Hello again! Chapter 2 is now here, about half an hour later! Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Merlin, or Arthur, or Hunith, or Will, or Gaius, or Uther, or anyone else.
Arthur finally got a chance to sit down alone. Being king took a lot of time, and he hardly ever got any time alone these days. He pulled out Merlin's diary and began to read the next entry.
Dear Diary,
I finally made it to Camelot, and I'm pretty much scared for my life right about now. Oh the city is beautiful, but what I saw today, it's terrible. The king sentenced a man to death just for using magic. I don't understand, magic isn't evil like the king says. I'm going to have to be extra careful. Gaius knows, I accidentally saved his life, but he said he won't tell anyone. I'm going to have to find some paid work soon, I don't know what I could be able to do, all I've ever known is farming. It's odd knowing even what the date is. This place sure is different from Ealdor. I wonder how Mother and Will are. He hasn't been the same since his father died. Damn Cenred, they didn't even bother to send his body home to his family. They probably just left it there to rot. Damn wars, why can't we all just live in peace? It's naïve to think that, I know, but still, I hate seeing Will and his mother suffer like that. No one should have to go through that. I wonder if that's what happened to my father. Sometimes I would see Mother staring out in the distance, like she was waiting for someone. I'm sure she's waiting for my father to return. I used to think he'd come back, that we'd be a family together, but I know he's not. He abandoned us, and I hate him for it. If I ever do find him I'll make sure he knows what he's put Mother through. Still, I wonder what he's like. Why did he leave, is he even alive? Once I heard Sarah and Elizabeth say that he was a war criminal and he forced himself on Mother, but I don't believe that. Mother is strong, she wouldn't let someone do that. I remember the first time I realized that I was different from the other children in that I didn't have a father. The first time they teased me for it. The first time I got beaten up. I can't help but think that everything would have been fine if he had stayed in Ealdor. It hurts. It really does. Maybe I got my gifts from him. Maybe he could have taught me and I could have stayed in Ealdor. Mother is all alone now, even though Will promised me that he'd look after her. I'm such a horrible son, I shouldn't have agreed to leave. But there's no turning back now.
-Merlin
Arthur looked confused. Merlin seemed so angry when he wrote this, and guilty. He knew that Merlin never got to meet his father, but he had no idea how hard he had it as a child. He wondered what gifts he was talking about, but he had a sneaking suspicion that it had something to do with magic.
"No, I don't have any proof that Merlin has magic." He thought out loud. "But still, if his father was a war criminal, he could have been running from the Great Purge." He put the book down and tried to sleep. One entry at a time was enough for him.
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