This long thing was inspired by myself making up reasoning for Merlin poisoning Morgana: he had to save Camelot, and he would have done the same if it was Gwen or Gaius... Then my treacherous mind continued and mentioned a single name: Arthur.

Thus this was born.

No, none of this was necessary. None at all. I am cruel and heartless, but I came up with the idea, and you guys are going to read it, and it is going to be amazing.

Disclaimer: Before I answer your question on whether or not I own Merlin, drink this water I got from Merlin!

Prompt: From me: What if Arthur had been the vessel for the sleeping spell?

Rating: T

Genre: Angst/Tragedy

Characters: Arthur, Merlin, Morgause, The Knights of Medhir, Gaius, Kilgharrah, mentions of Uther and Hunith

Time Frame: Season 2 "The Fires of Idirsholas"

Summary: After failing to convince Morgana to join her, Morgause is forced to choose a new vessel for her sleeping curse...

Let's Go On An Adventure

Arthur was quickly becoming overwhelmed by the Knights of Medhir, and soon it became clear that he had no chance of beating them.

His eyes found Merlin, the only one besides him left standing. Protectiveness overcame him, and Arthur decided that if he could not survive this, at least Merlin could.

"Run, Merlin!" Arthur screamed. "Go!"

Out of the corner of his eye, Arthur saw the boy run past him towards the entrance, but then Merlin stopped.

Idiot! Enraged, Arthur bellowed, "What are you...?! Do as I say!"

Then he shoved Merlin out the door just as the rocks fell.

-Let's just pretend that Morgana never went to go see Morgause at the beginning of the episode.

-The fires were still lit.

-Merlin had tried to pulled Arthur out of the room with him when he made the rocks fell, but Arthur jumped away at the last moment because he cared about Merlin's safety more.

-A running theme in these chapters is that Arthur is very protective over Merlin.

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