OMG! I'm so so sorry for the wait! I kinda went to Reading on sat and was scaring little kids on sun, I also had two essays to do and was bedridden on tues...This is the only time I have had!

Anyway, I'm in a good mood today so all the better...and you know when I said I had no plot and well, I was having real troubles on what to do, and Morgana doing a failed attempt at taking over Camelot just seemed too normal!

I was attacked by the plot bunny for another idea though! And before you start coming after me I am not dropping this story! Because Susie 666 had a fantastic idea of combining them both! So that means I know what I'm doing and you should get quicker updates! Everyone wins!

Oh and be very nice to Susie666 because she has a lot of influence on this story, (she has already given me a list of what to do and what not to do!) she also makes sure that it is done because apparently she is hooked and is very pleased to get the chapters before anyone else but anyway, thank you to her for her help and terrible editing skills!:P

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"Hi."

Gaius looked up from his book to see his overly cheerful ward entering. When he saw Merlin's face the old man's eyebrow raised.

"You seem too cheery this evening, Merlin, for a man who has a bruise covering half his face, what's happened?" asked Gaius as he stood to closer examine the boys face.

"Oh, I got in argument with Morgana and she slapped me...and then half an hour later I got punched by Arthur" He then smiled and walked past to collapse into a chair at the table, leaving a very confused and shocked Gaius standing there. He soon followed and sat opposite.

Sighing, Gaius started his reprimanding, "I told you Merlin to stop getting in those situations with Morgana, what did you do this time?" at this Merlin turned sheepish and he decided he didn't want to know. "Ok, what did you do to cause Arthur to hit you?" the warlock's brow furrowed.

"Why do you always think it's my fault?" his tone hurt while Gaius just gave him a look to say because it's always your fault.

"Well, I may of just accidently told him that I can do magic" an apologetic smile was plastered on Merlin, however Gaius didn't see it, no he was too busy recovering from disbelief.

"You did WHAT?" Merlin flinched at the anger, disappointment and surprised in his father figure's voice. "How do you accidently tell the Prince of Camelot that you have magic?"

"It wasn't my fault!" as Merlin tried, and failed, to defend himself "He came in, acting all weird, and told me he knew, empathizing the 'knew'. What was I suppose to do?"

"Make sure he was talking about your magic for starters! Really, Merlin, how could you be so stupid?"

"I'm sorry, but how am I suppose to question him on what he knew when he could easily just have me executed? I was panicking!"

"What did he know?"

"He kind of overheard the argument between me and Morgana."

"So basically..."

"He knew secrets she knows but didn't know the one about my magic" sighed Merlin, still annoyed that he had given his deepest secret away so easily.

"But he does now." Merlin just nodded, "How long has he known?"

"He found out this morning" the boy murmured, knowing what was going to happen now.

Gaius was astonished, "And you only thought to tell me this now?"

"I was kind of busy"

"Will he hand you over to Uther?" Gaius asked cautiously, knowing that his ward was here and not in the dungeons was a good sign.

"No."

They stayed in silence for awhile, until Merlin thought Gaius had had enough time to digest the news.

"Oh and Gaius, it gets worse."

"How?" He didn't think he wanted to know.

"Gwen was with him."

They walked together through the castle, side by side. The others had gotten used to this, for even though servants were supposed to walk slightly behind their master, Prince Arthur and Merlin were more than just servant and master. For one, Merlin got away doing many things that would usually get him flogged and/ or sacked several times. And although many didn't understand their 'relationship', they no longer paid any attention to it.

They moved down through the town, dinner having been eaten and the evening growing late, to Gwen's small house. No one thought twice when they entered, thinking they were probably here on official business or for Morgana, although, all were curious as to why it couldn't wait till morning.

Gwen opened the door, surprised, but still allowed them both in. She had been let off early by Morgana, as her mistress had retired early.

"Sorry to bother you so late, Guinevere"

"No, no, it's fine. How can I help?" asked Gwen, she gasped when the light hit Merlin's face, "Did Morgana's slap do all that?"

Merlin gave a short laugh as Arthur became uneasy. "No, Morgana's slap and Arthur's punch did this to me." She raised her eyebrows toward the prince, but he just shook his head, "How about you take a seat? This may take awhile" Merlin continued, his face a picture of kindness.

She glanced between the two, trying to work out how bad it was. She soon seated herself at her table, while Merlin took the seat opposite and Arthur sat next to her. He took her hand in comfort, squeezing it briefly, oh god, this has to be bad.

"To start off, I want to say that I'm so sorry that you had to find out this way. It's not ideal and I wish it could have happened another way." Gwen shared a small smile with Merlin and nodded for him to continue. "Morgana was the one to start the fire in her room all those years ago, it was the first time she had used her magic. I should have helped her, but Gaius advised me that it would be bad to. She found help instead in Morgause."

"No offensive Merlin but how could you have helped and how did you know?" Gwen enquired curiously, she realised Arthur was resting his head in his hand, he must be exhausted, I know I am.

Merlin gave her a sad, and strangely scared, smile as Arthur tensed next to her. "I have magic too; I'm a warlock, Gwen."

There was a silent second till Gwen was able to respond, "that's not funny, Merlin."

"Good, because I'm not telling a joke."

Gwen turned to Arthur then back to Merlin, she saw no gag, only completely serious faces.

"You're a...but you can't be" she whispered as again, she looked between the two boys.

"I was born with magic; I only started studying it after I came to Camelot. Morgana and Morgause don't know. I have sort of been saving Camelot and her prince, even king, the last three years in secret."

Gwen was speechless; she didn't even know where to start.

"He's telling the truth; my idiotic, clumsy, good for nothing servant is actually the most powerful sorcerer to ever live!" Arthur said, resigned.

That made Gwen's mouth fall open.

"Excuse me?"

"Oh, yeah, I sort of killed Nimueh and stopped Sigan, the druids call me Emrys and say that I will be the most powerful sorcerer that has or will ever live."

"Okay..." whispered Gwen.

Merlin noticed that their hands were still linked and thought it best to leave them, maybe they could take comfort in each other and Arthur can answer most of the questions Gwen will ask.

"Right...well I better be off, Gaius wanted me home early tonight. Something about me causing too much mess for one day, oh well, good night"

When Merlin left though, he didn't notice the cloaked figure that slid out of the castle, into the darkness of the night.

Morgana waited in the clearing for about ten minutes before her sister finally turned up.

"What is it sister? Is something wrong?" Morgause asked, her brow crinkled in concern.

"It's Merlin." even his name left a bad taste in her mouth.

"What has that boy done now?" anger quickly swelling in Morgause.

"I think he's talking, both Gwen and Arthur have been acting strange. I think they know." there was a slight edge of fear in Morgana's voice, she knew Uther would never believe Merlin but Arthur might be able to convince him.

"If he had half a brain he would know not to talk" Morgause said, wondering if Merlin even had a brain, although it couldn't be just down to luck that he keeps winning. "What are we going to do?"

"And if he doesn't? If he has told them?"

"I will give him a warning" She said briskly.

"No warning will deter Merlin, trust me, I know him well enough."

"Then it will have to be a very strong lesson, indeed." And the look on the sorcerers' face made Morgana sure that Merlin would regret the day he was born.

The taste of ash and smoke burnt his throat, consuming him. There were so much screaming that he thought he would turn deaf, the pain like a razor to his skin. Rain lashed at his face, as if Mother Nature too was waging war on him, each drop bruising his skin. He was soaked to the bone, his body shaking from the wind's biting gust, like a thousand daggers to his chest.

Suddenly he felt burning in his left hand, as he looked down he saw the crusty flesh that now covered the edge of his hand. The fire ball that had barely missed him went straight toward the already burning houses.

Salty tears slowly leaked from his bright blue eyes, he wanted to scream, to tell it to stop, to do anything that could help, but it was no use. No sound came his lips, not even a sob, and as he tried to move his legs, he realised they too were not under his control. It was like he was frozen, forsaken to watch this nightmare, powerless to stop it.

That's when he saw it, the woman laughing at the death and the smoke rose higher and higher. Her blond, wavy hair framed her shoulders; immense brown eyes sparkling with malevolence and hatred.

Merlin awoke with a scream so drenched in ice cold terror and heartache that it tore through the castle and poisoned the minds of those who too had magic, making them shudder in dread of what caused it.

He tried to calm his breathing but it did no good, his thin frame was drenched in sweat, so much he was dripping, so much Merlin thought that it may have been the rain from the dream. He quickly shook that thought off, because for that to be true that would mean that the dream was also true. It couldn't be! That was until he caught sight of his crispy left hand.

No, please God, no...

So what do you think, hehe Susie666 says I'm evil to Merlin, first I slap him, then I punch him. Well I'm far from done!

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PS is anyone else ridiculously happy that Gwen now knows Morgana is a smirking evil bitch...maybe soon she'll find out about Merlin too!