Chapter 3
The boys stood in their room and said nothing. They simply looked at each other in shock until finally Sam broke the silence. "How can that…kid be the man we're supposed to kill? He looks so innocent." Dean was thinking the same. He wasn't about to kill this boy without even knowing why they were sent to kill him in the first place. The boys decided to take the night to process this information, and in the morning, they would decide what was to be done about Merlin.
The next morning, Merlin was heading up to Arthurs room, when he passed him in the hallway. "You're dressed." Merlin said with a shocked look on his face. "Yes Merlin." Arthur replied. "I'm not a complete idiot you know." Merlin just smiled and shook his head, then he remembered why he had been heading to Arthurs room in the first place. "Arthur." Merlin called after him. "I need to speak with you. It's about my magic." Arthur stopped dead in his tracks. "This wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the two boys from yesterday would it?" Arthur asked, slightly worried about the response he might get. "Can we speak privately?" Merlin asked, with his head slightly tilted to the ground, as if he was trying to hide himself from Arthurs gaze. "Follow me." and with that, Arthur lead Merlin up to his chambers and locked the door behind them.
Merlin stood by the table in the middle of the room while Arthur went and sat on the end of his bed. "Well, what is it that you wanted to tell me?" Merlin didn't want Arthur to be angry with him for not explaining everything when he told him about his magic, but he had no choice. He needed Arthurs help if he was going to survive. "Come on Merlin I don't have all day." Arthur complained, as he was growing impatient. "I…I'm Emrys." That's all he said. Merlin didn't say another word, it was as though those were the only words he knew. Arthur looked at his with a puzzled look on his face. "I'm pretty sure your names Merlin." He said finally. "Arthur this isn't funny." Merlin finally replied. "These boys are here for a reason, they're here for me. I need your help to find out why." "Explain one thing to me first. Why didn't you tell me this before?" Arthur was calm when he said this, Merlin was confused at first but realized that Arthur wasn't angry with him, he just wanted to know the truth. "I was afraid of what you might think, and I thought that telling you I was a sorcerer was enough news for one day." After Merlin had explained everything to Arthur, they decided that Arthur was going to question the boys on their motives and find out if Merlin was actually in any danger.
Meanwhile, the Winchesters were making a plan of their own. "We should just ask him for help." Sam suggested, as they were discussing what to do about Emrys. "Right, that's a good idea, ask the guy who could possibly kill us for help." Dean added in response. They stood in silence for a while until Dean finally said, "you know what, that actually might not be such a bad idea. Since he's a sorcerer and all, maybe he could get us back home." Sam shook his head, "really, you couldn't have agreed with me 20mins ago?" "Whatever man, that's what we should do. Just walk up to him and ask." So the boys headed down to the lower town to look for Merlin when they bumped into Arthur on the way.
"Ah, just the people I wanted to see." Arthur said, as the boys nearly ran into him. "Can we help you with something Sire?" Sam asked, trying to sound as polite as possible. "I need to tell me what you want with the sorcerer you called Emrys." Sam and Dean looked at each other for a moment before replying. "We need him to get home." Dean finally said, not wanting to lie to the King about who they were any longer. "Where is home?" Arthur asked. "A few hundred years from now." Dean replied. Arthur suddenly looked very worried. He turned to Merlin who was standing beside him as if he was asking if that was even possible. Arthur knew by the way that Merlin looked back at him that it was, he also knew that the sorcerer that brought these boys back in time had to be extremely powerful. They all knew that they were about to walk into a very dangerous situation.