A/N Thank you so much to pinkalligator (love the name by the way), scottishgleek1998 (rock on the Scots) and Ella for reviewing, it means so much!:) So this is set in the episode 'A lesson In Vengeance' series 5 episode 7. I recently re-watched it and it really annoyed me when Merlin was accused of poisoning Arthur. This wasn't' because of Gwen (because obviously it wasn't her own fault) but because none of the knights and Merlin supposed friends did anything to stop this and didn't even speak in his favour. This really annoyed me so I decided to vent about it- one shot style please review to tell me you think.
Merlin stood there in disbelief. He felt so betrayed and hurt that Gwen could even think of Merlin to do such a think but to be honest, the evidence all pointed to him and he had suspicions about Gwen's mental well-being since her return from The Dark Tower. (Gosh that was such a good episode) He walked to the back of the small cell until he hit the wall which he then promptly slid down. Where was Gwaine? And Leon and Percival? Surely they knew that he would never- could never do such a thing of his own accord. Surely they would be barging their way in here in a few minutes, laughing over the stupid idea of Merlin trying to hurt his king, his master, his friend.
But they never came. Merlin sat there waiting and waiting. He didn't hope, he just presumed they would come. It wasn't unjustifiable for him to have presumed it; they were his friends, were they not? He kept telling himself that they would come, he was just bored and that's why it felt like he had been in there for ages. That they were on their way down. But he fell asleep just as it sunk in that they weren't coming. Just as it sunk in that his 'friends' had abandoned him.
Then Arthur came and he was let out. It was good to know that at least Arthur knew he could never do such a thing. Then days went by and he had to act like normal, like the knights (could he still call them his friends) hadn't left him when he needed them. Like he didn't feel unwanted and useless. But hey! That's what he was best at, being just Merlin and pretending and lying. These were talents he had learned to master since he first step foot in the great kingdom of Camelot.
A/N I hope you enjoyed it. Review to tell me what you thought and if you were annoyed at the knights during this episode too, thanks