Fire and Ice 3: Mind of Stone
AN: I'm not really sure what's going to happen in this chapter so just... enjoy what comes! It may or may not be the last one for this story and then the next story will be the last of the series. Don't worry though, I've got a few new stories planned.
Chapter 6
The knights, Arthur and Clara's friends stood outside the cave. The water was calm and still, not a single ripple, that was until Gwaine started throwing stones in it
Merlin's body was growing weaker. Everyone saw it.
The man they had met was doing his best to heal Merlin but the Banshee was having none of it.
"What if he doesn't make it?" Elyan asked worriedly.
"He will." Arthur was determined. He would do whatever it takes to save Merlin.
"I hope so." Gwaine murmured, running a hand through his greasy, black hair.
"He will!" Arthur exclaimed making all the knights and Clara's group turn to him with wide eyes.
Arthur closed his eyes and let out a long, deep breath. The man came out of the cave, with a grin across his usually serious face.
"I need you to come in." He said. Arthur and the knights piled into the cave, leaving Clara, Quinn, Luke and Toby stuck in the doorway. Everyone was hoping for the best.
"What's happening?" Gwaine asked.
"The Banshee likes power. The more powerful you are, the more likely a victim. It seems this young man is a very powerful sorcerer indeed. Luckily for him, it has taken a long time for the Banshee to completely drain him of his energy so he has survived. Not many people have."
"So he won't die?" Arthur asked.
"No. He won't," The man replied. "Although, we do have a bit of a problem getting it off him."
"It will take some very powerful magic." The man told them.
"Do it!" Gwaine encouraged. The man nodded and stood above Merlin, his hands held out in front of him.
"Líesingum þes mann fram þes áglæccræft áglæca," He commanded, his voice growing louder and louder and his eyes going bright gold.
The knights watched in awe. Arthur readied his sword; the beast would appear any second now.
The man stopped speaking and there was a moment where everyone was silent. Nothing moved, until a small, invisible creature started running around, trying to hide.
"Andetta mec æalá unc," The man shouted, his eyes flashed gold and the once invisible creature popped into their sight. It was horrible.
It was a greyish brown colour with horrible black spots. It had large, pointy fangs, and huge, black eyes. It was a creature from a horror story. Its back was hunched and it was no bigger than the size of your head. It snarled at Arthur who had his sword pointed at it.
"You can't kill it with a normal sword." The man said. He glanced at the sword and whispered a spell. The sword began to glow. Bright white and orange, like it was burning. Arthur took this moment to swing his sword round, startling the creature. Its huge black eyes grew even wider and it squealed as the sword crashed into its chest
Merlin started to glow too. A light spread throughout his body, starting in the middle of his chest, round his heart. It grew wider and wider until the glow covered his whole body. Arthur watched worriedly, was this hurting him?
Suddenly, Merlin's eyes shot open and they were a bright gold, the quickly switched back to their normal blue and Merlin sat up. The light faded away.
"Merlin?"
Merlin turned his head in Arthur's direction, a huge grin spread across his face, his eyes lighting up.
"Hello." Merlin replied. Arthur grinned back and went to hug his friend. Very manly.
"Are you hurt?" Arthur asked.
"Nope," Merlin said honestly.
"Really?"
"Truly." Gwaine was next to go to his friend and then, Percival, Elyan and Leon, Clara and her friends stayed at the door.
"I see you're better," Merlin said, to Clara who nodded.
"Thanks to you and Gaius." Clara smiled.
"Well, it's good that you can walk again." Merlin said.
"Alright, we better go back to Camelot before anything horrible happens." Arthur told the group. "Thank you for taking care of Merlin," Arthur turned round but the man had disappeared.
"He does that." Clara interjected.
Arthur nodded to show he had heard her last comment. "And what about you?"
"Me?" Clara asked.
"Yes, you and your friends." Arthur said. "What will you do?"
"Um... I don't know. We'll survive." Clara smiled, looking at her 3 friends.
"If you wanted, I'm sure there's somewhere in Camelot for you to stay, after all, you saved Merlin's life and as much as I hate to admit it... I don't know what we'd do without him." Arthur looked at Merlin who was grinning.
"You wouldn't last a day." Merlin responded.
"I would so," Arthur retorted.
"I am a vital part in your life, without me... you'd sink into depression because I am such a lovable person, the world would be so boring." Merlin smirked.
"Boring? We'd be out celebrating!" Arthur joked.
"Yes, celebrating the amazing life I had... I'd have the biggest funeral Camelot has ever known." Merlin said seriously.
"Not bigger than mine."
"Loads bigger than yours."
"I am the king of Camelot!"
"And I'm your dearly loved servant. Face it Arthur. My funeral will be bigger and better than yours!"
"You wish."
"My wish will come true!"
"No it won't."
"It will so!"
"It won't."
"Will."
"Won't."
"I... uh... hate to break up your... whatever this is... but it's getting dark." Clara said a little confused.
"Yes. We should head back to Camelot." Arthur said he took a deep breath and straightened himself out.
Merlin rolled his eyes.
So they all headed back to Camelot in a happier mood than they had been in days. For that moment, everything was fine. No one was dying, no one was attacking Camelot; everything was perfect.
MERLIN
When they reached Camelot, Arthur, Merlin the knights and Clara and her friends dismounted and led their horses to the stables. The sun was high in the air, shining down on everything it could. It was a warm day with a gentle breeze. These were Merlin's favourite days.
"Merlin!" Gwen shouted from the castle. Seeing Merlin up and about made her smile.
"Hi Gwen," Merlin replied as she ran up and hugged him.
"How are you?" She asked.
"Absolutely fine," Merlin responded, grinning slightly.
"That's good. We were all so worried."
Arthur and Gwen hugged and Merlin went over to Gaius who held his arms out for his own hug.
"How are you my boy?" Gaius asked.
"I'm good. Healed." Merlin told him.
"Good. These last few days have been terrible." Gaius said. Merlin smirked slightly. Arthur said the world wouldn't be boring without him, apparently those last few days had been.
"Come on; let's get you something to eat." Gaius and Merlin headed inside the castle.
MERLIN
Later that evening, at a feast to celebrate their return, the king, queen knights and Merlin were all sat round a table full of food. Chicken, bread, golden goblets of wine, there was more than Merlin had ever imagined. Someone had come through and was juggling in the corner of the room and a quiet chatter filled the room.
"So Merlin. I have a list of chores for you to do." Arthur told his servant who groaned.
"Well, you're better now." Arthur said defensively.
"SIRE!" A shout from the door turned all heads.
"What is it?" Arthur asked.
"We're under attack!"
Yes. I'm leaving it at that. Don't worry though, the next story will be out very soon! Promise.
I'd like to thank all those who have reviewed, once again, particularly HollyDawn and Lunatris262 for being constant reviewers! Even when my chapters sucked, they still wrote reviews!
And to those who read, thank you! It means a lot that you took your time to read my story.
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