Arthur had to say, he was a little worried that Merlin may of hit his head during his stint in the woods. They had only been back for a few hours and Merlin was not himself. He was snappy and irritable for one, he had simply explained that he'd healed himself and then gotten lost because Arthur had carried him up a path he didn't recognize.

He'd them stormed away and headed over to Gaius's to get himself checked over. He must of been stressed, yes, that had to be it.

...

"Don't do that again Merlin," Gaius chided lightly, "I don't think my heart can take it."

"Well you are getting on a bit." Merlin replied sharply as he rifled through a shelf of bottles. Gaius gaped at him.

"What's them most powerful poison you have?" Merlin inquired before the old man could reply.

"Acanite, why?" Gaius asked suspiciously.

Merlin ignored him, instead he muttered the name of the poison under his breath until he found the bottle of blue liquid and smiled proudly.

"I think I'll take this with me." he announced, Gaius stared, "Well you never know when you might need to kill some one."

"But-"

"I am your prince Gaius, you can't deny me!" He yelled before slamming the door and leaving with the acanite in hand. Gaius felt as if he'd been slapped in the face.

...

Arthur smiled as Gwen passed him another roll, she'd surprised him by bringing him lunch. Her company was just what he needed after the stressful days he'd had looking for his brother. In the back of his mind he wondered if Merlin was feeling better, the question answered itself when Merlin's voice cut sharply through the room.

"Oh I might of known." Merlin was in the doorway holding a plate of food with in one palm.

"Hello Merlin." Arthur smiled.

"What's this?" Merlin asked coldly, nodding his head in the direction of the table.

"Uhhh lunch?" Arthur suggested.

"Look I know you like to take every opportunity to be by his side but this is just getting ridiculous." Merlin growled at Gwen, Arthur felt his jaw drop, "You'll be pouring his bath water next."

"Merlin is something wrong?" Arthur asked feeling very confused, this wasn't like his brother at all.

"This is what's wrong." Merlin replied, pointing at the food already on the table.

"I was just trying to help." Gwen explained, "I thought you might need some rest and that you would be eating on your own today."

"I always eat with Arthur you know that." Merlin snapped.

"Merlin, I think you must be tired you went through quite an ordeal." Arthur said slowly.

"Oh you would take her side wouldn't you." He growled.

Arthur opened his mouth to tell Merlin to be nicer to Gwen but he'd already stormed out of the room. The prince and the servant shared a look.

...

Leon was shocked to find Merlin in the armory, he usually only came down here with Arthur or another knight when he had to. He hardly ever came alone. The young prince was fiddling with an old rusted cross bow looking frustrated.

"You need help?" Leon offered.

"Arthur wants a cross bow." Merlin replied ignoring the question.

"Well, you wont hurt a fly with that old thing." Leon chuckled, "It's ancient."

"What if you did?" merlin asked slyly, "If you did want to hurt a fly or even a person, what would you use?"

"A thing of beauty, like this." Leon told him leading him over to the wall, Leon had always loved the craftsmanship of weapons, they weren't just tools for hurting and maiming, they were beautiful things if made correctly.

He lifted the crossbow off it's hook on the wall and handed it to the prince.

"Carved from fifty year old ash," He explained, running his fingers across the smooth wood, "Be carefu-"

Merlin hit the trigger and an arrow shot out, whizzing through the air and breaking a small barrel into thousands of tiny pieces. The prince broke out in a grin.

"Oh that'll work!" He exclaimed, "That'll do the job very nicely!"

"What is the job exactly?" Leon asked as the prince made his way ot the door.

"To kill Arthur." He replied simply, the knight laughed.

"Driving you mad is he?"

"Not for much longer!"

...

When Gwen saw the commotion around the pig pen she couldn't help but draw closer, shocked to see all the pigs were surrounded by what remained of the lunch Merlin had bought to Arthur that day. Gaius was examining the food with a pair of tongs with a serious look on his face, He then proceeded to collect up every crap of food and ensure the pigs bodies were burned and then hurried back to the castle.

"Acanite." he explained, "Wolfsbane, one of the most deadly poisons known to man."

"Why would Arthur's food be coated in Acanite?" Gwen asked worriedly.

"Merlin took some from me today..." Gaius replied tensely.

"He was really angry when he realized Arthur wasn't going to eat it." Gwen agreed, "But why would Merlin want to kill Arthur? He loves Arthur more than anybody."

"He's been acting strange ever since he returned from the woods, I'm afraid something may of happened to him."

"We'd better go check him."

As they hurriedly made their way around the castle both Gaius and Gwen discovered that Merlin was very difficult to find when you needed him most. As they made their way along the landing Leon appeared grinning to himself.

"Leon have you seen Arthur?" Gwen asked.

"Oh yes, I just got him a crossbow." Leon smiled.

"A cross bow..." Gaius swallowed, "What for?"

"He says he going to kill Arthur." Leon laughed, obviously not seeing the horrified looks on the others faces.

"Do you know where he is now?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, he's with Arthur getting ready for a knighting ceremony." Leon replied "Why do you-"

They were already gone.

I am, SO sorry for how long it took me to update but Its three weeks till mid term exams and I have an exam, three folios and a presentation to prepare for. I've been trying to finish up most of my stories before then.

I plan on finishing both my Sherlock stories up and that way I can focus on this one.