A/N: don't know whether you have noticed but I decided to largely reword this as I feel writing in third Person will be better than first.
This one will be longer than previous chapter but not the longest.
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Amelia's POV
Nightmares are a funny thing. It can be defined as a disturbing dream associated with negative feelings, such as anxiety or fear. For Amelia, they used to mean exactly that. Be a reflection of her fears, a reflection of her subconscious, but once she woke up, she would realise the silliness of the dream as dreams often did not make sense and weird inconsistencies that you do not realise till you have woken.
Anne seems to have nightmares that were a reflection of her subconscious, though they are often of her parent's death despite the fact that she does not remember. She often describes them as a mixture of flames, black shapes and screaming. Amelia supposes that Anne's nightmares are often her mind wondering about what actually happened that day. Did her parents suffer?
Since coming into this life, nightmares had become to mean something very different to Amelia. Her nightmares have a greater possibility of now coming true. At first, she would try to remind herself that the possibility of it actually happening was not for certain but after her adoptive parents' deaths after her dream warning her, she had begun to fear that they would actually occur. When a normal nightmare occurred, not a vision of the future, it was sometimes difficult to remind herself of the differences between the two.
The show had not shown how often Morgana would have her 'nightmares' as they were only shown when it was convenient for the plot but Amelia had known they were bad enough for Gaius to have to give her a sleeping draught so that she would have some sleep. He now has to give these to Amelia, however, as she gets older, it, as expected, has a lesser and lesser effect on her. She debates whether it is due to her body learning to fight it/getting used to it as you would with antibiotics or it is due to her possible magic getting stronger as she ages.
When she has nightmares that are not related to the plot of the show, it always surprised her as she is not able to determine through her notes and memories (before her accident), whether they will come to fruition or not.
One night as Amelia dreams, strange images come into her mind. She can see flames coming toward an unknown figure and an axe flying through the air before it changes into Morgana lying in her own bed, unmoving with blood coming out of her ear. Amelia wakes up suddenly gasping in fright and before she knows it, she is being pulled into someone's arms. Anne, she realises, relaxing and calming down.
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Morgana and Amelia have congregated in Morgana's Chambers when Gwen enters with a large bunch of lilies.
"You have outdone yourself, Gwen," Amelia says teasingly from where she stands at a table. Morgana laughs.
"Oh no," Gwen says shaking her head shyly. "These arrived for Morgana." Handing them to Morgana who stands by the other side of the table
"Who are they from?" Morgana asks curiously.
"I don't know. Maybe Arthur?!" Gwen suggests. Amelia doesn't know how she came to that conclusion.
"How disappointing," Morgana says sarcastically.
"Who'd you like them to be from?" Amelia asks her, smiling.
"I don't know. Tall, dark stranger?" Morgana says, smirking as she looks in her direction.
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Amelia doesn't think anything of the flowers till Morgana does not wake up the next morning as if she is in a coma. The only oddity Amelia can think of is those flowers. She feels like she should have realised something but it is not unusual for someone to give Morgana and/or Amelia flowers.
When they realise Morgana is unwell, Amelia refuses to leave her side. This leads her, with hardly any sleep or food, to still be sitting at Morgana's side two days later with Gaius examining her on the other side of the bed from where she sits with Uther sitting on the same side.
"Her body seems to have closed down," Gaius tells them as if they do not know already. Amelia worries, the image she sees before her is almost like the one in her dream.
"Why? You don't have an answer, do you? Nothing you've tried so far has worked. It's been nearly two days. And what do you know?" Uther demands angrily. Amelia would be like that as well if not for her being devoid of sleep, well no more than usual. She feels like she should check her notes but she is too tired to bother.
"I fear she may have some form of inflammation of the brain," Gaius answers calmly having gotten used to Uther's tantrums.
"What could cause such a thing?" Uther asks.
"An infection, possibly, rest assured, I will do everything in my power to cure her, Sire," Gaius says before turning to Amelia. "Amelia?"
"Mmm..." Amelia says blearily looking at him.
"How is your head? Are you still forgetting things?" At her nod, he continues. "Maybe you should rest." She tries to refuse but before she knows it, she is being lifted up by Anne and Arthur, who have materialised behind her without her realising; though with how exhausted she is that is not difficult.
"Come along my lady," Anne says. Arthur nodding along with her. This is clearly an intervention.
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Anne's POV
Anne enters the Main Square with Arthur after putting Amelia to bed and they are confronted with a man who stands at the door. He stands slightly bent over with a large cloak that covers his face.
"What's your business here?" Arthur asks him. The man looks up and it is then that Anne can see the very prominent scars on the right side of his face as if he had been badly burnt many years ago. Anne can't help but stare.
"My name is Edwin Muirden, and I have a remedy to cure all ills." The man answers him, ignoring Anne's stare as if he is used to it though he does glance at her curiously.
"Is that so?" Arthur questions disbelievingly, glancing over to Anne who also shares his doubt.
"I beg an audience with the King." Edwin states matter of factly.
"Our Court has a Physician," Arthur begins to walk away. Anne begins to follow him still glancing at Edwin as something about him feels familiar.
"I hear the Lady Morgana is gravely ill," Edwin says suddenly, drawing Arthur's attention and causing him to stop and turn.
"That is no concern of yours." He says angrily.
"I might be able to help her."
"Our Physician has the matter in hand." Arthur continues walking.
"I will be at the inn, in case you change your mind," Edwin calls after him. Anne is about to follow but Edwin calls to her, "What is your name girl?"
"Anne," she says cautiously. "Anne Audley." A flicker of realisation seems to flicker over his face before it disappears and Anne wonders if she ever saw it.
"Nice to meet you, Anne."
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Amelia's POV
Amelia does not sleep long and by that evening she is already by Morgana's side on one side of the bed again as Gaius examines her.
"I cannot preserve her life for much longer. She has hours, maybe less." Gaius says sadly turning to Uther, who is behind him.
"We cannot let her die!" Arthur cries angrily from the end of the bed.
"Arthur, please," Uther says tiredly, sitting down on the bed.
Arthur walks to their side of the bed. "There's a man, he came to the Castle yesterday. He claims he can cure her."
"That's ridiculous. He doesn't know what's wrong with her." Uther says dismissively.
"He says he has a remedy that can cure all ills." Arthur continues, not giving up.
"Impossible," Gaius says.
"Well, for Morgana's sake, surely we should at least hear him out. I mean, what've we got to lose? Please, Father." Arthur begs.
"Probably some charlatan hoping for a quick shilling." Gaius criticises.
"Does it matter!" Amelia suddenly says, drawing their attention to her. By the looks on their faces, they had forgotten she is even here. "If she's about to die, what harm can it do?! Give him his shilling! If there's one chance in a million he can save her, then why not?!" Amelia cannot let her dream come to pass.
They blink at her in surprise before Uther says, "Send for him."
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Amelia does not go to meet the man in the Council Chambers and waits for him to arrive at Morgana's Chambers. It is not long before the others arrive and only a few more moments before the man and Merlin arrive.
"Put my equipment over there." He says to Merlin, who follows his orders and places his things on a table, before turning to Uther. "Sire, I would be grateful if you could have everyone leave the room. I require peace and privacy." His scarred face makes Amelia feel like she should remember something but she can't decide what.
"Certainly." Never seen Uther be so polite to someone before. She reluctantly stands up and follows everyone else out of Morgana's Chambers.
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They all stand by the Griffin staircase that lead to Morgana's Chambers, when the man, Edwin Amelia had learnt, descends the curved stairs to meet her, Uther, Arthur, Merlin, Gaius and Anne.
"Great news, Your Majesty. You will be glad to hear it is not an inflammation of the brain." He announces.
"What is it then?" Uther questions. Amelia frowns sharing a look of confusion with Anne. Surely Gaius couldn't have been wrong…
"It is cerebral haemorrhage." Edwin answers.
"Haemorrhage? I don't think so." Gaius says doubtfully.
"I found this trace of blood in her ear." Edwin shows them the bloody cloth. Oh no. It is like in her dream. She has not stopped it.
"God in heaven," Uther says in shock.
"The severity depends upon the size and volume of the bleed. If not treated, it can lead to coma, and eventually death." Edwin continues.
"How could you have missed this?" Uther asks Gaius accusingly.
"I didn't see any blood," Gaius says with slightly less determination.
"Please. Just thank the fates that you did not administer more rosemary to stimulate the circulation. Can you imagine what that might have done?" Edwin pipes up. Uther turns to Gaius for an explanation. Amelia frowns, there is something about him that irks her. She also does not like the looks he keeps giving Anne; it's as if he knows her.
"It may have increased the bleed." Gaius reluctantly answers Uther's look.
"Is there a cure?" Uther asks Edwin desperately.
"See for yourself." Edwin gestures his hand in the direction of the staircase. They all rush to Morgana's Chambers with Uther and Amelia leading the charge.
"Morgana, this is truly a miracle." Uther gasps once they enter and see Morgana sitting up in her bed. Uther kisses her forehead. "I thought... I really thought..." he is clearly overcome with emotion.
"Oh, you won't get rid of me that easily," Morgana says sounding slightly exhausted. No sooner had Uther let her go than Amelia leaps at Morgana and gives her a squeeze.
"Careful, My Lady," Edwin calls.
"Sorry," Amelia says letting her go. At least Morgana is better though she does worry about the other parts of her dream.
Everyone chuckles, except Gaius, who leans around Amelia to ask Morgana, "What exactly did he give you?"
"I have no idea. But thank heaven he did." Gaius glances back at Edwin with a frown.
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Anne's POV
Anne, having noticed Gaius and Edwin had left the room, immediately follows hoping to find Edwin as she has been having a weird feeling ever since she's met him. When she catches up with them, she realises that she has caught the tail end of a somewhat tense conversation.
"The injury to your face?" Gaius asks him piquing Anne's curiosity.
"It happened when I was very young," Edwin answers tersely.
"Perhaps it was I that treated you for it." Gaius persists.
"I told you before, we've never met."
"Yes, of course. Well, I'll leave you to your work." Gaius says, clearly not believing his claim that they have never met.
Anne quickly hides round the corner when Gaius walks past her. When she peeks her head around the corner she can see that Edwin is looking directly at her, smiling kindly.
"I'm sure your mother taught you that it was rude to listen to other people's conversations." He says as Anne steps out. He doesn't seem mad, it is like he wanted her to hear.
"I did not know my mother or father," Anne says quietly. "They died when I was young." Edwin does not look surprised.
"I lost my parents when I was young as well but I have a few memories of them." He tells her. Anne is not sure why he is telling her this. "It is the reason for my injury." He points to the scarred part of his face.
"Oh." Is all that Anne finds herself saying. It is interesting that both of them had parents lost to flames. She wonders if it is through the same method.
Neither says anything for a moment before Edwin suddenly says, "Well, it was lovely to converse with you Anne but I must get on with my work."
"Yes of course," Anne says nodding before walking away, glancing over her shoulder to see him still looking at her.
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Amelia's POV
Uther sits in his chair at the back of the Council Chambers in the centre with Morgana then Amelia on his right and Arthur on his left behind his own chair.
"Name your reward," Uther says.
"I desire nothing more than the good health of my patient, Sire," Edwin says. There is something funny about him but Amelia cannot decide what. No one else seems to notice it.
"There must be something I can do for you." Uther insists.
"No. I will wait until the Lady Morgana is fully recovered, and then I will be on my way." It seems like Edwin is being overtly noble and moral.
"Why don't you stay awhile? You could live here in the palace." Now Uther is being desperate.
"No. I-I feel I would be trespassing. And you already have a Court Physician." Amelia narrows her eyes at him.
"I'm sure Gaius would be glad of your help." Gaius is fine thank you very much.
"It is a kind offer, but..." Edwin trails off seemingly pretending to not want this offer.
"Think about it. Dine with me later. Give me your decision then." Uther says with finality.
"To dine with Your Majesty would be reward in itself." Amelia raises her eyebrows. Would it? Always seemed pretty dull.
Edwin bows and leaves the room.
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In her Chambers, she finds Anne cleaning but she seems distracted. "Anne?" Amelia asks.
Anne looks up startled as if she did not hear Amelia enter. "Oh, sorry I did not hear you." She says quietly.
"You seem distracted? Is everything alright?" Amelia asks concerned. This is not normal for Anne.
"It-" Anne begins before stopping herself as if to collect her thoughts and figure out how to answer. After a moment of silence, she speaks rambling, "It's Edwin. I-I do not know what it is but there is s-something strangely familiar about him but I-I do not know how I could as I am sure I have never met him before and I think I would remember with his scars and-and there is the f-feeling that he seems to know information about me, even more than I know and I…" she trails off.
"Maybe he knew your parents?" Amelia wonders walking over to her and putting an arm around her shoulders. "What if he could tell you more about them? You have said that you do not have any memories of them. Give you a connection to them."
"Maybe…" Anne mutters as if she is not sure if she should but with mild hope.
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Gaius's POV
Gaius enters Edwin's Guest Chambers and comes face to face with said man who already stands in the room at a table full of his equipment. The look Edwin sends him is a look of contempt.
"Edwin. Your scar has healed well. I often wondered what happened to that poor young boy." Gaius says, walking from the door to the other side of the table so that he is directly in front of Edwin.
"I told you we've never met before." Edwin still insists.
"I didn't realise who you were until I checked the records. You used your mother's maiden name." Gaius says resolutely. Edwin looked mildly alarmed but kept control. "You are Gregor and Jaden Audley's son. Eldest of their two children."
"They were friends of yours," Edwin says now giving up the pretence.
"They were sorcerers."
"They practised magic. And so did a lot of people back then, Gaius." There is an underlay of anger in his voice.
"Uther will be furious when he finds out who you are," Gaius tells him, believing he has the upper hand.
"Fine. Fine. Shall we tell him? Let's go and tell him. Let's tell him. Let's tell him everything." Edwin begins to walk towards the door before suddenly stopping just before opening it. "Ooh, I know... We could also tell him about Merlin." He says smirking.
"Merlin?" Gaius questions in false confusion. How can he know?
"You didn't know he was a sorcerer?" He smirks in disbelief but also triumph. "Ah." He says walking back towards the table, Gaius follows. "I wonder what Uther will do. Probably have him burnt." A bored look appears on his face, like he cannot be bothered.
"You would betray another sorcerer?" Gaius asks in disbelief.
"You did." Sudden anger takes over his voice. An anger that has been simmering under the surface and is now being unleashed. "When you turned a blind eye and let my parents die at the hands of Uther! At least Merlin doesn't have a son who will try to rescue him from the flames!" He points at the scars on his face with a shaking hand. "A sister taken away! A sister who I have recently learnt is living in near vicinity to Uther! A maid to one of his wards!"
"You're here to take revenge." Gaius now realises, now slightly pitying him after his speech.
"And I have waited a long time." He says in a tone full of desire as if the mere idea of accomplishing it gives him pleasure. "An added bonus I find my sister. Maybe she will help?" He smirks.
"You think I will let you corrupt Anne? Sacrifice the King to save Merlin?" Gaius asks in disbelief.
"It is unbelievable what familial links can do. Think about it, Gaius." His tone indicates that he believes he has got him. "But if I find out that you have told one other person, including the boy," his voice raises, "I will go straight to Uther."
Gaius opens his mouth to respond but then Merlin enters the room with a serene look on his face. "I got your provisions." He then says quietly as if he can read the slight tension in the room.
"Oh, thank you, Merlin. Gaius was just reminiscing about old times, weren't you, Gaius?" Edwin says threateningly in Gaius's direction, a false smile on his lips.
"Yes," Gaius says trying to hide his tenseness.
"But now, I must get back to work," Edwin says putting a hand on Merlin's shoulder briefly still looking at Gaius with a threatening look.
Merlin and Gaius then both leave the room. "I'd better get on with my errands."
"Yes, of course, you must." Stopping in his movements causing Merlin to do the same thing.
"Do you want me to get you anything?" Merlin asks.
"No, I'm fine. Just do what Edwin asks." Gaius says giving a small smile and watching as Merlin walks away with a feeling of dread. He does not know what to do.
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Amelia's POV
Amelia once again sits in her seat with everyone in their usual seats mulling over what Anne had said about Edwin while said man stands in front of her, Uther, Morgana, and Arthur. Courtiers loiter at the side.
"I have been through the Court medical records with a fine-tooth comb, Sire." He says.
"And were your findings satisfactory?" Uther asks.
"With regret, I would have to say they were not," Edwin says in false regret that only Amelia seems to see. Edwin is definitely up to something. Amelia frowns causing Morgana to glance at her with concern.
"How so?"
"Gaius is a great man, thorough, and dedicated."
"But?"
Edwin sighs. "His methods are outdated. He has failed to keep up with the latest developments. This has led to a number of errors."
"Gaius has served me well for 20 years," Uther argues though not that strongly if Amelia has anything to say about it.
"And one cannot blame him for the infirmity those years have brought. Age can be a terrible curse." Okay, 1. he is not that old and 2. age does not mean he's useless.
"Perhaps it is time to lighten his burdens. Have you given any more thought to my offer?" Uther says almost too eagerly.
"Yes. I have considered it very carefully."
"Allow me some time to do the same." Edwin bows and exits. Uther gets up and goes to the table that was on the other side of the room on his right for a drink. Morgana follows him, Amelia does the same.
"Uther, you can't do this," Morgana says to him.
"You heard what he said. Gaius is old, he makes mistakes." He says while taking a drink.
"Gaius has treated us since before we can remember. You can't cast him out." Amelia pipes up.
Uther turns to them. "Morgana would have died if her care had been left to him. That's something I could not bear." Funnily enough, that seems to be the only redeemable bit about him, how much care he shows to Morgana. To such a degree that Amelia has never received. She does not recall ever being jealous.
"I know that, but..." Morgana tries, bringing Amelia back to the conversation.
Uther cuts her off. "I cannot risk something like this happening again." He walks away ending the conversation.
"He will never truly get rid of Gaius. I'm sure of it." Amelia says trying to comfort her. She wishes she knew with more certainty but she has recently missed placed her notes. Anne likely mistakingly put them somewhere else.
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Anne's POV
She is walking down one of the corridors, intending to meet with Amelia and Gwen to go to the Lower Town for some shopping when she overhears Uther and Edwin conversing and spots them further up the corridor.
"I think you'll be very happy here," Uther says not taking any notice of her probably as to him, she is just a mere servant though Edwin looks directly at her giving her a smile that she does not know how to interpret.
"I'm sure I will." It is also then she realises the implication of their conversation, Edwin has officially taken Gaius' job. "When I reviewed Gaius's work, I noticed that he's been prescribing you arnica."
"It's for, er, my shoulder, it's an old battle wound. It gives me a lot of pain." Uther answers.
"May I take the liberty of providing a new prescription? It should prove far more effective."
"Really?" Uther asks in surprise.
"Oh, yes. It is a remedy to cure all ills." Edwin says as they walk past Anne. She cannot help but think how ominous that sounds before hurrying on her way.
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Amelia's POV
Amelia walks in the Lower Town with Anne and Gwen as they buy fruit from a stall when she spots Gaius leading a horse out of the main gate. Anne suddenly rushes over to him with her and Gwen in tow.
"Gaius? You really are leaving? You cannot!" Anne asks before she can say anything. Uther must have officially in effect fired Gaius and let Edwin properly take his place.
"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't come and say goodbye." He says remorsefully.
"I don't want you to go. I don't trust Edwin. There was no blood in Morgana's ear, he put it there. He did something to her, I know he did." Gwen declares strongly.
"You need to be careful who you say that to." He warns her.
"She's saying it to you because you can do something about it," Amelia tells him.
"I can't."
"But you think the same, don't you? He's evil." Amelia can see Anne frown when Gwen said that though she does not know whether it is in thought or disagreement.
"It's not that simple," Gaius says.
"So you're going to turn your back on us?" Anne asks him, seemingly snapping out of her thoughts.
"I have no choice, I'm sorry."
"In life you always have a choice. Sometimes it's easier to think that you don't." Gwen says wisely. She is not wrong.
"Well, then. My choice is to leave."
"Then I'll miss you." Gwen kisses Gaius on the cheek.
"We all will," Amelia says reaching forward to give Gaius a hug before letting Anne do the same.
"Goodbye Gaius," Anne says as they then watch him walk away from Camelot.
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Anne's POV
Anne is shocked later that night to see Gaius reentering the Castle. Curiosity gets the better of her and she watches as he slips into Edwin's Guest Chambers. She slips in as well but through a different door that she knows, to watch what he is doing from beyond the shadows. After what Gwen had said and the previous conversation she had seen between Gaius and Edwin, Anne cannot help but be worried about what this Edwin is up to and wonders what Gaius had figured out.
Edwin enters his Chambers and places his things on a table in the far corner of the room, leading to Gaius stepping round one of the pillars he had hidden behind. "I will not allow you to kill Uther."
"You've never had a problem letting people die before," Edwin says to him. Neither has noticed Anne's presence and she decides to keep it that way till she understands the relationship and situation between the two.
"Your parents were practising dark magic, just like you." Gaius walks closer to him. Anne's eyes widen in surprise. Were Edwin's parents burnt like hers? It would explain a few things.
"And how do you propose to stop me?" Anne can already see he is dead set on this path.
"Wáce ierlic." Gaius chants lifting his hand but nothing happens.
"Hmm. I think you meant: vaki ierlt." The spell throws Gaius against the wall. "Have you forgotten everything, Gaius? You're getting too old."
"What are you doing?!" Anne cries now stepping from her spot and crouching next to Gaius. Edwin looks at her in surprise.
"I suppose you heard us. Mmm… Might as well tell you the whole truth then," Edwin smirks after recovering from his shock. "Hey, Gaius?" He turns to the man who was gasping on the floor.
"What truth?" Anne questions in confusion. "I already know your parents were burnt, that you have magic and that you are taking revenge on Uther."
"Ah yes." Edwin nods. "But not the whole truth."
"Gaius what does he mean?"
"Your parents," Gaius gasps. "His parents. They are the same." Anne cannot believe it. She looks up at Edwin gapping in shock.
"You have got to understand why I do this Anne." He tells her. It saddens Anne. She has finally found a family relation and they have already been corrupted by anger and revenge. She knows she cannot reason with him but she has to try.
"No. I cannot let you do this. This is wrong. Our parents could not possibly want this."
Edwin to frowns. "I am sorry about that but first I have to deal with Gaius." Before Anne can determine what he means, he chants again, "Vaki ierlt." This throws her against the wall away from Gaius leaving her dazed. "Forbærne yfel." He speaks again and the spell encircles Gaius in flames. He smiles.
Before the flames can reach Gaius, who has been able to stand, and Anne can fully regain her bearings to stand, Merlin and Amelia burst in and after taking in the room Merlin turns to Edwin exclaiming, "What are you doing?"
"He was trying to kill the King. I couldn't let him." Gaius' gasping is worse as he struggles against the heat of the flames.
"I can rule the Kingdom now. And with you at my side, we can be all-powerful." Edwin tells him.
"Release him!"
At this moment Amelia runs over to Anne. "Anne?" She asks, her blue eyes full of worry. Anne nods to her, nonverbally telling her she is alright.
"It's your loss, Merlin." He seems too drawn into his mission to care about fully convincing anyone. He lifts his hand throws an axe at Merlin, but Merlin stops it leaning as far back as he can. "Swilte, Merlin." Merlin's magic overpowers Edwin's. Merlin sends the axe forward. It propels forward and lands on Edwin killing him and the flames disappear.
"Are you alright?" Merlin asks him as Anne is able to get up and walk over to Edwin's body, frowning mournfully at it. He may have been full of revenge and hate but he had still been her brother though she does not hate Merlin for what he had done. She is more sad for what could have been.
"Yes. Thank you, Merlin." Gaius seems still a bit stunned himself. Merlin fetches a box from a table in the middle of the room. "What are you doing?"
"Uther's ill; the same thing Morgana had." Gaius, Amelia and Anne walk over to him. Merlin opens the box. "Edwin said he used these to cure Morgana. Maybe we can too." They all look over his shoulder to see it was full of frozen beetles.
"Elanthia beetles." Gaius recognises them.
"They're magical?" Amelia asks.
"Yes. They can be enchanted to enter the brain, feed on it until they devour the person's very soul. We must go to him." Taking the box with them, they rush to Uther's Chambers.
—
Once entering, Anne can see that Uther is unconscious and unmoving laying in the middle of his bed.
"How do we get the beetle out before it kills him?" Merlin asks.
"It can only be magic," Gaius says.
"We can't use magic on Uther, he'd kill us." Anne says in shock.
"I don't think we have a choice," Amelia says.
"Amelia!" Merlin exclaims turning to her.
"There are times when it is necessary. It is your right." Gaius calmly tells him.
"I don't know how."
"If you don't, he's going to die." Not that Anne thinks that is terrible but it is not time yet. Arthur is not ready and Uther dying of magic will not help things.
Merlin sits on the bed and places his hands over Uther's ears. "Bebeode þe arisan ealdu. Áblinnen."
"What's happening?" Amelia asks. Merlin pulls his hands back, holding the still bug in his hand.
"Has anyone ever told you, you're a genius?" Gaius asks rhetorically, looking between Merlin and the bug in his hand.
"You certainly haven't." Merlin laughs before putting the bug in the box, it is then that Anne and Amelia lunge at him exclaiming their own praises.
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No one's POV
Gaius stands before the Royal Court.
"I, my family, and my Kingdom are deeply indebted to you," Uther says. "And in honour of this, I not only reinstate you as Court Physician, but henceforth, you are a free man of Camelot." Uther hands Gaius a roll of parchment and the Court applauds.