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Prologue.

"What did you do to her?!" Arthur had escaped the knights and was standing out side the door, why did morgouse sound so angry? "You left me no choice!" wait was that Merlin he could hear?  Arthur knew he should do something but he found himself paralysed.  What had Merlin done? "What poison did you use?" "No I won't tell you until you lift the spell!" "Never!" "Then your sister will die." Sister?  Arthur felt sick on realizing that they were talking about Morganna, sicker that Merlin had poisoned her, sicker still on discovering that morgouse was her sister, then he heard something he ran into the room in time to see the enchantress disappear holding Morganna. Merlin looked emotionally drained he had clearly been crying, Arthur could do nothing but yell in frustration.


Sir Leon looked over his shoulder the dragon fire was on them he had one chance to survive as it reached him he jumped form his horse, too late. His armour burnt, his chainmail melted into his skin he refused to scream though, knights of Camelot did not scream. He drifted in and out if consciousness, he saw the dragon land. Blackness. He saw Arthurs spear do no damage. Darkness, he heard a language he didn't recognise. Then heard the words "if you ever attack Camelot again I will kill you" had that been Merlin's voice? Before he could think anymore the darkness came.


"Sire please I am doing all I can for Sir Leon, but I need space your father wishes to see you" Merlin watched Arthur leave; he looked down at sir leon's deformed body. He started whispering something "Merlin now is not the time to risk being caught." Gaius admonished. Merlin looked up. "Ballinor, father taught me it. It's a prayer for the wounded. I thought it may help" Merlin found it hard to talk. He knew Arthur was fond of Sir Leon, of all his knights he trusted Leon the most, and he had failed him. Because he couldn't reveal himself as a dragon lord he couldn't act sooner. His eyes went gold. It wasn't much of a spell but it would give Leon a fighting chance.


"Skeletons?" Arthur turned to see Merlin pointing at a walking skeletons "ah, skeletons. Merlin retreat! Get into the castle make sure the injured are safe. Go!" Merlin wanted to stay and help, but he was the look on Arthurs face this was no time to argue with the prince so he picked up a sword and ran inside, he sensed a powerful magical object near by, he ran down into the crypt. Standing in the middle was Morganna a focused look on her face an unladylike sneer, she was guarding a staff. He stepped into the crypt.  "Good evening Morganna fancy seeing you here. Lovely day for an evil scheme no doubt, but I'm afraid I can't allow you to harm Arthur." She ran at him screaming he swerved round her tripped over but brought his sword up as he did it. The staff split in two, he was thrown against a tomb. Morganna ran towards him but her sister appeared and whisked her away. Merlin ran out of the crypt and back into the rubble and dust.


"Gawain why did you come?" Merlin looked across at his companion. "Same reason you're here, to help a friend."  Merlin smiled. "Arthur is lucky to have such good friends" Gawain grinned and looked up. "Not Arthur. You Merlin."  They heard a screeching "sounds like three peacocks" they knew it wasn't peacocks.


"You don't understand! No one does Merlin" Merlin was getting annoyed with Gilli "forbaernan" Merlin held out a small flame on the palm of his hand. He smiled sadly at Gilli. "I understand better than anyone. You can't use magic tomorrow if you use magic to cheat then I will be force to stop you I don't want to though. We are kin you and I" he turned around and left the room
"You were right, it is a gift, I will use it to help, who know maybe some day we will meet again Merlin." Merlin smiled at the young sorcerer "I know we will see each other again." They smiled at each other, shook hands and then Gilli was gone.


         "Cenred has an immortal army. Father has been captured. Morgouse is trying to kill me so there are no pendragons' left so she can take the throne. I've been forced into exile and Morganna is still missing." Arthur, Merlin and the others were sat around the circular table. Arthur looked around the table. "Did I miss anything out?" "Um, she may or may not have manipulated her sister, your half sister, to take the throne." Arthur thwacked Merlin around the head. "Merlin, we weren't going to mention Morganna's part in this all yet." Gwen started to cry. It was the first time she had realised that Merlin was right, Morganna had chosen morgouse over Camelot. Merlin went to apologise but Leon interrupted "it is true then? You are not the only pendragon heir. I hate to be the one to say it but we can't trust Uthur when it comes to Morganna, if we survive this it may be in his best interest we leave Morganna's part in this out if reports." Gwen looked across at the knight, he looked so alien now, his helmet was moulded into the shape of a face he had no hair it still had not grown back since the dragon's attack he limped a little. He had been more direct and brooding ever since his accident. Arthur held Gwen's hand once she had calmed down enough she stood up "Camelot can not fall into the wrong hands, you should all leave as soon as you can. I will remain behind and make bandages. God speed gentlemen." All those around the table bowed to her Leon tilted his head, Gwen having grown up with him around knew he was smiling behind his mask.


           Merlin ran down the centre of the room he dived along the floor. The guards weren't expecting him so he just about reached the cup before one of them sliced at him he ignored the pain help up Excalibur and hit the cup off the pedestal. The soldiers all exploded. Morgouse ran in. threw him across the room he stood up she was about to make the killing strike when Gaius shouted out a spell that sent her flying Morganna ran in saw her sister lying dead or dying "Morganna I dot want to hurt you any more. Please you've lost. Its over" Merlin fought to keep himself strong as the girl he had once seen as a friend turned a stone cold glare of hatred his way eyes burning red with malice "it isn't the end. It has just begun!" she screamed and the walls cracked the windows shattered and in a whirl of wind and magic she was gone Merlin took a deep breath grabbed Gaius and supported ran from the room.


            "Arthur must die! He isn't what you think he will be just like his father, I can not allow that" Arthur was stirring form having been knocked out. The sorcerer was pointing at Merlin a wall of fire was creeping towards Arthur. "I'm sorry I will not allow Arthur to be harmed!" had Merlin just said that? Yes Arthur found himself wondering what exactly Merlin planned to do. He then got his answer. Merlin's eyes turned gold and with out lifting a finger, he just looked at the fire and it went out then the pointed at the druid and shouted "leave now!" the druid was thrown off his feet across the room, out the window. Arthur felt a shiver down his spine Merlin his servant his friend, his best friend was a sorcerer. "Urgh" Merlin whipped round at the sound of Arthur's voice. He ran over to his friend checked he was indeed regaining consciousness. "Arthur we need to leave, I fear this was a diversion. The king may be in trouble."


            "Morgouse used Morganna, I over heard a meeting, sire regrettably as a servant of Camelot I had no choice but to poison Morganna" Merlin was kneeling in front of the king and prince. Arthur muttered something in his fathers ears. "the prince has told me he believes you tell the truth, but for a servant to, poison my ward a lady of Camelot, it is unforgivable. i will show you leniency this one time but if you, ever, mention my daughters name again I will have you hanged, as it is, you are sentenced to three weeks in the dungeons, and two hours a day in the stocks." Merlin willingly went with the guards. Arthur was walking along side his father. The king was still shaken by the near miss of loosing Camelot he had been forced to watch as the immortals destroyed his land and killed his people. Which is why when Arthur slammed him against the wall in the empty hallway the king did not protest. "why father! Why wait till now? Morganna is, was my sister, I should have been told. Instead I worked it out by myself"  Uthur muttered something about protecting Arthur, the prince wasn't buying it "lies! You have no idea do you? Had I known I could have ensured she stayed faithful to Camelot had I known. But now, now she has embraced magic. Now she will most likely stop at nothing to remove me and place herself on the throne. You havn't protected me. You have doomed me to inevitable war with my own sister. I understand why you didn't tell me about mum about magic aiding in my birth but this father. I will never forget this,"  Uthur slumped against the wall. Took a deep breath and forced his face into the calm mask of a king in control.


             "Arthur?" Arthur still wasn't used to this, he had just watched as Merlin used his magic to save his life for what felt like the hundredth time. He took a moment before shifting around. "Merlin, I know you are a simpleton but most servants at this moment in time would be helping their master up!" Merlin leant down grabbed his arm and heaved. Arthur looked down to see their arms were connected in the way he shook hands with the knights. He laughed "sire? Are you whimsical in the brainpan? Because I know you're a prat but at this moment on time most monarchs would not be laughing. We're covered in ogre guts." Arthur slapped Merlin on the back before Merlin rather awkwardly said "sire we appear to still be shaking hands" Arthur still relieved at defeating his first ogre pulled Merlin into a manly brotherly hug. "Merlin I just defeated an ogre single handed! Ahah!"  The glee in Arthur was clear to hear in his voice. Merlin didn't see the slight grin Arthur had at Merlin's reaction to that sentence.


           "Wait you can't go in there" Gwen jumped out the way as guards ran past her towards the new arrival. "I have urgent news for the king and prince, move sirs or I will move you." The young man spoke like a noble he sounded well educated but there was a gravelly edge to his voice and he had raggedy clothes armour and chainmail which had been new once, a long time ago. The knights of Camelot all charged. The young hedge knight dodged their blades and seamed to pick them out one by one despite the synchronised attack he didn't draw his sword once and didn't seam to be putting much effort into it. But they all fell none to badly injured but distracted from their purpose. He stepped forward bowed and spoke "sires I bring news, it involves you so I thought it best to come. You are in danger."
the prolog no one asked for!
i was writing away then i realised that. this is an alternate time line to what has happened on series three so i decided to do a prolog of sorts. basicly this is how things went in tearms of my story.

hope you enjoy. and hope it clears a couple things up


i dont own merlin the bbc and that lot do. i do however own my version if events in this story and the oc of tristain so yeah.


oh also occaisional gore and yucky bits but i don't think its too graphic. just mentions of deformity and whatnot. um that applies to the whole story really
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