A/N: The poll is still on my profile regarding to which 2 of my stories you would want me to continue the most. Come September I will be back at uni and very busy. So please go and vote so I know which ones to work hard on right now.

For once, neither Merlin nor Arthur had come to wake me up, instead it was the sound of the warning bells, ringing throughout the whole of the castle that had dragged me from my sleep. I let out a groan as I rolled over on the bed, just wishing the noise would shut up.

I pulled myself over to the window, knowing that there was no chance I would be getting any more sleep with the sound of the bells. I saw a few guards rushing around outside, but there didn't seem to be anything that serious happening.

That was when there came a knocking at me door, and a voice floated through. "Isabella? Are you awake?"

I couldn't help myself and rolled my eyes at the closed door as I went to open it. "No, I am quite able to sleep through all this racket." That was when I noticed the worried look on his face. "Arthur, what's happened?" I said as I stepped away from the door to let him come inside.

The prince let out a sigh. "The tomb that has recently uncovered has been broken into. The place was ransacked and the largest stone is missing."

Straightaway I tensed up, knowing who had stole it, and what had happened to that person. Gaius was right, I was a seer and everything I had seen in my dreams was about to come true. "I am sure you will find the person responsible for it, Arthur." I said, trying to reassure him slightly.

"Come stay with me in my room for a while. I don't want you to be left on your own." Arthur said, holding he hand out towards me. "Please?"

All I could do was smile at him, there was no way I was going to be able to refuse him, even if I wanted to. "Of course I will, Arthur. How can I possibly refuse?" The prince just shook his head at me, with a smile on his face, as we went to his room.

We hadn't been there long, he was sitting at his desk working through some papers, while I was gazing out of the window, and Merlin came bursting in. "Cedric is possessed by an evil spirit." He told Arthur.

He just looked up at him in shock and confusion. "What?"

"He tried to steal the jewel, but it wasn't a jewel, it was a soul of an ancient sorcerer Sigan." Merlin explained. By this point I had turned and we giving him my full attention rather than what was happening outside.

"Merlin, have you been on the cider?" Arthur asked him, trying to figure out why Merlin was making such a strange accusation.

"Please, listen to me. Camelot is in mortal danger. Sigan is using Cedric's body to take his revenge." Every word Merlin was saying was making me more and more nervous. He and Gaius had already warned me that my dreams are most likely to come true, and ire ally didn't want them to. But with everything Merlin was saying, they were bound to.

"This nonsense isn't helping you keep your job." Arthur told him before turning to look at me. "The only reason I haven't dismissed you yet is Isabella. She seems to have respect for you."

"You are not listening to me." Merlin shouted, clearly getting to the end of his tether.

"If you're going to shout anyway…" Arthur said, before standing up and calling in Cedric. "Will you escort Merlin from the palace?"

What happened next had me standing glued to the spot. Merlin actually tackled Cedric to the floor. Inside, I was cheering for him, because I knew that Cedric really did deserve it. It was a rather funny sight, and I could see that Arthur was not impressed, but trying his hardest not to enjoy it.

That was until Merlin knocked him to the ground. Lucky for me, I had kept out of the way and stayed by the window, where I found it to be relatively safe. But by that point Arthur had really had enough and pounced on Merlin. "You've gone too far this time, Merlin!" He shouted at him, holding my friends arms behind his back. "You can spend a few days cooling off in the cells." He told him, before calling for the guards to take him away.

"He's going to destroy Camelot!" Merlin shouted, in one last vain attempt to get Arthur to listen to him.

I stayed standing by the window, waiting for Arthur to realise that he had left me in the room with Cedric. I don't even think Cedric remembered that I was standing there, since he was mumbling something to himself.

I was grateful when Arthur saw me standing at the window, completely frozen and glaring at the other man in the room. His eyes widened as he suddenly realised what he had let happen. "Cedric, you can continue with your chores now." He said, quickly rushing over to where I was waiting.

"Of course, Sire." Cedric said, before bowing and creeping out of the room.

I gave Arthur my best annoyed glare as he came over to me. "Isabella, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking, I didn't mean to leave you alone with him."

"You know, being left with that man was bad enough. But the way you treated Merlin, our friend, that's something else entirely." I told him.

"Don't tell me you believe him? Why are you always sticking up for him?" Arthur asked me in frustration.

"What reason do I have not to believe him? When has Merlin ever lied to me?" I asked him, watching him carefully. "He is my friend, Arthur, someone I know I can talk to. He treats me like a normal person, and he isn't scared to tell me what he thinks."

"Isabella, he attacked Cedric."

"Yes, because that guy is a total creep and can't be trusted." I growled at him, completely forgetting that I needed to control my emotions. "Just you wait, Arthur. You will see him for his true colours, and Camelot will be in danger. Maybe then, you will learn to trust Merlin."

I saw Arthur let out a sigh as he ran his hand through his blonde hair. "I just don't understand you, Isabella."

All I could do was look at him. 'Then maybe you should stop trying to understand me, and listen to me." I told him, before opening the door and leaving him alone in his chamber.

Ii was fuming about what he had done to Merlin, but was proud that I had been able to control my own emotions so that nothing suspicious or terrible happened. I was just going to have to sit in my own chamber for a while until I had cooled off. Then I would go and see Merlin, before convincing Arthur to let him out.

I must have drifted off, because the next thing I knew it as dark outside, and there seemed to be some commotion out there as well. "Oh no. It's started." I said, watching as the winged creatures flew around, terrorizing people, hurting them, and screeching. The towns people were absolutely petrified, and there was nothing I could think of doing to help.

A moment later, my door bust open and I saw Arthur standing there, his armour covering his body. "Isabella, are you all right?" He asked me, his eyes quickly scanning over me.

"I'm fine, Arthur. But the people aren't. Go, help them." I told him, turning and looking back out of the window again.

"No, I'm taking you somewhere safe." He said grasping my hand tightly and dragging me through the castle and towards one of the main halls that was already filling with other people. "You are to stay here. Do you understand, Isabella? Do not leave this room." I could only nod at him, there had been so much warning and concern in his voice, that I didn't dare defy him.

I watched him charge out of the room, regrouping with his knights. They were going to take on the beast alone, with nothing but swords and bravery. I knew that they needed something more, they need magic whether they liked it or not. "Come on, Merlin. Time to come and save the day." I mumbled to myself, as I watched injured people being dragged into the room.

My eyes fell upon Gaius, tending to someone. "Gaius, what can I do to help?"

"Princess Isabella, I don't think…"

"Gaius, I am not going to just stand here and do nothing." I said, cutting him off. "What can I do to help?"

He gave in and sighed at me. "Help to bring in some more of the wounded. We need to get them all inside as quickly as possible." I nodded at him, hitched up my dress, and made my way to where they were trying to get everyone inside.

But that was when my heart stopped as my eye fell upon Arthur's body. Lying on the ground. I didn't know what to do, or what to think, but I was glad when he suddenly started moving and stood up. It appeared that my feet had taken me outside further, as I ended up standing right in front of Arthur.

"Isabella, what are you doing out here?" He asked me, clearly not impressed. "I thought I told you not to leave that room. That thing could've killed you."

Suddenly I saw the winged beast out of the corner of my eye. "Yeah, and it still might." I said, throwing myself at Arthur and knocking him to the ground. I landed on top of him, and it wasn't very comfy due to his heavy armour. "Uh, sorry." I mumbled, quickly pushing myself off him and forcing my eyes to look anywhere other than at his.

"No, my pleasure." He said, before quickly pulling himself up as well and grabbing onto my hand tightly.

We both headed back inside, and I took Arthur straight to the make shift medical area where everyone was trying to do something to help. "I'll get something to stop the bleeding." I said to him, sitting him down and trying my best to keep it together.

"Isabella." He said, latching onto my hand as I tried to walk away from him. "I just wanted to say… just, uh… you always surprise me."

I simply smiled at him. "Well, of course I do. I am your strange princess after all." I told him, giving him my best smile. "I'll be back in a minute, Arthur. Just stay put."

"What, like you did?" He said, making me chuckle a little.

I held my head up high as I looked at him. "If I had stayed put, you might very well have been dead, sire." I reminded him.

"I know. Thank you." There was a genuine smile on his face.

I smile back at him, before going and grabbing some things to clean up the wound. It didn't look too bad from what I could see, nowhere near as bad as what I had seen in my dream. Just as I was heading back over to the prince, I looked up at saw Merlin.

He looked right at me and put a finger to his lips. "How did you get out?" I asked him, pretending that I hadn't seen him and heading over to Arthur.

"Blew the door off. How bad is it?" He asked me.

"There's too many of them, Merlin. There is no way Arthur and the knights are going to be able to hold them off for much longer. It's all down to you." I told him, just as the king came rushing into the room.

"Arthur." King Uther called, moving quickly and swiftly to his son's side.

"It's nothing." Arthur called to him, as I stood with Morgana, cleaning it as best we could.

"Have we driven the creatures out?" The King asked. I could tell by the way he was acting that he was desperate.

"They have control of the lower town. The market has been all but destroyed." Arthur told him as I wrapped a bandage around the section of his armour that had been pierced.

"How many dead?"

"Too many to number." The prince told his father. I could tell by the way Arthur was breathing that he was in a lot of pain, and I wished that there were something I could do to help him.

Uther seemed to be thinking about something, before he turned to face his son again. "I'm sealing the citadel." He announced.

"You can't" Arthur shouted at him. I knew he wasn't happy with what his father had said, neither was I, but I knew that the King was only doing what he thought was best for his people.

"I have no choice. I have to protect those who have a chance. If I don't, we will all fall." Uther said, as Arthur pulled away from my hands and forcing himself to stand, clenching his teeth in pain. "Where are you going?"

"There are people trapped on the drawbridge." Arthur told him, walking as best he could towards the doors.

"I forbid you."

"I'm not leaving them to die." Arthur said, really not caring about what his father way saying. And he liked to moan at me about not doing what I was told? He was determined to disobey his own father, the king.

"It's suicide!" Uther shouted at him.

"It's my duty to Camelot, and to myself." Arthur told him, his voice full of fire and determination, as he headed towards his waiting knights, leaving his father to stand there in shock.

All of us were nervous, which was no surprise. Those beasts were terrifying, and strong. I had to shake myself out of my thoughts, as I started dwelling on the stupid dreams that I had been having of this day.

I looked over to where Merlin had been, and saw that he was no longer there, but Gaius seemed to be talking to the wall. "I have to help Arthur." I heard Merlin whispering to the old man.

"Merlin, Sigan's power is far beyond yours." Gaius told him, just as I made it over to the pair.

"I don't have a choice."

"Merlin, Sigan is immortal." I said, leaning against the wall, taking both the men by surprise. "If you face him, well, it doesn't bare thinking about. You're going to need some extra help. From someone much older, and wiser than anyone else." I hinted at him.

Merlin just looked at me, confused about where I had come from, and who I was talking about. "What do you mean?"

I looked at Gaius, the old man knew who I was talking about. "The Great Dragon." He told my warlock friend.

"You know that… that I used to visit him?" Merlin asked the old man in shock.

"Well if course he did, Merlin. He isn't stupid, plus you and that dumb dragon are both creatures of magic." I told him, still remembering the time that I had met the silly dragon.

Merlin just looked at me, probably unable to believe what I had just said to him. "He helps no one but himself."

I let out a sigh. "Merlin, if you don't do something, Arthur is going to die. There is no way he is going to give up, he will fight till his last breath. Is that what you want?" I asked him. "I know he is pig headed, stubborn, and a complete idiot. But Arthur has a good heart."

I swear, I could see the cogs turning in that head of his, before he quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the dark alcove with him. "You're coming with me." He told me, before creeping back up the stairs, keeping to the shadows.

I didn't say a word as we made our way to the dragons cave. "Hello? Hello?" Merlin called as we stood there, waiting and looking for the dragon. "Please, I need your help!"

"You told me I would not see you again." The dragon said, looking at Merlin as he landed on his usual rock.

"I'm not here for myself. I'm here for Arthur." Merlin told him. I knew he was scared, and desperate, because she was still holding onto my hand, which I found a little strange.

"Arthur's path lies with yours. You have made it clear that you do not walk in step with me." The dragon said, before looking over at me. "The young Princess, to what do I owe this pleasure?"

"The same reason as Merlin, I'm here for Arthur. I still don't know where my path lies, but I know one thing, I would do anything to protect him." I told him, meaning every single word I said.

I was pretty sure that the damn dragon was smiling at me, again. "Perhaps you have found your path." I rolled my eyes at him, of course he was going to be cryptic and not bother to give me a straight answer.

"You cannot want Cornelius Sigan to win." Merlin called, getting back to the matter at hand. "You're not evil."

The dragon's gaze shifted from me and to the warlock beside me. "At lest Sigan knows where his loyalties lie. You have shown that you do not."

"So you will let Camelot fall?" Merlin asked, clearly believe that the dragon really would allow that to happen.

"I did not say that." Kilgharrah said, remaining completely and utterly calm and composed.

"Then you will help me?" I could see his eyes light up a little, at the hope that the dragon really would help to stop Sigan and save Arthur and Camelot.

"To defeat Sigan, you will need a spell more powerful than anything you now." The dragon told Merlin. I knew things were about to get serious, and I had finally managed to get my hand back from Merlin.

"Please, I have to try." I really wanted to tune them both out, because I really just wanted to get back up to where the fighting was, and make sure that Arthur was okay.

I let my mind wander, until I heard the dragon asked to be released, and for Merlin to actually make a promise to set the dragon free. "You made a promise, young warlock, and one day I shall keep you to it." The dragon told him. "Young Princess, I have a gift for you."

I just looked at him and shook my head. "Uh, no. That's okay. I don't need gifts or anything." I said, backing away a little. I turned around, looking for Merlin, only to find that he was already gone.

"You have shown your loyalty to both Arthur and to Merlin. You are willing to stand up to the prince to defend the young warlock." He told me, sound a little… proud. "And you have admitted that you would do anything to protect the prince."

"Yeah? So?" I said, not really getting what he was trying to say. "Arthur is my friend, and so is Merlin. They both have feelings and I respect that. I don't like the way that Arthur treats him at times, and no, I'm not afraid to tell him that either."

"You have proven you're worthy, Isabella."

"Worthy of what?" I asked him nervously. I wasn't entirely sure I liked what was going on.

He chuckled a little. "Of your magic." He told me. "Now you must go, your friends need you." The dragon said, before I felt a rush of windy blowing around me. I covered my eyes with my arm, trying to protect myself as it turned into a gale.

A moment later, it had died down, and I moved my arm, opening my eyes and seeing Arthur lying on the ground. Merlin was there, confronting Cedric who was possessed by Sigan.

"You'd rather be a servant?" Cedric asked him, as I rushed over to Arthur's side.

"Come on, Arthur. Wake up you stupid idiot." I said, shaking him a little.

"Better to serve a good man than to rule with an evil one." I heard Merlin saying. I quickly looked over, I didn't like the way things were going, it looked too much like my nightmares.

"So be it. If you will not join me, I will become you and your power will be harnessed to my will." Cedric said, before the man collapsed to the ground.

"I hope you have a plan." I called over to my warlock friend, as he stood there, while a blue swirl of mist left Cedric and headed towards Merlin.

"Look after Arthur." He told me, before he started casting a spell.

I held onto Arthur's hand tightly, squeezing my eyes shut, praying with every fibre in my body that Merlin would be okay and that Arthur wasn't as badly hurt as I thought. I knew he was injured, I could see he was. "I believe in you, Merlin. You are so much more than just a servant." I called to him.

My eyes opened as Merlin's stopped speaking. I looked over at him, now lying on his side, shaking and convulsing. "No, Merlin!" I shouted, rushing over to his side. Too much had happened, too many people had been injured. "Come on, Merlin. Wake up. For God sake, wake up!" I shouted at him, before hearing Gaius calling out.

Suddenly Merlin moved, gasping for breath. "Merlin? Are you… are you okay?" I asked him nervously. A smile broke onto his face, and I knew everything was going to be just fine.

"You need to stay with Arthur, he needs you." Merlin told me, helping me up.

I nodded at him and went over to the prince, kneeling down on the cold ground beside him and grasping his hand tightly once more. "Come on, you arrogant prince. If you don't wake up, I swear, I will slap you." He still didn't move, and so I done what I swore to do, I slapped him across the face.

His eyes shot open and those blue orbs of his focused on me. "Isabella, what are you doing out here? I told you to stay inside, where it's safe." He moaned at him.

I couldn't help but smile at him. "Arthur, when do I ever listen to you?" I could feel myself starting to relax. Merlin had done it, he had saved Arthur, and he had saved Camelot once more.

Slowly the prince began to sit up, his eyes still locked with mine. "You really are impossible."

I chuckled a little. No one had ever called me impossible until I had met him, and now he just never seemed to stop. But I was impossible, because I was from a completely different time, where things were so different. "And you wouldn't want me any other way, would you?" I asked him, before throwing my arms around his neck. "I thought you were going to die, Arthur." I whispered to him, before pushing him away and whacking his arm. "Don't you ever, ever, do anything like that again."

All the prince could do was smirk at me, before he pulled me back towards him, taking me by surprise. "So, you were worried about me?"

I rolled my eyes at him. "Well of course I was bloody worried about you, you idiot. You could have been killed. You tried to take on an evil sorcerer by yourself, and all his flying minions."

"So, you do actually care about me then?"

I swallowed the lump that was forming in my throat. "Of course I care about you, Arthur."

The prince didn't reply to me, he just pulled me that last little bit towards him, making his lips crash against mine. I found myself completely relaxing, my hand working it's way through his blonde hair. I had to stop the tears that were building from falling. What if he had died? What if Merlin had died? I had to force it all out of my mind, because I didn't want to think of what could have happened, because they were both safe.

"Uh, we should probably go inside now." I told him, shivering a little as a cold breeze picked up around us. "And you need to get Merlin back. You never should have let him go like that in the first place. You were a total idiot." I told him, as he helped me up.

I heard the prince let out a sigh. "I will speak with him later, but right now, I need to get you inside." He said, making me look at him. "Isabella, you are freezing."

"No, it's just a little cold out here." I told him, as we made our way into the castle.

The moment we stepped inside, after having the guards remove the barricade from the door to let us in, I felt my head start to swim. "Isabella?" Arthur called to me, but his voice seemed so far away. "Isabella, are you all right?"

I didn't manage to reply to him, as my head started spinning even more, and I felt my legs give way beneath me. At least I could rest knowing that Arthur, Merlin and Camelot were safe now. Sigan was gone the tomb would be buried once more, and no one would speak of it again. The monsters were gone, and the city could begin to rebuild what was damaged in the attack. I was able to rest knowing that for a while, everything would be fine.

A/N: I'm sorry for the long wait for this chapter. My head hasn't really been in it recently. But I've managed to finish that episode now, so I'm going to start working on the next one soon.

Either way, I hope you all enjoyed it. There's going to be a lot more Merlin and Isabella moments coming up now. You'll soon see and understand why.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who has followed/favourited, you guys are awesome. And to those who have reviewed, you guys are super awesome. So reviews are most appreciated, I do enjoy reading them.

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