Here's the next chapter for the episode of "Valiant." Sorry if it's short. I want to thank my reviewers Mason and Alex, silvermoony77, Mrs. Fantasy, Owl Watcher, OliviaGraham, acklesaddict, Aislinn101, and Rawr...x for their great reviews. I'm dedicating this chapter to you guys. I hope you enjoy it.
After the tournament practice, which I'm sad to say, Merlin defenitly needs practice, I slowly helped him back to Gaius's chambers. While we were climbing up the steps, I accidentally stepped on his foot.
"Owe! Sam, that really hurts," he complained.
"Sorry, however in my defense, I was literally dragging you up these steps," I said.
I opened the door and helped Merlin in. Gaius looked up from his studies to see me getting a wet rag for Merlin while he was taking his armor off .
"So, how was your first day as Arthur's servants," he asked us.
Merlin's response was by tapping his hand against his head, as he asked, "Do you hear clanging?"
"In Merlin's words, it sucks," I said.
"Oh it's easy for you. All you did is watch while Arthur kept hitting me with his sword," Merlin said.
"Hey, I volunteered but no. You wanted to as you said protect me from hurting myself with a sword. I told you I took self defense and you still said no. It's not my fault he treated you like a piñata," I said. Gaius and Merlin looked confused at what I said. When I saw how confused they were, I mentally had to kick myself. Sam, you have to remember this is medieval times, not 2011. "I mean treating you like a target."
They both looked like they wanted to drop what I just said. I sighed in relief when they didn't want to talk about it. Merlin sat at the table while I was dabbing his head with the rag. Gaius stopped looking at his studies to massage Merlin's sore shoulders. I cringed when I hear his shoulder popped.
"Ah! It was horrible and we've still got to learn all about tournament etiquette by the morning," he said. I looked at him as I was reading a book. I could barely hear Merlin whisper, "onhríne achtung bregdan."
Suddenly, one of the books I was about to reach for slid over to Merlin and opened up. My eyes widen when I saw that. Now that was cool! Normally, I am excited when I see something like this on TV, but seeing it for real is so much better. Gaius however was not impressed.
"Oi!" He slapped the back of Merlin's head as I giggled. "What've I told you about using magic like this?"
"If I could actually feel my arms, I'd picked up the book myself," Merlin argued.
"Never mind your arms. What would I do if you got caught?"
"What would you do," I asked.
Gaius looked at me and said, "Well you just make sure it doesn't happen, for all our sakes." He turned back to take care of Merlin's shoulders.
Merlin was still hurting when he said, "We saved Arthur from being killed and now we end up as his servants. How fair is that?"
"Not at all, plus he treats us like dirt," I complained
Gaius sighed and said, "I'm not sure fairness comes into it. You never know, it might be fun."
I couldn't help but scoff. "Fun, are you kidding me?"
"You think mucking out Arthur's horses is going to be fun? You should hear our list of duties," Merlin said.
"We all have our duties. Even Arthur," said Gaius.
"It must be so tough for him with all the girls and the glory," said Merlin.
"Not all girls," I murmured.
"He is the future king. People expect so much of him. He's under a lot of pressure," said Gaius.
He pushed really hard on Merlin's shoulder. All of the sudden, you can hear a big pop. "Ah! That makes two of us."
I smiled at Merlin. Even though he was in pain, he still had a sense of humor. I got up from the table and walked into our room to retrieve my sketch book. I flipped the pages until I came upon the picture of my sister Courtney. I couldn't help but wonder if my time period stopped or was continuing on? I decided to not think about it right now. I started to draw Arthur in his armor. When I was finished I smiled at my work. It did look exactly like him. Man, he looks so hot in this picture. I think he's…wait a minute, what am I thinking? I can't think about him like that. In the show he ends up with Gwen and even the legend said he married Gwen. Still, I wonder since I'm here things could change. Again, I can't think about him like that. My thought was interrupted when Merlin came to the door.
"You ready to go to the blacksmith Sam?"
I closed my sketch book so fast so he wouldn't see the picture. "Yeah, I'm ready."
Merlin looked curious to why I was in a rush. He looked at my sketch book and asked, "What were you drawing?"
I tried to look so innocent. "Nothing, just looking at them."
"Then why did you close it so fast?"
"Just wanted to go to the blacksmith and get our work done." Merlin smirked at me. Before I knew it, his eyes glowed and my sketch book flew right to him. I tried to grab it but it was too fast. He grabbed it and started to look at the sketches. "Merlin, give it back!"
I chased his around the room trying to grab it before he saw the picture. As I ran after him, I tripped over the rug and I fell with my head landing on his bed. He finally stopped running and his eyes widened as he was looking at a picture. I was praying he wasn't looking at the picture of Arthur.
He turned to me and asked, "What is this?"
"What is what?"
"This picture of Arthur in his armor."
My face turned red as he showed me the picture I just drew. I grabbed the book and ripped the picture out. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
"But why would you…"
"JUST DROP IT MERLIN!"
He first looked shocked by my outburst, but slowly turned into a sly look. "You like him, don't you?"
"No I don't"
"Yes you do. Admit it Sam, you like Prince Arthur."
"Again, no I don't," I argued.
"Yes you do, I know you do."
"So I can say you like Gwen?"
He became quiet for a second and then whispered, "Let's just forget about it."
"That's all I'm asking for." Merlin left to go get Arthur's armor while I placed the picture back in the sketch book. I don't like Arthur…do I?
There you go another chapter. Again sorry if it's short. It might be a while until my next one because I'm going to be on vacation with my family. PLZ nice reviews and if you have any ideas let me know. Until then.
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