The next morning I packed all my things and quietly left the house I got to the end of Camelot Merlin was waiting there or me he had a horse with all his things on it. He climbed up on the horse and pulled me up. We had been rode for a few hours then it started getting dark. Merlin built a fire. I lay on the ground looking up at the stars and Merlin lay next to me.
He sighed, "We should reach Ealdor tomorrow afternoon."
I smiled as I rested my head on his chest and drifted off to sleep.
I was awakened by galloping horses, I opened my eyes and looked up there were guards all around pointing swords at us.
"Arrest them!" Arthur ordered.
"You can't arrest us we're not in Camelot!" Merlin protested.
"Weather I can or cant doesn't matter, you can't escape." Arthur stated.
"How'd you find us?" I asked completely shocked.
"Your father came and asked for help at the castle when you disappeared we figured out that you and Merlin were escaping."
"I don't wish to live with you, you don't wish to live with me, so please just let us go." I begged.
"No I don't especially not anymore, but I respect my father's wishes." He said.
"I would have married you without complaint, if it wasn't for love."
"Love?" he asked.
"Everything just felt right," I said grabbing tightly onto Merlin's arm, "when I fell in love, but you won't understand!"
"Arrest him!" Arthur yelled.
"No!" I yelled as I squeezed Merlin's arm, but the guards were too strong they took him away from me tears started pouring down my eyes as his hand slid off mine.
"Merlin!" I screamed.
He looked at me with his innocent eyes pleading for help, I ran towards him, but Arthur stopped me holding his sword out in front of me.
"Get on the horse!" he ordered.
I slowly climbed up on the horse. It was a miserable and long journey to Camelot. I couldn't help but think what would happen to me when we got back to Camelot? What would happen to Merlin? I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to him.
When we reached Camelot Arthur said "lock him up, before kill him!"
The guards started dragging Merlin.
"No! Wait. He didn't do anything wrong. Lock me up if you want but let him go. Please" I begged.
"Jessica, I shouldn't have told you my feelings, I'm sorry." Merlin said while being dragged away.
"I love you," he slowly whispered looking towards me.
"I love you too," I said as Arthur dragged me back to my room.
"You betrayed me!" Arthur yelled.
"Arthur," I said, "I never loved you."
"That doesn't matter you betrothed to me and not only that your wedding is tomorrow."
"I refuse to marry you!" I yelled.
"You have to marry me or I will have Merlin executed!" he ordered.
I began to cry.
"Arthur please don't do this," I begged him.
Arthur just walked past me and said, "There will be guards at your door."
When Arthur left I fell to my knees as tears poured down my cheeks.
That night I lay in my bed thinking. How could I marry Arthur? I had to it was Merlin's life at stake and Arthur was serious he would execute Merlin. I wished I could see Merlin just one last time. I cried all night wishing that I'd never helped Merlin, if hadn't I wouldn't be imprisoned in my room and Merlin wouldn't be imprisoned in jail. I felt that it was entirely my fault.
End of flashback