine and they started laughing. Arthur mocked Gwaine's laugh a bit immaturely. Arthur's mouth soon dropped open as Castiel hugged Gwaine.
"Wasn't one hug enough?" Arthur said to us.
"Don't you find it odd that your kind of…"
"Spying on her" I finished Merlin's sentence.
"Merlin, Anya"
"Shut up" Merlin and I finished for Arthur.
"You two guessed it" Arthur smirked at us. We saw Castiel wave at Gwaine as he left.
"Oh my god I think if we were in a different country they would be engaged by now just because of that wave" Merlin teased. Arthur gave him a threatening look and Merlin started running. The two of them started acting like teenage boys and began wrestling each other.
"Wait don't hurt his face" I shouted at Arthur as I chased after them.
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