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I do not claim to own Merlin. Unfortunately...

Merlin smiled as he polished Arthur's armor. Letting Arthur find his diary was probably the smartest plan he had ever come up with. Arthur had to have learned about his magic by now, and he still had his head, so he must be taking it well. He could only hope that he would still be alive by the time Arthur finished. Merlin hadn't hidden anything in that diary, no insult, no misdeed, nothing. He picked up Arthur's armor and began taking it back to Arthur's chambers. Yes, definitely his best plan ever.

Arthur sighed. Merlin hadn't come back yet. He certainly seemed to be taking his time lately, even he doesn't usually take this long.

"Probably looking in every corner for his diary." He chuckled, turning to the next entry.

Dear Diary,

So… armor. Much harder than I thought. Who knew that there were so many pieces? I'm pretty sure Arthur thinks I'm even more of an idiot than he originally thought. How on earth did I forget the sword? Seriously! Thank the gods for Gwen, she showed me where everything goes. I'll admit it though, the tournament was actually very exciting though. And apparently Arthur has a sense of humor, who knew? There's something up with that knight… Valiant. I was gathering Arthur's armor and I got the oddest feeling when I passed his shield. I bent down and looked at it and one of the snakes on it blinked. I could feel the magic radiating off of it; it was like someone had dumped cold water down my shirt. I would have gotten a better look at it, but Valiant came in and got rather agitated that I had been looking at his shield. I think he's using magic to cheat in the tournament. I just don't know what kind. I'll have to watch him more carefully tomorrow. Hopefully Arthur keeps winning.

-Merlin

Arthur rubbed his forehead. He remembered this. Merlin had been right about the magic all along, and Arthur had sacked him. Now that he thought about it, there were far too many times that Merlin had been right about things and he had just ignored him, calling him an idiot or a coward. As soon as he finished reading this diary, or Merlin confessed, which ever happened first, he would apologize for every single time that happened. Arthur hid the diary once more as Merlin walked in. Merlin had to suppress a laugh at seeing Arthur scramble to hide it, and just pretended like nothing was wrong. Maybe he should wait just a little bit longer after Arthur closed the book to walk in…

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