A/N: I see that this story has views but if I could get some reviews and likes that would be great. I don't own Merlin I just own Rose.

It had been under a year since Rose had become high priestess of the old religion. She had learnt a lot about herself and her magic. She can see through enchantments and magical creature but couldn't see through aging spells. She had learnt all this through Kilghara who had become a friend and mentor, Rose would go to his cave in the evening and they would talk for hours on end, and he would tell her stories of dragons and dragon lords. In the last few months, she had also been spending time with Arthur sometimes on the training ground and sometimes just sitting in his room and talking for a bit.

The castle was having men dig up the caves underneath the castle for last few days they were under orders to avoid Kilghara's cave by Uther. Uther had no idea the dragon had friends and kin in the castle so was basically giving Kilghara a life of loneliness. Rose lay in bed tossing and turning the banging stopped a few minutes later it was replaced by screaming. She got up and put on a shawl and grabbed her sword which she keeps in her room now. before going to tunnels she got to a tomb and immediately the magic in the room was obvious the tomb muttered from a glass heart with a blue mist in it. The magic was angry and evil. She looked around Merlin and Gaius were there already. A creepy looking body was laying on the floor. She had a jolt of fear and moved over them. Merlin looked around and noticed Rose.
"What did he die of then" asked Rose.
"You really shouldn't be here" said Gaius. He stepped on a trap and an arrow came out of the raven.

Merlin used magic to save him by using the plate as a shield "you saved my life, thank you". He dropped the plate at the sound of royal family. Rose went into the shadows knowing that they weren't going to like the fact she was there as technically she wasn't allowed to out at this time off night without an adult.
"Idiot" said Uther as the plate landed at his feet.
"You practise at being clumsy or does it come naturally" said Arthur.
"One of my many talents" said Merlin he grinned. The whispering got louder, and she could make out words. She tapped into her magic and focused on the magic and the tomb spoke to her.
"I will return to Camelot and get my revenge" said the whispery voice.
"Why do you need revenge" asked Rose in her head.
"These people didn't let me take over, me and you can rule over Camelot" said the whispery voice.

Rose stepped forward the stone was calling her to it.
"NO!" shouted Rose. Everyone turned around to stare at her she realised that she shouted out loud.
"Rose?" questioned Gaius. Rose moved forward and glared at the tomb. She was getting an evil feeling from the raven it meant to kill them all it wanted to rule with her, but she had another destiny.
"This tomb needs to be sealed up, its needs to be sealed up, it's dangerous" said Rose desperately. She went over the jewel and pointed to it "It's evil". She had a big fear going through her, but she was unsure why, because it wasn't the first time Camelot had tried to be taken over by crazy sorcerers.
"Someone get her out of here" said Uther in a bored voice. Rose shook her head and stepped back when Arthur attempted to approach. He lifted his hands up like she was a startled horse she wasn't sure whether to be offended or touched.
"It's alright, it's just a booby trap that's all, come with me" said Arthur. Rose started to waiver with a smile. He put his hand out and she took it. Arthur then pulled her from the room and took her to her chambers.

The next morning Rose got up and got dressed and went to Kilghara's cave. She did this most morning she'll bring him a raw rabbit or two for him to snack on. She sat down on the rock and opened her mind and heart.
"Young one I am delighted to see" said Kilghara.
"Likewise," said Rose. She magicked the rabbits over to his perch. Rose smiled as he set them on fire and then ate them.
"Thank you" said Kilghara. Rose sent a butterfly over to him from the magic of her hands "you are talented, how I wish I could see a real butterfly"

"Unfortunately, I don't know how to wake the knights of Mediar, I would steal one of their swords" said Rose. Kilghara started to laugh and Rose smiled unsure of what he was laughing at.
"You are too kind" said Kilghara. They carried on talking for a good few hours before Rose went up to the main castle area, she went to Gaius's chambers. He was reading some books.
"Are you reading about the tomb" asked Rose. Gaius nodded and pointed at book.
"Yeah I know who the tomb is, sit and read this it's history" said Gaius. Rose followed the order and sat down and read the book the Sorcerer Cornelius Sigan a man from thousands of years ago he had built Camelot itself, but he became too powerful and he got sent away. Merlin came in looking sad.
"What's wrong" asked Rose.
"Someone else got the credit for saving Arthur's life" said Merlin. He looked a bit sad and frustrated; she wanted to run over and give him a hug but fought against it.
"So, the usual then" said Rose.
"All the stuff I do for him and he thinks I am an idiot" said Merlin.
"You're not an idiot you're a good person, we have worked out whose tomb it is" said Rose.
"Who's is it" asked Merlin sitting down opposite Rose and next to Gaius, Merlin gave her a smile and read a book over Gaius's shoulder.
"What language is that?" asked Merlin.
"It is ancient druid, hang on" said Rose. She took the book and used her magic to translate the words her eyes flashed "it says I will return and get my revenge on Camelot, the raven will fly high, Camelot will pay for ever underestimating me, I have conquered death itself". Rose stared at the passage the curse. She couldn't help but laugh talk about over dramatic much. She noticed that evil sorcerers seemed to be dramatic.
"This isn't funny Rose this is serious" said Gaius looking taken aback at her amusement. He raised his eyebrow and she immediately pulled a serious face.
"He's so over dramatic" said Rose. Merlin gave her a smirk of amusement which change to a look of realisation.
"Did you get an evil vibe last night?" asked Merlin.
"Yes, the stone in the middle of the actual grave bit was speaking to me, trying to get to join him" said Rose.

The next day Rose was walking through the town on the way to the stables, Morgana had a bad dream the night before, so Rose was going to distract her with a horse ride in the woods with some food. She saw Arthur on her way she stopped to speak to him.
"Good morning Rose, you ready for our training session this afternoon" asked Arthur. Rose nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, I am going for ride then will be back, what will I be learning today?" asked Rose.
"A defence move and an attack" said Arthur. A rumbling came out of nowhere. She heard a shout and the horses started to run through the street. Arthur grabbed her arm and moved them both out of the way before they were knocked over by a horse. They walked to the stables to see Merlin was asleep on the floor. Rose and Arthur squatted over him Rose was concerned he doesn't usually fall asleep while doing chores. Merlin stirred and woke up and looked at them. He sat up looking shocked he seemed confused.
"Sire, Rose" said Merlin.
"Are you alright?" asked Rose. He nodded at her and then looked at Arthur looking even more confused. They all stood up and faced each other. Merlin had horse dung smeared on his face.
"What are you doing?" asked Arthur.
"Nothing" said Merlin.
"We can see that, maybe you were looking for something" said Arthur.
"Yeah I wasn't sleeping" said Merlin.
"Maybe we are looking for the same thing, the horses" said Arthur. Merlin looked around and noticed the horses were gone. Merlin lifted the hands to his head.
"I don't know what happened" said Merlin.

Arthur mimicked his movements mockingly. Rose decided to leave them to it and start getting the horse's back not wanting to hear Arthur have a go at Merlin.
"I'm going to get the horses back" said Rose. She left the stables and walked through the town she got two horses and took them by their reigns and took them to the stables.
"Cedric's right, he can look after me tonight, you can go home and think about whether you want to be my servant" shouted Arthur. One of the horses started to pull with fear. Rose walked in as Merlin walked off ready to cry. Rose tied the reigns to the bars again before turning on Arthur.
"You have no right to speak to Merlin like that, he might be clumsy and a bit of idiot at times, but he is loyal and will put himself in danger for you in an instant" shouted Rose.
"It's been one mistake after the other, I know that the big idiot is loyal that is why I am giving him the evening off, if I was a normal noble I would have him flogged, come on let's get all the horses" said Arthur. It took them all day to find all the horses, but they had a laugh while doing it one of the horses wouldn't do anything for Arthur but would move once Rose took over. They finally got the last horse in which was Arthur's horse they tied him up to the bar before facing each other.
"Good work lets go get something to eat" said Arthur. They walked back to the castle and went to Arthur's chambers for some dinner.

After eating Rose went to her chambers tired after the busy day of getting the horses back. She fell asleep straight away. She woken by a power magic it felt like it was going through her veins. She got up and went to the window to look out it. Rose looked over to Morgana who was asleep in her bed. It was evil magic she felt evil magic something was wrong.
"High priestess I am returned, we can run Camelot together" said Sigan voice in her head.
"No, I would rather not, whose body have you taken" said Rose in her head to Sigan. She went towards the door but before she could open it the warning bell sounded which woke Morgana up. She looked around and noticed Rose was standing in her area of chamber.
"Rose are you alright" said Morgana in a scared voice. Rose ran over to her bed sitting down next to her.
"Yes" said Rose.
"I was just making sure you weren't doing anything foolish" said Morgana pulling her into a hug. Rose hugged her back and laid down on the bed. Morgana pulled her to her. So, Rose's head was on her shoulder.
"That warning bell always seems to be going off" said Rose.
"Unfortunately, that's true" said Morgana. She stroked Rose's hair affectionately and Rose shifted so she cuddled up with Morgana. The warning bell stopped, and Rose fell asleep for a bit.

Rose woke up that morning and got dressed before heading to Arthur's champers. She knocked on the door.
"Enter" said Arthur. Rose entered and saw that Arthur was writing at his desk.
"Can I sit with you for a bit?" asked Rose. Arthur nodded and pointed at the bed. Rose went over to the bed and sat down on it leant against the headboard.
"Have you come to ask about the warning bell last night" asked Arthur. Rose was taken aback about he knew this information but at the same time it was known she could be curious.
"Yeah what was that about?" said Rose.
"The crystal in that tomb has been stolen" said Arthur. Merlin walked in and stood in front of Arthur's table he looked worried.
"Cedric is possessed by an evil spirit" said Merlin bluntly.
"What?" said Arthur he sounded very sceptical about it and to be honest Rose didn't blame him, it did seem farfetched.
"He stole the crystal from the Sigan's tomb it has his soul inside, Sigan will use the crystal to take over Camelot" said Merlin. Rose sighed it had to be that weirdo that got Sigan.
"We should alert the army" said Rose. Arthur shook his head and gave Merlin an amused look.
"Have you been on the cider" asked Arthur.
"Please listen to me, he won't stop until Camelot has crumbled to the ground" said Merlin.
"This nonsense won't help you keep your job" said Arthur flatly.
"You're not listening to me" shouted Merlin. Rose jumped at his shout; she wasn't used to seeing Merlin angry Arthur noticed her jump which seemed to make him angrier than the fact he was being shouted at.
"If you're going to shout and scare Rose you can leave, Cedric!" called Arthur.

Cedric came into the room and looked at Rose with an intense look the evil magic was rolling off him she could sense it.
"Yes, my lord" drawled Cedric it made her skin crawl.
"Escort Merlin from the palace" said Arthur.
"He lives in the palace unless you want to tell Gaius you banished his ward" said Rose. She got up and stood by the bed. Cedric approached her but Merlin angrily got between them.
"I will escort Rose to her chambers, if you want to speak to your manservant alone" said Cedric.
"No, you will do no such thing" shouted Merlin before leaping on him and pulling at his face and scratching. Cedric pushed back at Merlin's face Rose couldn't help giggle at the girly way that Merlin fought. Cedric kicked Merlin as Rose and Arthur went forward to pull them apart, but Cedric kicked Merlin which made him flip and hit into both off them knocking them both of their feet. Cedric crawled under bed to get away from Merlin, Arthur got up and helped Rose up. Merlin followed Cedric under the bed. Arthur got on top the bed and pounced on Merlin. Rose stepped forward but Cedric grabbed her arm holding her back.
"You have gone too far Merlin; you can cool off in the cells guards, Cedric take Rose to her chambers" said Arthur angrily.

Cedric took Rose to her chambers; Morgana wasn't there so he smiled before shutting the door. His eyes became black as he became Sigan.
"You have been ignoring my request for you to join me" said Sigan.
"You have ruined things for my best friend, so no I would never join you" said Rose she made a fire ball in her hand getting ready to throw it at him but he was one step ahead of her and put a protective spell when she did it so it blocked the fire.
"once I have bought Camelot to the ground you will join us" said Sigan. He left the room and Rose glared at the spot where he once was.

Rose knew the attack would be tonight when the defences were at it's weakest. She went to the armoury and collected armour and helmet and knight's cloak. She went back to her chambers. She wasn't going to sit around while Camelot fell. She got the armour on and the cloak around her shoulders. She moved the cloak around to hide her chest. She had to cut the cloak a bit at the bottom to stop it trailing too much on the floor. She put her long black hair into a bun on the top of her head and put a helmet over of her head which cover her face except her eyes. She was tall and lanky for her age so she could pass for a young knight as night-time came the warning bell sounded and she ran to join the knights.

With all the madness that was going on Arthur didn't notice she was the only one with a helmet on, they fought the stone gargoyles in the square. In a formation with Arthur leading they attempted to stab at the gargoyle. Everyone started to fall over around them, but Rose stayed on her feet people got up and came back into formation.
"Regroup! Form a phalanx" said Arthur. Rose followed the order and they all went back into formation their spears up their shields protecting them as they went low. The creature knocked them out one by one. Except Rose it seemed to not want to go near her, she looked up to one of the balconies and saw Sigan looking at her with amusement. Of course, he saw through disguise no one else did though she had them all fooled. She stabbed at the gargoyle and it flew away. It was going towards Arthur Rose moved forward, but he was too far away. Gwen dragged him away from the situation and out of reach. She joined the knights on the bridge and unfortunately people were dying. The screams were loud, and people died painfully.
"Stop this Sigan, you don't have to kill everyone, some of people could be magical and your condemning them to death" said Rose into Sigan's head.
"My creatures will not harm you; I need my revenge on these people" said Sigan into her head. She made one of the gargoyles crumbled into pieces.
"What will make you stop!" said Rosie in a loud voice in to Sigan's head.
"When Camelot is no more" said Sigan into her head.

Rose rolled her eyes he was so over dramatic would it hurt to have a low-key sorcerer. How on earth was Arthur going to accept magic if people kept attacking him with it. She was then joined by the Arthur and some more knights.
"Check for survivors" said Arthur sadly. She moved forward but two gargoyles came at them she ducked but they ignored her and picked up another person. Arthur was knocked over and all the knights except Rose retreated the square. She pulled Arthur up of the floor and they covered each other as they rounded the corner back into the square. The gargoyle separated Arthur and Rose to the others.
"Retreated save yourselves that is an order" ordered Arthur. The other knights took that order and legged it back inside he looked at Rose "you go to". Rose shook her head. The gargoyle went for Arthur and Rose slowed down time and jumped between them then the time sped up and she made impact with the gargoyle she felt coolness on her face as her helmet came off with impact it knocked her backwards, she screamed as she hit the floor and the world went black.

Rose woke up sometime later still in the courtyard. She stayed still her whole body was sore, but she didn't care. She could see Merlin was walking through the mist. Gaius came outside slowly.
"Merlin?" said Gaius. Merlin showed him the blue crystal that was now silent "well done my boy" giving him a hug. Merlin hugged back and then came running towards Rose Gaius followed behind him.
"Can you move?" asked Merlin gently he got on his knees to kneel next to her. Rose nodded and sat up slowly with Merlin's assistance she had a jolt of pain through her ankle. Merlin pulled her towards him and comforted her.
"My ankle and head hurts and it feels like I just had a fight with a horse" joked Rose.
"No just a fight with a stone gargoyle" said Arthur in a stern voice. Everyone jumped and turned around he was stood behind them.
"Come on let's get inside" said Gaius. Rose stood up with Merlin's help but the moment she was vertical she felt sick and dizzy. She nearly fell sideways her ankle not taking her support but was caught by Arthur. He huffed and picked her up, so he was carrying her bridal style. They walked towards the door and Rose saw that Arthur was injured.
"You shouldn't be carrying me your wounded" said Rose.
"Thanks to your heroics he only managed to scratch my face and a knock to the head" said Arthur he still sounded stern. He carried her into the ward and laid her down on a table. Morgana came running over.
"What happened?" asked Morgana. Gaius went into physician mode and started to sort her out.
"Your ward decided to start playing soldiers" said Arthur.
"You have been training me in sword skills, you got me my own sword what was I meant to do with it chop up fruit" said Rose. Merlin gave her a smirk.
"You are a child; you can't just run into danger when you feel like it" said Arthur. Rose head hurt and she couldn't be dealing this. She gave Merlin a look.
"Arthur, stop, she saved your life" said Merlin. Rose felt a tiredness wash over her and fell asleep.

Rose woke up later in her bed she was feeling loads better her head and her ankle were pain free and she felt a lot fresher. She sat up in bed and saw Merlin asleep sat in a chair by the bed.
"Merlin" said Rose. He woke up and smiled at her.
"Nice to see your awake" said Merlin.
"You alright?" asked Rose. He looked tired and concerned.
"Yeah, how about you?" asked Merlin.
"I am good, have you done some healing of your own" said Rose giving him a mockingly stern look.
"I'll rebreak your ankle then" said Merlin with a joke in his tone.

Rose smiled and looked at her now healed ankle it felt better. Her head also felt a lot better.
"One broken ankle and a concussion impressive, well I did jump in front of a stone gargoyle saving your destiny" said Rose. There was a knock at the door, Rose got up and noticed she was wearing a dress, she went to the door and let Arthur in he entered the chambers he gave her a smile. She sat down at her table and he sat down opposite her.
"Merlin can you give us a minute?" asked Arthur. Merlin looked like he was about to protest, Rose gave him a nod, Merlin nodded back at her and then left the room "you two always seem to have a lot of non-verbal conversations"
"Yeah we have done it for a long time, Are you feeling recovered?" asked Rose.
"Yeah I am, thank you, last night you saved my life and showed me some loyalty, I came to thank you" said Arthur.
"Your welcome" said Rose.
"It was so dangerous, we need to go through some more lessons about following orders, if I tell you to retreat, you retreat" said Arthur. Rose looked up at him with a shocked look. She was expecting Arthur to stop training her after her stunt last night "why did you join the battle".
"My healing skills aren't the best and I wanted to help, once I see a place as my home, I'll do anything to protect it" said Rose.

The end