So this is my first story, i'm sorry if you are confused or there are mistakes. This is just an introductory chapter, please review and let me know what you think or what I can to improve my writing. Please let me know if there are any typos or anything. Flamers will be ignored or reported.

P.S. Italics are dreams/ flashbacks.

Thank you for reading and I don't own anything here you recognize!

Well, on to the story I guess. I hope you like it!

The air was cold against his face, adrenalin rushing through his veins. Wolf lifted up his dagger to deal a mortal blow to the sleeping victim and

"NO!", Merlin shouted, bolting upright soaked in sweat.

"Calm down my boy, it was just a dream", Gaius said running in to comfort him, "You escaped from them years ago, they won't find you here."

"I know, but that doesn't stop the nightmares from coming," Merlin said as he tried to calm his heart rate down, "I should better get ready, it's almost time to wake Arthur anyway." he said, getting up.

"You are going to have to tell him about your past sometime Merlin." Gaius said

"I know, I need to go now or he'll yell at me for being late." Merlin said, avoiding the subject and rushing out to avoid the 'eyebrow of doom', grabbing some bread for his breakfast.

After grabbing a good sized breakfast for the king, Merlin went up to Arthur's chambers and went over to the curtains.

"Let's have you lazy daisy!" He shouted with obvious delight.

"Merlin, do you have to do that every morning?" Arthur questioned with spite in his voice, having been rudely awakened from his peaceful slumber.

"If I don't, you would never wake up in the morning." Merlin said, his bright blue eyes glimmering with mischief.

After finally getting the sleepy king out of bed and properly dressed, they both headed out to the training grounds where the rest of the knights of the round table were already going through drills.

"Alright, gather up knights," Arthur called, "today, we're going to work on something different."

"Nice of you to join us princess." Gwaine said walking over with the rest of the knights.

"Today," Arthur said, ignoring Gwaine, "we will be working on throwing knives. Now, I trust you all have learned at least the basics?" Arthur said, looking at all the knights.

"I never learned how," Admitted Percival, "I had never needed to learn."

"Neither have I," said Mordred, "As you know, I came from a very peaceful people, so I never really learned any sort of fighting. I picked up swordsmanship while traveling."

"Well, that's not a problem," Arthur said, "while it's not a part of basic training, it is a useful skill to have, so I didn't expect all of you to know how. Even i'm not that good at throwing knives but my father saw fit to train me with as many skills as possible."

"I could teach him how." A voice said behind Arthur.

"You know how to throw knives Merlin?"

Everyone shared Arthur's shock at the quiet manservant speaking up.

"Sure, i'm not completely incompetent when it comes to weapons, just when they happen to be too large or too heavy."

Everyone continued to stare in disbelief

"What, you want me to prove it? I really can throw knives, probably better than any of you even."

Arthur suddenly burst out laughing.

"Really Merlin, you expect us to believe that you know how to throw knives? You can't even walk through the halls without tripping over your own feet."

"Would you like me to prove my point sire?" Merlin said mockingly.

"Sure, if you can hit the target with all the knives, then you may train sir Mordred and sir Percival in knife throwing" He said gesturing at the target range.

Merlin walked over to where the targets and knives were already set up and picked up one of the four laid out for that target. He tossed it in the air, testing the balance and caught it by the blade.

"Careful, you wouldn't want to hurt yourself." Arthur called mockingly.

"I told you already, I know what i'm doing." Merlin shot back.

He pulled his hand back and with a practiced move, threw the knife at the target.

Once again, thanks for reading, and let me know if I can do anything to improve my writing. Also, even if I don't write it right away, i'm always open to prompts and new ideas. If there are any betas out there looking for a new story to help with, please PM me I could use all the help I can get.