Now I must attempt to post this before it's too late. I have maybe half an hour before I'm sure the family will drag me away.

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Prompt: From me: Arthur dealing with Aredian.

Rating: T

Genre: Angst/Crime (obviously)

Characters: Arthur, Aredian, mentions of Uther

Time Frame: Post "Like Glass" and "Shattered Glass"; during "The Lady of the Lake" but with elements of "The Witchfinder"

Summary: After the sorcerer tried to kill Arthur and the King during their argument, Uther sent for the one person who could save them all: the Witchfinder. Who takes a strange interest in Arthur.

Let's Go On An Adventure

"Please, sit."

Arthur kept his eyes locked on the Witchfinder. "I thought that you already know what happened."

Aredian laughed shrewdly. "I heard the King's version of events. Now I want to hear yours."

Arthur's fingernails dug into the wooden armrests. "We were arguing when a sorcerer tried to kill me," he lied.

"I don't think that is what happened." There was a glint in Aredian's cold eyes.

"You have no proof." Arthur glared. "I've done nothing wrong."

"Of course you haven't." Aredian offered him a glass of water. "You are dismissed, Prince Arthur."

Aredian took Arthur's quick denial as confirmation that he knew more than what he was letting on. Arthur was too quick to say that Aredian had no proof. But what happens next? I don't know, I haven't written anything past this for the "Glass" series.

The glass of water was inspired in part by the actual episode; Aredian would only give Gaius the water if he confessed. Here, it's being used as an "I'm watching you." He also puts inflection on the "Prince" part of Arthur's title to let him know that station won't necessarily save him from punishment.

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