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Chapter 11

Arthur, Mavrick and Percival waited for Gaius to do his best to get try and save Anna, but as they waited for news the young king was troubled by his cousin's message. Another thing that bothered him is the fact that his cousin was a condemned traitor, so Arthur didn't understand why she would have risked her life to return. Then, as he stood there trying to run all the reasons in his head, the sound of the door opening brought him back out of his head. The first thing that Arthur noticed when he first got a glimpse of Gaius, was the bloody cloth that the old healer was using to wipe his hands.

The next thing that Arthur noticed was the look on Gaius's face, he looked like he completely tired, but there was also a glimpse of dread. "Arthur, she is resting now, but to tell you the truth, there is still a chance that she might not make it. The arrow went in deeper than I first thought, it caused caused a lot of damage that even if she did survive Lady Anne will never walk." Gaius voice was very shaky as he broke the news to Arthur, who just stared at the old healer in complete shock about what he had been told.

Arthur at first didn't reply to what Gaius had told him about Anne condition, instead he just stared at the healer's chamber door. Just by watching the King Gauis knew what Arthur wanted to do, though didn't want to though didn't want to admit anything. Ever since Arthur was a child he had been watching the young king,Gaius remember every cut, bruise and sickness the young man had. While Arthur as grown to be a strong king, there are times he can be stubborn and refuse to say his feelings out loud.

It seemed like hours before Gaius once again spoke up, keeping his voice low and respectful as he spoke to Arthur. "Arthur, she be waking up soon. I'm sure that when she does, the first person Lady Anne would like to see is you."

Even after Arthur heard what Gaius had just said to him, he stood there still in complete shock by everything. As soon as he felt a small hand touch his shoulder, he snapped out of it and turned his head to see Gwen standing behind him and gave him a smile. "Arthur, I be right beside you." Her voice was soft and kind, hearing Gwen's voice caused him to become more calm and focus since he knew now she was alright.

Percival then took a soundless step towards the royal couple, than he took a deep breath before speaking in a calm and soft tone. "Arthur don't worry about a thing, me and the other knights will get the horses and supplies for getting those ingredients. Once we find out where Morgana is holding Merlin, and we know that all of the kingdom is cured we will go bring your manservant back to you.

Arthur nodded his head and with Gwen trailing closely behind he entered the room, once Gwen was in she closed the door behind her. Than Gwen took Arthur's right hand into her left, together they walked slowly towards Gaius's bed and there they got the first look at Anne. The first thing that Arthur noticed when he got his first look at her, was how pale her face and lips were which was different from when he first met her.

"Arthur? Are you alright?" When Gwen spoke her voice was soft and comforting, but Arthur couldn't help but not look away from Anna. His eyes never left her pale white skin, the other thing that Arthur noticed was how shallow Anna's breathing had become. While it still caused him some concern, he still couldn't help but wonder if he was still right about her being the cause of the illness that was killing his people.

Arthur let out a loud deep sigh as he did his best to try and organize his thoughts, after a few moments of complete silence he spoke in a sad deep tone. "I don't know Gwen. I guess I don't understand why Anna would risk coming back to Camelot, when she knew I thought she was a witch and sentenced her to death." As he spoke he tried his best to wrap his head around what his cousin must have been thinking, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand it.

As Arthur sat there staring at his cousin while pondering the why in his head, he felt arms wrap around his neck and a kiss on his right cheek. "Arthur is it really that hard to figure out, she came back because you are Anna's only family and she loves you. Anna might also want to prove her innocence to us, which makes me wonder if maybe someone had planted that book in her room." Hearing what Gwen had just said to him in her subtle tone made him wonder if she was right, there was still a part of him that was a bit uneasy about thinking she was innocent.

He shook his head before turning to face Gwen, as he gazed into his eyes his features slowly softened making his breathing to become more calmer. After sitting there looking at his wife, he nodded his head and saw that there was no harm in looking into the matter so he spoke to Gwen in a soft tone so not to wake Anna. "Very well, I have one of my Knights look into the possibility that she was framed." Arthur wasn't completely convinced of Anna's innocence, but for Gwen's sake he was willing to do an investigation into the matter.

Gwen smiled at the news that Arthur was at least was willing to see if Ann was framed, there was a part of her that hoped that she was right about her husband's cousin. They sat there watching as Anna's breathing started to become more shallow with each breath, Gwen held Arthur's hand squeezing it to remind him that she was still there for him. It was ten minutes after they had first sat down watching Anna, when Gaius entered the room with a concerned look on his face and then spoke softly. "Arthur I am sorry to bother you and Gwen, but there are some of your subjects who are starting to gather at the front gate panicking."

Arthur let out an annoyed groan, though he suspected that it would be a matter of time before the panicked people would show up looking for answers. He had hoped that they wouldn't have showed up until he had answers like who did it, also Arthur can calming tell them that he has a cure as well.

Both things he didn't have though hearing that it was Morgana that kidnap Merlin, he started to wonder if Anna was working for her or if Gwen was right. "Alright, I will go and calm them down the best that I can." Arthur said as he slowly got up from his seat, he turned to face Gaius and as he did Gwen was right at his side.

"I will be at your side Arthur, after all I am your wife and their queen and when you speak to the people my place is at your side." Gwen smiled as she spoke to Arthur, and as they gazed into each other's eyes he knew that there was no point in telling her to stay with Anna and let him deal with the problem. So he let out a deep sigh and nodded his head, leading her out of Gaius's chambers and into the hallway where all the knights stood waiting for news. Once they saw Arthur, Gwen and Gaius exit the room, their heads lifted up and looked at them with hope that their king might have learned something new.

Arthur shook his head knowing that they wanted answers like him, but since Anna was still not wake to tell them anything new they were lost about what to do. After taking a few deep breaths he turned his head looking into each of their eyes, then in a soft tone and demanding voice he said. "Gwaine and Leon I want you to check Anna's room and talk to the servants that came with her, to see if there is any evidence that she did or did not do this. The rest of you, I want you to keep an eye on those who are sick and their family in case they start to make things harder to treat the sick."

Everyone nodded their heads before slowly making their way down the staircase, leaving Gwen and Arthur standing at the top in front of the doorway. "Gwen are you sure you want to do this, I wouldn't be angry if you decided to go back to our chambers to get some rest. You are with child, I am sure no one would blame you for thinking about the baby and the future King or Queen of Camelot." Arthur kept his voice as calm as he could be, but he wanted her to know that he was worried about her and the baby.

Hearing what Arthur had just told her, Gwen shook her head giving her husband a warm smile before kissing him tenderly. "Arthur, I am alright and as I told everyone my place is with you when you address our people and at least we can tell them we are working on a cure." Gwen voice kept her voice in the same tone that Arthur had just spoke to her, they kept their eyes on each other for three minutes before heading down.

They reached the bottom of the stairs and they took one step forward when Arthur stopped in his tracks, he looked at Gwen and gave her a smile. "Gwen I forgot something in Gaius's chambers, I will be right back." She nodded her head and Arthur quickly ran back up the stairs, he made it to the top and turned to face the door and that when he saw it was half way open. Which was very odd because Arthur was very sure that he had shut it before they left, Arthur quickly took out his sword before slowly making his way to the open door.

As Arthur peaked inside of the chambers, he saw a hooded figure standing over his still unconscious cousin. He stood there watching for a moment to see what was going to happen next, but as soon as the hooded person pulled a dagger out Arthur ran into the room. "Stop right there! Step away from my cousin and drop your weapon!" Arthur voice tone was very angry that someone was trying to kill Anna, the person and turned to face the young king and as soon as he saw the face of the assassin his jaw dropped.

There you go everyone, I hope that you like it. I promise we will get down to the juicy bits soon, until then please leave a review and let me know what you thought about it. Next week I will releasing a new story based on the reboot of MacGyver, so please make sure to check that out and I will see you all next week with something fresh while working on the 12th chapter of this story.