For your convenience I'll be providing which character from the Percy Jackson series is playing which Merlin character, hopefully you won't be lost on who is who.

Perseus Jackson - Arthur

Nico di Angelo - Merlin

Piper McLean - Guinevere

Annabeth Chase - Morgana

Poseidon - Uther

Hestia - Gaius

Gabe - Valiant

(Everyone else is the same character from the Merlin TV show.)

Rating has gone up to "M" for a *touching* scene in the middle and near rape.

Thank you NykyrianKiara for beta-reading this for me.

~NicoDiAngeloLover7

Lately, Nico had been busy helping Percy prepare for another victory of the annual tournament.

When Percy informed Nico that he would be helping him train with a sword, Nico couldn't help but let a smirk grace his features. Percy had raised an eyebrow at his new servant but hadn't questioned him.

Prepare to meet your match, Nico thoughts, knowing that Percy was going to underestimate his ability to wield a sword. He was from an unknown land that Percy had never bothered to ask about and he wanted to keep it that way. Nonetheless, Percy was in for a big surprise.

Percy strolled across the training grounds and threw a sword to Nico, who caught it with ease. Percy pursed his lips; he had expected Nico to fumble with the sword and drop it to the ground. Taking a fighting stance, he aimed a slice to Nico's left side and found it blocked. Interesting, Percy thought.

They fought blow after blow, never managing to land a blow. Nico pushed his blade forward as Percy's blade met his and slid the blade to make a swipe at Percy's back. He almost caught the Prince unaware when he spun around, but Percy parried the blow and feinted a strike to Nico's legs and brought it to his neck. Not falling for the move, Nico shifted to the right, and Percy's blade met with air. He huffed in aggravation and almost got hit when Nico lunged but he darted to the side and deflected Nico's advance. Gripping the sword tighter, he brought it up and clanged against the opposing sword. Sweat dripped from their brows. It ended when Percy didn't see the formation Nico's feet were moving as he focused only on blocking, and then he was on the ground with a sword at his chest.

"You win," Percy grumbled. Nico removed the tip of the sword and brought it down to his side.

Nico extended a hand to Percy. "Not what you expected, was it?"

Percy looked at Nico suspiciously and took Nico's hand. "Where in the world did you learn to fight like that?" Nico pulled the Prince onto his feet.

"Hmm," he thought aloud to exasperate the Prince which he succeeded when he heard Percy growl under his breath. Nico couldn't tell the whole truth, so he just said something that the Prince would easily accept.

"I learned how to fight like that back home, unlike here, everyone learned how to defend themselves. Though I got noticed because I seemed to have a talent for this skill unlike most. And then I trained with a swords-master until he deemed I could be certified a master."

Percy expression turned thoughtful. "You will start training with me regularly. I hate to admit it, but you're a worthy match. Even knights from other kingdoms don't have even half your skill."

Nico grinned. "Are you actually giving me a compliment?"

Percy rolled his eyes. "It won't happen again."

"If you say so, your royal highness," Nico agreed with a mock bow.

Nico made his way towards Hestia's laboratory with a few books from Percy in his arms about proper tournament etiquette which he already knew. He'd loved the tournaments back home, although the turnout out was going to be very different. He felt a little sore from sparring with Percy since it had been quite a while since he'd trained last. But while it had been too risky beforehand, now that he was the Prince's servant, he could train without looking suspicious. There was no way he was going to hide his skill; he refused to be known as a weakling.

"About time. I thought you'd gotten lost," Percy commented as Nico walked into the Prince's tent.

Rolling his eyes, Nico proceeded to grab each piece of armor laid out on a cot and concentrated on dressing Percy before moving to the arm guards. When he deemed Percy ready, he handed him his helmet and sword.

"Have you done this before, Nico?" Percy asked.

Nico didn't bother to answer the question. "Good luck."

So far Percy had won every battle in the tournament, and so had a man named Gabriel. Nico had an uneasy feeling about that man, knowing immediately that something was not right.

Percy came to stand beside his servant and they watched the crowd cheer on Gabriel. The uneasy feeling grew stronger when he came by to greet the Prince and congratulate him on his victory. Nico noticed Percy narrow his eyes slightly at the knight before muttering likewise. When the man was out of sight, Nico muttered,

"Something doesn't seem right about him."

Percy raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"

Nico bit his bottom lip. "There's something about him that I don't trust."

Percy shook his head. "You're just being paranoid. Now, you need to clean my armor, wash my clothes, and repair my shield for tomorrow."

Nico huffed. "Prat."

Nico made his way back to Hestia's lab with Percy's armor and everything else in his arms. It didn't feel all that heavy as he went to his room and set it down on the clean floor. "Might as well make this easier for me," he muttered. He knew that he could easily do all this without magic, but he wanted to see how much he could control it. Nico's eyes flashed gold as Percy's tunic began to wash itself, armor began to be shined and be polished, and his shield began to be repaired. Nico focused on all three of them as Hestia burst into the room.

She lifted an eyebrow. "What are you doing, young man?"

"I'm testing my control since it sometimes decides to explode on me if I don't use it enough," he replied, his focus wavering.

Hestia's eyes softened. "I just don't want you to get caught. But I came to let you know that dinner is ready. After that, you need to finish whatever you're doing and head to bed. Percy continues in the tournament tomorrow."

After Nico agreed, Hestia turned and left. When he finished his chores, he sat down at the table and grabbed a bowl as Hestia asked, "How was working for Prince Perseus today?"

He quickly ate up a couple of bites of soup before answering, "Not as bad as I thought originally. He has more respect for me since he found out that I can wield a sword as well as he can."

Hestia smiled. "You just have to get use to it, Nico. You might find that you actually like working for him."

Nico snorted. "When he's not being a prat."

"Hush, and eat your food."

*M Rated Scene*

Nico rose early the next morning. Last night he'd taken Percy's armor back to the tent after he had finished cleaning it. Now he had to go back to that tent, get the armor, and take it to the Prince. He dressed quickly and headed towards his destination.

Nico bit his lip as he walked into the tent; he had an uneasy feeling. He glanced around him as he made his way to Percy's armor when a noise stopped him. It sounded like a snake. He warily followed the sound and stopped before a shield with snakes. Their eyes glowed red. One suddenly blinked at him which made him take a step back in surprise.

"What do you think you're doing, boy?" demanded as his eyes darted to the left and saw the knight, Gabriel, stroll inside and stop in front of him.

"I was gathering the armor for my master," Nico spoke firmly although the uneasiness rose in his chest.

Gabriel grabbed Nico's arm in a death grip. "I don't think I believe you. My shield is nowhere near the Prince's armor."

"Let go of me." Nico narrowed his eyes as he shoved away his fear.

Gabe only intensified his grip. "You're only a serving boy; what power do you have?"

Nico had no response, which only served to make Gabe grin. "It's time you learned your place, servant."

Gabe slammed Nico against the wall as he pinned him there, making Nico wince. Suddenly he grabbed Nico's dick. Nico's eyes widened as he tried to escape from the hold unsuccessful.

Nico's voice shook as he ordered the Knight, "Let me go." The answer was a swift punch to the stomach, and Nico let a tiny cry of pain. The knight continued to feel up Nico's dick and squeezing with too much pressure before moving to his ass. Nico clenched his eyes shut, shaking from head to foot. Then Gabe punched his side, catching Nico unaware. He cried out loudly and started to fight more desperately, even more as he felt his trousers trying to be jerked down. The Knight grew fed up from all the movement and delivered five more blows to his stomach before they heard someone walking close by.

*M Rated Scene* over

"You're lucky this time, boy. Next time, you won't be," Gabe whispered in Nico's ear, shoved him to the floor, and strode away.

Nico expected Percy to find him on the floor, although he had no idea how he was going to explain what had just occurred. He didn't want to think about it, much less talk. Surprisingly it was Piper who rushed to his side.

"What happened, Nico?" she asked, helping him up.

Nico shook his head, glancing around the room, still shaking. Piper knew that she wasn't going to get any answers from Nico so she dropped the subject. "Let's get you to Hestia's. I'll take Percy his armor. Don't even try to argue; you're in no shape to be running around doing whatever the prince decides to have you do. You need rest, and I'm sure Hestia will agree."

Nico still wanted to argue, but he didn't feel like he had the strength. He swallowed his pride and let Piper lead him to Hestia.

Percy was pacing back and forth in his room, muttering to himself. His head shot up when he heard the knock on his door.

"Enter," he called out, expecting Nico finally. To his surprise, it was Piper who walked in with his armor instead of Nico.

"Where's Nico?" Percy demanded bluntly.

Piper was caught off guard by Percy's question; she wasn't sure how to tell the prince about the state she had found Nico in. It felt much too soon, so she chooses her words carefully. "I found Nico injured in the tent where we kept the armor."

The only words that Percy paid attention to were, 'Nico' and 'injured'. "What happened to him?"

Piper hesitated for a moment. "I'm not exactly sure, Sire. I found Nico lying on the ground. Though I saw Knight Gabriel leaving the same tent."

Percy clenched his teeth. Though he remembered the uneasiness Nico had spoken about the same knight, he pushed the thought aside. Why was he so concerned about his servant? He had never been before. While he was lost in his thoughts, Piper helped him into his armor for the tournament.

Nico woke to a killer headache and rubbed his temples before his memory came back to him, and he clenched his eyes shut. Letting out a shaky breath, Nico got out of bed. He glanced around, confused, until he realized he was in his room. Suddenly he remembered the tournament. When he opened the door, he saw a knight he had glimpsed at yesterday's tournament.

"What happened to him, Hestia?" he asked, walking over.

Hestia peeked up from her patient briefly. "I'm not quite sure. I found two punctures in his neck that look like a snake bite, but I've never encountered this type of snake in Camelot before."

He remembered the shield with the snakes, although he winced at the memories that came after. "I remember one of the snakes in Gabriel's shield blinked at me."

Hestia thought for a moment. "I don't recommend doing anything, Nico. You're just a servant, so you can't just go blame a knight. As you well know."

Nico clenched his teeth; he hated being reminded that he was just a servant. "I know." With that, he left the room.

Nico peered around the corner in the palace and, when he caught sight of Gabe, he almost recoiled before he breathed deeply and stood his ground. Carefully he followed the Knight until he reached his room. Nico peeked inside and watched Gabriel speak to his shield, almost jumping when he saw three snakes appear out of the shield. The Knight gave each head a mouse, and the snakes ate them right up. Turning around as silently as possible, he tried to hurry without attracting any attention. Unfortunately, he wasn't silent enough and realized Gabe had come after him. Terrified, he hid in a corridor until Gabe had passed. His one mistake was sighing in relief after Gabe had walked a few paces past. The knight had heard the slight noise and turned back to Nico's hiding place.

"Didn't think I forgot about you, did you servant?"

*M Rated Scene*

The words made Nico's veins freeze like ice and gave the knight the opportunity to shove him against the stone wall. Ripping a piece of Nico's tunic off his body as he bound the servant's hands behind him. "You never did allow me to finish with you," Gabe's eyes shone with hunger.

The crazed look would have made Nico take a step back if it were possible. The younger boy attempted to struggle out the harsh grip with what little leverage he had before a hand pummeled into his ribs. A cry was ripped out of his throat at the harsh hit. "Just because you're the Prince's servant doesn't make you untouchable." To prove his point did Gabe's other hand grasp Nico in a vice grip at his most sensitive body part.

Nico had to clench his eyelids shut to drive away the pain. It was Nico's lack of attention that gave the knight the opportunity to flip the boy so he faced the wall. And the hand that gripped Nico pulled the boy's trousers down to his ankles. The nip cold air swept the halls that focused Nico's attention to the turn of events. Ignoring the warning from the last time the servant had tried to struggle as his efforts doubled to get away. He wasn't blind to know the intentions that Gabe wanted with him as terror ran through his very core.

Gabe didn't hesitate as his hand grasped Nico again with his nails driving into the sensitive skin.

The pain drove through Nico like a dagger as a scream almost left his throat. The fight in Nico almost left his body as his one desire was for someone to walk by and sentence the knight to the Pyre. There were only a few crimes that warranted such a punishment. Nico's thoughts were interrupted as two crude fingers were shoved into his rectum. There wasn't a way to prevent the piercing scream that was torn from Nico's throat.

Gabe suddenly looked nervous as the sound was likely to attract attention for the entire castle. Blood had covered his fingers as his grip slackened as Nico fell to the ground in a heap. Unlike the last time he tortured the poor boy, nobody would came to his rescue where he was so isolated. Without a sound did Gabe leave the boy in the corridor to be found.

Nico shivered as his form rolled into a ball to help ride out the pain his body was suffering. He had no strength pull his trousers back up as a trickle of blood ran out of him. Nico knew he couldn't face the knight in another encounter. Tears had begun to spill from his dark eyes as the situation began to dawn on the young warlock. Nico was so out of it that he never heard his name shouted from the lips of the crowned prince as his body slumped and let darkness flow over him.

"What happened to you?" Prince Perseus whispered as he crouched down beside his manservant. He knew his father would never had approved him risking his royal clothes with dirt. Percy was slightly hesitant to touch Nico as he remembered the scream that had him running down the corridor. A cold look flashed through his sea-green irises as Percy grasped Nico's trousers to pull them up his hips. Percy pulled a silver dagger with a blood red hilt that was decorated with priceless jewels and sliced through Nico's bounds, his patience ran out to untie them by hand.

*M Rated Scene* Over

"I'll make whoever did this pay. I promise Nico." Percy vowed as he took the young boy in his arms. Something that would have made the older male blush if the circumstance weren't so dire and made his way back to Hestia's lab.

Hestia almost questioned the person walking through her chambers, assuming it to be her nephew. Her lips became tight as she saw the figure in the Prince's arms. It wouldn't be until her nephew walked to the main table that she questioned him. "What did you find out?" Hestia asked, without looking up.

"You're not going to believe it, but I saw snakes come out of his shield, and Gabriel fed them," Nico replied as his figured tensed as he spoke the knight's name.

Hestia pondered his information for a moment. "Even if you are the Prince's manservant, Poseidon will not listen without proof. Which there won't be since the poison in his neck was too venomous for me to heal. You might have had a chance if he survived."

"Then there's no way Gabriel can be accused. I'll just have to convince Percy that Gabriel is not to be trusted," Nico muttered, defeated.

After the tournament was finished for the day, Nico sought out Percy. The Prince didn't know what to say at first before he decided to do a training session with horses.

"Hey, Nico?" Percy said slowly, watching his servant carefully. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine," Nico said with a shrug as he carried a saddle to the Prince's horse. "Been better."

Percy started on his armor with a smile. "Good. For a second, I thought Gabe had done something to you!"

There was a thump as the words left his mouth, making him spin around. Nico had dropped the saddle, his face grew paler with every second. He scrambled to pick up the saddle, but Percy instantly was at his side, picking up the saddle himself and putting it off to the side, before he knelt by his trembling servant.

"Nico?" Percy asked quietly. "Are you okay?"

Nico didn't answer; he was trembling as he pushed his shirt down that started to rise to cover... Percy's eyebrows shot up, his ocean blue eyes widening. It all made sense; Nico found on the floor, his trousers, being so jumpy around him, the bruises on his stomach, and Gabe leaving the tent. Then, as if a switch flipped in his head, he was filled with anger. A rage so powerful it was ready to overpower his self-control.

"Nico di Angelo," Percy said icily, the venom in his voice making Nico snap his head to look at Percy, the usual glare replaced by surprise. "Did Gabe touch you?"

Nico's eyes darted to the side, avoiding Percy's. "He-he didn't." But the hesitation and quiver in Nico's voice told a different story. Even if that didn't give the boy's lie away, the fear and tears in the boy's eyes held the truth.

Percy stood up slowly, putting on the rest of his armor in silence, his rage ready to boil over at a second's notice. Nico knew the stupid twat was going to try something; there was no doubt about that. But if he did... An image of the snakes in the shield striking Percy down came to mind, and Nico couldn't let that happen. He stood shakily and stumbled off to Hestia's laboratory the first moment he could.

When Percy was alone, he hissed out a simple oath. "He will pay."

Nico was back in his room, thinking. He needed a way to expose Gabriel, and now Percy knew what happened. He knew the Prince wasn't mad at him, but it didn't help him any.

Hestia's book might be able to help though. He took it out of its hiding place and glanced through it until he came upon a familiar spell. He traced his fingers, remembering. This was a spell he had seen being back home. His Father had said this exact spell, which had transformed one of his home's many statues to life.

Before long, he found an abandoned statue that he carried back to his room to test the spell.

"Bebiede þe arisan cwicum," he chanted and when he opened his eyes, he saw a black lab barking at him and wagging its tail. He looked back at the spell and muttered the counter curse. The dog immediately went still as it slowly hardened back to stone. Nico rubbed his eyes before he promptly fell over onto his bed and passed out from exhaustion with a smile on his face.

He was going to save Percy.

The next morning, Nico shook himself awake late. The tournament had already started. He hurried to the tournament arena, where Percy was in the middle of fighting Gabriel.

Quickly glancing around to make sure that nobody was paying attention to him, he deemed it safe to cast the spell since everyone was focused on the fight. Nico took a deep breath and muttered the words. The snakes came out of the shield and hissed angrily at Percy. Gabe stumbled back in surprise. Nico didn't pay attention to King Poseidon's outburst about magic; he was focused on the continuing fight between Gabe and Percy.

Percy's eyes were burning with a rage of fire as he fought Gabriel. He blocked every blows from the knight. Though he jumped back when the snakes lunged at him, with one sweep of his sword, he cut off their heads. Percy almost lost his grip on his sword but kept a firm hold and performed the same trick Nico had done to him the other day.

Gabriel fell to the ground with a thud before Percy leaned over him and growled, "This is for what you did to Nico." His sword went straight through Gabe's chest as he breathed his last. Cheering erupted from the stands as Percy raised his sword in victory and locked eyes with Nico who simply nodded his head. Percy smiled.

Nico went with Hestia to the feast congratulating the Prince on his victory, though Hestia had left him and gone somewhere into the crowd.

Percy walked up to Nico and laid a hand on his shoulder. Nico jumped a little and looked up at the Prince.

"Yes, Sire?"

Percy raised an eyebrow. "You're being formal?"

Nico chuckled, "We are in public after all." Growing serious did Nico continue, "I wanted to thank you."

Percy rolled his eyes. "No need. Though I do have some chores that need done. My room needs to be cleaned; armor, to be repaired; and clothes, washed."

"Prat," Nico complained with a smile.