"What happened?" Merlin asked following Gaius out of the chamber, Arthur a few steps behind.

"I've no idea" Said Gaius not looking at either of the princes.

"Gaius, he was lying on the ground crying!" Arthur exclaimed.

"Exhaustion" Gaius supplied, both brothers gave him a glare, that didn't fool either of them for a second.

"What aren't you telling us?" Asked Merlin. Gaius bit his lip.

"When I got to the king he was mumbling and, he mentioned your mothers name" Gaius answered nodding at Arthur, "He claimed he saw her, in the well"

"Nobody can hear about this!" Arthur hissed

"We will say he was ill but is now recovering" Replied Gaius ever calm. Arthur stormed off back to his fathers room, Merlin stood in the corridor, looking up at the moon. Arthur would always be closer to Uther than he was.

...

"We've had reports of mercenaries streaming into Cenred's kingdom" Arthur reported. He had to admit, now that his father was back on his throne, in front of the court he seemed himself again. Perhaps it had been the wine last night which had caused the outburst.

"Do we know why?" His father asked

"There is a rumor that Cenred is building an army" Arthur answered, "I think we should..."

Arthur trailed off when he realised his father wasn't listening to him anymore and instead had eyes for the back of the room. Bright eyes were wide with fear. The prince glanced behind him but saw only the council, who were all turning around as well and finding nothing. Uther stood shakily, eyes still on the empty doorway much to Arthur's inner panic.

"Leave me alone" Uther whispered pointing to the archway where nothing stood, "Get out of here"

Arthur glanced around at the uneasy faces in the room, why did this have to happen in court? Why not somewhere more private? He attempted to calm his father by taking his hand but it resulted in more shouting.

"Get out!" The king ordered, "GET OUT! I'll have you hanged!"

Merlin had evidently had enough of this and quickly grabbed his father by the shoulder along with Arthur and dragged him to the back of the room, this was not an easy task as Uther struggled with it every step of the way.

"There had to be an explanation" Merlin wondered aloud as Arthur placed his father back in his bed.

"During the great purge, Uther drowned many he suspected of sorcery" Gaius sighed, "some, God help them, were children, killed for the magic they were born with"

Arthur watched as Merlin visibly paled.

"Perhaps his conscience has got the best of him" Gaius finished, "We can no longer hide this, whatever it is"

The sound of warning bells filled the air prompting Merlin to go in search of the cause, leaving Arthur with their father.

...

As his father was bed bound Arthur was now in change of Camelot, something he felt he was most defiantly not ready for, Merlin appeared in the council chambers Gaius in tow to report the apparent death of a sentry who had been found at the bottom on the bridge that joined the castle and the city.

"It appears he died some time in the night" Gaius reported

"Who could of done this?" Asked Arthur

"This is the sigil of the blood guard" Gaius explained handing him the dagger which had killed the man.

"They were warrior priests who protected the High Priestesses of the Old Religion" Merlin explained, "They must of escapes the purge, or at least some of them"

"There's a traitor is Camelot" Arthur surmised, Merlin nodded slowly.

"The man can tell us soon enough" Gaius replied much to Arthur's shock, he had assumed the man was dead.

"He lived?" Morgana gasped before adding, "Wonderful!"

...

Merlin sat with Arthur in their fathers chamber, neither of them really wanted to leave. Gaius joined them handing Merlin the medicine which Uther had to drink later when he awoke. The king twitched and sighed in his sleep which hardly seemed restful, Merlin couldn't help but worry.

"I have bad news" Gaius sighed, "The sentry has died"

"I thought you said he was recovering" Merlin replied, he found he had little energy.

"Somebody killed him, the traitor I presume" Gaius answered sadly, "Poisoned, at least now we know there is a traitor inside Camelot's walls, the question is who?"

"Merlin had a dream" Arthur piped up, "He thinks it was a prophetic one, maybe this is what you were predicting, you should of seen him Gaius he was in such a state!"

"I told you Arthur its all such a blur" Merlin groaned, "I'm not a seer, I can't remember what I see, I didn't even know I could!"

Merlin got up, suddenly wanting to be alone, he heard Gaius speaking to Arthur as he walked away. Something about the vision from the Crystal of Neahtid frightening him, what a stupid idea! He growled, leaning against the window sill looking over the courtyard. It was a habit he had developed over the last year when he was frustrated, he blamed the dragonlord powers as the growling was similar to when he had spoken in the dragon tongue. He wondered where the dragon was now, he hadn't seen him since he banished him from the city, he wasn't sure he wanted to.

Thats when he saw the dark shape of Morgana walking across the courtyard, what would she be doing out on her own so late? A sudden flash made Merlin's hand fly to his forehead. Morgana, ready to plunge and ornate knife into his back, no wait it was Uther's...

That had been part of his dream he was sure of it, also fire, dark creatures and crystals...

Those didn't matter right now what mattered was that he knew he needed to follow Morgana. He quickly ran down the staircases and began following her through the lower town and eventually into the forest. Morgana stood in a clearing as a small group entered on horse back, one of them was Morgause.

"Sorry you had to wait" Morgause greeted, "There was much to discus"

"Your visit was successful?" Morgana questioned

"Cenred's army rides to Camelot on my command" Morgause answered proudly

"There is nothing you can do" Morgana smiled happily

"It is you who inspires me" The witch replied, Merlin felt sick.

"How goes the battle for Uther's mind?"

"When Cenred marches on Camelot, he will find a kingdom without a king" Morgana boasted, "There is however, a slight problem, Merlin suspects me"

Merlin froze behind the log which concealed him.

"Has he told Arthur?" Asked Morgause

"Not yet but he will" Morgana sneered, "we must stop him"

"At once" Morgause agreed

"It wont be difficult" Morgana smiled, "Seeing as he's already here!"

Merlin cursed himself for not being quieter, there was no point in lying however, he stood. Morgana laughed.

"Did you really think I was that stupid?"

...

"How are you sire?" Gaius questioned as he walked into the elder princes room, Arthur had tried to make himself busy with paper work though little distracted him, he had been unable to find Merlin. His brother was most likely off sulking somewhere.

"I'm not the one who's sick" He replied curtly

"It can't be easy seeing your father this way" Gaius supplied

"No" Arthur admitted, "Its hard seeing him so fragile and helple-"

Arthur help!

Merlin rarely used his telepathy unless it was critical, now his voice exploded into Arthur's head without warning making his hand fly to his ears to make sure he wasn't going mad as well.

They're after me I-

As sudden as the contact had come it was cut off drastically short, something had prevented Merlin from relaying his message, that made Arthur feel concern.

"Merlin's in trouble"

For season 3 im thinking the episodes

Tears of Uther Pendragon (2)

Gwaine (I'll introduce Lancelot there too since I skipped his episode)

The Crystal Cave

The changling

The Castle Fryien (Maybe, Im not sure)

Queen of Hearts

Coming of Arthur 1 & 2

Any objections/suggestions?