AN: OMG GUYS WE MADE IT.
WE MADE IT TO THE SEASON 1 FINALE. WHO IS AS EXCITED AS I AM?
Disclaimer: Merlin doesn't belong to me. I only own Elizabeth Malinor!
Enjoy!
It'd been a while since I blew up at Uther, and since then, we'd been pretty cool. He wasn't as controlling anymore. So again, when I heard from Merlin that he and Arthur were going hunting (seriously Merlin tells me everything), I asked Uther if I could go with them. And he agreed, no problem.
"I still don't understand why you insist on coming with us all the time." Arthur said to me.
"It's entertaining." I said, and it actually was. Even with Morgana and Gwen with me, I got easily bored. I had the attention span of a gnat.
Arthur just rolled his eyes and turned to Merlin. "Merlin, spear."
Merlin moved to hand the spear to Arthur, but accidentally dropped it on him instead. Arthur rolled his eyes again and yanked it from the ground. "Do you have any natural gifts Merlin?" He asked.
"No." Merlin said. "Well, let me think. I'm not naturally rude."
"Or insensitive." I added, just trying to help him feel better.
"Just naturally irritating." Arthur said.
We moved forward and heard growling noises. Merlin looked frightened, and Arthur caught Merlin's expression.
"It's probably more scared of you than you are of it," Arthur said. Then he turned to me and saw my lack of reaction. "Elizabeth is less scared than you are."
Arthur signalled to his knights where to go. I still didn't really understand most of the hand gestures, so I just stuck to Arthur again.
Out of nowhere, the monster from the episode, the Questing Beast, jumped out at us. We all just stood there for a few seconds, shell shocked, before Arthur dropped his spear, and we all began to run. Me, being the dunce that I was, just stood there, completely absorbed by the structure of the beast. There's a difference between seeing everything in real life and on a TV.
"Elizabeth!" Arthur's voice yelled, and he grabbed me by the arm. I snapped out of my trance, and we ran. We caught up to the group, and we saw Merlin fall. Arthur and Sir Bedivere helped him up, but Bedivere subsequently fell behind. I tried to run back to help him, but another knight grabbed me and pushed me forward.
We got far enough away from the beast, and we stopped running to regroup. "Have we lost it?" Merlin asked.
Arthur stopped to recount everybody. "Who's missing?" He asked.
I knew who was missing. "Where's Sir Bedivere?" I asked.
Suddenly, we heard Sir Bedivere screaming in the distance. The sound sent chills up my spine and tears sprung into my eyes. I couldn't help it. I went to Merlin and leaned my head on his chest in my despair. I felt his strong hand come up and gently rub my back. That scream would literally haunt my nightmares.
I stood with Arthur in the throne room where the entire council was, including Merlin, to discuss the Questing Beast.
"The creature you describe has all the characteristics of the Questing Beast." Gaius told us.
"Surely that's a myth." Arthur insisted.
"According to the old books, the appearance of the Questing Beast is supposed to foreshadow a time of great upheaval." Gaius explained.
"Gaius, it's an old wives' tale." Uther tried to dismiss.
"Look, whatever it is, it's spreading panic," I said, fed up with Uther's insistence.
Arthur nodded in agreement. "The people fear it will enter the city."
"Then we must kill it." Uther concluded. He turned to his son. "Arthur, gather the guard together. You ride at dawn."
Arthur nodded, and everybody left to carry out the King's request. Uther gave me a look, and I quickly deciphered that as one for me to leave. I did, but as soon as no one's in sight, I leaned my ear against the door to eavesdrop. I couldn't really hear anything, so when a servant passed by holding a tray with glasses on it, I took one off of it. I'd seen people do this on TV, I just hope it worked in real life.
I put the goblet against the door and leaned my ear on the goblet. It's not that strong, but I could hear Gaius's and Uther's voice. Victory!
"I beg you, Sire, do not dismiss this. The beast is an omen. I've seen it come before, the night your wife Ygraine passed away." Gaius said. I honestly think Ygraine was brought up maybe three times in the seasons after this.
"I've told you not to speak of that night again. I have conquered the Old Religion. It's warnings mean nothing to me now. Arthur will destroy the beast and we will no longer suffer at its hand." Uther said.
I heard scuffling and footsteps around at the door. My eyes widened when I realize that they were about to leave the room. I quickly scrambled away from the door and hid behind a post thingy. Gaius, however, was the only person that left the room. I knew he was going to talk about the beast with Merlin, so I had to be there too, because I already know about everything, and it would look really strange if I knew all this without having been told.
So I waited maybe ten minutes (the amount of time I was guessing it took for Gaius to get to his chambers) then left for the chambers myself.
I knocked, then entered and went to stand where Gaius and Merlin were."Gaius, in the throne room, what you said about the beast. Is it true?"
Gaius nodded, and I saw him take out a book. "This is no ordinary beast." Gaius looked over to Merlin, who was sharpening a sword, clearly not paying attention. "Merlin," Gaius said, trying to get Merlin's attention.
"Don't worry," Merlin said, all happy go lucky.
"No, listen to me, you don't understand. Uther may not respect the Old Religion, but it is very real. To face a beast such as this, you must understand where it came from." Gaius explained.
"What do you mean?" Merlin asked, perplexed.
"At the very heart of the Old Religion lies the magic of life and death itself. The Questing Beast carries that power. One bite, you die, and there is no cure." Gaius said.
"Well, then Arthur and his knights could be in grave danger." I concluded. Oh, man...
I awoke early and went to go watch the knights prepare to leave.
"You've seen the foe we face. It's a creature of nightmare, but you are the best knights in the realm. We can, and we will, kill it before it harms another citizen of our kingdom." Arthur said to them, drawing his sword. "For the love of Camelot!" He said and the rest of his knights followed suit.
"Arthur!" A voice called out, and everyone turned their attention to the front of the palace, where a frantic Morgana was running down the steps of.
"Morgana, what are you doing?" Arthur asked.
"You cannot face this!" She cried.
Morgana tried to grab him, and Arthur struggled with her. "Morgana, go back to bed. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"Please, Arthur. I have seen terrible things! You cannot go!" She pleaded.
Merlin whispered something to Arthur, but I couldn't hear it.
"No! I will not let you go!" Morgana argued.
Arthur said something to Merlin, but I was too far away to hear it. Then I just gave up and stepped in.
"No!" Morgana screamed, and Arthur handed her off to Merlin and motioned for the guards to come down. Merlin guided Morgana up the steps. I went up to them and grabbed Morgana by her arms.
"I will make sure he's safe, My Lady. I promise." Merlin tried to assure her.
"Let her go, Merlin," I said, scarily calm, and he did. Now I was supporting Morgana, but the other guards were too.
"No! No!" She sobbed.
"It's okay, Morgana. You can tell me everything." I said as we went inside.
But she turned to me. "No. Lizzie, you have to go with him. You're the only person that I trust with something like this, you're just like me. Now go!" Morgana finished, and she let go of my hand.
I was left standing there for a few seconds, before I ran off to change into something better to run in than a dress and flats.
I stood before Uther. I still had to ask permission to leave. If I just left without telling him, I could get into trouble. "My Lord. I was wondering if I could go with Arthur and the knights to help kill this creature."
Uther looked up from his papers. "Absolutely not," He said immediately.
"Oh, come on! Every time I've asked to go hunting with Arthur and his men your answer has always been yes! What's wrong now?"
"When you went hunting with Arthur and his men I knew that there wasn't much of a chance of you getting hurt. Now, there is. I couldn't bear it if you came into harms way," Uther said.
Ugh, I really hated it when Uther was all nice like that! "My Lord I promised Morgana that I would go with them. That was the only thing keeping her calm. If I break that promise, she'll never forgive me."
Uther sat back and paused before he answered. "I know how close you and Morgana are. And just because of that, I will let you go. But if there is one scratch on you, I am holding you responsible."
"I'll wear full body armour." I said happily before leaping forward to give Uther a hug. This was the first time that I'd done this consciously, but I must have done it before. I pulled away and ran out of the room, hoping to catch up to Merlin and Arthur.
I found them quickly enough. "Merlin! Arthur! I've been looking everywhere for you."
"What do you want Elizabeth?" Arthur asked.
"I'm coming with you," I said.
Arthur's face instantly changed to one of worry. "No, you're not."
"Come on, Arthur!" I argued.
"Look, these last few times when you've asked to come along, I've said yes because I believed that we could protect you then. Now, I don't know if I'll be able to do that." He said.
"I can handle myself perfectly fine, thank you very much. I promised Morgana that I would come with you, and I don't break my promises. And Uther already said that I could come, so take that you pansycake." I said, then left to get myself ready. I heard Merlin snicker, a smacking sound, and Merlin going, "Ow!" I laughed to myself at the mental image.
We were walking in the forest for what seemed like forever, until finally Arthur found gigantic paw print. "Let's follow the trail." He said.
I heard growling and heavy footfalls, and I jumped.
"Keep close," Arthur said. He turned to me. "At the first sight or sound of trouble, you run."
I rolled my eyes but nodded in agreement. We found a cave, and it looked like the beast's lair. Merlin, Arthur, and I split away from the group. I heard a hissing noise and judging by the looks on Merlin's and Arthur's faces they heard it too.
"What is it?" Merlin asked.
"Shh." Arthur told him.
The Questing Beast must have sneaked up on us, because it roared, and we all turned around. I couldn't help it. I screamed at the sight of it.
Arthur pushed me into Merlin's arms, and then pushed the both of us out of the way as he took on the beast. Merlin leaves to go to another place in the cave where he can get a better aim on the beast, and tries taking me with him. I waved him off. If I was gonna be of help it would be here. I took out my own sword and held it out in front of me in an offensive position. The beast clawed at Arthur and gots him in the chest, throwing him to the ground.
"No!" I screamed, and just as it moved in on Arthur, I lunged for the beast. I dug my sword into it's side, but it seemed to not have any effect on him, like the Griffith did with Lancelot. It turned to me and knocked me out of the way, throwing me into the cave walls. My back hit it hard, and I fell to the ground, the breath knocked out of me. Merlin tried to distract it by waving his torch. "Hey! Hey!" He called.
Merlin used magic to pick up Arthur's dropped sword. He used what sounded like the same spell he used to defeat the Griffith in Lancelot's episode and magically throws it into the Questing Beast, killing it. I got my strength back and got up to go to Arthur. I got to him and started shaking him. "Arthur?" I brought my hand away from his chest, and it was coated in blood. Tears filled my eyes as I tried shaking him awake again. "Merlin!" I cried.
Merlin fell to his knees next to me and took note of the blood. "It didn't bite you. It didn't." He said to himself, as if repeating it would make it not so.
"Arthur?!" I cried out, trying to wake him up.
"Somebody help us!" Merlin called out.
We eventually did get heard, and we all went back to Camelot.
Back in Gaius's chambers, I helped Merlin sweep everything off of the table. The Guards placed Arthur's stretcher on it.
"What's happened?" Gaius asked. He looked to Arthur's wound and pulled back. He faced the two of us. "He's been bitten."
"I tried to save him." Merlin said.
"You must tell the King." Gaius said to the guards, who all left.
"There must be something you can do." I said to Gaius, looking back to Arthur.
"I wish there was," Gaius said somberly.
"No," I said, tears slipping down my face and on to Arthur's. "No. We've always found a cure in the past. We can't just back down."
"I'll find a cure." Merlin insisted.
"Merlin!" Gaius said alarmed.
"Trust me!" He called as he bolted for his room.
"Can you hear me, Sire?" Gaius asked.
"Can you hear us, Arthur?" I repeated.
"Here." Merlin said as he brought out his magic book.
"The King'll be here any moment!" Gaius protested.
"He can't die. It is my destiny to protect him. We haven't done all the things we're meant to do." Merlin said. And I was grief stricken when I realized that they never got to, at least not in this lifetime.
"That is a lament of all men." Gaius said.
Merlin's face went soft. "Gaius, he's my friend."
Gaius took a deep breath before replying. "Then save him."
Merlin used magic to flip through the book. He stopped on a page, skimmed down it, then picked a spell. He held out his hand to Arthur and said, "Gestathole."
Nothing happened, so he flipped through the book again. He held out his hand to Arthur again. "Thurhhaele." But like last time, nothing happened.
"Maybe the spells need time to take effect," I suggested.
Gaius shook his head. "The bite of the Questing Beast is a death sentence that no magic can overturn."
"Where is the Prince?! Where is my son?!" Uther's voice called out from the hall. He entered, and his eyes fell on his son. "Arthur!" As he did, Merlin magically closed his book.
"Do something, Gaius!" Uther insisted.
"I am trying, your majesty." Gaius informed him.
"Gaius will find a cure. He will not let him die." I told Uther.
"I will do everything in my power." Gaius said.
Uther desperately picked up Arthur himself. "I'll bear him to his chamber." He said, trying not to break down.
The three of us exchange a look, and we followed Uther as he walked through the Square with Arthur in his arms. The grief was too much for Uther, and he collapsed on to the ground. Four knights came to bear Arthur inside as the King wept on his knees. I helped him up and let him lean on me for support. As I tried my best to comfort him, I caught Morgana's eye through an open window.
A couple of hours later I found Merlin getting ready to leave. Shoot, that's right! Merlin was going to the Isle of the Blessed to save Arthur.
I ran after him just as he was about to leave. "You're not going, are you?"
Merlin looked at me a little confused. "Where am I going?"
"To the Isle of the Blessed." I said.
"And how do you know that I'm going to the Isle of the Blessed?" He asked.
Crap! STOP DOING THAT LIZZIE. "I learned about all this stuff during my studies. It's something that Uther requires. And I saw you leaving and asked Gaius if he knew where you were going. He told me that you were going to try and save Arthur. How does going to the Isle of the Blessed help that?"
He sighed. "Kilgharrah-you remember, the Dragon I took you to when we went to get the sword?"-how could I forget-"He said that the answer lies in the Isle of the Blessed."
"Then I'll go with you." I said automatically.
He smiled and gently shook his head. "No, Lizzie. I need you to stay here and take care of Arthur. You're one of the only people I actually wholeheartedly trust with his care."
He wasn't the first one to say it, so it must be true. I stood on my tip toes and threw my arms around Merlin's neck, giving him a hug. "Promise me you'll be careful."
He nodded against my shoulder. "I will."
"Do what you have to do, just beware of the consequences," I said, thinking back to what happened to Hunith.
Merlin pulled back, his hands on my shoulders. "What do you mean?"
I didn't answer and just gave him one more hug. "Be careful." I said again, and pull away. "You should get going. We might not have much time."
Merlin looked like he wanted to say something but didn't. He just got on his horse and left. I huffed, staring after him. I hoped that everything went to plan.
I was sitting with Arthur and Gwen (because I promised Merlin I'd look in on him) when Merlin and Gaius burst in, Merlin holding the Cup that he had gotten from Nimueh. I moved out of the way for Merlin and Gaius to do their Doctor thing. The seemed intent on it, so I left to give them some more space. Uther entered, and after a few minutes, Gaius and Merlin left. I turned to them instantly.
"Is he okay? Will he be okay?" I asked quickly.
Merlin looked to Gaius before back at me. "He should be fine."
I sighed and leaned back on the wall. "Good. I don't think I'd be able to handle it if he died."
Gaius and Merlin nodded and they left. I know things were tense because Gaius was angry that Merlin sacrificed his life to save Arthur's. Time to preoccupy myself. I bumped into Morgana, who was checking on Arthur. I assured her that Arthur would be fine, and we spent some time together. It took my mind off of things, that was for sure.
I went to visit Gaius the next morning (as I usually did when I get bored) and stopped in my tracks when I saw Gaius crouched over someone.
"Gaius?" I asked, moving to get a better look. The person was the one and only Hunith, Merlin's mother, who was covered in sores and stuff. I would have vomited at the sight of her, if not for the extreme concern pulsing through my body. I became very fond of Hunith when I was in Ealdor, and it seemed vice versa. I fell to the ground next to them. Gaius and I shared worried looks when we heard Merlin's door opening. "Gaius! I'm alive!" He called as he came out.
He saw us both crouched on the ground. "What is it? What's happened?" He asked, growing suspicious.
Knowing that Gaius couldn't get up to stop Merlin, I did and ran in front of him. "Stay here, Merlin."
"What's wrong?" he asked, trying to move around me to see.
"Don't, Merlin!" I said, but he pushed me out of the way and ran to the front. I ran after him, and his face grew grave when he saw it was Hunith. "Mother!" He cried.
"Merlin," She moaned.
"What's happened to her?" he asked.
"She's gravely ill." Gaius answered.
"Do something!" Merlin insisted.
"If I only could." Gaius said sadly.
"Please, Gaius!" Merlin begged.
"Merlin, this looks like no ordinary illness." I pointed out.
"This cannot happen," Merlin said incredulously.
"Who did you meet at the Isle of the Blessed?" Gaius asked.
"Nimueh," Merlin answered.
"Nimueh?!" Gaius asked, disbelieving.
"It was as you said. She demanded a price, but I bargained my life, not my mothers," Merlin informed us.
"Merlin. I wish there was something I could do," Gaius said, with what looked like a heavy heart.
Merlin took his mother's hand in his. "I will make you better. I will."
The next day, I woke up early and went for a walk. I was walking and a horse ran past me, Gaius on top of it.
"Gaius?" I called. He turned around a little when he heard his name but just made his horse go faster. "Gaius!" I yelled after him.
It hit me. Gaius was going to sacrifice himself to save Merlin. "Merlin!" I yelled. Then I actually ran to find him. "Merlin!" I yelled again.
I got to his chambers, tears streaming down my face. By the look on Merlin's face, he already knew. I ran into his arms. "Gaius, he's..."
"I know," Merlin said. "I have to go after him."
"I'm coming with you," I said.
He immediately shook his head. "No, you're not."
I rolled my eyes. "Oh my God, Merlin! I let you go alone last time, I'm not this time. Gaius is like family to me, too."
He finally just nodded and we both got ready to ride out of Camelot.
As we got closer to the Isle of the Blessed, we could hear Nimueh chanting. "Ic, séo héahsácerd, þe ácwile strengþe ealdan æwfæstnesse!" Her voice called out.
Merlin and I rushed onto the island. "Stop!" Merlin yelled. We stopped when we saw Nimueh leaning over Gaius, who was slumped against the wall.
She turned around at the sound of Merlin's voice. Damn it, I hated that all the evil ones are so pretty! Her dress was gorgeous! "Back again so soon, warlock?" She seemed to notice me. "And you'e brought a guest."
"What have you done?" Merlin asked.
"Your mother is safe. Isn't that what you wanted?" She asked, stepping closer.
"Have you killed him?" Merlin asked, ignoring this.
"It was his wish," She said plainly.
"I bid my life for Arthur's, not my mother's, not Gaius's!" Merlin practically shouted.
"The Old Religion does not care who lives and who dies!" Nimueh explained. "Only that the balance of the world is restored. To save a life, a life must be taken. Gaius knew this."
"It is not the Old Religion that has done this. It is you," Merlin said, pointing a finger towards her. Yeah, you tell her Merlin!
"Come now. We are too valuable to each other to be enemies." She said, almost alluringly.
"No! I share nothing with you!" Merlin yelled.
"With my help, Arthur will become King." Nimueh tried to convince him.
"I will make Arthur King. But you will never see that day. Ástríce!" Merlin said and threw out magic towards Nimueh. She absorbed his attack.
"Your childish tricks are useless against me, Merlin. I am a priestess of the Old Religion." She said tauntingly, and a fireball forms in the middle of her palm. "Forbærne!" She chanted and the fireball omitted from her hand and exploded towards us.
Merlin pulled us out of the way, but some of the magic managed to hit me. I gasped at the pain of the burns that had begun to form on my skin, and I actually fell into Merlin's arms. I could see black spotting around my eyes, although I didn't feel like I was dying. The strong magic becomes too much for my human body, so it shut down, throwing me into black.
Third person's POV...
It'd been one day since Merlin had killed Nimueh, saving Gaius, which in turn restoring the balance of the universe.
However, it had also been one day since Nimueh's powerful magic had caused Elizabeth to fall unconscious. She was still breathing, although not very strongly, and her health was deteriorating by the second.
"Is there nothing else you can try, Gaius?" Uther asked, looking over the body of the daughter of one of his finest Knights, a little teary eyed.
Gaius shook his head. "Believe me when I say Sire, that I have tried every single remedy that has ever been created. But it's not bringing Elizabeth out of her coma."
Tears actually did slip out of Uther's eyes. "I had promised her parents to keep her safe. Now look what's happened."
Gaius nodded. "We should make her as comfortable as possible."
As the second day passed, Elizabeth had begun to pale. Her body's systems were beginning to shut down, and her circulatory system wasn't running as powerfully and normally as it usually does.
Also as the second day passed, the news spread about the Kingdom like wildfire. Elizabeth could almost always be seen in the village, so everyone thought it strange when she hasn't been there for two days. A servant from the castle revealed that she was gravely ill, but not that she was dying.
And as the third day passed, the entire royal court was in despair. Morgana, who hadn't left Lizzie's side since she came back, injured and unconscious, was beginning to let the thought that Lizzie wouldn't make it out of this one creeping in. Every time she thought it though, she quickly rejected the thought.
Guinevere was in hysterics as well. She was trying to keep herself together enough for Lady Morgana's sake, but she was breaking on the inside. How could good hearted Elizabeth suffer such a fate?
Uther couldn't concentrate on anything and refused to deal with any royal business as the health of one of his dearest family members (not by blood, of course) failed.
Gaius was very upset too, but tried to keep it in as he helped make Elizabeth's passing comfortable. He eventually did break down though, and Morgana comforted him.
Arthur tried to distract himself from what was going on with Elizabeth, but his attempts were in vain. He grew up with Elizabeth, she was like a sister to him. He couldn't bear the thought of her not being alive anymore.
Merlin had spent all day (when he wasn't serving Arthur, which, strangely enough, wasn't very often) and all night looking for a cure through magic to bring Elizabeth back to life. His attempts, although good natured, were fruitless. Merlin was despairing in the fact that his best friend in the world was dying. He only wished that he knew what was going on in her mind as she prepared to pass on into the next life...
Elizabeth's POV...
Okay, honestly, where the hell was I?
It just seemed like a whole lot of black. I walked around aimlessly for however long. I could feel myself getting weaker as I kept walking. I finally felt like I was about to collapse when I got to two doors. Yup. Two random doors from out of nowhere.
I was about to approach the both of them before somebody literally comes out of nowhere, and I gasped when I saw who that person was.
It was Emma, my roommate back in my old world.
She was standing in front of the two doors, dressed in a breath taking black dress, her hair a beautiful mess of coils.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"'What am I doing here'? Are you really asking that?" She asked me.
"Yeah, that's what I'm asking." I said, crossing my arms.
"The question shouldn't be what am I doing here, but it should be, how did you get here?" She asked.
"What do you mean, how I got here? I don't know how I got here. All I remember is blowing out that candle on my birthday last year and-" I stopped when I saw the look on Emma's face when I mentioned the candle. It was a little devious.
"You," I whispered when it dawned on me. "You sent me here."
She smirked. "Very good. Now you're probably wondering why."
I nodded. "Pretty much."
"I saw how much you hated it in the real world. How much you preferred Camelot to it. In a way, I'm your Merlin." She said. "After being told of my destiny-which was to make sure you fulfil yours-I researched about you. It turns out, you have a destiny far bigger than mine. That being said, there are two doors behind me." Emma said, gesturing behind herself.
"I can see them, you know," I said.
"I forgot how sarcastic you were." She muttered to herself before speaking louder. She pointed to the door on her left. "This is the door to Light. If you enter it, you enter Heaven."
"So, I'm in Limbo right now?" I asked.
"Of a sort." Emma answered, dismissing it with a wave. She points to the door on her right. "And this is the door that will bring you out of your coma and back to Camelot."
"Camelot." I answered quickly. Then I spoke slower. "I want to go back to Camelot."
Emma cocked an eyebrow. "Are you sure? You didn't even hear the catches."
"Fine." I said with a sigh. "What are the catches?"
"For Heaven, there is no catch. However, for Camelot, there is but one." She said, putting up one finger.
"And what it is?" I asked, completely fed up with Emma now.
"Limited knowledge." Emma answered. "The things that you know might not be the same."
Limited knowledge? Oh, she must mean that I'd forget what happened the past year. Well, if going back to Camelot and my family and friends meant giving up a year of memories, I was ready to do it. "I still choose Camelot." I said firmly.
Emma smiled and nodded. "As you wish, My Lady." She moved from in between the doors to in front of the door on the left side. I moved to open it, when I turned back to Emma. "Will I ever see you again?" I asked.
Emma just shrugged her shoulders. "We'll see what destiny has in store for you, Elizabeth Malinor. Only time will tell."
And that was the last thing I heard as I opened the door, and I was literally sucked into black.
I drifted back into consciousness and gently opened my eyes. My eyes were drooping heavily, so I couldn't really keep them open long enough.
The sound of a door opening and footsteps. "Is she any better?" Merlin's voice asked, a little hope in it.
A pause, and Arthur's voice said, "She's only getting worse. I think it's just a matter of time."
"I'll go get the King and Morgana. They'll want to be here." Merlin said.
I finally opened my eyes a peek, and I saw that both boys were looking away from me. Perfect! "Want to be here for what?" I asked with a weak voice. Their heads immediately snapped towards me. "Did you guys throw a party and not even bother to tell me?"
Arthur and Merlin both broke out into huge smiles. It totally warmed my heart to see that they both care so much. "Merlin, go get my father, Morgana, Gaius, everybody!" He said, without taking his eyes off of me.
Not two minutes later, Merlin returned, having alerted Uther, Morgana, Gaius, and Gwen that I was awake. They all ran in with huge smiles on their faces.
The first person to go straight for a hug was, strangely enough, Uther. He enveloped me into his strong arms. I automatically hugged him back. It actually felt pretty nice. The earthy smell of Uther reminded me a lot of my father. "Oh, thank the heavens you are all right."
He pulled away, and I was trapped in another set of arms just as quickly. "Oh, Lizzie. I thought I lost you!" Morgana whispered into my ear.
I laughed and pull away. I decided to use what she said when she was dying of that black bug thing. "You're not getting rid of me that easily."
She laughed, and I was hugging Gaius next. "Thank God, you're okay, Lizzie."
"Thank you, Gaius," I said. I got a quick hug from Gwen, who was, of course, thrilled that I was awake. The only people left to get hugs from was Merlin and Arthur, so I got one from Arthur first. It was nice and sweet but pretty brief.
I held my arms out towards him, and he looked around a bit, as if looking for permission to hug me. He eventually did, and I held him tightly. It felt so good in his arms. It couldn't last too long though, and he quickly pulled away. I finally look down to my wrists and notice that they're bandaged up.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You fell down the stairs and a candle fell on you," Gaius told me.
I touched the taped up wound, and my mind instantly flashed to Nimueh and her firebolt coming towards me. This candle thing must have been a lie to cover it up.
"Right." I moved to get up, really wanting to stretch my legs, but Gaius advised me against it.
"You need to rest. Your body was dying; it needs time to repair itself," He informed me.
I groaned and leaned back against my pillow. "So what do I do until then?" I asked.
"I could bring you some more material to read," Gwen suggested.
Morgana nodded. "And I'm always here to keep you company."
Uther nodded too, before clapping his hands together. "Now that I have been blessed with Lizzie's good health, a feast shall be held to celebrate!" Whoa, Uther called me by my nickname. He must be scary happy.
Everybody begins talking at once. Gaius mentions something about getting some medicine for me and took Merlin with him because apparently there was a lot. Gwen had to get back to her chores, and Uther wanted Morgana and Arthur to help him plan the feast.
Well, I figured I had about five minutes to myself before I was ambushed by either Morgana or Gaius and Merlin, so I closed my eyes.
I tried to think forward, about the rest of the seasons and what was to come, but I came across one problem.
I couldn't remember anything.
I snapped my eyes open and sat up in bed. I tried to think of what happened in season 2, season 3, anytime.
But nothing was coming.
That must have been what Witch Emma was talking about when she said 'Limited Knowledge'.
She didn't mean Limited Knowledge about my past...
...she meant my future.
TBC...
OMG ELIZABETH CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE REST OF THE SEASONS.
How will this affect our Heroine now?
Find out in Season 2 of I've Got the Magic in Me!
P.S Who liked that little surprise? I really did.
Lizzie's outfits on Polyvore!
THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH MALINOR WILL RETURN...