Kill me then

"Vespera Mercia Pax Vestra" Merlin hissed. His eyes turned gold as a warm feeling coursed through his veins. A flame erupted from his hands and attacked the ferocious beast. The creature let out a wail of pain as the fire scorched him and began to melt away its life. The energy was drained out of Merlin as he fell backwards in exhaustion. Suddenly a flash of movement caught Merlin's attention as he quickly whipped his neck around. There sat Arthur with his eyes widened with shock. He had seen him. He had seen Merlin perform magic.

"You…" stuttered Arthur, unable to form words at the moment. Abruptly Merlin began to breathe heavier, his eyes rolled behind into his skull and he collapsed to the floor.

The ride back to Camelot had been long and silent. Finally as they reached the border to the castle guards began to swarm towards Arthur's horse.

"Guards!" he yelled "Arrest my manservant under the art of sorcery." Arthur pinched the bridge of his nose and shut his eyes. He couldn't see his manservant being taken away. Merlin didn't fight or resist. He just simply got dragged of his horse and got taken towards the dungeons with the guards tightening their grip on his wrists.

"No!" roared Gwen as she viciously spun around to face Arthur. Morgana however, stayed still and showed no emotion on her face.

"Of all the years I have known you Arthur Pendragon," she spat icily at Arthur, "I never knew you were that despicable!" She suddenly swiped her nails across his face causing three scratches to appear on his face. Arthur didn't flinch or attack back, he merely took his punishment.

"I thought you were friends!" questioned Gwen.

"Yes we are" uttered Arthur, his hands reaching up to touch the blood gushing out from his scratches.

"Then friends don't throw others into jail," replied Gwen.

"But he committed sorcery," defended Arthur

"I still would've kept his secret," said Morgana, "Think about it. What would your life be if he isn't here tomorrow?" Morgana got up and motioned Gwen to leave as well and leave Arthur to his thoughts.

The gruel he had been given hours ago had developed a mould on it. Merlin refused to eat or move. He had sat, curled up like a ball ever since he had been roughly thrown into the cell. Heavy footsteps echoed through the hallway. A knight halted outside of his cell and unlocked his door.

"His majesty the king wishes to see you," he said curtly and gave Merlin a cursory glance to see wether or not he was able to walk on his own. "This is it" thought Merlin "I'm to be killed by Uther today"

Uther sat proud on his thrown and had a slightly bored frown on his face. The door was thrown open as a dishevelled looking prisoner was thrown onto the floor. He looked sideways towards his son Arthur. As he predicted, Arthur had a shocked look on his face.

"Arise prisoner," commanded Uther Pendragon. Slowly Merlin rose upwards but kept his eyes only directed towards the king.

"Do you plead guilty towards the charges of sorcery?" asked Uther.

"Yes you majesty," whispered Merlin, his voice cracking from lack of use.

"You do realise that the sentence for sorcery is death," continues Uther. He saw Arthur flinch in his peripheral vision.

"Yes your majesty," Merlin replied again.

"Due to the complaints the Lady Morgana and her servant Guinevere and even my own son have told me," Uther paused to take a breathe. He was an old man. "I have awarded you a pardon but on one condition…" An ecstatic feeling welled up in Merlin but he didn't let it show.

"You shall still remain living in Camelot but you are to never speak or listen to anyone in Camelot or have them help you in anyway shape or form!" Uther was shouting at the end because of the horrified whispers being uttered by the courtiers.

"Take the boy back to Gaius' room" the King barked at two guards who immediately began to lead Merlin back to Gaius' chambers. But just before Merlin was thrown around to face a door, he shot Arthur a small smile.

He thought this was a good thing, so did Arthur, but how wrong he was.

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A.N I'm definitely writing a second chapter. Reviewers, you are a god send!

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