I feel the ground beneath me as the pounding in my head slows. "Merlin?"

"Arthur?" I hear Merlin's hoarse voice next to me.

"Where...where are we..."

"In a cell I think. The last thing I remember is the sorcerer disguised as Sir Fredrick."

"Same...are the other knights awake?" I ask as I lift myself up against the wall I was apparently thrown against.

"I'm awake!" Gwaine announced somewhere down the hall.

"Same here!" Percival shouted.

"Unfortunately, so am I." Leon groaned.

The voices were further down so I assume they are in separate cells unlike Merlin and myself. "That would be a yes." Merlin looked at me and rose an eyebrow. "What now, Arthur?"

"I don't know." "We could use magic."

"Not yet."

I heard footsteps and I knew by the sound of them it was Morgana. "Hello, Merlin."

"Hello, Morgana. What do you want me this time?"

She opened the cell door and closed it behind her. "I want you to tell me where and who Emrys is. I had that sorcerer use his spell on you and Arthur...I'm glad to see that it works. Arthur seems to have gained his unique ability to get caught and become clumsy."

"She's really stupid isn't she?"

"You truly have no idea, Arthur."

"So, Merlin, who is Emrys?"

"He is the one that will help the once and future king, Arthur, bring peace to all of Albion and magic back to Camelot." I watched as Merlin's grin became dangerously sly. "I've heard that he is also your doom, tell me...the real reason you want to find him is because you're scared and want to kill him."

"He should be frightened of me!"

"That's not a no." His smile only widened. Merlin actually looks dangerous this time.

"How is it a mere serving boy can be such a thorn in my side!?" She held a blade to his throat as she used her magic to pin him against the wall.

"How is it someone who used to be so kind and beautiful, became so cruel and twisted? Interesting blade, Morgana...Fresh out of Fomorrahs?"

"I don't need a blade to torture you into telling me who Emrys is." She sheathed her blade and pinned me up against the wall with magic as well, except she shackled me and released her magic from me, making me hang against the wall.

"If you're going to torture Merlin, why hang me here!?"

"Because, you're strangely fond of the boy, and if I torture him enough...I get to watch you fall apart as he screams and begs for mercy..Well, at least until he tells me who Emrys is, then I'll just kill him."

"So...she is looking for Emrys...who is apparently her doom...and you've constantly been in her way...and she hasn't pieced that together yet?"

"Evidently not, thankfully. Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to use magic."

"Hey, how shocked do you think she'll be if I use magic?"

"Why are the two of you smiling!? It's creepy! You do know that there's no way out of here for you OR your knights, and if you try, I will kill you."

"But then you will never know who Emrys is." I could hear Merlin's voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Merlin, do I have your permission? This is YOUR magic after all and it will mean that she knows you are Emrys. The others will know too."

"Arthur, we're both pinned to the wall...you have my permission...she has to be stopped sooner or later and I will deal with the knights later."

"Morgana!" She turned around to me, face full of disgust.

"What, Arthur? Trying to convince me to take you instead?"

"No." I smiled at her and I immediately felt the magic flow through my veins, and I focused on the bottom of her dress, hoping I don't need to hold out my hand this time. "Forbaerne!"

She quickly said a spell to make the flames stop and looked at me with pure horror. "You...you have...how...it's not possible...but your eyes..."

I focused my magic on letting Merlin and myself down, breaking her hold on us. "Morgana..." I heard Merlin speak. "...That sorcerer gave Arthur something unique of mine to him. He gave him my magic."

"You? You have magic?"

"Yes, Morgana, I do. Also, I know exactly who Emrys is."

"Then tell me! Tell me who the old man is!"

"The old man is me. I used an aging spell...it was exhausting but it did what it needed to." Merlin looked over at my sword belt and grabbed my sword from it. Morgana was about to run but Merlin simply looked at her and she froze. "This blade was forged in a dragon's breath. It's over, Morgana. Good bye." He pushed the sword into Morgana's chest and I stood there shocked.

"Merlin?"

"Come on, we have to free the others and I highly doubt her men will be too happy I killed her. I know I'm not. I blame myself for what she became." He said a strange word and the cell door unlocked.

We ran down the hallway and found Sir Leon. "How...how did the two of you escape?"

"I killed Morgana." Merlin answered. "There's no time to explain right now. Arthur, do you remember the words I just said?"

I nodded my head and did just as Merlin did to our cell door, but I did it to Sir Leon and Sir Percival's doors. Both of them looked terrified and vastly confused, but followed us anyway after Merlin freed Gwaine who only wore a confused expression.

We went up the stairs and found ourselves in a hallway that likely led to the throne room and the other end likely led to the courtyard when we were met with two Saxons. Without thinking I lifted my hands and knocked them backwards.

We ran out into the courtyard and were met with five more Saxons which Merlin took care of the same way I just did. I could still here the knights following us which was a good thing, but now I understand the fear Merlin must've felt all along.

Once we made it a safe distance away from Morgana's fortress I turned around to look at my three knights. "So, do either of you want to explain?" Sir Leon practically glared daggers at me.

"I would like an explanation as well. How do you and Merlin have magic, how long have either of you had it, and why do you seem so comfortable using it!?"

"Can we get a fire started first?" I ask, feeling immediately exhausted from all the questions.

"Fine, I'll go hunting for food but the two of you will explain"

"Actually..." Merlin's eyes glowed a liquid gold and about ten feet away we could hear an animals scream. "...Arthur, you okay with eating rabbit again?"

"Did he just..." Percival started.

"Yes I believe he did, and roasted rabbit sounds delicious." Gwaine finished with a smile. "I'll stay with Arthur and Merlin, the two of you go gather some fire wood. For some reason I feel like the two of you want to get as far away from them as possible without an explanation."

"We'll be back." Leon glared at me once more and Percival didn't even look at us.

As they left and I made sure to keep an eye on them I heard Gwaine sigh in the kind of relief I wish I could experience right now. "I knew Merlin had Magic, would never guess you had it in you, Princess."

"Wait, you knew about Merlin?"

"The first time we met, he sent plates flying just before I ran up to the bar to say hello. I saw how his eyes glowed gold just like yours did when you opened Leon and Percival's doors, and when you knocked back the other Saxons."

"You said you should thank him for not saying anything."

Merlin smiled at me and then back at Gwaine. "Thank you, for not saying anything."

"You're welcome. You're my first friend, Merlin. I could never betray you. I'm still confused on how Arthur has Magic."

"As are the rest of us." Sir Leon stated as he set up the fire as Percival came back with the dead rabbit.

"Alright, just please...lower the hostility."

"Merlin, you have magic...and thanks to that and the sorcerer...Arthur is cursed with magic."

"I don't think of it as a curse." I explained. "Merlin...he was born this way, he didn't have a say in the matter. Now, with that being said he has chosen to save my life time and time again as well as your lives and the lives of all of those who live in Camelot."

"Wait...so...Merlin a sorcerer..."

"Warlock actually." Merlin corrected. "I was born with magic...I was born doing magic. Most Warlocks aren't...but that's because of the amount of power I have."

I felt something on my shoulder and soon I realized it was raining. "Merlin? Can you stop it from raining?" I asked as I was getting soaked.

"Of course." Merlin said some sort of incantation, and waved his hand above his head, causing a transparent yet warm dome to appear over us. Then he turned his eyes to the fire and only gave it a simple nod to make it light. "It feels strange..."

"Yeah..." Leon and Percival agreed at the same time as they stared at the fire.

"Sire...forgive me if I sound rude, but it almost sounds as if you completely accept Merlin's magic."

"That's because I do accept his magic. He was born with this, and has done nothing but good with it, and he has suffered his own tragedies for it. Tragedies, I'm sure I will never know. He killed Morgana, using my sword and I suspect it's so that I wouldn't have had to." I looked at Merlin and he only nodded.

"But he's lied..."

"Can you blame him Percival?" Gwaine asked, feigning calmness. I could see that if either of them dared to hurt Merlin, Gwaine would make them regret it. "Look at how you're acting. Why would he want to tell you. Why would he have even wanted to tell Arthur? You're treating him like a criminal before he has even fully explained himself and you are treating your KING no better."

"Fine, I will listen..."

"Without treating them like criminals. They have patiently been sitting here listening to you immediately turn against them because of your prejudice against something neither of us understands without explanation."

"I...I apologize, Merlin...It's a little unsettling...Do you mind, telling us what you've done so far?"

"It's alright, Percival. Thank you."

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After Merlin explained everything Leon and Percival were speechless and motionless as the stared at me and Merlin. "Sir Leon? Sir Percival?" Merlin asked, unsure of what they would say.

"You...you really are an idiot!" Percival shouted.

"Excuse me!?"

"You risked life and limb for Arthur, constantly using your magic to do so, you ADMITTED you were the one to cure Gwen's father, yet how would you have completed the destiny you spoke about if you had been executed!? How have you not been caught and why would you come to Camelot of all places!?"

"I...uh...really? Thats what you got out of all that?"

"Answer me! You could've died at any moment, and you're meant to protect the king against magic with yours...answer."

"I was at odds with the people in my village. I just...didn't fit in anymore. My mother sent me to Gaius so that he could help me and everything else started from the first moment I met Arthur."

"You used Magic right underneath Uther's nose..."

"For Arthur. If not for Arthur, then for my friends and for Camelot. Do you...do you trust me now?"

"With everything you just said...I think it would be foolish not to."

"Thank you Sir Leon."

"So what now? Do we find the sorcerer that gave you magic?"

We all heard a thundering noise over head and I smiled, knowing exactly who it was. Kilgharrah landed near us and pushed through the trees to get to us. "Hello, Kilgharrah."

"Hello again, young Pendragon."

"You...you've talked with him before?" Sir Leon asked.

"Yes, he's talked with me before. It's good to meet you, Sir Leon, Sir Percival, and Sir Gwaine."

"You know us?" Percival asked.

"Yes, I know all of you. Merlin speaks highly of you all." I looked over to the knights and where Gwaine showed pride Percival and Leon showed twinges of guilt. "I have killed the sorcerer. He was trying to escape Morgana's fortress. Try your magic again, young Pendragon."

Merlin doused the fire with magic and quickly dried it the same way. I held out my hand to the fire and I could still feel magic running through me. "Forbaerne." The camp fire lit and I was confused. "Are you sure you killed the right sorcerer?"

"Positive. It seems both fate and destiny favored this change in you, Arthur Pendragon. You and Merlin share the same magic, but Merlin will always remains more powerful."

"So, I have magic now...forever?"

"So it seems." The dragon grinned at us proudly. "What will you do now, Arthur Pendragon?"

"I will remove the ban on magic, make Merlin the court sorcerer, and I will have Merlin train me more."

"This feels me with great joy, Arthur Pendragon. I look forward to the future you will build."

I looked over to Leon, Gwaine, and Percival once more and noticed they were crossing their arms and smiling proudly at me. "So where do we start?" Gwaine asked.

"This is going to be a long journey. I need to know that you are all with me."

"Knowing everything I know now...I would be a fool not to follow you and Merlin." Percival looked up with newly proud eyes.

"I will stand by yoir side for as long as you wish it. If you and Merlin can use magic for good, there may be hope yet." Leon stepped forward towards us.

"Does this mean more magical bar fights?"

"NO!" Merlin and I say at the same time.

"Well, can't have everything then. Count me in." He laughed and swung an arm around Merlin's shoulders.

"This will certainly be interesting, Merlin."

"It's a new beginning, Arthur."

"That it is."