A/N What are you waiting for! read the next chapie!!!!!

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Arthur saw Merlin walk beside him.

"Merlin!" Arthur wispered, "There's too many! They have over thirty sorcerers! You can't take them!"

"I'll have too try. It's my destiny to protect you, if I have to die, so be it." Merlin wispered back. Arthur couldn't help but admire his friends couage in the face of so much danger, and his willingness to die to protect his king.

"Arthur Pendragon" The lead sorcerer said, speaking from a buliding level, about twenty five paces from, where Arthur and Merlin stood. "My name is Alfric Wolvzbane, and I, and my followers are here. Here to end you." He raised his hand and streached out his palm, facing it towards Arthur, and shot a bolt of black lightning stright towards his heart.

"NO" Merlin yelled as he leaped in front of Arthur, holding out his own hand, and created a shiled wall of golden light that deflected the crowd gasped, a few even scremed, Arthur Pendragon's most trusted servent, a sorcerer?

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Alfric said, "A servent, a sorcerer? Who would of thought?"

"Certinly not you!" Merlin stated.

"No, I didn't" Alfric said, "mabey I should of looked this over. One more sorcerer, especialy one as powerfull as you, should make a nice addition to my army."

Merlin laughed, "And what makes you think I would join you!" Alfric looked surprised at Merlin's answer, but he said, "You are very powerfull young sorcerer, and your talent will get you killed here! When you join me, we can kill Arthur and rule Camelot!"

Merlin shook his head, "I don't want that." He said.

"Then you will die, along with your king!" Alfric shouted,sending a bolt of energy at Merlin, who created another shelid wall. Merlin sent a ray of magic at Alfric, who was caught unawears, and was blasted backward, away from the King. At this all thirty-something sorcerers attacked. Merlin sent bolt, after bolt of magic, sending them at the sorcerers, but at the same time, fighting off the sorcerers at once. Arthur was amazed at his bravery and willingnes the save the King.

At last only Alfric, five other sorcerers, and Merlin were left standing.

Merlin paused, Why don't you atack? Come on Merlin! What are you waiting for! Arthur thought, but he realized soon enough.

One of the sorcerers had grabed a civilian, and put a knife at her thoat.

"Surender, young sorcerer! Or she dies!"

They were holding Hunith.

"Mother." Merlin wispered, looking defeated.

"If you want to see her live," Alfric said, "Then join us, and kill the Pendragon!"

Arthur's heart pounded as Merlin, who of which he was always sure would never betray him, turned to Arthur with a look of pain, and of being torn between two people he cared for. Arthur's blood felt like ice as he saw the look on the face of the person Arthur thought was his friend.

"Arthur I..." Merlin began, "Arthur I'm sorry."

A look of great trimph appeared on Alfric's face. As far as Arthur cared he had already won. He lost the best friend he ever had to the side of evil.

Not one of the people who survived the day would ever forget what they saw.

Merlin raised his hand toward Arthur, Gwen screamed. Merlins eyes flashed gold. Arthur closed his eyes.

He felt a sort of shove, and he landed on his back. Arthur opened his eyes. What happened next seemed to go so slow, but Arthur knew what happened was as fast as a lighting bolt. Merlin was standing next to him, he heard him speak a spell, but his hand wasn't facing Arthur, it was facing the sorcerers. A ray of gold shot from his hand, a moment later Hunith was sitting on the ground, next to Arthur. Merlin shot a bolt of energy at the sorcerer who had grabed his mother, ending his life.

Arthur was in total amazment, he had been so sure Merlin was going to kill him, That proves how much I trust him. He thought sarcasticly.

Alfric was the first to speak, "You just sealed you own death sentence!" To the remaning four sorcerers he ordered, "Kill the sorcerer, then the King!

As one, the four sorcerers each sent a bolt of lightning, which as it got closer, morphed in to one, super, powerfull, and deadly bolt. merlin sent his own bolt of lightning at the sorcerers. The bolts met in the middle. Timed seemed to slow down, which it so often dose when there is some sort of mortal peril. At one point in time it seemed as though Merlin was on the verge of winning, at another it seemed he was going to become overwellmed by the power of the morphed bolt.

Arthur could see that sweat drenched his friends face. That his breathing was heavy and labored. He's loseing. Arthur realized with a heavy heart.

"Everyone get out of here!" Merlin shouted.

"But Merlin-" Arthur started.

"Just go!"

Arthur steped back off of the balcony, but he stayed inside the doors, so he could see everything.

Morgana still stood on the balcony.

"Merlin." She wispered quickly, "Please, don't do this! I know what your going to do, I drempt it last night, Please, for me, don't do this!"

"Morgana.....go!....I'll be.....alright!"

Morgana walked back, off the balcony. Tears sliding down her face.

"Morgana," Arthur asked, "What is Merlin planing to do?"

She didn't need to answer though, Merlin raised his other hand, and shouted, "Darfod!"- The killing spell. Whille at the same time he tried to end the other spell. As the conection broke, and as the other spell found its mark, the remains of the ended spell went straight in to Merlins chest, and the best friend Arthur had ever known, fell to the stone floor. Unmoving and slient.

Merlin had destroyed the four follwer sorcerers, but at the same time he had most likly destroyed himself.

Morgana rushed over to Merlins side, it was then Arthur realized that Merlin was alive, if not barly. Merlin moaned and mumbled something to Morgana, who hushed him.

Alfric appeared on the balcony, in front of the wounded Merlin. Morgana put herself in front of him, ethier to protect him, or to hide the fact he was still alive, Arthur didn't know. Whatever her intensions were, they worked. Alfric walked right past them without a second glance. He walked, straight towards Arthur.

Gards put themselves between the sorcerer and the King, but Alfric blasted them away like a person would slap at a mosquito. Arthur drew his sword, it had never failed him before, and Arthur wasn't going to let it now. Alfric chuckled, as both his hands glowed with trendrils of black energy. intertwining his fingers like vines, and he began to advance.

"What can a sword do to me Arthur Pendragon?" He asked, "I have magic, and the only other person who could of defeated me is lying on the dirt. Such is the conseqences for not joining me. This day, must be the greatest day since before Uther outlawed magic, Because now, with you death, it will return. Goobye, King Arthur Pendragon."

He raised his hand, the black energy growing brighter, stronger. Arthur thought it would be the end. He wasn't going to give up without a fight, though, he dispied the sorcerer, he and his followers had terorized his people, mortaly wounded his best friend so that he was on the brink of death, and now he wanted to kill Arthur. Arthur was enraged, this sorcerer killed without a second thought, and he wanted to make him pay. Yes, if Arthur was going to die, he would die with houner, protecting his kingdom.

That's not what happened though, Arthur didn't die, nor did he kill Alfric.

Alfric raised his hand, and opened his mouth to speak a spell. Suddenly, He was blown up by an explosion of golden magic. When the dust had cleared, Arthur saw Merlin, suported by Morgana, his hand still partily raised, before he colasped.

"Send for Gaius!" Arthur ordered, but they hesitated untill their King shouted, "Now!"

"But, Sire," one gard said, "He's a sorcerer!"

"Your right, he is a sorcerer, but he is the most trusted servent I ever had, and no man can argue that he didn't show true loyaty! Now go!"

The gard hurried away, no doubt he was thinking the new King was half mad, letting a sorcerer get healed.

MERLIN'S P.O.V

Merlin, after several hours, woke up, surounded by Gwen, Arthur, and Morgana. He tried to sit up, but sharp, searing pain went though his body, he wanted to scream, but he had no strength, even breathing felt as though he was being stabed over, and over again, except it was worse. If he was realy being stabed, he would of been dead, and he wouldn't of felt the terible pain anymore.

Gaius came over carrying a potion in his hand. Merlin hoped it was poisen, the pain was to great to go on.

"Drink this it will help with the pain, and give you strength." Gaius said quietly.

Morgana suported his head as Merlin drank the potion. It tasted awfull, and when he swallowed, it felt like something was rakeing its claws down his throat. When he had finished, he sighed with relife, he already felt the strength retuning, the agony receeding.

ARTHUR'S P.O.V

The door opened with a bang, followed by the cry, "Merlin!" As Hunith raced towards her son. Merlin wispered,

"Mother." And Hunith sobbed. Quietly Arthur, Gwen, and Morgana stood up and left, this was a time for mother and son to be alone.

Once out the door, Gwen asked the question on everyone's mind,

"Is Merlin going to be all right?"

Arthur held her close before answering,

"I don't know Gwen, I don't know. All we can do is hope."

And hope they did, and surprisingly, a few hours later, Merlin could stand, and even walk. Arthur didn't know how that was possible, but Hunith seemed very gratfull to Gaius, and Arthur wondererd how had the old physicain had healed Merlin. Is it possible he used.... No that was impossible! Gaius couldn't be. Stupid idea.

"You!" Arthur ordered a gard, "Get all the people beneth the balcony, also get a few scribes to record what I have to say."

The gard hurried off to do as told. Arthur turned to to Gwen, Morgana, and Merlin, Gaius, And Hunith. He said

"Come on, theres unfinished bisnius to atend to."