Hello welcome to my new story that I created because there are absolutely no good versions of this story out there. Expect lots of Merlin freaking out about things that were completely normal before he lost his memories. Takes place before Uther dies when Arthur is stand in king.
And now, because I can't think of anything else to say, I present the first chapter of Fate, The Loss. Have fun now.

Chapter One

It was just another patrol just without the normal attacks that followed Prince Arthur around. Arthur thought it was a stroke of luck, but dared not to test it and so stayed constantly on guard which was hard to do with Gwaine and Merlin having a really loud chat about who knew what at that point. Lancelot was back there too along with Percival and Elyan, mostly having conversations of their own not paying much attention at all to Gwaine and Merlin.

But then suddenly everything went quiet, not just the conversations behind Arthur, but the entire forest. Automatically Arthur stopped his horse and raised his hand giving the signal that everyone else should do the same.

Everyone was silent, waiting, listening. Then suddenly, with no prior warning the group was engulfed in a horrible blinding light. The light was a confusing one to Arthur, he knew it was magic, but it did not feel as magic usually did, it did not seek to hurt him. Sparking the terror filed question of why it was here if not to hurt him. Then, as suddenly as it came it was gone, and the forest went back to making its usual noises, but the group did not go back to their conversations those were forgotten as Arthur stared blindly at the trees before him only breaking his confusion when Gwaine started yelling.

"Merlin! Merlin, wake up!"

Arthur turned his horse around to face the group and found most of them, all except Lancelot, Gwaine, and Merlin, still on their horses looking towards Lance and Gwaine who were beside a completely still Merlin. At first Arthur thought he was dead.

Everyone, including Arthur, got off their horses and walked over to the trio on the ground.

Arthur was in a daze, he could not comprehend what was happening at that moment, but he did hear when Percival asked if Merlin was alive.

Lancelot answered, "Yes, he seems to be rather fine except for the fact that he fell off his horse and isn't waking up." Arthur let out a breath, he was alive. That was good, but he needed to wake up.

"Let's keep going, we are almost to Camelot anyway, and Gaius will be able to help him." Arthur said, this but only barely comprehended it. Luckily for him everyone agreed and helped strap Merlin to his horse, got on their own horses and started back on their way, but very little conversation happened after that, if any happened at all, Arthur couldn't tell he was to deep in the worry for his friend.

Merlin could be dying, he could die and Arthur would have been completely helpless. Helpless to save the most loyal person he had ever met, the person who couldn't keep anything a secret, the person who always knew when he needed to be lifted up or taken down a few notches could be gone soon. Could die and he wouldn't be able to stop it.

His musings lasted for most of the trip back to Camelot, though, contrary to what Arthur believed to be happening, Merlin's condition was improving he wasn't completely unresponsive, every now and then he'd let out a quiet groan, the groans grew louder as they grew closer to Camelot, but he still did not wake up.

At one point, when Merlin very almost fell off his horse and Lancelot caught him, he whispered "Arthur's gonna kill you one of these days Gwaine." Lancelot found it rather amusing that not only did Merlin talk in his sleep, but dreamed of Gwaine making Arthur angry, something that happened on an everyday basis.

When they did finally reach Camelot and handed off their horses to a stable boy, Percival carried Merlin into the massive building heading straight for the physician's quarters. He was sat at a bench humming to himself as he poured one liquid into another when the door opened.

"Merlin, you're back, how..." The old man stopped when he saw the group come in, his ward in Percival's arms. Immediately he went into work mode.

"Percival set him over there," The physician pointed to the cot where he put his patients, "Tell me what happened." he said as he began to examine in the small boy in front of him.

Arthur could not speak for the worry that filled his heart. Luckily he didn't have to as Lancelot quickly started on the tale.

"There was a light. It was blindingly bright, but other than that seemed harmless. It came out of nowhere, it was just suddenly surrounding us. Obviously magic was involved, but it didn't seem to do anything so when it left I thought it was just some freak of nature, but I was looking around to see if everyone was okay, and Merlin was on the ground. He wasn't moving. I thought...I feared...I feared he was dead."

Merlin let out a rather loud groan at this point and everyone looked over to him. he still had not woken.

"He is very much alive, Sir Lancelot, but let's hope he wakes up soon." Gaius stated as he turned, intending to get back to whatever he had been doing before they all barged in and interrupted him, but stopped when Merlin groaned again as he sat up holding his head.

Gwaine, after getting out of his own daze at the sudden change in events, put an arm around the boy. "Mate, you gave us a scare warn us next time you suddenly decide to go to sleep." Gwaine stopped his own ramblings however when Merlin looked at him with confusion filed eyes.

"Who are you?" Merlin looked away from Gwaine and to the others. "Where am I?"

Hurt clouded Arthur's mind as this new information came in. One thing, however, was very, very clear. The magic he had felt, had thought meant no harm to him, very obviously had been deceiving him just as all other magic only came to him to deceive him. Magic had found new way to hurt him and it hurt worse than any wound that he had ever had, it ripped his heart to shreds. His best friend had no idea who he was. His best friend was gone.

Yay, first chapter down. Sure hoped you liked it or that it created enough suspense. I'm hoping the next chapters will be longer, they definitely will be more interesting and hopefully funny. That is one of the main goals of this fic to be funny, but with seriousness jumping in at times.
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