AN: Let's go for season 2!

I AM LITERALLY SO EXCITED FOR SEASON 2 BECAUSE THE GOOD STUFF ACTUALLY STARTS HERE.

Disclaimer: Merlin does not belong to me. I only own Elizabeth Malinor.

Enjoy!

So it'd been a year since I found out that I lost my memories of Merlin. And what's worse, I actually forgot some stuff about myself!

One day Morgana and I were having tea, and Gwen was bringing in some cake. She set a slice in front of me, and said, "Here you go, My Lady. Your favourite."

I scrunched my eyebrows together. "My favourite?"

Gwen and Morgana both froze at the lost look on my face. "Yes, your favourite." Morgana repeated. She stood up and knelt next to me in my chair. "Lizzie, do you not remember?"

I shrugged. "I guess with what happened, I lost some of my memories. Gaius said that this might happen, but I didn't think it would." Seriously, I lost all knowledge of future already, why did I have to lose myself too?

Since then, everyone had been walking on eggshells around me. In the first few months after I had woken up, Uther always had four knights with me. Four! I managed to talk him down to two, and then one, and then I convinced him that I didn't need them at all.

I also wasn't allowed to go with Arthur and Merlin on hunts anymore, since Uther was convinced that something would happen to me. But it'd been a year, so I'd been thinking of talking about that with him.

The first thing Merlin wanted to know was if I remembered that he had magic. I decided to have a little fun and pretend not to remember. And the look on his face was so sad. But then I burst into laughter and told him the truth. Needless to say, he wasn't very happy, but he laughed as well.

Back to the present, I was being shaken awake by someone. I swatted at whoever it was. I woke up in the middle of the night with a nightmare, and I just wanted to sleep.

"Lizzie! Wake up! Do you not remember what today is?" Morgana's voice said.

"Saturday?" I mumbled into my pillow.

Morgana, probably fed up with my attitude, pulled my pillow out from under me. "It's your birthday!"

"I don't want it to be my birthday!" I said.

Morgana actually tried to drag me out of bed. "Wake UP! I am not letting you spend your birthday in bed. Uther is planning a feast, remember?"

"Ugh, don't remind me!" I said, struggling against Morgana. Before I know it, I was on the floor. "Morgana!" I shouted.

"Get up, and get ready!" She said and then left. I growled, then crawled back into my bed. No way was she ruining my sleep.

Not two minutes later I was on the floor again. "Up! I mean it, Lizzie!" Morgana said, before she left again.

I groaned, then laid on the floor with a huff.

Everywhere I went, people were wishing me a happy birthday left and right. I wasn't used to so many people wishing me a happy birthday. It was really nice.

Guinevere helped me get ready for my party (I was guessing that's what I was calling it). I wore a beautiful red dress, and Gwen did my hair.

I waited a second, then entered the dining room, and all conversation fell silent. I looked around for a bit, then everyone burst into applause. I blushed, then walked up to the front, where a spot was waiting for me. Arthur held my chair out for me, and I sat down.

Uther ceased all conversation and raised his goblet. "Tonight, we celebrate one of the best of my life. I remember the day you were born. Your parents were so happy." He almost teared up. "I only wish that they were here, to see the beautiful young woman that you have become. When you were so close to death, I was hysterical. I didn't know what I would do. I am so thankful that you live to see another birthday. To Elizabeth!" Uther said, raising his goblet.

Everybody followed suit, and I kept my tears back. I didn't think I had ever heard Uther say something so nice.

The rest of the party was spent eating, laughing, and with music. In my old world, I probably would have just done something with Emma, like I did last year. If you were to ask me last year if I could have ever ended up here, I would have called you crazy. But here I was. With more friends and family that I could have ever wished for.

I actually got a crapload of presents, a lot of it from Uther. I got jewelery, clothes, weapons. It was actually ridiculous.

I was in my room after the party, just unwrapping the rest of my gifts. Morgana wanted to stay with me, but I know that she's been having some troubled nights too, so I sent her off to bed.

"You've got some very lovely gifts." Gwen commented as I opened them.

I looked at her, then back to admiring the dagger I had gotten from Sir Leon (something about needing a weapon on me at all times, just in case). "Yeah. They really are."

Gwen looked a little shy, before she handed me a box. "I got this for you."

I gave her a small smile. "Guinevere, you shouldn't have."

She shook her head. "I'm your friend, and it's your birthday. I think it's something that a friend does."

I smiled at her and gently opened the box, revealing a dress. "Oh, Gwen." I breathed, taking the dress out of the box. "It's beautiful. You made it?"

Gwen nodded shyly. "I did."

I stood up and hugged her tight. "Thank you. I really do love it."

She nodded and asked, "Is there anything else for tonight?"

I shook my head. "No, you may go."

Gwen curtsies and left. Just as she left, Merlin entered, holding a box wrapped with a green ribbon.

"Merlin, you didn't," I said, eyeing the box.

He nodded with a smile. "I did. It's your birthday, please accept it."

I smiled at him, then took the box out of his hands. I opened it and gasped at what it was. "Merlin." I said, taking out the most beautiful, breathtaking necklace I had ever seen in my life. "Where did you get this? How did you get this?"

Merlin blushed. "I've been saving up for it ever since I found out when your birthday was. I am also a very good bargainer."

I laughed and hugged him. "Thank you, it's beautiful, really."

He smiled. "I'm glad you like it. Now, I should let you get to sleep. Oh." Merlin said, digging into his jacket and pulling out a vial. "This is from Gaius. It's your sleeping draught."

I took it. "A very nice gift, let him know." I said with a laugh.

Merlin nodded with a laugh. "I will. Goodnight, Lizzie." He said, and he left.

I quickly downed my vial, set Merlin's gift with the rest of my gifts and laid down in bed. I leaned over and blew out the candle and laid in the dark. I didn't know what was going to happen next. And I really hated not knowing.

For the past few days, Merlin had been complaining about a man named Cedric, who was apparently trying to move in on Merlin's job. I felt like I should remember Cedric's name, and it was tugging at the back of my mind.

"I'm sure you'll figure something out," I assured him.

"I hope so. I don't have a good feeling about Cedric." Merlin told me.

"I haven't met him, but I'm taking your word for it." I said.

Merlin nodded, before looking up. "I have to go finish my chores."

I nodded. "Okay. I'll see you later."

This time, my dreams were haunted by gargoyles and ravens. One goy so close to me, about to poke out my eyes as it squawked.

I jolted awake, screaming at the top of my lungs. "Ahhhhhhhh!" I looked for my maidservant. "Gwen? Gwen!" I called.

Gwen came running. "My Lady? My Lady, what's the matter?" She sat on the bed next to me and pulled me into a hug. "It's alright, it's alright. I'm here. I'm here. There's nothing to be frightened of. Shh, shh, shh." She soothed. God I was sick and tired of these nightmares.

The next morning, Gwen fetched Gaius and he examined me. "What was this dream about?" He asked.

"A bird." I said.

"What kind of bird?" Gaius questioned.

"I don't know, a raven, I think." I answered.

"A raven?" He repeated.

I got chills all over my body just thinking about it. "It was terrifying, Gaius. What do you think it means?"

"Probably nothing." Gaius told me.

My nightmares hadn't been coming as often since I got hurt. They came every so often and really far apart. But they'd been coming more often. "It's happening again, isn't it?" I asked.

"Elizabeth, one raven doesn't mean that your nightmares are returning. Are you taking the sleeping draughts I prepared for you?" He asked, and I nodded in answer. "I'll get Gwen to give you something stronger."

"What, like a blow to the head? I've kept her up as long as I've been." Gaius gave me a look. "Oh, I'm sure she wants to."

"Cedric is what?" I asked.

"He's possessed by an evil spirit." Merlin repeated. "He tried to steal the jewel-you've heard of it right?" I nodded, of course I had. "But it wasn't a jewel, it was a soul of an ancient sorcerer, Sigan."

"So what are you gonna do?" I asked. "You have to tell Arthur. He's been spending a lot of time with Cedric recently."

He nodded. "Yes. I have to." He got up from my room and ran after Arthur. I groaned and leaned back on my bed. Not knowing was really getting me no where.

It wa late at night when the gargoyles came to life. I heard panic coming from outside my window, so I went to the window to see what was going on. One of the gargoyles flew right by my window, and I screamed. I picked up my skirts and ran off out of the castle to see what was going on.

There was loads of people in the castle when I came down. I ran straight to Gaius and he tried to hold me back. "What's going on?"

Gaius looked both ways before leaning forward. "Has Merlin told you of Sigan?"

I nodded. "Yes, something about Cedric being possessed by him. Is he trying to get some sort of revenge?"

Gaius nodded. "We'll have to hope that Arthur and the Knights can hold the creatures back."

"Right. Um..." I said, looking around. "I'll help. There's a lot of people here, you're gonna need all the help you can get."

"You should be resting, Elizabeth." Gaius insisted.

"Oh and I'm gonna get it with all this going on." I said sarcastically.

Gaius just nodded. "We need more bandages."

"I'll get them." I said.

Once I got them, I began helping to patch people up. Gwen brought in Arthur who had gotten badly hurt, and Morgana helps me patch him up. As we were doing so, Uther came running to see if he was okay. "Arthur." He said worriedly.

"It's nothing." Arthur insisted as Morgana and I continued to work.

"Have we driven the creatures out?" Uther asked.

"They have control of the lower town. The market has been all but destroyed." Arthur answered.

"How many dead?" Uther asked next.

"Too many to number." Arthur said, almost somberly.

Uther paused for a long beat before speaking again. "I'm sealing the citadel."

"You can't!" Arthur protested.

"I have no choice." Uther told him. "I have to protect those who have a chance. If I don't, we will all fall."

Before we could stop him, Arthur stood up. "Where are you going?" Uther asked him.

"There are people trapped on the drawbridge." Arthur stated.

"I forbid you." Uther commanded.

"I'm not leaving them to die." Arthur said, moving to leave.

"It's suicide!" Uther exclaimed, putting a hand on Arthur to stop him.

"It's my duty to Camelot! And to myself!" Arthur yelled, before storming out.

After Arthur was gone, I ran to Gaius. "Where's Merlin?" I asked. "I would have thought for sure that Merlin would be at Arthur's side."

"He's been thrown into jail." He answered.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Merlin tried to tell Arthur that Cedric was possessed by Sigan and that got him thrown into the cells." Gaius explained.

I nodded, the memory coming back to me, and I was running. "Merlin!" I said, going to the bars.

"Lizzie! What's going on?" He asked.

"It's as you said, Sigan is taking his revenge." I said, then tried to shake the bars. "Why haven't you used magic to break out yet?"

"Oh, right," Merlin said, and he gestured for me to step back. I did, and Merlin used his magic to blast the door out.

I looked down at the remains of the cell. "You know you could have just unlocked the door, right?"

Merlin waved his hands away. "It doesn't matter now, we must go." I nodded, and we ran.

We got to Gaius. "What are you doing here?" He asked Merlin.

"I have to help Arthur." Merlin said.

"Merlin, Sigan's power is far beyond yours." Gaius explained.

"I don't have a choice." Merlin insisted.

"But Sigan is immortal and you are not. If you face him, he will destroy you." Gaius pointed out.

"But there must be a way." I insisted.

"There is only one alive who is old enough to give us the answers we need." Gaius said cryptically.

"What do you mean?" Merlin asked.

"The Great Dragon." Gaius said. The Great who? Oh, that's right! That worthless Dragon. Funny he was the only thing I remembered.

"You knew that...that I used to visit him." Merlin stammered.

"Yes, Merlin, of course I knew. You're a creature of magic, just as he is. I hoped that he could help you." Gaius said, and he looked over to me. "And judging by the look on Lizzie's face, she already knew."

Damn my face! "Well, he's taken me once, but only because I insisted."

"He helps no one but himself." Merlin said to Gaius.

"For Arthur's sake you must go to him now." Gaius said.

"I can't." Merlin insisted.

"We have no choice." Gaius pointed out.

Merlin nodded, then turned to me. "Want to come?"

I looked around at the tens of people that were hurt. "I think I'm needed here more. You go on." I said, patting his back.

Merlin nodded, then quickly left. I kept helping Gaius until we heard a commotion coming from the doors. "Seal the doors!" Sir Geraint commanded.

Uther immediately went to the doors in search of Arthur. "Where's Arthur? Where is he?" Uther made a run for the doors, but Sir Geraint held him back. "You can't leave him out there, he'll be torn apart!" He protested.

"You can't go out there, Sire! If you open that door, you will die! We will all die!" Sir Geraint pointed out.

"No!" Uther screamed.

We heard a huge crash, and I was pretty sure we all jumped. I looked over to Uther, who looked so distraught. Then I looked over to Morgana, who looked just as worried as he did, and I acted without thinking.

I moved to run, but Morgana held me back. "Where are you going, Lizzie?"

I couldn't tell her, she'd yell at me about how it'd be a bad idea. "I'm going to get some more cloths." I eased her hand off of my arm. "I'll be right back, I promise."

It took a minute, but I got her off of me. Then I ran for the armory. I remembered in Mordred's episode of the secret doorway there. If I wasn't mistaken, and I probably was, they never ended up locking it again, so I could get out through there without being detected and without the creature being able to bust into here.

I ran to the armory and lifted the shield off of the door. I tried opening it, but it was locked. I groaned, then looked around for anything to open the door with. It hit me, and I reached for the hairpin that I gotten for my birthday (courtesy of Sir Oswald) and tried picking the lock. To my luck, the lock clicked, meaning that it's opened. Ha! So that class that our professor was absent wasn't a waste after all!

I quickly put some armour over me (to try and protect myself, as I knew Merlin would complain about it) then grabbed a sword and a shield, and crawled out of the armory.

I ran the whole way, and I found Merlin destroying the gargoyle with his magic. I went up to him and said, "Good one."

He turned to me in surprise but nodded. "Thanks."

Then we both seemed to realize that Arthur was out cold on the ground, and we fell next to him. I tried shaking him, and he moaned, which was a clear sign that he was alive. I sighed in relief as I looked over at Merlin.

"Who would've believed it?" A voice said, and the two of us looked up to see Cedric, or Sigan, coming out of the fog. "You, a sorcerer, and a powerful one."

Merlin stood up and I moved in front of Arthur holding my sword up. "I won't let you hurt him."

"He's not the only one you'll have to go through." I said.

Sigan scoffed. "And you're going to stop me?"

"I'll stop you." Merlin stated.

"We both will." I added.

"He does not deserve your loyalty. He treats you like a slave." Sigan said, trying to persuade Merlin.

"That's not true." Merlin stated.

"He cast you aside without a moment's thought." Sigan pointed out.

"That doesn't matter." Merlin dismissed.

"But it must hurt so much to be so put upon, so overlooked, when all the while you have such power." Sigan pressed.

"That's the way it has to be." Merlin stated matter-of-factly.

"Does it?" Sigan inquired. "You're young, Merlin. Look inside yourself. You have yet to discover your true power." Sigan pointed to himself. "I can help you. Think, Merlin. To have the world appreciate your greatness. To have Arthur know you for what you are."

"That can never be." Merlin said.

"It can, if you join me." Sigan said. "Together we can rule over this land. Arthur will tremble at your voice, he will kneel at your feet."

All the while, Merlin's face actually looked like he was considering it. "Merlin, I swear, you consider this, I will jam this sword into you." I threatened.

"No need to, Lizzie." He said, looking at me. Then he looked back to Sigan. "I don't want that."

"Oh thank God." I said to myself.

"You'd rather be a servant." Sigan spat.

"Better to serve a good man that to rule with an evil one." Merlin said wisely.

"So be it. If you will not join me, I will become you and your power will be harnessed to my will." Sigan threatened.

Sigan, I was assuming, left Cedric's body, because he fell to the ground, and a blue spirit came out and proceeded to wrap itself around Merlin as he chanted his spell. "Ic þín sáwol hér beléac, abide þæt ic þé álíese!"

I instantly droppedmy sword and caught him when he passed out. "Merlin!" I cried. I couldn't hold him up though, and I set him on the ground, brushing his raven hair back.

I saw Gaius coming up, so I ran to him. "Gaius, the thing possessed Merlin, I don't know if he's okay." Damn it, if I remembered anything, I would know if I should be worried or not!

Gaius moved me out of the way. "Merlin?" He called out.

Gaius and I saw Merlin walk out of the mist. He walked up to us, and when Merlin gets in front of us, he smiled and held up the jewel with Sigan's soul trapped inside.

Gaius and I both laughed in disbelief, and Gaius hugged Merlin. "Well done, my boy." Gaius said happily.

Merlin pulled away from Gaius, and I gave him a hug. "You clotpole, you scared me to death."

I felt his chest rumble as he laughed. "I'm sorry."

I pulled away. "I'm still proud. You did a good job." I said, punching him in the arm.

Merlin smiled. "I did, didn't I?"

I rolled my eyes. "Merlin, I wouldn't have said you did a good job if you didn't."

"Well, I was just being sure." Merlin said.

"Are you kidding, how can you not be sure?" I asked.

And after that we argued the whole way back to the castle about Merlin stating the obvious.

I was with Gaius and Merlin in there chambers the next day. Merlin, as usual, wouldn't get any thanks, so I went over to hang out with him for a bit in celebration. I also brought him a flower, which he thanked me for, and put it in a glass of water.

Gaius was preparing something for Merlin to eat. "You know, you won't get any thanks, Merlin." He said, stating the obvious.

"I'm not a complete idiot," Merlin said, defending himself.

"Key word being complete." I said with a teasing smile, and Merlin nudged me.

"There you go." Gaius said, setting the bowl in front of Merlin. "It's not much, but you deserve something."

There was a knock at the door, and Arthur entered. "I've come to see Merlin." He announced and looked surprised at seeing me. "What're you doing here?" He asked me.

I shrugged. "Why can't I be visiting one of my best friends? You got a problem with that?" I asked.

Arthur just shook his head and turned back to Merlin. "I've not forgotten about your lazy, insolent ways, or the fact that you called me a clotpole, but I do have to admit that there was some truth in your accusations against Cedric."

Merlin perked up a little. "Does this mean you're admitting that in this occasion I was actually right?"

"Not exactly, no." Arthur said. "It means that I have a knighthood to bestow first thing tomorrow and no one to clean my armour." Arthur said, then proceeded to dump a huge sack of armour onto the table.

Merlin's eyes widened at the size of the pile. "All that?" he asked in disbelief.

Arthur nodded, a smirk on his face. "Yep." He threw the bag in Merlin's face, then headed out the door. He turned at the door before leaving. "Oh, Elizabeth? Morgana was looking for you."

I scrunched my eyebrows. "Really?"

He nodded. "Look, she just said to tell you if I saw you." And with that, he left.

I rolled my eyes at his arrogance. "I better go see what she wants. Besides," I said, eyeing the pile. "Looks like you're gonna be busy for a couple hours."

Merlin hung his head sort of sadly, and I laughed at the look on his face. "See you later, Merlin." I said and turned my head to acknowledge Gaius. "Gaius," I said, and then I left, shutting the door behind me.

It sucked to think that I couldn't even remember what episode was supposed to be next. It frustrated me to no end. I must look like I was ready to tear my hair (or someone else's) out, so I quickly composed myself before heading into Morgana's chambers.

TBC….

So that's the first episode of season 2! It should be getting more fun from here on out! I have more surprises up my sleeve, don't you worry.

Episodes that I think are boring will be typed into one quick chapter, usually not very detailed, so I'm sorry for that. I just feel like I'd be unhappy and putting it off during boring episodes and I'd be sad if I was disappointing you guys.

Lizzie's outfits on Polyvore! There'll be two: One for Lizzie's birthday party, the other for the regular chapter.

THE ADVENTURES OF ELIZABETH MALINOR CONTINUES….