Chapter 13
"Adianna you need to stay still" Morgona complained as yet again Callum had to push her back down "But Merlin" Adianna struggled to stand "is with Arthur, he'll be fine. Arthur won't let anyone close enough to hurt him" Morgona promised "but" "Adianna please you have to let Morgona tend to your wounds" Callum pleaded, holding Adianna still. Adianna would occasionally hiss and groan in pain as Morgona wiped the blood away. In the end she had a broken and a lot of cuts.
"How is she?" Callum and Adianna spun around to see Arthur standing in the door way to the next room "Arthur what are you doing here? Why aren't you with Merlin? How could you leave him alone now" Morgona hissed "I haven't left him alone he's right there" Arthur pointed into the room he was half standing in "you didn't answer my question, how is she?" "She's ok, a broken bone and some cuts, no doubt not even half of what Merlin got" Callum whispered sadly "can she talk?" Arthur took a step forward "why?" Morgona spoke up "I need to know what happened down there" Arthur all but demanded "she's not ready for that" Callum glared at Arthur "It's ok" Adianna took hold of Callum's hand, Callum moved his eyes away from Arthur and looked down at her "you need to rest" "And Arthur needs to know what happened to Merlin" Callum sighed as he lent down and picked Adianna up "what are you doing I need to talk to her" Arthur almost yelled " I know" Callum snapped "But you can't talk from halfway across the room, so if you don't mind I'm going to put Adianna down next to Merlin so were all in the same room and Merlins not alone" Arthur looked on as Callum gently placed Adianna down next to the boy who held his heart.
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"What did he do to him?" Morgona shuddered when she saw Merlin's injuries "you'll wish you didn't know you did" Adianna sniffed, Callum pulled her to sit on his lap, holding her tightly. Arthur sat on the corner on the bed next to Morgona "I still need to know, whether I want to or not" Arthur spoke, Morgona looked at the ground afraid to see Arthur's face when he learnt the truth "you sure?" Adianna looked Arthur straight in the eyes "yes" "you won't like any of it" "tell me" Morgona reached out, with one hand taking Arthur's and with the other taking Adianna's free hand "you have to let me finish, promise you won't stop me, once I start I won't stop until the end ok?" the 3 nodded "it started a while before he disappeared, at the feast he fell asleep at, Uther started touching his leg, trying to persuade him into his bed only Merlin wouldn't do it and ran away with you" she looked at Arthur "then the nightmares started, mostly they were about Uther coming for him in the night and attacking him in some dark room, but then one that scared him the most was the one where Uther killed Arthur for trying to protect him and forced Merlin to watch him bleed to death. So when he woke up he went for a walk, got attacked and woke up in that room. He fought against Uther of course, but in the end Uther always won. The one time Merlin tried to escape Uther caught him, Merlin was chained, whipped and bashed for being ungrateful" Morgona shuddered at the thought, Arthur sat staring at his love, all that time he though Merlin was gone, all the time he'd spent grieving when he could have been saving Merlin, "then I showed up... Merlin panicked... he" Adianna had no idea had no idea who knew about Merlin's magic but it was too late now "he cast a spell on me that would stop Uther raping me, he was caught but instead of being killed Uther drugged him, stole his magic, I don't know how or how long it'll be gone for. I just know it hurt Merlin, when you came in and saved us just before that Merlin had stabbed himself with a knife, laughing as he fell to the ground" Adianna couldn't stop the tears falling from her eyes, making it impossible to talk "It's ok, you're safe, you're both save now" Callum rocked her in his arms "you can leave now" everyone looked at Arthur "I want to be alone with him when he wakes up. Please" Arthur almost begged " ok" Morgona rose from her place, resting her hand on his shoulder for a brief second before leaving the room followed by Callum and Adianna.
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Sitting alone, with silent tears leaking from his eyes Arthur counted the minutes until he could see Merlin open his eyes again.
Hey sorry it took so long- and that it's so short. I kinda forgot about my stories, blame torchwood, how could they kill Ianto seriously, but don't get me started on that. Next chapter will be up soon,. Bye ily xoxox nimi1611
