sorry it took a bit to update but Ive finally finished every single exam/test/assignment for the year!! evn that one that I kept on putting off..
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zOMG!! I came bk frm Sydney last week......saw the liv show of Mamma Mia!! AWSUMM-NESS!! AND went to the Dymocks in the city...*sighs*.....3floors of books with a cafe up top....heavenn.........WICKED!! zOMG!! Fireyo is totally MINE!! specially coz hes played by Rob Mills!!..we also did other stoof but u know...those r the highlights!! Got the new Sepimus Heap bk, Syren, nd CROCODILE TEARS!! w00t!! Alex Rider is the bomb!! totally awsumm!! He gets caught on FIRE!!!!!!!..OOPS..probs shouldnt have said that..spoilers and all that..

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FANKUMUSHEER FOR REVIEWING!! lov u all!! sooo wts gonna happen to Arthur, was the wound so superficial after all?? well..I'll ruin it now and say yes it is quite superficial..nothing to do with the wound..also I can so happily say that this chappie is much more the normal length of my chappies..I guess I just havent been in a writing mood that much b4 now...and I wrote this chappie while in Literature (listening to Rain, Touches You, I See You, Any Other World, Blue Eyes and By The Time by MIKA), in some god thing at skl..while listening to god stoof and last but not least while in house debating (Nangara lost..sadness to Balleburra..those blue bastards..) listening to Mona Lisa by All American Rejects, Therapy by All Time Low, Abandoned and EdenEcho by Kamelot, SOS, Say Anything, Wondering, Story of My Old Man, Riot Girl and Predictable by Good Charlotte and again By The Time, Blue Eyes by MIKA...so theres all my music for the day *dunno y I would expect u to care??..*....nywazZ...

italics is Arthur.

ENJOY!!..

Chapter Four

The knights rushed, carrying Arthur to Gaius' chambers. One of them had shed his cloak and wrapped it around the prince's midriff to stop the bleeding.

They burst through the door.

Gaius looked up shocked. Then he recovered.

Sir Leon hurried forward and swept his arm across the table, clearing it of papers and books. A test tube smashed as it hit the ground but no one really cared.

"Merlin!" Gauis called, knowing he would need the young sorcerer's help. "Merlin, come here now!"

He barely noticed the young man pause as he saw his friend lying on the table, eyes and fists clenched shut as if holding back from screaming, and writhing in pain.

"What happened?" Merlin's voice broke slightly as he rushed over to the prince's side.

"Arthur and I..." Kay started. "We were training and," he looked down as if in guilt, "and I...he..."

Leon jumped in to the rescue. "They were training and Arthur had his sword high, he should have known not to and I don't know...anyway...Kay hit Arthur. It wasn't that much of a blow and he said he was fine. He went and sat down for a bit and when he got up he just...collapsed."

While the knights were explaining what happened Gaius was checking Arthur's wound. Now he nodded thoughtfully.

"Well, he was right. The wound is nothing to be concerned about. It's not very deep at all, it will pain him for some time but, unless he gets an infection, it should be all cleared up in a few days, so it can't have been the loss of blood causing the collapse."

"Then what was it?!" Merlin exclaimed.

The physician shook his head slowly, "I don't know."

"What do you mean Arthur was hurt in training?" Uther was striding down the hall, arms swinging almost wildly as he hurried to the Physician's Chambers.

"I am not sure, Sire. All I know is he was hurt and I was sent to get you and take you to the Physician's Chambers." The young maidservant hurried after the King as she spoke. She was nervous, King Uther could be difficult at the best of times and she was not sure how he would react to finding out his son had been injured. And severely at that. But she was pleasantly surprised when he spoke no more, only continued to where Arthur was.

Upon reaching Gaius' they found it was crowded with the Knights of Camelot.

"What is going on here!?" The King's voice cut through the soft, worried murmurings and whispers like hot steel.

Instantly a blanket of silence fell over the knights. They parted slightly and allowed the King to push through. Everyone was still as he laid eyes upon his son, pale and bloody.

"What happened?" his questioning voice was quiet and laced with concern.

"Sire."

Uther could tell Gaius was reluctant to say but he did not care.

"What happened to my son?" This time the question was more aggressive.

Gaius cleared his throat nervously, "He was injured in training, Sire, then he collapsed."

Uther shut his eyes to calm himself. "How was he injured?"

Gaius glanced at Sir Kay anxiously. The knight nodded, knowing it was not his fault but also knowing the King's reputation for anger and rash decisions.

"Sire," he began. The King opened his eyes, an ember of anger lingering behind the shadows, waiting to come alight.

"I was sparring with him and he raised his sword too high and I took the advantage. He was hurt."

Before the ember could come alive Gaius jumped in, "He was fine though Sire, after that. It wasn't the blood loss or anything else related to the fight that made him collapse."

And finally that ember was a blazing flame which was turned onto Gaius.

"Then what is wrong with him?!"

"I'm not sure, Sire. Physically there is not a thing wrong, except for the wound but that is not what is causing this."

"Then why is he unconscious?"

"Honestly Sire," the physician took a deep, self-encouraging breath, "I have no idea."

Uther growled viciously, then violently stalked out of the room.

An awkward silence followed the King's sudden departure and everyone was either staring at Arthur or had a new found interest in the seemingly spectacular floor.

Kay cleared his throat, breaking the silence. "Ah...I should thank you Gaius. I believe that without your input I would be at the mercy of King Uther."

Gaius bowed his head slightly, showing his understanding, then he said, "If you would all now please go back to your various businesses so I can try to figure out what is wrong with our prince."

But before anyone moved, "Kay!" Merlin caught his attention.

"Yes, Merlin?"

Suddenly a bit apprehensive now everyone's attention was on him. But he pushed on. "Um, Sir Kay, I was just wondering if I could see your sword for a second?"

Both Kay and Gaius and all the others sent him a questioning look but he ignored them.

"This is the sword you used when sparring with Arthur?" he asked as Kay pulled the sword from its scabbard, twisted it so the hilt was facing Merlin and handed it to him.

The knight nodded, still confused, 'Yes."

"Where are you going with this, Merlin?" Gaius' annoyed voice asked.

Merlin simply glanced at him then turned back to Kay. "It's not that I doubt your innocence in all this, not that at all. But did you leave your sword at any time? Put it down?"

"No. I had it with me the whole time."

"Are you positive?" (A/N lol..are u HIV positive??..lol..gotta LOV South Park!!)

"Yes!"

Merlin looked at the other knights, looking for their support. One by each they thought back and nodded their agreement.

"Merlin! What are you doing?"

Finally the young warlock turned to address Gaius. "As I said, I don't for a second doubt Kay's innocence but if he left his sword anywhere, even for a second, someone could have coated it with poison, knowing there was a chance Arthur could get cut."

Gaius simply looked at Merlin.

"It would explain why he collapsed and why he has no apparent physical to reason to have." He finished his appeal.

Slowly Gaius nodded. "Well done, Merlin. That is a good thought."

"But I never left my sword!" Kay protested. "And everyone else saw I didn't too, you've already asked them!"

"Which gets rid of that theory," Gaius calmly replied. "So now we have to think of something else. Now have you any other questions Merlin? Or can I let these people go so we can get to work?"

Merlin shook his head, "No, that's it."

And so they left.

Merlin sat slumped, elbows on knees, head in hands, and sighed deeply. The first rays of sunlight were just beginning to peep through the windows. Gaius and he had been working all night, looking for the answer as to why Arthur had suddenly collapsed at training for no apparent reason. Merlin's theory about poison had indeed been a good one but unfortunately was disproven. Honestly Gaius was quite proud of the boy, making a connection like that.

The table was covered in books of medicine, potions, poisons, sciences, cures and the like but nothing, not a single thing they had read said anything about suddenly collapsing and not waking up. Physically, as far as Gaius could tell there was not a thing wrong with the Crown Prince but obviously there was. For he was lying unconscious on the bed near the fire.

He showed no signs of being poisoned, he wasn't feverish, sweaty, uncomfortable, in pain or anything else. Throughout the night they had been through every single book, read every single paper looking for an answer but found nothing.

"What is there to do, Gaius!?" Merlin suddenly burst out, standing up and walking over to Arthur, as if by walking over and waking him as usually happened every morning, he would wake.

But of course he wouldn't wake.

Merlin fell to his knees beside the prince, sobbing.

"Wake up Arthur. Please! Arthur, just open your eyes."

Gaius stood and went to Merlin's side, slowly putting his arms around the son he never had. Merlin leant over and put his face into Gaius' shoulder, sobs racking his body.

"I promise you, Merlin, I will find out what's wrong with him. And I will make him better again."

Commotion. Noise. Insanity. He didn't know what was going on. All he knew was he was in pain. Emotional that caused him physical. He could not decipher words, only tones, there was too much. But he knew she was not there. He didn't know where she was but he needed her.

He needed Guinevere.

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PLEASE REVIEW!! tell me if uve figured out wts going on with Arthur..also tell me how I went with th Arthur bit..1st person is so NOT wt Im good at..but it needed to be in there..so plz tell how it went, also if u think Arthur is in or out of character..I do try to keeo them in charac as much as possible coz I fell in love with them as they r so y not write them lik that..well..attempt to anyway..

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