AN: Hey guys!

I'm so excited for the end of the Moment of Truth! I really want to get to the end of the season, 'cause I have a really good surprise!

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DISCLAIMER: MERLIN DOESN'T BELONG TO ME. I ONLY OWN ELIZABETH MALINOR.

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I managed to find Will on his own. When I walked into his view, he pretended not to notice me and continued on with what he was doing. I rolled my eyes in response. "Now don't do that. Don't pretend like you can't see me."

"Why shouldn't I? My hatred should be blinding you," He said darkly.

I gulped and looked down at my shoes. "Yeah, about that." I looked up, and he still wasn't looking. I groaned and walked up to him, grabbed his arm, and turned him around so that he was forced to look at me. When he did, I let go of his arm. "I'm sorry. About what I said. It was completely uncalled for, and I shouldn't have said it."

Will just nodded. "Thank you."

"But just because I'm apologizing for embarrassing you doesn't mean that I'm apologizing for what I said. I still meant it. Will, you out of all people should believe at least Merlin when he says that we're only here to help. And I truly am sorry if you cannot see that." I said, and with that, I left the room.

Merlin caught up with me later that day as I sat on a barrel of hay. I wanted to help, to train, to hand out food, anything, but Arthur had insisted that I just rest for a while. And stupid Morgana for loving me so much, agreed with him. Well, I couldn't complain if I was being loved. Still, it sucked.

I gave him a lopsided smile in greeting as he sat down. It was silent for a few minutes, before he started speaking. "William's father was killed fighting for King Cenred, so he doesn't trust anyone of nobility."

My mind flashed to Cenred, who would become a powerful ally to Morgause and Morgana. I looked to the ground. "I'm sorry. I didn't know. I did apologize too, just to let you know."

Merlin nodded. "Good."

We look to Arthur, who was still training the men. "We have a chance, don't we?" I asked.

Merlin looked at me sharply. "Of course we do. Isn't that why you were yelling at Will?"

I nodded, dismissing it. "Right, right. But Merlin, we haven't enough people to fight. Arthur is still being a prat and won't let the women fight."

Merlin sighed. "Look, I've known this entire village my whole life. We can do this."

"Yeah. You're right. You are absolutely right." I said, with a nod. I turned to face him with a smile. "Why do I ever doubt you?"

He laughed and shrugged. "I will never know."

That night, Arthur held a meeting with all the villagers. "Tomorrow morning, the women and children should gather what belongings they can carry and go to the woods."

Oh, that was just not right. I stepped forward. "I'm sorry, but we're not going anywhere."

Arthur turned to face me. "I know you want to help, but women can't stay here, it's too dangerous."

"It's just as dangerous for the men." I protested. I quickly realized my words and put my hands up slightly to the crowd of guys. "No offence, men." I turned back to Arthur. "The women have as much right to fight for their lives as the men do."

"None of you know how to fight." Arthur tried telling me.

I rolled my eyes. "Women are observant. You don't think we've been watching you for the last couple days? We've been catching on. Besides, the more of us there are, the better chance we stand."

Everyone was silent, including Arthur. Then he spoke up. "This is your home. If you want to fight to defend it, that's your choice. I'd be honoured to stand alongside you."

That's the Arthur that I knew and loved. "Much better," I commented.

Everyone then shared a laugh. It feels really good to laugh, especially when all this week had been seriousness.

Arthur went back to the topic at hand. "Kanen attacks tomorrow. Kanen's a brutal man. He fights only to kill, which is why he will never defeat us. Look around. In this circle, we're all equals." Those words made me think of the Round Table, and I smiled even wider. "You're not fighting because someone's ordering you to. You're fighting for so much more than that. You fight for your homes. You fight for your family. You fight for your friends. You fight for the right to grow crops in peace." Arthur didn't falter, not once. "And if you fall, you fall fighting for the noblest of causes, fighting for your very right to survive. And when you're old and grey you'll look back on this day and you'll know, you earned the right to live every day in between. So you fight! For your family. For your friends. For Ealdor!" He said the Ealdor bit as he raised his sword, and everybody followed suit, chanting, "Ealdor!"

Morgana, Gwen, and I shared looks of happiness. Then I looked back to Arthur, and our gazes locked. Arthur tilted his sword a little in my direction, and I nodded at him too. God, this is why I loved the character He had such an amazing power to move people. And I think that was the person everyone should strive to be.

The next morning was the day of the fight. On my way to the battleground, I saw a beautiful yellow flower. I picked it and secured it in my hair. An innocent thought before a long time of bloodshed.

Morgana went to tell Arthur that Kanen's men has crossed the river, and we all prepared for battle.

We were all standing in a line, and Arthur was just shaking everyone's hand. I didn't know if it's like a thing you're supposed to do before battle, but I'd never seen anyone do it on TV, so.

Arthur came up to me and gently shakes my hand. "Are you frightened?" he asked.

I shook my head and stuck my chin up. "Not in the slightest. More excited, really."

Arthur moved on, and we all sprung into action. I was standing where Merlin and Arthur were. Suddenly, Kanen's men all erupted from the shadows. I flinched. Hey, it was an instinct.

"Hold," Arthur whispered as more men proceeded into the village.

"No one moves until I give the signal." Arthur whispered to everyone. I felt like I wouldn't be able to move even if he did give the signal.

"Hold," he commanded again.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are." Kanen taunted.

Hide and seek had just been ruined for me for life.

Everyone was bustling, and Arthur muttered, "Now, Morgana, what are you waiting for? Something's gone wrong."

I remembered that it took a while for Morgana to get the stone thing right until Merlin went over. I turned around to face him. I gave him a look that said, 'Go help her!'

He nodded and ran off, Arthur harshly whispering his name after him.

They clearly saw Merlin because one of them yelled, "There's one, get him!"

Merlin must have managed to set the flames because they were suddenly everywhere. Kanen's men's horses were backing away in fear of the flames.

Then Arthur's screaming, "NOW!" And everybody came out of their hiding places.

Everybody's clashing swords, and it was all really fast and intense. One man ran up to me, swinging his sword, and I blocked his hit, although it put strain on my arm, considering I could really only use one arm to fight. I quickly finished him off though and was soon enough fighting another one. Well, I guess if I was going to be here for a long time, I might as well get used to this.

I was still fighting one as another ran up to me. I was sweating like crazy, and I was quickly losing stamina. To my intense relief though, Morgana ran up to me and took care of the man behind me. I finished mine off, and we turned to face each other. "Thanks," I said.

"I got your back, Lizzie," She said. We both nodded, and we went back to fighting.

One old man looks like he was about to be finished off since he was pinned up against the wall, so I came up behind the bandit and struck him right through his back. Man, if my grandmother could see me right now, she'd have a heart attack. Not only her, but the people I went to high school with. I was always the quiet, nerdy girl who couldn't do anything. Well, look at me now! Ha ha ha! Wait, they probably couldn't see me.

I finished another guy off, but I didn't see the one that came up behind me, and he get me in the right arm. Damn it, that was my good arm!

I screamed in pain and fell to the ground. He was about to run me through when somebody got him from behind. When the man fell to the ground, I was shocked to see that it was Will. I choked out a laugh in disbelief. "Thanks." I managed to splutter.

He just nodded his head. "Well," he said, and he quickly helped me stand up. "I thought about what you said. And you were right. Nice flower, by the way." He said, motioning to my head.

I touched it. Huh, I would have thought that it would have fallen out by now. "Man, I can not get enough of hearing that I'm right. And thank you," I said. Will smiled at me, then ran off to Merlin. I turned around and fought as best as I could with my left arm. Matthew saw me struggling, and he came over to help me. Even with all this going on, there were still too many people.

Just as I thought this, the giant tornado of dirt that Merlin created erupted from the ground, and everybody was hit with the force of the wind. It was so strong that it blew me back really far, and I landed right next to Morgana. I grunted as I fell on my back, but I quickly covered my face so that the dirt didn't get into my eyes.

Eventually it all became too much for Kanen's men, and the men remaining all fled, with the villagers of Ealdor running after them. I quickly stood up, and Morgana, Gwen, and I joined in a group hug at our victory. I pulled away from the hug and ran to hug Merlin, then I hugged Will, who actually accepted my hug.

Our victory was not celebrated for long, because Kanen's loud voice rang out, "PENDRAGON!"

He came out into the clearing and took off his helmet. Before I could even comprehend anything, they were fighting. After a bit of sword clashing, Arthur stabbed Kanen who fell to the ground.

I suddenly remembered that Will was supposed to die in the next couple minutes. I moved to tell him, but I held myself back when I remembered one crucial detail.

While Will was dying, he had covered up for Merlin about using the magic. And since Will was dying, that lie would have died with him. If I saved Will, it would have a significant change to the plot, unlike Matthew's was. I couldn't save him, not this time.

After Kanen was dead, Arthur turned to us. "Who did that?"

Will and Merlin just looked confused. "What?" Merlin asked.

"Wind like that doesn't just appear from nowhere. I know magic when I see it." Then you clearly did not know magic, my friend. "One of you made it happen." He said, walking up to us.

I put my hands up. "Don't look at me, I swear I just got here." I said, trying to save my skin. A selfish thing to do, I know.

"Arthur..." Merlin began.

Merlin didn't get to finish his sentence, because Will saw Kanen load an arrow to be shot at Arthur, he yelled, "Look out!" pushing Arthur out of the way.

"WILL, NO!" I screamed, moving to push him out of the way. I didn't care anymore, Will was one of my friend's best friend. Will being gone would hurt Merlin, and I couldn't be able to bear that, especially since I would have known.

It was too late though. The arrow was already sailing in the air, and Will had already moved in front of it. Soon enough, it collided with Will's chest.

Kanen was still alive, so I quickly grabbed a discarded crossbow that was still loaded, aimed it and shot the arrow right at Kanen's head. Needless to say, it made its destination. Did I forget to mention that I had also gotten "extra" target practice? I was much better at that than sword fighting.

"WILL!" Merlin shouted, catching his best friend before he fell to the ground. Thinking that Merlin needed some help, I helped support Will too. Arthur had recovered by then, and helped catch Will too.

Arthur looked at Will in wonder. "You saved my life."

"Yeah...I don't know what I was thinking." He managed to joke.

"Come on, get him inside!" Arthur yelled, and a bunch of more people moved to help Will. We brought him inside and set him on a table. Everybody but me, Merlin, and Arthur left the table.

"That's twice I've saved you." Will managed to grunt out.

"Twice?" Arthur asked.

"It was me." Will said, pretty much choking on each word. "I'm the one that used the magic."

"Will, don't..." Merlin started.

"It's all right." Will assured him, turning his head slightly to face him. "I won't be alive long enough for anyone to do anything to me." He turned back to Arthur. "I did it. I saw how desperate things were becoming. I had to do something."

"You're a sorcerer?" Arthur asked in disbelief.

"Yeah. What are you going to do? Kill me?" Will joked.

Even though he was trying to make a joke, his words tugged on my heart.

"No. Of course not." Arthur said somberly.

"Merlin...do what you can for him." Arthur told him. Arthur pat Will's shoulders, then moved to leave. He was about to guide Morgana and Gwen out when he turned back to me. "Elizabeth..."

"Just give me a minute." I said, turning to face Arthur.

Arthur nodded and everyone left the room. I turned back to face Will. "I'm sorry. I wasn't the best person to you. You truly are the bravest man that I have ever met, Will."

I reached up into my hair and took out the flower. I took his hand and gently set the flower in it. "For you. Yellow is a good colour on you."

He nodded as best as he could. "Thank you, Elizabeth."

I smiled, then lean over and lightly kissed him on the cheek. "Goodbye, Will. I'll see you again. Not soon, but, I will." I said, and he actually laughed at my joke. I gently squeezed his hand and gave him and Merlin some privacy.

I walked out, and Morgana walked up to me. She was smiling sadly, but her eyes travelled down to my arm and they widened. She gasped, "Lizzie, you're hurt!"

"What?" I said, and I looked down to my right arm. Where Morgana was pointing was a rather large gash. Oh, that's right. That one bandit had gotten my arm. All the adrenaline from after that happened must have distracted me from the pain, but now that it was gone, it was coming in loads.

Morgana sighed. "We can't take you anywhere, can we?" She said and led me off to find the same person who patched me up last time. I looked back to the tent, where two best friends went into, but only one would emerge out of.

Later that day we held Will's funeral. I stood with Morgana and Gwen, and Merlin stood with Arthur.

After speaking with Merlin, Arthur came to help us get the horses ready.

Merlin said goodbye to his mother and a few other people, and then he came to leave. I caught his hand before he went on his horse. "Everything will be okay." I said. "You know that, right?"

He smiled at me. "Yeah. I do."

And with that, he got on his horse, I got on mine, and the five of us went back to Camelot, where another adventure was bound to be waiting.

TBC...

Aww man, that was depressing. Anyways, I am so excited! I'm getting so close to the end of season 1! Where a surprise waits at the end!

Liz's outfits on Polyvore!

Till Next Time,

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THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH MALINOR CONTINUES...

"I am Anhora, keeper of the Unicorns." A white haired, old man said.

"Arthur, don't!" Elizabeth Malinor cries out as Arthur Pendragon shoots the unicorn.

"When you killed the unicorn, you unleashed a curse." Anhora explains.

Guinevere tries pumping out water, but all that comes out is sand.

The grain reserves are gone, and Uther and Arthur Pendragon stare out into a field of dead crops.

"For this, Camelot will suffer greatly." Anhora continues.

"The kingdom is under attack." Uther concludes.

Arthur clashes swords with a red haired man.

"Undo the curse." Arthur commands Anhora.

"It is not in my power." Anhora tries to explain.

Arthur rides out from Camelot.

"He will be tested." Anhora explains to Merlin and Elizabeth.

"One of us has to die." Arthur concludes as he, Elizabeth, and Merlin stare at the two goblets.

"What have you done?" Merlin asks in disbelief.